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A07446	Tvvo sermons preached before his Maiestie, in his chappell at Whitehall the one, the xi. of Februarie, the other the xxv. of same moneth. By Richard Meredeth, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinarie.	Meredeth, Richard, 1559-1621.	1606 (1606)	STC 17832; ESTC S103382	33,811	48

Festus heare S. Paul preach of Iudgment to come he iudgeth it as madnesse let a multitude come to the hearing of the one of the selfe same sermon some by the hearing of the same are conuerted some by the hearing of that same are preuerted some beléeue some doubt some disdaine what 's the reason they vse not al alike the ordinary meanes of illuminating their minds rectifiyng their wills that is prayer witnesse truth it selfe aske and ye shall receiue seeke and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened vnto you and therefore hée which comes to heare a sermon hauing not prepared and santified his heart before hand with prayer is like vnto a marriner which would gouerne his ship without a rounder or like to a way-faring mā which wil come to his ioyrnies end by going a diuerse and contrary way praier therfore vnto our preaching and your reading is the most necessarie externall coagiuant meanes which maketh them both effectuall for to read the word is to receiue it more confusedly in great gobbots morsels to heare the word preached is to receiue it more orderly deuided and cut to thinke vpon it seriously is to chew it with the cleane tooth of godly meditatiō but to pray vnto God to haue the true vnderstanding of the same in our mindes and a liuely féeding of it in our hearts and consciences this thoroughly to degest it in euery part of our bodies in euery power of our soules prayer therefore vnto our preaching your hearing is euen as the salte which quickneth the sacrifice it is as the leauen which seasoneth the lampe it is as the soule which giueth life to the body it is as the sunne which giueth light to the world And certainely I am perswaded that as we preach the word sometimes vnto men so if they did pray at the same time together with vs not for a fashion sake with showe to the eye but in truth earnestnesse and from the groūd of the heart this long planting watring sowing which hath bin bestowed in husbādring the hearts of the men of our age would haue yeelded more fruit of piety and godlinesse to the praise of the glory of God bettering the whole world and stopping of the mouths of our aduersaries on both sides which haue spoken and written so much euill of vs. But as it was said of Zeched short in stature so it may be said of the children of this generation they are short they are dwarfs they are little in stature little in faith little in worke little in modesty little in sobriety little in temperance little in chastity little in piety little in hospitality little in charity little in vertue To make you men of better groth tall trées are strong pillers in the house of God as you come diligently to heare so remember also deuoutly to pray to pray I say vnto him which hath the kéees of Dauid openeth and no man shutteth shutteth and no man openeth that he wil illuminate the beames of our vnderstanding that we may knowe and direct the streams and courses of our affections that we may do accordingly A souldier goeth not to warre without his weapons a Christian not without his prayers Cassiodor Be pleased I most humbly beseech you to heare the explication of one argument more which induceth mée in respect of the common necessity to magnifie prayer aboue hearing of sermons Prayer in all extremities remayneth like a Christian tried companion which neuer leaueth his friend but hearing of Lecturers preaching of Sermons in diuers cases faileth 1. A mā may be silenced from preaching as we know Micheas was but he cannot be silenced from praying though he be silenced from the vocal prayer of his tongue yet can he not be silenced from the mentall prayer of his heart 2. A man may be cast into prison and fettered in cold irons as Ioseph was 3. A man may be captiuate and carried away prisoner with the Turkes and Sarisons as we know the people of God were with the Syrians and Babilonians 4. A man may walke vp and downe in the wildernes solitary distressed and afflicted as diuers of the holy men of God did before the comming of Christ 5. A man may come into a place which is ful of the botch of Aegypt dangerous infection of pestilence In some of these cases nay in euery one of these how can a mā cōueniently be edified by preaching I meane for the present I deny not but if he had bin a diligent obseruer he may call to mind sondry things which hée had heard and read and so ease his oppressed distressed soule by them But as S. Paul sayd of charity it neuer falleth away in respect of continuāce so we may say of prayer it neuer falleth away at any time in any place or vpon any occasion Ieremie by prayer can cōfort himself Aug. 12. ser de tem in prison Daniel by praier can reioyce in the gréedy Lyons denne the three children by prayer can triumph in the fiery flaming furnace Iob can pray vnto God lying on his dunghill the théefe can pray vnto God hanging on the tree Non est locus vbi non est Deus God is in euery place and euery place a man may powre out his prayers to God yet the heddy giddy presize disciplinarian cannot perswade himselfe that hée can be edified by comming to the Church vnlesse there be a sermon he must haue a sermon to informe his vnderstanding he will come to the Church for that I tell him he hath as great néede of prayer to sanctifie his soule and body let him come to the Church for that 1. Vnlesse he be an infidell a profession is to bee made here of his faith 2. Vnlesse he be too much a Puritant a confession is to be made heere of his sinnes 3. Vnlesse he be a scismatike his consent is required here by saying Amen with the congregation assembled 4. Vnlesse he be a Traytor his prayers are to perse forth here for the good of the king the state and the country Tell me doest thou euer read that Gods house was cald the house of preaching this thou readest not but to show that the most vsuall and ordinary exercise which God will haue to be practised in his Church is prayer he thought it best to call the place of his worship by the name of the one and not by the name of the other the Church was sanctified for preaching thou wilt come vnto it while this is a doing the church is sanctified for prayer and hath his name of prayer Domus mea domus orationis Come vnto it also while this is a doing Salomon vpon and after the dedication of the temple went into the temple to prayer it is read of the Publican Pharisie that they went both to the temple to pray Peter Iohn went both into the temple at the 9. hours at the appointed time for prayer old

and Aaron a good king to rule vs and a good priest to instruct vs now if God in the multitude of his mercies hath giuen vs the fruition of both these how iustly then may he say vnto vs as vnto the Iewes What can I do more S. Paul is very earnest with the Corinthians that they should learne to know themselues which is as some thinke the first point of wisdom Know your selues saith he what do you not know your selues so giue me leaue a little to importune know your selues what know you not your owne state after God in the multitude of his blessings had giuen vnto you to be gouerned for the space of 45. years vnder the regiment of a most heroical gratious vertuous religious Quéene hee hath in the aboundance of his mercies giuen you a King to raigne ouer you O how honorable is the name of a King for God the King enterchange names for the King is a God vpō earth and God himselfe is a King in heauen I will expresse all whatsoeuer I meane to say cōcerning this matter in an Embleme or mistery The Lord past by a mighty wind rent the mountaines and tare the rockes but the Lord was not in the wind and after 1. King 19. the wind came an earthquake but the Lord was not in the earthquake after that came fire but the lord was not in the fire and after the fire came a small stil voice and the Lord was in the voyce In the daies of king Henry the 8. of renowned memory true religion began to appeare to shewe forth her head but this was brought to passe with much tumult hurliburly Here the L. passed by vs in a mighty strong wind renting the mountaines tearing the rockes but yet the Lord was not in the wind Deus in turbine It pleased not God to haue a temple erected vnto him in his dayes I thinke it was because hee was a man as Dauid was a man of Blood After him succéeded K. Edward the 6. in his daies the very foundations of Popery beganne to be shaken whereupon sundry violent insurrectiōs were attempted and most dangerous conspiracies were preuented here the L. passed along by vs in an earthquake but the L was not in the earthquake Deus non in commotione no religion established in K. Edward the 6. dayes After him succéeded in the kingdome Q. Mary and in her dayes was séene in England such a fire as was neuer séene from the beginning and I hope neuer shall be séene to the ending Here the Lord passed along by vs in the fire but the L. was not in the fire Deus non in igne After her succeeded in the kingdome Q. Elizabeth of most happy and blessed memory and shée albeit shée was the voice yet she was not the small still voyce the ouerswaying faction of Popery at home the manifold suspitions of practises abroad inforced her to carry her Ensigne vnder his bāner whose name is the L. of hosts onely in the old Testament but euer the God of peace in the new Testament As a voice she gaue forth Tanquam ouis ad mactationem as a voyce she gaue forth Posui deum adiutorē meum but the noyse of the warrior and the report of the Cannon and the tumbling of garments in blood and the rumors of warres and the iust suspitions of Armadoes and inuasions would not permit her to be the small still voice Sibilus aure tenuis she found the Gospell professed by her accompanied by the sword as our Sauiour foretold Tinke ye that I am come to send peace Mat. 10. vpon the earth I tel ye no I am not come to send peace but a sword But we haue liued to behold him who is both the voice and the still voice Et sibilus sibilus aure tenuis as a voice he giues out behold The Lambe of God Mat. 3. which taketh away the sins of the world as a still voice he writeth for his word Beati pacifici 2. as a voice hee protesteth This is the way walke in it turne neither to Mat. 6. the right hād nor to the left as a stil voice he hath made peace with them that are a far off with them that are neare Pacem his qui longe Pacem his qui prope as a voice resolueth come of it what may I my people wil serue 1. Sam. 17. the liuing L. as a stil voice he engraueth Faciem eo in gētem vnam 4. as a voice he publisheth Exurgat Deus discipentur inimici as a stil voice he hath done more then any of his noble progenitors for although Henricus rosas yet Regna Iacobus as a voice he studieth he disputeth he Ephe. 2. conferreth to make vs al to be of one religion on god on faith on baptisme as a still voice hee laboureth to make vs al to become one nation Vt fiat vnus pastor et vnum ouile 1 Reg. 9. Eph. 4. Cassiodor vnus Rex vna lex vnus dux vna lux vna ciuitas vna communi●as omnia sunt vnum inquit Milissus We haue liued therefore to inioy him which is the voice to enioy him which is the stil voice et sibilus et sibilus aure tenuis the Lord no doubt of it is in the voyce the Lord is in the still voyce and I giue a reason for warres and tumult and sedition and faction and scismaticall contention is like vnto a Cannon stone which makes two walles of one but peace and concord and amitie and charitie and vnitie and vnion is like vnto Christ the corner stone which maketh one wall of two peace and truth in the dayes of Ezechia we read it we beléene it the Gospell and all quietnesse in the daies of King Iames we haue it we enioy it we haue found him therefore of whom the scripture saieth Rex Pacificus magnificatus est super 2. Peg. 9. omnes reges vniuersae terra I dauve not vp with vntempered morter neither doe I powre out the precious oyle of flatterie to breake that head which vnder Christ in his Church is the head of vs all but I speake the words of truth sovernesse of truth in respect of the matter of sobernesse in respect of the fashion and in very reason flattery vseth not to commend that which is but that which is not but rather to this end and purpose haue I spoken that which I haue said that we may be thankfull for the benefit and with the propheticall King Dauid breake out into praises of our peaceable King saying Praise thy God O Ierusalem praise thy God O England for hee hath made fast the batres of the gates and hath blessed thy children within thee he setteth peace in thy borders Now as God hath giuen vs a good Moses a méeke King to raigne ouer vs so if he haue giuen vs good Priests withall we must néedes confesse that he