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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05417	Two sermons one preached at Paules Crosse December 20. By Roger Lea Master of Arts, of Iesus-Colledge in Cambridge: and preacher at S. Leonards Shorditch, in Middlesex, by London. Another preached in Paules-Church, Decemb. 26, being S. Steuens day, by Iohn Squire, Master of Arts, of the same Colledge: and preacher of the same parish	Ley, Roger, b. 1593 or 4.; Squire, John, ca. 1588-1653. Sermon preached in Pauls church upon Saint Stevens fay. 1618. aut	1619 (1619)	STC 15569; ESTC S103084	38,824	74

hey haue not onely a wooluish antipathy to shedde blood but also a stoicoll apathy to distinquish of no persons in their cruell effusion As Saint Paul speaketh they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without naturall affection In the text Steuen that was preaching they murdered Him Steuen that was praying they murdered Him and Saint Steuen they murdered Him yea had the quintessence of all sanctitie pietie and caelestiall integritie beene treasured vp in him alone yet would they haue murdered Him Math. 10. verse 21. The Brother shall betray the Brother the Father the Sonne and the children shall rise against the Parents and cause them to die Lurida terribiles miscent aconita noberiae the persecuting mothers will take life from them to whom they gaue life Fratrum quo que gratia rara est like the snakie issue of Cadmus Brethren deuoure one another Iohn Baptist was doubtlesse an incomparable creature Herod honoured him as a Saint reuerenced him as a Prophet and obaied him as a Teacher Yet when his barbarous heart was fired hee persecuted Him hee imprisoned Him and hee beheaded Him Most likely for other sinnes are bridled by shame but Persecution is spurred on by the repute of Sanctitie This maketh Persecuters like Bandogges to seaze vpon the throate like sharpe-kept Haukes they will tyre on the Hart. The Persecuter like Saul 1. Samuel 14. verse 39. If any taste the hony of true religion though it bee Ionathan my sonne saith hee euen hee shall die the death Herein a Persecuter is like Melchisedech hee is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither Father nor Mother shall bee spared by the hand of inraged Persecution As the Adamant cannot bee softned but with the blood of goates so shall not they bee mollified but with the blood of Lambes of innocent professours Heere Saint Steuen was the obiect abiect subiect of such sauage impiety they ranne vpon Him they cast out Him and they stoned Him saith my text Luke 14.31 vse The king sate downe and tooke councell whether hee were able to meete the twenty thousand which came against him Euery member of the Militant Church must assure himselfe of twentie thousand afflictions which will come against him Religion is a iewell and wee must sell all wee haue to purchase it Christ is a Spouse and wee must forsake Father and Mother to cleaue to him Let vs therefore in the name of God sit downe and take counsell how wee may bee able to with-stand those thousands of temptations But infinite wonder it is to see how wee grumble at toyes and trifling trials For euery slaunder of our inferiour for euery supplanting of our Equall and for euery disgrace from our Superiour oh wee startle as if this were the stoning of Steuen and the combate of Christians The childe in the nurces armes the touch of a pinne maketh it crie out as if it were killed and the Free-Booter standeth at the doore breaketh into the childe dasheth his braines against the ground and then killeth him indeede Such children are wee euery torment of our bodie euery impouerishment of our estate euery death of a deare friend euery little little discomfort 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 howe it woundeth our Hearts it maketh vs to crie and raue and repine when wee know not how neere the Free-Booter is vnto vs. It may those very hands which brought kniues for vs by sea and prepared fire for vs by land those very hands it may bee are now a gathering stones for vs watching for the first watch-word of fitte opportunitie Wee must expect it Wee haue had Halcyon daies of an Aegles age after a calme may come a tempest Let this bee our resolution Scipio pointing to his armie said there was not one who would not throw himselfe from the toppe of a Towre for loue of him So should we say that we would arme our selues euen to be throwne from the toppe of a Towre for the loue of Christ And this is no noueltie Wee are no better then Peter wee may bee imprisoned wee are no better then Paul wee may bee scourged wee are no better then Iohn Baptist wee may bee headed and I thinke Saint Steuen was as good as most of vs therefore wee may bee stoned To conclude Prisoning Scourging Heading Stoning Persecuting may come will come All which wee should indure all which in Iesus Christ strengthening vs wee shall indure Let vs say it now with our tongues and the Lord graunt wee may resolue it and performe it with our hearts for euermore Amen FINIS Errata In the epistle Pagina secunda linea 9. prò declarari lege declarare Linea 24. pro ni lege in page 4. line 9. for Aquinus read Aquinas line 18. for by read vp page 5. line 21. for a●aliticum reade analyticam Page 7. line 8. for euer reade euen Page 19. line 9. for kingdome read king Page 28. line 19. for speresset read sperasset