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A42051	Omilia eiréniké, or, A thanksgiving sermon for peace abroad with motives to unity at home, especially in matters of religion : preach'd at Hambleden in the county of Bucks on Thursday the second day of December, 1697 / by Francis Gregory ...	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1697 (1697)	Wing G1897; ESTC R39481	9,967	28

quiet at Home the Tradesman may safely mind his Shop and the Husbandman his Plow In times of Peace our Flocks and Herds are wont to Multiply our Corn comes safe into the Barn our Markets are full our Courts are open our Laws retain their Force and Justice betwixt Man and Man may freely be administred In times of Peace every Man may sit under his own Fig-tree under his own Vine and quietly eat the Fruit of his own Labour And when we are at Peace abroad with other Nations how cheerfully may our Merchants Transport their Goods beyond the Seas and bring back their Ships richly laden with Silks Silver Gold and Diamonds In short when we have Peace both at Home and Abroad we of this Nation can want for nothing that tends to make a Kingdom happy But the best way to understand and value the Benefits of Peace is to consider the Calamities of War methinks Drums and Trumpets Carbines and Pistols Muskets and Canons are Names which sound like to dreadful Claps of Thunder and Ten thousand glittering Swords seem as terrible as so many flashes of Lightning for where War is raised Trade decayeth Merchants break Taxes grow High Mony grows Scarce Treasures are Exhausted Laws are Interrupted Houses are Plundered Towns and Cities are burnt to Ashes Corn-fields are Devoured abundance of Blood is shed and whole Countries are often laid Wast and Desolate Now then if the Benefits of Peace and the Miseries of War be indeed so exceeding great we may well conclude that Peace is a Blessing very desirable by all Mankind unless perhaps it be by some proud Tyrannical and Ambitious Princes or such Soldiers of Fortune as know not how to live without Rapine Plunder and Wages to destroy the Lives and Fortunes of other Men. Now to apply this 1. Consider we the great Reason we have to keep a solemn Day of Thanksgiving with all expressions of Gratitude for that welcome Peace which after a tedious War is now setled betwixt us and our Neighbour Nations For by this happy Peace we are for time to come secured from those Calamities which we have suffered by the late War for so many Years together I need not here again enumerate the Miseries of War nor mind you that it hath drained our Purses that it hath cost a World of Treasure and which is a great deal worse that the Sword hath drunk whole Barrels of English Blood And if the Miseries of War be so exceeding dreadful our Deliverance from them must needs deserve our Thanks and those Thanks are due both to our God and to our King First Our Thanks for Peace are due to our God for he who is our God is the God of Peace the great Author of it so doth the Psalmist tell us He maketh Wars to cease to the end of the Earth he breaketh the Bow and cutteth the Spear in sunder he burneth the Chariot in the Fire When it is his good Pleasure so to do he can and doth incline the Hearts of Men to Peace and in order to that they shall lay aside the usual Engines of War so the Prophet tells us they shall beat their Swords into Plowshares and their Spears into pruning Hooks Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation neither shall they learn War any more The doing of this is a peculiar Prerogative which the Glorious Majesty of Heaven doth most justly claim to himself I make Peace and create Evil I the Lord do all these things 'T is he that raiseth War in his Wrath and 't is he who puts an end to War and creates Peace in his Mercy and if so since by him we now enjoy the Blessing of Peace can we do less than bless him for it Secondly Our Thanks for Peace are also due to our King as being the great Instrument in God's hand to procure it for us We have now a King well qualified with Prudence and Policy to manage our civil Affairs in times of Peace and we have a Prince of wise Conduct and most excellent Courage to lead our Armies in a time of War a King who for his Conduct and Courage doth deserve a greater Renown than Hannibal Scipio Julius Cesar Alexander the Great or any other General mentioned in the Greek and Roman Stories To this King of ours not only England Scotland and Ireland but the States of Holland the King of Spain the Princes of Germany and the Emperour himself does under God owe their Preservation for had not our King interposed the French King who is so Ambitious and so Strong easily might and certainly would have overcome them all And in that case the only Favour which England could have expected would have been this namely to have been devoured last But thanks be to God and to our King that Danger is now quite over for the French King found his Kingdom reduced to such Extremities that he was forced to desire a Cessation of Arms but that being deny'd him he saw himself constrained to conclude a Peace that Peace which no man could have hoped for had not our King disabled France to continue the War And what Returns shall we make to our King for this Let our Hearts be with him and our Prayers for him and if any just Occasion shall once more so require let him have our Hands and our Purses too Secondly Since we have now a setled Peace betwixt us and other Nations beyond the Seas let us endeavour to restore and settle a lasting Peace amongst our selves here at Home I do not mean Civil Peace only but a Peace Ecclesiastical and Sacred 'T is said of the Primitive Christians the Multitude of them that believed were all of one Heart and one Soul 't is said again all that believed were together and continued daily with one accord in the Temple Were it thus in England we might hope to see golden Days yet once again But alas as it was said of Old for the Divisions of Reuben there were great Thoughts of Heart so may I now justly say for the Divisions of England there are sad Thoughts of Hearts Fears and Jealousies lest whilst we contend about the Circumstances of our Religion we lose it 's very Substance but would our Dissenters act like Men and hearken to right Reason would they act like Christians and laying aside all Prejudice consult their Bibles and make that their Rule I am well Satisfied that they could find no just Ground to withdraw themselves from the Church of England that Church in whose way of Divine Worship there is nothing Prescribed nothing Practised but what the Scriptures do either Command or at least Allow The Substantial parts of God's Worship are all Commanded by himself but it 's necessary Circumstances are not so the Minister who is to Read Preach and Administer the Sacraments must wear some Garment or other but whether it shall be of Linnen or Woollen of Stuff or Silk a Cloak or a Gown of

Dr. GREGORY's THANKSGIVING SERMON PREACHED On Thursday the 2 d of December 1697. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 OR A THANKSGIVING SERMON FOR Peace Abroad WITH Motives to Unity at Home ESPECIALLY In Matters of Religion Preach'd at Hambleden in the County of Bucks on Thursday the Second Day of December 1697. By FRANCIS GREGORY D. D. and Rector of Hambleden LONDON Printed for Richard Sare at Gray's-Inn-Gate and Sold by E. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall 1697. PSALM CXXII 7. Peace be within thy Walls and Prosperity within thy Palaces COncerning this Psalm there are Three things which may be consider'd First The Inscription or Title which it bears Secondly The Occasion upon which it was written and Thirdly The subject Matter which it contains As for the Title of his Psalm t is double for First 'T is stiled in the Hebrew Language Schir Hammaaloth in the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Latin Canticum Graduum i. a Song of Degrees And besides this Psalm there are Fourteen more set down in order which bear the same Inscription And why these Fifteen Psalms are called Songs of Degrees there are several Reasons offered by several Interpreters all which are but Conjectural The Rabbins or Doctors of the Jewish Church tell us That there were Fifteen Steps or Stairs by which as by so many Degrees they went up to the Temple and that upon their Solemn Festivals the Levites were wont upon each of these Steps or Degrees to stand still and sing one of those Psalms and that from this Custom these Fifteen Psalms received this denomination There are others who think that there was in the Temple a certain place raised high above the Ground like the Galleries in our Churches to which the Levites ascended by several Steps or Degrees and there did sing these Psalms and that from thence these Psalms took this Name There is a third Opinion that these Psalms are so called because when the Levites did sing them they did by degrees raise their Notes advance their Voices and tune them in an higher Strain than ordinary But the consideration of this being a thing rather of Curiosity than of Edification I will say no more about it 2 dly The second Inscription or Title which this Psalm bears in the Hebrew Tongue is this Mizmor le Dabid a Psalm of David the Greek Translation reads it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Psalm to David But that 's an Hebraism where the Article le doth govern sometimes a Genitive and sometimes a Dative Case This Title sheweth us who was the undoubted Penman of this Psalm namely the Royal Prophet a King inspired of God whose Name stands prefixed before most of the Psalms to distinguish those which were written by him and those which were Penned by some other inspired Persons as Asaph Heman Aethan and Moses But to pass by this Secondly The second thing considerable in reference to this whose Psalm is the Occasion whereupon it was composed and written and that is thought to be this We read that David had been forced to fly from Jerusalem from his own House and God's by the Rebellion and Treason of his own Son Absolom who endeavour'd to dispossess him of his Kingdom and probably of his Life too but within a short space Absalom being slain and his Army dispersed and David returned in safety to Jerusalem 't is believed that he might upon that happy occasion Pen this Psalm But Thirdly the third thing here considerable is the Subject Matter which this Psalm contains in it and the most remarkable Passages therein are these two 1 st David's exceeding Joy for his Restoration to the Place of God's Publick Worship from which to his unspeakable Grief he had been so lately Banished During the whole time of David's Exile there was nothing that did so much disquiet David's Soul as the consideration of his forced Absence from the Sanctuary of God none of his Troubles none of his Misfortunes did he ever lament so long and so oft as that But when once David had recovered his former Liberty when the Doors of the Sanctuary did again stand open to him like a Man transported with Joy he abruptly broke out into this Expression I was glad when they said unto me Let us go into the House of the Lord and so it is with all Religious Souls To them the House of God is a place of the greatest Joy and Pleasure 2 dly The second of those things which are most considerable in this Psalm is David's earnest Request both to God and Men for the Happiness of Jerusalem and for the continuance of those Spiritual Privileges which they did now enjoy His Address to Men was this Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and what he requested other Men to do he did himself backing his Exhortation with his own Example for upon the account of Jerusalem being then the Royal City the chief Place of God's most solemn Worship and a Type of the Universal Church David put up this Petition to Heaven Peace be within thy walls and prosperity or as our old Translation reads it Plenteousness within thy Palaces Now from the Matter and Method of this Petition which David here presented to his God there do very naturally arise these two plain Conclusions First That Peace is a Blessing that is very desirable why else did David perswade his Neighbours to beg it And why else did he himself so earnestly Petition God to grant it Secondly That Prosperity or Plenteousness is commonly the Fruit and Consequence of Peace This I observe from the Method and Order of David's Petition Peace be within thy walls that 's the first part of his Request and then the second follows Prosperity or Plenteousness be within thy Palaces And the truth is without Peace first obtained Prosperity or Plenteousness can hardly be expected First the first Conclusion which doth naturally arise from the Text is this namely That Peace is a Blessing that is very desirable indeed and so it is 1 st In the Private Families of Particular Men. 2 dly In the Publick Societies Commonwealths and Kingdoms of the World 3 dly In the Catholick Church which is God's more special Kingdom and the only Family of Christ here below I. Peace is a Blessing that is very desirable in the private Families of particular Persons There are three chief Relations which are commonly found in the Families of Men that of Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Masters and Servants and how pleasant how joyful a thing must it needs be for all the Relations who constitute the whole Family to live together in Peace and Unity Husbands and Wives are called One Flesh and certainly it can never do well if they be not of One Spirit too for can they who are but One Flesh be divided without sore Rents and Wounds Again Children are but the Parts of their own Parents and can any part that is quick and living be separated from the whole without sense of much pain and

this Colour or that the Scriptures do not tell us Again in what particular Place and at what particular Hour we must meet to Worship God whether the Preacher must sit or stand whether the Lord's Supper should be Administred in the Church or in the Chancel the Scriptures do no where teach us no these and the like indifferent Circumstances must to prevent Disorders be determined by the Piety and Prudence of our Church Governours and when once they in order to Decency Uniformity and the more solemn Administration of our Divine Worship have upon mature Advice and Deliberation prescribed us such Rules as are no way contrary to the Word of God by the same Word do we all stand obliged in Conscience to obey them and were this generally done our Disputes and Quarrel about our Ceremonies which are but few and innocent would be at an end But so long as we think our selves either more Knowing or more Conscientious than our Rulers while we refuse to submit to their Determinations about things indifferent and thereupon break and crumble out selves into many Factions and Parties we do by these Divisions exceedingly Gratify our Adversaries of Rome And whilst we pretend to abhor their Religion we do indeed give very great Advantages to it for when once Men separate from our Publick Assemblies and meet in Private Conventicles 't is well known that Priests and Jesuits under a Disguise creep in amongst them and by degrees instill their Poisonous Doctrines into the Minds of Unwary and Credulous Men. Let me therefore Exhort and Prevail with you to do what St. Paul or rather God by St. Paul requires Obey them that have the Rule over you and Submit your selves And again Be of one mind live in Peace And yet again Endeavour to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace 't is that which our Religion and Duty requires Yea and so doth our very Interest too Thirdly Since it hath been die good Pleasure of God to Bless us at present with a Civil Peace both at Home and Abroad let us so behave our selves both to our God and our King to our God as the Author and to our King as the Instrument of our Peace that this Peace may be still continued to us and our Posterity without any Interruption The Interests of a King as the Head and of the Subjects as the Body Politick are so interwoven and twisted together that a Breach between them may prove Fatal to both but still when Kings and Subjects break with Heaven that 's Infinitely worse For as there is no Friend so there is no Enemy so considerable as God And what is it that makes this God an Enemy to any Nation but those Epidemical Sins that overspread it And verily if we of this Kingdom shall still persist in our Vicious Courses our present Peace cannot long secure us for if we break our repeated Covenants with God he can easily incline our Enemies to break their Covenants with us That which Moses told the Wicked Jews doth as much concern sinful Christians too The Lord shall bring a Nation against thee whose Tongue thou shalt not understand a Nation of fierce Countenance which shall not regard the person of the old nor shew favour to the young and he shall eat the fruit of thy Cattle and the fruit of thy Land until thou be destroyed An Invading and Conquering Enemy doth God here threaten to raise against a Wicked Nation But on the other hand if a Nation prove Religious and Holy what the Event is like to be we may learn from Solomon who saith When a Man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his Enemies to be at peace with him What is here said of a Particular Person is as true of a whole Nation to please our God by a Pious and Vertuous Conversation is the only sure way to obtain and continue Peace with Men. And that a firm Peace may be for ever Established in all Christian Churches throughout the whole World let us all heartily join in that Charitable Petition which our Excellent Liturgy hath put into our Mouths namely this Grant O Lord that all they who do confess thy Holy Name may agree in the Truth of thy holy Word and live in Unity and Godly Love Let us also pray more particularly for our own Jerusalem our own Church and Kingdom as our Royal Psalmist did for his in the Words of my Text Peace be within thy Walls and Prosperity or Plenteousness within thy Palaces FINIS Books Printed for Richard Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn DR Gregory's Divine Antidote against Socinianism 8 o The Fables of Esop with Morals and Reflections Folio Erasmus's Colloquies Octavo Quivedo's Visions 8 o. The three last by Sir Roger L'Estrange The Genuine Epistles of St. Barnabas St Ignatius St. Clement St. Polycarp the Shepherd of Hermas c. A Practical Discourse against Swearing 8 o. The Authority of Christian Princes over Ecclesiastical Synods in Answer to a Letter to a Convocation-Man 8 o. Sermons on several Occasions 4 o. These by Dr. Wake Epictetus's Morals with Simplicius's Comment 8 o. A Sermon Preach'd upon the Death of the Queen A Sermon at the Commencement at Cambridge A Sermon on the Death of Dr. Towerson These four by Dr. George Stanhope The Doctrine of a God and Providence Vindicated and Asserted 8 o. Discourses on several Divine Subjects 8 o. These two by Thomas Gregory Lecturer of Fulham Essays upon several Moral Subjects In Two Parts By Jeremiah Coslier M. A. 8 o. Compleat Sets consisting of Eight Volumes of Letters writ by a Turkish Spy who lived 45 Years at Paris undiscovered giving an Account of the Principal Affairs of Europe 12 o. Moral Maxims and Reflections Written in French by the Duke of Rochfoncault now Englished 12 o. Of the Art both of Writing and Judging of History with Reflections upon Ancient as well as Modern Historians By Father Le Moyne 12 o. An Essy upon Reason by Sir George Mackenzie 12 o. Death made Comfortable or the way to Dye well By John Kettlewel 12 o. The Parsons Councellor or the Law of Tythes By Sir Simon Degg 8 o. The Unlawfulness of Bonds of Resignation 8 o. Price 6. d. An Answer to all the Excuses and Pretences which Men ordinarily make for their not coming to the Holy Sacrament 8 o. Price 3 d. By a Divine of the Church of England Remarks on a Book Entituled Prince Arthur an Heroick Poem By Mr. Dennis 8 o. An Appendix to Dr. Pope's Life of Bishop Ward 8 o. Price 6 d. A Gentleman's Religion in three Parts the first contains the Principles of natural Religion The Second and Third the Doctrins of Christianity both as to matters of Faith and Practise 12 o. Fortune in her Wit 's or the Hour of all Men. By Don Franciso de Quivedo Author of the Visions of Hell Translated by Capt. John Stevens 8 o. Humane Prudence or the Art by which a Man may raise Himself and Fortune to Grandeur The 7 th Edition 12 o. Luke 12.53 Matth. 12.25 Or 34. Eph. 2.19 Gen. 13.8 Gen. 45.24 Luke 10.6 Mark 9 5● Rom. 12.18 1 Cor. 11.18 1 Cor. 3.4 1 Cor. 1.12 1 Cor. 3.3 Psal 46.9 Isa 2.4 Isa 45.7 Acts 4.32 Acts 2.44 46. Judg. 5.15 Heb. 13.17 2 Cor. 13.11 Eph. 4.4 Deut. 28.49 Prov. 16.7