A Sermon Preached at White-hall, April 21. 1616

              A 4 sermon preached at malte white whitehall hall april 21 1616 ECCLES 8811 8.11 81111 BECA BECAUSE USE SENTENCE AAGAINST GAINSTAN AN EVIL WORK IS NOT EXECUTED SPEEDILY THEREFORE THE HEART OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN IS FULLY SET IN THEM TO DO EVIL E CANNOT take into our meditation a better rule then that W WEofthestoick nihilinfcelicius infx1icius felicitate fcelicitate falicitate fcelicitate peccantium there is no such unhappiness to a sinner as to be happy no such cross as to have no crosses nor can we take a better example ofthat of that thae rule then constantius Constantius the arrian emperour empereur Empe rour in whose time first of all the crosse of christ suffer d that profanation as to be an ensign of war between christian and christian when magnentius by being an usurping tyrant and constantius Constantius by being an arrian heretick had forfeited their interest in the cross of christ which is the ensign of the universal peace of this world and the means of the eternal peace of the next both brought the cross to cross the cross to be an ensign of war and of hostility both made that cross when the father ac- cepted for all mankinde mankinde the blood of christ jesus to be an instrument for the sinful effusion of the blood of christians but when this her- etical emperour empereur Emperour had a victory over this usurping tyrant this un- happy happiness transported him to a greater sin sin a greater insolence to approach so near to god himself as to call himself sternum eternum princi pem the eternal emperour empereur Emperour and to take into his stile and rescripts Rescripts this addition eternitatem nostrame nostram nostram thus and thus it hath pleased our eternity to proceed yea and to bring his arrian followers who would never acknowledge an eternity in christ nor confess him to be the eternal son of god to salute himself by that name sternum eternum Ca casarez ccesarem casarem sarem the eternal emperour empereur Emperour so venimous venomous venimous so deadly is the prosperity of the