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A03639	A sermon preached before the Kinges Maiestie, by I. Hopkins, one of his highnesse chaplaines	Hopkins, John, fl. 1604-1609.	1604 (1604)	STC 13767; ESTC S116562	17,384	47

A Sermon preached before the Kinges Maiestie by I. Hopkins one of his Highnesse Chaplaines EZLA 7.26 27. And whosoeuer will not doe the Law of thy Gods and the Kinges Law let him haue iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to banishment or to confiscation of goodes or to imprisonment Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers which so hath put in the Kings hart to beautifie the house the Lord that is in Ierusalem Imprinted at London by W.W. for Thomas Manne 1604. Ezra 7.26.27 The edict of the King The offenders against God against the King their punishment set downe in general the thing itselfe the circumstances of the persons of the time distributed into particulers greater Death banishment smaller in goodos in libertie The thankesgiuing of Ezra the thing person to whom attribute the cause the roote the fruite action subiect A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE KINGES Maiestie by I. Hopkins one of his Highnesse Chaplaines EZRA 7.26 27. And whosoeuer will not do the Law of thy God and the Kings law let him haue iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to banishment or to confiscation of goodes or to imprisonment Blessed be the Lord God of our Fathers which so hath put in the Kings heart to beautifie the house of the Lord that is in Ierusalem A Speciall duetie required in a Minister of the Gospel is to apply himselfe in his teaching to the present time and occasion in handling such poyntes of doctrine as may be fittest for the hearers from which ground I haue made choyse of this Scripture consisting of these two partes 1 The foote or conclusion of a Commission graunted by Artashashte the Persian Monarch to Ezra the Priest for the stablishing of Religion and punishing of offenders 2 A thankes giuing of Ezra for this great benefit that God had so mooued the heart of the King to haue such care of his Church The words of the text are so plaine they need no farther interpretation I wil therefore endeuour to collect and gather such profitable instructions as will directly arise out of the same for our edification It appeares by all this Edict that this Heathen King had a speciall regard care for the seruice of the great God of heauen which care of his though hee were a heathen man came not of a heathen spirit but by the spetiall direction of the spirit of God and no doubt recorded by the holy Ghost to be an example and mouing president to all Christian Princes to looke vnto this poynt as a principall dutie required at their hands of the Lord by whom they raigne of whō they hold their crownes namely to aduance the glory of God in setting vp and maintayning his worship and seruice and to correct and punish the contomners and transgressors of the same And as their loue vnto God hath drawne godly and good Princes to this care so hereunto are all the promises of happines tyed Iosu 1.8 Iosua being commaunded to obserue and do according to all written in Gods law was promised thereby to haue his way prosperous and thereby to haue good successe When the Lord promised the Kingdome of Israel to Ieroboam 1. Kin. 11 38. the Prophet speaketh thus to him from the Lord. If thou hearken to all that I commaund thee and wilt walke in my wayes and do right in my sight to keepe my statutes my commaundements as Dauid my seruant did then will I be with thee and will build thee a sure house as I did to Dauid and will giue Israel to thee So as all this prosperitie to him and to his seede was ptomised vnder this condition of practising the Statutes Commaundements of God 2. Chr. 26 2. Chr. 27 The storie reporteth of Vzziah that he sought God in the daies of Zachariah the Priest who vnderstood the visions of God and when he sought God God made him to prosper Iotham also became mighty because he directed his wayes before the Lord whereto agreeth the saying of our Sauiour If any man serue me Ioh. 12. him wil my father honour Now as al these blessings were thus promised performed so the falling from this course hath bin the ouerthrow of many great Princes with their houses as appeareth in the examples of Saul Ieroboam Ioas with many other Seeing therfore this dutie is both commaunded of almighty God graced blessed with promises of happines and the neglect thereof hath been so fearefully punished these can not be but strong and powerfull motiues to perswade euery one to the true care and practise therof But it is commonly graunted of all that haue any sparke of true religion that Gods honour in the establishing of his worship is to be sought and put in practise but in the performance thereof what slouthfulnes there is euery place yeeldeth too many examples yea those that haue otherwise good graces and largely tasted of the heauenly light herein are too slacke finding excuses as did the people in Hagges time H●g 1.2 who denied not to build the Lordes house but layd it was not yet time to do it They haue their excuses with the Spouse who though she knew it was her beloued that knocked yet makes this answere I haue put off my coate how shall I put it on Cant. 5.3 I haue washed my feete how shall I defile them Exod. 4. Like Moses who though he knew well he ought to obey God yet makes manie excuses and delayes as appeareth in the 4. of Exodus But if we obserue the order of our text we shal finde that this being set in the first place teacheth vs that it should be the first care and practise of all worthy and Christian Princes as the true ground-worke foundation of all future happines yea the first care and practise of euery one of what calling or condition soeuer And this order Almighty God hath obserued in giuing vs his Law placing the duties of his seruice in the first table as first and principally to be respected and obeyed The like order our Sauiour hath giuen vs in our Prayers teaching vs to pray for the sanctifying of his Name glory of Kingdome obedience to his Will before all or any earthly or spirituall benefite to our selues Vnto this also agreeth that cōmaundement of our sauiour Christ Mat. 6. First seeke the kingdome of God c. This therfore being Gods order commandement must of necessitie be our practise whereto also we are prouoked specially Kings Princes that are Gods Leiutenants vpon earth by many famous memorable examples recorded in the holy Scripture Gideon being appoynted of the Lord the deliuerer of his people from the Midianites Iud. 6 27. the first Commaundement he receiued which he also first put in practise was to destroy the Alter of Baal 1. Chr. 29.3 Hezechia the first yeere and first moneth of his raigne ope●ed the Temple dores 2 Chr. 34.3 Iosia being

to be obeyed as Gods Vicegerentes and Liuetenantes on earth to whose Maiestie they owe their allegiance and to no earthly creature to whom the Lord hath giuen an authoritie immediate from himselfe whose authoritie who so resisteth resisteth the ordinance of God Rom. 13. as sayth the Apostle This duetie Christ practised his Apostles euen when as euill and tirannous Princes ruled Tiberius Nero. as euer commaunded on earth From the breach of this the primatiue Church euer freed themselues in all their practises and apologes and the contempt of Magistracy hath the Lord seueerely punished as may appeare in Absolom Zimri most famous in the example of Zedechia for his rebellion against the king of Babel as doth appeare in the history and particularly in the 17. of the Prophet Ezechiel where the breaking of this oath though made to a heathē prince is so oftē vrged against him But in these wordes the Rings law there is a farther thing to be considered for by this Law heere mentioned is especially meant the edict for the finishing of the Temple and setting vp the seruice of the Lord heing in deed the decree of God himselfe which the King calleth also his law because he hath ratified it by his authority So as heere is an example for all Christian Princes to make Gods law their law Gods cause their cause Gods wrong their wrong Gods honour their honour and Gods enemies their enemies Such holy zeale hath often been seene in religious Princes who haue so highly esteemed of Gods honour that they haue made their dignity to stand or fall with it and this is a speciall end of the aduauncements of Princes by Almighty God into his throane to raigne as Kings in his stead as the Queene of Saba speaketh to Salomon to cause obedience to be giuen to him 2. Chro. 9 and to see that his law be not contemned heere on earth And how needfull this is our dayly experience teacheth vs. For be the word neuer so faythfully preached if good lawes want there is still disorder and rebellion against God Hitherto we haue heard of the offendors who they are now followes the iudgment that should be executed vpon them in which the action to be done is generlly set downe and afterward distributed into particulars with the generall there are two circumstances annexed of the persons and of the time the persons whosoeuer the time without delay This execution of Iudgement is the bond of all the life and edge of the Law without which it is a dead letter For lawes though neuer so good without due execution are like Iupiters Blocke throwne among the Frogges at the first feared for his greatnesse and afterward despised for his stilnesse like Shot without Bullet like a Scar-crow or like the Sword of Goliah wrapt in a cloth and layde behinde the Ephod The want of execution of iustice giues encouragement to the euill doers This the first argument the wicked vse to perswade others to ioyne with them we will do it say they freely or without punishment and as it is in the fiftie Psalme I helde my peace and thou thoughtest I was like vnto thee Impunitas magna est pecandi illecebra No such tentation to euill as impunitie the best are drawen to vertue by loue but the most must be compelled by feare Oderunt peccare mali formidine poenae The two chiefe bands to keepe men in is either feare of God or feare of Law but where conscience is not nor law executed of all such it may be sayd as Abraham sayd of the house of Abimilech Gen. 20. The feare of God is not in this place and they may kill me for my wiues sake If the Magistrate punish not he beares his Sworde in vaine The Magistrates Sword is defensiue to the good and offensiue to the ill and it is iust that they that will offende the Law should be offended by the Law The doing execution vpon the wicked dooth establish the Princes throane as Salomon sayth Take away the wicked from the King his Throane shall be establisht in iustice and therfore a wise King scattereth the wicked and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them Doing of iustice on the wicked putteth the rest in feare that they dare not offende as it is in the 17. of Deut. They shall heare and feare and do no more presumptuously And this execution o● iustice is not crueltie as wicked licentious persons affirme no more then in a Surgion to dissect and cut off an incurable member which being let alone would endanger the life of the whole body or the killing of noysome and hurtfull beastes cutting off vnprofitable branches or plucking vp weedes that would choake and destroy the good corne Exod. 32. Moses the mildest man that euer was on earth yet did Moses commaund the Leuites to do execution on their brethren that had committed Idolatrie 1. Sam. 15. 2. Sam 12. Samuel a good man yet did he heaw Agag in peeces Dauid a good King yet did he put the enemies of God vnder Sawes and vnder yron Harrowes and vnder Axes of yron Nay it is crueltie to the innocent when their oppressours be suffered vnpunished and it is therfore called crudelis miserecordia and contrariwise God is sayd to be mercifull in doing execution on his enemies Psalm He slew mighty Kinges for his mercie endureth for euer for there is misericordia puniens et crudelitas parcens punishing mercy and sparing crueltie Neither do I thinke it lesse worthy commendation in Salomon to put Schimei to death though he was the first of all the house of Iemini that met his Father then for Dauid to shew kindnesse to the house of Berselay the Gileadite that releeued him in his extremitie For as want of recompence doth many times loose a friende so want of punishment encourageth an enemie yea doing iustice vpon euill persons procureth oftentimes as much loue as the aduauncing those that are good the regarde whereof who so neglecteth will neither be loued of his friendes nor feared of his enemies Nay which is greater the wrath of God is many times kindled for not doing iustice as in the examples of Saul and Ahab did appeare and pacified by the execution thereof as the putting to death of Achan hanging vp of Saules sonnes throwing Ionah into the Sea doth confirme I graunt this extremitie of doing iustice is not allwayes to be vsed Micha 6. and that louing of mercie is as needfull and behoouefull as the doing of iustice and that Summum ius is summa iniuria difference therefore is to be made in the offendours and as it is else where worthily sayd The former and by-past behauiour of the party is especially to be considered For some offende of weakenesse as did Aaron in making the golden Calfe some of ignorance as did Ionathan when he tasted the Hony contrary to his fathers rash vow some by too much cleauing to those they loue as