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A02675 Brittaines hallelujah or A sermon of thanksgiving for the happy pacification in Brittaine preached in the English church at Hamburch before his excellency the right honorable Sir Thomas Rovve Lord Ambassador Extraordinary for his Mayesty of Greate Brittaine in Germany, &c. And to the vvorshipfull & famous Society of Merchant Adventurers & some cavelliers of Scotland By Ma. Harris Batchelour in Divinity, fellovv of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge & chaplaine to his excellency. Harris, Malachi, 1606 or 7-1684. 1639 (1639) STC 12807; ESTC S119822 18,712 32

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Soveraighne vvith a Flag in his hand let me novv be bold to adde his Devise motto that shall tell you in breife the Manner and it vvill be noe lesse then vvhat vvas once attributed to another Caesar in a different case Venit vidit vicit He came He Himselfe Principem sus Majestas defendit It vvas his ovvne sole act He came looked vpon them had conference vvith them and instantly Overcame them conquered them Conquered Them Their Hearts I meane The happiest Conquest that possibly could be A strange Conquest vvherein both vvere conquerors both conquered The king conquered vvith the Loyall Submission of the Subject The Subject conquered vvith the Royall Pardon of the king Why Gracious Soveraighne vvas it not enough for your Majesty to succeede your Royall Father in his Throane in his Prinely endovvm ent to vveare his Crovvne to beare his Coate but must you needes challenge his Motto too Beati Pacifici Hitherto you see our Deliverance keepes good pace vvith that of Sions for the Manner It being done in such a thavving melting vvay Only in this it farre outruns that That vvas done Subveniendo They had smarted sonndly vnder their myseris many yeares ere they vvere released Ours is done praeveniendo vve vvere only Shevved the Danger and fairely Delivered Here is a Conduit vvould runne amaine if vve could stay to turne the Coek. We have heard seene vvhat greate things the Lord hath done for vs. Greate for the Substance Greate for the Circumstances Greate as done by a Greate God vvhose Praerogative Royall it is to turne the hearts of kings Yet greater as done for vs so vnvvorthy a poeple Another Topick if vve had time to knock at that doore And should not all these Magnalia Dei novv justly call for our Magnificat Shall not our soules magnifie the Lord and our Spirits reioyce in God our Saviour I hope they shall and doe But then as our Deliverance hath so let our Hallelujahs and Reioycings likevvise runne parallell at least vvith Sions here Her Joy vvas a Cordiall hearty joy so must ours procede from a true pure heart This Incense vvould not be offered vp but in a golden Censer Can Adulterys Can Murders can Envyngs vvhich our Saviour tells vs loue to billet in the heart can these dead vvorkes prayse the Lord Her Joy vvas a visible laughing Joy so may ours be a merry one too We may doe vvell to make merry to drincke of the svvete and eate of the fatt Only let ustake heede vve make not vvorke for sacrificings after our feastings as Job vvas faine to doe for his sonns Her joy vvas a Vocall audible Joy so let ours be let our Tongues chaunt forth prayses and thanksgivings let our discourses beate vpon this theame so it be prudently and discreetely Her Joy vvas a Manuall handy Joy so to speake a Joy that shooted forth into good vvorkes Here vvas sending of gifts probably and giving to the poore so let our hands be dilated vvith our hearts let the needy and stranger have matter of reioycing vvith vs that so there may be a full Queere of Praysers Here vvas penning of Psalmes hymnes for Posterity to take notice of so let vs doe something to our povver that after Ages may vvitnesse our thankfullnes And good Luck may He have vvith his Honour vvho hath solemnized a day to be spoken of by future Times But before vve proceede further in our Hallelujah it vvill not be amisse to interpose an Hosanna Prayer just the Churches Method here That God vvould still and still continue to doe greate things for vs to be our Lord and faviour allvvays That as there is novv an happy Amnestia of old matters so there may be a vvholesome evacuation of all such peccant humors principles vvhich may breede such like Epidemicall diseases in a State For this purpose I had thought to have made a Digression if yet it be a digression and to commend to mens serious considerations some Texts of Scripture In this hast I vvill only name one that in S. Math. cap. 22. v. 21. Render vnto Caesar the things that are Caesars and vnto God the things that are Gods They are Christs ovvne vvords you knovv Novv till Heaven Earth shall passe avvay one title or Jota of his vvord shall in noe vvise passe And truely if one Jota or title of this vvord should passe Heaven or Earth or both vvould instantly passe avvay Let but one of these Quaes passe you shall see vvhat vvill follovv vpon it If Caesars quae passeth the Kings Tribute Duty 's novv Earth passeth avvay immediately If God 's quae Take avvay Gods dues His vvorship the mantainance thereof and the Kingdome of Heaven is passing avvay presently All Religion Devotion cleane vanisheth Nay doe but misplace these Quae's once and noe lesse Confusion vvill ensue Put Gods Quae to Caesar Render vnto Caesar the State the things that are Gods His Churches Dionysius his Religion and vvhat comes of it Nothing but plaine Atheisme All Religion ceaseth Neither Preists lips nor poeples eares in a very short time Here Heaven passeth avvay againe Againe put Caesars Quae to Deus Render vnto God the Church the things that are Caesars the Jesuites Religion as they make it and then ere long noe Caesar at all nor secular Magistrate but merely Titular Domini sine Terrâ Here Earth passeth avvay againe Yet againe if vve admit onely one of the propositions and shut out the other the dāger is still the same The Herodians vvere all for the first Render vnto Caesar c. and stayed there Nothing but Earth thē to thē Heavē passed avvay from thē The Romanists vvould make vs beleive they are all for God his Church Rēder vnto God vvith this noyse hubhub they fill the aire And so they order it that to them Earth passeth avvay I sayd vvell to them to themselves indeede and from all others They svvallovv vp the Earth here vnder the praetext of Heaven It is vvell if they let not Heaven passe in the meane time Thus you see vvhat Danger there may be in leaving out this title And in the Text. Once more if any dare to be so Atheistically Rebellious as to goe about to cancell that one vvord Reddite Render suddainly Heaven Earth both vvill passe avvay from them Nor God nor King vvill be acknovvledged nor Religion nor Policy mantained nor Heaven nor Earth possessed by such And vve holde but a third place Let them take leede least that fall to their lotts The Summe of all is God Caesar Religion the State cannot be seperated in the Text in the vvorld But I vvell remember vvhere Jam. In the Magazene of Religion Loyalty For so me thinkes this goodly Audience seemeth to be nothing els but a glorious Constellation of true hearted Christians and Loyall Subjects I Knovv vvell You make it your Religion to make your frequent prayers Supplications for kings