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A11602	A sermon preached at the last generall asise holden for the county of Sommerset at Taunton. By William Sclater Batchelar in Diuinitie, and minister of the word of God at Pitmsiter	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.	1616 (1616)	STC 21843; ESTC S100966	16,115	34

of excommunication Or why should wee thinke it brings more detriment to authoritie in the weale publike then to that in priuate families To shut vp the point That spirituall sword depriues of spirituall rights that concerne the kingdome of Heauen depriues none of his ciuill rights which hee hath as a member of ciuill societie r Mat. 16.19 The keyes are giuen to the Church to open and shut the kingdome of heauen meddle not at all with the kingdomes of the earth I conclude it with that admonition of Salomon My sonne ſ Pro. 24 21. feare the Lord and the King and meddle not on any pretence with them that are seditious Are they impious pray for their pietie Are they tyrannous pray God for thy patience and their inspiring with clemencie Presumes any to excommunicate Know first if any such power bee giuen vnto men ouer Kings and Princes yet is it inuested in the persons of their owne Pastors 2. If it be not regularly done a nullitie there is in their conscience and ought to be in thine esteeme 3. If neuer so ordinately it depriues but of spirituall not of ciuill titles The last thing remaines the infirmitie of your persons yee shall die as men The originall is as Adam which Ierome takes properly Hieron in locū others appellatiuely the sense is both wayes the same The sentence some conceiue a commination some onely as a monition the latter clause is no doubt a threatning this former best interpreted a monition It comes in mee thinkes as that stake in Pauls flesh after his extraordinary reuelations least he should t 2. Cor. 12.7 bee exalted aboue measure or as the voice of the crier following the tryumphers Chariot in Rome eftsoones ringing that in the eare memento te esse mortalem A meditation necessary for all men most for them of highest dignity how prone wee are to conceit in our very nature something more then humane because our persons are clad with diuine dignities we see in plentifull experience Herod in his magnificence admits the applause of the people The u Acts 12.21.22.23 voyce of God and not of man till hee learned by experience that the wormes should eat him That monster of men in Rome puffed vp with successe of victories attempts to imitate thundering Iupiter Seneca scoffeth at his pride but so true it is that the Psalmist hath x Psal 49.20 Man being in honour hath no vnderstanding nor so much as remembrance of humane infirmity I confesse I seldome read of any that could hope for immortality vpon earth But the absurd desires of some I haue heard of wishing if it were possible to perpetuate a miserable life in this sinful state vpon earth rather then to aduenture their soules vpon vncertaine hopes as to them they seeme of a better state in the life to come I maruell not at it It s their profession this life they know that other they know not A speech sauouring of the little relish of the things of God and euidencing their no title to the comforts of Gods kingdome This life they know would God they knew it either as Apuleius or but as Augustine describes it * Aug de verb. Dom. secund Matth. ser 1. Inter casus ambulamus Wee walke amiddest a world of casualties Si vitrei essemus Yet were our mettall but as glasse lesse reason wee had to feare mishappes but it s much more fraile Fals by mishaps we feare for those brittle vessells but age or sicknesse wee feare not in respect of them Man therefore more fraile them they who besides the many casualties that haue continuall intercourse in his life lies open to infeebling by age and sicknesse for suppose no casualty betide vs yet tempus ambulat vitat homo ictum numquid vitat exitum I am sorry wee should haue cause to teach by instruction that which fooles may learne by experience * Bernard de conuers ad cleric cap. 14 Death pit●eth not pouerty nor reuerenceth riches spares no mans birth nor qualitie nor age the ods is this onely ●etwixt old and young Se●ibus in ianuis adolescentibus in insidijs est My purpose is to be your remembrancer no teacher of mortality This onely I beseech you consider with mee Wha●●oeuer eminence of dignitie God hath clothed you withall ●ee hath not exempted you from condition of mortalitie Yee shall die like men * Agapet in ●are●● ad Iusitian Imperat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the eminence of dignitie yee are like vnto God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the esse●ce of your body of the same condition with meanest men The principles of your constitution alone 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Clay we haue all the first father and founder of our generation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 As well the Prince in his throne as the beggar vnder the bush our genus is lutulentum dirtie at least dustie and our ende resolution into the same principles y Heb. 9.27 It is appointed to all men once to dye Remember the consequent after that comes iudgement Thus thinke euen when ye sit Iudges of other mens liues ye haue not arbitrium no not of your owne There is z Eccles 8.8 no man that hath power ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit neither hath hee power in the day of death neither is there discharge in that warre When thoughts of pride or peruerting iustice shall arise thus thinke My a Isay 2.22 breath is in my nostrills What if the Lord should cite mee to his tribunall euen now when I thinke of abusing iustice a thing so sacred b Eccles 11.3 As the tree fals so it lies so as we die so are wee presented to iudgement It is an error of mans pride to thinke they shal haue esteeme at that day according as they were more or lesse cladde with dignities in this life Death strippes of all dignities and wee are presented naked to the Lords tribunall c Apoc. 14.13 Blessed is the man that dies in the Lord his workes follow him d Psal 49.17 his pompe he leaues behinde him Yet hearken to a course whereby yee may perpetuate iudiciall dignitie and at the great day sit on Thrones iudging the Tribes of Israel Not dignitie but sanctitie makes vs Christs Assessours The e 1. Cor. 6.2 Saints shall iudge the world This sanctitie manifest in your liues in your callings my soule for yours your resurrection shall bee glorious In case it be neglected heare what not I but the Lord by his Prophet threatneth yee shall fall like one of the Princes They are witty and industrious niceties that Hierome hath Hier. ad loc m. enquiring the sense of this commination This one of the Princes hee conceiues to be the deuill that prince of the aire Lucifer the prince of the deuils the prime deuil amongst the Legions of infernall spirits As Lucifer so shall ye fall Non potest Angelica dignitas mortem recipere