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A13527	The mappe of Moses: or, a guide for governours Two sermons lately preached before the iudges of assize, and magistrates of the towne of Reding, at two seuerall assemblies there held for the countie of Berk. By Theophilus Taylor, Master of Arts, and pastor of the parish of S. Laurence in Reding.	Taylor, Theophilus, d. 1640.	1629 (1629)	STC 23819; ESTC S103237	48,498	60

God dealt with Dauid hee tooke him from following of the Ewes with lambe and set him with the Princes of his people therefore we must not murmure or repine at the worke of the Lord promoting men of meane ranke aboue vs 1 Sam. 17.28 as did Dauids brethren when they saw him in the campe and the Iewes who would not honour Christ Math. 13. ●5 because hee was but a Carpenters sonne but let vs be alwaies willing and ready to giue all respect and reuerence to such as God hath honoured with authority all which must be giuen euen to the meanest whomsoeuer the King of heauen will honour Therefore let us resolue to honour them corde ore opere 1 Corde Eccl. 10.20 1 Corde in heart curse not the King no not in thy thought for a bird of the ayre shall carry the voyce and that which hath wings shall vtter the matter Lor. Act. 26 25. Non propter acceptam iniuriam voluit denegare honoris ordinarium titulum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Ore 2 Ore in words and that three wayes 1 Tribuendo illis titulos reuerentiae by giuing them titles of honour and reuerence as Saint Paul doth vnto Festus when he pleaded before him for his life the title he gaue him was most noble Festus vpon which words Lorinus saith thus though Festus had iniured him in words calling him a mad and franticke fellow yet he giueth vnto Festus that ord●nary and honourable title which did belong vnto him 2 Sam. ●6 9 Aegardus Nihil aegetus seras quam numen magistratus rodi deformart 2 Defendendo contra detractores obtrectatores by defending them against all detractors and calumniators Abisha would not with any patience endure the rayling calumniation of Shemei against his Soueraigne we may not conniue at others who doe it much lesse may we take liberty to doe it our selues Exod. 22.28 it being flatly prohibited by Moses thou shalt not rayle vpon the Iudge 1 Tim. 2.1 Cal. in loc Mihi videtur Paulus consul●ò tres voces in eundem sinem simul coniung●re ut precandi studium assiduitatem magis commendet ac vehementiùs urgeat 3 Opere Evangelium non tollit praecepta nat●rae sed perficit Iohn 1.29 Non venu Christus ut toll●ret tura sed peccata mandi Chrysost 3 Orect Sol. neither speake euill of the Ruler of thy people 3 Orando by praying earnestly vnto God for a blessing vpon them as we are enioyned by Saint Paul I exhort that supplications prayers and intercessions be made for Kings and all that are in authoritie Master Caluin giueth a reason why the Apostle vseth all these three words Supplications Prayers intercessions viz. that he might the better commend vnto vs the assiduity of prayer for such as are in authority 3 Opere in obeying their lawes mandates and iniunctions for though we liue in the time of the Gospell yet the Gospell doth not ouerthrow or nullisie natures law or Gods law but doth rather ratifie and confirme them Christ the Lambe of God saith one came not into the world to take away and abolish the wholesome lawes and constitutions but the sinne and transgressions thereof 3 Obiection The Ruler being a wicked man am I bound to honour and obey him Replicat God oftentimes hath suffered wicked men to haue authority and power as is euident in the Booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah and that for two reasons 1 For the probation of his seruants integrity Prou. 28 1● Anselm Si bonus nutritor tuus si malus tentator tuus when the wicked come vp the man is tryed wicked Gouernours are like vnto so many hot furnaces wherein the godly are tryed Nebuchadnezzar was Daniels furnace Herod was Iohn Baptists Nero was Saint Pauls wherein and whereby they were throughly tried and out whence they came purer then the finest gold 2 For their owne speedy destruction wicked Rulers are like ships full fraught with iniquity wherein Authority is the top saile which being violently driuen with the breath of the diuels mouth hurrieth them speedily into the dead sea of destruction Now suppose that a wicked man is set ouer thee then which euill in this life none can bee greater vnlesse that which withall Dauid wished to gods enemy Psal 109.6 Set thou the wicked ouer him and let Sathan stand at his right hand 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet to such a one thou must be subiect such a one thou must honour not denying thine obedience in those things wherein thou art not compelled to breake the law of God for if thou beest commanded to doe things expresly vnlawfull thou must call to mind the speech of that godly martyr to the Emperour I dare not fulfill thy pleasure Da v●●am ó impe●ator tu carcorem ille geb●naam minatur I doe ●eare and reuerence thee who hast power to imprison and kill my body but I doe much more feare to disobey his command who hath power to cast both my body and soule into the eternall paines of hell fire Aug. Bonis in malo scienter non obedias nec malis in bono contradicas Saint Augustine giueth a most excellent rule in this case who saith As we must not obey godly Rulers in their vniust commands so must we not disobey wicked Rulers in their iust iniunctions And for the conclusion of this first part of the text let this be remembred euer to banish from our hearts and thoughts that papall and poysonfull doctrine of the Church of Rome which tolerateth yea animateth subiects to take armes against their soueraigne Princes commanding only something to them vnpleasing though neuer so lawfull in it selfe 2 Kings 11.16 Regula A facto extraordinario non debet inferri generalis conclusio de re extraordinaria Scharpius and well pleasing vnto God strongly enforcing the doctrine of rebellion from some particular instances in the Scriptures as Athaliah and the like examples wresting such places to their owne ends and purposes which being rightly vnderstood doe no way iustify their practises this doctrine was neither belieued nor practised by the holy martyrs no not in the scorching hottest times of persecution in the time when Tertullian liued there was a hot fire kindled and prepared by bloudy minded Princes for the torture of poore Christians at which time he thus aduiseth them we might reuenge our selues to the full vpon our persecuting Gouernors hauing euery day sufficient aduantage against them Tertull. Absit ut igne humano vindicetur secta divina but farre be it from vs that wee should blemish our most glorious profession with cruell trucidation we must chuse rather to suffer an vndeserued death as inferiours then to put to death our superiours prayers and teares these are weapons well beseeming the lambes and doues of Christ Apud nostram disciplinam mori licet magis quam occîdere Ibidem Let vs carry in the one

was his life harmonizing sweetly together as in a musicall instrument far vnlike vnto Absolon who was sufficiently witty and eloquent which his speech vnto the people doth witnesse let thy matter bee good and come vnto mee and I will doe thee iustice yet had no co●science like to Pandulphus his schollars who had learned to speake well yet neuer would doe well and to the Pharisees who said but did not but Moses his heart and tongue did moue together what his appearance was that he was in substance expressing his minde by his actions and applying his actions according to his communications And thus much of his Adaptation to faithfulnesse in his office 2 Executione he was faithfull in the execution of his office and this will appeare in three seuerall obiects Moses was faithfull 1 Deo 2 Sacerdoti 3 Populo 1 Deo to God who ordained him a Gouernour Deo and this faithfulnesse he testified to God three wayes 1 Fide by his faith in God 2 Pietate by his pietie towards God 3 Zelo by his zeale for God 1 Fide by his faith in God Saint Paul testifieth of Moses 1 Fide Heb. 11 23.24.27 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. that he was a true beleeuer by saith he refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter by faith he forsooke Egypt by saith he ordained the Passeouer and passed through the red Sea as on drie land concluding against all carnall reason and sence that the Egyptians whom now they beheld should neuer any more be seene of them hee beleeued whatsoeuer God had predicted notwithstanding that it seemed impossible to be effected 2 Pietate Exod. 3.5 Theodoret. in questionibus in Exod. Vt religiosiorem hac ratione Mosen redderet Gregor 2a. part pastorum Moses crebro tabernaculum intrat exit exemplum praebens rectoribus ut cum aliquid ambigunt dominum per orationem consulant Iam 5 ●6 Exod 17.11 2 Pietate by his piety towards God when God called him to the office of Magistracy he commanded him to put off his shooes thereby admonishing him as Theodoret noteth to put off all carnall and sinfull affections and to become stedfastly religious Saint Gregory saith that Moses did goe very frequently into the Tabernacle therein giuing a godly example vnto Gouernours that when they doubt what is to be done they should in a deuout manner aske counsell of God No question but Moses was such a one himselfe as he made choise of for Gouernours that is one fearing God Had not Moses beene a man of extraordinary piety he could not haue beene of that preualency with God as to turne away his wrath it being not the prayer of euery man but onely of the godly man which preuaileth much exceeding much did Moses preuaile with God in the behalfe of Israel whose hands when he prayed were strengthened against their enemies the which care of godlinesse we may see both in Ioshua Ioshua 24.15 who was Moses his successor whose resolution was that he and his house would serue the Lord and in Solomon who being as great a Builder as his father was a Warriour he erecting a dwelling house for his own safetie building a throne to iudge causes for the vpholding of equity 1 Kings 6.14 so also hee built a stately Temple vnto God for the supportance of Gods worship and piety remembring well the counsell of his deceased father thou shalt beare rule in the feare of the Lord the which aduise all Gouernours must remember 2 Sam. 23.3 3 Zeale Deut. 9.17 Ambr. 56. epist Fractae sunt pri●a ut repararantur secundae Jsidor Hae tabulae imaginem demonsirabant priscae legis quae fracta est abr●gata Manet manebit Decalogus manebunt libri ●eteris testamenti quia spiritus sanctus non minus est in ●●teri quam in novo Hic on ad Romulum Moyses zelo dei permotus tabulas f●●git in detestationem idololatriae Deut. 34 6. Sozomen l. 7. c. 15. Qudam ●●nt in Arabia qui adorant Mosi● imaginem Ambr. Opinor Mosen non esse mortuum sed tantum dici mortuum translatum esse tantum ins●●r Eliae Deut. 34.6 together with the saying of Constantine viz. hee that is vngodly and vnfaithfull towards God will neuer be faithfull vnto men 3 Zelo by his zeale for God we reade in the Scripture that he brake the Tables of stone why he did so there are sundry reasons giuen by seuerall Writers Saint Ambrose saith that by this action was shadowed out the abolishing of the olde Law and the establishing of the Gospell and of the same iudgement is Isidore these Tables did represent the olde law which is abrogated and broken wheras the Decalogue together with other books of the old Testament shall abide and remaine in the world to the very end of the world as well as the new because the Spirit of God is the speaker in the olde as well as in the new Saint Ierome saith that the cause of Moses his action was his zealous affection because they had prouoked God by their idolatry in detestation whereof he brake the Tables and the history relateth vnto vs other passages of Moses his zeale ●e knowing that the Iewes did extraordinarily respect him therefore hee would not let the place of his buriall be knowne his zealous heart fearing lest after his death the superstitious Iewes should worship his dead body no man knoweth of his Sepulcher vnto this day It is reported that in Arabia at this day some doe worship and adore the image of Moses O how many moe Idolaters would there be had they the true body of Moses Wee must not hold in opinion with Ambrose who thought that Moses dyed not but is onely said so to be whereas God decreeth that Moses shall dye in the same manner that Aaron did and in the booke of Deuteronomie the land where he was buried is mentioned namely the land of Moab and that in some valley in that land but whether in the valley of Phogor as some affirme or in what other it is vnknowne but he earnestly desired of God as some thinke that it might not be knowne Chrysost Hom 1. in Matthaeum Ne Hebraei corpus cius utpote ducis legislatoris velut numen quiddam colerent August de mirab script lib. 1. c. 35. Virg●m qua signa multa fecerat ne adoraretur secum abstulerat Sacerdoti lest as Saint Chrysostome speaketh idolaters might adore his body being dead whom they so highly honoured being liuing O behold now his exceeding zeale for Gods glory who would rather bee depriued of an honourable interm●nt then that thereby Gods honour should receiue any detriment and as much wee might speake of his like zeale in hiding of his rod the reason whereof Saint Augustine giues viz. lest God thereby might be dishonoured 2 Sacerdoti 2 He was faithfull to Aaron his elder brother who was Gods Priest as will appeare in these three