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A69196	Foure sermons viz. 1. The blessednesse of peace-makers. 2. The aduancement of Gods children. Preached before the King. 3. The sinne against the holy Ghost. Preached at Pauls Crosse. 4. The Christian petitioner. Preached at Oxford on the Act Sunday. By Iohn Denison Doctor of Diuinity, and one of his Maiesties Chaplaynes.	Denison, John, d. 1629.; Denison, John, d. 1629. Beati pacifici.; Denison, John, d. 1629. Sinne against the holy ghost plainly described.; Denison, John, d. 1629. Christian petitioner. Shewing how we must sue for reward and remission.	1620 (1620)	STC 6587; ESTC S120377	95,129	308

of Peace Christ Iesus And that I may vse the Apostles words Gal. 6. Gal. 6.16 As many as walke after these rules Peace shall be vpon them and vpon the Israel of God Yet one friend of Peace more I may not altogether forget and that is Prayer This Chrysostome cals propugnaculum pacis the fortresse of Peace It is the rule of the kingly Prophet and therefore the rather to be regarded Psal 122.6 O pray for the peace of Ierusalem As Rom. 12.18 Colos 3.15 Phil. 2 1. 2 Thes 3.16 passim It is the frequent Prayer and precept of the profound Apostle Therefore to conclude I will accordingly turne my speech from man to God and say Blessed be God who hath planted peace in our borders Blessed be Iesus Christ who hath giuen vs peace with God with men with our owne soules Lord let this excellent worke of Peace prosper still in the hands of our King of Peace and establish his throne in Peace to him and his posterity whilest the Sunne and Moone shall endure and that through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory might maiestie and dominion now and for euermore Amen FINIS THE SECOND Sermon Blessed are the Peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God SAint Chrysostome in his fift Homily vpon Genesis saith it fares with him in handling that Scripture Qui in aurifodinis laborant c. as it doth with them who labor in mines of Gold For they hauing found some rich veine of Ore hardly ceasse from digging And so fares it with me who hauing in the golden mine of these Beatitudes light vpon a a rich veyne I meane this beatitude which in the iudgement of Saint Austin the most iudicious of the ancient fathers is the most excellent of seauen August Serm. Dom. in mon. lib. 1. I am loath to cease from prosecuting what I haue begunne I haue heretofore obserued that these words containe a Benediction Blessed are the Peace-makers and a reason or manifestation of the benediction For they shall be called the children of God The benediction I haue handled and the reason now remaines to be considered Wee reade in the first of Samuel and the seauenteenth 1. Sam. 17.25 that Dauid hauing heard somewhat ingenerall concerning the reward of him that should incounter and conquer Goliah For his better incouragement in that combat enquires in more particular Ver. 26. What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistim So mee thinks those who haue heard in generall that the Peace-maker is blessed being the sons of peace should for their further comfort and incouragement in the practise of this excellent dutie enquire more particularly wherein this blessednesse doth consist And that is the thing which I now intend to shew in these words For they shall be called the children of God wherein I note these foure particulars First a word of Connexion which knits the benediction and reason together 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For. Secondly the exaltation or aduancement of the Peace-makers For they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the children of God Thirdly the appropriation of this aduancement 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They not onely cum alijs but prae alijs Before others are the children of God Fourthly the promulgation or publication of this aduancement 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They shall be called so they shall be called the children of God And of these points in order The first part The word of connection 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For. ONe would haue thought it had been enough to heare from the mouth of our blessed Sauiour positiuely Blessed are the Peace-makers For if Pythagoras his ipse dixit was such a stickler amongst his schollers how much more should our Sauiours be amongst his followers 1. Ioh. 5.6 If we receiue the testimony of men saith Saint Iohn the testimony of God is greater Loe here is the testimony of him who is both God and man and therfore the greatest that may be and consequently to be carefully regarded It is lawfull to lay the opinions and positions of men in the balance of examination Ratio cum ratione that Reason may be poysed and pondered with Reason as Saint Austin saith But this honor should be euer giuen to the word of Christ that we should say with the Centurion Mar. 8.3 Speake the word onely And when Christ hath spokē the word we shold rest in it waite vpon it Yet hath it pleas'd our blessed Sauior for our further instruction comfort to adde to his cōfortable assertion a pithy reason Euery one hath his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 eyther sound or seeming reason for his actions and opinions Etiam si cum ratio ne insaniat he will rather shew himselfe sencelesse then seeme vnreasonable Thus hee that cast his money into the Sea did it because they were malae cupiditates of whom one said well Ego dubito Lactan. lib. 3. ca. 13. vtrumne sanus an demens fuerit I doubt whether the man were mad or in his right wits for the euill was not in the money but the minde of the possessor The Epicure hath his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of voluptuousnesse 1. Cor. 15.32 Let vs eate and drinke for to morrow we shall dye whereas his inference should haue beene that of Esaiah to Hezekiah Esa 38.7 Set thine house in an order for thou must dye Adam after his fall had his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of hypocrisie Gen. 3.10 I heard thy voice in the Garden saith he therefore I was afraide He might as well haue complained of the light because he had sore eyes for the feare that shaked Adam like a feuer was from within him namely his sinfull condition The libertine hath his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of security Rom. 6.15 We may sinne because we are not vnder the Law but vnder Grace But Saint Paul hath taught vs a better consequent in the second to Titus Tit. 2.11 The grace of God which bringeth saluation vnto all men teacheth vs to deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to haue our conuersation soberly and righteously and godly in this present world Our disputer too hath his presumptuous 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Disput pag. 7. Lactan. lib. 2. cap. 12. We may not kneele when we receiue the Sacrament for that gesture would argue an inferiority on our parts to Christ May not I say of him in Lactantius words Hic profectè rationem non asserit sed euertit This man is no supporter but a supplanter of reason For surely his reason is neerer to blasphemy against Christ then we are in equality to Christ Thus humane reasons are many times like the Commets not fixed in any orbe of truth and like pictures which a farre off seeme very faire but at hand are very course But our Sauiours reasons are like himselfe sound

the eternall Sabbath in the Kingdome of heauen which shall be a day without euening and shall yeelde you rest without labour and ioy without ending When Almighty God had made the heauens and earth hee placed Men and Angels in the same as his Tennants to bring him in the rent of obedience And though wee be much impouerished in our spirituall estate and the graces of God confiscate through Adams fall we must euery one of vs bring in something to the Lords Exchequer like the Israelites to the Tabernacle of which we may say Remember me O my God concerning this Genes 22. When Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac vpon mount Moriah When Moses forsooke the pompe of Pharaohs Court to sustaine affliction with Gods people Heb. 11. 1 Reg. 18. When Obadiah hid and relieued the Lords Prophets When Iob Iob 31. caused the loynes of the poore to blesse him When Mary Magdalen washed our Sauiours feete Luke 7. and wipte them with the haires of her head euery one of these had whereof he might say Remember me O my God concerning this Yea Mat. 10.42 he that giues but a cup of cold water for Christs sake may looke for his reward Behold what comfort shineth from hence to you Fathers and Brethren who haue spent your strength in the seruice of God and the conuersion of sinners Dan. 12.3 great is your reward in heauen You shall shine as Starres in the firmament for euer and euer What shall become of those vile wretches who haue deuoted themselues to all villanies and euen sold themselues to worke wickednesse These may conclude the acting of their wicked designes without * So Tremel doth well translate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prou. 1.11 impunè dread or danger of punishment as it is in the first of the Prouerbs but assuredly all their foule acts must be remembred and their impieties punished As the Prayers and Almes of Cornelius did pearce the heauens for a blessed reward Acts 10.4 so the pride and luxury of Sodome did cry out thither for a dreadfull reuenge Gen. 18.20 Aswell the stony hearted men that scoft at Christ as the tender hearted women that wept for him aswell those that buffetted him as those that embalmed him aswell he that spat in his face as shee that powred the boxe of oyntment on his head shall be remembred the one indeede to their endlesse honor the other to their perpetuall shame and contempt Yea those that with the vnfruitfull seruant haue hid their talents Mat. 25.25 those that haue beene such niggards vnto their owne soules that they haue not prepared some acceptable seruice to present the Lord withall whereof they might say Remember me O my God concerning this euen concerning this they shall be remembred For the Lord shall say of them take and binde that vnprofitable seruant and cast him into vtter darkenesse hee shall say to them as Abraham said to Diues Luke 16. Sonne remember that thou hast in thy life time receiued thy pleasure Now ne guttam August qui ne micam Thou which wouldest not giue one crumme of bread to relieue poore Lazarus shalt not haue one drop of water to coole thy tongue Many there are who by carnall proiects as building and purchasing for their posteritie thinke to make their houses famous and their memories eternall as Dauid well obserueth Psal 49.11 These are like Nero of whom the Historian saith Sueton. in vita Neron cap. 55. Erat ei aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae cupido sed inconsulta He did affect eternall fame but he tooke no wise course to effect it It is like Dauids censure in the thirteenth Verse of that Psalme This their way vttereth their foolishnesse And no meruaile for God dealeth with them as the Ephesians dealt with Erostratus who would be famous by burning the Temple of Diana As they enacted a law that no man should speake of Erostratus so almighty God enacteth a law of obliuion against these carnall minded men their memoriall perisheth for euer This land did once so ouer-flow with charity to the Church that the statute of Mortmaine came in like the Riuers Euphrates and Tigris to Babylon Ita Iunius in Genes 2. Solini errorem corrigens to preuent the rankenesse of the soyle But there came a time when that statute repealed was like Nilus set at liberty for the watering of Aegypt Though bleare-eyed Leah be more fruitfull then beautifull Rachel Superstition commonly more sumptuous then true Religion yet if you consider the Hospitals Grammer Schooles our admirable Library our Colledges builded enlarged and augmented with indowments and other workes of charitie since the light of the Gospell blessed be God we may well say that Gedeons fleece hath beene watered aswell as his floore Iudg. 6. Our age hath yeelded gracious Dorcases who haue beene full of good workes and almes-deedes Acts 9. and worthy Centurions who haue loued our nation Luk. 7. and builded vs Synagogues All these instruments of Gods glory may come with comfort into the Lords Exchequer and for euery one of their worthy acts may say Remember me O my God concerning this Though some perhaps will be ready to mutter forth with Iudas Iohn 12.4 quorsum haec profusio What needeth this waste Yet others I trust will say with Iacob Genes 17. sit vp and eate of my venison that thy soule may blesse me Surely our soules shall euer blesse these worthies both present and succeeding ages shall eternize their memorable acts so long as the Gospell is preached here amongst vs which I trust shall be so long as the world standeth Mat. 26.13 This which they haue done shall be spoken for a memoriall of them as our Sauiour said concerning the Woman with the boxe of ointment Their name is like a good ointment as Salomon saith the sweete perfume whereof when they are gone forth of the roome of this present world shall be fresh and redolent euen to the children yet vnborne Yea when timber stones and bookes shall all be worne and dissolued the bookes of heauen shall be opened Reuel 20.12 where all their monuments of charity are written in a most indeleble Character and shall be recompenced with an vnualuable reward euen an eternall crowne of glory And all you who heare me at this day let my counsell be acceptable vnto you get something for which the Lord may remember you and the remembrance whereof may be a comfort to you at the houre of death prouide with Ioseph in the time of plenty against the day of scarsity Iohn 9. the night commeth when no man can worke Be of Vlysses minde in Euripides Eurip. in Hecuba 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let me see my tombe honoured whilest I am aliue Rom 12.1 2 Cor. 9.7 God loues a liuing sacrifice and a chearefull giuer Thinke with Titus Vespaan you haue lost that day wherein you haue not done