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duty_n	inferior_n	parent_n	superior_n	2,193	5	11.4759	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04390	Englands iubilee, or Irelands ioyes Io-pæan, for King Charles his welcome With the blessings of Great-Britaine, her dangers, deliuerances, dignities from God, and duties to God, pressed and expressed. More particularly, Irelands triumphals, with the congratulations of the English plantations, for the preseruation of their mother England, solemnized by publike sermons. In which 1. The mirrour of Gods free grace, 2. The mappe of our ingratitude, 3. The meanes and motiues to blesse God for his blessings. 4. The platforme of holy praises are doctrinally explained, and vsefully applyed, to this secure and licentious age. By Stephen Ierome, domesticke chaplaine to the Right Honourable Earle of Corke.; Irelands jubilee	Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650.	1625 (1625)	STC 14511.5; ESTC S103354	215,774	330

the Pedlars pack of the trumpery of his owne Iustitiarie workes we have him in the Temple as busie as a Bee praying or prating at the least Yea that Papist that will eate his breaden god upon a bargaine of k The speech of Northampton extent in print against the powder traytors bloud even when he goes by a plot as deepe as Hell to blow up the Parliament house as high as heaven will pray over and over his Rosarie roule out a hundred Aves and Pater nosters sollicite every hee and shee saincted friend that he hath in the court of heaven to prosper his bloudie project yea this meritorious act must be committed and commended too to the prayers of their Church So a profane man whose mouth runnes over as the scumme of a seething pot with the froth of all lewd and vitious speeches banding and darting moe damnable oathes and blasphemies in the very face of God in one houre then there be pores in his spongie tongue or teeth in his jawes or joynts in his hand this blatrant beast for God holds him no * Wicked men in the Scriptures are oft compared to beasts Psal 57.4 58.4 Esa 1.4 Matth. 7.6 Luke 13.32 Tit. 2.12 better will have sometimes such a fit and good mood come on him that he will dribble or rather l Matth. 6.7 babble out a prayer or two nay you shall have the swinish drunkard in midst of as much profanation as * Dan. 5.1 2 3. Baltazar ordinarily jeast out such a prayer God forgive me my sinnes c. As usually is this in his mouth but when it is countercrossed with an oath as the cough or the flegme in the mouth of some consumed old man 5. Yea generally if the outward profession of religion to knit up all in one word did speake and prophesie a man to be truly religious wee should have moe wayes to heaven then to anie town or citie in Christendom for the Belgick Dany Gorgean Anabaptist Brownist Familist Arminian as in former ages the Arrian Aërian Monotholite Nestorian Lutichians with all the rest of the hereticall rabble profest themselves as our Papists now the onely true Catholickes they had manie as blindedly zealous in their kindes as Paul for his m Act. 22.3 Pharaisisme Nay to keepe within the bounded mount the limits of the Scriptures Have we not the worst of sinners professing like Saints Cain n Gen. 4 3. sacrificing Balaam o Numb 23.7 prophesing the Harlot p Prov. 7.14 vowing Iudas q Luk. 9.1.2 preaching Simon Magus r Act. 8.13 baptized Demas a companion to ſ 2. Tim. 4 10. Paul himselfe yea Ananias and t Act 5.1.2.3 Saphira as forward in outward formalities as any of the rest yea wee have the carnall Israelite loading Gods Altars with sacrifices wearying him with his Sheepe and Calves Bullockes his u Esai 1.11 Psal 50.8.9 Sabaoths his new Moones All which with the rest of the formall sacrifices of the w Ier. 6.20.21 wicked God protests his soule hates loathes and abhorrs as hee doth the offring up of Swines bloud or the cutting off a doggs x Esai 66.3 necke the howlings and bellowings of profane spirits being to him no more then the hissings of so manie Snakes the croaking of so manie Frogges all their sacrifices with their persons being execrable and abominable to the Lord yea stinking as Carrion in his nosthrils Why so because they wanted the true salt of the Sanctuarie the life and soule of all which should vivificate and animate these their observances and oblations that 's in one word Obedience as God himselfe reveales y 1. Sam 15.22 Psalm 50.23 Esai 58.3.4.5.6 himselfe Therefore I say to thee to conclude this point As the Israelites here in my Text even before they offered their burnt offrings and drinke offrings their Oyle and their Wine their Rammes and their Lambes they first offer as the best Vsher prologue of acceptance their obeysance externall yea better their obedience internall to God and the King So doe thou otherwise as Peter said to Simon z Act. 8.20 Magus though baptized Thou and thy money perish together I say to thee though a professor if a profaner in sinnes committed in such duties omitted as formerly prescribed Thou and thy praying thy blessing thy hearing thy Sacramentall receiving deceiving and all thy professing confessing profaning disioyned from the obedience of the Law legall from the obedience of faith Evangelicall perish together A ●rotestant was once in Popish crueltie unjustly burnt with a Bible about his a See M. Masons abridgement of the acts and Monuments pag. 203. Gen. 42.20 necke but thou maist in Gods justice justly burne in hell with Bible in thy mouth and profanesse in thy heart life Therefore as Ioseph said of bringing * Benjamin I of sincere obedience Bring it or else never stand before the Lord anie more in his holy Temple unholy unhappie man that thou art I cannot pretermit another observance without bringing by application some of their Honie into our owne Hive These people are not onely obedient to the jussions and summons of their Prince but as the grace of this Grace as a pearle in gold their obedience is speedie as quicke as thought as lightning Davids word is the watch-word they are in a readinesse his command gives fire they discharge presently a whole volly of blessings Which promptnesse of theris justly blames and shames the refractorie obstinacie of manie Christians in all degrees and professions for manie inferiors wives to their husbands Children to their Parents servants to their Masters subjects to their Governours as they give their Superiors an absolute negative by their words or practise that they will not doe such and such duties injoyned morall matrimoniall naturall Theologicall but rather crosse and contradict as Ziphorah did the circumcision of her b Exod. 4.25 Sonne So when at last though long first they are perswaded it is with such a haling and pulling and drawing as the Beare to the stake the Bull to the ring the Asse to his burthen What they doe is haled and extorted from them as almes from an Vsurer prece * Nihil car●●●● emitur quam quod precibus precarie they are either as Haukes lured to it by faire words and promises as the * Laudando saltant onera gravissima portant 〈◊〉 turres armatat Atlia etc. li. 4 cap. 23. Basilius exem hom 9 Albertus lib. 22. Elephantes to draw great burthens by the praises or flatteries of their keepers like Wind-mils grinding nothing nor once wheeling about without the winde of applavses or wonne by gifts as Children to their Bookes by Nuts and Apples or whipt and beat to it as trewantly boyes to their schooles or lazie prentices to their workes How ever what they doe in anie prescribed dutie goes against the haire invita Minerva as the proverbe is against Gods forbid Hence