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             A sermon preached on Munday, the sixt of February, at Westminster at the opening of the Parliament. By the Bishop of S: Dauids.
             Laud, William, 1573-1645.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           On
           Munday
           ,
           the
           sixt
           of
           February
           ,
           At
           WESTMINSTER
           :
           At
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Bishop
           of
           S
           :
           DAVIDS
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           BONHAM
           NORTON
           and
           IOHN
           BILL
           ,
           Printers
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Maiestie
           .
           M.
           DC
           .
           XXV
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             122.
             
             V.
             3,4,5
             .
          
           
             Ierusalem
             is
             builded
             as
             a
             Citie
             that
             is
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             
               or
               compacted
               together
            
             )
             .
             For
             thither
             the
             Tribes
             goe
             vp
             ,
             euen
             the
             Tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             giue
             thankes
             vnto
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             For
             there
             are
             the
             Seats
             (
             or
             the
             Thrones
             )
             of
             Iudgement
             ;
             euen
             the
             Thrones
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Dauid
             .
          
        
         
           SOme
           are
           of
           opinion
           this
           Psalme
           was
           made
           by
           Dauid
           ,
           and
           deliuered
           to
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           sung
           ,
           when
           the
           Arke
           of
           God
           was
           caried
           vp
           to
           Ierusalem
           ;
           
           when
           Ierusalem
           was
           setled
           by
           Dauid
           ,
           to
           bee
           the
           special
           Seate
           both
           of
           Religion
           and
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           The
           people
           were
           bound
           thrice
           a
           yeere
           ,
           at
           
             Easter
             ,
             Pentecost
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Feast
             of
             Tabernacles
          
           ,
           to
           come
           vp
           and
           worship
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             .
             Deut.
          
           16.
           
           
           And
           some
           thinke
           this
           Psalme
           was
           prophetically
           made
           to
           sing
           by
           the
           way
           ;
           to
           sing
           when
           they
           went
           vp
           by
           the
           steps
           to
           the
           Temple
           .
           And
           t'
           was
           fit
           .
           For
           they
           came
           vp
           with
           ioy
           .
           And
           ioy
           is
           apt
           to
           set
           men
           a
           singing
           .
           And
           at
           ioy
           the
           Psalme
           begins
           .
           
           
             I
             was
             glad
             when
             they
             said
             vnto
             mee
             ,
             We
             will
             goe
             into
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           But
           whatsoeuer
           the
           vse
           of
           this
           Psalme
           was
           in
           any
           speciall
           Seruice
           ,
           certaine
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Ierusalem
           stands
           here
           in
           the
           letter
           for
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           in
           type
           and
           figure
           for
           the
           
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ.
          
           My
           Text
           lookes
           vpon
           both
           ;
           and
           vpon
           the
           duetie
           which
           the
           Iewes
           did
           then
           ,
           and
           which
           wee
           now
           doe
           owe
           to
           both
           .
           The
           Temple
           the
           Type
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           's
           for
           God's
           seruice
           .
           No
           Temple
           but
           for
           that
           .
           
           The
           Citie
           the
           Type
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           that
           's
           for
           the
           peoples
           peace
           .
           No
           happy
           State
           but
           in
           that
           .
        
         
           Both
           the
           Temple
           and
           the
           
             State
             ,
             God's
          
           house
           and
           the
           Kings
           ,
           both
           ,
           are
           built
           vpon
           Pillars
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           long
           since
           I
           told
           you
           out
           of
           Psalm
           .
           75.
           
           that
           there
           are
           many
           times
           of
           exigence
           ,
           in
           which
           if
           God
           doe
           not
           beare
           vp
           the
           Pillars
           ,
           no
           strength
           which
           the
           Pillars
           haue
           in
           and
           of
           themselues
           can
           support
           the
           weight
           that
           lies
           vpon
           them
           :
           Be
           they
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           or
           Pillars
           of
           the
           State.
           Therefore
           here
           to
           ease
           the
           Pillars
           God
           hath
           built
           vp
           Buttresses
           (
           if
           men
           doe
           not
           pull
           them
           downe
           )
           to
           stay
           the
           maine
           walles
           of
           both
           buildings
           .
           The
           Buttresse
           and
           support
           of
           the
           Temple
           is
           Religion
           .
           God
           will
           not
           blesse
           the
           house
           ,
           if
           men
           doe
           not
           honour
           and
           serue
           him
           in
           it
           .
           The
           Buttresse
           and
           stay
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           is
           Iustice.
           God
           will
           not
           blesse
           the
           State
           ,
           if
           Kings
           and
           Magistrates
           doe
           not
           execute
           iudgement
           ;
           If
           the
           widdow
           and
           the
           fatherlesse
           haue
           cause
           to
           crie
           
           out
           against
           the
           Thrones
           of
           Iustice.
           
        
         
           So
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Commonwealth
             ,
             Gods
          
           house
           ,
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           house
           ,
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           are
           met
           in
           my
           Text.
           And
           they
           would
           euer
           meet
           ,
           and
           in
           loue
           no
           question
           ,
           did
           not
           some
           distempered
           spirits
           breathe
           sower
           vpon
           them
           .
           For
           the
           Church
           cannot
           dwell
           but
           in
           the
           State.
           Ye
           neuer
           read
           that
           she
           fled
           out
           of
           the
           State
           into
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           but
           when
           some
           Dragon
           persecuted
           her
           .
           Reuel
           .
           12.
           
           
           And
           the
           Common-wealth
           cannot
           flourish
           without
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           where
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           to
           teach
           true
           Religion
           ,
           States
           are
           enforced
           ,
           out
           of
           necessitie
           of
           some
           ,
           to
           imbrace
           a
           false
           .
           And
           a
           false
           is
           not
           a
           helpe
           to
           make
           a
           Kingdome
           flourish
           .
           But
           when
           they
           dwell
           together
           ;
           when
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           
             House
             of
             Grace
          
           is
           a
           welcome
           inmate
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             wise
             fabricke
             of
             Nature
          
           ;
           then
           in
           the
           Temple
           there
           's
           meeting
           :
           The
           people
           goe
           vp
           to
           blesse
           ,
           and
           praise
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord.
           And
           then
           in
           the
           State
           ther
           's
           meeting
           :
           
           To
           settle
           the
           Thrones
           of
           Iudgement
           ,
           to
           make
           firme
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           and
           neuer
           but
           then
           ,
           Ierusalem
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           both
           State
           and
           Church
           
             is
             as
             a
             Citie
             that
             is
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
             .
          
        
         
           My
           Text
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           most
           deserued
           praise
           of
           Ierusalem
           .
           And
           not
           of
           the
           particular
           ,
           materiall
           Ierusalem
           alone
           ,
           but
           of
           any
           State
           ,
           of
           any
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           as
           Ierusalem
           then
           was
           ,
           and
           that
           doth
           as
           Ierusalem
           then
           did
           .
           This
           praise
           of
           Ierusalem
           both
           formall
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           exemplary
           to
           vs
           ,
           is
           set
           downe
           in
           three
           things
           .
           And
           they
           seuer
           the
           Text
           into
           three
           
           partes
           .
           For
           ,
           first
           here
           's
           the
           vnity
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           't
           is
           
             builded
             as
             a
             Citie
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Religion
           of
           it
           ;
           
           
             For
             thither
             the
             Tribes
             goe
             vp
             ,
             euen
             the
             Tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             giue
             thankes
             vnto
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Gouernment
           of
           it
           
           both
           spirituall
           and
           temporall
           ;
           
             For
             there
             are
             the
             seates
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
             euen
             the
             seates
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Dauid
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           The
           first
           commendation
           of
           Ierusalem
           is
           from
           the
           vnitie
           and
           concord
           that
           
           is
           in
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           a
           Citie
           that
           is
           
             compacted
             together
          
           .
           That
           's
           for
           the
           buildings
           ;
           no
           desolation
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           it
           ,
           saith
           
             S.
             Basil.
          
           
           'T
           is
           like
           a
           Citie
           
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
          
           .
           That
           's
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           .
           For
           the
           beautie
           and
           artificiall
           ioyning
           of
           the
           houses
           is
           expressed
           but
           as
           a
           type
           of
           this
           vnitie
           .
           When
           men
           dwell
           as
           neere
           in
           affection
           as
           their
           houses
           stand
           in
           place
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           great
           ornament
           of
           a
           Citie
           ,
           that
           the
           buildings
           bee
           faire
           ;
           that
           they
           stand
           not
           scattering
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           affraid
           each
           of
           other
           .
           But
           wheresoeuer
           't
           is
           so
           ,
           the
           Citie
           is
           beholding
           to
           vnitie
           for
           it
           .
           Let
           the
           Citizens
           breake
           their
           vnitie
           once
           ,
           they
           'l
           spend
           so
           much
           in
           quarrels
           that
           they
           cannot
           build
           the
           Citie
           .
           No
           other
           times
           but
           when
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           at
           peace
           can
           build
           ;
           nor
           no
           other
           time
           can
           keep
           them
           from
           waste
           .
        
         
           
           But
           what
           ?
           Hath
           God
           care
           of
           houses
           ?
           out
           of
           question
           not
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           
           that
           dwell
           therein
           .
           
             Hee
             that
             taketh
             the
             simple
             out
             of
             the
             dust
             ,
             and
             lifts
             the
             poore
             out
             of
             the
             mire
             ,
          
           
           Psalm
           .
           113.
           loues
           not
           man
           for
           his
           house
           ,
           nor
           no
           Citie
           for
           the
           buildings
           .
           Ierusalem
           will
           not
           let
           mee
           wander
           for
           an
           instance
           .
           For
           here
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Inhabitants
           serued
           God
           ,
           and
           were
           at
           vnitie
           ,
           what
           Citie
           like
           
             Ierusalem
             ?
             The
             Citie
             of
             the
             great
             King
             ,
             S.
             Mat.
          
           5.
           
           
           
             The
             glorie
             of
             the
             whole
             earth
             ,
             Thren
             .
          
           2.
           
           
           But
           when
           they
           fell
           from
           God
           to
           Idols
           ,
           from
           vnitie
           to
           heart-burnings
           among
           themselues
           ,
           what
           then
           became
           of
           Ierusalem
           ?
           what
           ?
           why
           iust
           that
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           foretold
           ,
           
           
             S.
             Mat.
          
           24.
           
           
             That
             one
             stone
             should
             not
             be
             left
             vpon
             another
             that
             should
             not
             bee
             throwne
             downe
          
           ;
           not
           one
           ,
           neither
           of
           Temple
           nor
           Citie
           .
           
           And
           so
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           before
           Adrian
           left
           it
           .
           If
           any
           man
           therefore
           will
           haue
           his
           house
           stand
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           way
           but
           this
           ;
           to
           labour
           that
           Ierusalem
           the
           Citie
           may
           serue
           God
           in
           vnitie
           .
        
         
           Now
           Ierusalem
           is
           by
           way
           of
           singular
           
           eminence
           called
           here
           a
           Citie
           compacted
           
           together
           .
           And
           Dauid
           himselfe
           might
           best
           call
           it
           so
           .
           For
           before
           Dauids
           time
           Salem
           and
           Sion
           were
           two
           Cities
           .
           The
           Iewes
           dwelt
           in
           Salem
           ;
           
           but
           the
           Fort
           of
           Sion
           was
           yet
           held
           by
           the
           Iebusites
           ,
           1.
           
           Chron.
           11.
           
           
           Two
           Cities
           ,
           the
           vpper
           ,
           and
           the
           lower
           .
           Two
           people
           ,
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           the
           Iebusites
           .
           Two
           most
           different
           Religions
           ,
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           and
           Idols
           ,
           till
           Dauids
           time
           .
           But
           then
           a
           Citie
           most
           compacted
           together
           .
           The
           Buildings
           ,
           and
           the
           Cities
           ioyne
           .
           Beniamin
           and
           Iuda
           dwell
           there
           together
           .
           Nothing
           then
           but
           vnitie
           .
        
         
           
           Wee
           are
           yet
           within
           the
           walles
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           that
           's
           too
           narrow
           .
           Wee
           must
           enlarge
           the
           Type
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           Saint
           Hilary
           puts
           me
           in
           minde
           ,
           
           that
           my
           Text
           reades
           not
           
             Ierusalem
             is
             a
             City
          
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           were
           all
           it
           meant
           to
           speake
           of
           ;
           but
           
             Sicut
             ciuitas
             ,
             as
          
           a
           City
           ;
           iust
           as
           you
           see
           that
           ,
           so
           the
           State
           ,
           so
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           Citie
           the
           Modell
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           but
           the
           Building
           these
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           State
           first
           .
           That
           's
           
             sicut
             
             Ciuitas
          
           ,
           as
           the
           City
           ,
           iust
           so
           .
           Walles
           ,
           and
           Towres
           ,
           and
           Forts
           are
           things
           of
           second
           consideration
           ;
           
             ordo
             politicus
          
           ,
           the
           wise
           ordering
           of
           the
           people
           in
           concord
           and
           vnity
           is
           simply
           the
           strongest
           wall
           of
           a
           State.
           But
           breake
           vnity
           once
           ,
           and
           farewell
           strength
           .
           And
           therefore
           disioynted
           factions
           in
           a
           State
           when
           they
           worke
           vpon
           diuision
           ,
           are
           
             publica
             irae
             diuinae
             incendia
          
           ,
           the
           publike
           kindlings
           of
           Gods
           anger
           ,
           and
           they
           burne
           downe
           all
           before
           them
           .
           And
           God
           seldome
           suffers
           these
           to
           fire
           a
           State
           ,
           till
           himselfe
           be
           heated
           first
           with
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           State.
           But
           then
           
             he
             will
             diuide
             them
             in
             Iacob
             ,
             and
             scatter
             them
             in
             Israel
             ,
             Gen.
          
           49.
           
           
           Nay
           scatter
           Iacob
           and
           Israel
           it selfe
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           my
           Text
           hath
           it
           not
           simply
           ,
           
             like
             a
             Citie
             at
             vnity
          
           ,
           but
           at
           vnity
           together
           or
           
             in
             it selfe
          
           .
           And
           this
           the
           better
           to
           resist
           forraine
           malice
           .
           It
           were
           happy
           if
           all
           States
           ,
           Christian
           especially
           ,
           were
           at
           vnitie
           in
           themselues
           ,
           &
           with
           their
           neighbours
           .
           And
           the
           Church
           prayes
           
             that
             the
             course
             of
             this
             world
             may
             be
             so
             peaceably
             ordered
             .
          
           
           
           But
           when
           the
           Ambition
           of
           neighbouring
           States
           will
           admit
           nor
           safe
           ,
           nor
           honourable
           peace
           ,
           then
           there
           's
           most
           need
           Ierusalem
           should
           bee
           at
           peace
           and
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           .
           Need
           ?
           yes
           ,
           need
           with
           a
           witnesse
           .
           For
           all
           diuision
           if
           it
           bee
           voluntary
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           opening
           ,
           if
           it
           bee
           violent
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           breach
           .
           Both
           make
           way
           for
           forraine
           force
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           was
           with
           Ierusalem
           of
           old
           when
           she
           lost
           her
           vnitie
           .
           For
           faction
           within
           the
           walles
           was
           a
           helpe
           to
           Titus
           ,
           and
           his
           siege
           without
           .
           And
           long
           after
           ,
           when
           the
           Christians
           had
           wonne
           it
           from
           the
           Saracens
           ,
           their
           owne
           diuisions
           among
           themselues
           to
           their
           losse
           and
           shame
           let
           in
           Saladin
           the
           Soldan
           of
           Egypt
           .
           
        
         
           And
           this
           hath
           beene
           often
           fatall
           vpon
           our
           Ierusalem
           .
           For
           scarce
           euer
           did
           a
           great
           enemie
           enter
           this
           kingdome
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           was
           not
           
             sicut
             Ciuitas
          
           ,
           like
           a
           Citie
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           .
           Not
           at
           vnitie
           opened
           the
           doore
           to
           the
           enemie
           stil.
           For
           Toustain's
           diuision
           and
           inrode
           
           made
           way
           for
           the
           Norman
           .
           And
           there
           were
           more
           diuisions
           then
           one
           to
           helpe
           in
           the
           Dane
           .
           And
           Guorthigernus
           first
           ,
           and
           Mordredus
           after
           brought
           in
           the
           Saxon.
           And
           
             I.
             Caesar
          
           himselfe
           ,
           the
           mirror
           of
           men
           for
           military
           Discipline
           ,
           he
           which
           for
           ought
           I
           haue
           read
           ,
           and
           remember
           ,
           scarce
           euer
           turn'd
           his
           backe
           to
           any
           enemie
           els
           ,
           fled
           from
           the
           ancient
           Inhabitants
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
        
         
           
             Territa
             quaesitis
             ostendit
             terga
             Britannis
          
           ,
           
           till
           Auaroius
           ,
           called
           by
           a
           
             Caesar
             ,
             Mandubratius
          
           ,
           out
           of
           hatred
           ,
           and
           in
           faction
           against
           Cassibellanus
           brought
           him
           backe
           againe
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           entrance
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           seemes
           Tacitus
           his
           obseruation
           was
           too
           true
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           
           That
           nothing
           gaue
           the
           Romanes
           ,
           powerfull
           enemies
           though
           they
           were
           ,
           more
           aduantage
           against
           the
           ancient
           Brittans
           then
           this
           ,
           
             Quod
             factionibus
             &
             studijs
             trahebantur
          
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           brokē
           into
           fractions
           ,
           &
           would
           not
           so
           much
           as
           take
           counsell
           and
           aduise
           together
           .
           And
           they
           smarted
           for
           it
           .
           But
           I
           pray
           what
           's
           the
           difference
           
           for
           men
           not
           to
           meete
           in
           counsell
           ,
           and
           to
           fall
           in
           pieces
           when
           they
           meete
           ?
           If
           the
           first
           were
           our
           Forefathers
           errour
           ,
           God
           of
           his
           mercie
           grant
           this
           second
           be
           not
           ours
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           is
           
             Coagmentatio
             duplex
          
           ,
           a
           double
           buckling
           and
           knitting
           of
           the
           State
           together
           .
           And
           if
           either
           faile
           ,
           the
           vnity
           is
           broken
           .
           The
           one
           is
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           State
           with
           their
           Head
           ,
           especially
           the
           most
           honourable
           which
           are
           neerest
           .
           The
           other
           is
           of
           the
           members
           one
           with
           another
           .
           And
           this
           is
           grounded
           vpon
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1.
           
           Cor.
           12.
           
           where
           we
           finde
           some
           necessitie
           of
           euery
           member
           ;
           not
           a
           like
           necessity
           of
           any
           :
           but
           honour
           and
           respect
           done
           to
           all
           .
           And
           why
           so
           ?
           why
           ?
           why
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           you
           ,
           vers
           .
           25.
           
           
           It
           is
           that
           there
           may
           bee
           no
           diuision
           in
           the
           bodie
           ;
           that
           still
           it
           may
           bee
           at
           vnity
           in
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           very
           obserueable
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           that
           large
           discourse
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           concerning
           the
           vnitie
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           the
           
           Members
           ,
           hee
           conceiues
           at
           full
           ,
           how
           Corruption
           can
           vnnaturalize
           Nature
           it selfe
           .
           Therefore
           he
           supposes
           the
           Eye
           may
           quarrell
           with
           the
           
             Hand
             ,
             vers
          
           .
           21.
           
           and
           't
           is
           a
           dangerous
           quarrel
           that
           ,
           when
           the
           Eye
           and
           the
           
             Hand
             ,
             Direction
          
           and
           Execution
           are
           at
           ods
           in
           any
           State.
           
        
         
           Well
           he
           can
           conceiue
           that
           .
           But
           he
           doth
           not
           so
           much
           as
           suppose
           ,
           that
           any
           members
           would
           bee
           at
           oddes
           with
           the
           Head
           :
           No
           ,
           God
           forbid
           .
           The
           Head
           can
           compose
           other
           members
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           peace
           in
           the
           Body
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           quarrell
           the
           Head
           ,
           all
           vnitie
           is
           gone
           .
           And
           yet
           though
           the
           Apostle
           cannot
           suppose
           so
           much
           vnnaturalnesse
           that
           any
           member
           should
           quarrell
           the
           Head
           ;
           not
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           as
           vnruly
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           very
           direct
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           office
           ,
           which
           the
           Head
           owes
           the
           Body
           ,
           &
           all
           the
           members
           to
           the
           very
           meanest
           ,
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           this
           vnitie
           .
           For
           the
           head
           cannot
           say
           to
           the
           very
           feete
           ,
           as
           low
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           
             I
             haue
             no
             need
             of
             you
             .
             vers
             .
          
           21.
           
           
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           's
           as
           the
           
           City
           too
           ,
           iust
           so
           .
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           are
           the
           walles
           and
           the
           towers
           of
           it
           .
           But
           be
           the
           one
           neuer
           so
           true
           ;
           and
           be
           the
           other
           neuer
           so
           perfect
           ,
           they
           come
           short
           of
           preseruation
           ,
           if
           that
           body
           be
           not
           at
           vnity
           in
           it selfe
           .
           The
           Church
           ,
           take
           it
           Catholike
           ,
           cannot
           stand
           well
           ,
           if
           it
           bee
           not
           compacted
           together
           into
           a
           holy
           vnity
           in
           faith
           and
           charitie
           .
           It
           was
           miserable
           ,
           when
           S.
           Basil
           laboured
           the
           cure
           of
           it
           .
           For
           distracted
           it
           was
           then
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Gr.
             Nazianzen
          
           witnesseth
           ,
           
           into
           600.
           diuers
           opinions
           and
           errours
           .
           And
           't
           is
           miserable
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           time
           shew
           it
           mercie
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           
             whole
             Church
          
           is
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           affaires
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           so
           is
           each
           
             particular
             Church
          
           in
           the
           Nation
           and
           Kingdome
           in
           which
           it
           soiournes
           .
           If
           it
           bee
           not
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           it
           doth
           but
           inuite
           malice
           ,
           which
           is
           ready
           to
           doe
           hurt
           without
           any
           inuitation
           ;
           and
           it
           euer
           lies
           with
           an
           open
           side
           to
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Batteries
           .
           So
           both
           State
           and
           Church
           then
           happy
           ,
           and
           neuer
           
           till
           then
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           both
           at
           vnitie
           in
           themselues
           and
           one
           with
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           vulgar
           reads
           it
           ,
           Ierusalem
           is
           a
           
           Citie
           ,
           
             cuius
             participatio
             in
             id
             ipsum
          
           ,
           whose
           participation
           is
           vpon
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           And
           that
           reading
           is
           warranted
           by
           the
           70.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           whose
           participation
           ,
           or
           communion
           is
           in
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           same
           .
           So
           this
           reading
           followes
           the
           effect
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           cause
           .
           For
           vnity
           in
           it selfe
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           participation
           .
           For
           vnitie
           is
           in
           charitie
           ;
           and
           charitie
           communicates
           all
           good
           things
           .
           'T
           is
           bountifull
           ,
           1.
           
           Cor.
           13.
           
           and
           if
           any
           suffer
           ,
           it
           suffers
           with
           it
           ;
           participation
           still
           .
           Now
           in
           Heauen
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Church
             triumphant
          
           there
           will
           bee
           ful
           participation
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           perfect
           vnion
           .
           But
           on
           earth
           ,
           whether
           it
           bee
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Church
             militant
          
           ,
           looke
           how
           much
           there
           wants
           of
           perfect
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           there
           will
           euer
           want
           of
           ioyfull
           participation
           .
        
         
           Well
           ;
           both
           State
           and
           Church
           owe
           
           much
           to
           vnitie
           ;
           and
           therefore
           very
           little
           to
           them
           that
           breake
           the
           peace
           of
           
           either
           .
           
             Father
             forgiue
             them
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
           But
           if
           vnitie
           bee
           so
           necessarie
           ,
           how
           may
           it
           bee
           preserued
           in
           both
           ?
           How
           ?
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           how
           .
        
         
           
           Would
           you
           keepe
           the
           
             State
             in
             vnitie
          
           ?
           In
           any
           case
           take
           heed
           of
           breaking
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           peace
           of
           the
           State
           depends
           much
           vpon
           it
           .
           For
           diuide
           Christ
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           diuide
           the
           mindes
           of
           men
           about
           their
           hope
           of
           
             Saluation
             in
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           what
           vnity
           there
           will
           be
           .
           This
           so
           farre
           as
           the
           Church
           is
           an
           ingredient
           into
           the
           vnitie
           of
           the
           State.
           But
           what
           other
           things
           are
           concurring
           to
           the
           vnitie
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           State
           it selfe
           knowes
           better
           then
           I
           can
           teach
           .
        
         
           
           And
           would
           you
           keepe
           the
           Church
           in
           peace
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           helpe
           on
           the
           vnitie
           of
           the
           State
           ?
           If
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           that
           can
           neuer
           bee
           done
           but
           by
           Christian
           patience
           .
           And
           that
           I
           finde
           in
           the
           letter
           of
           my
           Text.
           For
           it
           is
           not
           here
           simply
           said
           ,
           
             Ierusalem
             is
             as
             a
             Citie
             ,
             no
             ,
             but
             built
             as
             a
             Citie
             .
          
           Built
           ,
           and
           
             vpon
             a
             Hill
             ,
             
             Esay
             .
          
           2.
           
           
           Many
           a
           cold
           &
           a
           bitter
           storme
           it
           must
           endure
           ,
           God
           knowes
           .
           And
           if
           Christ
           had
           not
           been
           a
           Rocke
           in
           the
           foundation
           ,
           
           I
           make
           no
           question
           it
           had
           beene
           downe
           long
           ere
           this
           .
           Built
           then
           ;
           but
           vpwards
           in
           the
           Building
           from
           this
           foundation
           ,
           marke
           all
           along
           the
           walls
           of
           it
           ;
           
             Lapis
             lapidem
             portat
             &
             portatur
          
           :
           there
           is
           such
           vnitie
           in
           the
           Building
           ,
           that
           euery
           stone
           beares
           another
           ,
           and
           is
           borne
           by
           another
           .
           And
           the
           Apostle
           cals
           for
           the
           same
           dutie
           in
           the
           spirituall
           Building
           ,
           Gal.
           6.
           
           
             Beare
             yee
             one
             anothers
             burthen
          
           .
           
           So
           no
           patience
           ,
           no
           bearing
           ,
           and
           no
           bearing
           ,
           no
           vnitie
           .
           The
           Building
           cracks
           presently
           .
           And
           continue
           it
           cannot
           long
           ,
           if
           the
           great
           Master-Builders
           take
           not
           care
           of
           the
           Morter
           .
           If
           it
           bee
           laid
           
             with
             vntempered
             ,
             or
             distempered
             morter
             ,
          
           all
           will
           bee
           naught
           ,
           Ezech.
           13.
           
           
        
         
           This
           Psalme
           was
           vsed
           for
           many
           yeeres
           together
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           Euensong
           vpon
           
             New
             yeeres
             day
          
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           .
           Why
           the
           Church
           appointed
           it
           for
           that
           day
           ,
           is
           not
           my
           question
           
           now
           :
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           This
           Psalme
           calls
           vpon
           vs
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             vers
          
           .
           6.
           
           And
           that
           peace
           can
           neither
           be
           had
           nor
           held
           long
           vnlesse
           there
           bee
           a
           Circumcision
           ,
           and
           a
           paring
           off
           round
           about
           of
           heated
           and
           vnruly
           affections
           in
           the
           handling
           of
           differences
           .
           And
           there
           must
           bee
           a
           Circumcision
           ,
           and
           a
           paring
           off
           ,
           of
           foolish
           ,
           and
           vnlearned
           Questions
           ,
           yea
           and
           of
           many
           Modal
           too
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           fitter
           to
           engender
           strife
           then
           godlines
           .
           2.
           
           Tim.
           2.
           
           or
           no
           peace
           .
           This
           is
           the
           way
           and
           no
           other
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           to
           see
           Ierusalem
           flourish
           as
           a
           Citie
           at
           vnitie
           within
           it selfe
           ,
           both
           for
           State
           and
           Church
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           praise
           of
           Ierusalem
           is
           from
           the
           Religion
           of
           it
           .
           
             For
             thither
             the
             tribes
             goe
             vp
             ,
             euen
             the
             Tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             to
             the
             testimonie
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             giue
             thanks
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
           Ierusalem
           is
           very
           right
           now
           .
           At
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           Religious
           .
           Oh
           that
           it
           had
           knowne
           the
           day
           of
           its
           visitation
           ,
           and
           continued
           so
           ,
           Luk.
           19.
           
           
           For
           at
           this
           time
           
           the
           Tribes
           went
           vp
           to
           the
           Temple
           .
           It
           begins
           well
           :
           for
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           consecrated
           place
           of
           Gods
           seruice
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           best
           iourneyes
           men
           of
           all
           sorts
           can
           make
           .
           And
           you
           may
           giue
           a
           shrewd
           guesse
           at
           the
           deuotion
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           frequenting
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           this
           their
           publike
           comming
           to
           worship
           at
           the
           Temple
           was
           Gods
           expresse
           commandement
           ,
           Exod.
           23.
           
           
           Therfore
           assembling
           and
           meeting
           at
           publike
           seruice
           in
           the
           Church
           is
           no
           
             humane
             Institution
          
           ,
           but
           frō
           God
           himselfe
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           
             Ceremonie
             Iewish
          
           or
           Ambulatory
           ,
           to
           cease
           with
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           Temple
           ;
           but
           
             omnino
             perpetuum
          
           altogether
           permanent
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Christians
           must
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           place
           of
           seruice
           too
           .
        
         
           Why
           ,
           but
           what
           are
           they
           to
           doe
           
           when
           they
           come
           there
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why
           Ierusalem
           was
           right
           here
           too
           .
           They
           
             did
             giue
             thanks
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           there
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           good
           signe
           when
           men
           are
           to
           seeke
           what
           they
           should
           do
           when
           
           they
           come
           to
           Church
           .
           Yet
           if
           any
           man
           bee
           ignorant
           ,
           my
           Text
           will
           informe
           him
           ;
           men
           are
           there
           now
           to
           doe
           as
           they
           did
           then
           ,
           
             to
             giue
             thanks
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           The
           70.
           and
           the
           vulgar
           haue
           it
           .
           To
           confesse
           to
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord.
           It
           comes
           all
           to
           one
           .
           For
           bee
           the
           word
           Thanke
           or
           Confesse
           ,
           it
           stands
           here
           expressiue
           of
           the
           whole
           Liturgie
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           publike
           externall
           Seruice
           of
           God
           ;
           All
           which
           if
           it
           bee
           not
           accompanied
           with
           the
           inward
           seruice
           of
           the
           heart
           is
           worth
           nothing
           .
           So
           they
           went
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           as
           we
           must
           goe
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           To
           confesse
           ,
           To
           pray
           ,
           To
           worship
           ,
           To
           praise
           ,
           To
           giue
           thanks
           to
           God
           ,
           which
           euen
           vnder
           the
           Law
           was
           preferred
           
             before
             Sacrifice
             it selfe
             ,
             Psalm
          
           50.
           
           
        
         
           Nor
           may
           the
           wisedome
           of
           the
           world
           thinke
           ,
           that
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           to
           
             giue
             thankes
          
           to
           God
           ,
           are
           
             void
             actions
          
           .
           For
           what
           euer
           worldlings
           thinke
           ,
           the
           Church
           doth
           great
           seruice
           to
           the
           State
           while
           it
           prayes
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           hard
           thing
           to
           
           proue
           this
           out
           of
           those
           Polititians
           themselues
           ,
           which
           haue
           giuen
           the
           world
           iust
           cause
           to
           thinke
           they
           wrapped
           vp
           God
           in
           their
           pocket
           ,
           when
           they
           went
           to
           counsell
           .
           For
           their
           great
           Master
           confesseth
           that
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           but
           many
           things
           happen
           to
           States
           
             ex
             fato
             vrgente
          
           ,
           out
           of
           such
           a
           pressing
           destiny
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           bee
           preuented
           ,
           though
           the
           remedies
           bee
           obuious
           and
           at
           hand
           .
        
         
           And
           is
           it
           so
           ?
           Why
           then
           ,
           
             where
             is
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             wise
             ,
          
           1.
           
           Cor.
           1.
           
           
           Is
           it
           not
           confounded
           ?
           out
           of
           question
           '
           t
           is
           .
           For
           yee
           see
           the
           remedy
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           bee
           at
           hand
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           found
           .
           This
           purblind
           wisedome
           cannot
           see
           it
           .
           But
           to
           come
           home
           to
           him
           .
           This
           
             Fatum
             vrgens
          
           what
           ere
           it
           bee
           ,
           if
           there
           bee
           a
           remedy
           and
           at
           hand
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           preuented
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           it
           cannot
           ,
           by
           worldly
           wisedome
           onely
           .
           For
           
             nisi
             Dominus
          
           ,
           except
           the
           Lord
           keepe
           the
           City
           ,
           all
           other
           watchfulnesse
           is
           in
           vaine
           ,
           Psalm
           .
           127.
           
           
           But
           then
           allow
           God
           that
           which
           is
           fit
           for
           him
           ,
           due
           to
           him
           .
           The
           highest
           
           roome
           at
           the
           Councell-Table
           ,
           hee
           'l
           quickly
           diuert
           this
           
             Fatum
             vrgens
          
           ,
           this
           pressing
           necessity
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           was
           whē
           Ruine
           was
           trauelling
           so
           fast
           toward
           Nineue
           ,
           that
           it
           came
           within
           40.
           daies
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           Ion.
           3.
           
           
           And
           it
           was
           
             fatum
             vrgens
          
           ,
           it
           came
           on
           apace
           .
           Did
           any
           wiseman
           of
           that
           State
           discouer
           that
           danger
           ?
           secure
           a
           remedy
           ?
           Not
           a
           man.
           The
           Prophet
           preached
           the
           danger
           ,
           &
           Deuotion
           ,
           as
           blind
           as
           't
           is
           thought
           ,
           stumbled
           vpon
           the
           Remedy
           ,
           Prayer
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           things
           which
           with
           worldly
           wisdom
           hath
           little
           to
           do
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           pray
           and
           giue
           thankes
           are
           no
           emptie
           Actions
           for
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           
           Well
           then
           ,
           To
           pray
           ,
           To
           prayse
           ,
           To
           worship
           ,
           To
           giue
           thanks
           ;
           here
           's
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           Seruice
           mentioned
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           sure
           no
           more
           then
           needes
           .
           But
           in
           the
           ancient
           Church
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           was
           there
           no
           Reading
           ,
           no
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           informe
           the
           people
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           out
           of
           question
           :
           They
           heard
           Moses
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           in
           their
           Synagogues
           euery
           
           Sabbath
           day
           ,
           Acts
           13.
           
           yea
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Temple
           to
           ,
           if
           S.
           Basil
           be
           right
           .
           
           But
           marke
           then
           .
           The
           
             Originall
             Copie
             of
             the
             Law
          
           :
           The
           word
           of
           God
           written
           in
           Tables
           of
           Stone
           was
           in
           the
           Temple
           at
           Ierusalem
           .
           And
           there
           the
           Priests
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           iudge
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           Deut.
           17.
           
           
           This
           Law
           they
           might
           and
           did
           expound
           ,
           but
           they
           might
           not
           crosse
           with
           it
           .
           No
           preaching
           in
           their
           seuerall
           Synagogues
           ,
           and
           Parishes
           (
           that
           I
           may
           so
           tearme
           them
           )
           but
           was
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           conteined
           in
           the
           Arke
           ,
           at
           the
           Temple
           ,
           the
           Mother
           Church
           .
           And
           't
           was
           fit
           .
           For
           if
           euery
           man
           may
           preach
           as
           he
           list
           ,
           though
           hee
           pretend
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospel
           too
           ,
           Ierusalem
           will
           bee
           quickly
           
             out
             of
             vnity
             in
             it selfe
          
           .
           And
           if
           they
           leaue
           comming
           to
           the
           Arke
           and
           the
           Testimonie
           ,
           the
           world
           will
           soone
           haue
           as
           many
           differences
           in
           Religion
           ,
           as
           there
           bee
           yong
           ,
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           bold
           Priests
           in
           Parishes
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           was
           a
           double
           Testimonie
           
           and
           Conuention
           betweene
           God
           and
           the
           
           people
           .
           The
           Law
           was
           the
           witnesse
           and
           Couenant
           on
           Gods
           part
           with
           the
           people
           .
           And
           that
           the
           people
           should
           come
           ;
           and
           tender
           their
           homage
           and
           obedience
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Law
           ;
           that
           was
           the
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           the
           Couenant
           of
           the
           people
           with
           God
           ,
           Deut.
           16.
           
           
           God
           he
           promised
           to
           bee
           present
           at
           the
           Arke
           ,
           Exod.
           25.
           
           
           And
           he
           performed
           it
           ,
           Num.
           7.
           
           
           And
           so
           God
           is
           alwayes
           ready
           at
           his
           end
           of
           the
           Couenant
           .
           All
           the
           feare
           is
           ,
           we
           fall
           short
           ,
           and
           come
           not
           as
           wee
           should
           ,
           either
           to
           heare
           Gods
           Testimony
           to
           vs
           ,
           or
           to
           giue
           Testimonie
           to
           the
           world
           by
           our
           obedience
           .
           And
           herein
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           Christ
           bee
           mercifull
           ,
           that
           brought
           mercie
           into
           the
           Couenant
           .
        
         
           
           And
           you
           may
           obserue
           too
           ;
           that
           this
           comming
           to
           the
           Temple
           to
           pray
           and
           to
           worship
           is
           called
           here
           by
           the
           Prophet
           an
           Ascent
           or
           going
           vp
           .
           Ascenderunt
           ,
           and
           an
           Ascent
           it
           is
           .
           It
           was
           fitted
           in
           the
           Letter
           .
           For
           the
           Temple
           at
           Ierusalem
           was
           built
           vpon
           mount
           Moriah
           ;
           no
           going
           vp
           to
           it
           but
           by
           an
           Ascent
           .
           And
           't
           is
           fit
           in
           regard
           
           of
           the
           
             Materiall
             Church
          
           now
           .
           For
           how
           low
           soeuer
           the
           situation
           of
           any
           of
           them
           be
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           
             motus
             sursum
          
           ,
           vpward
           still
           and
           towards
           heauen
           to
           frequent
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           't
           is
           fit
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Militant
             Church
          
           .
           That
           's
           an
           Ascent
           too
           ,
           to
           come
           out
           of
           
             Paganisme
             ,
             Heresie
          
           ,
           or
           Schisme
           into
           the
           Church
           at
           vnity
           in
           it selfe
           .
           Hee
           that
           fell
           among
           Theeues
           ,
           and
           was
           almost
           killed
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           was
           not
           going
           vp
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           but
           downe
           to
           Iericho
           S.
           Luk.
           10.
           
           from
           the
           Temple
           I
           warrant
           you
           .
           And
           as
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           speakes
           ,
           
           
             si
             non
             descendisset
             ,
             〈…〉
             ones
             non
             incidisset
             ,
          
           if
           he
           had
           not
           beene
           sinking
           and
           going
           downewards
           ,
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           from
           his
           Church
           ,
           hee
           had
           not
           fallen
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Theeues
           .
        
         
           But
           't
           is
           most
           fitt
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           
             Church
             triumphant
          
           in
           Heauen
           .
           For
           thither
           is
           no
           going
           but
           by
           
             Ascending
             .
             Ascending
          
           still
           out
           of
           the
           dreggs
           of
           this
           sinfull
           life
           .
           And
           he
           is
           miserably
           out
           of
           this
           way
           that
           sinks
           farther
           ,
           and
           farther
           into
           sinne
           ,
           and
           dreames
           he
           is
           in
           the
           way
           to
           
           Heauen
           .
           Nor
           can
           any
           man
           say
           ,
           faine
           I
           would
           to
           Heauen
           ,
           but
           I
           want
           staires
           to
           to
           ascend
           and
           get
           vp
           .
           For
           this
           Psalme
           is
           
             Psalmus
             Graduum
          
           ,
           a
           whole
           Ladder
           of
           steps
           from
           the
           Church
           here
           ,
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           Heauen
           .
        
         
           And
           't
           is
           not
           vnfit
           neither
           to
           expresse
           what
           paines
           they
           then
           were
           content
           to
           take
           to
           serue
           God.
           For
           from
           their
           remotest
           habitations
           (
           and
           many
           were
           very
           farre
           off
           )
           euery
           male
           came
           vp
           thrice
           a
           yeere
           to
           the
           Temple
           to
           worship
           .
           And
           they
           might
           not
           appeare
           before
           the
           Lord
           empty
           ,
           Exod.
           23.
           
           no
           paines
           then
           too
           much
           ,
           no
           charge
           too
           great
           to
           serue
           GOD.
           And
           notwithstanding
           both
           paines
           &
           charge
           a
           
             properabant
             ascendere
          
           ,
           they
           made
           haste
           to
           come
           vp
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           Church
           is
           at
           our
           doores
           ,
           and
           wee
           care
           not
           for
           going
           into
           it
           .
           And
           wee
           come
           vp
           empty
           handed
           ,
           else
           it
           were
           not
           possible
           so
           many
           Churches
           should
           lye
           so
           ruinous
           as
           they
           doe
           .
           Will
           you
           giue
           me
           leaue
           to
           tell
           you
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           ?
           'T
           is
           in
           my
           Text.
           When
           this
           deuotion
           
           was
           on
           foote
           ,
           Ierusalem
           was
           at
           vntie
           in
           it selfe
           .
           For
           so
           goes
           the
           Text.
           Ierusalem
           at
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           then
           ascenderunt
           ,
           then
           they
           ascend
           by
           multitudes
           ,
           and
           their
           deuotion
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           falls
           in
           vpon
           the
           Persons
           
           that
           went
           vp
           to
           serue
           the
           Lord.
           And
           they
           were
           the
           Tribes
           .
           Not
           all
           the
           
             Tribes
             ,
             Families
          
           ,
           and
           Kinreds
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           No
           :
           For
           the
           many
           by
           Idolatry
           had
           made
           themselues
           strangers
           to
           the
           true
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
           But
           
             Tribus
             Domini
          
           ,
           the
           Tribes
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           they
           went
           vp
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           12.
           
           Tribes
           from
           the
           Patriarks
           the
           seede
           of
           Iacob
           ,
           were
           then
           Gods
           peculiar
           seruants
           .
           They
           were
           made
           so
           in
           the
           Couenant
           .
           The
           Testimony
           of
           it
           was
           the
           Law.
           So
           this
           honour
           to
           bee
           the
           Tribes
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           God's
           people
           ,
           was
           reserued
           in
           the
           band
           of
           Religion
           .
           If
           they
           had
           not
           beleeued
           ,
           and
           serued
           God
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           beene
           his
           .
           They
           might
           haue
           been
           Tribes
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           without
           seruing
           in
           the
           Temple
           ;
           but
           
           not
           Domini
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           seruice
           .
           And
           they
           might
           haue
           beene
           in
           some
           kinde
           of
           vnitie
           ,
           but
           not
           
             in
             Domino
          
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           vnion
           .
           And
           they
           might
           haue
           been
           builded
           as
           a
           Citie
           ,
           but
           not
           
             ad
             Dominum
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Lord's
           honour
           ,
           and
           their
           owne
           saluation
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           faith
           And
           which
           was
           the
           honour
           of
           Ierusalem
           then
           in
           all
           
           Dauid's
           time
           ,
           and
           
           Salomon's
           too
           ,
           All
           the
           Tribes
           went
           vp
           ;
           All
           ,
           not
           a
           Recusant
           Tribe
           ,
           or
           Person
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           I
           may
           not
           omit
           the
           place
           ,
           whither
           they
           were
           to
           ascend
           .
           It
           was
           Ierusalem
           .
           There
           the
           Temple
           .
           In
           that
           the
           Arke
           .
           In
           that
           the
           Law.
           And
           the
           Law
           sayes
           not
           simply
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           assemble
           and
           meete
           to
           serue
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           precisely
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           doe
           it
           in
           the
           same
           place
           which
           the
           Lord
           shall
           chuse
           ,
           Deut.
           16.
           
           
           And
           the
           Lord
           chose
           Sion
           ,
           the
           Temple
           at
           Ierusalem
           to
           bee
           this
           place
           ,
           2.
           
           Chron.
           7.
           
           
        
         
           Would
           you
           haue
           a
           reason
           why
           God
           tied
           them
           so
           stricktly
           to
           one
           place
           ?
           'T
           is
           
           not
           hard
           to
           giue
           it
           .
           That
           people
           were
           wonderfully
           prone
           to
           Idolatry
           ;
           therefore
           saith
           S.
           Basil
           ,
           
           
             God
             tyed
             them
             to
             one
             place
             of
             worship
             ,
             lest
             wandring
             here
             and
             there
             in
             strange
             places
             ,
             they
             might
             fall
             into
             the
             seruice
             of
             strange
             Gods.
          
           And
           marke
           it
           ,
           God
           would
           then
           haue
           but
           one
           Temple
           erected
           ,
           one
           Altar
           ,
           in
           one
           Citie
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           might
           not
           fall
           asunder
           into
           different
           superstitions
           ,
           and
           leaue
           true
           Religion
           least
           followed
           .
           And
           the
           Iewes
           seeing
           the
           command
           ,
           neuer
           halted
           in
           this
           duety
           so
           long
           as
           Ierusalem
           was
           
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
          
           .
           But
           when
           that
           brake
           all
           misery
           began
           .
           For
           no
           sooner
           had
           Ieroboam
           made
           a
           Rent
           in
           this
           vnity
           ,
           and
           torne
           away
           ten
           Tribes
           from
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           but
           by
           and
           by
           Samaria
           is
           as
           good
           as
           Ierusalem
           :
           and
           the
           Calues
           in
           Dan
           and
           Bethel
           ,
           as
           good
           as
           
             that
             God
             that
             brought
             them
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
          
           3.
           
           Reg.
           12.
           
           
           So
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           when
           vnitie
           and
           God's
           command
           are
           broke
           together
           .
        
         
           The
           Iesuite
           Lorinus
           tels
           vs
           ,
           
           There
           
           are
           better
           causes
           to
           perswade
           vs
           now
           to
           goe
           on
           pilgrimage
           
             ad
             Limina
             Petri
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Iubilees
           at
           Rome
           ,
           then
           the
           Tribes
           had
           here
           to
           goe
           to
           Ierusalem
           .
           What
           ?
           better
           causes
           ?
           The
           Iewes
           had
           Gods
           expresse
           commandement
           to
           goe
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           forme
           of
           worship
           that
           was
           there
           .
           And
           what
           better
           warrant
           can
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           any
           people
           haue
           ,
           then
           Gods
           command
           ?
           Let
           him
           or
           any
           other
           shew
           me
           such
           a
           command
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           all
           the
           Tribes
           which
           now
           serue
           the
           Lord
           must
           come
           in
           person
           ,
           or
           consent
           and
           doe
           it
           at
           Rome
           ,
           wee
           will
           neuer
           stay
           for
           Lorinus
           his
           better
           reasons
           .
           Wee
           will
           take
           Gods
           command
           for
           a
           good
           one
           ,
           and
           obey
           it
           .
           But
           they
           must
           not
           thinke
           to
           choak
           vs
           with
           the
           wool
           that
           growes
           vpon
           
             Pasce
             oues
          
           ,
           
           
             S.
             Iohn
          
           21.
           which
           as
           the
           Fathers
           haue
           diuersly
           spunne
           out
           ;
           so
           no
           one
           of
           them
           comes
           home
           to
           the
           cloathing
           of
           Rome
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           large
           Robe
           of
           State
           as
           she
           challengeth
           .
           And
           this
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           will
           bee
           found
           
           true
           ;
           That
           while
           they
           seeke
           to
           tye
           all
           Christians
           to
           Rome
           ,
           by
           a
           
             diuine
             precept
          
           ,
           their
           Ambition
           of
           Soueraignty
           is
           one
           and
           a
           maine
           cause
           ,
           that
           Ierusalem
           ,
           euen
           the
           whole
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           is
           not
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Now
           beside
           the
           honour
           &
           seruice
           
           done
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           people
           had
           many
           other
           benefits
           by
           comming
           vp
           ,
           and
           meeting
           at
           Ierusalem
           .
           Many
           ,
           but
           one
           more
           especially
           .
           And
           that
           comes
           in
           to
           the
           third
           commendation
           of
           Ierusalem
           ;
           the
           Gouernment
           both
           Spirituall
           and
           Temporall
           .
           
             For
             there
             also
             are
             the
             seates
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
             euen
             the
             seates
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Dauid
             .
          
           So
           they
           might
           serue
           themselues
           at
           the
           seats
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           while
           they
           went
           to
           the
           Temple
           of
           serue
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           ascending
           't
           was
           illuc
           ,
           thither
           .
           
           And
           here
           at
           the
           sitting
           ,
           't
           is
           illic
           ,
           there
           .
           One
           &
           the
           same
           City
           honoured
           with
           God
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           King.
           And
           it
           must
           needs
           bee
           so
           .
           For
           these
           three
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           God
           ,
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           &
           his
           Lieutenant
           vpon
           earth
           
           are
           so
           neere
           allyed
           .
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           in
           loue
           .
           God
           &
           the
           King
           in
           power
           .
           The
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           in
           mutuall
           dependance
           vpon
           God
           ,
           and
           subordination
           to
           him
           :
           That
           no
           man
           can
           serue
           any
           one
           of
           them
           truely
           ,
           but
           he
           serues
           all
           three
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           't
           was
           in
           a
           blessed
           figure
           ;
           that
           Gods
           house
           and
           the
           Kings
           stood
           together
           at
           Ierusalem
           .
           The
           Temple
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           vpon
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Palace
             of
             Salomon
          
           vpon
           the
           South-side
           of
           the
           same
           Mountaine
           :
           to
           shew
           that
           their
           seruants
           and
           seruice
           must
           goe
           together
           too
           :
           that
           no
           man
           might
           thinke
           himselfe
           the
           farther
           from
           God
           by
           seruing
           the
           King
           ,
           nor
           the
           farther
           from
           the
           King
           by
           seruing
           God.
           The
           Kings
           power
           is
           Gods
           ordinance
           :
           and
           the
           Kings
           command
           must
           bee
           Gods
           glory
           :
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Subiect
           is
           obedience
           to
           both
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           Lawe
           the
           same
           command
           that
           lay
           vpon
           the
           people
           to
           come
           vp
           illuc
           ,
           thither
           ,
           to
           Ierusalem
           ;
           the
           very
           same
           lay
           vpon
           them
           to
           obey
           the
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           
           the
           house
           of
           
             Dauid
             ,
             illic
          
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           there
           .
           To
           obey
           the
           Sanhedrim
           &
           the
           Iudges
           ,
           
           Deut.
           17.
           and
           both
           them
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           after
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           was
           setled
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           place
           .
           For
           then
           there
           was
           seated
           (
           
             as
             diuers
             of
             the
             Fathers
             and
             later
             diuines
             obserue
          
           )
           both
           Authorities
           ;
           
           both
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Iudges
           .
           So
           the
           first
           lesson
           which
           the
           people
           doe
           or
           should
           learne
           by
           going
           vp
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           is
           obedience
           to
           both
           spirituall
           and
           temporall
           Authority
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ,
           illic
           ,
           there
           were
           the
           
           Seates
           or
           Thrones
           of
           iudgement
           .
           Of
           all
           things
           that
           are
           necessary
           for
           a
           State
           none
           runs
           so
           generally
           through
           it
           ,
           as
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           .
           Euery
           part
           and
           member
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           needs
           it
           .
           And
           't
           is
           not
           possible
           Ierusalem
           should
           bee
           long
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           if
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           doe
           not
           vphold
           it
           .
           And
           't
           is
           in
           vaine
           for
           any
           man
           ,
           whether
           hee
           bee
           in
           authority
           ,
           or
           vnder
           it
           ,
           to
           talke
           of
           
           Religion
           ,
           &
           Gods
           seruice
           ,
           to
           frequent
           the
           Temple
           ,
           if
           he
           doe
           not
           ,
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           exercise
           and
           obey
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           .
           And
           this
           Lesson
           Religion
           euer
           teacheth
           .
           For
           it
           was
           the
           very
           end
           of
           Christs
           comming
           to
           redeeme
           vs
           ,
           
             That
             wee
             might
             serue
             him
             in
             holinesse
             and
             in
             righteousnes
             ,
             S.
             Luk.
          
           1.
           
           
           In
           holines
           toward
           God
           ,
           that
           's
           first
           :
           and
           then
           in
           righteousnes
           and
           iustice
           towards
           men
           ,
           that
           's
           next
           .
           And
           they
           stand
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           is
           made
           the
           proofe
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           Righteousnes
           of
           Holines
           .
           For
           he
           that
           doth
           but
           talke
           of
           Holinesse
           ,
           and
           doth
           vniustly
           therewhile
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           Hypocrite
           .
        
         
           
           This
           for
           Iustice
           the
           preseruatiue
           of
           vnitie
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           Seates
           of
           it
           .
           They
           which
           are
           appointed
           to
           administer
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           haue
           Thrones
           ,
           or
           Chayres
           ,
           or
           Seates
           ,
           (
           call
           them
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           the
           thing
           is
           the
           same
           )
           out
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           giue
           sentence
           vpon
           Persons
           or
           Causes
           brought
           before
           them
           .
           And
           they
           are
           signes
           of
           authority
           and
           power
           which
           the
           Iudges
           
           haue
           .
           And
           't
           is
           not
           for
           nothing
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           called
           Seates
           .
           For
           Iudgement
           was
           euer
           giuen
           in
           publike
           sitting
           .
           And
           there
           's
           good
           reason
           for
           it
           .
           For
           the
           soule
           and
           minde
           of
           man
           is
           not
           so
           settled
           when
           the
           Body
           is
           in
           motion
           .
           For
           the
           Body
           moued
           moues
           the
           humours
           ;
           and
           the
           humours
           moued
           moue
           the
           affections
           ;
           
           and
           Affections
           moued
           are
           not
           the
           fittest
           to
           doe
           Iustice
           and
           iudgement
           .
           No
           ;
           Reason
           in
           a
           calme
           vnmoued
           is
           fittest
           for
           that
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Seates
           stand
           here
           both
           for
           the
           Seats
           themselues
           ;
           And
           so
           
             sederunt
             Sedes
          
           is
           Actiue
           for
           Passiue
           ,
           The
           Seates
           sate
           ,
           for
           ,
           The
           Seates
           are
           placed
           ;
           or
           for
           the
           Iudges
           that
           sit
           in
           them
           ;
           or
           sederunt
           ,
           id
           est
           ,
           permanserunt
           ,
           for
           the
           perpetuity
           and
           fixing
           of
           the
           Seates
           of
           Iustice.
           The
           Seates
           must
           bee
           in
           some
           reuerence
           for
           the
           persons
           that
           sit
           in
           them
           .
           The
           persons
           must
           haue
           their
           Honour
           for
           the
           Office
           they
           performe
           in
           them
           .
           And
           the
           Seates
           must
           bee
           fixed
           and
           permanent
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           which
           are
           fallen
           into
           
           Controuersie
           may
           know
           the
           Illi●
           ,
           and
           the
           Vbi
           ,
           whither
           to
           come
           and
           finde
           Iustice.
           
        
         
           The
           words
           in
           my
           Text
           are
           plurall
           ,
           
             Seates
             of
             Iudgement
          
           .
           And
           't
           is
           obseruable
           .
           For
           the
           exorbitances
           of
           men
           that
           quarrell
           others
           are
           such
           and
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           one
           Seat
           of
           Iudgement
           only
           was
           scarce
           euer
           sufficient
           for
           any
           State.
           Seates
           they
           must
           be
           ,
           &
           they
           seldome
           want
           worke
           .
           In
           the
           prime
           times
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             Christians
             could
             not
             hold
             from
             going
             to
             Law
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             and
             that
             vnder
             vnbelieuers
             ,
          
           1.
           
           ●
           Cor.
           6.
           
           
           To
           meet
           with
           this
           frailtie
           of
           man
           ,
           God
           in
           this
           Common-wealth
           which
           himselfe
           ordered
           ,
           appointed
           not
           one
           ,
           but
           many
           *
           Seates
           of
           iudgement
           .
           And
           therefore
           euen
           the
           inferiour
           Seates
           ,
           howsoeuer
           as
           they
           are
           setled
           by
           the
           King
           and
           the
           State
           ,
           seuerally
           to
           fit
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           people
           in
           seuerall
           Kingdomes
           ,
           are
           of
           positiue
           and
           humane
           Institution
           ;
           yet
           as
           they
           are
           Seates
           of
           Iudgement
           ,
           they
           haue
           their
           foundation
           vpon
           Diuine
           Institution
           
           too
           ,
           since
           
             there
             is
             no
             power
             but
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           
           
        
         
           By
           these
           Seates
           of
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           the
           Learned
           in
           all
           ages
           vnderstand
           all
           
             Iudiciary
             power
          
           and
           administration
           both
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Ciuill
           ;
           And
           they
           are
           right
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Sanhedrim
           of
           the
           Iewes
           their
           greatest
           Seate
           of
           Iudgement
           vnder
           the
           King
           (
           after
           they
           had
           that
           gouernment
           )
           was
           a
           mixed
           Court
           of
           Priests
           and
           Iudges
           ,
           
           Deut.
           17.
           though
           other
           Kingdomes
           since
           ,
           and
           vpon
           reason
           enough
           haue
           separated
           and
           distinguished
           the
           Seates
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Ciuill
           Iudicature
           .
        
         
           Since
           this
           diuision
           of
           the
           Seates
           of
           Iudgement
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           tooke
           too
           much
           vpon
           them
           .
           Too
           much
           indeed
           ,
           and
           lay
           heauy
           not
           onely
           vpon
           ordinary
           
             Ciuill
             Courts
          
           ,
           but
           euen
           vpon
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           and
           Throne
           of
           the
           King
           himselfe
           .
           But
           God
           euer
           from
           the
           dayes
           of
           Lucifer
           gaue
           pride
           a
           fall
           ;
           and
           pride
           of
           all
           sinnes
           least
           beseemes
           the
           Church
           .
           May
           
           wee
           not
           thinke
           that
           for
           that
           shee
           fell
           ?
           But
           I
           pray
           remember
           't
           was
           
             Fastus
             Romanus
          
           ,
           't
           was
           Roman
           Pride
           ,
           that
           then
           infected
           this
           Church
           with
           many
           others
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           is
           now
           come
           in
           this
           kingdome
           ,
           that
           the
           Ciuill
           Courts
           are
           asmuch
           too
           strong
           for
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           :
           and
           may
           ouerlay
           them
           as
           hard
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           be
           so
           vnchristian
           as
           to
           reuenge
           .
           But
           we
           hope
           they
           which
           sit
           in
           them
           will
           remember
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           will
           not
           forget
           :
           That
           when
           God
           himselfe
           and
           Hee
           best
           knowes
           what
           hee
           doth
           
             for
             the
             vnitie
             of
             Ierusalem
          
           )
           erected
           Seates
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           Hee
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             Anarchie
          
           ,
           that
           Hee
           set
           the
           
             High
             Priest
          
           very
           high
           in
           the
           Sanhedrim
           .
           And
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Church
           Causes
           must
           haue
           their
           triall
           and
           ending
           aswell
           as
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           there
           are
           some
           that
           thinke
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           yet
           farre
           enough
           beside
           the
           Cushin
           :
           that
           their
           Seats
           are
           too
           easie
           yet
           ,
           and
           too
           high
           to
           .
           A
           Paritie
           
           they
           would
           haue
           ,
           No
           Bishop
           ,
           No
           Gouernour
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Parochial
             Consistory
          
           ,
           and
           that
           should
           be
           Lay
           enough
           too
           .
           Well
           ,
           first
           ,
           this
           Paritie
           was
           neuer
           left
           to
           the
           Church
           by
           Christ.
           He
           left
           Apostles
           and
           Disciples
           vnder
           them
           .
           No
           Paritie
           .
           It
           was
           neuer
           in
           vse
           with
           the
           Church
           since
           Christ
           :
           No
           Church
           euer
           ,
           any
           where
           ,
           (
           till
           this
           last
           age
           )
           without
           a
           Bishop
           .
           If
           it
           were
           in
           vse
           ,
           it
           might
           perhaps
           gouerne
           some
           pettie
           City
           ;
           but
           make
           it
           common
           once
           ,
           and
           it
           can
           neuer
           keepe
           vnitie
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ.
           And
           for
           their
           Seates
           being
           too
           high
           ,
           God
           knowes
           they
           are
           brought
           lowe
           ,
           euen
           to
           contempt
           .
           They
           were
           high
           in
           Ierusalem
           .
           For
           all
           Diuines
           agree
           ,
           that
           this
           in
           prime
           reference
           is
           spoken
           of
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             Censures
          
           ,
           and
           Seates
           .
           
           And
           the
           word
           is
           Thrones
           ;
           no
           lesse
           .
           So
           the
           originall
           :
           So
           the
           Septuagint
           :
           and
           so
           many
           of
           the
           later
           Diuines
           ,
           forgetting
           their
           own
           inuention
           of
           the
           Presbytery
           .
        
         
           And
           one
           thing
           more
           I
           'le
           be
           bold
           to
           speake
           out
           of
           a
           like
           duetie
           to
           the
           Church
           
           of
           England
           and
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
           They
           ,
           whoeuer
           they
           bee
           ,
           that
           would
           ouerthrow
           
             Sedes
             Ecclesiae
          
           ,
           the
           Seates
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           Gouernment
           ,
           will
           not
           spare
           (
           if
           euer
           they
           get
           power
           )
           to
           haue
           a
           plucke
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Dauid
           .
           And
           there
           is
           not
           a
           man
           that
           is
           for
           Paritie
           ,
           all
           Fellowes
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           hee
           is
           not
           for
           Monarchie
           in
           the
           State.
           And
           certainely
           either
           he
           is
           but
           Halfe-headed
           to
           his
           owne
           Principles
           ,
           or
           hee
           can
           bee
           but
           Halfe-hearted
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
           
           And
           so
           wee
           are
           come
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           the
           great
           Circumstance
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             the
             House
             of
             Dauid
          
           :
           the
           Guide
           ,
           and
           the
           Ground
           too
           ,
           vnder
           God
           ,
           of
           that
           vnitie
           which
           blesses
           Ierusalem
           .
           The
           house
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           the
           house
           onely
           ,
           but
           the
           Gouernment
           .
           All
           
             Regall
             and
             Iudiciary
             power
          
           was
           seated
           by
           God
           himselfe
           in
           Dauid
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           
           2.
           
           Sam.
           7.
           
           That
           Hee
           ,
           as
           King
           ouer
           his
           people
           ,
           might
           take
           care
           ,
           both
           that
           Ierusalem
           might
           be
           
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
          
           :
           and
           
             that
             the
             Tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             might
             goe
             thither
             to
             giue
             thankes
             to
             the
             
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           that
           all
           the
           seruants
           of
           God
           among
           that
           people
           might
           knowe
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           committed
           them
           to
           the
           trust
           of
           Dauid
           :
           that
           they
           might
           not
           promise
           themselues
           succour
           from
           God
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           as
           they
           liued
           in
           obedience
           to
           Dauid
           :
           that
           they
           might
           not
           thinke
           to
           alter
           the
           gouernement
           ,
           or
           the
           succession
           ,
           but
           rest
           dutifully
           where
           God
           had
           placed
           them
           .
           And
           therfore
           when
           Ieroboam
           rent
           ten
           Tribes
           from
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           almost
           nothing
           but
           distraction
           and
           misery
           fel
           vpon
           that
           people
           euer
           after
           ,
           as
           appeares
           in
           the
           story
           .
        
         
           This
           to
           the
           letter
           strictly
           .
           Now
           to
           the
           sense
           at
           large
           ,
           as
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           haue
           subordination
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           .
           For
           Ierusalem
           that
           's
           at
           vnitie
           vnder
           Dauid
           .
           And
           the
           Tribes
           they
           go
           vp
           to
           the
           Testimony
           vnder
           Dauid
           .
           And
           the
           Seats
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           they
           haue
           their
           seueral
           ministrations
           ,
           but
           all
           with
           reference
           ,
           all
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           in
           a
           State
           the
           
             King
             ,
             obtinet
             locum
             fundamenti
          
           ,
           is
           alwayes
           fundamentall
           .
           All
           inferiour
           powers
           of
           Nobles
           ,
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           Magistrates
           rest
           on
           him
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           doth
           not
           say
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           that
           the
           Seates
           of
           Iudgement
           are
           vpon
           the
           foundation
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           but
           vpon
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           plaine
           :
           because
           there
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           foundation
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           and
           Christ.
           But
           when
           the
           house
           of
           the
           King
           is
           built
           vpon
           God
           as
           
           Dauid's
           was
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           to
           the
           people
           
             &
             domus
             ,
             &
             fundamentum
          
           ,
           both
           an
           house
           ,
           and
           a
           foundation
           of
           all
           their
           houses
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           you
           may
           see
           the
           trueth
           of
           this
           ,
           looke
           into
           the
           Story
           of
           all
           States
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           neuer
           finde
           a
           thunder-clap
           vpon
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           to
           make
           it
           shake
           ,
           but
           the
           houses
           of
           all
           the
           Subiects
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           shooke
           with
           it
           .
           And
           this
           is
           an
           euident
           Argument
           ,
           that
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           is
           a
           Foundation
           ,
           when
           such
           a
           mighty
           building
           as
           a
           State
           ,
           is
           
           shaken
           with
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           there
           's
           no
           man
           that
           loues
           his
           owne
           house
           ,
           but
           hee
           must
           loue
           the
           Kings
           ,
           and
           labour
           ,
           and
           studie
           to
           keepe
           it
           from
           shaking
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           marke
           the
           Text
           ,
           here
           's
           
             Sedes
             super
             Sedem
          
           ,
           one
           Throne
           ,
           or
           Seat
           vpon
           another
           .
           And
           all
           well-ordered
           States
           are
           built
           so
           by
           
             Sub
             &
             Super
          
           ,
           by
           Gouernement
           and
           obedience
           .
           The
           intermediate
           Magistrates
           haue
           their
           subordinations
           either
           to
           other
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           Dauid
           .
           But
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           that
           's
           both
           ,
           
             Sub
             &
             Super
          
           ;
           vnder
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           foundation
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           and
           the
           Fathers
           reade
           it
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           vpon
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           ;
           so
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           vnder
           ,
           as
           Foundation
           .
           But
           ouer
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           administration
           and
           the
           gouernment
           .
           For
           they
           which
           are
           vpon
           him
           ,
           must
           not
           bee
           aboue
           him
           .
           A
           primacie
           ,
           or
           superintendencie
           ,
           or
           what
           you
           will
           aboue
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           in
           his
           owne
           Kingdome
           ,
           is
           a
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           an
           ill
           construction
           of
           
             Super
             Domum
             Dauid
          
           .
        
         
           The
           house
           of
           Dauid
           a
           Foundation
           
           then
           :
           and
           my
           Text
           warrants
           both
           it
           and
           mee
           .
           I
           haue
           no
           will
           to
           except
           against
           any
           forme
           of
           gouernement
           ,
           assumed
           by
           any
           State
           :
           Yet
           this
           my
           Text
           bids
           me
           say
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           
             Monarchicall
             Gouernment
          
           .
           The
           Seates
           of
           iudgement
           in
           it
           are
           permanent
           .
           And
           I
           doe
           not
           remember
           that
           euer
           I
           read
           
             Seates
             of
             Iudgement
          
           so
           fixed
           ,
           as
           vnder
           
             Regall
             power
          
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           by
           this
           denie
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           may
           bee
           the
           City
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           administration
           of
           iustice
           in
           other
           formes
           of
           gourenment
           ,
           somtimes
           asmuch
           ,
           somtimes
           more
           .
           But
           there
           are
           Iudicia
           ,
           not
           Sedes
           ,
           Iudgement
           ,
           not
           Seats
           of
           it
           .
           And
           Iustice
           there
           may
           be
           ;
           but
           it
           cōtinues
           not
           halfe
           so
           steddy
           .
           The
           Factions
           of
           an
           Aristocracy
           how
           often
           haue
           they
           diuided
           the
           City
           into
           ciuil
           warres
           ,
           and
           made
           that
           City
           which
           was
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           wade
           in
           her
           owne
           blood
           ?
           And
           for
           a
           Democracie
           ,
           or
           popular
           Gouernment
           ,
           
             Fluctus
             populi
             ,
             fluctus
             maris
          
           ,
           The
           waues
           and
           the
           Gulfes
           of
           both
           are
           alike
           .
           None
           but
           
           God
           can
           
             rule
             the
             raging
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             madnes
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             Psal.
          
           65.
           
           
           And
           no
           safety
           or
           settlednes
           ,
           till
           there
           bee
           a
           returne
           
             in
             domum
             Dauid
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Monarchie
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           againe
           .
        
         
           I
           'le
           goe
           no
           whither
           but
           to
           my
           Text
           and
           Ierusalem
           for
           instance
           .
           That
           people
           had
           a
           Sanhedrim
           ouer
           them
           ,
           a
           wonderfull
           wise
           and
           a
           great
           Senate
           ;
           the
           chiefe
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           expert
           in
           their
           Lawes
           of
           the
           other
           Tribes
           .
           If
           any
           greater
           difficulty
           arose
           ,
           God
           raised
           vp
           Iudges
           and
           Deliuerers
           to
           fight
           their
           Battailes
           .
           This
           people
           were
           well
           ,
           a
           man
           would
           thinke
           ,
           for
           point
           of
           Gouernment
           ,
           very
           well
           .
           
           And
           yet
           Caluin
           obserues
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           then
           Iustice
           and
           Iudgement
           among
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           but
           
             suspensa
             Iudicia
             ,
             &
             varie
             mutata
             ,
          
           Iustice
           with
           suspence
           &
           often
           changes
           .
           And
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           that
           people
           restles
           and
           vnquiet
           euen
           with
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           himselfe
           till
           they
           had
           a
           King
           ,
           1.
           
           Sam.
           8.
           
           
           So
           after
           the
           disobedience
           of
           Saul
           ,
           (
           which
           can
           
           cast
           euen
           Kings
           out
           of
           Gods
           fauour
           )
           that
           State
           was
           settled
           vpon
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           then
           a
           Foundation
           ,
           and
           a
           settled
           one
           too
           ,
           as
           Mortality
           hath
           any
           .
           The
           whole
           frame
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           vnderstood
           here
           by
           the
           
             Seats
             of
             Iudgement
          
           rests
           vpon
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           house
           .
           Vpon
           his
           house
           ?
           therefore
           it
           must
           bee
           built
           and
           settled
           ,
           els
           't
           is
           not
           domus
           ,
           not
           a
           house
           .
           When
           't
           is
           built
           ,
           it
           must
           bee
           furnished
           ,
           &
           plentifully
           too
           ;
           els
           't
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           bee
           
             domus
             Dauidis
          
           ,
           the
           Kings
           house
           .
           If
           any
           disaster
           hath
           been
           ,
           it
           must
           bee
           repayred
           ;
           els
           
             Domus
             lacera
          
           a
           House
           vpon
           props
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           foundation
           of
           Iustice
           to
           friends
           at
           home
           ,
           or
           vpon
           enemies
           abroad
           .
           And
           there
           can
           hardly
           bee
           a
           greater
           miserie
           to
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           then
           to
           haue
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           weake
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ;
           would
           you
           haue
           the
           house
           of
           Dauid
           as
           Dauids
           was
           now
           at
           Ierusalem
           ,
           A
           built
           ,
           A
           furnished
           ,
           A
           strong
           ,
           An
           honourable
           House
           ?
           I
           know
           you
           
           would
           .
           You
           are
           a
           Noble
           and
           a
           most
           Loyall
           People
           .
           Why
           then
           I
           will
           not
           take
           vpon
           mee
           to
           teach
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           remember
           you
           of
           the
           way
           .
           The
           way
           is
           ;
           —
           Am
           I
           out
           ?
           No
           sure
           .
           The
           way
           is
           ,
           To
           set
           Dauid
           once
           vpon
           his
           owne
           feet
           ;
           to
           make
           him
           see
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           house
           which
           God
           hath
           giuen
           him
           .
           ;
           to
           fill
           him
           with
           ioy
           and
           contentment
           in
           his
           peoples
           loue
           ;
           to
           adde
           of
           your
           .
           oyle
           to
           make
           him
           a
           cheerefull
           countenance
           ,
           now
           that
           
             God
             hath
             anointed
             him
             with
             the
             oyle
             of
             gladnes
             ouer
             you
          
           ;
           that
           in
           a
           free
           Estate
           he
           may
           haue
           leisure
           from
           Home-Cares
           ,
           euery
           way
           to
           intend
           the
           good
           and
           welfare
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           and
           to
           blesse
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           them
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           for
           Dauid
           ,
           God
           hath
           blessed
           him
           with
           many
           royall
           Vertues
           .
           And
           aboue
           the
           rest
           with
           the
           knowledge
           that
           his
           House
           is
           a
           foundation
           .
           A
           foundation
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           iustice
           that
           must
           preserue
           them
           in
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           in
           happines
           .
           But
           't
           is
           
             Domus
             eius
             ,
             His
             House
          
           still
           ,
           euen
           while
           't
           is
           your
           foundation
           .
           
           And
           neuer
           feare
           him
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           with
           him
           .
           Hee
           will
           not
           depart
           from
           Gods
           seruice
           ;
           nor
           from
           the
           honourable
           care
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           nor
           from
           wise
           managing
           of
           his
           treasure
           :
           He
           will
           neuer
           vndermine
           his
           owne
           house
           ,
           nor
           giue
           his
           people
           iust
           cause
           to
           bee
           iealous
           of
           a
           shaking
           foundation
           .
           And
           here
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           and
           his
           blessed
           Angels
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           you
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           dust
           &
           ashes
           ,
           I
           discharge
           the
           true
           thoughts
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           flatter
           not
           .
           And
           now
           my
           
             Dread
             Soueraigne
          
           ,
           vpon
           you
           it
           lyes
           to
           make
           good
           the
           thoughts
           of
           your
           most
           deuoted
           Seruant
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           haue
           seen
           as
           short
           a
           Mapp
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           draw
           of
           Ierusalem
           .
           Shee
           was
           famous
           for
           her
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           blessed
           too
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           
             within
             her selfe
          
           .
           Shee
           was
           famous
           for
           her
           Religion
           ,
           &
           deuout
           too
           ,
           when
           
             all
             the
             Tribes
             went
             vp
             to
             the
             Arke
             of
             the
             Testimonie
             ,
             to
             giue
             thankes
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Shee
           was
           famous
           for
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           successfull
           too
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           against
           forreigne
           enemies
           ,
           
           when
           the
           Seates
           of
           Iudgement
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Ciuill
           were
           all
           ,
           as
           their
           seuerall
           natures
           beare
           ,
           founded
           vpon
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
           This
           Ierusalem
           of
           ours
           is
           now
           
             at
             vnitie
             in
             it selfe
          
           .
           And
           I
           see
           here
           
             Capita
             Tribuum
          
           ,
           the
           Heads
           and
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Tribes
           ,
           and
           People
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           come
           vp
           ,
           and
           present
           in
           his
           Temple
           .
           I
           would
           to
           God
           they
           were
           all
           here
           ,
           that
           with
           one
           heart
           ,
           and
           one
           mouth
           ,
           wee
           might
           all
           pray
           vnto
           God
           for
           all
           his
           blessings
           to
           come
           down
           ,
           and
           dwell
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           ;
           and
           to
           rest
           vpon
           this
           great
           and
           honourable
           Councell
           now
           ready
           to
           sit
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           come
           vp
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           Temple
           of
           the
           Lord.
           The
           Arke
           was
           wholly
           Ceremoniall
           ;
           that
           's
           not
           here
           .
           But
           the
           
             Testimonie
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           the
           Law
           ,
           yea
           and
           a
           better
           Law
           then
           that
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           Grace
           and
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           's
           here
           .
           Here
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           open
           ready
           to
           teach
           
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           which
           is
           
             the
             beginning
             of
             all
             wisedome
             ,
             Psal.
          
           111.
           
           
           In
           this
           Law
           you
           
           can
           read
           nothing
           but
           seruice
           to
           God
           ,
           &
           obedience
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           .
           And
           so
           you
           find
           them
           ioyned
           ,
           1.
           
             S.
             Pet.
          
           2.
           
           
           
             Feare
             God
             ,
             and
             honour
             the
             King.
          
           And
           't
           is
           a
           strange
           Fallacie
           in
           Religion
           for
           any
           man
           to
           dishonour
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           that
           a
           proofe
           that
           he
           
             feares
             God.
          
           
        
         
           To
           the
           Temple
           and
           the
           Testimony
           you
           are
           come
           vp
           .
           When
           God
           would
           giue
           Moses
           more
           speciall
           direction
           ,
           hee
           declared
           himselfe
           from
           the
           Mercy-seat
           ,
           which
           was
           on
           the
           
             Arke
             .
             Exod.
          
           25.
           
           
           The
           Mercy-seat
           was
           wholly
           Ceremoniall
           ,
           as
           the
           Arke
           was
           on
           which
           it
           stood
           ;
           that
           is
           ;
           the
           Seate
           Ceremonie
           ,
           but
           the
           Mercy
           substance
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Seate
           bee
           gone
           with
           Moses
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           God
           hath
           not
           left
           ,
           will
           neuer
           leaue
           ,
           to
           appeare
           in
           Mercy
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           and
           this
           wise
           Councell
           .
           If
           hee
           appeare
           in
           mercy
           ,
           I
           feare
           nothing
           .
           If
           hee
           appeare
           otherwise
           there
           will
           bee
           cause
           to
           feare
           all
           things
           .
           And
           the
           way
           to
           haue
           God
           appeare
           in
           mercy
           is
           for
           both
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           
           that
           's
           but
           the
           outside
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           obey
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimonie
           .
        
         
           Iudgement
           went
           out
           from
           God
           lately
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           fierce
           .
           How
           many
           thousands
           strong
           men
           ,
           which
           might
           haue
           bin
           a
           wall
           about
           Ierusalem
           ,
           hath
           the
           Pestilence
           swept
           away
           ?
           But
           his
           mercy
           soon
           ouertooke
           his
           Iudgement
           :
           For
           when
           did
           the
           eye
           of
           man
           behold
           so
           strange
           and
           sodain
           abatement
           of
           so
           great
           Mortalitie
           ?
           A
           great
           argument
           ,
           that
           hee
           will
           now
           appeare
           in
           Mercie
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           tell
           which
           hath
           got
           the
           better
           in
           the
           vie
           ,
           
             Your
             Honour
          
           ,
           or
           
             Your
             Religion
          
           ,
           that
           you
           haue
           made
           such
           hast
           to
           bring
           the
           Tribes
           to
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
             to
             giue
             thanks
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           for
           this
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Lesson
           of
           this
           dayes
           Euening
           prayer
           is
           Exod.
           18.
           
           
           There
           's
           the
           Story
           of
           
           Iethro's
           counsell
           to
           Moses
           ,
           for
           assistance
           of
           inferiour
           Officers
           .
           This
           was
           not
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           great
           and
           parliamentary
           Councell
           ,
           which
           after
           continued
           successefull
           in
           the
           
           State
           of
           the
           Iewes
           .
           For
           that
           was
           set
           after
           by
           GOD
           himselfe
           ,
           
           Numb
           .
           11.
           yet
           I
           make
           no
           great
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           ease
           ,
           which
           Moses
           found
           by
           that
           Councell
           ,
           made
           him
           apt
           to
           see
           what
           more
           hee
           needed
           ;
           and
           so
           farre
           at
           least
           occasioned
           the
           setling
           of
           the
           Sanhedrim
           .
        
         
           I
           take
           the
           omen
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           Seruice
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           blesse
           it
           .
           That
           our
           Dauid
           may
           be
           as
           happy
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           their
           Moses
           was
           in
           his
           Councell
           of
           the
           Elders
           .
           That
           the
           King
           and
           his
           people
           may
           now
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           like
           times
           ,
           meete
           in
           loue
           ,
           consult
           in
           wisedome
           ,
           manage
           their
           Counsell
           with
           temper
           ,
           entertaine
           no
           priuate
           businesse
           to
           make
           the
           publike
           suffer
           ;
           And
           when
           their
           consultation
           is
           ended
           ,
           part
           in
           the
           same
           loue
           that
           should
           euer
           bring
           King
           and
           People
           together
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           vs
           all
           pray
           ,
           That
           our
           Ierusalem
           ,
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           which
           did
           neuer
           but
           flourish
           when
           it
           was
           at
           vnitie
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           may
           now
           and
           euer
           
           continue
           in
           that
           vnitie
           ,
           and
           so
           bee
           euer
           successefull
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
           That
           in
           this
           vnitie
           the
           Tribes
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           euen
           all
           the
           Families
           and
           Kinreds
           of
           his
           people
           may
           come
           vp
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           prayse
           ,
           and
           giue
           thanks
           vnto
           him
           .
           That
           no
           Tribe
           or
           Person
           for
           any
           pretences
           (
           for
           they
           are
           no
           better
           )
           may
           absent
           themselues
           from
           the
           Church
           and
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           That
           the
           
             Seates
             of
             Iudgement
          
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Ciuill
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           may
           not
           onely
           be
           set
           ,
           but
           set
           firmely
           ,
           to
           administer
           the
           iustice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           vnto
           his
           people
           .
           That
           all
           men
           may
           reuerence
           and
           obey
           the
           House
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           who
           it selfe
           vpon
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           these
           blessings
           .
           That
           God
           would
           mutually
           blesse
           Dauid
           ,
           and
           this
           People
           .
           That
           so
           the
           People
           may
           haue
           cause
           to
           giue
           thankes
           to
           God
           for
           Dauid
           ;
           And
           that
           Dauid
           may
           haue
           cause
           to
           take
           ioy
           in
           the
           loue
           and
           loyalty
           of
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           and
           blesse
           God
           for
           both
           .
           Till
           from
           this
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           this
           Temple
           ,
           
           and
           these
           Thrones
           ,
           Hee
           ,
           and
           wee
           all
           may
           ascend
           into
           that
           glorious
           State
           which
           is
           in
           Heauen
           .
           And
           this
           Christ
           for
           his
           infinite
           mercie
           sake
           grant
           vnto
           vs
           :
           To
           whom
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A05170-e70
           
             Deut.
             16.16
             .
          
           
             Vers.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             75
             .
             4●
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             .
             12.6
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Basil.
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Psal.
             113.6
             .
          
           
             S.
             Matth.
             5.35
             .
          
           
             Thren
             .
             2.15
             .
          
           
             S.
             Matth.
             24.2
             .
          
           
             
               Adrichom
               in
               descrip
               .
               Ierus
            
             .
          
           
             Iud.
             19.10
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             5.7
             .
             1.
             
             Chron.
             11.4
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Hil.
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Gen.
             49.7
             .
          
           
             
               Coll.
               Dom.
            
             5.
             
               post
               .
               Trin.
            
             
          
           
             
               Plat.
               in
               vit
               .
               Vrban
            
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Lucan
             .
          
           
             a
             Lib.
             5.
             
               de
               Bel.
               Gal.
            
             
          
           
             
               In
               vita
               I.
               Agrip
            
             .
          
           
             ●Cor
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             25.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             21.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             21.
             
          
           
             Orat.
             20.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             13.4
             .
          
           
             S.
             Luk.
             23.34
             .
          
           
             Esai
             .
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Math.
             16.18
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.2
             .
          
           
             Ezech.
             13.10
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.23
             .
          
           
             S.
             Luk.
             19.12
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             23.17
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             50.13,14
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             127.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ion.
             3.
             
          
           
             Act
             13.27
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Basil.
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.11
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             16.16
             .
          
           
             Vers.
             22.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             8,9
             .
          
           
             S.
             Luk.
             10.30
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Aug.
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Exod.
             23.15
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Apolina
               :
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Deut.
             16.16
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Chron.
             7.12
             
          
           
             
               S.
               Basil.
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Reg.
             12.28
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             S.
             Ioh.
             21.16
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             17.10
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Basil.
               Theodoret
               .
               Euthy●
               .
               Caluin
               .
               M●sc●
               ,
               Inn.
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             S.
             Luk.
             1.75
             .
          
           
             
               Non
               eadem
               videntur
               Iudicibus
               iratis
               &
               quietis
               .
               Arist.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
             
               Rhet.
               c.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.6
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Tostat.
               in
               Exod
            
             .
             21.
             q.
             16.
             
             
               P.
               Cuneus
               de
               Rep.
               Hebr.
               lib.
            
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             
          
           
             Both
             for
             Causes
             &
             Persons
             .
             
               Pet
               Cun.
               de
               Rep.
               Hebr.
               lib.
            
             1.
             pag.
             101.
             
             &
             106.
             
          
           
             
               Caluin
               .
               Muscul.
               Iun.
               versio
               Geneu
               .
            
             Nay
             the
             Anabaptists
             themselues
             .
             
               Ainsw
               .
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             7.10
             .
             &
             Psal.
             89.36
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             65.7
             .
          
           
             
               Calu.
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             111.10
             .
          
           
             1.
             S.
             Pet.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             25.22
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             18.
             
          
           
             Numb
             11.16
             .