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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00003	A sermon preached at Paules-Crosse the second day of Iune, being the last Sunday in Easter terme. 1622. By Thomas Ailesbury student in diuinitie	Ailesbury, Thomas, fl. 1622-1659.	1623 (1623)	STC 1000; ESTC S101513	32,856	62

's a louing call Come ye a diuine blessing Come yee blessed a fatherly affection Come yee blessed of my Father a retribution of reward receiue yee an assignment of a kingdome Receiue you the kingdome a preparation of glory prepared for you eternall predestination from the beginning of the world I haue chosen you from the beginning of the world therefore haue prepared you glory haue prepared glory therefore haue assigned you a kingdome haue assigned you a kingdome for you are my sonnes and I am your Father I am your Father therefore you are blessed you are blessed therefore come yee What a Iubilee of ioy will this cause in their blessed hearts They cannot but say within themselues Thy word O Lord is sweeter vnto vs then the honie or the honie combe Ve● 4● And in the sentence of condemnation euery word striketh dead vnto the heart First a separation from God Goe yee a malediction Goe yee cursed a prison Goe yee cursed into the sharpnes of the paine Goe yee cursed into fire The durance of the same into eternall fire the grim societie with the deuill and his angels This is durus sermo a hard speech who can endure it No repealing of this sentence no appealing from this Iudge Now the Lambe speakes in mercy who will not heare it Then the Lyon shall roare in iustice who will not feare it Remember this remember thine end and thou wilt not sinne Dauid made Gods iudgements his obiect his eyes were neuer off them h Psal 18.22 all his iudgements are in my sight And Solomon the sonne trode his fathers footsteps i ●●●●s 3.17 I said in my heart God shall iudge the righteous and the wicked So all the Saints with S. Hierome seeme to heare alwayes the trump to sound with arise yee dead and come to iudgement Here is a memento for all great and small shall arise great and small are to remember it to both of which I am a debtor and now with Gods permission my debt I will discharge First you whom the Lord hath made great 1. To great ones An exhortation to the Iudges by communicating a parcell of his Regiment looke vpon him who is vnto you author exemplum he that did erect you is a patterne to direct you your authority is great your place eminent your charge is great and let me speake it with your fauour your account shall bee great Cum crescunt dona crescunt rationes donorum Greg. when our talents are enlarged our account is increased the beasts and such vnreasonable creatures non iudicantur quia non iudicant Ber. They are not iudged because they cannot iudge it is not so with man whom he hath indowed with reason to discerne and so made euery priuate man a priuate Iudge much lesse with those whom hee hath set apart to be Iudges S. Bernard to k Lib. 1. de Consid Eugenius Papa Blanditur cathedra sonat tibi officium non otium doth the chaire flatter thee it cals to mind thy duty not idlenes What though thou art seated in an eminent place where thou ouerlookest all Enim vero prospectus iste procinctum parit non somnium it tels thee thou hadst need to looke about thee what place left for retired thoughts where causes and cases non leges sed lites Solicitudes and vexations of minds and spirits are still before you Et finis horum quid nisi aranearum telae Vt supra The same Father demands of the same man when art thou free Vbi tutus Vbi tuus where art thou safe where art thou thy selfe Are not you alwaies possessed with cares troubles tumults whither will you turne you from them l Cicero pro Archia Poe●a pernoctant vobiscum peregrinantur rusticantur day and night at home and abroad they euer attend you Certainly to a man that soberly considereth these things Your Honours are rather to be pittied then enuied And he rather commiserateth your daily incumbrances then repineth at your splendent dignities My Reuerend Lords though these cares continually beat at your doores yet let contemplation of spirituall things modestly prompt you That withdrawing your selues from the sea of worldly affaires you may with the Israelites m Exod. 14.13 stand still vpon the shoare and see the saluation of the Lord. St. Agustine spends a noble Chapter n lib. 10 de ciuitate Dei cap. 9. of a noble worke wholly vpon this subiect Though many are tyed so to attend worldly affaires that in neglect thereof they should neglect their duty to Prince and Countrey yet none are so to bee oppressed with businesse as to forget their duty to God He is not worthy to bee a Bishop qui praeesse dilexerit non prodesse that loueth more to command then to be commodious He is not worthy to be a Iudge that loueth more the praeheminence of his place then to doe good in his place Wherefore Ocium sanctum quaerit charitas veritatis Loue of heauens truth desires a holy leisure Negotium iustum suscipit necessitas charitatis necessity of earths charity vndertakes iust affaires So carry your selues betwixt contemplation and action Vt nec subtrahatur ista suauitas nec opprimat illa necessitas that the necessity of your actions doe not eclipse the sweetnesse of your meditations nor your meditations cause you to slacke your iust occasions Giue me leaue to commend vnto your thoughts two things The first the greatnesse of your authority as God hath lent you part of his power so part of his title o Psal 82. I haue said you are gods and hee hath an eye after you for it is in the same Psalme He iudgeth in the midst of gods or in the middle he iudgeth the gods as * Hieron expos Psal 81. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hierome reades it and the Originall Hebrew will beare it Awake then ye men of God that are placed in the presence of God how dares corruption approach bribery draw neere peruerting of iustice enter into the presence of the all-seeing eye thinke on this The Lord doth behold your actions The 2. thing to be remembred is that you haue this treasure in earthen vessels A strange and true Epithite you are mortall gods Be not puffed vp with your high authority and title you shall dye like men you shall rise like men you shall giue an account like men you shall bee iudged like men your now ouer-seer shall be then your Iudge and who is present at your actions shall sentence you accordingly Remember you amongst these Eagles shall be gathered together Secondly to the small to all remember that of Saint Peter p 1. Pet. 3.10 When the heauens shall passe away with a great noise the elements shall melt with feruent heat and the earth burne vp what manner of men ought you to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse Suppose now you should see as God knoweth how soone you shall see