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A10994 Sermons preached before his Maiestie 1. The bridegromes banquet. 2. The triumph of constancie. 3. The banishment of dogges. By Francis Rollenson, Batcheler of Diuinitie. Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630. 1611 (1611) STC 21264; ESTC S112081 60,158 83

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God onely hee is like Noahs Arke to the tyred and wearied c Gen. 8.9 Doue hee is that liuing stone vpon which onely d Gen. 28.11 euery elect Iacob must lay his head and sleepe hee is that e Heb. 13.10 Altar vnder which the Saints departed repose themselues resting from their labours f Heb. 4.9 and finding rest for their soules And thus by the writing of the Name of God three things by Christ are promised a heauenly Inheritance a life aeternall and a rest euerlasting And the name of the Citie of my God which is the new Ierusalem which commeth downe out of Heauen from my God c. As it is an honour to haue a good name so it is a glorie to be of a famous Nation or a Citizen of a famous Citie The g Ioh. 4.9 woman of Samaria wondered that Christ being a Iewe by birth would aske drinke of her being a Samaritan for the Iewes medled not with the Samaritans holding them as ignoble in comparison of themselues and wicked people as wee may gather by their blasphemous speech to Christ Say we not well thou art a Samaritan and hast the diuell There is a great difference in the Excellencie of Nations Quaedam gentes saith Iulius Maternus ita a coelo formatae sunt vt propria sint morum vnitate conspicuae Some nations are so framed of heauen that they may be knowne by the proprietie of maners what countrymen they be And this varietie commeth from the diuersitie of Climates Ptolo. 2. Quadripart Liuius Apulei Iul. Maternus and the influence of the starres The Iewes be naturally superstitious the Egyptians learned the Syrians couetous the Sicilians acute the Africans craftie the Scythians cruel the Grecians vnconstant the Italians generous the French-men rash the Spaniards vaine-glorious the h Tit. 1.12 Cretians liers euill beasts slow bellies the Germans and Brittanes valiant These stampes of nature being considered we may conclude that it is farre more honourable for a man to be of one Nation or one Citie then another Our Sauiour Christ then because he would demonstrate the Glory of the Elect saith that he will write vpon them the Name of the Citie of Ierusalem hee will enfranchise and make them free of a famous Citie but wee must not looke for this Ierusalem in Iudaea no for of that Citie not one stone is left vpon another but we must cast our eyes vpwards i Apoc. 21.2 For it comes downe from God out of heauen prepared as a Bride trimmed for her husband The old Ierusalem was a type of the Church Millitant this New Ierusalem is a figure of the Church tryumphant the Old was often besieged and sackt a shaddow of the afflictions of the Elect here vpon earth the New is said to be garnished with twelue seuerall precious stones k Apoc. 21.19.20 the Iasper the Saphire the Chalcedonie the Emerald the Sardonyx the Sardius the Chrysolite the Beril the Topaze the Chrysoprasus the Iacinth and the Amethyst by which are signified the glorious endowments of the Elect in heauen In the number of twelue there be foure Triplicities and this Citie being fouresquare the precious stones like those in l Exod. 28.17 Aarons Breast-plate are set three three in a square by which foure Triplicities foure things may be vnderstood which shall concurre meet together to make the Elect most glorious The first is the Glorification of the body the qualifie and state whereof may fitly be resembled by the three stones of the first Triplicitie namely the Iasper the Saphire and the Chalcedonie First the Iasper is greene and being worne dispelleth all Phantasmes and driueth away euill spirits saith Isodore the healthfull state of our bodies after the resurrection shal paralele this Iasper they shall be like greene Oliue trees neuer withering neuer fading here while wee liue Diseases the Purseuants of death are euer like Sauls euill spirits at our elbowes haunting vs Dauid had the stone for his reines chastened him in the night season Iob his boiles and botches Miriam her leprosie and euen the most righteous haue their infirmities but at the last day our bodies shall be so changed that sicknesse shall exercise no tyranny ouer vs. Secondly the Saphire is hard and blew of the colour of heauen it killes the Spider and driueth away poisonous serpents such like shall our bodies be heauenly and beautifull no deformitie shal come neere to blemish them m Phil. 3.21 for Christ shall change our vile bodie that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious body according to the working wherby he is able euen to subdue al things to himself Thirdly the Chalcedony is so hard that no toole of yron can graue it euen so thogh now Sathan workes vs like waxe and makes vs receiue his marke by tempting and alluring vs to giue our members seruants to vncleannesse yet then our bodies shall be purified we shall tread vpon the Lyon and the Dragon the diuell shall haue no more any power to make our bodies his Synagogue for they shall be the aeternall Temples of the holy Ghost The second thine is the Sanctification of the Soule the condition whereof we shall see in the three stones of the second Triplicitie to wit the Emerauld the Sardonyx the Sardius First the Emerauld is in colour Greene delightsome to looke on and very soueraigne against the falling Sicknesse like vnto this precious stone shall the soules of the Elect be made all glorious within and full of grace being so confirmed in Righteousnesse that whereas now the most iust man hath the falling sicknesse seauen times a day then Sin shall haue no more dominion ouer vs. Secondly the Sardonyx is of three colours it is Niger in imo candidus in medio rubicundus in supremo the lower part of it is blacke the middle white the top of it red so our Soules shall be Nigrae in imo blacke below for they shall contemne the malicious disseignes and stratagems of the diuell and smile in scorne at the destruction of him and his angels They shall be Candidae in medi● white in the midst being clothed like the Lillies of the field in long white robes of righteousnesse lastly they shall be in Supremo rubicundae Red aboue that is to say all glorious in regard of the golden crowne of immortalitie Thirdly the Sardius is a red stone and the vertue of it is to driue away timorousnesse and feare this shewes our future boldnesse and confidence here vpon earth wee work our saluation in feare and trembling but hereafter we shall approach boldly vnto the throne of God with Palmes in our hands in signe of victorie hauing washt our long white robes in the blood of the Lambe The third thing is the consummation of Charitie the attributes whereof be three for Charitie must be pure good and true these three are set forth by three stones in the third Triplicitie First the Chrysolite is of