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A07839	Scotlands welcome a sermon preached at Needham in the countie of Suff. on Tuesday, April 5, 1603, vpon Pro. 11. 10 : in the prosperitie of the righteous the citte reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioy / by Miles Mosse ... ; with some notes and allegations then omitted by reason of the time, and the capacitie of the audience.	Mosse, Miles, fl. 1580-1614.	1603 (1603)	STC 18210; ESTC S456	28,263	88

the praiers which the old Christians of their loiall affections made for their heathen Gouernours wherein they were farre vnlike to the Popes and Papists of this time which proscribe kingdomes and discarge subiectes of alleageance to their Soueraine Princes and hold it lawfull for the subiect to take vp armes against the king saith on this wise in his Apologie We prate alwaies for all Emperours that God would bestow vpon them a long life a peaceable gouernment a safe pallace strong armies faithfull counsailours obedient subiects a quiet world and whatsoeuer else any man yea Caesar himselfe can wish or desire And is not this the Prosperity which by our praiers as by one speciall meanes God gaue and continued to Queene Elisabeth For first shee attained a long life euen within a yeere of that which Moses in his age pitched for the ordinarie time of man Shee was with her mother Sara●… striken in age and yet with her father Abraham she died in a good age and when she died in despite of all the attempted po●…sonings and stabbings and rebellions of the Papists her grey haires went downe with peace vnto the graue Secondly her Gouernment was peaceable 〈◊〉 was inclined to 〈◊〉 all the forainers writing ●…o 〈◊〉 o●… of her termed her 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Elisa●…etham The calme Qu●… of England Her lawes were 〈◊〉 with Peace no man dar●…g 〈◊〉 l●…ft vp his hand against the 〈◊〉 Iustice of Peace in the king●… Her people were prese●…ued 〈◊〉 P●…ace All her time we were in 〈◊〉 blessed case whereof the Psalmist ●…eaketh there was no in●…asion 〈◊〉 going out no complaining in our si●…ts Thirdly Her house was alwaies her castle other castle of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…as neuer compelled to 〈◊〉 during all her raigne Into 〈◊〉 though some 〈◊〉 ●…omtimes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i●…o her 〈◊〉 another into the ●…obbey ye●… euen then and 〈◊〉 G●… was also her c●…stle a●…d th●… 〈◊〉 of her salua●… Fourthly her armes were strong 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 witnesse the manifolde expeditions made in her time to Ire●…nd to the low Countries to Cales to countries vncou●…h and vnknowen from whence like Ionathans bowe they neuer turned backe and like Sauls 〈◊〉 they neuer returned empty from the bloud of the s●…aine and from the fat of the ●…ighty F●…tly her Councell was alwaies deepe trustie and iudicious The body wherof though the Papists accuse of ignominious practises plaguy iniustice piracies proditions spiertes ●…nd foule artes to ●…osen the world round about vs yet wee who could neuer iudge of their Counsell but by the effects found alwaies the consequences thereof to be safety to her Maiesties person peace to the realme continuance to religion and helpe to the neighbour Churches round about vs. Sixtly her people were so obedient as they were ready to goe whether soeuer shee sent them and ready to disburse whatsoeuer sums her extraordinary charges caused her to demaund Her Proclamations were as strong as enacted lawes and her Priuate letters as forceable as Publike proclamations Seuenthly the world was so quiet in her time as England for 45. yeeres neuer knew by feeling what belonged to the warres And now her winding vp was in so quiet a season as not onely her owne kingdomes were in a generall peace but all the countries of Christiandome in a calme vnity and concord O quam te memorem virgo Then to descend from her owne personall Prosperitie and to speake of that happinesse which we enioyed by her gouernment who knoweth not that she was vnder God our Moses to deliuer vs out of the bondage and darknesse of the Romish Aegypt Our Dehora that brought downe the Spanish Iabin Our Sampson to auenge vs againe and againe of the Popish Philistims Our Dauid to fetch home the Arke of God euen the Gospel from other countries and to appoint Leuites euen godly Pastors to do seruice about it Our Salomon to giue vs siluer as common as stones and cedars as the wilde figge trees in the plaine Our Asa to put downe idols rood-lofts crosses crucifixes altars holy water holy waxe holy candle and such like filthy trumperie Our Iehu to destroy Baals Prophets the Iesuites and Seminary Priests and other frogs that come out of the mouth of the ●…gon Out Hezekiah to build vp treasuries for golde and siluer and pretious stones and 〈◊〉 odours and armories for munition and store-houses for wheat wine and ●…ile and stalles for beasts and stables for horses that is euery way to strengthen the kingdome with money victuals and defence Lastly our Iosiah to restore the booke of the Law and holy Scriptures abolishing Romish traditions vnwritten ●…erisies Popes decrees and d●…cretals and so one way and other to lade vs with all temporall and spirituall Prosperitie Now her gouernment prouing so abundantly Prosperous to her and to the land haue not we great cause to reioice that euer God aduanced her to so high an estate of dignitie And then by the way haue we not all I beseech you very great cause to mourne for so heauy a losse betided to vs all Verily if Dauid would haue the daughters of Israel to weepe for the death of Saul because he clothed them in scarlet with pleasures and hanged ornaments of golde vpon their appare●… then how are ye ô ye daughters of England to mourne for the death of Q. Elisabeth who not only gaue you these outward things in such abundance as our plaine Ancesters if they now rose from the dead would hardly acknowledge vs to be their posteritie but gaue vs righteousnesse and peace for clothing and the way to heauen for pleasure and the Gospel for a most precious treasure which all the Spanish Indians are not able to counterpoise But what do I most noble Queene preuenting nay with my meannesse abasing the solemnities of thy roiall funerals Or why do I so digresse from my ioyfull Text to tune dolefull Elegies of sorrow Or why do I by weeping with Dauid prouoke the people to turne the saluation of this present day into mourning Why rather go I not on to shew how Gods mercie hath mitigated the depth of this sorrow with a new occasion of ioy and calleth vs anew at this time also to reioice in the prosperitie of the Righteous We reade in the holy Scripture that when Moses the seruant of the Lord was dead who brought Israel out of Aegypt God raised vp Ioshuah to carry them ouer Iorden and to put them in possession of the promised land of Canaan Queene Elisabeth that good seruant of the Lord is dead which brought the people of this land out of the bondage and darkenesse of Poperie God is now raising vp a Ioshuah by whom we conceiue great hope to enioy the perfect beautie and complements of the Gospell Wherein not to stand vpon this that he is a Man so of more power and courage to all parts of gouernment

thou be a Righteous man the City will reioice in thy prosperity Sometimes God turneth it otherwise for he will be tied to no rule but that it is commonly so this Prouerbe of Salomon iustifieth in this place 3. This sentence admonisheth vs of a speciall duty of Brotherly loue which each Christian man oweth to another Christians must be Inquisitors after their neighbours religion and Surueiers of their neighbours waies Not as busy-bodies medling with that which belongeth not vnto them but as men imagining that they haue their part in any Prosperity or aduersity that betideth to their bretheren They must cast their eies about them and obserue who in that corner or country feareth God and loueth Righteousnesse and then withall they must make surueie how 〈◊〉 a man prospereth in the world and how he fareth in his outward 〈◊〉 And both these must they doe to th●… end that when they finde any child of God that washeth his pathes 〈◊〉 butter and whose rocke poureth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 uers of oile as Iob speaketh of 〈◊〉 Prosperity then with him and 〈◊〉 him they may reioice and be 〈◊〉 And when they shall see an h●…st man humbled and labourin●… 〈◊〉 the crosse then with him and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to mourne lament 〈◊〉 how shall we practise that precept of the Apostle Reioice with them that reioice and mourne with them that mourne Or how shall we shew our selues liuely members of the same body if when one member suffereth we suffer not with it and if when one of our members is had in honor we reioice not with it We read of Nehemiah that holy Reedifier of the holy city that howsoeuer himselfe were at ease yea 〈◊〉 in office at court for he was the kings cup bearer and so might haue liued voluptuously to himselfe alter the maner of our Sole-self-louing ●…iers yet his thoughts were occupied about his bretheren the Iewes and his city Ierusalem and therefore inquireth earnestly of them and their 〈◊〉 And hearing of the affliction of the people and desolation of the citie he mourned and wept and fa●…ed and praied as if himselfe had beene plunged in the same calamity And verily if the spirit of Nehemiah did breathe in our brests we would not be so wholly giuen vp to Selfe 〈◊〉 the cause of all sinne as we would altogether neglect what betideth our bretheren but we would be euer inquiring what good men liued about vs and how they fared what Churches God had planted abroad and how they thriued how the Churches of Christ flourished in France Germany Scotland Denmarke Sweeueland and else where And when we shall vpon due inquisition or suruey be giuen to vnderstand that God prospereth any one good man particularly or any company of good men generally then not to enuy or maligne them as Haman enuied Mordecaies fauour with the king or as Saule maligned Dauids reputation with the people or as some in our time haue belched out reproches against the neighbour Churches and the worthy men that liued in them but we should reioice with them as affected with their good and ioifully wish the continuance and increase of their Prosperity If we know but one Gaius in a country which is Paules host and the host of the church we should wish to him as Saint Iohn wisheth to his Gaius Beloued I wish chiefely that thou prosperedst and faredst wel If we see about vs an vpright minded man which serueth not the time nor professeth religion onely for shew but feareth God inwardly and walketh in the honesty of his conscience we should pray for him with the Psalmist Doe well ô Lord to those that be good and true in their hearts If we see any Church striuing to cast out Popery and to intertaine sincerity we should pray for it and the fauourers of it O pray for the peace of Ierusalem let them prosper that loue thee And certainly if we be true hearted Citizens of the holy city new Ierusalem we will not onely pray for it and for all that doe belong vnto it but also when any good betideth it or them which they needed and we praied for we will be ready to reioice with them and to praise God for them according to this sentence of Solomon In the prosperity of the righteous the city reioiceth And heere now is sit place and iust occasion offered to stirre vs vp with thankfulnesse to be ioyfull and with ioifulnesse to be thankfull vnto God for all those holy and gracious persons by whole rising vp and Prosperity so much good hath beene done in our time and country Among all which we are bound in the first place to performe high and honorable Obsequies to her who while she liued 〈◊〉 the first and highest place in the kingdome I meane The high and migh●… Princesse our late most renouned and soueraigne Lady Q. Elisabeth Mundi tot●… vna decus The glory of the world as master Beza called her and of whom that may be said as truly as it was of Luther in his time Rome ruentis 〈◊〉 maximus She was the very terror of that declining Popedome No honest man doubteth I trow to number her with the Righteous who planted the word of Righteousnesse among vs and susteined the intolerable malice of all Papists enemies vnto Righteousnesse gouerned by Righteous lawes and ministred right to men yea lastly was an harbour to all distressed Christians that fled hither from diuers places for Righteousnesse sake I trust God hath heard the millions of holy praiers made for her while she liued and hath giuen her a rich inheritance with the Righteous and a large portion in that Christ whose Gospell by her means had so free passage in the lande and was glorified by the conuersion and saluation of so many thousands But to the purpose How Prosperous this Queene was in all her waies the Papistes obserue with grinding their teeth but we should applaud with clapping of hands Farre vnlike was her state to her sister Q. Marie for of her M. Foxe recordeth that nothing euer succeeded well which she tooke in hand But of this we may auouch that Prosperitie of Iob Gods light shined vpon her head and Gods prouidence was vpon her tabernacle She was renowmed at home and abroad Euery eare that heard her blessed her and euery eye that saw her gaue testimony vnto her From her youth she was reserued as it were to the Crowne by want of issue in her brother and sister All Queene Maries daies she was woonderfully preserued euen by the meanes as was thought of that Philip of Spaine who afterwards became her deadly enemie Shee that then was ledde homely tanquamouis as a sheepe to the prison was not long after attended magnificently as a princely Lionesse to the scepter and when shee was once setled in the throne what Prosperitie euer betided a Prince wherewith her cup did not abundantly ouerflow Tertullian describing