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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07446	Tvvo sermons preached before his Maiestie, in his chappell at Whitehall the one, the xi. of Februarie, the other the xxv. of same moneth. By Richard Meredeth, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinarie.	Meredeth, Richard, 1559-1621.	1606 (1606)	STC 17832; ESTC S103382	33,811	48

Anna Simeon continued dayly in the temple praying the tēple then to those men was the conuenienst place to praier so thought the good so the bad so the beléeuer so the infidel so the Publican so the Pharisie what a strange Cockatrice egge hath the madnesse of certaine Scismatikes hatcht amongst vs they wil come forsooth to the church but not to prayer O how much impiety O how much profanenes hath the liberty licencionsnes of this our age brought forth we read of certen of the aūtient fathers that they made their knées as hard as Camels hoofes with continuall praying we read of S. Ierome in moderate fastings wonderfull humiliations of himselfe in watchings praiers we haue S. Austins meditations soliloquia solitary spéeches which he vsed vnto God we see oratoria not auditoria oratories churches Colleges chappels so many signes tokens of our parents manificence vneōparable deuotion these men thought these to be the godly exercises of religion to water their couch day night for the sins they had committed with Dauid to chastice the rebellions of the flesh with saint Paul to meditate vpon their fraile state miserable conditiō with holy Iob to intertain poore néedy naked distressed soules into their houses at their tables with faithfull Abraham al these are forgottē nay which I speake with the griefe of my soule they account them vanity superstition men thinke that they are come to the very mount Nebo the height of religion if so be they are come to the church turned ouer their bookes found the text looke on the preacher marke his diuision heard the sermon where is wounding of the conscience where is compunction of that heart where is mortification of the flesh where is detestation of sin where is satisfactiō for the wrong to thy brother where is pitty compassion where are sighes where are teares where are strong cries gronings where is the wish of the prophet Ieremy to haue riuers of waters in your heads to wéepe day and night for the manifold sinnes ye committed against the maiesty of god The end of preaching is to teach men to liue wel vertuous heare S. Paul The grace of God bringeth saluatiō vnto al men hath appeared reacheth vs there is the preaching what to do mary to deny vngodlinesse worldlines then we should liue soberly iustly godlily in dispraise of the world make not thy porch bigger then thy house it is a foolish kinde of building it is the property of an Athenian to know much and do litle it is the duty of a christian to heare often and do stil that is to pray stil for it is written pray continually This is the perfume made of the gal liuer of the fish in the tooke Iob. which driueth away al kind of diuels Exterminabit omne genus demoniorum al kind of diuels al Tob. 6. kind of plots al kind of practises al kind of treasons all kind of treacherers oh as the Angel acuised Toby in that place that you would giue vs leaue and so you do which stand vp in these pulpits as vpon the bankes and speake in your eares which lept too too many times beyond your bounds like to the great fish of Tybris vsed to deuoure to take hold of your soules to pack your affections from the fluxible watry cogitations of al worldly affaires vnto the immoueable centers of heauenly meditations to sette your gaules and your liuers and your bowels and your entralls that is your hearts and affections vpon the burning coals of the incomparable loue of God and Iesus Christ his Son vndoubtedly this wil not only make a persume which wil driue away all manner of diuels from vs but will make for your good to the good of Gods glory and the good of the Church and the good of this noble Kingdome a most swéete adoriferous sauour in the nosestrills of God I will speake what I intend more plainly Your sacred presence most dread and mightie Soueraigne at the morning and euening Sacrifice will induce others to present themselues they will come they will runne they will prostrate themselues they will worship they will adore in the holy Sanctuarie of God the swéete odor of the oyntments of this your gratious deuotion hath and doth and will drawe on others yea many others for to follow yea the strange children will be brought to follow vnto whom all that euer we could doe both our preaching and praying were the sauour of death vnto death euen an abhominatiō for this cause of set purpose haue I compiled this Sermon according to the measure of grace which is giuen vnto me haue preached the same in the eares of Maiestie the holinesse of holinesse which was ānointed with the fulnesse of all graces confirme continue your gratious heart in this most holy and Christian exercise of pietie and godlinesse that that may be spoken and written spoken to them that are liuing and written to the posterities to come of the most religious King Iames that was spoken and written of the most zealous king Iosias that 2. Reg. 23. you may match him in all things euen by being a king as young and yonger then he like vnto him was there not any before him neither arose there any after him which turned vnto the Lord his GOD with all his heart with all his minde and with all his soule to loue him and to feare him and to serue him and here imitating the wise gouernour reserued the best Wine for the last I end Now vnto God immortall inuisible and onely wise the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost thrée persons in trinitie one God in vnitie be rendred all power dominion glory maiestie and seruice for euer and for euer Amen FINIS