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The soveraignes desire peace: the subjectes dutie obedience. By Thomas Swadlin.
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Swadlin, Thomas, 1600-1670.
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it But besides this Ipse dixit He hath said it there is also an Ipse jussit Psa 50.1 Matth. he hath â—ommanded it Call upon me Yes and an Ipse increpuit He hath chid the neglect of it Why sleepe ye Arise and pray that yee enter not into temptation In a word there is a double necessitie to pray 1. Necessitas indigentiae an absolute necessitie 2. Necessitas praecepti a respective necessitie God hath commâ—nded it so it is absolute we cannot be supplyed without it so it is respective There is a Text for this too yee fight and warre and get nothing because yee us kenot Iac. 4.2 Now if yeâ— will adde to this necessitie by God imposed the Vrility to us redounding the Obligation is not so strong but the invitation is as sweete and while that bidds us this will wooe us to pray It is Saint Augustines note Ille quod nos hortatur propter nos hortatur De verb. Do. Ser. when God bidds us pray it is for our owne profit Prayer is like sowing of Corne and that promises increase at hâ—â—vest like a bill of Adventure and that brings a rich exchange It is the very Ship that transports and returnes cloathing for the back food for the belly gold for the pâ—rse and grace for the Soule So that Father againe precatio ascendit misericordia descendit Prayer is our Factor for Gods Mercy It travailes never without a saving Voyage and returnes most commonly richly laden Christ affirmes it Joan â— Whatsoever yee shall aske the Father in my Name c. If it bee health prayer is Mediâ—amentum probatum an approved Medicine so Saâ—nt Iames The prayer of Faith shall save the sicke Iac. 5. If it be favour with Princes prayer insinuates safest and soonest Neh. 1. So Nehemiah got favour in the sight of that great man If it be victory in Warre prayer is the surest Enginer you know how Israel prevaild against Amalecke it was when Moses held up to stop the execution of Gods vengeance prayer is the best Advocate so Moses held Gods hands that his wrath could not wax hot against the Children of Israel xo 32.11 If it be prevalence with God Oratio hominis est res omnipotentissima saies Luth. though Hyperbolically yet devoutly prayer is that Omnipotency which wrestles with God and overcomes him If it be peace betweene kingdome and kingdome prayer is the best Councellor both to project it and obtaine it It was not the wisedome it was not the policy it was the pietie of the Parliament that obtained peace betweene England and Scotland and mâ—y this dayes piety obtaine peace at home in England and abroad in Jreland But alasse pâ—lic we have little hope of it since our piety it selfe is not at peace some mens pietie is for common prayers and that which other men call their pietie is I feare me altogether impietie against common prayers What will ye judge of that mans piety which said our common prayer book is unrighteous ungodly Idolatrous blasphemous diabolicall and what of that mans who said maintaine this booke but mistake me not I doe not meane That damned devillish Common prayer booke used by none but damned Priests surely if this were zeale it wanted a great deale of wisdome and piety both to make it a right zeale What doe these men meane doe they think Common prayer is unlawfull They cannot thinke so if they thinke fairely either of the Old or New Testament For in the Old Testament God by himselfe and his Prophets prescribed a set forme of prayer â—um 6 â—2 23 c so to Aaron and his sonnes he gives a charge and in that charge forbidds them to blesse the people as their owne fancie lead them and enjoynes them to blesse them after this very prescription and no otherwise The Lord blesse thee and keepe thee â—eut 16.3 15. â—os 14.2 c. And so againe Thou shalt say before the Lord thy God Thus c. And so againe by the Prophet Hosea Take with you words And in the New Testament St. Tim. 2.1 Paul that great Apostle of the Gentiles commands Timothy thus I exhort that first of all prayers be made for all men Mark you they must be made i. e. There must be set formes of prayer and what Saint Paul enjoynes here by precept Cor. 12. hee does elsewhere by patterne He prayes thrice against the same infirmity and questionlesse too he used the same words and so did his and our blessed Master Iesus Christ He prayd and said the same words thrice â—atth 26.39 40. Mat. 6 9. O my Father if it be c. and as he used a set forme of prayer himselfe So He hath enjoyned us a set forme of prayer too saying pray yee thus Our Father which c. And this prayer was ever had in veneration and so was a common and set forme of prayer only in this last age of the world some peevish people have excommunicatâ—d the one and the other Sure I am that mighty learned man Master Calvine hath given a mighty commendations to our Common-prayer-Booke when he sayes Non licet It is not lawfull for our Pastors or They may not in their functions any way desert or depart from them It is in his letter to the then Lord protector when we had in use no prayers but our Common prayers no religion but our 39 Articles Yet then God to shew how well he was pleased with our Religion and Common prayers he gave Queen Elizabeth many personall and this Kingdome one publike deliverance viz. 88. and so King Iames 1605. Our Common prayers obtained the best of blessings then and our Common prayers will obtaine the best of blessings now Peace And that is Donum Excellentissimum the most excellent gift Part 2 that here David teaches us to pray for pray for the peace And this is my second consideration And here I shall inquire 1 Quidpax what peace is and 2 the Quare impedit by what persons peace is hindred 1a 2ae and 3 Quo jure how peace may be maintained when it is once obtained And first What is peace Peace in the proper acception of the word is no more then an Acquiescence and cessation from publike Hostility so it is Pax forensis peace abroad and from private enmity so it is pax domestica peace at home But the word here comprises all sublunarie and worldly blessings deliverance from the sword and victory in battell deliverance from famine and plenty of victuals deliverance from Pestilence and health in our houses for so long â—s the sword is brandishing no peace in our borders so long as famine is stirring no peace in our bowels so long as the plague is reigning no peâ—ce in our bodies and therefore pray we Give peace in our time O Lord even the peace of health from the plague and the peace of fulnesse from the famine and the peace of
THE Soveraignes DESIRE PEACE THE SUBIECTS DUTIE OBEDIENCE By Thomas Swadlin London Printed 1643. To the WORLD READER KNow who ever thou art that these lines following were Sermons preached the last Summer in St. Pauls and St. B. Algate London whether they containe any doctrine that is not Catholike and Orthodoxall they appeale to thee for judgment censure freely I beseech thee If praying for peace which is the Kings desire and subject of the former Sermons and preaching of obedience which is the subjects duty and subject of the latter Sermons be at all Malignity at least malignitie enough for the Authors imprisonment from Octo. 29. 1642. Vntill December 26. following now eight weekes and as yet unheard unseene Till now I was not informed of any other fault I stood guilty of But now it pleased the L. Major of Lond. upon my Letter to send for me and tell mee the cause of my Committement before whom when I appeared I found one Iohn Levet a Tallow-Chandler my Accuser upon whose information as I conceive his Lordship was pleased to say The cause of my commitment was because I am an enemy to sinceritie to which I answered all the sincerity that either his Lordship or my selfe had lay within our Breasts and not to be judged of by man But you have opposed the Parliaments proceedings replyed his Lordship to which I made answer againe It did not appeare so by my actions for I had beene and ever would be an humble Oratour to Heaven for the blessings of direction and successe upon their consultations and for mine owne particular I thought the Parliaments of England to be the supreamest Courts of Judicature in the world Yes quoth Master Levet So it seemes for just when the Parliament set forth their late Ordinances You preached a Sermon for Obedience to the higher powers I confessed it and promised a Copie of it and here it is To make me yet more guilty I but you pray for Bishops said the Lord Major To which againe I made answer Yes my Lord I had I doe and ever would untill it pleased the King and His Great Councell to alter the Common prayer Booke and then if I could not comply I could leave the kingdome Have you so and do you so and will you so reply'd the Lord Major And so long as you pray for Bishops so long you shall be a prisoner You see now upon what tearmes you may have your libertie To which once more I was thus bold My good Lord I humbly thanke you but I dare not venture a double Duckart to a single pennie Nature Wife Children doe all strongly sollicite me to accept of liberty upon aâ—â— tearmes but God the Church the King mine own soule do all charge me to refuse it unlesse it be Christian an Act of Parliament besides and mine owne Oath lye upon me and untill the one bee repealed and the other dispensed I dare not leave praying for Bishops And when I had said this his Lordship as I conceived was moved with pittie for he said I perceive you are mistaken and I will now rectifie and better informe your understanding That Act of Parliament was made to confirme King Edwards Common Prayer Booke not this which is now extant for many prayers by the meanes of the wicked Hierarchie are crept into this which never were in that To which yet once more with his Lordships favour I thus addressed my Answer But the prayer for the Bishops my Lord is in King Edwards Common prayer Booke Well well Sir said his Lordship I am a Member of the House and know the Houses Intentions To which last on s and so I was remanded to Prison not where I was before Crossebie House but where I am now Gresham Colledge whence I adde these few words to the world my Judge Happily his Lordship hath done Right in my imprisonment for I have infirmities for I am a man but whether he hath done aright judge For for iniquity impurity or impiety more than what God and mine own soule are privie too I dare the world to taxe me for I and a Christian Protestant and feare not the Tryall summon mee when you will my name is Thomas Swadlin THE SOVERAIGNES DESIRE PSALME 122 6. Pray For the peace of Ierusalem IF ever Prayer were necessary to bee preached it is now now prayer Common prayer being so much preached downe by common preachers and spoke downe by common speakers If ever peace were necessary to bee prayed for it is now now peace being so much in feare by feares and jealousies If ever the peace of Ierusalem were necessary to be prayed for it is now now Ierusalem being so much preyed upon that it can scarce receive Tyth s or Offerings that it is now almost under another curse I hope none of Christs a stone scarce left upon a stone the superstructure of Epise pacie disâ—onoured and the subterstructure of the Inferiour Clergie discountenanced And yet prayer is officium excellentissimum the most excellent duty God requires at our hands For it is his glory And yet peace is Donum excellentissimum the most excellent gift we receive at Gods hands For it is our safety And yet Jerusalem is Subjectum excellentissimum the most excellent Subject wee can pray for For it is the most excellent building of Gods hands It was like a City compactâ—d together and at unity in it selfe And yet Ierusalem that most excellent Subject as being the Church of God cannot have peace that most excellent gift of God without performing this most excellent duty prayer to God These are the pâ—rts of my Text and of these parts by Gods assistance and your patience I shall speake apart And when I have so done I shall give you the It is every good mans duty to pray for the peace of the Church And because they are three such excellencies I wish my selfe an Angels tongue that I might fasten them in their transcendency upon your hearts But alasseâ— I am the meanest of my Tribe and very conscious of mine own infirmities I shall though try my skill and God Almighty give the blessing I begin with tâ—e first Pray And it is a most excellent duty this prayer is No man denies it for it is necessary for it is pâ—ofitable there is a necessity of it Part 1 and there is anâ—â—tility in it First it is Necessary For it is not only Documentum a lesson which wee may learne if we will but it is Iussum an Injunction that wee should obey whether we will or no. The vulgar Latine reads those words of Christ thus Orabitis ye shall pray and Tremâ—lius thus Orate pray both Mandatory Mat. 6. If it were but Ipse dixit He hath said it It were enough to binde our Obedience to it This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 though there were no more might stop alâ— oppositions with Pythagoras Schollers because hee hath said it It is true because hee hath said iâ— we must doe