! 444 An holy Panegyrick_; - divifion, a• we (eein the flateof 1/alie; wherein when they wanted their Kin~, all 0 ,;, '•if. tib. 1 • ran uno civil! broyles; The Venerians Wtth them of R.avenna ; Verona ond Vin- "P·'•· cemia, with rhePaduans and T•rvifians; The Pifans and Floremines with tb~ mof Luca ar.d Sienna. And b<'fides, every King is nor aPeace-maker; Ours is made ot Peace. There have b<en Princes, which as the Antiochians faid ofJ~Iia, (raking ··"·'· 7$.... T~:~~;(lt;;,n~!~~~~~~~~~!ab'!e~~:~s.c~h~~~.~~~~~~~~~h~~e~~~~~~:~~ never leave working tU! they have vented rhernfelv~ wirh terror to the wodd: Ours, bath nothing in ir,but agracious raine to water the inheritance ofGod. B<held,He, even He alone, like ro Nsah"1 Dove, brougt>t an OliveofPeace to the toffed Arkeof Chrifrendome. He,like another Aug•JI114,before rhe fecond commingofChrifl, bath becalmed theworld, and !hut the iron gates ofwarre, and is rhe bond ofthat peace he bath made. And it the Peace-maker both doth bl<ffe, and is bleffed; how fhould B we bleffe him, and bleffe God for him, and boldour {elves bleffed in him ? Now what werePeacewithout Religion,bur like aN•hals !heep-!hearing; like the fattin~ of an Epicurean hog~e; the very fefrivall revels of theDevill. Bur for ll!, we ~avo Gloria i,exceljis Deo, fung beforeour Pax iMterril; in aword, we have Peace with rhe Gofpell. Matthia~eUhimfelfcould fay in his difcourfes,that rwo continued Dif"'f·l·•·'·'o fucce!Iions ofverruous Princes (fa~n• gr•ndi effttti) cannot bur doe great matters. ~:~:ffic~;"';'·e We prove it fa this day; wherein religion is ~or on.ly ~Armed,but locked in ht;r feat '"'"''''""P fo fafl, that the g.res ofhell !hall never prevatle •gamfllf. There have been Pnnces, 1f." g"•"' and that in this land,which(as the heathen Politician compared his Tyranr)have been ;, 1;;';8 .,, ,,, . hke to ill Phyfirians,that hove purged away the good humours, and left tile bad behind them;withwhom any thing hath been lawfull,but to be reli~ious.Someof your gray h•ires can be my wirneflts. Behold the evils wehave efcaped, fhew usourblef- G fings.Here bath been no dragging our of houfes,n<> hid in~ ofBibles,no creeping imo woods, no Bonnerin!!Or Butchering of Gods Sainrs, no rorring.in dungeQils,no cafling of infunrs our ofrhe mothers belly inro the mothers flames; nothit.gbur Gods umh abundantly preacbed,cheerfully profeffed,incouraged,rewarded.What Naric,n ·under h<aven yeeldsfo mony learned Divines? What rimes ever yeelded fo many preaching Bifhop!?when was this Citie(rhe Cirieofour joy) ever fo happy this way, as in rhefe !are fuccdlions; Whithercanwee afcriberhishealrh ofthe Lhurcb, and lifeoftheGofpel,bur,nexr to God,to His qample,His countenance,Hisendevours? wherein I may not omit bow right he harh trod in the fieps ol that bleiTed CON{Ianti11< z u{th. i t v ittt in all his religiousproceedings. Lee us morteword ptr:lllel them Conftanline cauted c.>/1.1.4-•·••· fifty volumesof the Scriptures tobe fair written our in parchment, for the ufe oft he Church. Kin~ Jamo harh caufed the Books ofScriptures to be accurately tranfl.red, D Lib.J·••· 6 '· :,~~~~~;~~~~r~io~~~-~7~~"-J~;;t.:;:~d~~hi~~~~::~u~~;~~~:~~icl~:.~~:;:;;~~~ Lib.3.6j· !awes, bathetfctlually written againfi Popery, & YorJii•nifi"Jte. ConJiaDiine rook away rhe Iiberryofthe meetings ofHerericks. King Jamu bath by wholfome !awes inhibited the affemblies of Papifis and Schifrnarick,. CMJia•tine fare in rhe middefi Lib.r.q 1 . ofBi!hops, as if be bad beenoneofrhem. KingJamu,befide•hisfolemneconf<· I • ""'"· ;p.,;; renccs,vouchfafes(nor Ceidome)to fpend hismeales in difcourfe with his Bi!hops,and %':~jf:a.1d:f{e orher worthy Divines. Confta~ti~e rh.arged his fo?nes (NI plar,t & fne fMc? ch~;p;ani "~'" "'fi"" ejfent)thar rhey!hould beChnfhan;m""'nefl. K,ng 14mtJ bathdone the hke m !ear- ~··» dtd•'!}MJ I!~. ned and d!vinepreceprs1 whichfbaHlive rill cime be no more.Ye:1,in their very coyns "'f 1·'"· isa refemblance: Conflantine had his pitlurdbmprupon hismeralspraying. Kin~ L<h+• l · Jdmes bath his pillure WJ!h prayer about it; o Lord,protel1 1he /,Jngdom' which tho* hip E ;; &· united. Laflly, Cor;jlanline built Churches; one in l crufalem, another in Nicomedia. r .;..;J. •4 • King umes bath founded one Colledge, which !\Jail help ro build and confirm< rhe whole Church ofGod 11p00 earrh. Ye weolrhy Cir;zens thatlove Jerufalem, cafl in your fiore after this royall exomple, intorheSantlwrieofGod: and whilesyou make theChurch ofGod happy, make your [elves fo. Brethren, ifwe h•ve any re!Hh ofChri ll, any fenfeofheaven, let us bleffeGodfor the hfeofour foule, theGoftdl; and for rhe fpirir ofthis life, hit Anllinted. Sur
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