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A15398	Ecclesia triumphans: that is, The ioy of the English church for the happie coronation of the most vertuous and pious prince, Iames by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defendour of the faith, &c. and for the ioyfull continuance of religion and peace by the same. With a briefe exposition of the 122. Psalme, and fit application to the time: wherein are declared the manifold benefits like to grow by these good beginnings to the church and common-wealth of England. Dedicated to the most gratious ladie and vertuous princess, Ioland Anne, by the grace of God, Queene of England, Scotland, France, &c.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1603 (1603)	STC 25676; ESTC S114434	63,703	152

and fire shall breake forth into a flame The good desire of the heart shall be recompenced with the encrease of the thing desired and as it is saide of the mariners God bringeth them to the hauen where they would be Psal. 107. 30. so the Lord conducteth them to the hauen of spirituall comfort that long after it And so as Augustine well saith Habet proximus aliquam gratiam ama illum tua est tu habes aliam amet te sua est Thy neighbour hath a certaine grace loue him and it is thine thou hast an other grace let him loue thee and it is his also Thus shall we finde that saying of Wisdome in the Prouerbs to be most true I loue them that loue me and they that seeke me earely shall finde me Prou. 8. 17. Like as he that earnestly seeketh that which he misseth shall finde it so whosoeuer desireth the grace of God shall not be deceiued And like as amongst men he that is friendly shall find friends Prou. 18. 24. which agreeth to that vsuall saying Vt ameris amabilis esto shew thy selfe louely if thou wilt be loued againe So is it betweene vs and God he loueth those that loue him and yet it is most true that he first loued vs that we should loue him againe The 18. meditation Peace be within thy walls and plenteousnes within thy palaces Some doe read peace be in thy strength 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so Hierome and the Septuagint The word cheel signifieth both an armie or a wall or fortresse and properly it signifieth the rampart defence before the wall which is antemurale as Arias translateth or as Tremellius praemunitio and so is it taken Lament 2. 8. he made the rampart and the wall to lament In the other part of this verse some read prosperitie or tranquillitie the Septuagint interprete 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abundance which the originall Shalvah will well beare and so it is vsed Ezech. 16. 49. the aboundance of peace The faithful then are here taught to pray that warre trouble may cease that there neede no watching or warding vpon the walls but that the citizens within the wals and euery man in his house may be quiet at peace It appeareth then that this also is not the least blessing when God sendeth peace vnto a nation and intermission of warre 1. As the Lord promiseth by his prophet My people shall dwell in tabernacles of peace and in sure dwellings and in safe resting places Isay 32. 18. They shall breake their swords into mattocks and their speares into sythes nation shall not lift vp sword against nation neither shall they learne to fight any more Isay. 2. 4. 2. Thus God blessed the raigne of Dauid The Lord gaue him rest round about from all his enemies 2. Sam. 7. 1. He also prophecieth of his sonne Salomon that aboundance of peace should be as long as the moone endureth Psal. 72. 7. who had his name Salomon therefore giuen him from the Lord because he should haue rest frō all his enemies round about 1. Chro. 22. 9. And contrariwise as God blesseth righteous kings with peace so he iudgeth wicked gouernours and people with warres and troubles as the Prophet threatneth Israel Manasseh Ephraim Ephraim Manasseh and they both shall be against Iudah Isay 9. 20. Thus was it in the daies of Asa in the world There was no peace to him that did goe out and in but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth for nation was destroyed of nation and cittie of cittie for God troubled them with all aduersitie 2. Chro. 15. 5 6. 3. The prophet speaking of the troubles that should befall the people for their sinnes saith They should be as meate to the fire Isay. 9. 19. Warre is as the fire and it feedeth vpon and destroyeth the people as the fire consumeth strawe or wood or like as an hungrie man snatcheth at the right hand and at the left and is not satisfied Isay 9. 20. such is the vnsatiable and hungrie desire of warre there is no measure of satietie of blood But like vnto a raging storme that falleth vpon the wood and forrest Isay 32. 19. which commeth with great violence terrible voice such is the tumult and violence of battell 4. Peace therefore and ceasing from warre is the fruite and effect of trueth and iustice as the prophet saith for the first I will reueale vnto them the aboundance of peace and truth Ier. 33. 6. and another prophet also testifieth for the second the work of iustice shall be peace Isa. 32. 17. Therefore vnder the kingdome of Christ peace and safetie is promised because his kingdome is a kingdome of righteousnes I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous braunch c. in his daies Iudah shall be saued and Israel shall dwell safely Ierem. 23. 6. which though it be specially referred to the spirituall peace yet we doe see also that outward tranquillitie doth waite vpon the Gospel as an handmaid 5. First then we are taught to acknowledge another singular fauour of God toward vs that hath heard the praiers of his seruants and graunted peace vnto his Church Domesticall peace and quietnes this land thanks be to God hath enioyed more then these 40. yeares vnder the conduct of our worthy Deborah our late Soueraigne Q. Elizabeth But much forren busines hath happened in this time in Ireland the low countries and in other places much piracie hath beene committed vpon the sea diuers assaults and inuasions haue beene intended against this realme and one furiously attempted by the Spanyards ann 88. But now we trust that the English nation may haue peace abroad and there is great hope that our peaceable Salomon and princely Ecclesiastes will bring vnto this land a generall peace and quietnes both at home and abroad that men may trauaile safely at home merchants traffique without daunger abroad that artificers may still sing in their shops husbandmen chearefully follow the plow students applie their bookes all which things by warre are interrupted For as Hierome saith Si iuxta inclyt●m oratorem silent inter arma leges multo magis studia scripturarum quae librorum multitudine silentio otio indig●nt c. If as the famous Orator saith lawes are silent amidst warres how much more the studie of scriptures which require multitude of bookes silence and rest Further we see the contrarie disposition of the righteous seede and the wicked race for they are not so much given vnto peace as these are to be contentio●s as the prophet Dauid saith I seeke peace and when I speake vnto them thereof they bende themselues to warre Psal. ● 20. 7. Like as it is said of Ismael that his hand was against euery man and euery mans hand against him Gen. 16. 12. Such are nations with their gouernours that haue not the knowledge and true worship of God It is easie to ges●e who are the

because of your bodies as your soules are holy because of the spirit that dwelleth in you your bodies holy because of your soules so this house is holy because of your bodies Secondly all profanation of Gods house is forbidden or turning of it to any secular vses Our Sauiour would not suffer them to carrie a vessell through the Temple nor to buie and sell but ouerthrew the tables of the money changers Math. 11. 15 16. Hereof it is that diuerse abuses of places consecrate to religious vses haue beene by diuers wholesome Canons restrained that law-daies should not be kept in Churches Concil Aretalens sub Carol. c. 22. that feasts be not made there Trullan c. 74. that no man bring in beasts or cattell ibid. c. 88. that no dancing there be vsed songs or enterludes Bracarens 3. c. 2. All which and such like corrupt vsages are great profanations of Gods house which is appointed for praier and other holy exercises Thirdly if the Church be Gods house it ought euen in respect of outward comelines and decencie to be reuerently kept Men should not be curious in adorning their owne houses and dissolute in maintaining the house of God This was the reproofe of the Israelites in Haggai his time because they themselues dwelled in sieled houses and suffered the temple to lie wast Hagg. 1. 4. And verily where people are slouthfull in this busines to beautifie and repaire the publike places of religion it sheweth that they much regard not the exercises of that holy habitation Lastly as it is Gods house so we should come reuerently to it as into Gods presence as Iacob resolueth himselfe How f●arefull is this place this is none other but Gods house Gen. 28. 17. Gods palace is much vnlike Ahashuerosh court Mordecai could not enter there because he was cloathed with sackcloath a mourning garment Esth. 4. 2. but he is soonest admitted into Gods court that commeth with true sorrow and contrition Men vse to come trembling vnto the princes Maiestie and with reuerence enter into the court Gods house in like manner is his pallace and therfore in time past we shall finde that the Church was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a basilike or princes house It is the mansion of the great King and therefore we should not come with secure hearts and profane affections as the manner of some is but with reuerence and feare as into the presence of the highest Maiestie And herein we haue the exāple of our princely Ecclesiastes that both in practise and precept goeth before vs in this dutie of reuerence toward God thus moouing aduising his princely sonne But in your praier to God speake with all reuerence for if a subiect will not speake but reuerently to a king much lesse should any flesh presume to talke with God as a companion Howe much are we bound vnto God that in his mercy hath sent vs a king truely touched with the deuout sense of religion who what he prescribeth to others doeth first practise in his royall person and as the Prophet saith is as an he-goate before the flocke Iere. 50. 8. that is most forward of the rest To conclude this place Bernard well saith Terribilis plane locus quem fideles viri inhabitant quem angeli sancti frequentant quem sua quoque praesentia dominus ipse dignatur worthie of all reuerence which faithfull men inhabite angels frequent where God himselfe is present The presence of Christs Church requireth reuerence but of angels more of God himselfe most of all The 7. meditation v. 2. Our feete shall stand in thy gates That is whereas the Arke before was flitting from one place to another not onely in the wildernes vnder Moses where the Arke was remooued as the campe pitched their tents but afterwarde also it often changed place from Shiloh to Ebenezer from Ebenezer to Ashdod from thence to Gath from Gath to Ekron frō thence to the house of Obed●Edom and so to Ierusalem now the Church of God reioyceth that the Arke was setled and brought to his resting place This then is the ioy of the Church when religion is setled and established and brought to perfection when the people are resolued in their conscience of the truth and stand confidently with their feete in Gods house 1. Thus the Lord promised concerning Sion The Lord hath chosen Sion and loued to dwell in it this is my rest for euer here will I dwell for I haue a delight therein Psal. 132. 13. Now in Dauids time and not before the place was elected and appointed where the solemne exercise of religion should be practised 2. Thus Salomon builded God an house whereas he dwelt in tents before that the Arke should be no more transported out of his place and herein Salomon was a figure of Christ in whome the promises of God are Yea and Amen 2. Cor. 1. 20. Who hath giuen vs an euerlasting testament a kingdome which cannot be shaken Hebr. 12. 28. who is the true Messiah neither are we to looke for any other Math. 11. 3. 3. Like as then when Samuel went to annoint Dauid first Eliab then Abinadab then Shammah and the rest of the brethren came in order before Samuel but none of them was chosen at the last Dauid was sent for and he was the man 1. Sam. 16. So after many prophets and many professions in the world at the length commeth Christ and he is annointed king for euer And as when Elias was in the caue a mightie winde was sent of God then an earthquake then a fire but God was in none of them but at the last he spake in a soft and still voice So Christ came not though many signes and wonders went before till he himselfe spake with a soft and still voice in the forme and shape of a man 4. For the Apostle saith Iesus Christ yesterday and to day and the same for euer Heb. 13. 8. therefore as Christ is alwaies the same so the faith and religion of Christ is constant and immutable And as the Apostle inferreth hereupon in the same place Be not carried about with diuers and strange doctrines v. 9. so should we be resolued and setled in religion 5. Wherefore euery man may consider how much bound we are to praise God which hath in his mercie raised vs vp a Dauid after Samuel to bring home the arke of God and to establish and settle religion which was feared of many and wished of some to be flitting at the next change The Pope and his adherents would draw the English people as Ieroboam called the Israelites to Dan and Bethel to the Romane religion but I trust our feete shall stand still at home in the gates of Ierusalem Let men therefore be constant in faith not be carried away with euery wind of doctrine as the Apostle saith Eph. 4. 14. nor halt betweene two opinions as some like Ianus bifrons looking both

place then the Tarpeian rocke at Rome which beeing so often smitten with lightening sheweth that God was angrie with it If Bethlem was not spared where Christ was borne much lesse Rome is priuiledged by whose authoritie Christ died If God spared not the naturall branches take heed least he spare not thee saith S. Paul to the Romans Rom. 11. 21. The Iewes then were the true naturall branches the Romans strange and adopted branches therfore if the first were plucked off for their rebellion the second must not thinke to stand in their superstition A foolish conceit therefore and imagination it is that Rome should be the mother Church and nurserie of all the world Hierome well saith Non audeo Dei omnipotentiam angusto fine concludere coarctare paruo terrae loco quem non capit c●lum I dare not conclude Gods omnipotencie with a smal bounds and to thrust him into a small roome whome the heauens cannot hold Thirdly this example of Ierusalē doth admonish all cities not to presume of their temporall and externall happines but to learne thankefully to embrace the truth least for their vnthankfulnes they be depriued both of the vertue and the handmaid thereof prosperitie Let Ierusalem of England the citie of London be warned by her sister the Iewish Ierusalem that shee take heede of her sinnes that shee tast not of her sause Let the calamitie of other neighbour cities admonish her it is some while since Lyons in Fraunce was in one night consumed sticke and stone with fire whereof Seneca maketh this lamentable mention Vna tantùm nox interfuit inter civitatem maximam nullam denique diutius tibi illam perijsse quàm perijt narro There was but the distance of one night betweene a great citie and none at all and I haue beene longer in telling you of the destruction thereof then it was in destroying Verolamium here in England situate not farre from S. Albons was a famous and great citie now not so much as the name thereof remaineth What great calamities befell most famous cities in Hieroms time he himselfe reporteth how all France was wasted of the Barbarians the city of Ments taken and many thousands slaine in the Church Ipsa Hispania iam peritura contremiscit Spaine trembleth as if it were now readie to perish And what hath hapned in other countries and cities round about vs in our time who can be ignorant The massacre of Paris the desolation of Antwerpe the sacking of Calice surprising of many townes in the low countries All these examples should warne noble cities and corporations of England to beware of those sinnes for the which the other haue been chastised As Hierome wel saith Orbis terrarum ruit in nobis peccata non ruant vrbs inclyta Romani imperij caput vno hausta est incendio The famous citie and chiefe of the Romane citie at once consumed with fire the world falleth to ruine and yet within there is no ruine of our sinnes The 9. meditation Ierusalem is built as a citie Here is expressed one principal fruit of Dauids prosperous good peaceable gouernment that the city was beutified enlarged with many goodly houses and buildings which sheweth that it is not the least temporall blessing when a citie or nation enioyeth peace that they may build them houses and plant their grounds 1. Thus the Lord saith by his Prophet I will bring againe the captiuitie of lacobs tents and haue compassion on his dwelling places and the citie shall be builded vpon her owne heape and the palace shall remaine after the manner thereof Ierem. 30. 18. The Lord promiseth this as a singular blessing that Ierusalem which was before destroied and laide wast should be reedified againe and recouer the pristine beautie 2. Thus the Psalmist doth celebrate this as a great fauour of God to Ierusalem that when the citie was besieged as it should seeme of Senacherib in the daies of Hezekiah the Lord so protected it that no part thereof was defaced Compasse about Sion goe round about it and tell the towers thereof marke well the wall thereof behold the towers that you may tell your posteritie Psal. 48. 13. 14. There was not so much as one tower or any part of the wall defaced So Dauid when he had taken the sort of Sion he built round about it called it the cittie of Dauid to which building this verse hath speciall relation and the reason thereof is giuen Dauid prospered and grew for the Lord of hosts was with him 2. Sam. 5. 9 10. 3. Like as the nest is to the birds so is a mans house as Iob resembleth it I shall die in my nest 29. 18. Euen as when the sillie birds are suffered to build their nestes quietly where to lay their young so is it with citizens when they safely and securely dwel in their houses They are as mens bowers wherein they solace and refresh themselues from the heate and cold as Ionas reioyced in the gourd that shadowed him from the sunne Ion. 4. so a ioy it is when men may sit quietly vnder their owne bowers Vnto this outward flourishing in comely and decent buildings the Lord compareth the spirituall encreasing of his Church If shee be a wall we will build vpon her a siluer pallace if shee be a doore we will keepe her in with doores of cedar 4. The preacher sheweth what is the cause of this blessing that a man sitteth quietly in his owne house and inlargeth his dwelling place and prospereth in his affaires It is of the hand of God and Gods gift for a man to take pleasure in his labors Eccles. 2. 24. c. 5. 17. 5. Wherefore much is this nation of England and especially the goodly citties and townes thereof to reioyce and giue thankes to God and the cittie of London most of all for this long time of peace whereby men doe inioy the labours of their owne hands We haue not built houses for others to dwel in nor planted vineyards and others eate the fruit thereof as the Lord threatned the Israelites 2. Deut. 28. 30. And as other citties haue had wofull experience their houses haue beene beaten downe ouer their heads and the goodly sumptuous buildings made lowe with the ground Sometime cities and famous buildings haue beene ouerthrown with water as in Noahs deluge sometime consumed with fire as Sodome and Gomorrha sometime deuoured and swallowed vp of the earth as the tents houses of Cote Dathan and Abiram beaten downe with windes as Iobs house We read in forraine stories of great calamities which haue fallen vpon citties at Antioch there was an earthquake which continued a whole yeare together At Nicomedia many houses were shaken downe with an earthquake and diuers people slaine with the fall of the houses and among the rest Cecropius and Arsacius at Constantinople vnder Leo the Emperour such a raging fire tooke the cittie that it

will plant the vinyard with the best plants Isa. 5. 2. But a more excellent gift can there not be then to haue the word the statutes and ordināces of Gods as Moses saith What nation is so great that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous as all this lawe which I set before you this day Deut. 4. 8. 5. First then where are they whether papists or other whatsoeuer that say there is no Church in England haue we not the word of God and the Sacraments these are sufficient testimonies and euidences of Gods presence To say that these are not sufficient notes of Gods church as the Papists affirme is to speake ignorantly falsely for whereby was the auntient Church of Israel discerned but by the law and statutes of God and the true seruice of his name and to denie that the Church of England hath either word or sacramēts as some schismatickes doe is to speake absurdly and contrarie to their owne knowledge for if that be Gods word which is contained in the olde and new testaments and these the sacraments which Christ hath instituted then hath the Church of England both professing the first and celebrating the second We teach no doctrine but concluded out of the Scriptures we receiue no sacraments but those instituted by our Sauiour Concerning discipline neither is the Church of England destitute of it altogether for where the word of God and the sacraments are it is not possible that all discipline should be exiled I graunt that the discipline of the English Church may be much amended and I trust in time shall many defects and wants are amongst vs. We doe not conceale our imperfections nor iustifie what is amisse as is extant in the booke of common praier in these wordes vntill the said discipline may be restored which thing is much to be wished But it followeth not that where discipline is wanting the Church is fading and that the infirmitie of the one maketh a nullity of the other The Church of the Iewes thus saith of the Church of the Gentiles If shee be a wall we will build vpon her a siluer pallace if shee be a doore we will keepe her in with bonds of cedar Can. 8. 9. Shee calleth her sister because shee had a wall though not of siluer and a doore though not of cedar And England thankes be to God is a famous and beutifull sister to all reformed Churches though shee may haue some spots in externall matters But our trust is that if it yet be not her wall shall be made more costly and siluerlike and her doore of Cedar when God will In the meane time what great thanks should we giue vnto God that hath not remooued the arke of his testimonie from vs as he did from Israel when it was taken of the Philistims 1. Sam. 4. nor taken away the candlesticke from vs as from Ephesus Reuel 2. 5. Yet by our sinnes we had deserued it as much as either but hath in his mercy raised vp a Dauid vnto his church to keepe and defend the arke in Ierusalē still Lastly as these are testimonies and euidences to the whole Church the word Sacraments so ought they to be to euery true mēber of the Church that euery one also by his faithfull hearing of the word and fruitfull receiuing of the Sacraments may iudge himselfe a liuely member of Christs bodie and grow vp thereby to the assurance of his calling for as our Sauiour saith My sheepe heare my voice Ioh. 10. 16. He that heareth and beleeueth the voice of Christ our great sheapheard is certainely one of his sheepe By the fruite and effect of the word a man may discerne of himselfe whether he be good or badde ground for if the word fructifie in him he is of the good kinde but if he bring forth thornes and briars he is a reprooued ground neere vnto cursing whose ende is to be burned as the Apostle saith Heb. 6. 8. So Augustine to the same purpose Quicquid loquimur in nomine Domini Dei imber est videte qualis terrae sitis qui peior est factus ignem speres pluviam non accuset qui melior factus ●orreum speret pluuiam laudes Whatsoeuer we say vnto you in the name of the Lord is the Lords raine see you what manner of ground yee be if thereby ye become worse and bring forth thornes and brambles feare the flames blame not the showers If ye are made better and bring forth good fruit hope for the ●arne and praise the raine The 13. meditation To praise the name of the Lord. The Prophet sheweth what is the chiefe ende of going vp to the Lords house namely to praise God and call vpon his name 1. So the Lord saith by his prophet My house shall be called an house of praier to all nations Isa. 56. 7. And Ieremie saith prophecying of the Church of God They shall come and reioyce in the height of Sion chap. 31. 12. 2. Thus Anna praied in the temple when shee asked a sonne of God Shee was troubled in her mind and praied to the Lord and wept sore 1. Sam. 1. 10. And after shee had obtained her desire shee in the same place gaue thanks vnto God And Anna praied and said My heart reioyceth in the Lord 1. Sam. 2. 1. To this spirituall vse of praier Salomon consecrated the Temple Heare thou the supplication of thy seruant and of thy people Israel which pray in this place and heare thou in the place of thine habitation euen in heauen and when thou hearest haue mercie 1. king 8. 30. 3. The prophet compareth the thāks of the heart giuen vnto God vnto fresh springs all my springs are in thee Psal. 87. 7. And the prophet Ieremie speaking of those that reioyce before the Lord saith their soule is as a watered garden chap. 31. 12. He thē which giueth not thanks vnto God in his temple is as a barren ground without springs but he which praiseth the name of God is as a well watered ground refreshed with sweete springs What becommeth the temple better then incense and where should it be rather offered then there now the odours and incense of the Saints are their praiers Revel 8. 3. and their fatte calues are the fruit of their lippes as the prophet saith We will render the calues of our lippes Hosh. 14. 3. 4. For we should present the Lord with our best gifts if any thing be better then another that should be the Lords part but the sacrifice of contrition of praise thanksgiuing are the most principall as the Prophet saith Thou desirest not sacrifice c. the sacrifice of God is a contrite heart Psal. 51. 16 17. And the Apostle saith Let vs by him offer the sacrifice of praise alwaies vnto God that is the fruit of our lippes c. with such sacrifice God is pleased Heb. 13. 15 16. 5. First then if the house of God be principally ordained