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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96870	Lex talionis: or, God paying every man in his own coyn. Held forth in a sermon preached at Margarets Westminster, before the Honorable House of Commons, on their solemn fast, July 30th, 1645. / By Francis Woodcock, minister at Olaves Southwark, one of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of that House.	Woodcock, Francis, 1614?-1651.	1646 (1646)	Wing W3431; Thomason E294_13; ESTC R200182	17,870	31

despise me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The root of this word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to despise neglect abominate And is diversly rendered by the Septuagint sometimes by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to esteem lightly sometimes by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to deride sometimes they use the word dishonouring sometimes the word making nothing of to expresse it by T is here opposed to the former expression of honouring and therefore to despise God must needs signifie to set him at nought or to make light of him Shall be lightly esteemed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to esteem lightly to make light of It signifies also to roast because roasted or burnt things have much of their weight drawn out by the fire To be despised is opposed to that being honoured of God mentioned before The summe of all this much Such with more the authority of God carries weight upon such God will put weight and esteem but such as contemn God shall also be set at nought and made light of by him or as the Scripture speaks other where shall be accounted light and vain persons The words being thus opened I now proceed to make Observations upon them And first in that we see God dispencing honours or dishonours to men according as they regard or disregard his honour I observe this Observ 1 God is specially regardfull of and above all things tender of his own honour 'T is a clear case God would not have the esteem of men be measured by that respect which themselves have to Gods honour if above all things God had not regard to his own honour Secondly In that it is said He will honour and He will despise meaning God a next Observation may be this Observ 2 Look what reproach or honour happens to any it is God that is the great and chief disposer of it I will honour Thirdly From the manner of Gods dispencing reproach and honour Observ 3 According as any endeavour the honour or dishonour of God so shall they be honoured or made light of by him I begin with the first of these viz. God is especially regardfull of and above all things tender of his own honour He is so so the Scripture speaks him Isa 42. 8. I am the Lord that is my Name and my glory will I not give unto another God will give away any thing but his glory but by no means will he part with that nothing else so dear to him which he will not give away he 'll part with his only begotten son he 'll give his holy Spirit his grace he 'll give away he will part with heaven and happinesse yea he 'll give away himself but yet he will not give away his glory In this consideration it is he is called a jealous God he is jealous of his honour he loves his creature I but he is jealous of his honour the strongest passion of all other is conversant about his honour And no marvell for this honour and glorie of his is of all things that are the most excellent His Name alone is excellent and his glory above the earth and heaven Psal 148. 15. Put heaven and earth with all the glories of them in the balance and let Gods glory only be weighed against them and that weight of glory pertaining to God will quickly shew the glory of all the creature to be light and vanity Besides this honour of God is the great end of all things It was for the manifestation of his glory that he made the world so that of it God may say like as once Nebuchadnezzar Is not this that great world that I have made Dan 4. 30. by the might of my power and for the honour of my Majestie For his honour it was that he made the world and when this is denied him by a deluge he again destroyes the world Vse 1 Is this so is God indeed so tender of his own honour Then certainly God cannot be well pleased with Idolaters or proud persons the Idolater he cannot away with as giving the honour due to God unto another the proud person because he takes it all unto himself the Idolater dishonours God in making God a creature the proud person in making the creature God neither of them but are very unacceptable to God God above all things regarding his honour and they altogether regardlesse of it Vse 2 Again Is God above all things tender of his own honour then cannot he endure the prostituting his honour to any end besides it self much lesse to any base end Accordingly to prostitute Religion from whence God hath most honour either to gaine or peace or any such like carnall end cannot but be displeasing to God and therefore should we of this Kingdom be so enamoured of our former quiet as for the gaining of it to be content to quit our Religion hopes of Reformation and the execution of justice upon the capitall Delinquents of the Kingdome God would assuredly never be pleas'd with such a peace God hath made his honour our end only we doe infinitely abase it when we make it a means to serve our ends Vse 3 Again Let none therefore presume so farre upon the favour and indulgence of God as thereupon to take the boldnesse to dishonour him God may love them well but his honour better such as have been dearest to him have paid for it when they have dishonoured him yea so passionately is God affected to his own honour as that although we were the signet of his right hand he would cast us aside rather then that by us his honour should be diminished Observ 2 Look what honour or dishonour befals any 't is God that is the great disposer of it The Scripture is clear in it Promotion saies the Psalmist Psal 75. 6. cometh neither from the East nor from the West but God is the Judge he putteth downe one and setteth up another 'T is part of Hannah's prayer or song 1 Sam. 2. 8. He raiseth the beggar from the dunghill and equals him with Princes The antiphone or counter-part whereof is sung by David He poureth contempt upon Princes and levels them with the dung-hill Psal 107. 40. Afflictions such as dishonour and reproach are we Iob 5. 6. are told in Job do not spring out of the dust they happen not by chance and as not dishonour so nor doth honour spring from the dust neither and though 't is true the Scripture sometime mentions the laying our honour in the dust it no Psal 7. 5. where saies it first arises out of it 'T is then the same great Potter that formeth vessels of Rom. 9. 21. honour and dishonour for the future life who also makes the vessels of honour and dishonour of the present life He that doth the one doth the other also And there 's good reason he should Did any else dispose of

honour and dishonour Did chance or fortune as they call it dispose them it would be a blinde disposall indeed we then should see that done every day of chance which Jacob once did purposely and of choice The right hand put upon the younger the left hand on the Elder we Gen. 48. 14. Eccl ●0 7. should most familiarly see servants on horses and Princes walking as servants by them and so what encouragement would there be of any to well doing if shame and honour happened to us of chance who would in hope of honour be moved to vertuous action when such action is as likely to be rewarded with shame as honour Or who through fear of shame will be deterr'd from wickednesse when that notwithstanding he 's every way as fair as any to be advanced to highest honours Nor were the matter much amended were they at the dispose and arbitriment of man it would then be carried with so much partialnesse so little regard of worth and so much regard of friends and interests besides of so uncertain a tenure would that honour be that depends upon the fancie and humour of man that to want it on such termes may seem as great a happinesse as to enjoy it But now that God should have the ordering of them what more equall Who more meet to dispose of reward and punishment which honour and dishonour are then he that makes the law upon the breaking or keeping whereof reward or punishment are to be dispenced Besides who so meet to have the award of these to man as God who as he best understands the true weight and value of each mans actions so also is most just to give to every man according to his works Vse 1 If this be so in vain then doe we court or Prince or people for honours not expecting it at all from the hand of God Indeed the Prince may load his favourite with titles so much may be done for the man whom the Prince will honour but as for any reall weighty abiding honour he must say as once the King of Israel to the woman If the Lord thy God doe not honour thee how can I honour thee 1 King 6. 27. They therefore mistake the way to honour who to purchase it depart from us going over to the enemy alas What doe such do but forsaking the living fountain of honour Ier. 2. 13. dig unto themselves broken cisterns that will yeeld them none 'T is true the King is there neverthelesse there is not the fountain of honour for 't is God that doth dispose unto the sons of men shame and honour so that although it frequently comes to passe as Solomon observes it did in his daies that every man seeks the Rulers favour hoping Prov. 29. 26. that that being gained they shall not fail to swim in happinesse and honour yet as the same Solomon adds every mans judgement is of the Lord God will have the casting voice in every mans promotion which is the same was cited out of the Psalm before God is the Judge he lifteth Psal 75. 6. up one and casteth down another Vse 2 Believe this same let every of us resolve upon it it is so then if honour come we shall know whom to thank for it if for well doing our names are like to suffer we shall know into whose hands to trust them as allso in the losse of honour whither to goe to be repaired I have done with both the former Observations upon which I intended but a touch and now haste to the third upon which I shall with your patience insist a little longer Observ 3 Accordingly as we either honour or dishonour God accordingly shall we be honoured or sleighted by him Or if you had rather take the words of the Text Them that honour God God will honour and them that despise him shall be lightly esteemed In prosecution whereof we shall enquire 1. What it is to honour God as also what it is to despise to dishonour God 2. How it can with satisfaction be made appear to all of us That accordingly as any doe honour or dishonour God accordingly they shall be honoured or disesteemed by him In answer to the former to honour God according to the notation of the word mentioned before can be nothing else then to give God that weight and value which is due unto him It is to weigh the Lord in the balance of the Sanctuary and to give him all the allowances of worth and value that appertain to him Mistake me not I say not ought can be added to that innate excellency that is in God Should all the creatures cast into the balance their severall glories they all together could not adde unto it the least grain of glory all their glory in this case is no more then what the Prophet saith themselves are when put in counterpoyse with God who are but as the small dust of the balance yea accounted lesse then nothing and vanity We indeed must be beholden to Isa 40. 17. fellow creatures to honour us else we get none but 't is not so with God he being equally glorious before he made any creature as he is at this day So that though Sunne and Moon and Starrs Angels and men yea all the hosts of Heaven and Earth continually empty all their glories into God yet is he swell'd up no higher hereby then we see the Ocean is which notwithstanding all the rivers running into it is never the fuller To adde then any thing of dignity to God this is not the Scriptures meaning when it speaks of honouring God It is not I say to bestow some worth upon God which he had not before but rather to take notice of and acknowledge that worth and excellency which was in him before And therefore if the Scriptures be consulted we shall finde that to conceive weighty thoughts of God believing him to be that great that gracious that just holy God his vvord and works shew him to be to speak of him accordingly readily and without dispute to receive his commands this is plainly to honour God Thus God having promised Abraham a sonne and he conceiving him able and faithfull that had promised and thereupon Rom 4 20. mauger all the contradiction of flesh and bloud believing the performance in so doing is said to glorifie God In like manner when Achan is called upon to confesse his sin Iosh 7. 19. and so condemning himself to justifie the Lord this in Scripture language is to glorifie God And when Peter upon the call of God is willing to suffer death for the Gospel such an obedience unto death is accounted a glorifying Ioh. 21 19. or honouring God You see what it is to honour God we next enquire what it is to dishonour him And this is not to detract any thing of substantiall worth from God for that as it is capable of no addition as we saw ere while so neither