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Caesars dialogue or A familiar communication containing the first institution of a subiect, in allegiance to his soueraigne
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Nisbet, E.
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heauenly Father doe vnto you Math. 18 35. except ye forgiue from your hearts each one to his brother their trespasses If euer thou hast in thought offended that which Peter to Simon Magus for his Simoniacall Aduice to all Acts 8 22. Who haue offended in disloyall thoughts I to thée for thy disloyall intent do say Repent of this thy wickednesse and pray God that if it bee possible the thought of thy heart may be forgiuen thee Sonne Your instruction for the thoughts of my heart finished my next suit is that you would next giue me instruction for the words of my tongue Father Seditious thoughts like an inwarde maladie Seditious words worse then seditious thoughts bee hurtfull to the heart wherein they rest therfore are they to bee auoyded but seditious words like a contagious disease do infect others therefore are they more to be abhorred But if thy heart be good thy spéech saith Socrates wil shew like a Temple excellent similitudes of thy soule as Christ said Out of the good treasure of thy hart thou wilt bring forth good things Matth. 12 35. If at the presence of Iob who was as a king in the land of Hus Iob. 29.10 and his friends as Princes the voice of Princes was hid and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth shal the voyces of meane persons breake out against their Caesar Examples of reuerence in speech 1. pet 3.6 Gen 31.35 Act. 26.24 25 If Sara speaking to her husbande Abraham gaue him the title of sir If Rachel speaking to her father Laban called him Lord If Saint Paul conuented before a Pagan President and told by him that too much learning made him mad replyeth O noble Festus if to king Agrippa he for honor sake in that six and twentie Chapter be found six times to haue giuen the title of King Iames. 1.19 The Canon of the Apostles Natures work manship Dauids resolution Psal 39.1 Iames. 3.9 The end of the tongue The reward of him that vseth it well Ecclus. 21.28 Our proanesse to fall by it Iames. 3.2 Ecclus. 14.1 The difficulty of reclaiming it who can speake of so high maiestie without giuing thereto honour If I call to mind how Saint Iames hath willed euery man to be slow to speake If I consider how nature hath compassed my tongue with a double ante-mure one of my lippes another of my teeth If Dauids resolution I will take heed to my waies that I sin not with my tongue If the end of this member to blesse God the reward of him that well vseth it Hee that keepeth his tongue and is discreete shall come to honour our proannesse to fall by it he that falleth not in this Saint Iames calleth him a perfect and the Sonne of Sirac a blessed man the difficultie of reclaiming it the whole nature of birds and of beasts and of creeping thinges Iames. 3.7.8 The Treasure which he keepeth that keepeth it Prou. 13.3 Esay 6.6 7. The Author of the euill tongue Iames. 3.6 The scituation Ibidem The damage which it doth Iames. 3.5 The name thereof not a Rod. Psal 57.4 A sharp sword Ecclus. 28.17 Iames. 3.6 Fire and thinges of the sea is tamed and hath beene tamed of the nature of man but the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euill what he kéepeth that kéepeth it he that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life the Author not as the Prophets by a blessed Seraphin with a coale from the Aulter of God but by the wicked spirit It is set on fire of hell For the scituation so is the tong set among the members that it defileth the whole body the hurt which it doth behold howe great a thing a little fire kindleth Shall I call it a Rod An euill tongue is called a sharpe sword not a Rod for the stroake of the rodde maketh markes in the flesh but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones but because the sword cutteth no more then at once it toucheth the Apostle calleth it fire which goeth on further still burning and consuming The psalmist a poyson Adders poyson Psal 140.3 Adders poyson Iames. 3.8 the Apostle full of deadly poyson which goeth on still further infecting and enuenoming but poisō enuenometh not fire consumeth not but thinges néere hand that they touch but the tongue back-biteth him that is farre absent from vs Ieremie 9.8 and therefore Ieremie calleth it an Arrowe An arrowe shot out not an arrow in the quiuer for then it would not hurt but an arrow shot out 2. Sam. 1.22 and so it will slay The Bow of Ionathan neuer turned backe 1. Sam. 2 2.9 10 18 19. some tongues be so bent as they will neuer turne backe the bowe or arrowe of Ionathan kils one at a shot but the tongue of Doeg 1. Sam. 51.3 at a shotte besides women Children Sucklinges Oxes 2. Sam. 16.7 Asses and shéepe killed 85 persons that were a linnen Ephod The Archers of the Philistines wounded Saule but because they were enemies but the tongue of Shimei wounded Dauid the one being a Soueraigne the other a Subiect Shimeis tongue wounded Dauid when hee was abroad fléeing wéeping his head couered his féet bare his people about him mourning his enemie raigning but is there any tongue that will that dare that can wound Dauid being within the priuie Chamber of his owne Court tryumphing blessing God for deliueries his head crowned his féet of all true harts honoured all true Subiects reioycing and giuing thankes to God who blesseth Dauid and them in Dauid enemies at home abroad by the watchfull prouidence and mightie hand of the Lord detected and confounded Is there such a tongue is there such a tongue in all Israell Is there such a tongue in all England that tongue is neither Rod nor sword nor poyson A seditious tongue no Rod no sword no poyson no fire nor fire nor arrowe nor arrow shotte out nor arrow of Ionathan nor arrow of the Philistines nor shotte of Doeg nor tongue of Shimei whome neither holy Dauid dying nor wise Salomon raigning thought méete to bee pardoned but hell it selfe Nay But Hell it selfe Eccus 28.21 heare not me heare Iesus the Sonne of Sirac Hell sayth hee were better then such a one Hath any man such a tongue and yet goeth for a Christian and yet séemeth to be religious The seditious tongue doth but counterfeit Religion Iames. 1.26 The badde tongue worse then a theefe Let him heare S. Iames If any man among you seemeth religious and refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans Religion is vaine Oh howe wicked then is a had tongue how wicked be Theeues but Theeues sayth Saint Ambrose be more tollerable then the badde tongue Théeues take away our riches but a badde tongue taketh away out good name which in the iudgement of Salomon Prou. 22.1 Iohn 1.34 is to be chosen aboue great riches O
an infidell Is not God highly displeased with you for not instructing your households who was so highly pleased with Abraham if ye bee Abrahams children ye will doe the works of Abraham for instructing of his household Iohn 8.39 Gen. 18.17 18 19. Assure your selues he who vpon the Israelites according to the flesh imposed such a respect of their enemies beasts Exod 23.4 5. imposeth vppon the Israelites according to faith a far greater regard of their owne seruants those breath an vnreasonable mortall life these haue a reasonable and an immortall soule heires they be with you of the same saluation Fathers shall I tender it to you You remember who enioined you To teach your sonnes Deut. 4.9 Deut. 6.6.7 8 9. and your sonnes-sonnes you remember who sayde These wordes which I commaund thee this day shal be in thine heart And thou shalt rehearse them continuallie vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house and as thou walkest by the way and when thou liest downe and when thou risest vp And thou shalt not onelie for thy remembrance binde them vpon thine hand and betweene thine eyes but for thy children and seruants write them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy Gates Those wordes of God teach vs our dutie to God our dutie to our neighbours amongst our neighbours first to our superiours Exod. 20.12 amongest our superiours chiefly to our Caesar because Caesar is the father of the Countrey the noursing mother of the Church Hence Salomon hence Peter hence Paule hence Christ drew that which they haue taught vs for our duties to our Princes As you loue your selues as you loue your children omit not this Omit not this if you loue your children for the same Adoniah whō Dauid because hee was his darling would not reprooue and correct with the rod 1. King 1.6 I holde reproofe and correction to be either partes or appurtenances of instruction the same Adoniah because he proued a Traitor 1. King 2.25 did Salomon though hee were his brother execute with the sword Omit it not if you loue your selues for O howe heauie was the Iudgement that fell vpon the head of Eli. for omitting this dutie for omitting this dutie vpon Eli old Eli Eli the high Priest Eli who had iudged Israel fortie yeares 1. Sam. 2.23 24 25. Eli who herein had done somewhat O how heauie I say was the Iudgement that for omitting this dutie fell vpon his bead when in one day Israel fled before the Philistines 1. Sam 2.17 18. there was a great slaughter among the people his two sonnes were both slaine the Arke of God was taken himselfe fell backward and brake his necke that he died Better then that this should befall were it that the Romane law were receiued into England whereby it was enacted that for the first offence the child should be admonished for the second he should be chastized for the third he should be hanged and the father banished Mothers whom nature or rather the God of nature hath made most kinde to your children let not your too great kindnesse to them be too great hurt to them and too great hurt too you The wisest sonne that by course of natur◠euer any mother had hath left this lesson for all mothers for euer Prou. 29.15 A childe set at libertie shameth his mother Thogh I tell you not either of that too wantonly brought-vp sonne who beeing led to execution by the clamor of his tongue and sharpenesse of his teeth tooke irefull reuenge of his owne mother or of that mother who to maintaine her two sonnes in drinking and gaming defrauded her husband in his life soone after his death with her owne eies behelde them both robbing following vpon rioting openly executed the one with the sword the other with the rope Yet giue me leaue to tell you that if Aretia taught her sonne Philosophie if Cornelia taught her sonnes the Latin eloquence If Zenobia taught her sonnes the Greeke Latin and Egyptian tongues Prou. 31.1 if Bethsaba taught her sonne a prophesie you are to see that your children learne both those principles of religion alreadie published that they may giue to God those things that are Gods and this institution of a Subiect that they may according to the wil of God expressed in the word of God Giue vnto Caesar the things which are Caesars So shall you so shall they please both God and Caesar Children Preach 12.1 and all sortes of youth Remember your Creator in the dayes of your youth and in the dayes of your youth as carefully learne to honour those that are set ouer you by God Exod. 20.12 as you desire earnestly that a long life should bee giuen you of God Last of all I say to all If there bee any consolation in Christ Phil. 2.1 2. if any comfort of loue if any felowshippe of the Spirit if any compassion and mercie fulfill my ioy As we are become a happie Nation by the gouernment of our Caesar Barue 1.11 so let vs and ours perform all dutifull allegiance to our Caesar and pray and pray feruently and pray continually that her daeys vpon earth may be as the dayes of heauen Yours in the L. if you be Caesars in the L. E.N. CAESARS DIALOGVE or a familiar communication containing the first institution of a Subiect in allegiance to his Soueraigne Father Sonne MY sonne A father at thy birth I receiued thée as a gift of the Lord since thy birth I made thée a chiefe obiect of my care it is thy part hereafter to become while I liue Eccle. 30.4 the staffe of mine age and when I am dead 2. Sam. 18 18. to be so like me whereof I more estéeme then of the pillar of Absolon that I shall not séeme to be dead Prou. 31 2. But O my sonne but O the Sonne of my loynes but O the Sonne of my desires if by disloyaltie thou euer turnest the gift of God into a iudgement vpon my head The Fathers Care If thou changest the cares of my head into thornes to my heart If thou bringest my gray head with sorrow vnto the graue if thou dishonourest my name attaintest my blood ouerthrowest my house Sonne Deare father vnworthie were I of life if I should so highly offend him who next to God gaue me life The sonnes acknowledgment and whom God himselfe hath commaunded me to honour Father Then swéete Sonne imprint now in thy heart and expresse euer in thy life that short charge of our swéetest Sauoiur Mat. 22.21 Giue vnto Caesar the thinges which are Cesars and giue vnto God those things which are Gods Of giuing vnto God the things that are Gods the performance of which dutie is euer to be preferred before the safetie of thy life thou vsually hearest both of thy maister from whome as Xenocrates Disciples of riotous and dissolute became