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A01801	The Kings medicine for this present yeere 1604 prescribed by the whole colledge of the spirituall physitions, made after the coppy of the corporall kings medicine, which was vsed in the city the former yeere. Giuen as a new yeers-gift, to the honorable city of London, to be taken in this yeere for the soule, as the other was for the bodie. Herevnto are intermixed, first, the wonders of the former yeer, his triumphs, two funeralls, two coronations, two preachers. Secondlie, Londons and Englands newyeers-gift, to offer vp vnto the Lord for his new-yeers-gift, containing King Dauids sacrificing after the ceasing of the pestilence, necessarie to teach vs the duty of our deliuerance. The whole collected out of the first book of Chr. ch. 21. / Made and vvritten by Iames Godskall, preacher of the vvorde.	Godskall, James.	1604 (1604)	STC 11936; ESTC S118768	100,652	208

the golde of the Athenians Euen so I may say that the prayers of the Church of England haue preuailed more then the gold of the Papists and more than if we had presented with the wisemen golde Incense and Myrrhe Math. 2 and that for these the Lords Angell is departed This mercie and bountifulnesse of the Lord doth call vs all this newe yeare vnto repentance 1 The tribe of Iudah First it doth appeale vnto you ô Royall Court ô tribe of Iudah in honour degree and dignitie the first as you offer vnto the Prince a newe yeares-gift so forget not to offer this present to the Prince of Heauen Doe homage vnto the King of Heauen who rideth vpon the wings of the Cherubins bowe the neckes of your soules before the throne of his maiestie put on the royal garment of King DAVID and take in this year a Kings medicine for the soule a royall medicine becommeth a royall Court Honourable Counsellors meditate the lawe of the most high and vse King Dauids counsellors Psalm 119.24 Great men let your wils not bee inordinate and hauing the raignes of dominion in your hands proclaime not with Nero My authoritie giueth mee license to doe all things gouerne by lawe and not by lust Noble peeres take heede of the sinne of Zimri Numb 25.14 Possesse you vessels in holinesse and honour and not in the lust of cōcupiscence 1. Thessa 4. You that are in high places bee patient of iniuries forget nothing but iniuries as Caesar esteeme with Theodosius a Christian Emperour that yee haue receiued a benefit as often as yee are entreated to forgiue or say with Marcus Cato vnto him that smote him beeing now desirous to make amends I remember not that I was smitten For as Lactantius speaketh Ira mortalium debet esse mortalis the anger of mortall men must bee mortall You that haue adorned and imbossed your speaches with oathes come out of this humour esteeme them not the humour of gentilitie nor an ornament to your discourses chāge blasphemies into prayers and let your tongues bee bels to sound the praises of him who hath deliuered vs. Let not the voluptuous pamper themselues more in carnall delights nor sport themselues with sinne as Sampson with Dalilah let them shake it off and not account this world a siluer shrine Painted Dames bee contented with the naturall colour of your Creator Altogither bee not senselesse at the former stroke of Gods hammer but spend your time in the royall pastime of King Dauid 2 The tribe of Leuie Secondly the bountifulnesse of the Lord doth appeale vnto you ô tribe of Leui. Giue vnto the Lord this newe yeares gift Prophets take in this yeare a Prophets medicine Reuerend fathers and Elders prostrate your selues with DAVID and the Elders of Israel and as the holy Ghost exhorteth you Act. 20.28 Take heede vnto your selues and to all the flocke whereof the holy Ghost hath made you ouerseers to feede the Church of God which hee hath purchased with his owne bloode You the other Prophets bee vnreproueable watching sober modest harberous apt to teach not giuen to wine or filthy lucre 1. Tim. 3.2 Vnto you that are in the office of Archippus Col. 4.17 it is also saide Take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receiued in the Lord that thou fulfill it It is a worke not a play onus non honos a burthen not an honour a seruice not a vacancy You that should guide others to the Land of promise come not short your selues Wee that build Arkes for others let vs not bee drowned our selues Wee that are the Lords Seers let vs not bee blinde wee that are the Lords Cryers let vs not bee dumbe and tongue-tide and because sinne is impudent and cannot blush let vs from hence-forward arme our selues not with the speare but with the zeale of Phinees for the gentle spirit of Eli is not sufficient to mende children past grace let vs not put hony into the sacrifice in steade of salt but bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the sonnes of thunder You the two Vniuersities 3 The two Vniuersities obtain in this rank the third place vnto you also the Lords bountifulnesse doth appeale giue vnto him this excellent newe yeares-gift children of the Prophets take one another by the hande yee two sisters and say with DAVID wee haue also done foolishly O Lord. Let the Kings medicine come among you take it in against the kings euill Your schooles haue beene broken vp the former yeare the newe yeare beeing come breake the strength of sinne that the Lords Angell disperse you not againe You that should bee fountaines and welsprings of good life to others bee not dryed vp that if men seeke for the water of life at your hands they returne not with an emptie pitcher or else as Iob speaketh 13.4 You are Physitions of no value Sende forth skilfull Bezaleels and Aholiabs filled with the spirit of Wisdome and vnderstanding to worke with all the wise-hearted all manner of workmanship for the seruice of the Lords Sanctuarie for the vniting of the Saints and for the edification of the mysticall bodie of Christ Iesus that from you the two heades as the pretious ointment from the head of Aaron was deriued vnto the very skirts of his garments many pretious oyntments may be deriued to all the members of the Kingdome Lastly because the haruest is great suffer your selues to bee thrust into the haruest Fourthly it appealeth to you that obtaine the fourth place 4 Magistrates and Iudges and who are the politicall Elders the Iudges and magistrates Present vnto the magistrate and Iudge of heauen and earth this newe yeares gift and take also in the Kings medicine for this present yeare You haue ordained and prescribed the former yeare good orders for the staying of the bodily infection shewe now your diligence to prescribe good orders for the staying of the spirituall infection Bee rather desirous of the maintenance of good lawes and reformation of manners then of honour preferre the weale-publike before your priuate good take heede of the spirituall Plague First bee not louers of giftes which blinde the eyes Deut. 18.21 Secondly differre and delay not to giue iudgement in the righteous cause and if yee can doe your neighbour good to day say not to him come to morrowe Prouerb 3.28 Viewe your selues in Iob that right paterne of a good Iudge Iob. 31. Let your sentence bee to the oppressed as the comfortable raine to the thirsty ground Iob. 29.23 Thirdly haue not respect of persōs in iudgemēt Deut. 1.17 hear the small as well as the great fear not the face of man You are the pillers Ps 75.3 If the pillers be weakned if the nail be broken or the strong mē bow themselues the house the burden all falleth that leaneth vpon them By the way it speaketh to you also lawyers Lawiers men of counsell magistrates attedāts offer vp also this newyeers gift to the Lord

that his slaying Angell returne not The wise man Pro. 23.23 teacheth you wise mē wisedom giueth counsaile to you counsellers Buy the truth that is spare no cost to purchase truth but sel it not that is bee not hired for anie mony to forgoe the truth Set not your wisedōe eloquence conscience and all to sale Giue not sweet taste to the bitter sower with your sugred eloquēce Let not your fined tongues faire pretenses cunning gloses goodly circūstances of speech vphold bolster out the vniust cause Be not caught with birdlime for vnto this doth AVSTIN cōpare the receiuing of bribes by which your wings are pinioned so that ye can not flie Officers Iohn Baptist Luk. 3. giueth you a good lessō Be cōtēt with your stipēd vseno extortiō Principally 5. London it doth appeale vnto thee ô London which hast suffered the greatest brunt in this assault least the lords Angell returne again offer vp vnto him which hath shewen thee mercy this new yeers gift as you haue bin diligēt the former yeere to take in the Kings medicine for the body so be not now negligent to take in the Kings medicine for the soule A certain heathen man after that he had seen a suddain shipwrack of all his worldly goods and had bin exercised with diuerse afflictions brake forth into these speeches wel fortune I see thy intent thou wouldest haue me become a philosopher euen so ô Londō hauing receiued the old yeer a shipwrack of thousands of thy subiectes and hauing bin visited with much bitternes say vnto the almighty wel lord I see thine intēt thou wouldst haue me to becom zealous religious to enter into a meditatiō of the life to come Let both Nehemias Daniel magistrat minister within thy wals cōfesse their sins Let euery citizē in particular say as Ionas did I know that for my sake this great tēpest hath bin vpō you It is reported that the Delphiās had murthered Aesop had cōcealed their sin but being visited with mortality they begā to confesse it yea caused it to be proclamed by noise of criers that they had done it In like māner ô Londō hauing cōmitted diuerse sins hauing bin visited with mortality cōfesse thē now proclame thē reueale thē vnto the lord let the graues that shroude so many corpses let the tears of the widdows and desolate orphanes yet remaining mooue you vnto repētāce As the rod of Moses made water to proceed out of the rock so let the lords rod wring from our stonie hearts some drops of remorse The voice of the Lord Londons Echo spoken as it were from heauen hath bin heard within thy walls to mooue thee vnto repentance make now answere to this voice with a sweete resounding echo into heauen in this manner Thy voice I will heare and thy call I will obey Greatnesse will not stoupe but at great iudgements a great one thou hast felt the Lorde hath not onelie brused the heele of the body the poorer sorte but he hath reached the head the rich and mighty among vs. First yee the 24. elders apply this soueraigne balme to your sore Secondly Merchants from henceforth become christian merchauntes to buye the pearle of Gods word take Christ with you in your shippes that the tempeste of Gods anger arise not remember the shippe where IONAS was in and haue no fellowshippe with Atheistes papistes and prophane Esaus cleare your eies with the eiesalue of plaine dealing You that haue beene crushing Zacheus and gripple pennie fathers in this gold-sick age haue ripped vp your brethrens entrails for mony as Sāpson searched the lions carkasse for honie be no more wealth-deuouring vermins grind not the faces of your watrie-faced brethren breake off your crueltie as the Spinster doth her thread intending to drawe it out no longer Take heed Mich. 6. that the treasures of wickednesse be not found in your houses any more neither a scant measure which is abominatiō to the lord who iustifieth not the wicked balāces the bag of deceitfull waights Tradesmē labour not any more so much for the meat which perisheth but for the food which endureth for euer Ioh. 6. Citizēns in generall seeing the lord hath knocked at your proud palaces shake from you the setled lees of your long cōtinued iniquities and because two principall haue lodged within your wals walked along your streets pride gluttony cure them now according to the method of the kings medicin by two cōtraries humility tēperancy Put on the royal indumēt of Dauid which is humilitie and let not your daughters walk more with outstretehed neckes as the daughters of Sion Esa 3. Return not in the city you that are departed with your painted faces opē breasts monstrous verdingales long staring ruffes leaue thē behind infect not the city with them any more that they produce not againe the same effect Returne not with your superfluous feasts rather from henceforrh inuite Christ Iesus prepare him a feast by faith mercie Many of you haue been depriued a long time of the enioying of one anothers fellowship during the time of the pestilēce A profitable admonition but now being returned cōming togither again abuse not your meeting after this lōng separation by quaffing dācing banquetting spend it in the prayses of him who hath brought you home againe Drunkard search not out thy drunken cōpanion aske not whither he liueth to associate thy self with him Whoormonger seek not thy harlot carnall man for thy cōfederates renew not that wicked bād league take the last farwell of them cōmunicate no more with those vnfruiteful workes of darknesse Eph. 5.11 We haue feared the former yeer to draw our breath in the streets least wee should haue drawn in infection let vs this yeere fear to draw in the infection of sin The former yeer wee haue vsed followed many good orders to stay the bodily infectiō purged our housē clensed our streets perfumed our apparell had vpon our doors bils red crosses shūned infectious places let out the corrupted bloud abstained frō euil meats emptied our housen of dogs ayred thē with fire caried in our hands diuerse cōfections of art such more what ought wee not thē to do this yeer to stay the plague of sin Let vs purge our housē frō spiritual infectiō remoouing the false ballāce smal waights Spirituall orders to be followed this yeere in the citty coūterfait lights sweet words sowr deeds threasures of wickednes Let vs wash cleanse our streets frō pride swearing blaspheming perfume our apparel with modesty humility shun places infected with drūkards gluttōs adulterers Let vs haue vpon the doors of our harts other bils 1 the mark of the spirit rom 8.2 the blod of the lāb Of which we need not to be ashamed Let vs also let out the corrupted bloud of hate enuy concupiscēce abstaine frō the fleshpots garlicke of Aegypt Let vs