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A90960	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Saint Margarets in Westminster, on Thursday the 10. of May, being a day of solemn thanksgiving appointed by the Parliament, for the mercies God had bestowed on the nation through the successfull conduct of the Lord Generall Monck. By John Price M.A. Fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, and chaplain to his Excellency.	Price, John, 1625?-1691.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1660 (1660)	Wing P3336; Thomason E1027_1; ESTC R31126	29,320	48

seditious men For consider 1. As reall godlinesse hath the promise of this life aswell of the other to come so God so far honours the shadow and counterfeit of it Hypocrisie that he oft bestows temporall mercies for a temporall profession Verily I say unto you they have their reward Mat. 6.2 Jehu's false zeal had some and Ahab's personated repentance as it is judged though St. Augustine seems to be of another mind screen'd off a judgment The Jews have a Proverb that just men uphold the World 't is Gods word v. 30. If we honour him he will honour us for 't is not sufficient for us to discountenance profane persons those 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the LXX calls the sons of Ely v. 12. wicked men that are as infectious as the plague and pestilence in a Nation because they are the sons of Belial without God in the world or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without any yoke or restraint upon them but we must put a due and a venerable esteem upon the profession of Religion For consider 2. That 't is not a bare Scriptum est a regular and uniform way of worship that gains Proselytes there must be also a zeal in the professors thereof and that cherished and encouraged by you in Authority This is so necessary and so behovefull to your interest not to name a higher that it is well observed by a country-man of our own That the Cardinalls owe their scarlets to the mortification and austerity of the poor Fryars For there is a veneration due to the face of Religion Annis pietate gravem si fortè virum quem Aspexere silent That a grave and severe person can quiet a multitude of mutinous Barbarians And Princes too have not thought it below them to pay homage to converts as they have passed by such too hath been the state of Christendome that travellers in the Evening acknowledged the mercies of the day to God in his Church of which we still retaine so much that we gaze upon the structure after we have seen our Host but have forgot the Devotion being scared by superstition though we scarse understand the word much lesse the thing Let me not I pray you be misconceived as if I thought the kingdome of heaven consisted in these things for I can worship Christ with the wise men of the East Mat. 2. whether it be in a stable or at Jerusalem 'T is the inward man that commends us unto God who is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth Joh. 8.24 that is in hearty affections but 't is the outward man that commends us unto men so our light is to shine before them that they might glorifie our father which is in heaven For let me tell you that if we own and countenance a profession of godliness and put a veneration upon it we may in Gods due time win over those that are truly Christians though blinded with smaller circumstances that as yet they stand in their own light I le subjoyn this Had there not been a neglect of Gods worship a contempt of his word and commandments that some acted the black Devill because others did the white the Throne of England could not have so easily fallen 2. Let the Church enjoy such Ministers of the Gospell as are worthy of double honour and let it be given them an honour of maintenance and an honour of respect that they may not be despicable The Apostle enjoyns them to be Lovers of Hospitality Tit. 1.8 which supposes a subsistance proportionable thereunto otherwise he might have bid them fly without wings As for the honour of Respect it s usually a concomitant of that of maintenance and follows it in the worlds esteem as the shadow doth the substance I therefore press you to render unto them this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a due and a comfortable subsistance I adde further that our Universities which are your nurseries for Church and State doe not want 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not bodies but purses and they henceforwards shall be thrice best Benefactors that adde to their maintenance not their number 3. To secure mercies let 's labour and endeavour for a mutuall compliance Charity is the bond and ligature of all perfection Divine Morall Politicall and Oeconomicall 1 Cor. 12.21 The eye cannot say to the hand I have no need of thee nor again the head to the feet I have no need of you The Eye viz. the Seers and Pastors of the Church cannot say to the hand viz. the Civil Magistrate that beareth the sword either as a terror to evil doers or as a Minister of God for good to those that are good That there is no such need of him to defend us nor the head viz. the Prince can say to the feet if you please his two Houses That he hath no need of them For the Glory of a Prince is his people not for number only but affection Upon these two Legs the Royal head must be supported and may they never be as Nebuchadnezzar's part clay and part iron If so it must needs end in the ruine of the whole which God forbid And what I say of this may be understood of all societies whatsoever for even the more feeble members are necessary saies the Apostle And those members of the body which we think to be lesse honourable upon them we do bestow more abundant honour v. 22 23. For this the Philosopher saies 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The law of nature and of nations provides for the most much more therefore the law of Charity 4. Let there be a tender regard had to tender consciences 't is the Kings desire and every well-regulated Church will grant it Philip. 3.15 Let as many as be perfect be thus minded and if in any thing you be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the perfect Christians such as have arrived to a growth and stature in Christ are the head schollars of his school and can bear with the imperfections of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the babes in Christ that have not attained to that measure of knowledge for as Pastors and Elders of the Church have this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and endowment freely bestowed on them of God 1 Cor. 2.12 that they are the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the comparers of spirituall things with spirituall v. 13. by the same rule they are the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Distinguishers to know what is spirituall and what not So I doubt not to say but that they may easily distinguish betwixt what is conscience and what is faction they having not received the spirit of the word v. 12. supposing them such that they have no other interest or design to carry on but that of their Redeemer and they that are otherwise are not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fit to serve in the Lords vineyard 5. To secure our mercies let Authority be sacred amongst us 'T