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A73456	A sermon preached at Great Yarmouth, vpon VVednesday, the 12. of September. 1599. by W. Y. The argument whereof was chosen to minister instructions vnto the people, vpon occasion of those present troubles, which then were feared by the Spaniards.	Younger, William, b. 1572 or 3.	1600 (1600)	STC 26097; ESTC S125585	32,550	90

A SERMON PREACHED at great Yarmouth Vpon VVednesday the 12. of September 1599. By W. Y. The argument whereof was chosen to minister instructions vnto the people vpon occasion of those present troubles which then were feared by the Spaniards Eccles 9.18 Better is Wisdome then weapons of warre but one sinner destroyeth much good Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford dwelling on Adling hill neere Carter-lane 1600. TO THE WORshipfull Master Iohn Felton the elder and Master Thomas Manfield Bayliffes of the Towne of great Yarmouth grace and peace in our Lord Iesus Christ IT is fayned of the Poets Worshipfull master Bayliffes Ouid. Metam 11. Riuus aquae Lethes c. that there is a Riuer in Hell called Lethe of which whosoeuer drinketh forgets al that he hath remembred before Whatsoeuer they haue imagined sure it is that the diuell hath an hellish deuice to make the eares of the people drunken with vanities that whatsoeuer instructions haue beene deliuered vnto thē yet for the most part they are soone forgotten and the remembrance of them no more to be found I will not condemne them for so weake of memorie as Massula was who forgot his owne name or so dull of capacitie as the Thracians that could not reckō aboue foure yet sure it is the small profite and practise that ariseth by the preaching of the word argueth the drynesse of their brains or that God speaks once and twise and man regardes it not Many there be which will goe to heare sermons but few that can goe to remember them could wee as well remember as wee can heare no doubt Christianitie would flourish as the vine-tree and bring forth plenty of fruit but because it is otherwise sermons being once preached become as musicke vnto vs delighting our eares onely for a time but being ended their sound vanisheth away Therefore though I may seeme to adde more fulnes to the sea I haue published and in publishing enlarged this sermon which was once preached before you that if your memory faile of that which was then deliuered the eare may heare it again and the eye see it and the mind conceiue it and the soule receiue and taste the benefite thereof Efficacior lingua quā litera Barnard Ep. 66. and though it bee now lesse perswasiue then when it was pronounced by the gesture and countenance of a liuing man yet wants there not to answere it that you may reade and read it againe meditating thereon not once or twise but often Many wise and learned haue prudently and painefully laboured in this course and the world floweth with diuersitie of Bookes as the sea with varietie of fishes and therefore mine might haue well beene spared yet was the argument of which Ispake so fitting to the time when I spake that lest we should be as forgetfull of these instructions as it seemes wee are of those rumors of warres and troubles which then sodainely befell vs I haue ventured to acquaint you with the same matter againe and to make the benefite thereof more publike which then was but priuate to your owne eares Now because you are the men whom the Lord hath made his lieutenants ouer this towne next vnder her Maiestie Num. 27.17 to goe in and out before this people I haue made you the patrons of this my simple labour as you are Patrons ouer those for whose benefit it was preached and is now published both to leade them forth and to bring them home that the congregation of the Lord might not bee as sheep without a shepheard And euen as the Loadstone doth by a secret operation and vertue attract yron vnto it so your vertuous and religious minds entertaining and patronizing this may with the Loadstone draw others of the iron sort and those of baser mettall then your selues to entertaine receiue and peruse it to their comfort being garded with the countenance and credite of your names If any Christian receiue profite by it Iam. 1.17 let him who is the Father of lights and giuer of euerie good and perfect gift and the encrease of these which are vnperfite haue the prayse thereof there shall none of his glorie cleaue to my fingers neither is that which I haue done for any earthly respect or worldly consideration for I haue had that which I expect and more I neither looke for nor desire Onely this that the Lord in his mercy would grant Oculus sceptrum Emblē Egyptiac quo Magistratuū regimen desig Psa 2.9 that as he hath set you on high and graced you with the gouernment of this people so your eye your scepter may be ioyned together that first you may be quick-sighted to discerne sinne and sin being discouered to bruise it in peeces with your scepter of gouernement that iudgement may prayse you in the gate and Iustice aduaunce her selfe in the great congregation that vnity peace and concord may be established vertue godlines and religion furthered that the preaching of the word may more and more flourish worke mightily in the harts of the people for their conuersion Mat. 4.13 and that Yarmouth may be with * So the word signifies Capernaum euen a place of repentance scituate by the seaside The Lord euen the most mightie God inflame your worshipfull zealous hearts with a care hereof that during the heate of the day and the time of your gouernement ye may be Paragons to those which went before and examples to as many as shall follow And thus I commend you vnto the Lord and to the word of his grace which is able to build you further and to giue you an heauenly inheritance among them which are sanctified in Christ Iesus From the Priory in Yarmouth Oct. 24. 1599. Your VVorships in the Lord William Yonger A SERMON PREACHED AT great Yarmouth The Text. Ieremiah 4.14 O Ierusalem wash thine heart from wickednes that thou maist be saued how long shall thy wicked thoughts remaine within thee THe purpose of the Prophet in the former part of this prophesie Worshipfull and well beloued is to worke conuersion in the hearts of the Iewes Eccles 4.12 and because as Salomon sayes A three-fold coard is not easily broken so to the end that hee might with greater force more vehemencie draw them thereunto hee hath twisted and twyned together a three-fold cord an argument of a triple force and efficacie to moue them to repentance First from the consideration of his benefits and mercies bestowed vpō them in the second and third verses of the second Chapter Secondly from couenants and promises made vnto them in the fourteenth verse of the former Chapter Thirdly from iudgements and threatnings denounced against them in the seuenth verse of this Chapter where the Prophet saith Verse 7. The Liō is come vp frō his den the destroyer of the Gentiles is departed and gone forth to lay the land waste and the Cities shal be destroyed without an inhabitāt So that you see