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A95723	Two assize sermons preached at Bridgnorth for the county of Salop in the year 1657. The first, upon Psalm 58. verse 1. Doe you indeed speak righteousnesse, o congregation? Doe ye judge uprightly, o ye sonnes of men? The second, upon Psalm 37. verse 37. Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace? / By Mich. Thomas; rector of Stockton in the same county.	Thomas, Michael, rector of Stockton.	1659 (1659)	Wing T970; Thomason E1790_1; ESTC R209682	31,232	144

sinne though they projected and design'd another namely their private gain and advantage Let us remember then what the prophet Isay hath taught us The worke of righteousnesse shall be peace and the effect of righteousnesse quietnesse and assurance for ever Isa 32. 17. But we must not understand this word Peace in that latitude as it was usually taken among the Jewes for a confluence of all temporall blessings as it happened in the case of Job whose latter end the Lord made better then his beginning that is in respect of temporall abundances having his estate doubled to him We must take it in that sense as it means peace of conscience and an assurance of the favour of God in Christ that however matters goe with him in respect of his person or estate or his life or his posterity he rests secure as for the state of his Soul and can with cheerfulnesse commend it into the hands of his faithfull Creatour Whereas the same prophet Isaiah tells us There is no peace to the wicked Isa 57. 21. Such as do not walke in the wayes of peace shall never find peace at their End I deny not but a Wicked man may dye possess'd of all the comforts this world can afford him he may dye as it was said of David full of dayes riches and honour and yet his death-bed pillow may be uneasie to him when it shall come to that of the Poet Linquenda domus tellus c. when he shall look upon those things which we call worldly comforts but find no comfort in them When he shall look upon his estate and not only grieve that he must part from it himselfe but he must leave it to a Son whom as Solomon speaks he doth not know whether he shall be a fool When he shall look upon his Wife and Children and take his last farewell and out of the horrour of his conscience shall be forced to declare himselfe thus I leave a great Estate amongst you but I fear you will finde it encumbred with the curse and vengeance of God When he shall look upon his friends that stand weeping and mourning over him and shall breathe out Socrates complaint in that sense 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Oh Friends ye cannot help me your counsel nor your power cannot enlarge the terme of my life a minute nor give a ransome unto God for mee When he shall look upon his body wasted and confumed by his Luxuries and it may be so diseased as to be loathsome to himselfe and his attendants and from a sad reflection upon the vanities of his life past shall sigh and groan out this as his own Epitaph I have lived in sinne and now I lye down in sorrow But above all when he shall consider the state of his poor Soul whose immortall nature delivers him up to an Eternity either of bliss or misery When this poor Soul poor I say as not being rich in faith or any other spirituall grace shall sit upon his lips as the Emperour Adrian's did with a Quò nunc ibo whither shall I go what shall become of me How shall I appear before God whose Name and Sabbaths I have blasphem'd and prophan'd How shall I stand before Christ whose Ministers and Ordinances I have persecuted and despised What comfort can I expect or hope for from the holy Ghost whose private motions and workings in my heart I have sleighted and resisted I never look'd upon nor examin'd my heart or wayes by saying What have I done And now miserable man that I am I know not what to do Oh my Christian brethren let us think upon these things this will be the certaine Fate of a dying wicked man The Lord will be just and righteous though we are not and every secure sinner shall feel in his conscience Futuri Judicii praejudicium as Tertullian expresses it a taste of that eternal Judgment and Horrour which he must endure irremediably and everlastingly Think upon the sad state of Cain We cannot tell by the Hebrew whether he said My iniquity or my punishment is greater then I can bear Think upon the sad state of Antiochus when he lay dying he calls to his friends and sayes My heart faileth me into what floods of misery am I fallen and now I remember the evills that I have done at Jerusalem Think upon the sad state of Saul when he was discomfited by the Philistines he calls to his servant Stand upon me I pray thee and kill me for anguish is come upon me And let these terrours of the Lord convince us that this perfection and uprightnesse in our hearts and words and actions is a considerable quality Let us with all possible speed and care provide for our death-bed comfort and purge our consciences by Confession and Faith and Repentance and Restitution that we may stop their Mouths and still their Clamour and not become as Job complained a burden to our selves Job 7. 20. It was a good Caution that Bernard gave Eugenius Nullus molestior oculus suo cujusque Through the guilt of sinne it will so come to passe that no eye will be so dreadfull and terrible to us as our owne there will not be a face either in Heaven or Earth which a troubled conscience would rather fly from than his owne and can lesse do it The Lawes of God are the rules of that perfection and uprightnesse which in St. Pauls phrase we should follow and presse after And Holy David tells us that their peace will be great that love and are not offended at the lawes of God This peace in our last sicknesse will prove our best Cordiall It was so to King Hezekiah when the Prophet Isaiah brought to him that sad message Thou shalt dye and not live He betakes himselfe to prayer Remember now Oh Lord I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart Isa 38. 3. It was not his Crown or his Kingdome nor those vast Treasures he stood possess'd of that then administred any comfort to him onely the testimony of a good conscience that he had walked before the Lord in truth and uprightnesse Wherefore it is a sad thing so many men should seek after Science so few after Conscience that men should hunger and thirst after Riches and not after Righteousnesse whereas did we bestow as much paines in seeking Morall and Theologicall Vertues and Graces as we do for Arts and Sciences we might attaine them sooner and retaine them longer Longer did I say I need not recall the word Spirituall graces are truly called a treasure because as they supply to all purposes so they continue to all times Grace carries us through all duties and through all tryalls It makes the yoak of Christ easie and his burden light it weakens the strength of sinne and takes out the sting of death it stusses our pillows with the Feathers of a Dove and fills us with those joyes that are so unspeakeable and

History of David but it begat sad thoughts in you that a man so innocent should be so violently prosecuted but see what self respects will doe when once a man layes-by all care of piety and religion and designes nothing but the advancement of his own private interest Hee cannot say at what sinne he will stop It is a great truth that of Solomon Hee that receiveth gifts over-throweth a land Vir Oblationum according to the Original A man that is ready to receive any motion that shall be offer'd him if it come with a gift A man that comes to an Assizes as Plutarch said of Stratocles tanquam ad messem auream as to a golden Harvest and brings a mercenary tongue and conscience with him what man though never so innocent can be secure of his life or fortune VVhen Judas opened his heart to the High Priest with that indication Quid dabitis What will ye give me They knew they had an agent for their turne He betrayes his Master and sells his bloud though he knew it was innocent That most Christian duty of Selfe-denyall runnes through all the offices of a mans life It is the greatest preserver of Peace and Unity and righteousnesse He that hath learnt to deny Himselfe will never envy the happinesse of his neighbour much lesse invade his rights or possessions and with a violent hand seize upon them He hath learnt with St. Paul in whatsoever state he is therewith to be content and to such as are in a better condition then himselfe he can say The blessing of the Lord be upon you I blesse you in the name of the LORD Againe to speak Righteousnesse truely is to speak it without favour Favour in a Magistrate when misdemeanours are grosse and palpable is the nurse of Vice St. Chrysostome calls it the mother of all sin It is not seldome seene that when a man hath spent his youth and his strength in the service of some great One he is at length rewarded with a Licence to hang up a Signe and that proves perchance a Sign of drunkennesse a sign of unthriftynesse a sign of wantonnesse a sign of prophannesse and all kind of wickedness The Spirits of Godly men are vexed to see such a confluence of all sorts to that Sign of sinne and they doe not only grieve that that house of sinne is sometimes as full as the house of God but complaine of it yet that Sign must not be pull'd down Why He was my old Servant and I must winke at him And this favour hath an evill influence upon his fellow Commissioners If he will winke they must not see They must shew favour to his Servant that their owne may find the like But what will be the end of this He that will winke at the trespass of the Lawes in his servant how pore-blind would he be toward a Friend or a Kinsman Yea starke blinde if a Sonne should be a trespasser Such was the Justice of the Heathens that they did not stumble at greater stones then these Torquatus a Romane and Zaleucus a Grecian spared not to give sentence even upon their own Sonnes You know the old word Amicus Plato c. Sed magis amica Veritas Truth and Righteousnesse should be dearer to us then all the World beside We may have a fair respect for servants and friends and kindred and Children but the peace of our Country and the honour of Religion and the glory of God should over-weigh all Let the Christian Magistrate hear the Heathen Oratour Exuat personam Judicis qui induit Amici The affection of a friend fits not the function of a magistrate He may say to his Acquaintance In all matters of civility I am yours but in matters of Justice I am God's and my Country's servant Let me note but one thing more in this part If yee would speake Righteousnesse indeed speake it according to Apollinarius Metaphrase 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without feare It was fear no doubt that made Saul's Officers so corrupt as they were When selfe-interest brought them to serve him in his unrighteous designes selfe-preservation continued them in his service Their worldly wisedome made them consider that He that could give them fields and vineyards and those great commands could as easily take them away And such as yeeld themselves servants unto sinne for gaine 't is some question whether they would yeeld themselves servants unto righteousnesse upon apparant disadvantage The Kingdome of Israel was in a sad state when Naboth must dye rather than Jesabel be displeased and Christ must be Crucified rather than Pilate offend Caesar And it will grow as sad with us if the portion of the Widdow and the Fatherless may be swallowed up and neither Witness nor Jury-man dare speake his Conscience for feare of the mighty Oppressour 'T was a noble courage in those Antient Bishops who being charged by the Arrian Emperour to condemne Athanasius without witness and unheard onely propter Me on the Emperour's word refused to do it and would rather hazzard their estates then do such an act of unjustice And let the feare of the Lord so rule in all our hearts as not to feare the faces or frownes of men by them to be over-awed or perswaded to any act whereby the Glory of Christ or his Gospel may be disparaged or the right of our neighbour in any measure diminished And now that I have shewn you What Righteousness is and how yee may speake it indeed Let me begg but two minutes more of your Christian patience for those two Motives or Considerations in the Text that may press you to them and I have done And these Motives will rise out of the Text like a Party laid in ambush and surprize your Spirits while you thinke not of them There are two motives to speake righteousness in those two Compellations with which David bespeaks these Officers of Saul O yee Congregation O yee Sons of Men Calvin conceives that David expresses himself thus by way of contempt q. d O yee servants of Saul albeit when ye are met in Councell ye seem to be a Congregation such a number of men whose power and policy I a poor fugitive am not able to resist yet know that yee are but the Sonnes of men Ye by your Counsels seek to take away my life and when ye have taken it ye are but the Sons of men Ye must dye your selves Man that is born of a Woman sayes Job is but of few dayes The greater should our care be to spend them well And I suppose that learned man took the ground of this gloss from the signification of the originall terme Elem which signifies Manipulus spicarum a sheaffe of Straw or a bundle of Reeds and in that sense it is found in the thirty seventh of Genesis verse seventh Where Joseph relating his dream tells his brethren that their sheaves bowed to his sheafe There 's the word Elem. And now you may perceive the weight