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The churches glory shewed forth in a sermon preached at the Haghe before Their Majesties the King & Queene [brace] of Bohemia / by J.E. ...
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Elborough, Jeremiah.
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his Courtiers to be Kings in heaven but all such as will not have him to reigne over them though a Rev. 6. 15. Kings of the earth great men rich men chiefe captaines mighty men shall hide themselves in dennes in the rocks of the mountaines say to the rocks the mountaines Fall on us hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne King Alexander had two friends 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one loved him as Alexander the other loved him as king Let us doe both love him who is our God so feare him for b Hos 3. 5. his goodnesse love him who is our king so feare him for his pover Daughter SEcondly by the Kings daughter Filiae Regis animae fidelis Hier. in Loc. is meant the Church or the faithfull All creatures are this kings subjects but the faithfull have a neerer relation to him in being his daughters sonnes for c 2. Cor. 6. 18 I vvilbe a father unto you ye shal be my sonnes daughters sayth the Lord almighty so that it may be alike truly sayd that faithfull men are his daughters faithfull women his sonnes for there is no respect of persons with God there is neither Jew or Greeke King or subject rich or poore d Gal. 3. 28. male or female but are all one in Christ Jesus VVee knowe not Christ any more after the flesh sayth e 1. Cor. 5. 16. S. Paul neyther doth Christ knowe us after the flesh for f Mat. 12. 50. who soever shal doe the will of his father which is in heaveÌ„ the same is his brother his sister mother therefore the Church of Rome to little purpose applyes the latter part of this Psalme concerning the Kings daughter her honourable women to their g Mollerus in loc Nunnes at their consecration since it belongs to men as wel as women to the maried as the unmarried even to the whole Church of what nation sexe or condition soever they be but the prophet in allusion to Solomons Queene heere termes them daughters who in other places are called the h Matt. 5. 9. Rom. 5. 2. 8. 14. sonnes of God Jesus Christ as God is the only i Heb. 1. 2. sonne of God by natural generation as man the only sonne of God by k Luk. 1. 35. personal union the l Iob. 38 7 Angels m Luk. 3. 38. Gen. 1. 26. Adam Eve in them all men women are the sonnes of God by creation after Gods image in righteousnesse holinesse but men being in honour through their fall in Adam lost this image honourable condition of being the sonnes of God are now by nature the n Eph. 2. 3. children of vvrath sonnes of iniquitye but God out of his love to man sent his owne sonne o Heb. 1. 3. vvho is the expresse image of his person to be man to restore man to the image of God in being the sonnes of God for p Ioh. 1. 12. to as many as received him to them he gave this honour to bee the sonnes of God even to them that beleeve in his name so the faithfull only are restored to this honourable estate of being sonnes daughters to the King of heaven for q Gal. 3. 26. wee are all the sonnes of God by faith in Jesus Christ The Church then is the Kings daughter in law by the grace of adoption in a spiritual union by fayth being married to the Kings sonne Vse 1 When Sauls servants communed with David to take in marriage the Kings daughter David answers r 1. Sa. 18. 23. Seemeth it a light thinge to bee a Kings sonne in law but I may say seemeth it a light thing to bee the King of Kings daughter in law It was a great honour wherewith God magnified the blessed Virgin to be the foeliciê° eum corde quam carne gestavit Aug. de S. Virg. c. 3. mother of a King of God but a greater happinesse to her that she was a daughter of the King her God Is it a great honour to bee borne of earthly Kings not a greater to be borne of a heavenly King If all worldly honours of Kingly Parentage Kingly marriage Kingly magnificene alliance beauty wit eloquence courage or what soever else may be of higher esteeme added heereto be layed all together in balance with this only honour to be the Kings daughter they wil be founde too light even lighter then vanitye in respect of this spiritual dignity this is that crownes all the rest let us so esteeme of it as the best flower in our garland Cease then cease blind old doting world to judge them the ofscowring of the world who are the happiest people therein and though thou naturall man perceive not the things of God yet the time shall come when in anguishe of heart thou shalt say Å¿ VVisd 5. this is he whom we had sometime in derision wee fooles accounted his life madnesse his end to be without honour how is he now numbred among the children of God his lot among the saints Use 2 And as this makes for the Churches honour so it affoordes her comfort for is she the Kings daughter she shal then never want any thinge that is fitting or good for her A good Kings care is to provide for all his subjects much more for his owne children God causes his sunne to shine on the wicked but the hottest beames of his favour shal reflect on the righteous this King that hath so much loved us when we were his enemies as to give his owne Sonne to be married to us how shall he not with him give us all thinges being reconciled made his daughters Kings on earth may want power cannot helpe may want love will not helpe may want life for they are mortal though they have both power will yet helpe not put not then your trust in princes sayth the t Ps 146. 3. Psalmist nor in the sonne of man in whom is no helpe his breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that day his thoughts perish but the Kings daughters helpe is in the name of the Lord who hath made heaven earth hee is the King of Kings can helpe a loving father will helpe an eternall King the living God can at all times when he sees fitting helpe when u Psal 27. 10 father mother forsake then the Lord taketh us up though Abraham be ignorant of us Israell acknow ledge us not yet thou art our w Isa 63. 16. father our redeemer thy name is from everlasting The King may indeed suffer his daughter sometimes to be troubled like the woman in the x Rev. 12. 14 Revelation forced by the Dragon to fly into the wildernesse but even there where little hope of feod is she shal be nourished
without glorious all glorious within goes forth comes home Cato like eodem vultu with the same countenance the same in all places like her selfe glorious Vse 1 Which condemnes the hypocrisy of many making a great shew of outward devotion having only the outside of religion but no true inward affection to goodnesse nor private practice of pietie z Matt. 7. 5. face-takers as the Syriack termes them taking only the face of goodnesse that abroad but put it off in private The Pharisee is more carefull to wash his hands before meat then his heart the outside then the inside of the cup he will give a Matt. 6. almes fast pray one would think him right bred borne of God but in giving almes he sounds a trumpet in his fasts he disfigures his face he prayes but in the Temple corners of the streets to be seene of men there is neyther pietie in his prayers humility in his fasts or charitie in his almes but all done for his owne vayne glory nothing to Gods glory all done out of love to humane prayses not of any love to those heavenly graces this you may perceive if you follow him home in private hee is another man does none of these nor thincks of these but abroad like some women too carefull curious to trimme up them selves when they goe forth but none more carelesse sluttish when they are at home or like some men that regard not what course foule linnen they weare next their shinne so they have over it a halfe shirt of fine linnen to bee seene or to use our Saviours comparison like b Mat. 23. 27 painted sepulchres faire without rotten within Vse 2 But beloved I am perswaded better thinges of you such as accompany salvation It is our duty to be good abroad to shew our fayth by our good workes we have no cause to be ashamed of goodnesse it is the Queenes glory lest Christ be ashamed of us our good workes must shine before men that they may glorifie our father in heaven but let us take heed we doe not good only to bee seene of men Pray fast give almes with other duties of pietie to God charitie to man in publique with the whole Church but forget not to doe these at home for remember the Kings daughter is all glorious within not excluding her glory without including her glory within for shee is both as I shewed before universaly glorious in all parts so sincerely glorious in all places at all times but indeed more glorious within then without When she is abroad she sometimes forbeares to shew forth her glory to avoyd suspicion of vayne glory hypocrisy but when she comes home enters into her chamber where none but God sees her she unmaskes her face layes open her beauty casts abroad all the brightnesse of her glory in powring out her soule with more freedome zeale in her prayers other glorious good duties to make amēds for that restraynt in publique Psa 39. 1. 2. The King her father the King her husband sees her in secret beholds her carriage heares her prayers putts her teares in a bottle will reward her openly bring forth her righteousnesse as the c Ps 37. 6. light And when all vayne glorious hypocrites relying on their outward devotions shal be cast out into outward darknesse where is weeping gnashing of teeth then shall the Kings daughter who is all glorious within be received within the kingdome of glory d Mat. 13. 43 shine forth as the Sunne in the Kingdome of her father Consider what hath bin sayd the Lord give you understanding in all thinges