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A11825	A sermon, preached before the two high borne and illustrious princes, Fredericke the 5. Prince Elector Palatine, Duke of Bauaria, &c. and the Princesse Lady Elizabeth, &c. Preached in the castle-chappell at Heidelberg the 8. of Iune 1613. being the next day after her Highnesse happy arriuall there: by that reuerend and iudicious diuine, Mr. Abraham Scultetus, his Highnesse chaplaine. Together with a short narration of the Prince Electors greatnes, his country, his receiuing of her Highnesse, accompanied with twe u [sic] other princes, thirty earles, besides an exceeding great number of barons and gentlemen, and eight daies ent rtainement [sic]. Translated out of High Dutch by Ia Meddus D. and one of his Maiesties chaplaines.	Scultetus, Abraham, 1566-1624.; Meddus, James, d. 1632.	1613 (1613)	STC 22125; ESTC S117026	16,930	78

affliction for it is true that vnto the faithfull tribulation bringeth patience patience experience experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches When faith is weake patience cold hope in a swounde then is there no better meanes to helpe and relieue the poore soule then that shee frequent the holy Supper of the Lord where we doe not onely see before our eyes what and how much Christ hath suffered for our sakes but wee also feele that our hungry and thirstie soules are fed with his crucified body and are quenched with his bloodshed which is done when wee ingraue and firmely presse into our hearts by true faith that Christ is giuen vnto death for our sinnes and his blood is shed for our transgressions whereby faith will be stronger patience warmer hope more liuely the whole man will bee in God more ioyful wil go home vnto his house with a ioyful hart praise-singing mouth singing Psal 23. The Lord is my good shepheard I shal heceforth neuer want any thing he feedeth me on the greene pastures of his word hee giueth me to drinke of the fresh watersprings of his spirit his goodnesse and mercie will follow me all the dayes of my life This lastly we know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches That eternall saluation is prepared for vs after this life That is said the Lord sheweth his word vnto Iacob and reuealeth his grace and mercie only to Protestant Churches But hee sheweth vs not only the word of grace and mercie but he sheweth vs also his statutes and his iudgements Now these are Gods statutes and iudgements Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God Math. 22. with all thy heart with all thy soule with all thy strength and thy neighbour as thy selfe These be Gods statutes and his iudgments Let your light so shine before men Math 6. that they may see your good workes Luke 6. and glorifie your Father which is in heauen These be Gods statutes and his iudgments Loue your enemies doe good vnto them that hate you blesse them that curse you pray for them that hurt you These bee Gods statutes iudgments Take heede that your hearts be not oppressed with surfeting drunckennesse Luke 21. and with the cares of this life These are Gods statutes and his iudgments To doe well and to distribute forget not Heb. 13. These bee Gods statutes and his iudgments Follow peace with all men Heb. 12. and holines without the which no man shall see the Lord. But so O God doe few people at this day therefore Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Zion For as wee haue vnderstood out of this sermon there is nothing more precious then to praise our God such praise is pleasāt comely such praise is fitting to meete God the Lord with as hee that buildeth the wales of Ierusalem as hee that vseth his wisedome and power vnto the defence comfort of his Christēdome as he that yet sheweth vnto vs in Germany his sauing word and his holy statutes Who so acknowledgeth this who so laudeth and and praiseth this hee shall finde that vppon his praise singing life a praise singing death shall follow and hee shall by death bee ioyfully carried into that blessed life wherein all the faithfull meete together and shall sing Great is our Lord and great is his power hee maketh them that were low on earth to bee high in heauen them that on earth were proud and wicked hee abaseth and throweth downe vnto hell For if the honest subiects of the Electorall Palatinate did heartely so much reioyce yesterday when they saw that our right gracious and illustrious Princesse Electoresse was well and safely arriued here in good health and receaued with ioy of our right gracious Lord what thinke you will bee then there when wee and all other the faithfull who are Christs Bride that shall haue sailed ouer the deepe hideous terrible and tempestious Sea of this world yea the temporary death and shall haue arriued at the holy hill He alludeth to a hilat Heidelberg called the Holy hill not at Heydelberg but in heauenly Ierusalem where Christ will receaue vs euen the good Bridegrome who hath vndergone so far a iorney for our sakes as from heauen vnto the earth and hath giuen out his life a ransome for vs ioy fully will all sing there that can sing and all cheerefully giue piaise that can praise The Angels themselues will then assēble in troupes reioyce sing Halleluia praise ye the Lord the lambes wedding is come let vs sing reioyce Reu. 19 That which the Bride desired on earth that shee hath that she heareth that she seeeth that she feeleth now in heauē She hath the bridegrome she heareth Angels musick shee seeth the Father in the Sonne the Sonne in the Father and the holy Ghost in the Father and the Sonne God doth not so vnto any wicked nor letteth them see his glory nor suffereth them to feele his ioy Therefore praise here the Lord ye that would praise him there sing here vnto the Lord yee that would sing vnto him there Here must the beginning be made the full accomplishment and fruition of all will be found there Thankes be vnto the Father that so cleerly reuealeth his mercy vnto vs. Thankes be vnto the Sonne who hath purchased for vs peace ioy and life Thankes be vnto the holy Ghost that bindeth vs poore miserable wormes on earth in a permanent euerlasting loue with God in heauen Let all the people say Amen yea Lord Iesus Amen The Praier IT is a pleasant thing indeede to praise our God and to shew forth his mercie in the morning and his truth in the euening Therefore we returne our hearts and tongues vnto thee most mercifull God and Father and praise thy marueilous goodnesse which thou hast so plentifully and richly shewed vnto vs euer vntill this present It was thy goodnesse that our Lord and Prince Electors Highnesse went well and sound from hence into England three quarters of a yeare agoe It was thy goodnesse that his Highnesse purpose and designe came there vnto a happie end It was thy goodnesse that his Highnesse arriued here so well againe after the performance of that businesse And it is thy goodnesse that his Highnesse best beloued spouse arriued here safely yesterday to the great reioycing of all the people Blessed and praysed be thy high and great name for this thy maruellous goodnesse from this time forth and for euer We beseech thee gracious God and Father finish that work which thou hast begun and renew thy ancient mercie and louing kindnesse from day to day vpon this Princely new maried couple powre downe vpon them from heauen aboue thy heauenly goodnesse and blessing accomplish all their Highnesse designes heare them when they call vpon thee deliuer them when they bee in danger reioyce them when they be in sorrow blesse

which we ought to laud praise God wherein it will euidently appeare that we haue at this day euen as great weighty cause to praise him as euer the people of Israell had in the old Testament Of the first As concerning the first point the Prophet exhorteth vs vnto thankesgiuing not once nor twice but thrice when as he saith Praise yeethe Lord. Psal 147. verse 1.7.12 Sing vnto the Lord with praise sing vppon the harpe vnto our God Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Zion And hee concealeth not the reason for he saith It is good and a pleasant thing to sing praises vnto our God Whereunto agreeth that of the Prophet Dauid Psalme 92 saying Psal 92. It is a good thing to praise the Lord and to sing vnto thy name O thou most highest The children of the world thinke it is a good thing to liue euery day riotously to sing to play to skip to daunce to laugh and shout or else to rise vp early in the morning to drunkenesse and surfeting and to run vp downe vntill the euening to scrach and scrape something vnto themselues These are the vnwise men that know not Psal 6. and the fooles that vnderstand not Gods workes as Dauid there speaketh But the holy Ghost saith by the Prophet in the same place that this is a good thing to declare Gods louing kindnesses in the morning and his truth in the euening For what is a better thing then to praise God who onely is worthy of all praise whom also all the vnreasonable creatures euery one according to his kind doe laud and praise What is a better thing then to praise the Lord from whom all good gifts come and descend What is a better thing then for euery one to exercise and acquaint himselfe daily in the seruice wherein all elect Angels and men will exercise themselues in that blessed life of glory Such men as thus exercise themselues haue already begunne and entered into that euerlasting life and seeing they lead a well sauoured and praise-worthy life so doth God also vouchsafe vnto them at the last a praise-worthy death according as the example of King Dauid sheweth who for that he alwaies had this saying in his mouth I will praise the Lord so long as I haue any being hee also at the last yeelded vp his soule with a praise-singing mouth as is to be seene both in 1. Chron. 30. and 1. King 1. Such praise is pleasant and comely as the Psalme further saith For as nothing is more foule loth some then vnthankfull ingratitude so there is not any thing more pleasant then a thankful soule which knoweth what benefits shee hath receaued of her God and doth yeeld to him again that which is due to him namely obliged thankfulnes Herehence it is Deut. 32.19 that our Lord God termeth vnthankfull people not children but shamespots And the Prophet Ieremie teacheth that man hath an vnfaithfull and rebellious heart which saith not once I will now feare the Lord God Ier. 5.23 24. that giueth raine both early and late in due season and safely preserueth the haruest at the appointed time Yet neuerthelesse it is not here to be omitted that God will nor be praised of euery one For as any great Lord or Prince cānot at al endure to haue his worthy and valiant acts to be writtē by a lewd varlot so will not the Lord God by any meanes endure at all to bee praised of wicked persons whence our Psalme saith Praise the Lord O Ierusalem Psal ●3 1 Praise thy God O Zion that is as is elsewhere expounded Reioice in the Lord O yee righteous for it becometh vpright men to be thankefull Now the reasons are knowne why God will not be praised of wicked people For such people will not Vnderstand the Lords benefits but as the Prophet saith Though mercie be shewed to the wicked yet he will not learne righteousnesse Esa 26.10 in the land of vprightnesse will he doe wickedly and will not at all consider the maiestie of the Lord. Besides the offering cannot be acceptable vnto God which is offered vnto him of an impenitent soule but the sacrifice which a wicked man who hath chosen his owne waies Esa 66.3 and his soule delighteth in his abhominations offereth it is euen as much as if hee slew a man as if he cut off a doggs neck and as if hee offered swines blood The cause hereof is beecause wicked men are of an impenitent heart and therefore will only praise God with their mouth whom they shame and dishonor in their heart yea throughout all their whole life and conuersation Of the second But sufficient of the first 2. Point Now let vs consider of the second point wherefore it is that the Prophet will haue vs sing praises vnto God The Prophet commendeth here three especiall benefits of God as first that he buildeth Ierusalem Secondly that hee vseth his wisedome and power for the benefit of all his creatures but most especially for mans good And then thirdly that he cleerely reuealed his word his statutes and his commaundements vnto the Iewish people Hee saith The Lord buildeth vp Ierusalem Verse 2. and gathereth together the dispersed of Israel Here is to bee obserued that this Psalme was written after that the people of the Iewes were brought againe to Ierusalem other places in Iudea from the Babylonian captiuity Now when the Prophet sawe that Ierusalem was againe by little and little repaired the Citizens come againe together that were here there before dispersed abroad and the true seruice of God established anew he hartily reioyced yet not so much for the faire and goodly buildings as for that they were come thither againe euen vnto the place whereunto God had bound himselfe in the old Testament and couenanted with them and that the people did iointly againe with one consent serue God Rom. 9.4 Vnto whom appertaineth the addoption and the glory and the couenants and the giuing of the Lawe and the seruice of God and the promises And in such ioy of his heart he beginneth admonisheth all beleeuing Israelites to sing laud vnto the Lord one with an other and to praise our God vppon the harpe If now the godly forefathers did so heartily reioyce before Christs birth earnestly exhorted vnto the praising of God after they were deliuered but from their seauenty yeres Babilonian captiuity and were again returned into their beloued Countrey how much more then ought wee whose forefathers were pulled out of popish Babilon not after seuenty but after seuen hundred yeers of captiuity and brought againe together into their old country sing laud praise and thankes vnto almighty God for it The vulgar man considereth not what a glorious benefit this is To compare them a little together Was not that a miserie vpon misery when the parents were dispersed from their children the brethren from their sisters the