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A04849	A sermon at Paules Crosse, on behalfe of Paules Church, March 26. 1620. By the B. of London. Both preached and published by his Majesties commandment	King, John, 1559?-1621.	1620 (1620)	STC 14982; ESTC S108031	22,978	62

his bowels are harder then the anuile the Smith smiteth vpon therfore there was reason enough to cry Tu misereb Sion Thou shalt haue mercy vpon Sion The rather for the reasons sake that followeth quia tempus miserendi eius because it is time to haue mercy vpon hir Time yeeldeth a strong perswasion when the time is past perijt spes nostra our hope is gone 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 say they to the Ruler of the Synagogue 5. Mar. Thy daughter is dead the time past Master if thou hadst beene here my brother had not died Martha 11. Ioh. now he is dead and buried the time past Nos sperabamus wee hoped it had beene he that should haue redeemed Israel hee is now dead three dayes sithence the two Disciples Luc. 24. the time past I say it is a strong perswasion that floweth from time and it is as strongly enforced in my text nayle after nayle driuen home to the head Time and by apposition time againe and at the period and full poynt appoynted time and time come that is to say time and season of time and season of season or time and opportunity and necessity of opportunity and extremity of necessity and the very dregs and setling of extremety the punctum the nunc the moment and indiuisibility of time Tempus faciendi Domino now or not at all When I see the Spirit of God in the mouthes of these suppliants pressing so strictly and punctually I say not the circumstance but the instance which indeed is the substance of time instanter instantius instantissimè againe and againe and neuer often enough time treading vpon the heele of time incandescit eundo it gathereth strength by going but that the sickle of time which cutteth all things threatneth to clip the wings of my speech how would I vrge vnto you in all your weighty affaires the presentest prensation and pursuit of the very fore-lock of time Will you show mercy to Sion giue helpe to the helplesse Marke not the winde you shall neuer sow then obserue not the clouds you shall neuer reap Say to your selues It is time yea time the appointed time is come Momenti transitꝰ anni transitꝰ aeui transitꝰ est Once lost and euer lost Will you shew mercy to your soules by repenting your sinnes Deferre not from day to day Deterior posterior dies the longer the worse Say to your selues It is time yea time the appoynted time is come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 good is not good mercy is not mercy that commeth not in time But as a messe of meat set vpon a graue where the dead is no whit the better for it It is thought by many learned Scribes that this Psalme was fitted for the mouths of the Iewes in the captiuity of Babylon When the seuenty yeeres mentioned Ier. 29. were neere their expiration This time they calculated and pitched vpon exactly out of the Ephemerides and Booke of God that could not deceiue them and therefore by warrant from him they pinch thus closely vpon the time Tempus miserendi tempus c. They may boldly and safely do it when God himselfe hath prefined a time Otherwise let no man presume to appoint his times quae posuit in potestate sua they are a part of his royall prerogatiue who can cause the Sunne to stand still and double the day to bring his worke to an end nor tye him to canonicall houres and atomes and puntilio's of time tempus tempus statutum tempus It is a sinfull temptation Vos qui estis Who are you that tempt the Lord when they fixed him a time of fiue dayes to releeue the Citie of Bethulia els to deliuer it vp to the enemie Binde not the counsell of the Lord he is not as men that he should be threatned with much to the like effect O tarry the Lords leasure be strong comfort your hearts possesse your soules in patience if the vision stay stay with it hope euen against hope Nullū tempus occurrit Regi is the priuiledge of an earthly King much more of the King of Kings who when he is pleased to helpe can doe it in ictu oculi in the twinckling of an eye and sub ictu gladij vnder the dint of the sword as in the case of Isaac when manubrium è manu God so forced the heft of the knife in the hand of Abraham that he could not smite I haue done with my former part Gods part the latter which belongeth to man followeth Quoniam placuerunt For thy Seruants take pleasure in hir stones c. It is but a second reason added to the former that in effect was this Thou shalt haue mercy vpon Sion because the time requireth it This latter importeth but thus much Thou shalt haue mercy vpon Sion because thy Seruants desire it It is both subsequent and subordinate to the other for the mercy of God in the former is both the exemplary and efficient cause of mans mercy in the latter That is to say God doth both lead the way and giue grace to man to extend his mercy Therefore where the vsuall reading is Tu exurgens thou shalt arise and haue mercy Ierome out of the Hebrew readeth transitiuely Tu suscitans thou shalt raise vp others He that brought water out of the rocke and honie out of the stone can wring mercy out of the heart of an enemie He made all them that led them away captiue to pity them Man would grow wilde and degenerate from nature forget that he is a man become a wolfe a Deuill to man but that God keepeth him in tune Amongst these Seruants of God they ranke in the first place Cyrus and Darius Lords ouer men but seruants to God and as a seruant is defined by Aristotle his liuing Instruments to doe their Masters will Thus God speaketh to Cyrus Esa. 44. Thou art my shepheard and he shall do my desire He shall say to Ierusalem Thou shalt be built and to the Temple thy foundation shall be surely laid The story is very strange in the booke of Esdras the first and sixt Chapters especially and shall be opened amongst other bookes at the day of the Lord against many beleeuers that a paire of out-landish and heathen Kings should not only giue leaue to the Iewes to returne to their Countrey and build both their City and Temple and restore them their vessels and iewels that had beene taken from them but allow the expence of their building out of their owne reuenues and supply them beside for sacrifice and sweet odours with a checke to all their aduersaries be yee far from thence and a peremptory decree that whosoeuer should alter that sentence the wood should bee pulled downe from his house and he hanged therevpon and his house made a draught-house And lastly a direfull imprecation against all Kings and people that should put their hands to alter and destroy the house of God in Ierusalem Erunt

another and it was not the least good of him that bought in the houses round about and layd out this Campus Martius shall I say Campus pacificus wherin you haue so large and commodious a roome to heare the tydings of peace Now I aske againe Doe you see all these What stones what buildings now Lapides clamant the very stones cry out after you out of the mouthes of these infant and speechlesse creatures hath God ordained strength there can bee no stronger eloquence to affect the minde then what floweth into the eye from the fissures maimnes which euery corner of the Church yeeldeth When the body of slaughtered Asahel was left in the high-way side there was not a man which came by but stayed When Iacob had the sight of the bloudy coat of Ioseph he mourned and would go downe into the graue after him would not bee comforted The shewing of Caesars bloudy robe in the market-place set them all in a tumult I shew you the outward weeds and as it were the tattered rags relicks of a wounded bleeding dying Church falling so fast to a plaine anatomy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that if to the malice of time which deuoureth his children I meane all temporall things and that viui comburium burning of it in the life and liuely-hood therof which hath set so many brands of disgrace vpon the whole face of it you adde the neglect of a few yeeres more euen Saul amongst the Prophets euery one of meanest capacity and fore-sight may bee able to diuine Non relinquetur lapis super lapidem not a stone shall bee left standing vpon a stone but all will downe which that Deus tutelaris Protectour and Patron of this noble City of yours forbid You might then change the name of your City and call it as the wife of Phineas called hir sonne when the Arke was taken where is the glorie It is a fire in my bones and I cannot suppresse it to speake a little of the honour and happinesse of this Iland whether for nature or grace They called Sicily the barne of Rome and Aegypt for the fatnesse of Nylus the barne of the world Is there a barne a Canaan in Europe if this Iland be not I know how proudly they write of Italy for there if any where is the chaire of pride and throne of Sathan himselfe Quod far conferam Campano quod triticum Appulo quod vinum Falerno quod oleum Venafro nonne arboribus consita vt tota pomarium videatur What corne or wheat or wine or oyle like to that in Italy doth it not all thorowout looke like an Orchard They may doe well to match it with Eden the Garden of the Lord Non equidem invideo I dare not be proud of our Countrey I am sure it is too good for vs. There is a worme at the root of the gourd sinne at the doores that can marre all in an instant But standing and stated as it is for all the most naturall and necessary commodities of rayment and nourishment habentes alimenta quibus tegamur sayth the Apostle let vs be content I may terme it within hirselfe the very Signet and Benjamin of Gods right hand no Countrey beyond it And what we want from abroad God hath made vs a way in the sea and a path in the mightie waters to bring it in Esa. 43. And yet after all this may she say Dedisti laetitiam in corde meo Thou hast put more gladnesse in my heart then their corne and wine can possibly giue them For wee haue a golden candlestick a glorious Church wherein the light of the Gospell shineth which is the true Nylus of all our happinesse and they want it abroad and she as a Sanctuarie and City of refuge openeth her lap to receiue forraine Churches Neither haue wee a King like that new King in Aegypt that knew not Ioseph but one that walketh in the steps of hir beautifull feet that trode before him and is a Nutritius a tender Nursing-Father to the Church not onely our owne but those that sojourne amongst vs. These things layd together was there euer Iland in the world as Herodotus telleth vs that had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to name by reason of the fairenesse and goodnesse of it Let her resigne and bow to ours You may thinke it a digression but to this end I speake it If England bee the ring of Europe your City is the gemme If England the bodie your City the eye if England the eye your City the apple of it Here is the Synopsis and Summe of the whole Kingdome Here the distillation and spirits of all the goodnesse it hath Here the Chamber of our Brittish Empire Here the Emporium principall Mart of all forraine commodities Staple of home-bred Here the Garrison and Strength of the Land the Magazine and Store-house of the best of Gods blessings Here if in any place are the woodden wals and gates of iron With you is the Tagus and Pactolus the riuer that runneth with gold You haue the body of the King the morning mid-day influence of that glorious Sun others parts haue but the euening His houses of mansion and station are round about you You of all others are neerest the heart for care and protection Here hath the Lord ordained a lanthorne for his Anoynted Here are the thrones of Dauid for judgement and the chaire of Moyses for instruction O fortunati nimium You haue the finest flowre of the wheat and purest bloud of the grape that is the choyce of his blessed Word hath God giuen vnto you and great is the companie of the Preachers And what shall I say more Dies deficeret The day would forsake mee to speake of all Doth any City on the earth beare hir head high for any one singular felicity Tendimus in Latium I am once more in Italy Dites Venetiae say they ingens Mediolanum superba Genoa nobilis Neapolis rich Venice great Millaine proud Genoa noble Naples and Roma caput mundi Rome the head of the world Contingat mea Roma mihi say I giue mee London in England which is as a Load-star to lead all the rest And yet for a warning in my way that reuelations puffe ye not vp be not high minded but feare Art thou better then No 3. Nahum that was situate in many waters and had hir rampart and wall from the Sea Aethiopia and Aegypt were her helpers and it was infinite c. and yet she was carried away captiue Remember Sion The pillars of Sion fallen downe are monuments vnto vs to beware by hir falling Quia in alto posita in sublime cecidit shee stood high and fell low Qui stat videat ne cadat is S. Ieromes admonition vpon these words Your siluer is not so pure but it is mixt with drosse your best not so good but it hath much bad with it But I leese my way When I come to reproue sinne