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A sermon preached before his Maiestie at the court at Greenewich the 2. of Iuly. 1632. By Geo: Iay Mr. of Arts and late student of Christ-church in Oxon
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Jay, George, b. 1597 or 8.
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turne our eyes aside Tibi doth particularize and brings downe this Crowne upon every mans head And indeed a particular word doth well for Corona For 't is a single head that must be ingirt with a Crowne Regnum non patitur consortem A Crowne cannot bee set upon the heads of two men at once much lesse upon a many headded multitude This Crowne will fit but a single head 't is Ego dabo tibi Coronam Corona A Crowne is the highest honour and happinesse upon earth 't is a Circle that takes in all that the earth can afford And therefore if wee will take a resemblance of the Saints glory from any thing in this world earth cannot yeeld a higher then to call it a Crowne He that weares the Crowne swayes and commands all within the orbe of his power But the greatest Scepter-swayer that this world affords is oftentimes overswayed and borne downe by his owne passions and infirmities But when this Crowne shall be set upon our heads ther 's not the meanest vassayle but shall feele more content in having dominion and power and free command over himselfe then the greatest Monarch ever found in being able to moue a whole Empire of subiects with the breath of his mouth A Crowne is circular when once you are in it you may run round without end which caries it aboue the spheare of mortalitie and makes it truely a Crowne of life and that 's my last word Corona vitae I know not whether a man may safely say that this passage of ours from earth to earth from the wombe to the tombe bee a life or no. I thinke that which one said of men at sea that he knew not whether they might be reckoned amongst the living or the dead may be as well said of all that are a shoare for he that now breaths with the greatest strength and freedome may presently breath out his last spiramus expiramus our breath like the doue of Noahs arke goes out and comes in goes out and never returnes againe Saint Paul saies wee die daily And our Saviour Christ that knew better how to tearme this naturall being of ours then wee our selues sayes they are but dead men that carie others to Church The dead bury the dead Luk. 9. verse 60. Hee therefore that will thinke to find true contentment in a Crowne must seeke it where no death is to bee found here is nothing but sinning therefore nothing but dying in heaven nothing but obedience and therefore nothing but life There is Corona vitae a Crowne that shall last for ever and that 's the tearme for which wee hold it T is not given to vs and our heires for ever but to us and our owne persons for ever And this doth distinguish it from all other gifts in the world Men thinke to make theiâ— deeds and grants immortall and to continue for ever they are conveied to them and their heirâ—s for ever But the Prophet sayes in the 37. Psalme that another takes possession of them and he sought them and they were no where to bee found Whereas this Ego in my text giues to this Tibi this gratious master to his faithfull servant an immortall gift a Crowne of life which shall make him liue for ever And now if wee ioyne all the words together Ego daho tibi Coronam vitae Wee shall find that hee hath given us a gift in proportion in weight and measure so farre beyond our service Rom. 8.18 that wee haue reason to confesse with Saint Paul that our sufferings and faithfulnesse is not worthy of the glory that shall be revealed vnto us the Crowne of life that shall be bestowed upon us And therefore we had need make a stand and cry out with the Prophet David O Lord what is man that thou art so mindfull of him Psal 144.3 or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Had it not beene enough O Lord to make us little inferior to the Angels but thou must giue us a kingdome and crowne us with honour and glory and such a kingdome and such honour and such glory as shall haue no end Though the Kings of the earth are crowned and the Scripture call theÌ„ Gods Yet they are but mortall Gods and weare but corruptible crownes and the time shall come that will lay these Gods and these crownes low enough in the dust and these Gods and these crownes shall bee turned into dust into nothing But let this bee their comfort as God hath loved them with an everlasting loue so hee will crowne them hereafter with an everlasting Crowne A Crowne of such mettle that the rust of time shall never eate into not the continuance of eternity one for diminish the glory of it it shall bee an incorruptible crowne Death it selfe shall haue no power over it it shall been Crowne of life The Crowne shall be fitted to the head and the head to the Crowne an incorruptible Crowne upon an importall head As our bodies and soules shall liue for ever So our Crowne shall bee a crowne of life Bee thou faithfull c. Now the God that gaue us our being enable us to the performance of this duety and incline our hearts to serue him continually without interruption faithfully without dissimulation Let our devotion be sincere and then O Lord continue it untill death And after that according to thy promise and thou O God art iust in thy promises crowne us with glory and life to serue thee in thy kingdome for evermore Now to God the Father c. Amen FINIS
A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAIESTIE AT THE COVRT AT GREENEWICH the 2. of IVLY 1632. BY GEO IAY Mr. OF ARTS AND LATE STVDENT OF CHRIST-CHVRCH in OXON Imprinted at London by Augustine Mathewes 1632. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE COVNTESSE OF DENBEIGH LADY OF HER MAIESTIES Bed-chamber and Mistrisse of her Robes RIGHT HONORABLE SOme that have conceiv'd better of this then I can at the hearing though it received little advantage by my delivery thought it worthy to be published to which when I was perswaded I did not much study to whom I should dedicate it For to whom should I present my service in this kind but to her who of all others hath given so many notable examples of religion and so much cherisht the professors of it and my selfe amongst the rest Religion and learning in these latter dayes never found a greater Patronesse You have beene the good Angell that when the waters were troubled have helpt the distressed into the poole Iohn 5.2 The grapes in Babell sent upon a time to the Vine leaves in Iudaea desiring their shadow least they were parcht with the heate Talmud Cholm 62.1 Our succorlesse clusters need not send so farre for protection did your branches spread under which the beasts of the field Dan. 4.12 and the foules of heaven had their habitations as heeretofore when the great Duke my gratious Master for a moment your illustrious brother lived During the intended expedition to Rochell were your power as great as then or as your disposition is good my hopes would live though his excellency and my noble Lord of Anglesey whom I shall ever name with honour and sorrow are dead And I make no question but that J should only finde an exchange not a losse and at last a happy successe of those many gratious references from his sacred Majestie whom God preserve for which I shall ever thinke my selfe bound to thanke your Honour and your noble kinseman Master Porter How can I conceive otherwise since your Honour lately without request freely and voluntarily offered me preferment of your owne untill you could procure mee better I presume you desire not to have this publisht Math. 9.30 yet our Saviour that charged the two blinde men that they should tell no man Luke 17.18 did not mislike the turning backe of the thankefull stranger should I conceale it I should not doe right to your sweete and noble disposition and leave in in some it may be a suspition of my unthankefulnesse For which pious expression of your favour unto me as also your many precedent besides the reward which such works of charity carry with thē your Ladyship shall ever have my prayers and thankes and as the humble acknowledgement of my obligation to your Honour so any future service when you shall please to descend so low as to command it from Your Honours humble beads-man to dispose of GEO IAY. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE COVRT REVEL 2.10 Be thou faithfull unto Death and I will giue thee a Crowne of life GOd is the best Paymaster he that labours in his Vineyard shall be sure of his hire though he comes at the last houre Math. 20.9 They that doubled their talents in the Gospell received not verball but reall rewards Math. 25.20 And a cup of cold water given in his name shall not be unpaid for Math. 10.42 And the faith of the thiefe upon the Crosse at the last gaspe shall bee recompenced with a place in Paradise Luk. 23.43 If Abraham will walke before God and bee perfect hee will make a covenant with him and blesse him exceedingly Gen. 17.1.2 Gods reward and mans service are Relatiues Posito vno ponitur alterum Say the one and you cannot deny the other If our obedience preceede his blessings will follow if one bee in the premises the other will be in the conclusion if we come before his presence with praise and thankesgiving and shew our selues glad in him with Psalmes he will be mercifull unto us and blesse us and shew us the light of his countenance and be mercifull unto us Fac hoc viues Doe this and thou art sure of life everlasting Luk. 10.28 Sure to eate of the Tree of life as in the seventh verse of this chapter sure not to be hurt of the second death as in the eleaventh verse and according to my Text Esto fidelis and Corona vitae will follow it is God that saies it Be thou faithfull c. Which words you are to understand as spoken by Christ Iesus the head to every faithfull member of his Church to whom he proposeth a duetie to be performed Faithfulnesse unto death and a reward to bee received a crowne of life So as the division is easie a duetie and a promise In the duety I obserue two things First the substance or matter of it Faithfulnesse wee must bee faithfull Secondly the Determination Extent or Measure of it untill Death In the Promise I also obserue two things First the reward it selfe a Crowne I will giue thee a Crowne Secondly the specification or quality of the Reward an immortall Crowne I will giue thee a Crowne of life Be thou faithfull c. I beginne with the first part our service And good reason our service should goe before the Reward to our service Therefore first we are to be faithfull Be thou faithfull unto Death c. And I will proceed according to the order of nature and consider first the substance of faithfulnesse and then the continuance And then I shall tell you by this word faithfulnesse wee are not to understand that habit of the soule whereby wee apprehend and lay hold upon the mercy and favour of God in our regeneration and first conversion which the scripture cals faith and whereby wee beleeue and yeeld assent unto all the articles of our Christian doctrine which is the roote and fountaine of all Christian duties But we are to conceiue it of that faithfulnesse which springs as an effect or fruite from that roote and includes a iust discharge of those duties which God requires at our hands As also an vniversall obedience to all his Commandements You know that wee are all Stewards unto the great Lord of heaven and sent into the earth to trafficke and negotiate with those talents which hee hath committed to every one of us in our severall places Now saith Saint Paul in the 1. Cor. 4. that it is required in a Steward that hee bee found faithfull that is iustly and honestly to husband and dispense those things that are intrusted to his charge according to the will and pleasure of his Lord and Master Now the maine rule that must direct us in the guiding and governing of all our purposes behaviours and actions must bee the glory of God Hee hath created all things for his owne sake saith Salomon Prov. 16. that is for his owne glory This is the tribute that he requires of every man this must