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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43062	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir James Edwards, Lord Mayor, in St. Lawrence Church on the feast of St. Michael, 1679, at the election of Sir Robert Clayton to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing year by Greg. Hascard ...	Hascard, Gregory.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1114; ESTC R12242	12,709	35

Edwards Mayor Cur. special tent die Lune in Festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli 1679. Annoque Regis Caroli Secundi Angliae c. XXXjo. THis Court doth desire Dr. Hascard to Print his SERMON Preached this Morning at St. Lawrence Church before the Election of the LORD MAYOR WAGSTAFFE A SERMON Preached before the Right Honourable Sir JAMES EDWARDS Lord Mayor In St. Lawrence Church On the FEAST of St. Michael 1679. AT THE ELECTION OF Sir ROBERT CLAYTON TO BE Lord MAYOR for the ensuing Year By GREG. HASCARD D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty and Rector of S. Clements Danes LONDON Printed for William Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar 1680. JUDE v. 8. Despise dominions and speak evil of dignities THE care and tenderness of this Apostle over his new-baptized Christians was the cause of this Epistle well fore-seeing how these young Disciples like Adam in his first Plantation or Hercules in his Cradle by Serpents would be assaulted by men of subtle interest and sly designs who would pervert Christianity from its first simple and plain intention of reforming the Minds of Men and prescribing them methods how they should arrive at Immortality and cause it to degenerate onely into some wanton purposes of licentiousness and passion the little ends of earth and interest and tread upon their Saviours Body for a Temporal advancement For no sooner was Christianity planted in the Pagan world the busie spirit below and his Factors the Carpocratians here striving to blast Religion in its spring but so strange a change appears in all its Doctrines and the Lives of those Professors too that you might seek Christianity in such a Christian World and yet scarce find it for as the Apostle describes it here their Faith was changed into fancy and polluting dreams their unity and peace into Schism and Separation their Humility and Mortification into Pride and Luxury their resignation and sedateness of mind in all conditions into murmurings and complainings and all Religion so hugely changed as though it had washt an Aethiopian or the Pagan World with all its Vices and Idols too had onely wheel'd about again to be ador'd in a new Christian dress The apostle like a good Centinel standing upon his guard and discovering the approaches of the Enemy sounds an Alarm to his true Disciples v. 3. and bids them contend earnestly for the Faith that was once delivered unto the Saints And that they might know their Enemies the better he paints them out in their own colours that they were men for their wickedness so lively prophecy'd of long before they are said to be v. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pasted up that they were ungodly men who turn'd the grace of God into lasciviousness and denyed the onely Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ ⋆ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 M. 8. And notwithstanding the dismal Examples of Sodom and Gomorrha of Corah and his Company Cain and Balaam mentioned v. 10 11. they were resolute and incorrigible in their sins and added this more to their former crimes they scorn'd the power and authority which might correct them and despised Dominions and spoke evil of Dignities Despising and speaking evil of Dominions and Dignities is nothing else but by words and actions to disturb resist and defame our Governours By Dominions and Dignities 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not Orders of spirits above of which these Hereticks told fine stories the Abstract for the Concrete is meant all sorts of Rulers and Governours equivalent to St. Paul's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ⋆ Rom. 13 1. the higher Powers Political Government and Authority being so clearly founded by Divine Commands and seconded by the absolute necessity of Humane Nature with the consent of all Mankind it seems a Miracle that among the lowd Vices of this degenerate Age Disobedience to Kings and Magistrates contempt of Authority and Trustees of power should be a crying one As though Men courted Anarchy and Confusion and were in love with ruine and disorder Some who will not pay Obedience to any Command that is not clearly drawn from Holy Writ 't is strange their own principle though false and stingy will yet countenance them in despising Government which is as clear in Sacred Volume as the Sun in his noon-day glory The Man of earth that measures all things by profit and design and nothing is just and Divine but what is useful and convenient 't is a wonder he should mistake his rule so far as to cast dirt upon Dominion and its several Orders which is the original of all his quiet and the onely security of his Temporal Interest However this comes to pass yet we sadly find that the Ghosts of these Carpocratians are come out of their Graves and haunt the world again and civil Government though confirmed by Christ yet like him is crucified between these two Enthusiasts and Men of Designs and Policies the one cries it princheth upon Conscience it entrencheth upon Christian Liberty that Magistracy becomes not a Christian man it degrades the priviledge of grace to found Dominions and justles with the Almighty Conclave and Consistory to whom all Government ought to submit The Son of Matchiavel that prostitutes every thing to his politick devices the windings of his brain and private happiness declaims aloud against the grandeur of Princes that acts of Magistracy are onely Force and Tyranny the abridgment of civil Immunities and natural Liberties that their Titles are high and Anti-Christian that they confound equality of nature and self-preservation that Tribes and Families with a whole Nation groan to support the Pomp and Retinue of Regal Power and are onely slaves to burthen and greatness Hence instead of Honour and Fame Reward and Duty that we ought justly to pay to our Governours for their care and faithful discharge the onely assurance of what we call our own we put lewd sences upon their Actions black censures upon their Persons Pasquils upon their Place and Authority making them all like so many Mock-Kings with a reed for a Scepter and Laurels about their brow a phantastick guard against the thunder of Tongues with an Hail King first to abuse and then to crucifie Firtst let us consider from whence this contempt doth spring To omit many others we shall onely mention these four 1. From a Principle of Vice Whatever the Names of these men were against whom the Apostle levels this Epistle to be sure they were ungodly men that abused Religion to all manner of Lust and Passion for so the Apostle expressly tells us v. 4. and the Learned say that this Epistle was wrote against the Carpocratians a lewd Sect in the early days of Christianity as Irenaeus and Epiphanius and others set them out who that they might be the more secure in their grosser Lusts affirm'd that nothing was good or evil in it self but in opinion and lookt upon all sort of Vice as their natural Freedome and lawful Liberty ⋆ Non