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A05171 A sermon preached on Munday, the seauenteenth of March, at Westminster at the opening of the Parliament. By the Bishop of Bathe and Welles. Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1628 (1628) STC 15305; ESTC S102879 18,331 48

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bound vp though but as one of the Bundle yet therein vnder God they are strong and safe But when the Band is broken and they perhaps as they wish in the Head headlong they runne vpon their own Ruine Thus you haue seene the Apostles care for Vnity For Vnity but faine would he haue it of the Spirit This Vnity hee desires you should keepe yea studdy and endeauour to keepe as the Spirit is ready to preuent and assist that you may bee able to keepe it This Vnity must be kept in peace And if you will haue it sure in the band of peace That which remaines is that you obey and follow the Apostles Exhortation That all of you in your selues and with others endeauour to keepe the Vnity of the Spirit in the band of peace both in Church and Common-wealth For good Counsell such as heere our Apostles is doth not make Church or state happy when t is giuen but when t is followed And to the danger that may come it addes guilt to all such as will not obey the counsell that they may preuent the danger And let me say thus much for the Vnity of the Spirit 'T is that which ties vs one to another and all to God and God to all Without God wee cannot be safe either in this life or that to come And without this Vnity no man is sure of his Neighbours assistance nor any man of Gods But by this Vnity GOD himselfe is content to be bound to you And that which is bound is sure and ready at need Et fortis cum debili ligatus illum portat se saith Saint Chrysostome And strength bound to weakenesse beares vp both it selfe and weakenesse And in this sence I can admit of Scaligers Subtilty That Vnity is Omnipotent Keepe Vnity then and be sowre t is honourable Iustice vpon any that shall endeauour to breake it He deserues not to liue that would dissolue that band by which God hath bound himselfe to assist the Church and the Common-wealth Our Aduersaries make Vnity a Note of the Church and they perswade such as will beleeue them that wee haue no Vnity and so no Church I would not haue Occasion giuen them to inlargé their doctrine lest in the next place they take vpon them to proue that we haue no Common-wealth neithor for want of Vnity Now to Keepe Vnity I haue made bold to direct you one way already and heer 's an other 'T is necessary that the Gouernors haue a good and a quick eye to discouer the cunning of them that would breake the Vnity first and the whole Body after You shall giue a guesse at them by this They 'll speake as much for Vnity as any men but yet if you marke them you shall still finde them busy about the knot that bindes vp Vnity in peace somewhat there is that wrings them there They will pretend perhaps t is very good there should be Vinculum A Band to binde men to Obedience ô God forbid else but they would not haue the knot too hard Take heed Their aime is They would haue a little more liberty that haue too much already Or perhaps they 'll pretend they would not vntie the knot no there may bee danger in that but they would onely turne it to the other side because this way it lyes vneasily But this is but a shift neither For turne the knot which way you will all binding to Obedience will be grieuous to some It may be they 'll protest that though they should vntie it yet they would not leaue it loose They would perhaps tie it otherwise but they would bee sure to knit it as fast Trust not this pretext neither Out of Question their meaning is to tie vp Vnity in a Bow-knot which they might slip at One End when they list Indeed whatsoeuer they pretend if they be curious about the knot I pray looke to their fingers and to the Band of peace too For whatsoeuer the pretences bee they would be at the dissoluing of Vnity Well Prouide for the keeping of Vnity And what then Why then God blesse you with the Successe of this Day For this Day the seuenteenth of March I. Caesar ouerthrew Sex Pompeius And that Victory was in Spaine and Spaine which had long beene troublesome setled and came quietly in by that one Action And this very Day too Fredericke the Second entered Ierusalem and recouered whatsoeuer Saladine had taken from the Christians But I must tell you These Emperours and their forces were great keepers of Vnity The first Lesson at this Daies Euening prayer is Iudg. 4. There Sisera Captaine of Iabins Army fell before Israel But I must tell you The two Tribes Zabulon and Nepthali went vp in great both Vnity and courage against them Iudg. 5. And I make no doubt but this Day may be a Day of happy successe to this Church and state if S. Paul may be heard and that yet before it be too to late there bee a hearty Endeauour to keepe the Vnity of the Spirit in the Band of peace And now to conclude I beseech you Remember That all this Vnity and Peace what ere it be and when t is at the best is but Vestigium a track and a footing of that euerlasting peace which is to come And I would not haue you so loue this peace of grace that you should at any time forget the infinite peace ofGlory The band whereof nor Earth nor Hell can breake For t is not folly onely but madnesse saith Saint Gregory to loue this Peace this Vnity which is but a foot-step a print in the dust soone worne out soone defaced and not loue God and his Peace A quo impressum est whose very foot made this so safe so happy so pleasant as it is But I cannot but hope better things of you and such as accompany safety heere and Saluation hereafter For you haue not so learned Christ as that you can preferre any Vnity before his Or neglect the safe keeping of that which is his footstep in this world The Vnity of the Spirit Let vs therefore all pray vnto GOD That he will euermore giue both the King and his People the comfort of his Spirit That that Spirit of his may so direct all your Counsells that they may be for Vnity That following the direction of this Spirit of Grace wee may enioy the Vnity of the same Spirit both in Church and Common-wealth That all our Endeauours publike and priuate may tend to the keeping of this Vnity That our keeping of Vnity may bee such as it ought In Peace in the very band of Peace I beganne with Saint Pauls Exhortation I end with his Prayer and Benediction 2. Thess. 3. T is the prayer of this Day For t is the second Lesson at Euening Seruice The God of Peace giue you peace alwaies and by all meanes Peace in concord and Peace in Charity Peace on Earth and Peace in Heauen Peace of Grace and Peace in Glory To all which Christ for his infinite mercies sal●e bring vs all To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit bee ascribed all might Maiesty and Dominion this day and for euer Amen FINIS Verse 5. Verse 6. Verse 4. Verse 5. Verse 4. Verse 13. Verse 4. Ver. 11 12. Ver. 1. Ver. 3. Ver. 3. Ver. 13. Ibid. Ver. 14. Acts 19. 38. 1. Cor. 5. 12. S. Mat. 2. 3. Act. 19. 20. Ver. 23. Ibid. 2. Sam. 15. 4. Epist. 5. Acts 4. 32. Vnin est aliquo●um distinctorū Thom. 2. 2. q. 17. ● 3. c. Iud. 20. 11. Iud. 20. 17. Ibid. Lib. 2. de Ord. c. 18. Esay 9. 21. Cal● Bucer Lapide Ibid. Lyra. Hu. Card. Amb. Cath. Beza Lapide Ibid. Ibid. Tra. 110. in S. 10. Psal. 68. 6. Verse 4. Hom. 9. in Eph. Lib. 4. Ep. 76. Ibid. Esay 11. 2. Episl. 63. Psal. 2. 2. ●er 6. de verb. Dom. c. 12. Psal. 83. 4. In Psal. 140. Psal. 50. 19. S. Ioh. 19. 23. Bellar 3. de Eccles Mil. c. 2. §. Nostra autem Ibid. In Gen. c. 7. Psal. 53. 5. Ezek. 3. 17. Acts 20. 28. Acts 19. 32. Hom. 9. in Ephes. Tho. 2 2. 9. 183. A. 2. ad 3. Aphoris 84. In Psal 99. Hom. 9. in Eph. Tho. p. 1. q. 31. ● 1. 2. Philo apud Tho. ● 2. q. 183. d. 2 3 Psal. 120. 5. Verse 2 ●n Psal. 99. Salust in Coniur. Ca●●l Epist. 252. Ibid. S. Luk. 9. 55. Tho. 2. 2 q. 29. A. 2. 4. Ibid. Psal. 127. 2. Lib. 1. De Doct. Christiana prolo Lapide Ibid. Epist. ad philedelph Psal. 2. 3. In Psal 2. Verse 4. Verse 9. Hom. 9. in Eph. Exerc. 365. §. 1. Iudg. 4. Iudg. 5. 8. Par. 3. pastor curae Ad. 23. ● Thess. 3. 16.