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A07454	A sermon preached before the Generall Assembly at Glascoe in the kingdome of Scotland, the tenth day of Iune, 1610. By George Meriton Doctor of Diuinitie, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines	Meriton, George, d. 1624.	1611 (1611)	STC 17840; ESTC S112673	19,738	40

faction wisedome which God be thanked we haue no cause to suspect excepting in some few more weake then wilfull surely my Beloued the issue of such a meeting could but be a cause of farther sorrow For according to the errour of the mind good things will seeme to be bad and bad things to bee good yea you will as Esay complayneth Esay 5. 20. speake good of euill and euill of good put darkenesse for light and light for darkenesse put bitter for sweet and sweete for sowre and so come within that censure of God which he pronounced against the Israelites for doating vpon the worke of their owne hands This people hath marred Exod. 32. 9. all To instance in foure particulars vnto which I am confined What is more amiable then Order the Author The Earle of Donbars direction where of is the God of beauty who hath created euery thing in number weight and measure Wisdome 11. ver 17. Ordo ingressus est cum Creaturis saith Nazianzene Order is as olde as the world it selfe We finde it in the Angels we may beholde it in the heauens one higher another lower one greater another lesser we see it in the earth in reasonable creatures in vnreasonable in sensitiue in senselesse in naturall and in ciuill actions And therefore hath God much more beautified his Church hath he prescribed order vnto it We may in no case suppose that he hath left it as monstrous body without shape or as the ancient Chaos without forme or as the state of the Nomades without gouernment no but he hath made it most louely both in whole and in parts as the world well created as a Citie wel ordered as a Ship wel guided as a Cimball well tuned not onely Domus Sapientiae as Austin saith the house of wisedome but Domus ordinis the house of order also A Common-wealth is fitly resembled to the body of a man and were it not a madde hearing trow you if the feete should say to the head wee will weare the hatte if the knees should striue to carry the eyes or if the shoulders should claime each of them an eare But if it were so indeede what a mis-shapen body would this be Euen such a one as might well be wished to the disturbers of a Kingdome Wherefore as in a ciuill gouernment the hands must be content that the feet do go the teeth well pleased the tongue tell the whole tale as the cares must not desire to see nor the eyes to heare as euery man must walke as God hath appointed him so must it bee in the Church of God where some are eyes some eares some head some 1. Cor 12. 17. feet some must be high some low some rule som obey This comelinesse of order is the beauty of Ephes 4. 16. Gods Church for beauty is the daughter of order the more seene the more admired order is the well disposing of equall and vnequall things Behold then my beloued the strength of passion if it be not restrained Who would imagine that Order could be distastefull vnto any seeing it commeth from God is seene in euery creature and is the mother of all beauty in them attended vpon with infinit blessings yet such is the poyson which proceeds frō affection when it is not ruled as permit it once to giue the testimony vnto conscience and it wil cause men to esteeme it as a Iubile of ioy vnto them to oppose and withstand order yea to prefer before it a popular equality which euer amongst wise men hath beene accounted the greatest inequality I speak not this to disgrace the Presbytery it is a name of holy record and therefore am I bound to mention it with honor yet the power which now it exerciseth and place which now it challengeth Let me speake truth without offence as farre as euer I could learne is somewhat out of order and altogether vnknowen vnto ancient times if S. Austins rule be good the gouernment of the Church by Bishops is Apostolicall For saith he whatsoeuer hath beene in the Christian Church in all times and in all places vniuersally receiued without contradiction is Apostolical Such is the gouernment of the Church by Bishops in all places in all times receiued neuer opposed but by some few Heretikes which were condemned And lest I should be thought to contend about words S. Paul tels vs in the person of Titus what these Bishops were Not moderators for a yeare but particular men hauing the power of ordination and iurisdiction committed Tit. 1. 5. vnto them For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest continue to redres●e the things which remaine there is iurisdiction and shouldest ordaine Elders in euery City here is ordination And whereas it is obiected that this power was giuen to one propter defectum for that there was not as yet a body or company to be capable of it I answere that Paul sent not Titus into Crete as into a new found Iland but left him there and that he left him not there to plant a Church for that was done before but to redresse some things which did yet remaine There was therefore before this time a body or company And yet it pleased the Apostle to put this power into one I doe confesse that when Chrysostoms was banished one article obiected against him was this that he did not aduise in some weighty causes with his Presbyters as hee should haue done Here was then Episcopus cum Senatu A Bishop with his Senate but Senatus sine Episcopo a Senate without a Bishop a body without a head was neuer heard off till these later dayes Let the body depend vpon the head and we shall not much dislike it for want of order I remember what S. Paul doth say of himselfe that he was troubled with a care for all the Churches 1. Cor. 11. 28. Had this been spoken of S. Peter how would the Church of Rome haue triumphed So say we of Bishops that we haue all times and places Texts of Scripture by a generall practise alwaies vnderstood for the defence of Bishops And had the Presbyterie such a cloud of witnesses in the affectation of priority how highly would it aduance the Ensigne of honor But in comparison of a Bishop I must haue leaue to say vnto it as Christ saith vnto one that did choose the chiefest place Priend giue this I like 1 ● man the roome he is more honourable then thou The consent of all Churches in all times together with the warrantise of Gods word giues precedency in power and in place to the Bishop And here is a ground for a good testimony of the conscience wherefore the consequent of an action tending to such an end will doubtlesse be a sound and a holy icy Secondly what was euer esteemed more sweet then peace The Orator tels vs that the very name thereof is sweet it selfe much more like the precious ointment vpon the