Sermon 10. Ofthe GuN..Powo & R~Tra AStlN• ~roceeded they, to doe all rhis. What Either did, lheedid in the power ofAjfoerm; NowAjfuerru (it is well knowne) Was aHeathenKmg; yet havewe here aFeilfl enablilhed by hiSAiithbrity; So was theKmgof Nttwv~, a Heatkelltoo ;yet have we fonas J.7l •F~ft enjoyned by hts..So was the Kmg ofBabe/, aHeathetl Kmg;yet aLawby him made, upon paineofdeath not to ~lafpheme t_~e _true Go~ ;. Sowerecyrris, and Ihn.J.i,, Darit«; yet cheTemplebmlr by therr attthomy. I hmgs pertarnmg toReligion,alJ. So E;ra 1·'!· , that there is, in che Regallpower,ofall, yea; even ofHeathen Princes;to confirme and "·"• [o en)oyne w~armay.rend eo theworj711p andfervice of Goo: - . . . . , . , Power Agamft tne truth, or for f•lfh~od, I know none: no nwertil dejlr'uC!ion; to·~c.,.,~··~~ dijicat(on, a.ll~ Pi.nd,prayer is to be m11dewitho11t re.cfing,fo~ K~ngi, that they may ap- -~ T1Dl.•.•, plychmpewerto thefe;toedijie mtheTruth. So they will, tf Mardochat may be iri placeto advife them,'not Haman•. Bur iftHey mif.apply ir, and not to rlieend,G o 0 gaveit them} (for I:Iethatgavert them, IS to rake accoanr of themforit; and Hee will require It at thetr hands ; ) to Htm they be refpundent! . . But; be this, here and ever remembred, ifby a Heathen Princes power this was done, lhall it be denied to aChriflian Prina, to one in whom Alfitertu's power, and Eflhcr's Religion (both) meet, to take order for dayd, or ratlier rites of chat nature~ Well rhen, having both ourgr9nnd, and our 4uthoritiec•p~ (which word is, threefe~i ·veralfrimes repeated in this one verfe, ' once for Mardoch4i, that advi(ed;•once,fot :Efther, tha~ enjdynetl; and l onceforthe people that undemokeco obferve it : It is rhe Iewes'openti:'e wordwherebytheymaaall theirftatutes:) Be it thenenal1ed,what ~ Yt m1lli lieeat dzts hos abfque folenmtate tranjigere; Verfe Z3· 'That it be lawful!f~rn/1 man, topajfe the(e dl:yes, withoutfolemnir,ing: . · To a Law there goetwo ,VJN':J,twoC•afhers, rwo accordings. Dothtwainearc! here. •Acc~rdi11g JM E/fher, withMardochai's advice, enjoyned ir : • And, amrdmg ~ they (that is, the-p.eople) tookt; upon them, decretd to obferve it. WQichobfervi"g is the lifeofe·very L~tilt·: even thepnblike approbatim; orgiving lllowanceofir, bv tl:jeconflani keeping it. '1ihefecond~mrding is added for thepeoples commendation :that what wasprudently AJvi(:d;-;md /awfu/lj enj9Jned, waS by theni tH dutifully ob(erved. . . : · · J :. • j • . And rh is they nor ondy did, but boubdthem{elv'es moreover, arid theirfeed, fo t~ continue.Themfelves,and thafvvith thehlghefl"'ondfuper animlu(u.u(which is more thandpon themfelves, and woul'dnot have beene.put in themargent, but ftood in rhe Text) upon theirs, and upon theix;feeds, neverto lctthemfall. The word is ~:lp at the 27. Verfe : tl:iat is; tO make aKabAla, or traditionofit. And rhat is therruetradi. tien indeed :whe11 athing ora'erly taken up (there,iso•p) iscarift<Uy, and out of confci– ence kept "P (there, is~llp) anddeliv'fredover from theFatherto theSoime; and from theSonne to the Nephew, to all fucceeding Ages; none daring cd tranfgreffe it, on the charge oftheir foules. This Kdbalamade it aperfefl Lawi , Now,a word ofthe m~nmrof thekeeping them, and fo an end. They enacred; i'.., to keepe thePurim-dayes: How to keepethem ! It will lead us (this) to the nature ofVt "~··!' them, wherherasho/y.dayes or no. For, at this, there be that fiicke too. Aferia they 0 ''f'".t'~ will allow them, aplay-day, or ceajing:from worke; or afeflm dies, ifyou will, aday of '(e.fting, or encreil{e of fare ;but,nor dies{a11C1m, noh9ly-day, no, at any hand : For; thenmay Ejlhet makeholy-dayes (they fee) it followes. What lhould one fay to fucll men as rhefe ~ . . . . For' firfi, It is plaine oy this vetfe, they tooke itinanim~U, upon rheirfluleJ; :i Joule. matter they made ofic.There needs noJoule for feria or fefltim, play orfeafting~ -~Secondly, the bond ofit reacheth to all, that Retigioni eorum vol11errmt copu/,.yl (Verfe'27.) tQ all, thatJbQu/djoyne-themfelves to their religion: Then, amatter of&li– gion it was, had reference to that; what need any joyning in religio11, for a rdattet of g•adf.Uori}hif? i Thirdly, it is exprefly termed arite, and actremMit(at the 23. and 18. Verfcs) as the F•tbersreadethem :Rites I trufi, and cemtJonies (as h•ly-dayes are llomore) pertaineto theChHrch, and ro theService of Go o; not,tomerry meetings; ~hat, isnot their pi<K~.! -1 Fourthly, they [aft and pr•y here 1 in this Vcrfe; {11Jf th~ f. 'Ye> ,.
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