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A10052 Prælium & præmium. The Christians warre and rewarde A sermon preached before the Kings maiestie at VVhitehall the 3. of May. 1608. By Daniell Price Master of Arts of Exeter Colledge, and chapleyn in ordinarie to the prince Price, Daniel, 1581-1631. 1608 (1608) STC 20298; ESTC S113692 18,212 36

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honorable it wil be most miserable To heauen if ye desire to come here ye must overcome yea you your selues my thrice Hon Lords must your selues endeuour to ouercome though worthilie you be imploied in the greatest state of the kingdome O forget not the state of the greatest kingdome though yee be Domint Terrae yet yee are but terra Demint though yee were the Lords of the whose world yet the whole world cannot ouercome for you Jt is only your faith this is the aime the scope the marke the armour the complement the weapon of your warfare the victorie of your combat euē your faith Not your wit wisdome honour followers not armies not navies be able to ouercome for you Not wit it is vertues wanton iudgments ouerthrow Not wiscom it is the peoples talke the statists opinion Not eloquence it is deceipts Councellour Hipocrisies advancer Not honour it is ennies obiect cares subiect Not friends they are but profits guard affections we thercockes Not armies they are wraths executioners deaths purseuants Not navies they are the Oceans wracke and the windes run awaies Not al the world and the power thereof for the victorie of that power is but the swords whetstone and cruelties want O thē remember the weapons of your warfare are not carnal but spiritual therefore take vnto you the whole Armour of God that yee maie bee able to resist in the euil daie hauing finished all things stand fast Yee haue latelie celebrated the festiuitie of S. Georges knights with manie laudable honourable and religious ceremonies Long maie yee so celebrate it to the glorie of your God ioie of your King honor of your nation and eternal perpetuitie of loue among your selues Might I presume I could shew your Honors another order of knighthood not an new order for I am sure it was the first that euer was in Christendome and in the scriptures heraldrie you maie finde it emblasoned by the proper armes robes motto Schutchion that belong to this order The order of S. Vincent it is the order of the Saint in my Text Vincenti the order of Saint Vincent But it is such an order that whosoeuer be knights of this order must first be knights of the bath they mustwash and bathe themselues as David did and then they shal be dubd and double knighted and then God who is the soveraigne of the order and Christ Iesus the Prince of Peace the President of the order and the holy spirit the Bishop of our soules and Prelate of the order and the Angels the guardians and heavenly heralds of that order shal bring forth the vnder robe purity the vpper robe righteousnes the Helmet salvation the sword the spirit the Eschouchion a white crosse in a bloody fielde vnder the Crosse a Serpent latent and a Lyon couchāt Death and hell ouer the Crosse a Crowne triumphant a lawrell slorant honour and power and the motto Vincenti dabitur And this is the most honorable order of knighthood he that is of this order of S. Vincent is not onlie a knight of the Bath but a knight of S. Michaell for he hath overcome the deuil and a knight of Saint George for he hath ouercome the olde Dragon and a knight of the Temple for he is the Temple of the holy Ghost and a knight of the holy Ghost for the holy spirit of God dwelleth in him O that yee were such knights such Conquerours I shoulde nowe returne againe vnto my Lorde the King to beseech his Maiestie to establish this order but who am I that should I presume so much I feare mee I haue already presumed to too much I wil goe to my heaunely Lord the King beseech him to establish it in you all that you may all ouercome be al rewarded that what at this time yee haue herd carefully you maie conceaue rightly beleeue faithful lie discerne fruitfullie and practise effectually that at the length you may receaue your reward in the Court of that celestial Citye the gates wherof bee of pearle the streets of gold the walls of pretious stones the Tēple God the light the lambe the Cheere ioye the exercise singing the Quire Angells the Hymne Haleluiah Amen Amen FINIS