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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01869	A rumor of warres among the times and signes of peace A sermon preached at Hamsted, in Middlesex, the 6. of September 1608. By William Bailey.	Bailey, William, of Stapleford Abbat, Essex.	1608 (1608)	STC 1201; ESTC S117269	13,582	57

question thus An pax sit impijs whether the wicked haue peace it is concluded in this Text that they haue no peace the medium concludendi or proofe of this is an argument à diuino testimonio that is from the witnesse or testimonie of Gods owne mouth the Lord hath spoken it therefore the wicked haue no peace there is no peace saith the Lord vnto the wicked Yee see then that this conclusion is negatiue the extreames whereof are two perpetuall contraries and therefore cannot possiblie be affirmed one of another but denied For as white cannot bee affirmed of blacknesse nor light of darknesse no more can true peace of sinne and wickednesse The argument drawne from the diuine testimonie is vsed here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say by way of pre-ocupation or preuention and it argueth the infidelitie of the heart of man in this point and his grosse and beastly errour As if the Prophet had thus sayd How soeuer the wicked and carnall men of this world because they liue in prosperitie and haue of all things in aboundance suffering no outward affliction nor miserie doe conceit themselues to bee seated in a kinde of perfect peace and therefore can hardlie bee drawne to entertaine an other doctrine and to beleeue a contrary assertion yet the Lord God of Heauen and Earth who is wisdome it selfe hee knoweth it and who is truth it selfe hee hath pronounced it that they haue no peace and therefore how be-it they flatter themselues with outwarde shewes and shaddowes yet in trueth they haue no part of the substance there is no true peace vnto them Sinne is an ill Maister that giueth his seruants no rest an euill and ingratefull Guest who the more hee is welcomed and the better enterteinment hee hath the more hee vexeth and disquieteth his Host so that as Eliah sayd vnto Achab. r 1. Kin. 18.18 It is thou that troublest Israel so may euery man reply vpon his sinne it is thou that troublest me oh that I had peace in my soule but alas thou wilt not suffer mee Wicked men haue no peace not because they are men for so the Lord cherisheth them and fauoureth them but because they are wicked men and this is a maine reason that the Spirit of God layeth downe in this Text why there can bee no peace vnto the wicked There is nothing but sinne that maketh a man vnhappie for there is nothing that seperateth man from his God but sinne and if man because of sinne bee seperated from his GOD the GOD and Prince of peace how can there then bee peace vnto that man Man in the day of his innocencie had a two-fould peace saieth Bernard Vt nec intus pugnae nec foris timores hee had neither strife within nor feares without The Flesh offered not to lay his foule hands vppon the Spirit thence arose his inward peace and hence partly was his peace with GOD and from this peace sprange that outward euen peace with all the creatures of GOD. But so soone as the Diuell had corrupted him and that hee had subscribed with hand and heart vnto rebellion hee lost his peace with the creatures and hidde himselfe from GOD. s Gen. 3.10 I heard thy voyce in the Garden and was afraide KI GNEIROM ANOKI because I was naked The garment of righteousnesse the robe of his former integritie and holynesse was pluckt from his backe and now there was nothing to bee seene but a naked man wounded with sinne and infected with the leprosie of iniquitie no maruell then though hee were afraide Multa miser timeo saieth the Poet quia feci multa proterué I feare much because I offend much where sinne goeth before there feare followeth and where this feare hath gotte the place there is no roome for peace Caine after hee had bath'd his hands in his brothers bloud and that he felt himselfe spoiled of the peace that hee had with God hee was possessed and not without iust cause with an exceeding feare least the creatures also should make warre against him Behold saith hee thou hast cast mee out this daye from the face of the earth and from thy face shall I hide my selfe and I shall bee a vagabonde and a wanderer in the earth and so it shall come to passe that euery one that findeth mee shall kill mee In what a woefull taking was this wretched man after his sinne how were his thoughts troubled and perplexed Hee had neither pacem pectoris nor pacē corporis neither peace within himselfe nor peace without himselfe I shal be hid from thy face saith he there hee was robbed of his inward peace his peace with God And euery one that findeth mee will kill mee here was hee left naked of that outward peace that hee had with the creatures of God Shall I need to laye before your eyes a multitude of examples Had Saul peace had Achab peace what peace had Iefabell more then Zimri had Iudas peace nay let euery Iehoram inquire of his Iehu t 2. King 9.22 Is it peace Iehu is it peace and it shall answere him What peace what speakest thou of peace so long as the fornications of thy mother Iezabel the transgressions of thine owne wicked and rebellious heart bee in so great a number It is well worthy our best obseruation that may bee gathered out of the wordes in the Original The word Shalom that signifieth peace Heb. commeth of the Verbe Shalah which signifieth quiescere or quietum esse to bee calme still or to bee at rest But the word that is here translated the wicked Reshagnim is deriued of Rashang which hath a contrarie signification inquietum esse or tumultuari to bee troubled and tossed vp and downe like the water and disquieted This is the right taking and condition of the wicked man his sinnes are like the bloustering windes that cause the billowes of his brest so violentlie to rage and swell that hee can haue no peace at all and hence it is that this our Prophet in his 57. chapter compareth him vnto the raging Sea Verse 20 that is beaten too and fro and taketh no rest but casteth vp mire and dirt But let vs heare the Prophet Dauid obiect The wicked prosper and increase in riches Psal 73.5.12 they are not in trouble as other men Let vs ioyne the holy Iob complaining with him that a Iob. 9.24 the earth is giuen into the hand of the wicked And now what shall we answer vnto these mightie witnesses I answer with the saying of Bernard vpon Caine consolationē miseram obtinent quam quaerunt they obtaine the miserable comfort which they desire but that true consolation and peace which aboue all things is to bee desired they shall neuer obtaine When Caine had lost his peace with God he besought him that hee might haue at the least an outward peace that hee might not bee forced to flee from place to place as a vagabond to saue his