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A04157	Dauids pastorall poeme: or sheepeheards song Seuen sermons, on the 23. Psalme of Dauid, whereof the last was preached at Ashford in Kent, the day whereon our gracious King was there proclaimed. By Thomas Iackson preacher of Gods word at Wie in Kent.	Jackson, Thomas, d. 1646.; Swan, John, student in divinity.	1603 (1603)	STC 14299; ESTC S107441	134,253	302

but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And lastly contrarie to the iudgement of Augustine who saith Man before hee can become righteous hath neede of a Phisitian because hee is sicke yea of a quickner because he is dead Vt homo redeat adiustitiā opus habet medico quia sanus non est imo opus habet viuificatore quia mortuus est t August de natur grat ca. 23. So much for the conuerter the thing conuerted is the soule he conuerteth my soule God worketh not to halfes laying a foundation without any further building but he finisheth euerie good worke that he taketh in hand u Phil. 1. 6. he conuerteth the whole man the bodie aswell as the soule the eies which were full of adulterie shall become chast the hands that were full of bribes shall be seasoned with liberall guifts to the poore w Esay 32. ● the feete which were swifts to shedde innocent bloud shall bee swift to releeue and helpe the innocent oppressed the tongue that was defiled with blasphemie and filthy speaking shall speake reuerently and soberly as may minister grace to the hearers x Eph. 4. 29 the head that was fraught with couetous and carnall deuices shall be sanctified with wholesome and diuine meditations y Ps 77. 6. And in a word all the members of the bodie which haue been abused to become weapons of vnright cousnesse vnto sinne shall become weapons of righteousnesse vnto God z Ro. 6. 13. But because the root must be good before it can send forth sap into the braunches to the bringing forth of good fruit a Mat. 7. 17 12. 32. And the fountaine must first bee purged before the streames that issue from the same can bee made cleane and sweet therefore must the heart being the root and fountaine bee first purged and conuerted without which all holynesse is but hipocrisie and deuotion dissimulation Religion superstition and all appearing of conuersion a counterfaiting before the Lord wherefore the Prophet Dauid to declare the trueth of his conuersion doth wisely and purposely adde this circumstance He conuerteth my soule and therby teacheth vs this lesson That vntill such time as God conuert Doctrine our soules howsoeuer wee may with an outward appearance bleare and deceiue the eies of men yet can we neuer haue any comfortable assurance concerning our estate with God but rather looke when God shall pluck away our maskes and vizards and make vs bewray our hipocrisie dissimulation to those who haue beene most deceiued by vs. Iudas hee obtained fellowship in the ministration of the Apostleship b Act. 1. 17 25. But because his soule was not conuerted vnto God he fell away like water from one sinne to another till in the end he became guide to them that tooke Iesus and so went astray to goe to his owne place Herode hee feared and reuerenced Iohn Baptist and heard him gladly and did many things but because his soule was not conuerted hee embraced a beloued sinne which when the man of God reprooued he took away his head c Mar. 6. 17 18 19 20 Demas was a companion of the Apostles but because his soule was neuer truely conuerted in time being ouercome of couetousnesse he fell away and embraced this present world d 2. Tim. 4 10 Were there euer any in the world that for outward appearance had greater shew of sanctitie and holinesse than the Scribes and Pharisies● They looked sower and disfigured their face when they fasted prayed in synagogues and corners of the streets gaue almes with the sound of a trumpet e Mat. 6. 2. 5. 16. made their philacteries broad and fringes of their garments long compassed sea and land to make a proselyte tythed mint anny se and cummine washed the outside of the cuppe and platter f Mat 23. 15. 23. 25 26 and yet because their soules were nto conuerted vnto God but full of couetousnesse bryberie rapine and extortion our Sauiour plucketh away the painted vizards from their faces and ratleth them vp with many a fearefull woe laying their condition most plainely before them by a worthy comparison saying You are like vnto painted Sepulchers goodly and gorgeous toombes and monuments without beautifull to looke vpon but within full of rottennesse corruption and dead mens bones g Mat. 23. 27. and hath told vs except our righteousnesse exceed the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisies we shal neuer enter into the kingdome of heauen h Mat. 5. 20. Oh Lord God Vse how ought the consideration here of to rowse vs vp euerie one to a thorough triall and examination of our selues that we be not deceiued with a vaine perswasion and opinion of our estate and condition as if all were well when it is starke naught and to think with the Church of Laodicea That we are rich and increased in goods and haue need of nothing when in truth we are very wretched blind poore miserable and naked i Reu. 3. 17. Oh then let vs as in the sight of God examine our selues how we stand affected whether we doe hate those thinges which we haue loued whether we loath our former liues and be ashamed of our old sinnes casting off the workes of darkenesse liuing by faith depending vpon the prouidence of God hauing knowledge to render a reason of our faith hauing a zeale to Gods glorie and a sincere loue to the trueth professors thereof If we find these things in trueth in vs though but in small and weake measure yet doubtlesse wee may boldly pronounce with Dauid The Lord hath conuerted my soule and happie is hee that euer he was borne to see that houre but if we find not these thinges in vs but all that we haue to cleaue vnto is a naked bare and verball profession surely then let vs not flatter our selues we are but in the condition of many reprobates k Esay 1. 13 and if thus we continue Mich. 6. 6. 7 Mat. 15. 7. 8. we shall one day bee found filthily naked for want of a wedding garment and be thrust out of dores by head and shoulders and haue our portion with hypocrites And surely Application if we doe make application of these thinges to our selues it is a miserable thing and would make the heart of any man bleede that is not harder than flint and Adamant to consider the ruefull estate and condition of many people who if they be demanded how they hope or look to be saued and in what state they stand before God this is their common answere I hope well that God will saue that which he hath made I goe orderly to the Church and receiue the Sacrament I thanke God I meane no body any harme but doe as I would be done vnto But oh foole know that God is a spirit and wil be worshipped in spirit and truth and therefore it is not inough not to steale not to cōmit whoredome to beare

a speciall circumstance that God had thus aduanced and done these great thinges for him in the verie sight of his enemies or as the Hebrew phrase will beare it and doubtlesse the intent of the holy Ghost is in despight of mine enemies Summe of the words So then the Summe of it is thus much in effect q. d. O Lord although I haue had many most mightie and subtill enemies who enuyed me and sought my ruine yet thou oh Lord hast taken my part and in despight of them all promoted me So that in effect it is the verie same thing which Dauid elsewhere vnder a most elegant metaphor expresseth saying The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone in the corner x Ps 118. 22 This stone was Dauid whom the cheefe builders that is Saule with his Councellors Peeres and Nobles did contemne reiect and persecute as vnworthy to haue the basest place in the common wealth and yet by the maruailous prouidence and disposition of God was aduaunced to become the head of the corner euen the King and cheefe of the people * Lapis hi Dauid est aedificantes Saul proceres westmer in Ps Non dicti sunt aedificatores arte sed aedificantes actu non artifices officio sed exercitio vbi ergo sunt qui dicunt praelatos posse non residere Paulus de Palatio in Mat. ca. 21 fol 683. which is also agreeable to his own speech vnto Saule saying If the Lord haue stirred thee vp against me let him smell the sauour of a sacrifice but if the children of men haue done it cursed bee they before the Lord for they haue cast mee out this this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord saying goe serue other Gods y 1. Sa. 26. 19. Our Doctrine from this place is Doctrine that what thing soeuer the Lord will haue either for the good or euill of any people or person it shall come to passe and all the world shall not be able to withhold a blessing or preuent a curse Confirmation So the Lord himselfe hath sayd my counsaile shall stand and I will doe whatsoeuer I will z Esay 46. 10. Yea it shall stand more durable than the firmament of heauen as the King of Babilon hath testified saying according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen and in the Inhabitants of the earth and none can stay his hand nor say vnto him what doest thou a Dan. 4. 32. Dauid also witnesseth no lesse saying Our God is in heauen and doth whatsoeuer hee will in heauen in earth in the sea and in all deepes b Ps 135. 6 And Salomon also hath said There is no wisedome counsaile or strength against the Lord c Prou. 21. 30 If the Lord will bring a blessing who then can with-hold it who would haue thought that Dauid being so mortally hated and cruelly persecuted that he was glad to flie from hold to hold yea to verie heathen Kings for succour d 1. Sa. 27. 1 that euer hee should haue enioyed the Crown yet you see Dauid findeth a time whē to giue God thanks for preparing his table in despight of all his enemies And if the Lord bee angrie and will bring a plague or punishment vpon any people or person for their sinnes who can preuent it If his anger be once kindled and his wrath thoroughly fired all the Riuers of the south cannot quench it it encreaseth by going * Incandescit eundo and gathereth strength most fearefull is it for sinners to consider that which God himselfe by solemne protestation hath deliuered saying I lift vp mine hand to heauen and say if I whet my glittering sword and mine hand take hold of iudgement I will execute vengeance vppon mine enemies and will reward them that hate me I will make mine arrowes drunke with blood and my sword shall eate flesh e Deut. 32. 41 42 There is a time when his sword is dull and as it were rusteth in the scabberd of his long patience and his hands are so filled with mercie that iudgement is layd aside and hath no roome to be spanned in them but if hee once whet his glittering sword and his hand take hold of iudgement hee will strike home and recompence the slacknes of his iudgement with the heauinesse thereof * Tarditatem supplicii grauitate compensat The vse of this doctrine is double First that wee doe submit our selues to Gods reuealed will The first vse not strugling against it be it for our weale or woe for what sayth the Apostle doe wee prouoke the Lord to anger are we stronger than he f 1. Cor. 10 22 No surely we are but as clay in the hands of the Potter g Ier. 18. 6. it is but the labour of Sisyphus if we build he will pull downe h Malach. 1. 4. as the Prophet saith A league with all the elements of the world with the beasts of the field stones in the streets yea with death and hell themselues cannot secure vs i Esay 28. 18 And therefore whatsoeuer befall vs in our bodies children goods away with impatiencie which is one of Sathans brood * Impatientiae natales in ipso diabolo deprehendo Tertul. and let vs hang fast on that golden chain and veresie the trueth of the Apostles words where he sayth Tribulation bringeth foorth patience patience experience experience hope and hope will neuer suffer vs to be ashamed or dismayed k Ro. 5. 3 4 5. A second and that more proper and naturall vse is that seeing the Lord doth what he will and none can with-hold yea and though meanes be neuer so small yet it is easie with him to saue by many or few l 1. Sa. 14. 6. that then we depend not altogether vpon secundarie meanes but in all thinges cast our selues vpon his prouidence knowing that if the Lord bee with vs and delight to doe vs good which he will so long as we walke in the waies of his commaundements we need not to be afraid of any enemies Now Application if we make application of these things to our selues we shal find that they doe verie neerely concerne vs The miraculous prouidence of God in protecting and preseruing Queene Elizabeth before her raigne in her raigne and at her death both in regard of our late Queene and of our owne persons in regard of our present King For the first how woonderfull was the mercie and prouidence of God towardes the person of our late sacred Queene both before her raigne in the time of her raign at her death who so ignorant or blind that seeth not or knoweth not In the dayes of Queene Marie when as Gods Saints were as the stubble before the fire and the Land almost consumed with the flames of hot persecution how was her soule hunted by Gardiner and others like a Partridge vpon the mountaines as