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Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit
Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right reverend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the right honourable the lord major of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Cross, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Cross. August 5. By Tho: Adams.Fiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right reuerend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the right honorable the lord maior of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Crosse. August 5. By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for John Grismand, 1626London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for Iohn Grismand, 1626
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Omnipotence; Lord. We acknowledge thy right, thou art fit to be thine own chooser. Lord, there be many on earth called Lords; but those are Lords of earth, and those Lords are earth, & those Lords must return to earth. This Lord is Almighty; raising out of the dust to the honour of Princes, and laying the honour of Princes in the dust. Lord, of what? nay, not qualified; not Lord of such a County, Barony, Seigniory; nor Lord by virtue of Office and Deputation: but in abstracto, most absolute: His Lordship is universal: Lord of heaven, the owner of those glorious mansions: Lord of earth, disposer of all Kingdoms and Principalities: Lord of hell, to lock up the old Dragon and his crew in the bottomless pit: Lord of Death, to unlock the graves: he keeps the Key, that shall let all bodies out of their earthy prisons. A potent Lord; whither shall we go to get out of his Dominion? To heaven?1 there we cannot miss him: To hell? there we cannot be without him: In air, earth, or sea; in light or darkness, we are sure to find him. Whither then, except to Purgatory? That Terra incognita is not mentioned in his Lordship: the Pope may keep the ⟨p. 59⟩key of that himself. But for the rest, he is too saucy; exalting his universal Lordship, and hedging in the whole Christian world for his Diocese. Stretching his arm to heaven, in rubricking what Saints he lift: to hell, in freeing what prisoners he lift: on earth, in setting up, or pulling down what Kings he list: but that some have cut short his busy fingers.
Omnipotence; Lord. Wee acknowledge thy right, thou art fit to bee thine owne chuser. Lord, there bee many on earth called Lords; but those are Lords of earth, and those Lords are earth, & those Lords must returne to earth. This Lord is Almightie; raising out of the dust to the hon•ur of Princes, and laying the honour of Princes in the dust. Lord, of what? nay, not qualified; not Lord of such a Countie, Barony, Seigniorie; nor Lord by vertue of Office and Deputation: but in abstracto, most absolute: His Lordship is vniuersall: Lord of heauen, the owner of those glorious mansions: Lord of earth, disposer of all Kingdomes and Principalities: Lord of hell, to locke vp the old Dragon and his crew in the bottomlesse pit: Lord of Death, to vnlocke the graues: hee keepes the Key, that shall let all bodies out of their earthy prisons. A potent Lord; whither shall we goe to get out of his Dominion? To heauen?