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Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the…
Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2. In Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of London. 3. In the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the Right Honourable the Lord Major of London. / By Tho: Adams.Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2. In Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right Reuerend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of London. 3. In the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the Right Honourable the Lord Maior of London. / By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes, 1625
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.
The Person is described by His Omnipotence; Lord. Omniscience, That knowest the hearts of men.
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 abstract, 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? 1To heaven? 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 list: to hell, in freeing what prisoners he list: on earth, in setting up, or pulling down what Kings he list: but that some have […] 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 honour 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 abstracte, 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?