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A11164	A sermon preached at Greenwich before the Kings Maiestie vpon Tuesday in VVhitson weeke being the 14. of Iune. 1603. By the Reuerend Father in God Antonie Rudd, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Lord Bishop of Saint Dauids	Rudd, Anthony, 1549 or 50-1615.	1603 (1603)	STC 21433; ESTC S112125	11,126	40

of mercie might become extreame crueltie And first to speake of Mercie happie is that Prince who hath the wisedome and the will to be mercifull to whom and when and where it is expedient Pro. 20.28 Psal 85.10 For such mercie and truth preserueth the King and his throne shall be established with mercie Moreouer happie is that countrie where mercie and truth meet together and so righteousnes and peace kisse one another And worldly happy are those subiects to whom the prince vouchsafeth to shew mercie and louing kindnes For the Kings wrath is like the roaring of a Lyon and as messengers of death Pro. 16.14.15 and 19.12 but in the light of his countenance is life and his fauour is as a cloud of the latter raine and like the dew vpon the grasse And Dauid well knowing how laudable and honourable it was to be mercifull with discretion being established in his kingdome 2. Sam. 9.1.3 he made enquirie if there remained yet aliue any of the house of Saul on whom he might shew the mercie of God that is such mercie as is acceptable to God for his old deare friend Ionathans sake And we find it to be a laudable custome of princes at their first entrance into their kingdomes to shew mercie at their pleasure in this wise that I may speake in the scripture phrase in the Psalmes by hearing the mourning of the prisoner Psal 102.20 and deliuering the children of death And in Isai Isa 58.7 by loosing the bands of of wickednes by taking of the heauie burdens by letting the oppressed goe free and by breaking euerie yoke former extortions exactions and other grieuous oppressions O how faire a thing is this mercie in the time of anguish trouble Eccles 35.19 it is like a cloud of raine that commeth in the time of drought Thus can Dauid shew Mercie when he thinketh it meet and Iudgement also when the matter so requireth it For he is not ignorant that the establishment of the Kings throne Prou. 16.12 Isa 32.17 is Iustice iudgement and the 〈◊〉 thereof is peace Yea manifold is the good effect which followeth the executing of Iustice vpon malefactors First of all it is profitable to the offenders themselues Pro. 22.15 for affliction giueth vnderstanding Foolishnes is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall driue it away from him Pro. 29.15 The rod and correction giue wisdome Pro. 20.30 the blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euil and the stripes within the bowels of the bellie that is sharp punishment which pearceth euen the inward parts is profitable for the wicked to bring them to amendment But on the cōtrarie Pro. 13.24 he that spareth the rod spilleth the child witnes the exāple of Hely toward his sons Hophni Phinehas And of Dauid toward his son Adonijah whō he would not displease frō his childhod to say 1. Sam. 2.12.22.23.24 1. Reg. 1.6 why hast thou done so so in the end he proued a presumptuous traitor rank rebel Secondly this exemplarie iustice is commodious vnto others that are by-standers and beholders who may learne to beware by their neighbours harmes Deu. 13.11 17.13 21.22 according as Moses willeth punishment to be afflicted vpon transgressours of the law that Israel may heare and feare Whereupon Salomon groundeth this exposition of policie or iudiciall proceedings Prou. 19.25 Smite a scorner and the foolish will beware that is to say the simple and ignorant men learne their dutie when they see the wicked punished And for this cause did God by Moses commaund that the censers of Korah and his complices being 250 in number who had beene destroyed and consumed by a fire that came out from the Lord should be taken and beaten forth into broad plates for the couering of the Altar Numb 16.37.38 c. that they might be a signe to the children of Israel of Gods iudgements against all mutinous seditious rebellious persons Whereas on the other side If the incestuous person at Chorinth be not censured by excommunication behold 1. Cor. 5.6 Eccles 8.11 a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe And by the iudgement of the preacher because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill that is by way of abridgement where Iustice is delayed there sinne raigneth Therefore the princely Psalmist promiseth in the last verse of this Psalme Psal 101.8 betimes to destroy all the wicked of the land that he might cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord. Thirdly the executing of hainous and notorious offenders withholdeth the wrath of God from the publike state of the Realme by taking euill out of Israel But the vnpunishing of Achan Deu. 17.12 22.22 Iosh 7.1.5 though his crime was vnknowen was so hurtfull to the host of Israel 2. Sam. 21.1.6.14 that the hearts of the people melted away like water Neither could the great dearth in Dauids time be remoued nor God fully pacified for Sauls crueltie long before committed against the Gibeonites till seauen of Sauls ofspring were hung vp to the Lord in Gibeah of Saul In briefe due execuitiō done vpon great and grieuous malefactors is a sacrifice acceptable vnto God and a preseruatiue of the state of the Church and Commonwealth Therfore a wise King scattereth the wicked Pro. 20.26 and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them But here must be inserted a caueat against all crueltie in execution of iustice Deut. 22.6 For by the law of Moses euen in seeking of birds nests it was not lawfull to take the damme with the yong Neyther might the bodie of the executed malefactor remaine all night vppon the tree Deut. 21.22 23. Beside this God would not turne to them of Damascus because they had treshed Gilead with threshing instruments of yron neither would he turne to the children of Ammon Amos. 1.3.13 because they had ript vp the women with child of Gilead that they might enlarge their owne border there is like to be iudgement mercilesse to Pilate who would shew no mercie Iam. 2.13 but mingled the blood of some that had offēded him Luke 13.1 Pro. 12.10 with their owne sacrifices Yet no maruaile it is that he did so for though the richteous man regardeth the life of his beast yet euen the mercies of the wicked and cruell Howbeit though crueltie is alwaies to be abhorred yet remissnes in dealing with the aduersaries of the truth the practisers and maintayners of a false worship is likewise to bee excluded because it is most perilous to the Church of God as appeareth by the history of the Canaanites who by the conniuency of the Israelites being permitted to conuerse with them Nom. 33.55 and to liue quietly among them became pricks in their eies and

and gloried in their owne wit force and power as though thereby they had gotten all their victories with increase of wealth and honour and so they robbed God of his glorie In reuenge of such kind of vnthankfulnes when as superstitious people in the time of Hosea Hos 2.5 to the 11. ascribed vnto their louers that is to their Idols the gift of their bread and wine corne and oyle wooll and flax siluer and gold then Almightie God returned in high displeasure and tooke away his corne in the time thereof and his wine in the season therof and he recouered his wooll and his flax which he had lent vnto them for a time to couet their shame withall But Dauid to auoid the like both sin and punishment also thereof protesteth here that he will sing the mercie of God I say the mercie of God toward him and not his owne merits And hereupon it was that being hardly beset greatly distressed and perplexed in the daies of Saul while his hope of the kingdome was suspended he maketh his prayer in these tearmes Shew thy meruailous mercies Psal 17.7 thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand And he hopeth one day to come into the house of God Psal 5.7 in the multitude of his mercie Looke backe to former ages and you shall finde Iacob at his returne from Mesopotamia homeward in the way to Canaan being greatly inriched after the seruice of almost three apprentiships vnder Laban framing his praier of thanks giuing in this wise O Lord I am not worthie of the least of all thy mercies and all the truth Gen. 32.10 which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordan and now haue I gotten two bands And I conceiue assured hope that by this example my gracious soueraigne doth often meditate vpon the mercie of God toward himselfe in respect of the great increase of temporall blessings which he hath found and felt since the time that he first peaceably entred the towne of Berwicke and so passed ouer the riuer of Tweede And as for vs beloued all of vs which be ranged in the number of subiectes considering on the one side the manifold haynous sinnes which haue formerly raigned amongst vs both vnpunished and vnrepented of and on the other side the fearfull dangers that we haue escaped I can say nothing but that which Ieremie spake in his lamentations long agoe Lam. 3.22 It is the mercies of the Lord the we are not consumed because his compassions faile not Pray we therefore on the behalfe of our King that it would please Almightie God to pronounce of him as he spake in elder time by Nathan of Salomon 2. Sam. 7.14.15 I will be his father and he shall be my sonne and if he sinnes I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the plagues of the children of men but my mercie shall not depart away from him Pray we likewise for this Church of England Scotland and Ireland that God would vouchase to hallow it with that blessed promise which in Isai was vttered ouer the whole Church of Christ militant by the spirit of prophesie thus The mountaines shall remooue and the hils shall fall downe but my mercie shall not depart from thee neyther shall the couenant of my peace fall away saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee This done then may both King and subiects euen euerie of vs vtter with ioyfull cheare that which we read in the Psalme Psal 89.1 I will sing the mercies of the Lord for euer Thus Dauid hauing already song the mercy of GOD toward himselfe he will sing also the iudgement of God toward his enemies And to beginne with his grand and capitall enemie King Saul after that he had beene wounded by the archers of the Philistines 1. Sam. 31.3.4 fearing least the vncircumcissed should haue come and thrust him thorow haue mocked him he tooke a sword and fell vpon it himselfe and so a cruell life had a desperate ende And as for Dauids chiefe enemies in the Court among Sauls fauorties namely Chush Doeg we read the ruine of them both For Chush trauailed with mischiefe and brought forth a lye he made a pit and digged it Psal 7.1.15.16 and fell into it himselfe his mischiefe returned vpon his own head his crueltie fel vpon his owne pate And after that Doeg had for a space boasted himself in his wickednes that being a man of power he could doe mischiefe Psal 52.1.5 at the length God pluckt him out of his tabernacle and rooted him out of the land of the liuing Beside these particulars God gaue vnto Dauid the necks of his enemies in generall Psal 18.40.42 and he did beat them as small as the dust before the wind and he did tread them flat as the clay in the streets Thus let thine enemies perish O Lord and the Kings enemies likewise but let him be as the Sunne when he riseth in his might Iud. 5.31 And blessed be God who hath put into his head to celebrate euerie Tuesdaye with publike prayer and preaching in remembraunce of Gods mercie towardes himselfe The earle of Gowries conpiracie and Gods iudgement towards his enemies by that which was acted at Saint Ionstone vpon the fifth of August in the yeare 1600. Now the good that may ensue by the consideration of the fall of Gods and the Churches enemies is of two sorts First God is thereby magnified as may appeare is the person of Pharaoh whom God appointed for this cause to shew his power in him Exo. 9.16 and to declare his name throughout all the world And in the destruction of the Babilonians the earth was filled with the knowledge of the glorie of the Lord Hab. 2.14 as the waters couer the Sea Secondly men if they haue grace may be thereby edified according to the confession of the faithfull in Isai saying Isay 26.9 VVee O Lord haue wayted for thee in the way of thy iudgementes for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnes Hitherto Dauid hath sung mercie and iudgement in respect of the time past by way of praise and thanksgiuing Now he proceedeth to sing the same song in regard of the time to come touching the administration of his kingdome by way of practise knowing that the dutie of princes and publike Magistrates Rom. 13.3 1. Pet. 2.14 is to be the ministers of God for the wealth of them that doe well by the exercise of godlinesse and honestie and to take vengeance on them that doe euill committing impietie and iniquitie And these two mercie and iudgement must goe hand in hand being in association combined together least if they were altogether and vtterly seuered then mercy without iudgement might turne into foolish pittie and iudgement without any temper