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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04085	A sermon preached before King Charles, March 27. 1627. Being the anniuersary of his Maiesties inauguration: by Isacc [sic] Bargraue, Doctor in Diuinity, then chaplaine to his Maiestie in attendance: and Deane of Canterbury: by His Maiesties speciall command	Bargrave, Isaac, 1586-1643.	1627 (1627)	STC 1414; ESTC S120694	11,949	24

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one whose will is his law and his children the children of disobediēce are stiled by the holy Ghost The sons of Belial the sons of perdition Deus est sua cuique cupido Of all Idolaters he is the most incorrigible who makes his will his God Euery siune is so voluntary that it were no sinne if it were not voluntary Sinnes of infirmity are especially said to bee committed against God the Father whose especiall attribute is power sinnes of ignorance against God the Sonne whose especiall attribute is wisedome but sinnes of malice are sinnes against God the holy Ghost whose especiall attribute is loue T is ill to offend in the former t is fearefull with Saul and his people here to offend in the latter kind If therewere no wil saith holy Bernard there would be no hell Not but that if our will be subiect to Gods will it is in one respect the best of all the soules faculties it being the faculty by which we enioy all other good things Neuer sacrifice more acceptable to God then that of Christ to his Father non quod ego volo Not as I Math. 2● 39. will but as thou wilt Whereas on the contrary nor witchcraft nor Idolatry could be more displeasing to God then Sauls Rebell●on insomuch as Gods Spirit forsooke him because he would not forsake his owne will Non obedire not to haue done the will of the Lord this might haue beene only a sinne of errour or infirmity but nolle obedire as it is here in this Text rebelliously to reiect his Word resist his Spirit and not to be so much as willing to doe his will such stubbornnesse and contumacy was as the iniquity of witchcraft and Idolatry So that now I am come to the very ayme of my text and could wish I had no occasion to proceed I would to God that Saul and his people were only guilty of this sinne but I feare too iustly that I haue beene all this while but telling our owne tale mutato nomine de nobis fabula I professe in verbo Sacerdotis that my conscience apprehends nothing so likely to prouoke yet Gods heauier Iudgements vpon this Land then our wilfulnes and disobedience our stubbornnesse and contumacy first against God in heauen secondly against his Deputy on earth For the first how often hath the Lord called vs by his Word how often by his Iudgements yet at what easie rates haue we sold our obedience to our good God Though Caesar permitted a man to breake his oath yet hee would haue it done for a kingdome Siluester the second as Platina reported gaue his soule to the diuell but it was for a Popedome Fearefull bargaines these Alas What profits it a man to winne the whole world and to lose his owne soule Yet see our contracts are more wickedly ridiculous We wretched wormes will disobey our God for the least interest of gaine the least wantonnesse of the flesh the least punctilio of honour the least atome of vanity for very vile and wretched things that vanish as smoake and if wee compare them either with the eternity of God in Heauen or with the incertainty of our life on earth things that are as if they were not at all yet for their sakes doe we become worse then Iudas himselfe for hee sold Christ but once and that for thirtie pieces of siluer we daily sell him thirty times and that scarce for the price of one piece We sinne because we will sinne for euery trifle swearing by his precious wounds abusing his gracious blessings being as bad as Pilate also crucifying againe the Lord Iesus to giue life vnto Barabbas a murtherer that is vnto our sinfull will that slayes our soules That will and heart of ours which we should giue vp to God our lust hath it or our ambition either new Wine hath Hosea 4. 1● Matth. 6. 2● taken it away or else where our Treasure is there is our heart also Would we but looke conscienciously into our selues we should finde that there are two willes in man the will of the flesh and the will of the spirit the one from our selues the other from God If we will follow that only which is our owne the will of the flesh we are meere Monothelites as bad as beasts themselues but if wee submit the will of the flesh to the will of the spirit Tunc erit vera pax hominis quando caro animo iudice regitur animus Deo praeside gubernatur Then is there perfection of happinesse in the soule of man when the flesh is gouern'd by the Spirit and the Spirit by God At which Christian perfection if wee will ayme when God commands we must not spare to slay our Agag to mortifie our neerest dearest sinnes Nay Obedire est obaudire so to captiuate our wils to God that we must heare him not only against our sinnes but against our selues too And that not only in prosperity but in aduersity also otherwise we shall be like a bow which will bend in the belly only but not in the backe In a word Obedience to God is a Royall Sacrifice The feare of the Lord is the glory of the King Though Kings Psal ● 10. haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the will of the subiects vnder them yet God hath the will of Kings vnder him Though Kings be Gods before men yet they are but men before God though Gods on earth yet but Gods of earth subiects to the God of Heauen God raiseth one King by the death of another to let vs know that the liuing King depends vpon the liuing God Though yee are the children of the most high yet yee shall die like men Psal 82. No foundation of a King so sure as obedience to him that made him King No Sacrifice so acceptable as for the King to lay downe his will at Gods Altar As nothing more hatefull in a subiect then rebellion to his King So nothing more dangerous in a King then rebellion to God but if the King trusts in the Psal 21. 7. mercy of the Lord he shall not slide For he giueth deliuerance to Kings and reskues Dauid his seruant Psal 144. ●● from the hurtfull sword Nor doth the benefit of Royall obedience to God redound to the King alone the King by his righteousnesse Prou. 2● ● maintaines the Countrey Foelix Respub in qua qui imperat timet Deum saith Iustin How long hath our owne happy experience demonstrated to vs That the Piety of the King is the preseruation of the Common-wealth Nor can we iustly forget the happinesse of this Day wherein our owne soules know that God hath enlarged vs the continuance of this vnualewable blessing a most Pious Sonne succeeding a most Religious Father T is not with vs where the King obeyes the Iesuite the Iesuite his Rector the Rector his Generall his Generall the Pope the Pope his owne Traditions aboue the