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A07198	Two sermons, preached at the Kings court, this Ianuary, 1620 Concerning Davids adultery, and his politick practices. By Francis Mason, Archdeacon of Norfolk, and Chaplain to his Maiesty in ordinary.	Mason, Francis, 1566?-1621.	1621 (1621)	STC 17600; ESTC S112434	36,020	128

import as many both ancient and moderne writers doe take it that the Arke of the Covenant was now fetched into the Hoast of Israel which used to be done in time of danger and that for foure reasons 1. To incourage the soldiers because the Arke wherein was the pot of Manna the rod of Aaron and the tables of the Covenant was a visible token of Gods presence Secondly to testifie that they trusted not in their swords but in the Lord whose strength was figured and represented in the Arke which therefore was called the Arke of his strength Thirdly to terrifie their enemies and therefore when the Arke removed these words were vsed Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flie before him Fourthly that they might aske counsell of the Lord in case of necessitie Thus the Iewes in their dangers and extreamities had recourse to the Arke Now wee Christians have not as they had the golden Cherubins the Mercy Seat and the Arke of the Covenant overlaid with golde but our Arke is Christ and his true Religion And happy shall we be both in Peace and in Warre if this Arke be still among us Our Land indeed is a goodly Land our gardens like Eden our rivers like Iordan yea our Land is blessed for the sweet increase of the sunne and for the sweet increase of the moone and for the treasures hid in the sand yea the whole Iland is walled about with the Ocean Yet our chiefe comfort consisteth in this that this true Arke of God is amongst us and that our defence is the Lord Iehavah Lord let this Arke still abide in our tents that our enemies may bee scattered and that we may alwaies reioyce in thee the God of our salvation This point thus touched and explained by the way let us now ponder the wordes of Vrias for they are very memorable and deserve to be written in letters of gold They containe two reasons The former is drawne from the state of the Campe and it is threefold First the Arke of God is in perill and shall I goe follow my private pleasures Here was a notable touch of religion and devotion Secondly Iudah and Israel are in their tents and shall I be such a tenderling as to hide my head in an house of timber stone Here was a compassionate care of the Campe though his body were absent his heart was with them Thirdly my Lord Ioab and his servants are encamped in the open fields Sub dio sub Iove frigido and shall I be chambred up like a carpet Knight or a white-livered souldier Heere was a dutifull respect and conformity to his Governours The second reason is drawen from the consideration of his owne estate and condition Shall I go home I that am a professed souldier I that am a Captaine and Cōmander of others Nay rather my house shall bee the vault of heaven the ground shall be my bed a stone shall bee my pillow the sable curtaines of darknesse shall be drawne about mee and my canopie shall bee the azure canopie of heaven whether enveloped with clowds or bespangled with starres But why should I go home unto my house To eat and to drinke Alas this is not a time for feasting but rather for fasting and prayer Or shall I goe solace my selfe with my wife No no at such a time as this let even lawfull pleasures be abandoned let the bridegrome goe out of his chamber and the bride out of her bride-chāber A noble resolution for a souldier and worthie one of the Worthies of David Is this a Hittite or rather a true Israelite in whome is no guile O happy were a King which had an army consisting of such soldiers This might have touched David to the quick to see a souldiour have more care of the common good then himselfe But here we may note how adulterie taketh away the heart of a man it maketh him so dull that hee doth not reioyce at the zeale of Vrias but is sorry for it because it crossed his owne wicked designes Yet Vrias still continued constant so that neither the wearinesse of his iourney nor the loue of his young and beautifull wife nor the Kings courteous exhortation nor his cunning invitation nor his friendly expostulation could prevaile with him or perswade him to go home unto his wife Wherefore David was hitherto disappointed of his purpose Yet beholde another traine to bring him to his lure though a very bad and a base one For the next day hee invited him to eate and drinke before him and that of sette purpose to make him drunk O mercifull God! what will not sinfull man doe to avoide the shame of the world There is no question but David both hated drunkennesse in his heart and punished it in others and yet to hide his owne shame he is not ashamed to make a man drunke There was a good lawe enacted by King Ahasuerus that thogh they might drink the royall wine in abundance yet no man might urge or compell But David as it seemeth did urge and compell Vrias for the text saith that hee made him drunke And are there not many at this day also which will urge and compell a man to drinke till he be drunke Some because they use to bee drunke themselves wish all other men to be branded with the like infamy Others which are strong to beare drinke themselves are so ungracious that they reioyce to discover the weaknesse of another and to triumph in his fall Others doe it of policie when they cannot bring a man to their owne bent while hee is sober they hope to prevaile with him when hee is drunk And so did David Now who I beseech you would ever have suspected such a thing by David Here I note that a man is soonest inveigled when he suspecteth least harme and never sooner then under the colour of friendship Wherefore take heed of thy foes and as the world goes now adayes thou hadst neede to take heed of thy friends also For howsoever men pretend kindenes yet if they urge thee to drink looke to thy selfe they are not friends but foes not kinde but cruell And here O that mine eyes were a fountaine of teares that I might lament the sinnes of this Land and namely that beastly sinne of drunkennes which threateneth iudgement from heauen against us it is so spred from one part of the Land unto another and like a deluge hath overflowed all estates and degrees O what is it like or wherto shall I compare it It is like to a certaine Animalculum which some reckon among serpents or creeping creatures others resemble to a spider the name of it is Tarantula so called of Tarentum a Citie of Apulia the effects whereof are in strange variety For some being bitten by the Tarantula fall presently a-weeping others breake out suddenly into a loud laughing Some when they are stung by it become lazie

these foure points 1. The quality of the person or what manner of man this David was which committed adultery 2. With whom 3. When. 4. How he was plunged into this gulfe of sinne The first point is the quality of the person Concerning which I may truly affirme that David was the most eminent and remarkable man that was then living upon the face of the earth for it was famously knowne both to Iewes and Gentiles that the God of heaven had been his continuall Buckler and Defence even from his youth up He had defended him from a raging Beare from a roaring Lion from a huge and terrible Giant from the fury of the Philistines from the cruell persecution of bloodthirsty Saul and in a word from a thousand dangers And as the Lord had compassed him about with gracious deliverances so he had crowned him with blessings upon blessings temporal spirituall ordinarie extraordinary First when he was a poore Shepheard following the Ewes the Lord sent Samuel to anoint him King over Israel Secondly the Lord gave him a glorious victory over Golias all Israel did see it and reioiced Thirdly the Lord gave him honour in the hearts of the people so that the women did sing in their dances Saul hath slaine his thousands David his ten thousands Fourthly the heart of Ionathan the Kings sonne was knit vnto him for he loved him even as his own soule Fiftly Michal the Kings daughter loved him so David became the Kings sonne in lawe And after the death of Saul and Ionathan the Lord advanced him to the royal throne the glittering Diademe was set upon his head he raigned over Iuda seven yeers and sixe moneths and then over all Israel even from Dan to Bersheba Besides all this the Lord gave him plenty of gold and silver and victory over all his enemies so that his victorious banner was displayed even from Ierusalem to the River Euphrates Moreover he was a Prophet of the Lord a type of Christ a Secretary of the holy Ghost in penning those sacred and mellifluous Psalms he was also the sweet Singer of Israel and a Composer of those melodious harmonies that were used in the Tabernacle of God hee was likewise one of the Patriarks for so Saint Peter stiles him and God had sworne unto him that he should be one of the Progenitors of Iesus Christ. Now for inward gifts and graces hee was a Child of God a member of Christ a Temple of the Holy Ghost a vessell of grace a sanctified Soul a sweet and well tuned Cymbal a heavenly Organ of angelicall sound in all his workes he prays'd the Lord with words of glory every Psalme breathing religion and devotion in so much that God himselfe gave him this testimony that hee was a man according to Gods owne heart O what eminencie of grace what sublimitie of honour what preheminence of prerogatiues was here and yet for all this David euen this David committed adulterie Now that we may make vse of this example first let vs obserue the frailty and infirmity of man Behold hee that was supposed to be strong as a Lyon and tall as a Cedar was not only incountred but also conquered with a temptation Wherefore in his frailety wee all may behold as in a glasse the plaine image of our owne imbecillity for if the Lyon be conquered what shall the little Lamb doe If the Cedars of Libanus be shaken what shall the tender plant doe Alas what are wee if God withdraw his grace Even the best man upon the face of the earth if he were left to himselfe should perish everlastingly Look upon Saint Peter ô what a confidence and hye conceit had he of himselfe and yet for all his boasting hee did not onely deny but also forsweare his Master Wherfore lay away all presumption let no arogancy proceed out of your mouth but let every man cōsider his own infirmity therby learn a holy and a gracious humility Secondly let us observe the danger wherin we stand for if David a man according to Gods owne heart were tempted what man upon the face of the earth can be free from temptation I confesse that all men are not tempted alike to the same sinne of adultery For as our Saviour sayth There are some Eunuches which were so borne from their mothers wombe but all men are tempted to one sinne or other Now where the banke is lowest there the water will over where the wall is weakest there the enemy will batter and where man is weakest there the divell will soonest assault him for our adversarie is like to a cunning fisherman he cōsiders the natures and inclinations of the fishes and accordingly baiteth his hooke If Iudas be covetous the divell will baite his hooke for him with thirtie pieces of siluer If Achan love pride in apparell the divell will angle for him with a goodly Babylonish garment If Absolon be ambitious the divell will seeke to catch him with the hope of a kingdome Thus hee observeth all and accordingly he tempteth all and therefore looke for temptation whosoever thou art Alas my brother thou carriest sinfull flesh and bloud about thee and dost thou thinke thou shalt not be tempted The world is full of alluring provocations and doest thou think thou shalt not be tempted The divell goeth about like a roaring Lion seeking whom hee may devoure and dost thou think thou shalt not be tempted Wee have an enemy sayth Saint Hierome Cui nomina mille mille nocendi artes atque ego infoelix victorem me putabo dum capior He hath a thousand names and a thousand subtill devices to intrap and intangle the soules of men and I poore wretch shall I thinke my selfe a Conquerour even then when I am taken captive Beleeve me beleeve me haec tranquillitas tempestas est this calme will proove a storme for even then thou art tempted when thou thinkest thou art not tempted nay therefore thou art tempted because thou thinkest thy selfe free from temptation Our blessed Saviour when he taught his disciples to say Forgive vs our trespasses hee taught them likewise to say And leade vs not into temptation thereby teaching us that even those children of God whose trespasses are forgiven are still notwithstanding subiect to temptation Wherefore my sonne when thou entrest into the service of God prepare thy selfe for temptation Thirdly seeing wee are all so weake and yet walke in such danger what is then to bee done That we may learne of the Apostle Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall But how shall we take heed that we may learne of our blessed Saviour when he sayth Watch and Pray If the watch be neglected but one night the Citie may bee taken David had kept watch and ward over his senses all his life time and now neglecting it but one Evening he is not onely incountred but carried