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A10113	A sermon briefly comparing the estate of King Salomon and his subiectes togither with the condition of Queene Elizabeth and her people preached in Sainct Maries in Oxford the 17. of Nouember, and now printed with some small alteration, by Iohn Prime, 1585	Prime, John, 1550-1596.	1585 (1585)	STC 20371; ESTC S115247	10,727	32

memory Mendoza his trauels and treacherous embassay his and his casting lots for our garments Throgmortons beadroll of recusants and kalender of Inglish helpe for the inuading of England Ardens villanous desire Somerfieldes dagge and Ap-harries dagger as Stories axe in former times haue missed their wicked purposes all and haue not preuailed Forren enimies home libellers and rebels mighty or weake many or fewe subtile or rash secret or open they haue vndone themselues against vs our Queene and contrary they haue not preuailed Herein it is not to be denied her sacred Maiesty her most honorable councell haue Argus eies or rather to speake in this place more religiously lesse profanely In great measure wise hearts haue they as Salomō had her friends are many sure her nobles trusty her seruants true her subiects loyall her people willing her realme no begger Siluer is not as plenty as stones in the streetes yet most men haue more plate now than their great grandfathers had peuter in elder age for general munitions the like store of weapons armour shot pouder people were neuer comparable in her ancestors dates her nauy incomparably strong the sea about vs a maine defence But but deere countrimen christians as I tolde you the other day except God had watched warded kept our citie except he had held his holy hand ouer vs except he had risen vp like a Giant plesaded his her our cause against our her his mortall foes except he had bard our gates bared his arme and stretched it foorth for our defence Sanders warring Alen libelling the Iesuits finely lying sophistically iugling doubtfully answering the Pope cursing the Guise practising the Spaniard vndermining Ireland the North rebelling pioners still working what had bin come of this litle realm Notwithstanding brethren bee of good cheere lift vp your heades your hands and hearts lift vp your heades and bee of comfort your handes to heauen your hearts to God the God and horne of our saluation the Lord of hosts The horse of Egypt is flesh not spirit their men but men not God The blast of a horne Iosua 6. Iudges 7. the blaze flash of a broken lamp litle things in the eies of the world and lesse in their own conceit haue ouerturned cities conquered countries and vanquished giants when God so would And one woman by the helpe of him in whom she trusteth euen ELIZABETH by the grace of God our gracious Queene is and shal be and shal be reputed for euer the terror of her foes the comfort of her friends the glorie of England the Iewel of the world and diamond of christendom Euen so O Lord because of perfit loue thou hast loued her so In the meane time vnnaturally minded men traitors to Ierusalem enimies to Siō hauing euill will to both commonwealth church of ours thinking it best fishing whē the water is trobled most ban curse raue take on like mad men or losing mates lost companions not seeing so much as Balaam that sawe lesse than his Asse and yet saw thus much and sayd accordingly that for a house ful of gold he could not curse where God did blesse Numb 23. But is there no remedy can no musicke assuage these passions Will Ephraim bee wilfull Wil Israell trust to a reed can Papists imagine that strangers will doe them good and deeme they that God wil prosper a cursing generatiō And what if their treacheries which god auert might take effect * he Ose 8.7 that soweth a wind shall he not reape a whirle-wind do they remember or haue they forgotten or haue they not reade coūty Melunes most memorable counsel to our English nobles Mat. Paris Radolph Niger cap. 47. who after that the barons of this realme missed by fancy of their own and faction of the Clergy and prouocation of the Pope at first had brought in Lodouik the French kings sonne to be king of England in king Iohns steede moued with conscience falling deadly sicke at London calleth certain of the barons vnto him said I lament your sorowful case pitie with my hart the destruction that is cōming towards you and your country the dangerous snares which are prepared for your vtter confusiō are hidden vnto you you see them not yet but take heede of them in time Prince Lodouike hath sworn no smaloth and sixeteen of his Earles and Nobles with him that if he get once the crowne he will banish depriue them all of lands and goods at least if not of life euen as many as hee proueth to haue gone against their liege king and his noble person And saith the worthy Melune because ye shall not take this tale for a tale I assure you on my soule lying now at the mercy of God when it is no fitte time to lie that I was one of them which was priuy sworne to the same I haue remorse thereof and therefore I giue you this caueat I pitty poore England which hath bin so worthy a nation that now it is come to so miserable extremity And when with teares hee had blubbred a space he beginneth a litle while a fresh againe my masters I aduise you earnestly to prouide for future extremities in season I forewarn you of good will and for my conscience sake and so after a fewe words to like sense hauing discharged vnburdened his heauy soule for the matter he gaue vp the Ghost Let English harts apply this story I wil not amplifie In the booke of Iosua the Gabionites for all their crouchings Iosu 9. old bottles finoed bread and proffered friendship were made no better then wood-cleauers water bearers drudges and slaues to the vilest function A foolishe a desperate sheaf it is that when it hath brought in fier sette the barne all in a flame can possibly suppose it selfe can escape Experience doth tell the contrary reason religion and scripture doe teach vs better To wit to forethinke our selues to thinke reuerently of the Lordes annointed to thanke God for all his blessings They who were weary of Salomon were wearied out with Roboam who succeded Salomon But what speak I to deaf ears which is but to powder the flint to plow the rocke and sow the sand and so to loose both salt seed and labour My brethren in christ my natural and naturally affected Countrimen I speake to you we haue gods blessings we finde and feele those bodily and ghostly commodities which our poore neighbors want God help them Neither are our desertes better than theirs for ought I see Do we thinke we are priuileged without couenant of duty or prouiso of forfeiting our estate more than are others Security maketh fooles and folly bringeth confusion and perfite wanton or waiward vnthankfullnes maketh a perfite separation and diuorse betwixt vs and our God The noble men of Israel 2. Sam. 1. where they braued it most and nothing remembred God lest thought of danger in the hils of Gelboe lost their liues God forbid that the mildnes of our Queene the fatte of our Country the plentie of the realm the wisedome of our rulers and the blessings of god should be our bane Nay rather God blesse vs with the gift of his grace in thankfulnes to blesse him euer that he may blesse vs alwaies more more as Bennaiah wished so wish we al euen god say so for euermore The happy resolutiō of this time the course of this great assembly the cōueniency of my text al holy writ besides iointly with this good example of the Queene of Saba the Sacrament and Eucharist which now wee shal partake being the pledge of his good wil paune of his fauor and seal of his mercies to vs-ward and likewise also on our partes to him being the prouocation and promise of our thankfullnes and Sacrifice of praise should moue al to laude and praise his holy name for euer more world without end Amen 1. Cor. 10.15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding Iudge ye what I say A PRAIER IN CONsideration of the former respects AL humble and hartie thanks be rendred vnto thee O Lord God almightie Father of mercies and compassion that in this later age euil dayes hast placed directed and preserued by thy singuler goodnes and speciall prouidence thine handmaid ELIZABETH our dread Soueraigne in the Seat of her father alwaies maintaining her cause against all her enimies who in great rage haue risen against her but thou O Lord was on her right hand that she should not be moued Continue the course of this thy goodnes towards vs we beseech thee for thy holy names sake Neither be prouoked in thy displeasure for our vnthankefulnes toward her and thee Aswage the malice conuert the harts or confound the deuises of al them that haue euil will to thine annointed repine at her good proceedings stirre vp her hart more more to loue thee that hast so perfectly loued her and to blesse thee that so hast blessed her to serue thee her only Sauiour euermore by publishing peace trueth peace iustice and equitie in this church and Common wealth that we our posterity after vs may many yeares meet in this place and the like as at this time vpon this occasion and to this purpose that thy blessings O Lord may be acknowledged our ioy increased her old age comforted this Realme established in the true worship seruice of thy holy name through Iesus Christ Amen