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A05417	Two sermons one preached at Paules Crosse December 20. By Roger Lea Master of Arts, of Iesus-Colledge in Cambridge: and preacher at S. Leonards Shorditch, in Middlesex, by London. Another preached in Paules-Church, Decemb. 26, being S. Steuens day, by Iohn Squire, Master of Arts, of the same Colledge: and preacher of the same parish	Ley, Roger, b. 1593 or 4.; Squire, John, ca. 1588-1653. Sermon preached in Pauls church upon Saint Stevens fay. 1618. aut	1619 (1619)	STC 15569; ESTC S103084	38,824	74

shall shortly follow mine as it is in the 〈◊〉 Psalme Thou bringest our yeares to an end as it were a tale that is told Let our endeauors then concurre that we may profit by the worke and enioy that end in the beginning of the text Then commeth the end c. So may the word of God appeare perfect for the law of God is a perfect law conuerting the soule in the seauenth verse of the forenamed Psalme that which is perfect may make perfect shewing in it selfe a sound perfection because it workes in vs a sincere conuersion These words may be taken as an argument of the resurrection among sundry other reasons that I omit because of abundance of matter herein conteined For Christ must be an absolute king to honour and aduance his subiects into glory by raising them vp into life eternall and confounding his aduersaries the last whereof is death And as it augmenteth the glory of a king to reigne a long time to make a manifest and a large declaration of his power in sundry ages and much variety so Christ doth not on the suddaine end the world but deferres his accomplishment thereof til he hath raigned a certaine time To put all his enemies vnder his feete Secondly these words are for comfort If any should be ouer hasty to leaue this life to come to that better kingdome here S. Paul seemeth to giue a reason of Christs long tarrying we must not expect our end before our Lord appoints it but continue in the field and keepe our rankes against the enemies vnder our captaine till he end the warre and bring vs to a place of rest Because as Caluin saith Non est consentaneum medio stadio nos coronari We must not enioy our crowne before we runne our race but as constant runners hold out till we come at the iournies end We may deuide these two verses in the words of Aquinus here is first adaptio boni the performing of good remotio mali the remoouing of euill Both here by Christ are wrought as a patterne to all rulers that for the time they are in office their conscience may tell them this good haue I done and this euill haue I represt For he that will hurt none and doe good to none but thinkes it good sleeping in a whole skin and the safest course not to meddle carrieth a resolution not worthy the minde of a superiour but by our Sauiours example hee must hazard and put forth himselfe So in the 24. verse hee sets by the good Then shall be the end when he shall haue deliuered vp the kingdome to the Father And in the 15. verse expels the bad He must reigne till he hath put all his enemies vnder his seete And as Anchises gaue counsell to his sonne in the which the Romans seemed to bragge for executing the precept Parcere subiectis debellare superbos Aenec 6. To spare the subiects and to pull downe the proude The first is practised here in the 24. verse parcere subiectis To spare or rather to honour the subiects Then shall be the end when he shall haue deliuered the kingdome to the Father and the second is expressed in the 25. verse there he pulls downe the proude He must reigne till hee hath put all his enemies vnder his feete Concerning the verses in themselues seuerally considered In the 24. verse consider first an end of the old world Then shall be the end the estate of the new world he shall haue deliuered vp the kingdome to the Father and the manner of gouernment without degrees of secular power by God immediately He shall put downe all rul and all authority and power In the 25. consider The kingdome and the conquest the kingdome he must reigne the Conquest till he hath put all enemies vnder his feete In the last consider the parties vanquished his enemies and their miserable ouerthrow discomfiture vnder his feete They are put vnder feete In the first place we haue the last estate of all the world to consider Then commeth the end In euery businesse the last issue must bee first concluded as in running a race we first agree of the end to which the swift motion of the course must aime and approach In shooting the marke and scope it first set vp Therefore it is obserued that practicall sciences must be handled per methodum analiticam ● fine admedia We first set downe the end and then the meanes that leadeth to the end Of ends there are two sorts first an end of destruction and secondly an end of accomplishment when a thing is finished The one is a bad end the other a good by the one a thing is ended that is to say consumed by the other a businesse or worke is ended that is it is perfected In this place Beza vnderstands the latter the world shall be ended that is it shall be perfected But to speake properly we may vnderstand both For an accomplishment cannot bee without the destruction of some thing Generatio vnius est corruptio alterius when a new thing is formed the old thing must be altered according to the 36. verse of this chapter That which thou sowest is not quickned except it die Briefely then of these two ends in order First the world and the inhabitants and all things that we enioy must haue an end they must be destroyed and consumed Euery thing that seemeth most strong and beautifull must in the end vanish and fall away The cause of this is sinne for when things are in their height they abuse their time they beare not themselues aright in the middest of their glory the gifts of God are abused and therefore he plagues the earth and destroyes the world men are the abusers and therefore that time which giueth them leaue to sin bringeth them likewise to an end and burieth them in a common destruction This is the nature of sinne it is still a destroyer God did threaten Adam in paradise at the first with moriendo morieris in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death And euer since where sinne hath bin committed with a stubborne hand God hath punished with destruction and desolation Euen from hence must euery one confesse that he is a sinner because he carrieth a body subiect to corruption and in time death shal sease vpon him When as the Lord did see that the wickednesse of man was great vpon the earth before the flood hee brought that deluge to ouer-flow the world that the waters might breake the heart and strength of the earth that mens liues might be shortned by the putrefaction of the Elements and so weakenesse bee brought vpon the world We may see it by examples Noe liued 950. yeares Terah the father of Abraham liued but 205. yeares and Ioseph that was in a neere generation in the descending line from Terah died at the age of an hundred and ten in the 50. of Genesis and the last verse So the

with indefatigable nimblenesse and it is their pastime to take paines for blood So these sage Pharisies who another time would pace in a plaine roade as the old greeke did climbe the craggie mountaine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they would haue thought that little way had cost them great labour Now so soone as they sent their game 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they ranne they ranne vpon their pray If they take so much paines to runne on vs vse let vs take as much paines to withstand their shock Let vs carefully arme our selues with the breast-plate of righteousnesse and the sword of the Spirit Let vs labour for intelligience to know the Scriptures for innocence to practise the Scriptures Thus if we haue illumination in our heads and sanctification in our hearts wee shall be Barricadoed and Palizadoed against their furious careere They shall runne on vs as the hounds doe on the horned stagge and as the horse on the armed pikes they runne to their owne death to their owne destruction Wicked men may 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They may runne on vs on euery side but in the name of the Lord we shall destroy them Finally that it may appeare that they were armed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cap a pe that their whole Body might be imbrued in blood they set to their Hands also many hands many hands to make lewde worke First they forced his body out of the citty then his soule out of his body the text saith they cast him out of the citty and stoned him In both as lawlesse as they were Barbarous in the first they offended against their owne law their owne law was Deut. 17.50 that they should haue beene 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they should haue brought him not cast him out of the citty In the second against the Romane law as they themselues confessed Ioh. 18.31 It is not lawfull for vs being vassels to Rome to put any man to death But they acted both in a franticke tumult the President politickly permitted fire to come from Millo to consume Abimelech and reciprocally from Abimelech to consume Millo that a rebellious people might deuoure one another the President with coniuence closed his eyes against this and such like law-lesse vproares Where we cannot but take notice of another property of Persecuters doct Their malice is vnlimited no law can represse them In the text to worke their vengeance they regard neither the law of Israel nor that of Rome but desperately infringe both the one and the other And indeed the grand-persecuter 2. Thess 2.8 Antichrist is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a lawlesse vsurper Dauid did experience this qualitie from Persecuting Saul against the law of nature for hee was his kinseman against the law of the nation for he was his King against the law of Matrimonie for he was his Father against the law of Religion for he confessed Dauid to be more righteous then himselfe yet against all law did he prosecute his lawlesse persecution Wee may easily conceiue the cause Persecuters haue their eies blood-shot they sacrifice to their malice what the old Gaules did to Esus and Teutatus Lactant. 1.21 cruorem humanum the goare of men Blood seeleth vp their eyes they cannot they will not see heauen nor earth and therefore like the vniust Iudge Luk. 18.2 they feare neither God nor man No Law can binde them no bonds can restraine them From these premises vse conclude with a rare reconciliation we may expect from Rome if our reconcilers proiect might be imbraced What Law can protect vs from Persecution If we dare imbrace with Ioab feast with Absolon sleepe with Iaell and marry with Simeon and L●ui then may we be reconciled to Rome But as for Lawes vowes others promises protestations c. Such bonds they can breake them as Sampson did his cords with an easie nimble dexteritie And they haue reason for it propter bonum ecclesiae for the good of the Catholike cause it is a resolued case by a religious councell fides non est seruanda cum hoereticis it is lawfull to ruine heretikes by any gracelesse lawlesse meanes But I trust God will not permit vs to betray our selues into the hands of those blood-seeking blood-sucking persecuters Concerning the manner of their persecution execution how they stoned him I his point hath beene so sufficiently searched into by the learned and laboured sermon of my predecessour in this place on this day last yeare that I may truly say he hath not left one stone for my labour vnremooued Trusting therefore that your memory is somewhat answerable to his labour I will passe it beeing assured that I cannot passe him Though the time be Christmasse yet the point shall be a Passe-ouer I will omit tautologies Thus from these fiue points haue ye heard how these Persecuters were armed for blood at all points Now suppose ye see them in their Campur Martius trooped out to giue the terrible on set The Seene lyeth at Hierusalem and without the walles thereof their Aceldama the Place where they acted this bloodie tragedie was without the cittie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they cast him out of the citty saith my text This point is like Rebeckaes wombe Gen. 25.23 it doth twinne obserue here two things First the Nature of persecuters Secondly the reward of persecuters It is the Nature of Persecuters to pretend equitie and law for their persecution doct 1 These Persecuters in and law for their persecution These Persecuters in the text pleade the very same The Place without the cittie the law did prescribe Deut. 17.5 the Action to stone the Blasphemer that law did permit it Leuit. 24.16 Crimes most lawlesse must be countenanced by the law notwithstanding This is no noueltie Christ foretold long since that some should thinke therefore all should say that they did God seruice in klling his seruants Ioh. 16.2 that it was aequum bonum that their Persecution was according to law and equitie And Christ felt in himselfe what hee foretold to others nos legem habemus we haue a law and by that law he ought to die Ioh. 19.7 Which pious probleme hath since beene spit out of the mouth of Machiavell himselfe to seeme religious is profitable saith he but to be religious is cumbersome Diuels therefore will ch●nge themselues into Angels of light and that Diuellish Persecution may put on the appearance of Angelicall equitie they plead the Law for it this is the Nature of Persecuters Mee thinkes vse this may coole our Salamanders who delight to liue in the fire of the Law Euen both the quarrelsome cli●nt and the c●nning Cou●seller the first bringeth suell and the other breath to maintaine that fire which hath consumed many an house in our little Island Yee doe but what is Law is that a Law for ●our ooings what if the extent of Law may put a stone into thy hand Wilt thou Oh will thou Braine Steu●n and ruine

hey haue not onely a wooluish antipathy to shedde blood but also a stoicoll apathy to distinquish of no persons in their cruell effusion As Saint Paul speaketh they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without naturall affection In the text Steuen that was preaching they murdered Him Steuen that was praying they murdered Him and Saint Steuen they murdered Him yea had the quintessence of all sanctitie pietie and caelestiall integritie beene treasured vp in him alone yet would they haue murdered Him Math. 10. verse 21. The Brother shall betray the Brother the Father the Sonne and the children shall rise against the Parents and cause them to die Lurida terribiles miscent aconita noberiae the persecuting mothers will take life from them to whom they gaue life Fratrum quo que gratia rara est like the snakie issue of Cadmus Brethren deuoure one another Iohn Baptist was doubtlesse an incomparable creature Herod honoured him as a Saint reuerenced him as a Prophet and obaied him as a Teacher Yet when his barbarous heart was fired hee persecuted Him hee imprisoned Him and hee beheaded Him Most likely for other sinnes are bridled by shame but Persecution is spurred on by the repute of Sanctitie This maketh Persecuters like Bandogges to seaze vpon the throate like sharpe-kept Haukes they will tyre on the Hart. The Persecuter like Saul 1. Samuel 14. verse 39. If any taste the hony of true religion though it bee Ionathan my sonne saith hee euen hee shall die the death Herein a Persecuter is like Melchisedech hee is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither Father nor Mother shall bee spared by the hand of inraged Persecution As the Adamant cannot bee softned but with the blood of goates so shall not they bee mollified but with the blood of Lambes of innocent professours Heere Saint Steuen was the obiect abiect subiect of such sauage impiety they ranne vpon Him they cast out Him and they stoned Him saith my text Luke 14.31 vse The king sate downe and tooke councell whether hee were able to meete the twenty thousand which came against him Euery member of the Militant Church must assure himselfe of twentie thousand afflictions which will come against him Religion is a iewell and wee must sell all wee haue to purchase it Christ is a Spouse and wee must forsake Father and Mother to cleaue to him Let vs therefore in the name of God sit downe and take counsell how wee may bee able to with-stand those thousands of temptations But infinite wonder it is to see how wee grumble at toyes and trifling trials For euery slaunder of our inferiour for euery supplanting of our Equall and for euery disgrace from our Superiour oh wee startle as if this were the stoning of Steuen and the combate of Christians The childe in the nurces armes the touch of a pinne maketh it crie out as if it were killed and the Free-Booter standeth at the doore breaketh into the childe dasheth his braines against the ground and then killeth him indeede Such children are wee euery torment of our bodie euery impouerishment of our estate euery death of a deare friend euery little little discomfort 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 howe it woundeth our Hearts it maketh vs to crie and raue and repine when wee know not how neere the Free-Booter is vnto vs. It may those very hands which brought kniues for vs by sea and prepared fire for vs by land those very hands it may bee are now a gathering stones for vs watching for the first watch-word of fitte opportunitie Wee must expect it Wee haue had Halcyon daies of an Aegles age after a calme may come a tempest Let this bee our resolution Scipio pointing to his armie said there was not one who would not throw himselfe from the toppe of a Towre for loue of him So should we say that we would arme our selues euen to be throwne from the toppe of a Towre for the loue of Christ And this is no noueltie Wee are no better then Peter wee may bee imprisoned wee are no better then Paul wee may bee scourged wee are no better then Iohn Baptist wee may bee headed and I thinke Saint Steuen was as good as most of vs therefore wee may bee stoned To conclude Prisoning Scourging Heading Stoning Persecuting may come will come All which wee should indure all which in Iesus Christ strengthening vs wee shall indure Let vs say it now with our tongues and the Lord graunt wee may resolue it and performe it with our hearts for euermore Amen FINIS Errata In the epistle Pagina secunda linea 9. prò declarari lege declarare Linea 24. pro ni lege in page 4. line 9. for Aquinus read Aquinas line 18. for by read vp page 5. line 21. for a●aliticum reade analyticam Page 7. line 8. for euer reade euen Page 19. line 9. for kingdome read king Page 28. line 19. for speresset read sperasset