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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10401	A sermon preacht at St Maries in Oxford, the 5. of August: 1624. Concerning the kingdomes peace. By Iohn Randol B: in D: of Brasen-nose Colledge	Randal, John, b. 1594 or 5.	1624 (1624)	STC 20685; ESTC S102398	25,895	35

A SERMON PREACHT AT St MARIES IN OXFORD the 5. of August 1624. Concerning the Kingdomes Peace BY IOHN RANDOL B in D of Brasen-nose Colledge Omne quod est tam diu est quamdiù unum est ens enim unum convertuntur T is a Principle in the METAPHYSICKS If their hearts be diuided they shall be found guiltie and then followes destruction HOSEA 10.2 OXFORD Printed by IOHN LICHFIELD and WILLIAM TVRNER 1624. MARKE 3.24 And if a Kingdome be diuided against it selfe that Kingdome cannot stand SChool-controuersies mixt with points of deuotion I sometimes deliuer'd from this place but now a Text that requires the diuinity of a Prince and th' exposition of a Souldier rather then a Schoole Yet-no man scandalize this Text himselfe or mee was not our Sauiour an Oratour vpon 't and if our Sauiour himselfe handle the Common-wealth 't is possible then to be diuinely handled and if diuinely handled it can loose nothing by the handling If a Kingdome bee c. Wherein you may please to obserue a State the Qualitie of such a State and the effects of such qualities the State not of a priuate man but the Compound aggregate State of a publike Kingdome a Kingdome that 's certaine then the Condition the Quality or casuall actions of such a State they are diuisions against themselues and they are vncertaine If a Kingdome be diuided against it selfe If diuided that 's vncertaine Thirdly the Issues and euill events of such diuisions that 's not-standing shall I say nay 't is non-possibility of standing and that 's too-too certaine God knowes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it cannot stand if it be diuided that it cannot To handle the State by it selfe and the casualtie of such a State after that and so conclude with th' effects of all were a pretty playing methode fit for easing of the breath but very vnfit for the serious discussion of the Cause wee must collect the whole A diuided Kingdome cannot stand Had the time bin as royall as the Text I could haue entertain'd yee all but no Yet not like those who professing a glorious magnitude are conversant in most inferiour things for I will open that vnt'ee which euery man will not vnfold Treason against a King as a bloud-guiltie sinne but against a Kingdome as much more as any whole is greater then its part Loe I present vnt'ee the Changes of States desolations of Kingdomes the downfall of the whole full of Intemperance vniustice auarice ambition and whatsoeuer herein almost is worthy to be known I present the causes and th' effects together with the remedies of all not without some more especiall application to the time only be fauourable I pray to this too much extemporary necessitie of the man so farre as the single nature of the Cause will beare you shall haue nothing more nor lesse then the diuision of a Kingdome will afford If a Kingdome be diuided against it selfe that kingdome cannot stand When the Prophet would fore-tell th' expiration of the Iewish reigne he prophecies of dissensions-shall arise The Childe against th' auncient the base against the Honourable Esay 3. chap. 5. ver and it followes in a moment after Cecidit Hierusalem the Kingdome is fallen i' th' 8th ver diuide it and it falls it came to passe Iosephus giues it in three deadly Sects whose chiefes were Simon Iohn and Eleazar By ciuill discord did Carthage fall by the like did old Rome her Empire ruine while their dissention gaue entrance to the Turke the Kingdomes of Hungarie Rhodes and other many States haue felt the torment of this Text what needes any more Interpreters say all 't is a popular argument our Sauiour vseth and too-too wel knowne of all that a diuided kingdome cannot stand If a Kingdome bee diuided against it selfe that Kingdome cannot stand As th' essence of God is one so it behooues all things to be vnite that will subsist in him take the most comely body in this learned Crowne of men and diuide either the spirits or humours of that body one against another and neither beauty nor body can long subsist out of the beauteous fabricke of the World if ye take that excellent correspondence away whereby the Caelestiall Spheares and the inferiour Elements doe louingly agree together the World it selfe can neuer long endure except the heauens heare th' earth and th' earth the heauens and both agree vnto the prouision of the whole the World it selfe can neuer well subsist Hosea 2.21 The demonstrance is as plaine because diuision destroyes the very Forme it selfe as if ye diuide a man there remaines no longer forma hominis but forma cadaveris so if ye diuide a Common-wealth there remaines no longer the forme of a good Common-wealth but the forme of barbarousnesse and folly doth remaine there may result out of such a diuision two armies of souldiers two parties of a faction but meane time the faire proper entire bulke and beauty of a kingdome is destroyed that cannot stand which is the emphasis of the Text 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that kingdome cannot stand Neither were it of much consequence if it destroyed forme alone but it perishes matter together with the forme diuision weakens the strongest publicke State that is diuision calls in the forreine discontents of other Realmes diuision turnes swords of the same mans making one against anothers point diuision destroyes the very end for which a Kingdome was ordain'd For the very prime ordinance of a kingdome was to vnite all vnder one Head one Law one liberty one profit and pleasure of good life that so the vnity being equally interested among all all might with one accord more strongly combine themselues against the auarices ambitions tyrannies of other encroaching men for the World will neuer want Nimrods many Oeconomicall hunters there be that hunt for the prouision of their owne houses and as many Venatores Politici that hunt after other mens Kingdomes and therefore vae si dividatur woe vnto that Kingdome is diuided for the hunter will take it If a Kingdome be diuided against it selfe that Kingdome cannot stand Wherefore be we all vnited as firme as flesh is to the bone cemented all together in loue glewed vnto the publick welfare of the state If any diuisions haue amongst vs bin if any fallacy of selfe-loue if any poison of debate it must be so no more I le open the remedies doe but you make righteous iudgement whether they bee not better then the disease Some haue taken occasion to contriue a diuision vpon meere REVENGE so Coriolanus in Plutarch being exasperated by an vniust condemnation did deriue the warre vpon his owne Countrey So banisht Alcibiades how did he discouer the whole Councell of Athens to th' enemy What a combustion did he make betweene th'Oligarchye and the Commonalty So much revenge will doe and more then so for smaller iniuries though they be no positiue euills but privatiues only as the tenne Tribes against Dauid because he