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The last sermon preached before his Maiesties funerals at Denmark house: on Tuesday the third of May. / By Phinees Hodson Dr of Diuinitie, one of his Maiesties chaplaines.
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Hodson, Phineas, d. 1646.
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Yes the same GOD that preserued Moses till hee came to the other side of Iordan prouideth Ioshuah to bring them into the Land for hee loueth his with an euerlasting loue Ier. 31. No sooner Moses must dye but Iosua must arise yea hee prepareth before-hand that Moses shall not heare of death till Iosua be ready to take the charge hee must prepare before-hand but he must not take possession till Moses be dead Yea hee receiued this due commendation Moses my seruant which was not onely an honor to Moses but an incouragement to Iosua for if hee doe as Moses did hee shall haue the honor which Moses had I will not say a greater than Moses is lately dead amongst vs though euen for that purpose much might be said for strip Moses of his Priuiledges and Extraordinaries and though hee commanded much people and a great Army yet had he no kingdome but a Wildernesse that I know That way King IAMES was greater than Moses Thus farre we may be bold None was like Moses among the Prophets none like King Iames among the Kings Moses his priuiledges were many and great King Iames his priuiledges not few nor small None more miraculously preserued than Moses none more miraculously preserued than King Iames. And if Moses were a great Warrior King Iames was as great a Peace-maker I would I had not cause to complaine that the Israelites neuer murmured more against Moses for bringing them out of their thraldome of Aegypt then Many of vs against his Majesty for labouring to keepe the Drum and Cannon from amongst vs. And though it be the duty of good Subiects with Shem and Iapheth so to couer their Soueraignes infirmities as not to looke vpon them themselues yet hath it euer beene the condition of the best Princes euen to bee traduced for their vertues Vnum crimen consiteor Pacificus erat Doubtlesse for wisedome and learning Moses and King Iames were both admirable What the learning of the Egyptians was I dispute not but surely all ages will confesse and wonder at the learning of King Iames a walking Library hee was an abstract of knowledge an Oracle to resolue Quaestions and Mysteries the mirrour of this and miracle of the next age to which his abilities will seeme fabulous All this hee had and a large heart and a large hand and three great Kingdomes to attend his bounty and supply it but yet came short of it yet all this was so tempered as it could not puffe him vp nor make him proud and herein hee was Meeke as Moses was And though I doubt not but he loued well to bee a King and being carefull and jealous enough of his Prerogatiue yet was hee euer best pleased when hee was most like a priuate man It was not for â—â—…ght that the Deuill in his temptation to our blessed Sauiour offered not onely all the kingdomes of the earth but the glory of them his Maiesty tooke his right to his Kingdomes the glory of them he did not regard This was much and yet but little to that Crowne of his Crowne his resolution for Religion and care of the Church wherein hee represented Moses his Zeale For his Resolution to religion Consider his frequent Speeches publikely and priuately his learned Writings which shall liue with the world his continuall exercise and attendance vpon the duties of Religion And this I am perswaded that in two and twenty years whiles he raigned ouer vs he heard more Sermons than all the Princes before him in two hundred But if any malitiously shall impute this to a formality or the outward obligation of his Vow whereby hee had tyed himselfe to those weekely Exercises for his preseruation from the Traiterous Conspiracy though euen the religious performance of such vowes be not ordinary among Princes I appeale to all the three Kingdomes First for England neuer Prince more carefull for the Church neuer King more indulgent to the Clergy if no more so many Bishops priuy Councellors in an age when such honours and fauours were out of dare doe sufficiently expresse it If he had not laid the loue of religion neare his heart he would not haue placed the Prelats and Professor of it so neere his person For Scotland and Ireland wee shall speake miracles but so much by mee more worthy to bee remembred as they are by most men little obserued in these I say hee restored one Church and in effect new planted another hee restored Scotland and how did he this by wresting from the possessours such titles as they had gotten to their reuennues no but by restitution of what the Crowne had gotten by purchase and redemption vpon valuable consideration out of his owne coffers he restored and setled the torne Church of Scotland so as now it beareth the goodly face of a glorious Church And by new indowments where the old could not bee recovered hee founded many both Bishopricks and Churches in Ireland We talke of the charity of former ages but let our Aduersaries bee silent and lay their hand vpon their mouth I dare say and I thinke I am not mistaken King IAMES hath testifyed his deuotion to the Church and Religion by more bounty charge than the superstition of any six Kings together since the Conquest haue broght vpon them So many Bishopricks and Parish Churches in Scotland so many in Ireland and all raised out of his owne Coffers and inheritance if the value were cast vp which I wish might be done for the Kings eternall honour would grow to such a summe as report would hardly find credit Then if a Tree may be knowne by his fruits by these take knowledge of his Maiesties loue to Religion Yet is he dead hee might not bee priuiledged in this point no more than Moses but this is our comfort and assurance that GOD would not bee wanting to so excellent an instrument of his honor but to whom hee gaue graces for the ornament and benefit of his Church him he did furnish with all such graces as were necessary to the saluation of his owne soule and then death was his advantage Regnum Dei intra nos est Vpon which words St. Hierom notes that As a man that is free of any City trauell where he wil through the world hee is still a Citizen and free of that place so if we can once truly say Regnum Dei intra nos est though we walke on earth Habemus municipatum in coelis And then suppose his late Maiesty lost not three Kingdoms but thirty three Kingdomes they are all well exchanged for One Kingdome in Heauen Nor haue wee cause altogether to cry out with Saint Hierom vpon the death of Nepotian Cui jam meum sudabit ingenium cui literulae placere gestient quicquid dixero quia ille non audit mutum videtur For though he be dead Ioshua is aliue the most worthy sonne of an incomparable Father and happy we seeing GOD hath taken such a Moses from vs that he hath prouided such a Iosua for vs. And obserue now therefore for if Moses death enabled Iosua he must not stir till hee dye nay hee must attend Moses death and Gods call for so it was necessary where there was no succession but where the succession of a Kingdome is established in a line the death of the Father calls the sonne aâ—… thereby GOD speakes to him as if in expresse tearmes he called Arise The last breath of the Predecessour giueth first title and possession to the Successor and though it be neuer so faint when it goes out it cryeth aloud Arise Herein let vs magnifie Gods Providence for our Iosua that as he preserued Moses till Iosua was ready so did he preserue our Moses till our Iosua was fit so fit and so incomparably worthy as if succession did not cast the Kingdome vpon him vpon whoÌ„ else should we affixe our eies harts where should we choose such another we haue read of some that haue been so composed as Ingentes virtutes and ingentia vitia did striue whether should exceed but so much vertue without any exception where shall wee finde Non semper errat Fatum aliquando eligit And now that our gracious King comes to vs in the parallel of Iosua I conceiue hope and I cannot but conceiue it that hee will likewise come to vs in the Power of Iosua The greatest act of Iosuah's power appeared in this that at his word the Sunne and Moone stood still till hee was auenged on his enemies Amongst the Canons of the Church of Rome wee find that they make the Pope the Sunne and the Emperor the Moone this they to magnifie the Pope so many degrees aboue the Emperor as the Sunne exceedes the Moone But the Sunne and the Moone they must be so let them be prouided that at the mighty power of our Iosua and his worâ—…â—he Sun Moone stand still or be not able to goe forward one degree till hee bee auenged of the blood of those Saints which hath beene so prodigally shed and till Those of his owne Royall blood be deliuered from the oppressions which now they suffer and bee restored to those Inheritances and honors which haue so violently beene torne from them Now therefore Arise yea let our Iosua arise like the morning Sunne and thrust the vsurper out of his seat Let him Arise and let his enemies be scattered but let his throne bee established from generation to generation let the hand of God be established with him and let his arme strengthen him but Lord destroy his foes before his face and plague those that hate him Let thy Truth and Mercy euer be with him and in thy name let his power be exalted Make him thy first borne higher than the Kings of the earth make his seed to endure for euer and his throne as the dayes of heauen And let all the people say Amen AMEN Faults escaped in some Copies PAg. 3. Lin. 13. reade Ioshua will be c. Pag. 11. lin 22. dele him Pag. 13. lin 21. reade Immortalitie Pag. 15. lin 7. reade for Moses death they cannot fetch him againe once dead Pag. 16. lin penult reade Thus Simeon