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The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…
The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crook, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crooke, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostock, 1636
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I will now beg but one inch of your time and patience more, to Remember you of our third particular, Exaltatus est, never better can the Trumpet sound, or the people say Amen to ⟨p. 46⟩any thing, then to that. When the Rulers of the Earth do belong to God, do submit their Crowns and consciences to his Kingdom, do countenance, restore, and advance his Truth and worship; when they are Shields, to administer justice, and protect the Land, then never more, Vehementer Exaltatus est. Is the GOD of Israel highly Exalted. When the Rulers and Princes that rid on white Asses, and sate in Judgement, offered willingly to the Lord, Then praise ye the Lord, Bless ye the Lord, Awake, awake Debora, rise Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, Judg. 5. 2. 8. When David and his Nobles offered willingly to the House of the Lord, Then, Vehementer Exaltatus, Thine O Lord, is Glory, and victory, and Majesty, and thou art exalted as Head above all, 1 Chron. 29. 6. 11. When Kings stand up, and Princes worship, because of the Lord. Then sing O Heaven, and rejoice O Earth, and break forth into singing O ye mountains, Isai. 49. 7. 13. When the Kings of Tarshish and the Isles offer ⟨p. 47⟩gifts, and fall down before him, Then let all the world be filled with his glory, Amen, and Amen, Psal. 72. 10. 19. As on the other side, when it came to this, Aedificantes reprobarunt, And do any of the Rulers believe on him? John 7. 48. When it came to Herod's Illusit, to Caiaphas his Expedit, to Pilats Tradidit, that they gathered together not unto him, but against him, Act. 4. 26. Then I confess there was an Exaltatus still, but like that of the Brazen Serpent, Joh. 3. 14. On a Pole, not on a Throne; and we know what a few years after produced even wrath to the uttermost. Consult the Prophecies of it,