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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67232	An assize-sermon preached in the cathedral-church of St. Peter in York, March the 8th, 1685/6, before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Nevill and Sir Henry Bedingfield ... by Christopher Wyvill ...	Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711.	1686 (1686)	Wing W3783; ESTC R15591	17,063	36

AN Assize-Sermon Preached in the CATHEDRAL-CHURCH OF St. PETER in YORK March the 8th 1685 6. Before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD NEVILL AND Sir HENRY BEDINGFIELD His Majesties Justices of Assize FOR THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT By CHRISTOPHER WYVILL Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge and Chaplain to His Grace the DUKE of ORMOND LONDON Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard 1686. To the Right Worshipful CHRISTOPHER TANCKRED Esq High Sheriff of the County OF YORK Dear Sir YOU Having laid upon me a necessity of publishing This Sermon I have at last comply'd therewith though I cannot conceive what could induce You to have been so earnest with me in This particular unless it were the design of its composure which being to perswade men to be true and obedient to the establish'd Government it might upon That account the more easily meet with a favourable acceptance from You whose constant Loyalty to the Crown and unshaken stedfastness to the Church of England have gain'd You not only the love and esteem of all good men but the particular Favour of Your Royal Master His Most Sacred Majesty of which He hath given the World a sufficient instance by continuing You High Sheriff of so large a County this Second Year an Honour granted to few and an Office which none can execute better That God Almighty may be graciously pleas'd to bless You so as that You may still do Him and the King more Service is the Hearty Prayer of Your most Affectionate Uncle and Humble Servant CHRIS WYVILL IMPRIMATUR Apr. 19. 1686. Ex Aedibus Lambeth Io. Battely Reverendissimo Patri ac D no D no Wilhelmo Archiep. Cantuar. à Sacris Domesticis JUDGES xvii 6. In those days there was no King in Israel but every man did that which was right in his own eyes WE have in this Chapter and in the rest that follow to the end of this book the history of what befel the Children of Israel immediately after the death of Joshua and of the Elders that were contemporary with him wherein we meet with several irregularities and disorders that were then brought in amongst them with a great corruption in their Religion instanced in the Idolatry of Micah and afterwards set up and established by the Tribe of Dan which occasion'd a large Division and Schism of a long continuance with a general depravation of their manners exemplified in the prodigious lust of the Gibeonites where we have their sin of a monstrous nature in forcing the Levites Concubine to death and the punishment ensuing thereupon inflicted by the rest of Israel even to the cutting off of almost the whole Tribe of Benjamin The cause of all which the Holy Ghost hath no less than four times set down to be their want of a King for in those days there was no King in Israel no supreme Ruler that had the management of publick affairs no Chief Governour to keep the People in mind of their duty no setled Magistrate to take cognizance of evil doers and to put the Laws in execution against Offenders or to confer rewards upon them that did well for Joshua was dead in whole days we are told they forsook the Lord and the Elders were dead that had known all the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel and by their countenance and Authority upheld things in a good posture and the Government under the extraordinary power of particular Judges was not as yet erected There being therefore no publick Person that had the s●le power over the whole Community then it was that every man did that which was right in his own eyes by which manner of speech may be understood whatsoever disorder in the worship of God whatsoever misdemeanour in common conversation a rude multitude without an Head to guide and govern them might be guilty of whatsoever distraction and confusion either in Church or State a Nation not having a lawful Governour to support and protect it may be liable unto And thus much being premised by way of Introduction to the Text from the words thus explain'd I shall propound to your consideration and through God's assistance endeavour to press home to all our Consciences three things I. The Benefits of Government II. The Happiness of a Nation that hath a King III. The Practical influence arising from both I. In prosecution of the first of these I shall not trouble either you or my self by comparing one sort of Government with another or giving my opinion which ought to have the preheminence I speak to those that have the happiness to live under the Government of a King and shall therefore take it for granted that it is the best and in speaking upon such a Government I shall have respect chiefly to This under which we live It was for want of Government among the Children of Israel that things went so ill amongst them that every man did that which was right in his own eyes If they had had a King Government would have been preserved That Government would have kept the state of affairs in a good condition and prevented the mischiefs and evils that might arise from every mans doing what was right in his own eyes Now the benefits of Government may be considered in reference First 1st To every particular private Man who in a well constituted Kingdom setled upon good Laws and administred by lawful Magistrates may receive great advantages He may keep what is his own with quietness and immunity without disturbance or distraction He may reap the benefit of his own labours eat the fruits of his own Vine and of his own Fig-tree and drink the Waters of his own Cistern in happiness and peace He may serve and worship God in publick according to the will of God which is the greatest priviledge a Man can have upon Earth with security and chearfulness Liberty and property which are so much in every Mans mouth the desire of every Mans heart things in themselves most excellent and useful he may in great measure enjoy provided that he keeps himself within the compass of the Laws which are the great conservatives of them both If his Goods be invaded by violence and oppression if his good Name be called into question his Reputation injured by evil reports or his Life in danger through malicious suggestions and false accusations in such cases he hath the Government on his side to protect him to clear him to do him right and justice What the Town-Clerk of Ephesus said in the Acts of the Apostles concerning That City may as well be said of every good Government if Demetrius and the Craftsmen that are with him have a matter against any man the Law is open and there are Deputies let them implead one another It is free for every Man to sue for what is his own to seek redress of injuries received and to urge what he can in his own defence Every Man may have a