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A04390	Englands iubilee, or Irelands ioyes Io-pæan, for King Charles his welcome With the blessings of Great-Britaine, her dangers, deliuerances, dignities from God, and duties to God, pressed and expressed. More particularly, Irelands triumphals, with the congratulations of the English plantations, for the preseruation of their mother England, solemnized by publike sermons. In which 1. The mirrour of Gods free grace, 2. The mappe of our ingratitude, 3. The meanes and motiues to blesse God for his blessings. 4. The platforme of holy praises are doctrinally explained, and vsefully applyed, to this secure and licentious age. By Stephen Ierome, domesticke chaplaine to the Right Honourable Earle of Corke.; Irelands jubilee	Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650.	1625 (1625)	STC 14511.5; ESTC S103354	215,774	330

of the glorified Saints are eternally uncessantly imploied namely in standing about the Throne of the Lambe n Revel 5. v. 15 12.13.14 E●ch 7. v. 9.10.11.12 Christ clothed with white robes Palmes in their hands as Emblemes of victorie over that triple C●rberus the flesh the world the Devill and crying with a loud voyce Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne and unto the Lambe Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankesgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen This is the continuated voyce of the Saints of the Elders that serve God day and night in his Temple Thus they sing Haleluiah in heaven for the judgements upon the great Romish o Revel 19. v. 1.2.4 whore which hang over her head for avengment of the blood of so manie of Gods servants innocent Martyres which causelessely shee hath effused Thus they rejoyce too at the marriage of the Lambe and for the graces alreadie given to the Bride the Church chiefly the Iewels of the Gospell by which shee is daily fitting her selfe for the solemnization of her espousals in p Vide Bright-mannum nostrum in locum heaven This indeede is vita celitum vita coelestis the heavenly life their life in heaven who are ever standing before the Lambe yea according to the distinction of q Zanch. de sex operibus de Angelis Distinguit in ministrantes assistentes Zanchie and r Casmannus in sua Angelographia Casman this is the life too of these that are ministrantes ministring from God For as the Devils where ever they be whether limitted or confined to the earth or dispersed in the Ayre or in the fire or in the waters or in the Mines or cranneyes under the earth or in the Center of the earth or below the center as some thinke ther 's locall hell as most probable because most remote from heaven or confined to some climate some Province some Towne some Circuite of ground some mountaine some fountaine some Court some Pallace some chamber some Nunnery or Monastery where they have played reakes and ſ Instat Cardan in lib. 4. de parie● c. 176. Langius li. 1. epist. an 1539 Wier de prastig l. 4 ca. 9.10.11 pranckes yea or to the bodies of some men as once in the t Cald ventriloquisis by Text contra Marrion c. 25. by Chrys in 1. Cor. 12. by Oecumens in Act. 16. v. 16. because the devill spoke within their bellies as once in the Serpent Pythonists ordinary in the dayes of Christ and extraordinarie now where ever according as the learned discusse and determine these u As Delrius discus Magicar lib. Tyareus de locis infestis W●er de praestig daemonū Perer. de Magia Laur. Ananias de natur daemonū cum alijs intricates he bee permanent or transient he carryes still his Hell about with him as murtherers traytors adulterers blasphemers his darling sons carry their petty Hels in the gnawings of their consciences So on the cōtrary the good Angels where ever they be whether in Bethlēs fields with the Shepheards or in Daniels w Dan. 6. v 22 den with Daniel or in the fiery furnace with Sydrach Misaach and x Dan. 3. v. 25. Abednego or in Sodom with y Gen. 19. v. 15. Lot or in the doore of the Tent with z Gen. 18.2.3 Abraham or whether with Manoah and his a Judg. 13.9 wife in the fields or with the Virgin Mary in her b Luk. 1.26.27 Closet or where ever else they ever carrie their heaven about with them they are still in heaven or heaven in them in respect of Gods c Luke 1. v. 19. presence which fils them as the Moone is filled with the light of the Sunne and in this fulnesse of joy which they have in from God they cannot but resonate and resound backe againe their prayses to God for even when these heavenly souldiers are on earth with Bethlems d Luk 2.13.14 Shepheards as if they had beene in these highest Emperyall heavens into which Paul was e 2 Cor. 12.2 rapt they sing Glory to God on high on earth peace and amongst men good will Now to act our parts as we pray in that best of f The Lords prayer preferred by Cyprian by Daneus de Orat Dominica by Alstedius in Theolog. Catech. prayers in respect of the Author matter manner and method Thy will be done in earth of us mortall men readily promptly g Math. 6.10 See Brimsley and lately M. Bernard in their plaine paraphrases upon the Lords prayer sincerly c. as it is in heaven of the immortall Angels so unlesse wee meane to prate and prattle rather then pray as did the h Math 6.7 heathens and our vulgar i ●n their Tantologies Battilogies Latin prayers Papists unlesse we will take Gods name in k Abuse of prayer by M. Perkins in his Golden chayne by Alsted Theol. Catech is made a maine breach of the third Command vaine and abuse this primary and principall part of Gods l Gen. 4.26 Vide Scultetum de praecatione pag. 4 5. c. worship unlesse wee will verba dare dally with deceive and delude the Almightie we must straine and studie desire and indeavour to practise as wee pray wee must blesse God on earth as the Angels doe in heaven we must not blaspheme on earth the God of heaven which the Angels doe not dare not cannot doe wee must prayse God not pinch God as the angry Curre may the stoutest Lion Wee must magnifie God as the Angels doe not martyr God murther God teare and crucifie over and over againe as Augustine alludes the glorified humanitie of Christ worse then the Iewes on the Crosse as hellish and profane spirits doe not sparing his wounds his bloud his heart his head nay not his feete his nayles and his guts as our roarers our rake-hels our rascalities and ragga-muffins doe such as in their practise have turnd just renegadoes Iulianists Oecebolians Apostaites worse then Turkes and Mahumetans forsaking Christ nay opposing Christ more fearefully then Witches and Conjurers Oh this is indeede to be like unto the Angels like unto the Gods as the Devill Iesuitically m The Devill first taught the doctrine of equivocation the Iesuite in it is not a scholler to Iesus non cū Iesuitis qui iti● cum Iesuitis c. equivocated with Adam and n Gen. 3.5 Eritis sicut d● ludit deludit in hoc verbo d● id est eritis sicut Angeli dij dicti sicut daemones id est sicut mali angeli dij vel daemones dicti a scientia Eve But what Gods What Angels even Angels of darkenesse not Angels of light For surely to curse teare blaspheme God is the very life course practise of damned spirits the tortured ghosts of Devils and men reprobate Angels and reprobate men Cain Iudas Esau Saul

recreation as the Spaniell the waters for our turnes and times for a time for meere necessitie and conveniencie not giving it our hearts nor affections shaking it of when we have done with it for h Seeking only quae ad vict●● cultumque necessaria Cicero meate drinke and clothes and imbracing in the inwards of our soules more pure spirituall contentive and satisfactorie delights and desires Oh be as much as thou canst in the mount of spirituall speculation rather then in the vallie of externall actions rather in the lightsome i Gen. 46.34 Exod. 10. ver 23 Goshen with Gods Israell then in the darkesome Egypt with the uncircumcised rather suffer affliction as Moses with Gods k Heb. 11.24.25 people then injoy the pleasures of sinne for a season rather desire with David to be a doore keeper in Gods house then to live in the Tents of Kedar as Lot in l Genes 19. 2. Pet. 2.7 Sodom Ezekiah amongst m Ezek. 2. ver 6 Scorpions rather fast with Gods children the mourners in Sion as Esther with her n Esther 4.16 maydes Mordocheus with the distressed Iewes o Ezra 10. v. 1.2 Ezra p Dan. 10. v. 2.3 Daniel and q Nehem. 1. v. 4 Nehemiah then feast with the profane Balthezars and drunken Nabals of the world rather sing songs of Sion with Moses Deborah Miriam Zachary the two Annas and the spirituall Israell of God to the laude and praise of God then songs of Sodom to the Lute and Tabret and Harpe to the dishonour of God with that carnall r Amos 6.6 Esay 22. vers 13 Israell Avoyd the companie of the wicked fly from their societie as Manes the Calcedon Bishop did from Iulian the Apostate Iohn from Cerinthus Origen from Paulus Samesetenus Polycarpus from Marcion Athanasius Chrysostome and the ſ Of all these there is ample mention made by Socrates Eusebius the Germaine Centuries c. As I have alledged them already in my Origens repentance Orthodoxes Alexandrians and Antiochians from the blaspemous Arrians as from a dogge a t Cane poenis angue adagium snake and a devill Come no neerer them then to the plague who have hot mouths like Armenian Dragons hot as Ovens with fire from hell spitting burning venomous sparkes of blasphemies in the face of Heaven For to converse with such is to have our Hell on earth but to praise God with the Saints yea withall the creatures magnifie him in all his glorious attributes this is to have heaven on u Vita celitum vita caelestis earth Oh happie as holy is that soule who in imitation of the Larke and the singing Quyristers of the Ayre hath his chiefe delight to be mounting upwards and singing above as neere to God as he can get and useth this grosser earth but onely for foode and meere necessaries making no stay below till it soare up againe that it be intrapped as these incautelous birdes in the lime-twigs of lustes in the gins of temptations Oh happie he that not contented with ordinarie duties with our common Protestants materially and cursorily performed such as their stinted tasks of saying rather then praying Prayers reading of Chapters singing of a Psalme saying Grace before and after meate as they use to say by themselves or children their atturneys running daily in these unlesse by carnalite or profanesse omitted as in a Laborynth or Circle like a Milne-horse ever in one pace without ever quickening their motion what extraordinarie occasion soever come eyther of prayer in humiliation or praysing God in true Gratulation those that besides these ordinaries can sequestrate times to dedicate and consecrate their very soules and spirits to the very God of spirits extraordinarily in manner and measure as occasion is offered eyther of mourning such as was in the dayes of w Esay 22. v. 13. Esau x Osee 6 v. 1.2 Osee y Dan. 9. v. 1.2.3.4.5 Daniel z Ioel. 1. v. 5.8.11.13 cha 2.15.16.17 Ioel a Ezra 10.3.5 Ezra b 1. Sam. 1.10 Anna c Iob. 3.24 Iob d Ierem. 9. v. 1.2 Ieremie or of rejoysing such as in the dayes of David both herein my Text and elsewhere when David penned his Eucharisticall Psalmes sung publickly in the Church he and the Elders of Israell as also in the dayes of his sonne Salomon Ezekiah and Iosiah after him exulting and triumphing before the Lord. Oh happie he that can marry as some Fathers besides e Stella Bona ventura in Lucam Fryers have alluded both Martha and f Luke 10. vers 41.42 Mary Rachell and Leah can unite and so conjoyne the fruitefull thoo-bleare eyed life of action as lesse faire with the more beauteous life of contemplation that in his generall calling as he is a Christian can make holy and spirituall duties the unbending of his bow sauce to his meate his verie recreation and best preparing to the duties of his speciall and particular calling as he is a man such a man is indeede a Phoenix amongst men Rara avis in terris as the Hevites said of g Gen. 23. v. 6. Abraham even a Prince of God amongst men yea he that can be a regular observant of these few rules by blessing the Lord with his heart and mouth the members of his bodie and faculties of his soule here in grace shall inchoate and begin even in the vallie of the world in the vaile of his flesh the life of glorie such an one shall attaine to more Evangelicall perfection then ever did Iew Papist or Pelagian in the meere observation of Moses his Legals whether Morals Cerimonials or Iudicials Yea by these rules he shall come neerer God shoote neerer heaven walke more in the light of the Sunne as every way more perfect Yea I say further he shall inherit and injoy sweeter extasies of soule raptures of spirit comforts of conscience peace of heart joy in the holy Ghost then ever any superstitious popeling regular Fryer or Monasterian in this earth had notwithstanding all their Thrasonicall bragges and boasts to the contrary of ther feined revelations apparitions and enthusiasmes by their strictest observance of the rules of their Saint Francis Benedict Dominick c. or these that are forged and fathered on Basill h De regulis Francisci Basilij Augustini c. vide Fusius apud Hospinianum de origina Monocatus Augustine or any other recorded by i Vide Cassiani collationes Suriū Lippomanum Pomerium de sanctis Marulum Abdiam Gregorium in dialogis Cassianus and their owne writers Oh could we trie how good and gracious the Lord is had we but a spirituall gust of the comforts of grace If wee did but once eate the spirituall Manna that 's hid from the world Could wee turne the bread of life in succum sanguinem into bloud and moysture Could wee be weaned from the world to be fed as children truely newly k 1.

pag. 26.27.28.29 ●● 49. c. Religion is in vaine And know further what I have heretofore more inlarged that a man begins eyther his heaven or hell in this q Hic vita aeterna tenetur a●● amutitur life Here he is in the suburbs of one of the two of Saint Augustines r Aug. de 〈◊〉 vit Cities eyther Ierusalem which is ſ Gal. 4.26 above or Sodom whcih is here below Here by grace a man hath Charter and interest after liverie seisure and possession of glorie Here it 's easily seene which way he walkes even by what he t Loquere ●t t● videam Socrates ad Ephebum quendam talkes A man neede not wish with Momus a window into a mans heart let him looke into his mouth there he hath the best prognosticatum of his minde as the un●erring truth it selfe hath u Math. 12. ver 32.33.34.35.36 determined Figges never grew from Thistles nor Grapes of * Iam. 3.12 Thornes nor sweete streames ever came from a poysoned corrupted w Iam. 3.11 fountaine let us make the inside cleane then all is cleane So shall we be able in earth as the Angels in heaven in sinceritie without hypocrisie in filiall love not in servile feare incident to the x Iam. 2.19 Devills and reprobates with purged and in good measure purified spirits even here on earth inchoatively and after in heaven perfectly to make one Quyre with the Angelicall spirits to the ever blessing and praysing the God of spirits SECT II. I Doe not denie indeede but a wicked and a gracelesse man may sometimes speake good wordes not onely savouring of Morall wisedome of experience and deepe observance as the sentences sayings and Apothegmes of Socrates Solon Bia● Thales c. and the Greeke and the Romane y Recorded by Valerius Maximus Diogenes Laertius Brusonius Lycosthenes and others Sages yea the expostulations of z 2. King 9.31 Iezabell with Iehu the disswasives of a 2 Sam. 24 3. Ioab to David the speaches of some even of the unbeleeving b Iohn 7.40.46 Iewes the censure of Gamahel concerning c Act. 5.35.36 Paul the counsell of Pilates wife concerning d Math. 27.19 Christ which many such specialties doe demonstrate but he may speake wordes even in outward shew and appearance savouring relishing of grace as appeares in Balaams e Num. 23.10 wish Agrippaes f Act. 26.28 flash the first to die the second to be a true Christian besides the Pharisees g Luk. 18.11 prayer the foolish Virgins crying h Matth. 25.11 Lord Lord the carnall Iewes desiring the i I●hn 6.34 bread the adulterous Samaritane desiring the waters of k Iohn 4.15 life with many moe It cannot be denied also but the best men may sometimes speake wordes at first blush savouring of a carnall spirit such as have hardly the prints and impression of grace as appeares in Abrahams l Genes 12.13 simulation or dissimulation Ioseph his swearing by the life of m Gen 42.15 Pharaoh Eves tempting of n Genes 3 6. Adam Iudahs solliciting of his incestuous o Genes 38.16 Thamar Davids murtherous vow against p 1. Sam 25.22 Naball his folly in commanding his people to bee q 2. Sam. 24.1.2 numbered his bloudie jussion in the slaughter of r 2. Sam. 11.15 Vria● his unjust verdict against ſ 2. Sam. 16.4 Mephibosheth in Peters t Math. 26. Luk. 23. deniall his disswasion of Christs u Math. 16.22 passion the culpable request of Iames and w Mark 10.35 Iohn the incredulitie of Saint x Iohn 20.25 Thomas with many moe verifying that of Saint y Iames. 3.2 Iames that he is a perfect man indeede which offends not with his tongue yet neverthelesse that is true in Divinitie which the eternall truth hath revealed that wordes justifie or z Math. 12.37 condemne that the mouth speakes the man eyther good or bad as it eyther blesseth or blasphemeth God or a Iames. 3 9. man For first this is to be presupposed that usually the just pure have pure b Proverbs words their hearts their consciences and their spirits being c Titus 1. v. 15. pure Abraham prayes for d Genes 18.25 Sodom for Ismael e Genes 17.18 Isaac for f Gen. 25 2●● Rebeca Moses blesseth the children of g Deut. 33.1 Israell Iacob blesseth his h Genes 49. 48.15 sonnes and the sonnes of i Gen. 48.20 Ioseph Samuel and Ioshuah exhort to the service of the true k 1. Sam. 12.13 Ioshuah 24. God Lot exhorts the l Genes 19 7. Sodomites Boaz comforts m Ruth 2.11.12 Ruth Eli reproves his n 1 Sam. 2.23 sonnes Gideon pleades against o Iudg 6 31.32 Baall the Prophets pray and prophecie the Disciples preach all that looked for the consolation of Israell blesse with Zachary the God of Israell for the incarnation and exhibition of Iacobs Shiloh the promised Messias as David cals his tongue his p In psalmi● glory So all the godly have made doe make except in some temptation or the breaking out of hereditary sinful corruption their tongues organs and instruments of the glory of God as againe the wicked when they speake usually unlesse when they faine and straine to the contrarie pronouncing Parrat-like such wordes of which they have no feeling against the heart and against the haire coldly comming from them as from sicke men or are over ruled by a speciall hand as q Numb 23.5 Balaam and r Iohn 18.14 Cayphas in his prophesie Pharaoh Neco in that which hee told ſ 2. Chro. 35.21 Iosias or out of common gifts as Iudas in his preaching Saul in his t 1. Sam. 10.6 prophecying the wise men amongst the Heathens from Morall Philosophie or the verie Ethickes of nature I say usually except in these specified cases when the wicked speake their wordes speake them wicked even as what bitter streames the fountaine sends forth these streames speake the fountaine no better then bitter since nemo dat quod non habet none can give what he hath not or shew better stuffe then he hath within him the mouth of a good man being as the opening of heaven which never opened but there was alwayes some remarkeable good thing happened as eyther Christ u Act. 1.11 ascending or the spirit w Iohn 2.32 descending or the like the mouth of a wicked man being as the opening of hell out of which never proceeded as into which never entred ever ought that good was or it is as the opening of the Tryoan Horse in which were armed Greekes fatall to Ilium or as the opening of Pandoras boxe out of which flew all leprosies and diseases or as the opening of Curtius his gulfe of the Sicilian x Plin. lib. 2. cap 106. August de Civit. Dei lib. 3. cap. 31. Aetna or that

and distractions of families incumbrances from your callings and what other lets disturbance impediments and remoraes whatsoever which doe everie way in this your warfare here imbondage and inthrall you from the performance of this or any other spirituall duetie in that measure and perfect manner that you would or should of which you daily complaine with the h Rom. 7.23 Apostle and all the faithfull and against which you daily strive and fight in the Christian conflict and bickering i Gal. 5. v. 17. duell betwixt grace and nature the flesh and the spirit Oh let it be your living dying yet never dying comfort that you that begin cordially and Christianly to blesse God here after this short life is ended which is as brittle as k Esai 40 6. 1. Pet. 1.24 glasse as wavering as the winde as frayle as the Ice as swift as a poaste or a weavers shittle as melting as snow as fading as smoake or the fields flower as vanishing as a dreame you shall joyne your spirits to the spirits of the just to sing and ring forth your everlasting Hosannahes and Haleluiahs to the God of spirits for which end as Pauls wish and hearts desire was that Israell might be l Rom. 10.1 saved so my wish and hearts desire is that all of you might here be so farre sanctified that innitiated in this life as prentices to this heavenly science or as journey-men or journing men even strangers and pilgrimes with m 1. Chr. 39.15 David the Patriarkes and n Hebr. 11.13 1. Pet. 2.11 Prophets travelling and peregrinating in this vaile of miserie in your few evill o Genes 47.9 dayes ere you sleepe with your p 1. King 2.10 fathers you would so learne to speake the language of Canaan with the tongues and Tones of Angels that at the last as free Denizens free Citizens infranchized and priviledged in all the liberties of grace and glorie you may keepe a perpetuall Iubilee an everlasting Sabbath of prayses and holy expressions in that heavenly Canaan celestiall Ierusalem Mount Sion which is q Gal. 4.26 above to which my hopes be that you are my desires be that you may be travelling breathing and aspiring SECT II. Motives further urging here to begin the l●fe of Grace after of Glorie OH suffer the word of exhortation I beseech you as heavenly Quyristers begin even here even now even this day the Quyre on earth It 's not thanke worth to be eternally thankefull in heaven you must doe it you can doe no otherwayes if you once come there It 's as naturall if I may use that word for the blessed spirits to blesse and prayse the Lord as for the fire to burne the Sunne to shine the waters to move the Seas to ebbe and flow r Aelian hist li. 10. c. 44. Plin. li. 5. cap. 9. Nilus to overflow or any other creatures celestiall or sublunary animate or inanimate to move and worke and produce effects according to their natures and severall proprieties But to prayse God here joyfully cordially constantly to breake here through all impediments as Davids three worthies through the Garryson of the Philistines to fetch the desired waters of ſ 1. Chr. 11. vers 18. Bethlem to strive here against all discouragements as in the Olympicke t De his ludis multa apud Celium Rhodignū historicos Poetas sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum collegisse iuvat c. Horat. games for Masteries to swim against the streame of all oppositions as is said of the u Arist anim lib. 9. cap 48. Dolphin and Samon to be resolute against all repugnances of the false and flattering flesh that bids the spirit as Peter bade Christ favour it selfe The tempting Devill the persecuting world who by the imputations of hypocrisie humorousnesse fantasticalitie singularitie at least of Puritanisme and Precisnesse seeke to quench in every zealist all sparkes of Devotion as soone as ever kindled yea as w Math. 2.16 Herod and x Exod. 1.22 Pharaoh to drowne murther even Christ and Christianitie in all the Israell of God as soone as ever new borne I say those that can thus digest all those bitter pilles as physicall and can be as was Davids y 2. Sa. 6.21.22 case with Micholl more zealous in this and all other duties the more they are opposed like the fire that burnes the more the more it is z Quo magis premitur eo magis astuat ignis supprest this indeede is prayse worthy everie inferior birde can chippe and croude it in the spring and can sing in the Sunne shine that is a birde indeede that can sing in the storme and charoll it in the Winter every fish can play in the calme the Dolphin and some moe can play in the tempest everie man can blesse God in the Sunne-shine of his prosperitie with full bagges full barnes full bellies and clothed backe But to blesse God in adversitie in the stormes of affliction with Iob on the a Job 1. v. 21. dunghill Daniel in the Lions b Dan. 6.21.22 den with the three companions of c Dan. 3.23 Daniels in the furnace with the Martyres at the d Many had that strength grace given them in the paganish Arrian popish persecution nominated in the Martyrologie but chiefly by him who hath epitomized all the booke of Martyres fol. 3.4.5.6 7.8.9.10 to fol. 18. c. stake to sing songs of Sion here in a strang land this is that which is most acceptable to the Almightie Oh then that my words might prick and fasten like the goades and nayles of the sanctuarie that I might plead and prevaile with you Even now with Noahs e Genes 7.9 Dove to enter into the Arke to leave the carrion and fleshly lusts of the world on which the worlds Crowes Dogs and Vultures prey and glutt themselves here to be at rest in God and on God Oh let my counsell be f Dan. 4.24 acceptable here strive to enter into the Bride-grome g Math 25.10 chamber to rejoyce as Paranymphs and friends of the h Math. 9 15. bridegrome to sing with Salomon a divine Epithalamium in honour of the spirituall espousals betwixt Christ and his Church Oh that you could here sleepe in quiet rest and tranquilitie of the soule in heavenly contemplations as that Endimion is said to have slept with the i Apud Natalem Comitem in Methiologijs Moone in the phylosophicall speculations here be conversant in the mount with God as k Exod. 19.3 Moses get a glimpse of the glorie of Christ in the mount with Peter Iames l Math. 17.4.5 2. Pet. 1.17 Iohn for in the mount of high and heavenly thoughts and meditations God will bee seene Christ will bee found in m Luk. 2.46 Ierusalem which is the vision of n Visio Paci● peace Oh that we could ascend up from earth to heaven with

them and was present with them in all their affaires in warre and in peace as hee was present with o Ioshuah 1.5 Ioshuah p Iudg 6.12 Gideon q Gen 39.2.21 Ioseph r 1. Sam. 18.12 David ſ Dan. 4.5 chap. 5.12.14 Daniell and other his servāts ever also according to his threat cursing those that cursed Abraham and were malignant enemies and opposites to the true t Gene. 12. v. 3. Church his Israell veryfying and sealing all the curses in his flying booke of vengeance upon u Reade the curses threatned against Egypt Moab Ammon Edom Tyre Sidon Medea Arabia and all wicked Provinces and people in Ieremie th 25 vers 15.16.17.18.19 Moab Ammon Amalech Ieconiah Ahab Iezabell Haman Nero Caligula Iulian Antiochus Maximinus w Reade the Theater of Gods judgements in quarto written by D. Beard on which in the Titles of Apostates and bloudie persecuters these named with many moe are spectacles of vengeance Maxentius and of latter times on Iohannes de Roma Minerius Gerson Cassaneus Weston Bonner Story Gardiner and other bloudy butchering x See Master Foxe in his Booke of Martyres but especially in a booke epitomizing the Actes of the Church where you may see the ends of these named with many moe folio 377. 378. 379. 380. 382. 383. c. See also Andrew Husdore in his Theater of examples on the 3. and 4. Commandement in Latin in quarto persecutors ancient and moderne then sure as the argument holdes much more from the lesser to the greater affirmatively both Logically and Theologically the Lord will blesse those that blesse him as he will curse those that curse him If he will blesse those that blesse Abraham much more will he blesse those that blesse the God of Abraham since indeede none can blesse God cordially and sincerely but such as the Lord first inspires with his grace and spirit even as the instrument makes no sound till it first be tuned and touched with the hand of the Musitian as the Organ-pipe is not musicall but dead till it be filled with the windy bellowes from the Organist for none can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the spirit of God So that the blessing of the God of spirits with upright hearts and spirits as David and his Israelitish Elders did here being but as a sparke of the spirits fire as streames from that fountaine as reflecting beames from that Sunne it is an evident demonstration that such are truly actually really blessed already and as a preparative beaver to a greater Banquet at the supper of the y Revel 19.7 Lambe potentially to be further blessed of God in the highest heavens the throne of God the bosome of Abraham the prepared mansions and seates of the blessed All which affirmatives me thinkes have their corroboration from this Theologicall axiome that as the seale leaves the impression in the waxe be it gold or silver c. as the Sunne by reflection leaves his shaddow on the opposite cloude so what mercie soever the Lord bestowes on us as a dignitie hee workes in us the same grace demonstrating it selfe in some proportionable dutie as for instance 1. Hath the Lord elected me to life from eternitie He gives me grace to elect chuse him again to be my God 2. Hath he called me to the knowledge of his truth He gives me his spirit to call him Abba z Rom. 8.15.16 father in spirit and truth 3. Hath Christ died for me and my sinnes and risen againe for my a Rom. 5.6 justification He hath mutually given me power to die unto sinne and to rise againe to holinesse and righteousnesse of life mortification of my fleshly b Coloss 3.5 lusts and crucifying my affection by the power of his c Gal 5.24 death vivification and quickning of the spirit d Ephes 2 v. 1. by the power of his resurrection 4. Is he ascended into heaven really for me He virtually causeth me to ascend thither after him in my e Coloss 3. v. 1.2 heart affections 5. Is he my high Priest to pray for me He as his legacie to his Church bequeaths unto me the spirit of grace f Z●ch 12 10. Rom. 8.26 prayer to pray againe unto him 6. So for conclusion Doth hee blesse me with all blessing in heavenly things He gives me the heart by the same grace to blesse him againe as all his Saints have done such print and impression the seale of his spirit leaves in my heart as answerable to it selfe as face answeres face in a glasse Oh then as ever thou desires to be blessed blesse God here be not so ignorant on idle as to dreame of the kernell without breaking the g Qui vult nucem nucleum frangat shell of eating the meale without grinding in the milne of the h Beneficium postulat officium dignitie without the duetie of ever being blessed but cursed without blessing God Oh thinke on all these motives in generall everie one in particular and let them be as goades and spurres to excite thee to this pressed duetie At least let all and ever of them be so many Bittes and Bridles curbs and remoraes to restraine and keepe us from ingratitude the bane of every grace yet the ulcer and spreading leprosie and Gangreene of every place yea of this Province and our English here planted if I might digresse by expostulations CHAP. XI The application of all by comparing as and our times with Israell in all times ANd now for speciall and specificall application of all that hath beene said unto our selves to reape the harvest of all this seede and to drinke the Wine from these pressed grapes that I may Bee-like bring all these rapsodicall collections home to the English-Irish Hive of our owne Church Common-wealth all these generall motives being but preparatives to prolong and prepare the way to my intended scope or as a foundation to a subsequent building If ever Nation and people under the cope of heaven had cause and occasion to act the part of David and his worthies since they left the stage of life in blessing the Lord as the very wordes of my Text are wee are the people for in the blessings and benefits we have received from God both of adornation and preservation Spirituall and Temporall externall and internall generall and speciall our mother Albion and wee here Hybernified layd in an equall scales I will not so undervalue us to say ballanced with all the inhabitants of the Christian Pagan Papall Octoman world compared with the famousest kingdomes European Asian Affrican and American not excepting the Cham of Cathy the great Mogull the Souldan of Egypt Prester-Iohn the Kingdomes of Fez and the most flourishing that are or ever were but equally poyzed with the best people in their prime in Davids and Salomons time that ever were taken even in their best as answering all their priviledges and

Basil in Psal 33. Epiphan Mer. 51. Chrys ho. 3. ad c. 1. ad Coloss Cyril lib. 4. contra Iul. Procopius cum cateris grounding on Gen. 48.16 on Math. 18. vers 10. and on Act. 12.11.15 Prince have his bonus Genius his protecting Angel both by land and sea in every coast countrey where he came having reduced brought him backe again after this large circumference to the English Court his own center in health honour prosperitie and safetie both in bodie and soule not somuch as the least infected dust cleaving to his feete much lesse any corrupted Popish ayre infect his royall bloud such was the antydote preservative of grace of which his highnesse hath given more then Mathematicall demonstration even since his comming home Oh this is a mercie to his highnesse in particular to the land realme all us in generall interested in him past expression Chiefly whē I consider how unworthy we have walked of former mercies how like these nine clensed lepers we have beene b Luk. 17.16.17 unthankefull how there is at this day a controversie whether God is more mercifull to us or wee more sinfull against him we wounding the Lord with his own weapons abusing our peace plentie all other Tallents as Bawdes Panders to uncleanesse as fuell to the fire of our licentiousnesse as if a whorish woman should with these Iewels love tokens she receives from her husband mantaines an adulterous lover or a favorite with these lands revenues he hath received from his Prince assist animate a professed rebell wee imploying still Gods favours in the service of sinne sathan our sinnes like Ierusalems yea like c Ezeth 16.49 Sodoms pride idlenesse fulnesse of bread yea fulnesse foulnesse of drinke too extortion oppression increasing and springing with our blessings the sins of every countrey the German drunknesse Asian luxurie Cretian lying Carthaginian perfidiousnesse Italian wantonnesse Iewish usurie Turkish crueltie the French complementall formality with the vices vanities of every other Nation meeting in our land as in their Center entertained retained as Lawyers their Clients Physitians their Patients Noble-men their jeasters fooles because they bring sackes to our Milnes pleasures to our mindes or profites to our purse c. Yea withall when I ponder too how little use we have made of the Lords judgements plagues pestilence dearths inundations of waters sicknesses diseases deaths of the Honourable of the Martiall of the Senatour of the d Esai 3.1.2.3 Counsellour that have beene taken from us but chiefly the eclypsing of that bright sun that once shined so gloriously in our hemispher th' death of that our Illustrious farre famoused Prince Henry as greivous to our hearts as the death of that worthie e By the malice of Roxama cut off by his bloudy father Solyman in any great thing that happens the proverbe is Mustapha is dead Mustapha was once to his Martiall Ienisaries or the death of that noble Zisca to his zealous valerous Bohemians of whose death in not dying since to any sinne as humbled by this judgement we have made so little use that by our greivous provocations and as a just punishment of our former ungratious ingratitudes in the absence of our Prince the Lord having lately the Ball at his foote as hee hath ever to goale it to our griefe whereas hee might have brought on us now stouping plague indeede and have payed us home once for all by many meanes which I leave to all Christian hearts to excogitate yet when wee experimentally see that as in the first creation hee hath brought light out of darkenesse good out of our feared evill glory to himselfe prayses to his Majestie as before prayers for the preservation of our thrice honoured Prince Is not all this the Lords doings and it is marvailous in our eyes Oh if David and his Nobles were thankefull for the mercies towards their Salomon the instrumentall builder of their materiall let us be thankefull for our Salomon the builder of the spirituall Temple the propagator and continuer of true Religion the planter of Gods true worship the supplanter of Idolatrie If Cain bee avenged seven times then Lamech seventie times said that f Genes 4.24 Polygamist If the Iewes have cause of gratulation seaven times for Gods mercies towards their Church and Common-wealth Kings and people wee have occasion seventie times seven times If the undersong of Davids Psalmes much more of our spirituall Hymnes may well runne in this torrent to the God of mercies for his mercie endureth for g Psal 136. per totum ever Oh then let all of us this day this houre with our mother great Britaine by all meanes expresse our thankfulnesse by our rejoycings in the outward and inward man Blow with your Trumpets as in the new Moone strike your Drummes advance your pikes I wish I could say as in England ring your Bells make your bonfires sound your Cornets display your Banners charge and discharge your Guns apply your powder make good use of Match or as more certaine use your fire lockes march like Martialists daunce your measures as David did before the Arke Let the day of our preservation from the powder treason of the Coronation of our King the reduction of the Prince be to us as the Iewes h ●●●h 9.26 Purim let them be writ in red Letters inserted in our Calender but for ever these mercies with their memorials let them be as Moses commands i Deut. 6.6.7.8 Israell be ingraven better then in Brasse and Marble in the Tablets of our gratefull hearts perpetuated traditionarily to our Children children Let our Hearts Lives Loves Votes Voyces Tongues Soules Spirits joyne with all the blessed Quyre of Angels in Heaven and Saints in Earth for all his mercies to praise the father of mercies the God of spirits To whom bee honour and glorie of us and in all Churches for ever and ever Amen FINIS ERRATA Sic Correcta 1. Iaunnus for Janus pag. 9. post literam f. 2. optative for operative p. 12. initio pagina 3. God for good ibid. 4. Denuntion for denuntiation initio pag 20.5 Farnestius for Far●●sius initio pag. 24. 6. of for oft pag. 43. Sect. 6. lit c pag. 46. in fine sect 6. those words must headded post verbum Queene Mary with many moe doe sympath●●e one with another and hang together like burres 7. Zinick for Zurick p. 51. post lit y 8. wafted for wafted p. 53 post lit b 9. Menius for Mevius p. 59 post q 10 pag. ●6 in fine pawne they for they pawne 11 p. 97. prolonging for prolonging post f 12 p. 99 pri●●aces for privaces linea prima 13. p. 104. post u bewitching for butchering 14. p. 106. Zapirus for Zopir●s post f 15. p. 110. mike for milke post w pag. 111. in lit m it is for is it 16 pag. 136. chippe for chirpe post lit z 17 p. 138. initiation for imitation post lit p In the Margino also there be some maine defects which yet with your pen may be cured pag. 25. lit x Bols●ecus for Bolsecus p. 33. lit q Magnetis nigra for Mira pag. 120. lit f adde to intolerable pride deleatur where Caesar make it as Pelargus of the p. 9● lit s Hexapla in Lucadum for in Exodum with sodoe other of lesse moment