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A32786 A sermon preached in Saint Pavles chvrch the tenth of October, 1641 by Mr. Thomas Chisheare ... ; vvherein are many memorable passages most worthy of serious observations in these times. Cheshire, Thomas, b. 1600 or 1601. 1641 (1641) Wing C3780; ESTC R18461 9,416 17

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A SERMON PREACHED IN SAINT PAVLES CHVRCH THE tenth of October 1641. By Mr. Thomas Chisheare Master of Arts of Brasennose Colledge in Oxford VVherein are many memorable passages most worthy of serious observations in these Times Printed at London in the yeare of our Lord 1641. A SERMON PREACHed at Saint Paules Church the tenth of October 1641. Vpon Psalme 148. ver. 12. and part of the 13. Young men and maidens old men and children let them Praise the name of the Lord MY whole alotted time would be to short to stand either to speak of the Pen-man heere the holy Prophet David or this his worke in generall or this his Psalme in particular For himselfe he was a man after Gods owne heart that is his greatest title and he went beyond all the Sonnes of Adam who was a King and a Prophet in all causes both Ecclesiasticall and pollitique in foure particulars never yet paralleld A Shepherd a Musition a Souldier and a Prophet For the first ye know what service he did he slew a Lion and a Beare an absolute tipe of Death and Hell to be overcome by this victorious Lion of the Tribe of Iudah For a Musitian he was the sweet singer of Israel yea he was able to charme the Devill himselfe and quit that evill Spirit which vexed Saul For a Souldier he was most famous witnesse that Battell wherein he slew Goliah and beheaded that great Champion of the Philistines with his owne sword For a Prophet none so fully and so clearly foretels the Person Incarnation Passion and resurrection of Christ foretold as David did he in his owne person did oftentimes intimate many other men so that his divine writings are the Compendium of all the sacred Scripture it seemes Christ himselfe set much by this booke for you may observe that he used the sayings of the Prophet David more then any other Prophet yea more then all the Prophets together Moreover when the Devill tempted Christ he arged a Text out of this Prophet as if the Devill had observed how greatly Davids sayings were respected Our Church considering the usefull excellency of this part of Scripture hath ordained a more frequent use then of any other part of Divine write But I must stay no longer in the commendation of this our Prophet or his booke of Psalmes he rather bids as practise what we finde written young Men and Maidens c. Which wordes are the Conclusion of a Psalme which we may not unfitly stile by the name of a Divine Masque where is scarce any Creature in the whole world but the Species are in this Psalme Here are Angels and all Hosts Sun and Moone and Starres of light The Heaven and Heavens and the waters that be above the Heavens The Earth the Dragons and all Depths Fire Hayle Snow and vapours and stormy winds Mountaines and all Hils Fruitfull trees and all Cedars Beasts and all cattell creeping things and flying Foules Kings of the earth and all People Princes and all Iudges of the earth And in the words of my text Both Young Men and Maidens Old Men and Children let them praise the Name of the Lord You that desire strange and rare sights O come hither and view the whole troope of Gods creatures a Chorus that is led by Angells followed by men and directed by God himselfe and yet stay not too long in contemplating of them for thou they selfe also of what degree soever have a part to act as well as the rest Young Men and Maidens c. For my better proceeding herein I shall first observe the connection of these wordes with the precedent Secondly the duty that is commanded and that is praise to God And thirdly the Actors and those are Iuvenes virgines c. So that you see the Text like the Iron gate to Peter opens unto us of its owne accord and to looke for more abroad were like Esaw to hunt for Venison a farre off when like Iacob wee may have it neere our hand I will treat of this Text very plainely for Ita non debet loqui Theologus ut possit intelligi sed ut non possit non intelligi First that we may know that this Masque is worth our labour and not unbeseeming so glorious a creature as man is our Prophet shewes us that it befits the Angels in Heaven yea it is the height of their felicity to comfort themselves in Anthems of praise to Almighty God So saith Saint Luk. And suddenly there was with the Angels a multitude of the heavenly Hosts praising God The Angels leaped out of Heaven for ioy to congratulate mankinde with a morning Antheme of praise and thankes Thus you see the part we have of act is nothing derogatory unto our worth since the glorious Angels themselves are imployed in the same But to go on this our Prophet shews that the very Beasts and Trees and Foules can performe that which the Devill would perswade us is so difficult The Oxe knoweth his owner and the Asse his Masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider So heere our Prophet would have us to take notice of Beasts and Foules of the aire nay the aire it selfe wind and stormes fulfilling his word Christ tels the Iewes that the Queen of the South should rise up in Iudgement against them at the last day and not onely the Queene of the South but the arie wind of the South shall as it were rise up in Iudgement against us at the last day because that also doth performe the will of God Which man will not doe Now I come to that which I chiefly 〈◊〉 at Young men and Maidens c. The Duty here inioyned is a duty of Praise but not so much 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 for then the Pharisee would have acted his part best our praise must be both Ore Opere Cora● Christ forbidding swearing in that Divine Sermon of his upon the mount shewes us a Method how to affirme or deny any thing Let your communication be yea yea nay 〈◊〉 for whatsoever is more then these commeth of evill On which place I remember one glosseth well Christ doth not intend saith he that we should pronounce yea twice or nay twice with our tongues but that the heart should first consent or refuse and then the tongue should follow either in yea or nay there should be an agreement betweene the tongue and the heart let your communication be yea yea nay nay so likewise in preaching the name of God it must be first performed by the heart and then ecchoed out by the tongue and afterward commented upon in all our actions as yea may see in this Psalme where the Prophet calling upon the creatures to praise God urgeth them thereunto with an argument taken from the wind and storme fulfilling his word So that it is not enough for the wind to whisle or the raine to rattle if we should