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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04852	A sermon preached at White-Hall the 5. day of November. ann. 1608. By John King Doctor of Divinity, Deane of Christ-Church in Oxon: and Vicechauncellor of the Vniversity. Published by commandement	King, John, 1559?-1621.	1608 (1608)	STC 14986; ESTC S108048	22,863	44

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a great distance gulfe not in nature figmentum vnum one bloud one breath one image but in condition conversation This division first began when God set vp that wall of partition betwixt the seed of the serpent and the seede of the woman The serpent hath had his seed ever since 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his viperous generatiō dedicated in Cain his first borne and thence forth the line continued along in Nimrod and Cham Ismael Esau and many persons and people of the earth vncircumcised vnholy vncleane the seed of the adulteresse and witch people of the curse sonnes of Belial children of disobedience darkned in their vnderstandings dishonored in their affections defiled in their consciences abominable incredulous and to everie good worke reprobate The counter divided members of this diuision thus sundred the meanetime God shall evidently and conspicuously diuide at the ende of the world in the open sight of men and Angells and shall cut betweene thē as by an euen thread with the two-edged sword of his mouth whē he shall turne the wicked to his left hand and set the righteous at his right This diuision I finde in my Text wicked and righteous these as commendable in their order ranke as the other damned deplored in theirs Those are impij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wicked in the highest degree wickednesse giueth them nomen esse hoc enim est totū hominis this is all they are The other in the aime and purpose of the holy ghost seeme to haue the absolute and full composition of righteous men For first they are called recti corde vpright in heart and afterwards iusti iust men The former rectitudo cordis is the Canon and rule The later iustitia is the application vse of it Rectus corde without iustus is not sufficient but iustus without rectus corde is stark naught Rectus corde is good Nihil mihi conscius sum but not complete non in hoc iustificatus sum rectus corde may say gloria mea testimonium c. my reioicing is the testimony of a good cōscience but except he be iustus also he hath not learned the rule of his master sic luceat lux tua thy light must shine for the good of others Simō Magus apparantly to the eie of the world was as iust as any man yet the Apostle told him Non est rectum cor tuum thy heart is not right Here are both both must be heart hand habit action radix germen roote propagation vprightnes of heart is bonum tuum thine own good but iustice is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the good of others the one keepeth thee streight vpright in thy selfe the other distributeth suum cutque that vnto every calling and every person that rightly belongeth to them The wicked haue bent their bow and made ready their arrowes vpō the stringe I need not acquaint you how eager sollicitous the wicked are to perpetrate wickednes as a woman with child hath sorrow til she bring forth Their artillerie is not far to seeke Their bow hangeth not vp by the wals their arrowes sleepe not in the quiuer the one is bent the other are prepared vpon the stringe in this sense Non est pax impijs As the sea is euer working and boyling like a pott of ointment so they alwaies hammering and fordging some mischieuous act Noctes ducunt iusomnes operantur malum in cubilibus they deuise mischeefe in their beds and when it is light they put it in practise Act. 9. it is said of Saul as yet a persequutor that he went 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 breathing threatnings slaughter si non aliqua nocuisset mortuus esset vnlesse he had murthred the Saints hee had wanted breath The Psalme saith Alienati sunt peccatores à vulua errauernnt ab vtero They become strange euen from the wombe This spurious degenerous brood beginneth to be wicked betimes Diuines wel obserue that originall sinne and hereditary corruption hath a quicker stronger vegetation and sooner displaieth it selfe in them then in other men Tiberius would often say of his sonne Caligula that he liued for the ouerthrow of him and his people senatricem populo Romano Phaëtontem orbi terrarum educare and that he bred a serpēt to the people of Rome an incendiary firebrand to the whole world There you haue one of that serpents seed whereof I spake before Alexander Aegaus called Nero his scholler 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 clay not mingled with water as other mens but macerated in bloud He saw a sanguinary disposition in him To his freinds that congratulated the birth of him Domitius his father answered scitote ex me Agrippina nihil nisi in faustum et horrendum et publicè nociturū potuisse procrear● Such egge such bird there is alienatus à vuluâ one estranged and corrupted frō the wombe Examples are infinite Saul had euer his bowes and arrowes ready against Dauid Hee sought him as a fly and hunted him is a partrich vpō the moūtaines as Dauid spake A right archer and fowler indeed So were the Scribes Pharises against our Sauiour They watched him vpon all occasion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 how they might catch him So the Arrians against the Orthodox Athansius by name the great Atlas for diuerse yeares of the christian world It is a world to read how with their bowes and arrowes of implacable hatred and indefatigable deuilish policies neuer vnbent neuer intermitted they persequuted that Saint From their inclination propension promptnesse to mischiefe Come we to their practise They beare not their bowes arrowes as skar-crowes in a garden of cucumbers to fray but to shoote not at stakes but men their arrowes are iacula mortifera 7. Psal. deadlie arrowes least they should faile to hit they take advantage of the darke of privacie and secresie They shoot privilie Now this is the couenant of hel it selfe For what created power in the earth is able to dissolue that worke which cruelty subtiltie like Simeon and Levi sisters in euill are combined and confederate to bring to passe Where subtilty is ingenious insidious to inuent cruelty barbarous to execute Subtilty giueth counsaile cruelty giueth the stroke Subtilty ordereth the time the place the meanes accōmodateth cōcinnateth circumstances cruelty vndertaketh the act subtilty hideth the knife cruelty cutteth the throate subtilty with a cunning head laieth the ambush plotteth the traine the stratageme and cruelty with as sauage an heart sticketh not at the dreadfullest direfullest obiects ready to wade vp to the anckles the necke in a whole red sea of humane yea country bloud how fearefull is their plight that are thus assaulted It was the case of our first parents The Serpent commeth vnto them with faire words and fierie darts subtilty and cruelty Proponit quod delectabile supponit quod Exitiale-Vngit