SEVEN

SERMONS

PREACHED

Upon severall occasions

BY

The Right Reverend

and Learned Father in God,

WILLIAM LAVD,

Late Arch-Bishop of

CANTERBURY, &c.

LONDON,

Printed for R. Lowndes, at the

White Lion in S. Pauls Churchyard.

M DC LI.

CONTENTS.

THE several texts of Scripture on which the learned Author [Edit.
grounded the enlargement of his Meditations.

SERMON I.

[Preached before King James, at Wanstead, on Tuesday, the Nineteenth

of June, A.D. 1621 ]

PSALM CXXII. 6, 7.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; let them prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

SERMON II.

[Preached at White-Hall, on the Twenty-fourth of March, A.D. 1621-22]

PSALM XXI. 6, 7.

For Thou hast set him as blessings for ever: Thou hast made him glad

with the joy of Thy countenance. Because the King trusteth in the

Lord and in the mercy of the Most High he shall not miscarry

SERMON III.

[Preached at Westminster, on Monday, the Sixth of February, ▲.D. 1625--26.]

PSALM CXXII. 3-5.

Jerusalem is builded as a city, that is at unity in itself, (or compacted

together.) For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, to

the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there are the seats (or the thrones) of judgment; even the thrones

of the house of David

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SERMON IV.

[Preached before King Charles, at White-Hall, on Sunday, the Nineteenth

of June, A.D. 1625.]

PSALM 1XXV. 2, 3.

When I shall receive the congregation, (or, when I shall take a convenient

time,) I will judge according unto right. The earth is dissolved (or,

melted), and all the inhabitants thereof; I bear up the pillars of it

SERMON V.

[Preached before King Charles, at White-Hall, on Wednesday, the Fifth

July, A.D. 1626.]

PSALM LXXIV. 22.

Arise, O God, (plead, or) maintain Thine own cause; remember how the

foolish man (reproacheth, or) blasphemeth Thee daily .

SERMON VI.

[Preached at Westminster, on Monday, the Seventeenth of March,

A.D. 1628-29.]

EPHESIANS IV. 3.

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace

SERMON VII.

[Preached at St. Paul's Cross, on Sunday, the Twenty-seventh

of March, A.D. 1631.]

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PSALM LXXII. 1.

Give the King Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the

King's Son

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SERMON

PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAIESTY,

On Tvesday the nineteenth of Iune, at

Wansted. Anno Dom.

1621.

By D. LAVD Deane of Glocester, one

of his Maiesties Chaplaines

in ordinary.

Printed by commandement.

AT LONDON,

Imprinted by F. K. for Matthew Lownes, dwelling

in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of

the Bishops head. 1621.