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A10400	Noble Blastus the honor of a lord chamberlaine: and of a good bed-chamber--man: or The courtier justified in conditions of peace. Being a sermon preacht the 27. of March, 1631. before Sir Lucius Cary, and the congregation at Burford Church in Oxfordshire; with speciall relation to the Coronation-day, and the plague and dearth then among the people. By Iohn Randol Bachelor in Divinitie, of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxford.	Randal, John, b. 1594 or 5.	1633 (1633)	STC 20684; ESTC S115627	20,820	42

then Tyre and both before the Trojan warre Iustin lib. 18. Curtius sayes Agenor built them both No matter which were the antienter 〈◊〉 both famous townes of merchandise they we●● the Sidonians Homer celebrates for many-a●ted many-crafted and cunning-crafted men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Virgill for the verses or the kindreds sake Sidonia Dido though Iustin say shee was born at Tyre Famous Queene Dido discontented at her hushands death fled into Africk there built Carthage and so renowned her sexe aswell as name that once a woman gat the third part of the world Iustin lib. 18. lib. 2. at Tyre was Cadmus borne that did build Thebes and for ought we know our selves might come from Tyre at Tyre the art of navigation and of making glasse the siderall science and martiall discipline with many other learned arts their first invention had The freedome and incomparable commodity of the sea gave them variety of fame and fortune too their youth they did diffuse throughout all the world and who but Tyre and Sidon in all the Colonies of Africk and Europe did beare the name as Iustin Curtius Plinij Mela and others report at large But what need heathen authors the sacred text is full and gives praecedency perpetually to Tyre From Tyre did David and Solomon fetch their Caedar for sumptuous building of a Temple to the omnipotent God 2 Chron. 2.3 Tyre was the Mart and fare for all the world Fine wheat and spices Unicornes hornes and Elephants teeth lead iron and tynne they were no traffick with them But silk and purple silver gold and pearle the sardius topaze and the diamond the Chrysolite and the onix the jasper sapphire and the emeraude with every other pretions stone their shops and garments were as rich below as if they would compare with the pavement of the new Hierusalem above the starres Read the 27. and 28 Chap. of Ezekiel and wonder whether ever there were a statelyer City in the world then was this purple Tyre this golden Tyre nay that is not enough but this crowning Tyre Queene of the seas nay goddesse of the seas whose merchants were princes and their chapmen the Nobles of the world Thou great creator of new Princes where and when thou pleasest Thou whose very servants can susteine such losse of ponderous summes without any sensible decay as would make a Noble man of other Countryes shrink into his prime originall againe As the Prophet Esay doth describe thine honour in termes as rich as thou art proud Esay 23. Thou that fearest Neptune more then God or Alexander the great hast thou not yet beene often enough destroyed Once did Nebuchadnezar ruine all thy state another time Alexander the great Those Monarchs honoured thee in attempting such a prize And had the Romane Monarch Caesar been thy foe thou hadst againe beene honoured here But now t is Herod a vassall King What is the cause between yee or if not so the pretense what is it Monarchs and free Cities seldome doe agree these to preserve and magnifie their owne invite the neighbour subjects to like freedome with themselves those to maintaine their ambition and their lust strive to enslave the others like unto their owne Embassadors Agents and Merchants whosoever you be that traffique into other common wealths whose forme peradventure may differ from your owne your licence is from God to preserve each other in exchanging friendshipps wealth and wares but no authority have you to destroy each others forme The stately melancholy comes aswell from God as doth the sanguine mirth Monarchs as lawfull as free cities are free cities as legitimate as they I speake for servants faith that they be not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 medlers in other Princely governments where they have nothing to doe Preserve your owne then let others look to theirs preserving is good but over-magnifying ruines all as Tyre and Sidon here were like to do For which Herod was hostilely intended against the Tyrians and Sidonians The greater riches are the greater prey by armes that cannot by submission must defend themselves Your riches Tyre and want of armes are your destruction now unlesse you doe submit it is better to want wealth then government of wealth For which Herod was hostilely intended against the Tyrian and Sidonian Townes There is a truer God of Tyre then they themselves their pride and covetousnesse their falsehood in their wares the true God of Tyre doth justly punish now in suffering Herod to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a denouncer of warre against the Tyrian and Sidonian pride Remember Tyre you long agoe were given of God for your Idolatry to Asers tribe Iosh 19. v. 29. your Idolatry doth still remaine for which God suffers Herod now to threaten warre upon you Remember Tyre and Sidon how that our Saviour Christ vouchsafed to come to you Mat. 15. when never a Tyrian nor Sidonian would vouchsafe to come to him but only a Syro-phenician dwelling neere whose daughter was so piteously perplexed with a devill Now therefore hee hath delivered you into Herods hands Deus impios per impios punit God punisheth sinners by sinners greater then themselves the Idolatrous Israelites by more Idolatrous Nebuchadnezer the proud mercilesse Tyrians by Herod that was more mercilesse then they They that are prime in Gods favour shall bee prime in punishment too if they prove unthankfull unto God the Tyrians have praeheminence in both and therefore in the method of Gods revenge the warre is principally against the Tyrian towne against the Tyrians and Sidonians and principally against the Tyrians Herod caries a most bloody minde Nay Tyre you shall have judgement to a scruple now you boasted that your chapmen were as rich as Noble men in other countryes were By what men sinne they shall be punisht by the same by chapmen did you sinne by chapmen shall you be punisht here is a chapman for you but in a Nobler kinde if ye will joyne all together to make a good reward Blastus shall mediate your peace unto the King _____ So much of the Tyrians and Sidonians Now of their action But they came all with one accord unto him But who acquaints them with the displeasure of the King Likely some messenger did advertise them of the Kings designe some summons or some pretensive claime there was A Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon saith Solomon Prov. 19.12 Now a lyons roaring is but a proem to the devouring of the next good prey he meets and the wider he roares the greater is the preparation of his stomack to devoure So is the fury of a King Inferiours therefore must not looke for much discussion of the cause but presently appease the displeasure that 's begunne and therefore they came all with one accord unto him They came and they came all and they came all with one accord unto him Unanimity is the Kingdomes wall and weale Not like a heard of furious bulles that turne their heads one against

another but like the musick of the Lute where all the strings harmoniously agree so come they now with one accord It seemes it was a popular estate and that the Citizens had all their voices in matters of so great a consequence as was the consultation of peace and warre such was the custome of Aristotles time Lib. 4. politic cap. 14. and here some hundreds of yeares after that They came with one accord And yet the cities came not all abroad but men selected for the embassie of peace The whole Kingdome may be said to doe whatsoever is done by eligible men Embassadors and agents are of antient right and must be able to perswade or to discusse a cause and they by their embassadors came with one accord and perswaded Blastus They are come then but not yet admitted into the presence of the King Kings live in greater state then Free Cities doe there is no treating with them unlesse some great Internuncio be made your friend therefore they perswade Blastus Arch-Prophet Nathan himselfe of old did not enter into Davids presence untill some great attendant had preinformed the King 1 Kings 1.23 Nor here the Embassadors of Tyre to preserve the ancient honor of the Jewes Court dare once presume without the mediation of Blastus to enter the presence of the King But they came with one accord and having perswaded Blastus the Kings Chamberlaine one of or one over the Kings Bebchamber But who may this Blastus bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in greeke in Latin Germen is a branch or yong twigge in our English tongue it skills not greatly what the name but what the nature and office of the man imports his office was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 either one of the Kings bedchamber or one over the Kings bedchamber either Provost over the whole chamber as the Imperiall order is or else one of the Chamber to his sacred person it is uncertaine which for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in office will beare both ingreek But certaine it is that he was very neare and very deare unto the King himselfe some prime bedchamber man at least it may be of his secret Councell too such as Aristotle calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 2. of his Polit. and 5. chap. men surpassing others in qualities laudable and fit for Courts Some streine it to the Treasurer or Secretary of State because they have alwayes free accesse to the presence of the King but that cannot so properly be here for they are neither of them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither directly over nor directly of the Kings bedchamber as here Blastus was sayes my learned councell of interpreters upon the text Illustrious Princes have many noble servants wise in the worlds esteeme and gracious in their masters eyes of this sort Blastus was The matter they propound was faire and advantageous to the King as well as to themselves So Blastus hee becomes the mediator of their peace The Courtier justified against all his adversaries English Greek and Latin But O noble Blastus I finde thee much accused a Jury of interpreters have condēned thee for a corrupted man I am ashamed to name them there are so many of them wel oyled with gifts thou undertak●●st the cause they say or else thou wouldst not speake a word But which of thē can prove it to be so Why might not Blastus being great in office noble in dispositiō of nature as his very name imports and prudently foreseeing that the matter might be wel accorded both for the Kings purpose the Tyrians future good of his meere goodness rather thē of covetousness undertake the cause Or if he had a large reward yet should not their words be larger thē his fee if he had a large reward yet it is excusable because the laborer is worthy of his hire especially in so good a cause as peace If he had a large reward yet the more excusable it is because the Tyrians and Sidonians were very rich very well able to bestow it upon him rapacious Merchants and proud inhabitants of Tyre long had their unrighteous riches audaciously offended God yet Blastus doth take none but what they doe most affectionately perswade him to accept and therefore still the more laudable it was for they perswaded Blastus saith the text 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and they perswading Blastus of the Kings Bed-Chamber Perswading So that he was neither pragmaticall nor corrupt not pragmaticall to undertake the cause till he was perswaded to it nor yet corrupt to undertake it for any thing so much as for perswasion when once he saw the goodnesse of the cause and therefore to argue more strongly still from the plaine text it selfe which is the end of all controversie if really and indeed Blastus had a large reward yet ought not any living man to say it was so because the Scripture useth a more mollifying phrase and only saith he was perswaded to it The most sacred Spirit of the text thus teaching the rudenesse of the world not to defame a Court the derogation doth redound to the Prince himselfe but to ingratiate their manners with all candidnesse of speech he sayes not that they corrupted but they perswaded Blastus What then the very language of the holy Ghost names a meere perswasion how dares the rudenesse or the envy of inferiour men call that very same thing corruption And they perswading Blastus You know that honour may invite justice may require yea want of safety may necessitate a man to have a suite at Court For woe to the oppressed if they might not have recourse unto their King yet more then woe if their mediators be ignobleminded men Miserable is he that dealeth with a grype twice miserable that with a propitious foole but thrice lamentable that meets with both in one if ●●ch vices creepe into a Court the Court creeps out of honour by it But God be thanked here is no such cause of Blastus to complaine in Artaxerxes evill Court Nehemiah he was good in Ahashuerus evill Court Mordecay he was good in Herods evill court why might not Blastus here be good Doth not our Saviour say Blessed are the peace makers Mat. 5. thrice blessed then thou Blastus art thy feet more beautifull then others faces are because thou bringest tidings of glad peace that by thee the Tyrians dare to move what by themselves they never durst to doe conditions of peace And perswading Blastus who was of the Kings Chamber they desired peace A friend at Court is worth a Kingdome at ones neede the Kingdome of Tyre and Sidon and more then that he is worth the saving of ten thousand soules rivers of blood and most abhorred death had likely been the end of all if Blastus had not interceded for them How much more good may Courtiers do then men of meaner place if they would imploy their utmost power The Tyrians they had lost their lives and Herod he had been the more condemned if Blastus had