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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01920	Enōtikon or A sermon of the vnion of Great Brittannie, in antiquitie of language, name, religion, and kingdome: preached by Iohn Gordoun Deane of Sarum, the 28 day of October 1604, in presence of the the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall	Gordon, John, 1544-1619.	1604 (1604)	STC 12059; ESTC S103340	32,572	56

to both Ye see now what I meane that if the people of the South withdrawe the commoditie of their heat from the North and on the other part if these of the North withdraw the refreshing of the heat of the South There is no doubt I say but if such diuision were suffered by Reason our king it would bring forth ere it were long such a distemperature amongst his subiects that in the end in place of vnion there should be nothing but miserable desolation and confusion which is the fruite of Diuision spoken of in our text Now let vs come to the opening of the matter contained in our text hauing alreadie amply enough spoken of the mysticall doctrine collecting the same out of the literall sense Christ in these words euery kingdome doth teach vs that there is diuersitie of kingdomes to wit the kingdome of God in heauen the kingdome of Satan in hell and the kingdome of men in earth And againe the kingdome of men may be subdeuided into the kingdome of God the kingdome of Satan amongst men This kingdome of God is composed and made of the elect number of true beleeuers which are predestinated and preordained to life euerlasting before the foundation of the world was laied The kingdome of Satan in earth is made of the whole number of the reprobate who are set downe more particularly by S. Paul in the 13 to the Rom. and in the 5. cap. to the Galat. vers 19. as adulterers all vncleane persons Idolaters all contentious and seditious persons murtherers drunkards gluttons c. and in a word all other wicked offendours who as S. Paul teacheth vs shall neuer enter into the kingdome of God The kingdome of God in heauen doth consist of Archangels Angels Cherubins Seraphins Vertues Thrones and all other sorts of spirits called by S. Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ministring spirits who doe praise and worship continually their Creator with hymnes and spirituall songs surpassing the intelligence of man in this earth liuing in an incomprehensible and vnspeakeable felicitie and happinesse in an inaccessable light who are guided by the euerlasting wisdome and prouidence of the eternall omnipotent and onelie good God This celestiall kingdome was from the beginning established in vnion But Satan who was created in all perfection and for his brightnesse by the auncient Fathers called Lucifer did fall away from his Creator drew with him innumerable legions of Angels and in so doing by his apostasie defection from God did make a diuision amongst the Angels in the kingdome of heauen For the which he was throwen downe from that heauenly habitation to the bottomlesse pit of hell prepared for him and his Angels before the beginning of the world as we may read in the Gospell of Saint Matthew where they are tyed with chaines of eternall darknesse as Saint Peter and Saint Iude doe teach vs from this originall diuision made by Satan in the beginning in the kingdome of heauen came an eternall and endlesse desolation vpon him and all the rest of the Angels of iniquitie according as it is here said in our Text Euery kingdome c. Although Satan will admit no diuision in his owne kingdome as we are taught in this Chapter yet he is the very fountaine welspring of all diuisions both in the kingdome of God and man from the beginning of the world to the end thereof For the better vnderstanding of this word Diuision which is in my Text you must know there be three kinds of Diuision viz. a diuision betwixt God and man a diuision betwixt man and man and a diuision betwixt countrey and countrey The diuision betwixt God and man doth come by Idolatrie and sinne the diuision betwixt man and man is partly by diuersitie in Religion and partly by ambition in hunting after dignities honours and preferments of which also doth come the diuision of countries and lands As we haue shewed you how many kindes of Diuision there be now it followeth to shew how many kindes there be of Desolation There is a desolation of mens goods which doth fall out by robbing stealing forraing spoyling burning ship wrake and all other meanes that may be to the preiudice of mens goods There is a second desolation of mans body which doth fall out by plagues pestilence or by the sword in ciuill or forraine warres There is a third desolation of mans soule which doth fall out by Idolatrie apostasie and blasphemie of the which all other sinnes doe proceede Hauing shewed you what Diuision and desolation is and their kinds I purpose by God his grace for the better exposition of my Text to set summarily before your eyes as in a painted table the most notable examples of the Division of Kingdoms Cities and houses in all ages together with their desolation which doe follow on the other as the effect the cause Moreouer we shall see that diuision is a punishment and a curse of God laid on mankind as by the contrarie Vnion is a great blessing of God amongst all estates and conditions of men which we shall doe to this end that laying before you the good fruits of Vnion and the miseries and calamities that doe flow from diuision of kingdomes countries and houses that all these things may serue for your instructions who haue now in hand the consideration of the blessed Vnion of this Iland of Great Britannie into one kingdome which is alreadie vnited in our head our dread Soueraigne the King his Maiestie The first diuision that euer we read of after the creation of the world was inuented by Satan that old Serpent by the which there came a miserable desolation vpon all mankind For soone after the creation of Man and woman who was created in an angelicall nature Vnited with God and hauing the visible communication of Gods presence was placed in a habitation of vnspeakable ioy and felicitie But Satan vpon hatred and enuie did seduce and deceiue the womans mind by lying and false perswasions and by the woman the man with a conceite of vaine glory that they thought to be like God in knowledge so being thus waies seduced by Satan they brake and violated Gods commandement of the which came the first diuision betwixt God and man and after the diuision followed a miserable and lamentable desolation vpon the whole race of mankind which dayly in our owne persons by dolefull experience we find to be true For being created immortall they became subiect both to the death of the soule and the death of the body and were cast out of that place of vnspeakable ioy and felicitie which in the originall language is called Gan-heden a Garden of pleasure into to a most barren and infertile soile wherein he should labour hardly and purchase his bread by the swet of his face till he returne againe to the earth Vpon the other part God who is the fountaine of charitie loue and Vnion yea charitie