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A10400	Noble Blastus the honor of a lord chamberlaine: and of a good bed-chamber--man: or The courtier justified in conditions of peace. Being a sermon preacht the 27. of March, 1631. before Sir Lucius Cary, and the congregation at Burford Church in Oxfordshire; with speciall relation to the Coronation-day, and the plague and dearth then among the people. By Iohn Randol Bachelor in Divinitie, of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxford.	Randal, John, b. 1594 or 5.	1633 (1633)	STC 20684; ESTC S115627	20,820	42

not beene Blastus their friend Patron both of their goods and lives by his breath now they live _____ And having perswaded Blastus they desired peace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 postulabant pace●● So much of their mediator now to the substance of their petitiō it selfe which was peace they desired peace Peace is the faire ornament both of Church and Common-wealth peace is the lawfull profit of the whole World peace the desirab●● pleasure both of man and beast Therefore they desired peace The Tyrians in estate being very rich and in freedome richer then estate might have beene richer in pride then in freedome and so have arrogantly replied wee are unused to serve nor will wee now begin But weighing well their suffrances of old they now desired peace Happy they whose former warres can make them at the last desirous of a peace more happy they that can desire it without a war 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they desired it But by what meanes do they obtaine it Is the King so soon appeasable a man as to grant it upōso small desire How small To pay submission is a dearer rent then are ten thousand millions by the yeare heroick spirits count it so though base do not which maketh Solomon say Prov. 25. v. 15. A soft answer breaketh the bones so that as he whose bones are broken cannot rise up to be revenged upon you no more can he whose minde is appeased with a soft answer they both sit still as if they were eqnally well appayed Renowned Solomon thou hast blest my wearie bones with sweetest sleepe by that sweet phrase of thine and taught us all great angers to appease by soft answers and submissive deeds For they perswading Blastus did humbly desire peace obtained it of a furious King Thus their submission did prevaile something their mediator more being in favour with the King their time and place as much as both for wh●●●oyes in feasts and triumph are on foot anger leaves boyling then and so they tooke the King at Caesarea where playes were ordained to Caesars honour there Herod cloathed beyond himself strove not to exceed the Nobles but the very sun in richnes of attyre as if owing more more he would performe to Caesars honour then Phaebus should himself time and place do much facilitate a suite there they prefer their petitiō obtain their ends Peradventure some other consideratiō was in the articles of peace what did they buy their peace so some Interpreters cōceive why not undoubtedly Asa Ioas others by their publique treasure did redeeme their Kingdomes peace 1. K. 15.2 K. 12. So might the Tyriās here by summes of money cōmodities of wares or by other gratificatiōs intreat the peace better lose a part then all of honor profit or whatsoever else it be their scituation so commodious was that traffick would easily recover the charges of their peace whereas expence of war might chance to ruine all therefore they preferre an unjust peace before the justest warre that could but pinch a while but this for ever might undoe them all we Merchants are thought they therfore we desire not totry our right by force of Armes wee live by free trading into every part if warre begin traffique will end with us and so penury consume us all for our borders are but narrow our fields a barren soyle great multitudes of people to be maintained by it more then our selves are able to relieve our corne and chiefe provision comes day by day from our neighbours Countrey the Country of ●●e Jewes the jurisdiction under Caesar is in Herods hand if he in his displeasure shall proclaime a warre nay if but forbid the exportation of corne alone the famine will consumeus all and that is the maine reason we desire peace because our Coūtry is nourisht 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Kings Countrey Whether deservedly or no we come not to dispute Herods displeasure is incurr'd his offended countenance we cannot beare for we live by alimony frō him that is the reason we desire peace because our Coūtry is nourished by the Kings Coūtry But wil the King hearkē to such terms as those for it is not out of love but of necessity that yee seek a peace and such a peace how long wil it last do yee think Each Kingdome hath something that another needs The pearling pride of Tyrian ware may please Herod no lesse then Herods corne doth them Besides the time may come that Herod may need their shipping as much as they doe now his corne moreover what one kingdome wants that another by the law of nature is bounden to supply or else neighbour Kingdomes would for ever be at wars Herod unlesse he be a devill unsatiable in malice having passed his royall word will suffer thē to enjoy their peace however they must take it de bene esse if not de mero esse because the greater part if not the whole country receive their alimony from the Kings country And they perswading Blastus desired peace because their Country was nourished by the Kings Country Needs must they stoope whose sinewes shrink for want of meat famine makes stately men submit their proudest necks to Tyrāts feete No man so strong but famine will make weake what the Grecian Captaine said of old the Tyrian they say here against a man man may prevaile but against nature no man can and so they stoope It is justice that without command they yeeld some retribution unto him by whom they receive nourishment but if it be commanded once it is justice with necessity then which is a stronger band and that 's the reason why they stoope Because they are nourisht by the Kings Countrey and because they are commanded to stoope or else they shall feele the power of Herods hand and know that they are nourished by the Kings Countrey So I have done with the historie of the Text the conjecturall doctrines and the generall applications arising from it Now there are two speciall applications remaining concerning our owne Kingdome our owne time and our own persons too the one a laudative the other an instructive part The laudative is for thanksgiving unto GOD. Awake yee sleepie Saints yee mellow dust of Ancestors awake you that on Neginoth and Gitteth doe excell whose breasts have long been purified in hallowed earth come all to Davids quire and let us sing lowd prayses unto him that gives us Kings sweet Kings of peace by whom your childrens children doe live and die in joyfull peace And you all you the flower of English blood that doe enjoy these fruits of peace quailes and manna in every field nectar and ambrosia under every vine the marrow of the land and oile of seas Neptune your foole and Ceres your servant is the gods of the heathen are become your slaves whilest the God of gods is become your friend and gives you Kings of peace by whom you live and die in peace To the scared temple then I say

come all away make up the Quire higher and higher sing prayses unto God untill he find himselfe well pleased with gentle thankes for such his more then gentle favor unto all in giving Kings and times of peace And you sweet sister Church of Tyre and Sidon that doe border neere whose land is nourisht partly by the Kings keepe this day sacred with our selves make up the Quire higher and higher sing praises unto God until he find himself wel pleased with more then humble thankes for such his more then gentle favour to you all in giving you so gratious a neighbour King a King of peace No fuming Herod no froward Rehoboam He no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 no war-braind man but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a man whose wisedome studies nothing more then how he may make peace As his Father was so is hee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a peace maker with all kingdomes round about and why But that every one may enjoy your owne sweet pleasurable peace at home Were there a King of alchimy the warres would eat him up could all your braziers turne their pewter into gold yet the warres would eat them up nay were all your faces as hard as adamant it selfe yet the warres would bruise them to pieces like a potters vessell Your rings and jewels your silkes and amorous tokens your chaines of gold and books of rare delight nay your religion it selfe and all would be made but a speedy prey unto the bloody foe Now silver flocks of sheep and smoother heards of cattell your generous horses and your palaces of State troopes of revenues and curiosities of wares your religion and the very love of God himselfe they are all your owne because yee enjoy Kings and times mediators of your peace Great is the blessing of peace amongst us oh that our praises were as great as it Wonder many doe that of all nations we should enjoy such peace wonder should I as well as they if there were not an haereditary benediction in it for of peaceable parents do peaceable children proceed as his father was so is he a man of peace nay a maker of peace Doe we attribute it then altogether to the race not so neither but chiefly unto God the giver both of the race and peace a race may faile but never God! Cease wee to wonder then the God of peace doth love our land and therefore blesseth us with Kings and times of peace no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is our King Let us in thankfulnesse live peaceably at home love we our neighbours as Christ the King of peace loved us have peace with all men as much as in us lyes not for the belly sake as the Tyrians with King Herod had but for our Saviours sake who would wee should have peace with all He is worse then Herod that will not entertaine a peace when faire conditions offer to him he is worse then a Tyrian that will not seeke for peace when as the Kings displeasure is proclaimed against all that bring disturbance to the Church or State and when as nor they nor we can long be nourisht without the pleasure of the King For he is a King of peace and thereby doth most justly intitle himselfe unto a kingdome greater then our owne For the most Christian King is he who imitateth most our Saviour Christ who is the prince of peace For so suffered he the tares among the wheat till harvest come the ripenesse of season that shall root out all Yet if any offended have there be many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neare and deare unto the King many gentle mediators that will procure their peace Or if you will not render thankes to God because you enjoy the blessing of such a King or because your mediators are as good as Blastus was yet render thanks because your land more happy is then was the Tyrian and Sidonian soile You are not nourisht by other countries so much as they by you they send to calk your ships you feed their bowels with the finest wheat Their silkes and stuffes may please you well but never nourish you so much as your owne warme native cloth can do the enliving restaurative of decaying heat Their fruits and spices please your tast but wholesome juycie meat engenders purer blood to nourish any body then all their spices doe and in such meate doth our Kingdome most copiouslie abound above them all Therefore render praise to God For there the emphasis is at nourishing not at pleasing your kingdome is pleased but it is not nourisht by any other kingdome so much as by your owne Therefore render thankes to God and please your owne King you are in better case then ever the Tyrians and Sidonians were Some if they durst would say what need this pleasing of him Yes die power most justly is in him Among the Romanes two of the aediles might export their corne as they thought fit but with us the command is altogether in one mans hands and so he may undoe a forreiner and pleasure his owne without controle whensoever he shall please Wherefore seeing his providence hath given you good liberty to use worthily and wisely do you enjoy your peace least falling into the power of cruell men with doubtfull sighes and groanes in vaine yee often doe desire the liberty you lost But if with prudence and thanksgiving you receive the present peace you doe invite the Lord to give you greater joy Nor Origens sepulcher nor Caracalla's tombe nor many a future monument beside had ever so famous been at Tyre if thus they had not well preserved their peace Wherefore give thanks for the Churches and the Kingdomes peace they shall prosper that love them both So much of the Laudative The Instructive shall conclude Though your Country be nourisht by no other earthly princes land yet by the King of heavens country it is take heed then how ye displease that King the King of heaven and earth the King of kings and God of gods the super-supreme commander of all things for by his countrey wee are nourisht every one as how or why Heaven and earth are all his countrey the sea and all to blast to blight to burne to drowne or how hee please But how should wee displease him then or who knowes that he is displeased O the question The plague continues blew amongst us the famine hath begun to whet her hungrie teeth the Cataracts of heaven are let loose drie aries into watry pisces changed the ransome of a King into the subjects ruine for military March is made a standing poole All these are more then signes that the King of kings is highly displeased with us and doe you aske then who knowes that he is displeased with us or what the cause is that hee is displeased doe you aske When as our sinnes so superabundant are what marvell if he drowne your corne with immoderate showres in the field to punish those