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A10044	The creation of the Prince· A sermon preached in the Colledge of VVestminster, on Trinity Sunday, the day before the creation of the most illustrious Prince of Wales. By Daniell Price, chapleine in ordinary, and then in attendance on the Prince.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1610 (1610)	STC 20290; ESTC S115201	18,451	40

fire is kindled within mee But now his heart is cold the fire is quenched the spirit is departed his soule is expired and he is euen as a dead man Corpus inane animae Of Hermotinus it is recounted that hee sometimes lost his soule that it would depart from him at times and come home againe such was Dauids state he was in a trance not a slumber alone but a strange Lethargie Ionas that slept so fast when the waues windes stormes out-cryes of the Saylers stretchings of the tacklings the Sea the ship the Heauēs could not awake him Dauid slept as soūdly as he did dayes weekes moneths a whole yeare he had in the course of his life many enemies Saul warring Shemei rayling Doeg intrapping Philistins betraying Absolon rebelling Adoniah vsurping but all these not so great as the two enemies that had set now vpon him besieged him boorded him possessed him adultery and murther adultery had adulterated his soule and murther had almost murthered his heart hee was almost in that sorrowfull state that Saint Bernard describeth a hardned hart Bernard ad Eugenium which be it extimulated and exulcerated neuer so much yet will not be cut with compunction nor softened with loue nor moued with mercy nor allured with intreaty yeeldeth not to threatnings vnthankfull for benefits vnfaithfull in Counsels vnmercifull in iudgments shamelesse in dishonesty wretchlesse in danger in things apertaining to men voide of humanity in matters concerning God full of temerity vnmindfull of what is past negligent of what is present improuident of what is to come Such almost was this heart of Dauid as secureles and carelesse as any hart could be Idlenesse had vshered Concupiscence Adulterie and blood reuel'd in his Court nay in his heart in thē the vilenesse of his thoughts hatefull to God nor the filthinesse of his mind hurtfull to himselfe nor the sight of his subiects nor the obseruation of his seruants nor the blood of Vriah nor the great belly of Bethsheba nor the crying of those two cursed twins Adulterie and Murther could cause him to feare till that Nathan had raised him and the new spirit had created him No maruaile though Pharoah adde sinne vnto sinne Exod. 10.20 Mat. 2.16 or Herod ioyne massacre to ambition or Nebuchadnezzar ioyne pride vnto bloud Dan 5.27 or Nero ioyne villanie to mischiefe or Catiline serue to ioyne ruine to ryot or the wicked ioyne the cart-ropes of iniquity to the cords of vanitie when the bowels of Gods elect shall be so filled possessed with carelesnesse What shall refraine the wicked from sinning desperately as Cain rebelliously as Saul presumptuously as Pharoah aspiringly as Lucifer trecherously as Iudas when Dauid a man after Gods owne heart his Psalmodist his Organist his Prophet his sweetest singer of Israel should so offend the God of Israel and need such a transformation But the doctrine herein for vs all is this Doctrine that though the godly may be in a traunce for a time and the fit of that sinfull feauer so strongly handle them yet the Lord hath a mind to releeue them and a power to reuiue them Dauid had the Practique of this Theorique in all his soundings he sendeth to the well of Bethel flieth to the cittie of refuge the Wel of Gods fauour the cittie of Gods power he remembred euen now when his soule is brought to the vttermost pit nethermost hell yet by his respiration by Gods inspiration there is life in him he sigheth out and groneth out Create in me a new heart That as in the Acts when Eutiches ouercome with sleepe fell downe from the third loft Paul spake Trouble not your selues Act. 20.10 for his life is in him so may I speak vnto you all Right Reuerend Right Honorable and Welbeloued that he are me this day though ye haue seene Dauid in his folly in his fall that Scripture hath vncouered his nakednes so far that he seemeth to be dead and buried and to smell in the graue as the Fathers expound that of Lazarus 4. daies Austin Ambros the 1. day by conceiuing finne the 2. by consenting the 3. day by comitting the 4. day by continuing in sin yet there is life in him and as Dauid was a type of Christ so the words spoken of Christ may be true of Dauid He was dead but is aliue and he shall liue for euermore for whom God loueth he loueth vnto the end all the deuils in hel all infernall complices cannot raze one of Gods seruants out of the booke of life Reu. 1.18 None of them shal be lost Ioh. 17.12 though the sownings of their faith cause them sometimes to draw their breath so inwardly to it self that no man can perceiue it yet the good nes of God shall embrace thē as Paul did Eutiches their life in them 1. Ioh. 3.9 their seed is in them Salomon in the trance of Idolatrie Ionas in the trance of recusancie Ieremy in the trance of impatiency Peter in the trance of apostacie Thomas in the trance of infidelitie God shall in these haue a blessed purpose both to such as are in these spirituall Apoplexies and to others Ireneus giueth 3. Ireneus reasons in respect of vs why the infirmity of the Saints are Chronicled in the book of God 1. to giue vs warning that both they and we haue but one God who was euer offended with sinne how great soeuer the persons were that wrought it 2. to teach vs to abstaine from sin for if the ancient Patriarcks who went before vs both in time promise couenant loue grace of God and for whom sins being yet not so many the Son of God had not suffred if they bare such reproches among their posterity that their corruptions are registred what shall we sustain that liue in a brighter and later age of the world and haue continued beyond the comming of the Lord Iesus 3. to giue vs warning and instruction that there was a cure behind the sacrifice of the Lambe which was not then slaine but for such as sin now Christ dieth no more no more sufferings no more satisfactions And as another well noteth If that an apple a wedge a bribe the turning back of the eye in Lots wife smile of the countenance in Abrahams wife discontent once in Miriam false fire once in Corah and the like if these deserued such punishment what shall our customary sins open and secret of the eye and hand in word in works priuate within our owne tent publike to the great Eye of heauen S. Austen handling the point vpon this Psalme Austin in Psa 51. maketh this enarration Commissum atque conscriptum est it is done and written not for thy imitation but for thy instruction to informe thee thus much that if thou takest the wings of the morning fly from one end of the earth to the other thou canst not find a soule so pure that hath not sind the chiefest

greatest strongest wisest goodliest godliest haue fallen Patriarckes Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors stars Angels al haue sinned yea and some so fallen that they neuer rose again sinne thou not that thou maist rise but so rise from sin that thou maist neuer fal againe Feare O feare the fall swallow not the hooke of delight Conscientia contrist ans scientia Bernard in Cant. as Saint Bernard doth etymologize the word Conscience will follow if sin be the Prologue shame wil be the Epilogue the woorme the whip the scourge of conscience will feare thee she is marked and obserued by her owne eye though no other eye perceiue her followed and chased by her owne foote though nothing in heauen or earth pursue her shee fleeth feareth and yet stingeth and fretteth and hath a thousand witnesses within her owne breast when she is free from all the world Happy then if the conscience finding her misery seeke the promise the promise take hold on faith faith aske praier praier aske God that God heare and mercy answer that againe we may be created in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of our liues Triplex Creatio spiritualis This Creation is spiritually wrought first by Baptisme the character of Christians marke of the Church signe of the Chosen oth of the Saints liuery of the Seruants assurance of the Sons of God A peccato mundans Poenam relaxans rationalem illuminens Albertus in Comp. Theol. Eusebius Concupiscibilem ad bonum inflammans Characterem inueniens as Ratisbonensis collecteth the power and vertue hereof Constantine neuer Baptised before hee was dying and Dauid neuer so baptised as heere when he was almost dead and then in his last gaspe wash me clense me purge me Neuer any a more true knight of the Bath then he hee had the waters of Iordan pooles of Shiloan fountaines of Lebanon springs for the Spring and fall of the leafe But our Baptisme doth create vs anew no sacrifice or sacrament of the old law so powerfull they were but remembrances gratulatory no oblation propriatory but this so energeticall as that the forme and frame soule and body bee changed It is the great seale of the Charter of heauen which is proclaimed Omnibus Christi fide libus Gratia gratis data Gratia gratum faciens Gratia praeuaen Gratia subsequens To all the Christian people of the world Secondly wee are Created by Grace Grace is shed into our hearts The distinctions of Grace among the Schoolemen will be harsh to many in this assembly but all must know that in this wee must acknowledge with the Prophet Grace Grace Zechariah 13.1 all is Grace euen that fountaine opened to the house of Dauid For our righteousnesse cannot Create vs no more then we can Create it for had we Iustitiam Gentilium it were but vaine and Philosophicall had we Iustitiam Pharisaeorum it were but shadowy and legall had wee onely Iustitiam Viatoris it were but imperfect and casuall no sparke of our owne can enflame vs onely Grace can Create vs A sweeter word then Grace was neuer vttered Miriams Tabrel Asaphs Trumpet Ieduthun his Neginoth Dauid his Cimballs Salomons Songs the Spouses sonnets neuer made sweeter melody then this beloued voice of the beloued GRACE It is the Balme that runneth from the head to the beard and from the beard vnto the skirts of the garment it is Iordan that maketh glad the City of God it is the roabe of righteousnesse that couereth the whole man God giueth liberally thereof to euery one Gratiam dat datam conseruat conseuatam multiplicat multiplicatam remu●● erat giueth Grace freely conserueth Grace giuen multiplieth Grace conserued and rewardeth Grace multiplied Creati sumus per gratiam we are Created by grace Thirdly Creati sumus per poenitentiam wee are Created againe by Repentance it is the spring of the life of man the budding of the figge tree the reuiuing of the withered lilly Plyn Nat. Histor that as the Swallow reneweth sight the Eagle reneweth youth the Hart reneweth strength Psal 103,5 so Man by repentance casteth of the sinne that presseth downe and is againe Created and restored purged washed sanctified This Creation requireth many conditions as the Fathers obserue Aust. in Psal Alber. de sacr for Repentance must bee tota wholy with all the heart Secondly Amara bitter make lamentation Ioel 2 12 Ier 6 26 Wisdom 6.18 and bitter mourning Thirdly Voluntaria voluntary come freely and willingly vnto the Lord. Fourthly it must be Accelerata speedy Eccles 5 3 Cant. 5 3 deferre not to pay that which thou hast paied vnto God And fiftly it must be Continua continuall and perseuerant if thou hast put put off thy coate how shalt thou put it on If thou haue washed thy feet how shalt thou defile them Thus obseruing the conditions binding thy selfe by this obligation thou shalt be Created as Dauid was If wee should looke vpon him when he was taken from the sheepfolds from following the Ewes great with young from being so meane in his brothers eyes nay in his owne eyes euen then when his fathers house was of the poorest in the Tribe him-selfe the least of his family lowest of brethren and if after wee shall behold him aduanced from being a Shepheard to follow sheepe to bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer a shepheard to gouerne and lead people from being the meanest of his bretheren to bee Lord and then to change his coate for a Court his sheep-hooke for a Scepter to become wiser then his teachers greater then his enemies more puisant then Saul more victorious then Ammon more honoured then the Aged this in the eye of man was a new Creation but yet not to bee compared with this Then his state was changed from poore to riche now his soule is changed from sinfull to a sanctified state And being so Created againe the words of the Psalme may fitte him O well is thee and happy shalt thou bee thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for euer The vse of this is to direct vs to a due regarde of our corruption Vse who haue neede so to bee reformed in our liues and yet in this consideration euen to behold the mercy seate the throane of grace from whence by the powerfull operation of Gods spirit we may be created Vides miseriam agnosce misericordiam August doost thou behold thy misery acknowledge Gods mercy euer able to change thee and to purge thee from actuall deprauations and natural corruptions from thy many mighty heauy filthy bloudy crying sinnes and therefore to call frequently to God to pray heartily for this reformation to pray that wee may powre in our prayers Solinus for as the stone Diacletes is said to loose all her excellent power and operation if put into the mouth of a dead man so Prayer if put into a mans mouth whose