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The barren trees doome a sermon preached at Newbery on the fifth day of August. Beeing the day of his Maiesties most happy deliuerance from the bloudy conspiracie of the Earle of Gowry and his brother Alexander. By Bartholomevv Parsons Batchelour in Diuinitie, and vicar of Collingborne Kingstone in the countie of Wiltes.
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Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.
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THE BARREN TREES DOOME A SERMON PREACHED AT NEWBERY ON THE FIFTH DAY OF AVGVST 〈◊〉 â—â—E DAY OF HIS 〈◊〉 MOST HAPPY DEâ—â—◠〈◊〉 â—â—â—m THE BLOVDY CONspiracie of the Earle of Gowry and his brother Alexander By BARTHOLOMEVV PARSONS Batchelour in Diuinitie and Vicar of Collingborne Kingstone in the Countie of Wiltes DAN 4.23 Hew downe the Tree and destroy it PSAL. 18.40 Thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies that I might destroy them that hate me LONDON Printed by NICHOLAS OKES for MATHEVV LAVV and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Fox 1616. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF PENBROOKE LORD HARBERT OF CARDIFFE LORD Parr and Rosse of Kendall Lord Marmion and St. Quintine Lord Chamberlaine to his Maiesty Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and one of his Maiesties most Honourable Priuy Councell RIGHT HONORABLE LORD KING Saul being brought into such a straight that to escape the hands of the vncircumcised Philistimes hee laid violent hands vpon himselfe fell vpon his owne sword and died a 1. Sam. 31.4 Dauid in his Funerall Elegies in his Lamentations wherewith hee lamented ouer Saul and Ionathan cryeth out Tell it not in Gath publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon lest the daughters of the Philistims reioyce lest the daughters of the vncircumcised tryumph b 2. Sam. 1.20 But when a better then Saul c 1. Sam. 15.28 to whom God hath giuen the Kingdomes of great Brittaine being so brought into the snare of those mightie Hunters Nimrods vncircumcised in heart the Earle of Gowry and his brethren that the sorrowes of death compassed him the floods of the vngodly made him afraid d Psalm 18.4 and hee was ready to say with King Hezekiah I am depriued of the residue of my yeares I shall not see the Lord in the Land of the liuing I shall behold man no more with the Inhabitants of the world e Esa 38.10.11 was notwithstanding so deliuered out of the snare of those Fowlers that not an haire of his head fell to the ground It is a good thing for vs that are the Lords Praecones f Esay 58.1 in our Panygyrickes that wee speake vnto the Lord in the day of the commemoration thereof g Psal 18.1 to cry it in the streetes in the chiefe places of concourse in the opening of the gates h Prou. 1.20 and in the Temples of the Lord that both Sion hearing of it may reioyce and be glad i Psal 96.8 and all the daughters of Babylon that beare euill will at Sion all treacherous Zibahs that could find in heart to blow the Trumpet of rebellion against their Soueraignes k 2 Sam. 20.1 may bee confounded and hang downe their heads for shame Now though my tongue be not as the pen of a ready writer though mine hand want Apelles Art to paint out this our Alexander in his great deliuerance yet I haue made bold in mine heart to endite some good matter with my tongue to speake and with my pen to publish the things that I haue made touching the King l Psalm 45.1 And albeit it might be said to mee being little both in mine owne and others eyes What art thou Whence commest thou yet I haue like Hester aduentured to come w th these my raw meditations into the Courts of your Honors house without calling thither m Hest 4.10 hoping as Dauid shewed kindnes to Mephibosheth for Ionathans sake n 2. Sam. 9.7 so you will vouch safe to receaue it into your fauourable protection for the subiects sake whereof it intreateth his Highnesse happy and wonderfull sauing in whose safety at that time consisted both in generall the preseruation of these two famous kingdomes and also in speciall the continuance of your honours prosperitie and dignitie vnto this day you being one of the foules of the aire that haue their habitation in the branches of this great tree o Dan. 4 21. Againe my perswasions are strong that any thing spoken of his Maiesties wonderfull deliuerance shall be welcome to him in whom haue bene obserued to meet and be conioyned those seuerall commendations that Alexander the Great gaue to two of his seruants commending the one Craterus to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a louer of the king in the things that concerned his crowne and dignitie the other Hephaestion to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a louer of Alexander in a priuate respect affection towards his person and that the basest earthen vessell that bringeth in it any of the heauenly treasures shall finde fauour in his eyes who as it was sayd of Sceuola that he was Iurisperitorum eloquentissimus of all the Lawyers the most eloquent man is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of our Nobles the most skilfull in Diuinitie who hath made Gods testimonies his counsellers taketh more delight in them then in thousands of gold and siluer and thinketh it a greater honour to bee a member of the Church then a Peere of the Realme All which hath made me put on the spirit of boldnesse to dedicate vnto your honorable protection this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 song of triumph wherein the highest note is concerning the Mercies of the Lord and the faithfulnesse that he hath shewed vnto our Dauid his annointed Pardon then I beseech your Honour my boldnesse accept it with gracious fauour and protect it vnder the shadow of your roofe as Lot did the Angels that miscreants may doe nothing vnto it And in my poore measure I wil not cease to fall down an humble suppliant before the Throne of grace to make request that God which hath blessed you with the blessings of heauen aboue and of the deepe that lyeth vnder neath would also blesse you with all spirituall blessings in heauenly things in Christ who hath giuen you a name vpon earth would giue you a name and place within his house and his walles which hath made you happy in standing before an earthly Salomon would giue you the fulnesse of ioy in his presence and which hath set you with the Princes of his people would in his good time set you at his right hand where there are pleasures for euermore Your Honours in all humble duty BARTHOLOMEVV PARSONS THE BARREN TREES DOOME MATH 3.10 Therefore euery Tree which bringeth not forth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire THAT this Parabolicall speech may not bee vttered to vs as vnto them to whom it is not giuen to know the secrets of the Kingdome of heauen Who seeing do not see and hearing doe not heare nor vnderstand a Mat. 13.11 If with the Disciples wee aske the heauenly Maister apart concerning this Parable 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hee will vnfold and expound it vnto vs b Mar. 4.34 And as hee doth aperire os suum in parabolis open his mouth in Parables so hee will aperire etiam ipsas parabolas
Forrest open enemies against whom there might haue beene either defence or hiding Å¿ Psal 55.12 strangers for Nation or Religion as Egyptians to Hebrewes who held it abhomination to eate bread one with another t Gen. 43.32 as Iewes to Samaritans who meddle not one with another u Iohn 4.9 which yet should not haue touched Gods Annoynted x Psal 105.12.13.14 for was not the Amalekites bloud vpon him for touching of Saul the Lords Annointed though he were a stranger and no Subiect y 2. Sam. 1.16 But euen Trees of the Garden men of the same lip and speech that were in subiection vnder this Cedar owing him a seruice in the Lord with their goods body yea the sacrifice of their deerest bloud men worshipping the same God with him after the same manner to whom there was one Lord one faith one Baptisme with him z Ephes 4.5 who professed as Ruth to Naomi thy God shall bee my God a Ruth 1.16 and who went together into the house of the same God as companions in the same Religion b Psal 55.14 yea Trees so clad in the leaues of an outward seeming zeale that euen this very day the elder of them kept an Ahabs fast when Naboth must die c 1. King 21.12 and with Absolom pretended a vow when he would rebell d 2. Sam. 15.8 came and stood before God in his House * Alexander would haue his Maiesty arriue there whilst the Earle his brother was at Sermon See Gowries conspiracy vouchsafing an care to the Gospell of peace which hath brought and taught all peace when warre and bloud was in his heart when hee purposed to haue mingled his sacrifice with the bloud of his Soueraigne as Pilate did the Galileans bloud with their sacrifices e Luke 13.1 so dangerous so pernicious is the deuill when hee is cloathed in white when he commeth in the shape of an Angell of light f 2. Cor. 11.14 These were the Trees Now for the ill friute that onely blossomed budded forth out of them for the most High blasted it that it could not come to maturity as that of Rechab and Baana who smote King Ishbosheth on his bed and slew him g 2. Sam. 4.7 it was the fruit of sedition of rebellion which is as the sinne of witchcraft h 1. Sam. 13.52 of lifting vp their hands with Absolom against the Father of their Country yea of laying violent bloud-thirsty hands vpon him who was to them and is to vs the light of our Israel i 2. Sam. 21.17 and the breath of our Nosthrils k Lam. 4.20 whom they should haue feared to haue laid hands on l 2. Sam. 1.14 as being their Maister the Lords annointed m 1. Sam. 24.7 26.9 yea as being a righteous person as Dauid aggrauateth the sinne of Rechab and Baana for slaying a righteous person n 2. Sam. 4.11 one cuius virtutes nullo vitiorum confinio laeduntur as Pliny faid of Traian whose vertues are impaired with no neighbour vices who neuer was an Ahab to spoyle any Naboth of his Vineyard o 1. King 21.16 nor a Manasses to defile the streets of his Cities with innocent bloud p 2. King 21.16 so farre is hee from that that hee hath pardoned many railing Shemeis bloudy Ioabs and rebellions Absoloms and would euen with good Theodosius etiam mortuos in vitam reuocare wish them aliue that are dead nor an Herod to take away anothers wife q Math. 14.4 One to whom the Church of God doth euen owe it selfe not onely for being nursed vp with the milke of his Breasts but also for the seruice that hee hath done to Sion in publishing Apologies in her defence and shewing himselfe to be a defender of the faith not onely in a Complementall Title but also in actuall performance One whom the Common-wealth hath found as a Nebuchadnezzars Tree r Dan. 4.9 a King raigning in righteousnesse and being an hiding place from the winde a couer from the tempest as Riuers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great Rocke in a weary land Å¿ Esay 32.2 And one of whom all his Subiects do for his walking in and out before them Eadem secretò quae palam loqui t Seneca speake none otherwise in secret then openly This was their naughty detestable fruite Now for the cropping of it in the bud for the hewing downe of such corrupt Trees well spake euen wicked Iesabell Had Zimri peace when hee slew his Maister u 2. King 9.31 Had these men peace when they sought attempted to haue slaine their Maister the Lords Anointed and had so farre gone on in their wickednesse that they had brought him as a bird into the snare of the Fowler and had dealt with their Soueraigne as the euill seruant with his fellow laid hands on him and taken him by the throate x Math. 18.28 No but euen when there was but a step betweene his soule and death the Lord stirred vp the spirit of some of those mighty men whom this our Dauid had y Sir Iohn Ramsey Sir Thomas Ersâ—ins Sir Hugh Heries and one Wilson a seruant whose hands claue vnto the sword and vnto whom the Lord gaue great victories that day z 2. Sam. 23.9.10 so that they did beate them as small as the dust and tread them flat as the clay of the street a Psal 18.42 And as they thought to haue done not onely to their brother but also to their maister so were they retaliated so was it done to them life for life bloud for bloud b Deut. 19.21 blessed are they for rewarding them as they would haue serued the Lords annoynted although in this case there was great disproportion they seeking his life who was worth ten thousand of the vulgar c 2. Sam. 18.3 yea they found there was no inchantment against Iacob no diuination against Israel d Num. 23.23 Gowries inchanted characters wherein he did trust could not keepe his body from the sword nor his life from destruction e See Gowries corspiracie And for their casting into fire euen into the fire that neuer goeth out f Mark 9.43 although we must be sparing in iudging any who haue a maister of their owne to stand or fall to g Rom. 14.4 although Maior sit dei benignitas as saith S. Austine quam omnium hominum iniquitas the goodnesse of God be greater then the wickednesse of all the men in the world so that a man may bee receiued to mercy inter pontem fontem betweene the bridge and the brooke Yet if rebellion threw Adam out of Paradise cast the Angels downe out of heauen into hell h 2. Pet. 2.4 how shall these rebels these traitors euer escape the condemnation of hell and be saued in the day of the Lord Nay if Iudas in whom there was a kinde of remorse for the Holy Ghost saith of him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i Mat. 27.3 He Was sorry that euer he had done the deed and who tooke the deepest revenge of himselfe that could be for he went and hanged himselfe be yet gone into his owne place k Acts 1.25 euen hell prepared of old for him whither are they gone who with Corah Dathan and Abiram died in their trespasse l Num. 16.33 were neuer pricked in heart but stood in defence of the deed died in defence of it and breathed out their last breath with sorrow that they had not the wit m Alas I had not the weight of it said Alexander See Gowries conspiracie to haue imbrued their hands in Maiesties sacred bloud but euen in infernum inferius into the nethermost hell And so euer let his enemies perish let the enemies of our Lord the King and all that rise to doe him harme be as those two brethren but vpon himselfe let his crowne flourish and let the Lord speak of his house for a great while n 2. Sam. 7.19 that there may neuer want a man of his posterity to sit vpon the throne of great Britaine so long as the Sunne and Moone endureth And for our selues let vs praise the name of our God with a song magnifie him with thankesgiuing o Psalm 69.30 who giueth so great deliuerance vnto his King and sheweth mercie vnto his annointed and to his seed for euermore p Psalm 18.50 Yea let vs cry with Ahimaaz blessed be the Lord which hath shut vp the men that lift vp their hands against my Lord the King q 2. Sam. 18.28 blessed and thrice blessed be the name of the Lord that reserued him in meliora tempera for better times that he might set him on the throne of our Israel and make him king to doe equitie and righteousnesse r 2. King 10.9 And let the King himselfe reioyce in the Lords strength euen reioyce greatly in his saluation Å¿ Psalm 21.1 and praise his God which gaue him not as a prey vnto their teeeh but euen then when there was but a step between his soule and death sent from heauen and saued him from thereproach of them that would haue swallowed him vp t Psam 57.3 redeemed his life from the very brinkes of the graue and crowned him with mercie and compassion u Psalm 103.4 So that God which hitherto hath saued him from the Lyon and the Beare will hereafter also for so he may with Dauid ex antecedentibus colligere consequentia from the by-past experiments of Gods prouidence towards him gather what wil follow hereafter rescue him froÌ„ those vncircuÌ„cised Philistims that at any time rise vp against him x 1. Sam. 17.36 and which hath crowned him here on earth with a corruptible crowne will crowne him hereafter with a crowne incorruptible and giue him a kingdome that cannot be shaken reserued in Christ Iesus to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be glory for euer and euer Amen FINIS