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A sermon of nobilitie· Preached at VVhite-hall, before the King in February 1606. By George Meriton Doctor of Diuinity, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary; and parson of Hadleigh in Suffolke.
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Meriton, George, d. 1624.
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acknowledge CHRIST to be their Sauiour Secondly they are indued with his spirit Thirdly they abhorre to serue sinne Lastly they are strong in faith all which are couched in the words of my text for he that receiueth the word must needs acknowledge CHRIST he that receiueth it with all readinesse hath assuredly his spirit he that searcheth the Scriptures dayly attendeth not vnto sinne he that searcheth with these Baereans to confirme himselfe groweth from faith to faith from strength to strength till he commeth to be a perfect man in Christ Iesus To receiue the word doth not barely signifie to take it but to retaine it Actes the 3. Chapter and 21. verse and like good ground to fructifie Mark the the 4. Chapter To search is not an idle but an earnest inquiry to search with lights Zophany the first Chapter to looke into hearts and reynes Psal the 7. into euery cranny and corner very narrowly To receiue readily argues a willing minde to search dayly an industrious spirit to search for to learne an humble and an honest heart The summe of all then is this The best Nobles makes best account of the Gospell of Christ they heare it with a glad heart they study it to amend their lines by it they say vnto it as Elisha said vnto Elias I will not forsake thee and with noble Iosua they meditate in it day and night Let your Lordships therefore bee pleased to giue me leaue as Peter speaketh in his second Epistle and third Chapter to stirre up and warme your pure mindes and though you haue knowledge yet to put you in remembrance of these dutyes If you care to be in the number of those who are the best If you tender the continuance of that Honour which the Lord hath already powred vpon you or expect any future accesse thereunto as Hierome sayd to Saluâ—na Semper in manibus sit diuina lectio Let the word of GOD dwell in you aboundantly Persist in honoring the highest with your hearts by giuing glory vnto him with your liues by adorning his doctrine with your countenance and riches by incouraging the practises and profession of pietie and as when the Lyon roareth the beasts of the Forrests doe tremble and quake so when the Lyon of the Tribe of Iuda speaketh though but by a meane messenger you that be of his Court yeeld him reuerence These be the paths beaten by the noblest Christians in these standeth the whole duty of men most honorable vpon performance whereof and no condition els the Sonne of GOD himselfe made challenge to the glory of his Father Iohn the 17. Chapter and 3. verse I haue glorified thee on earth and now glorifie me with thy selfe in heauen Blessed be the GOD of glory who hath bedecked this Land with such glorious lights so many noble Christians and if that Kingdom be happy whose King is the sonne of Nobles Eccle. the 10. Chap. and 17. vers then assuredly great is our happines hauing in the middest of Nobles so Noble a King in all kinds of Nobility Noble by nature a King not by election but by birth descended from a most ancient and matchlesse samely Noble by fortune hauing his lap filled with all her fauours being owner of Kingdomes Countries and Cities wealthy and populous which adds a splendor and Maiesty vnto him Noble morrally possessed with heroicall vertues and beawtifyed with a true Idea of a princely minde Diuinely Noble the Defender of the true faith who is the Sonne of Adam who is the Sonne of GOD. Noble by an exact conspiration of all kindes together Whose spirituall and immortali seed is Nobilitie from Heauen whose Materiall is Nobility from Nature whose immediate forme is nobilitie of manners whose instrumentall and externall fulgor is nobility of Fortune This is the most perfit and most rare Nobility in the world shining in some fewe Christian Princes and Nobles from GOD Nature Vertue Fortune The Lord blesse your Royall Maiesty that as you haue receiued the word from your youth so you may defend the faith with constant resolution and loue the Gospell vnto your liues end The Lord blesse all your Nobles that as they be by their best title Christian so their fruites may be euer answerable to their calling The Lord blesse the worthy Prince with the rest of the young and Honorable Branches of this Land and make them know that if Angels fall they become Princes of darkenes that if young Nobles degenerate they become the common calamities of their Countrey that they are as so many Lucifers fallen from Heauen The Lord for his mercies sake blesse vs all that hauing GOD to our Father in this life we may raigne with Father Sonne and Holy Ghost in the life to come Amen FINIS