A
Sermon
preached
at
the
Court
at
White
hall
before
the
Kings
Maiestie
,
vpon
Sunday
being
the
13.
of
May
1604.
By
Anthonie
Rudd
Professor
of
Diuinitie
,
and
Bishop
of
Saint
Dauids
.
Psalme
101.
verse
2.
I
will
do
wisely
in
the
perfect
way
till
thou
comest
to
me
.
I
will
walke
in
the
vprightnesse
of
mine
heart
in
the
midst
of
mine
house
.
THis
Text
containeth
a
promise
of
Dauids
after
his
entrance
into
the
kingdom
of
Israel
.
And
it
consisteth
of
three
parts
.
First
,
concerning
his
publike
conuersation
or
open
cariage
,
he
saith
,
I
will
do
wisely
in
the
perfect
way
.
Secondly
,
touching
his
priuate
demeanor
or
secret
behauior
his
words
be
these
,
I
will
walke
in
the
vprightnesse
of
mine
hart
in
the
midst
of
mine
house
.
Thirdly
,
if
it
be
asked
,
how
long
Dauid
will
continue
in
the
doing
thereof
,
it
is
here
answered
,
Till
thou
comest
to
me
:
that
is
,
till
thou
(
ô
God
)
come
&
cal
me
away
from
hence
by
death
;
or
briefly
thus
,
during
my
naturall
life
.
Dauid
said
in
the
first
verse
to
shew
his
godly
mirth
,
that
he
would
sing
mercie
and
iudgement
:
and
nowe
here
he
affirmeth
,
that
he
will
doe
wisely
.
So
that
he
promiseth
to
be
at
once
both
merrie
&
wise
.
The
which
in
worldly
account
is
iudged
and
in
experience
is
found
to
be
a
matter
of
great
difficultie
.
Whereupon
when
Iobs
sons
gaue
themselues
to
feasting
,
Ease
slayeth
the
foolish
,
and
the
prosperitie
of
fooles
destroyeth
them
.
But
Dauid
intendeth
euen
in
his
royall
prosperitie
to
do
wisely
:
knowing
that
it
is
an
euill
thing
vnder
the
Sunne
,
I
haue
learned
of
Salomon
himselfe
certaine
points
of
difference
between
the
wise
and
the
vnwise
.
Wherof
one
appeareth
in
their
looke
or
countenance
.
wisedome
is
in
the
face
of
him
that
hath
vnderstanding
:
but
the
eyes
of
the
foole
are
in
the
corners
of
the
world
.
So
that
if
you
marke
the
looke
of
Shechem
,
Another
difference
of
the
wise
from
the
vnwise
is
this
,
the
wise
mans
eyes
are
in
his
head
,
but
the
foole
walketh
in
darknesse
:
that
is
,
the
prudent
man
foreseeth
things
which
the
vnwise
cannot
for
want
of
vnderstanding
.
As
for
example
,
prouident
Dauid
in
the
first
entrie
into
his
kingdome
,
Among
the
effects
of
wisedome
this
is
one
put
downe
by
Salomon
,
Counsell
in
the
heart
of
man
is
like
deepe
waters
,
yet
a
man
of
vnderstanding
will
draw
it
out
(
by
presumptions
&
probable
coniectures
.
)
So
that
if
Absalom
rise
vp
early
to
talk
of
iustice
in
the
gate
,
If
daunger
be
imminent
for
the
punishment
of
sinne
,
A
prudent
man
seeth
the
plague
and
hideth
himself
,
but
the
foolish
go
on
still
and
are
punished
.
As
for
reprehension
(
which
is
one
of
the
episcopall
or
pastorall
duties
,
)
Rebuke
not
a
scorner
least
he
hate
thee
:
but
rebuke
a
wise
man
,
and
he
will
loue
thee
.
If
we
consider
the
vse
of
the
tong
:
behold
,
The
heart
of
fooles
is
in
their
mouth
,
but
the
mouth
of
the
wise
is
in
their
heart
.
If
we
looke
into
the
actions
of
men
,
then
we
see
,
the
heart
of
a
wise
man
is
at
his
right
hand
:
but
the
heart
of
a
foole
is
at
his
left
hand
.
And
consequently
a
wise
man
doth
all
things
well
,
orderly
,
and
iustly
,
whereas
the
vnwise
man
doth
quite
the
contrarie
.
In
the
case
of
hearing
and
crediting
other
mens
speeches
:
The
foolish
will
beleeue
euery
thing
:
but
the
prudent
will
consider
his
steppes
:
and
so
be
armed
against
flatterie
on
the
one
side
,
and
sycophancie
on
the
other
side
.
Thus
Dauid
wil
do
wisely
.
Wherin
?
In
the
perfect
way
:
which
is
that
integritie
of
sound
religion
and
honest
conuersation
that
is
prescribed
in
the
word
of
God
,
of
which
it
is
said
that
the
lawe
of
the
Lord
is
perfect
.
Onely
this
people
is
wise
and
of
vnderstanding
.
And
those
Princes
are
iudged
to
haue
done
wisely
in
the
perfect
way
of
true
religion
,
and
the
sincere
worship
of
God
,
which
haue
not
onely
practised
the
same
in
their
owne
persons
,
but
haue
laboured
also
by
all
meanes
to
bring
all
their
subiects
to
conformitie
therein
.
Also
king
Iehosophat
went
through
the
people
from
Beer-sheba
to
mount
Ephraim
,
And
at
the
coronation
of
young
king
Ioash
,
After
this
king
Hezechiah
purged
his
country
of
all
monuments
of
idolatrie
and
superstition
(
which
was
rife
in
manie
places
at
his
first
entrance
into
the
Kingdome
)
and
he
turned
the
Brasen
serpent
into
nehushtā
(
that
is
,
a
peece
of
brasse
)
and
by
writ
he
summoned
all
the
chiefe
of
the
people
of
his
dominions
,
Not
inferiour
to
him
in
zeale
,
if
not
superiour
,
was
king
Iosias
,
who
not
only
did
vprightly
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
,
I
may
not
omit
Nehemias
,
What
would
Artashasht
king
of
Persia
haue
done
if
he
had
bene
instructed
in
the
law
of
God
,
What
zeale
for
the
honour
of
the
God
of
heauen
,
and
the
aduauncement
of
the
true
worship
of
God
,
would
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babel
haue
shewed
,
if
he
had
bene
trained
vp
in
the
knowledge
of
the
word
of
God
,
seeing
that
being
onely
moued
suddenly
by
the
greatnesse
of
a
wonderfull
miracle
(
to
praise
God
with
his
lips
,
without
anie
deepe
inward
touch
of
the
heart
,
)
he
made
a
decree
in
all
hast
,
Shadrach
,
Mesach
,
and
Abednego
,
should
be
drawne
in
peeces
,
and
their
houses
should
be
made
a
place
not
to
be
named
in
this
presence
.
Verily
,
Iosua
,
Asa
,
Iehosahat
,
Ioash
during
the
life
of
Iehoiada
,
Hezechiah
,
Iosias
,
and
Nehemiah
aforesaid
,
neither
would
nor
could
in
true
wisedome
admit
the
profession
and
exercise
of
any
sauing
the
right
and
true
religion
.
Babel
,
Cuthah
,
Aua
,
Hamath
,
What
wise
husbandman
hauing
sowne
good
seed
in
his
field
,
Howbeit
,
see
what
impediments
in
the
best
courses
good
Princes
haue
found
.
Neuerthelesse
Dauid
for
his
owne
part
will
do
wisely
in
the
perfect
way
:
and
more
then
that
,
he
will
walke
,
that
is
,
conuerse
or
behaue
himselfe
.
How
?
In
the
vprightnesse
of
his
hart
.
Where
?
In
the
midst
of
his
house
.
Dauid
(
I
say
)
will
walke
in
the
vprightnesse
of
his
heart
,
for
otherwise
neither
his
words
nor
his
works
could
be
acceptable
to
God
.
So
that
all
the
outward
semblance
of
conuersion
and
reformation
in
the
old
Israelites
,
Simon
Magus
intruded
himself
into
the
Apostles
companie
,
Many
indeed
who
pretend
holinesse
and
honestie
while
they
are
ouerlooked
by
two
good
tutors
,
Day-light
and
Open
place
,
But
seeing
that
many
by
the
instinct
of
nature
,
euen
for
common
ciuilitie
,
are
ashamed
to
act
or
execute
those
impieties
and
iniquities
openly
which
they
commit
in
secret
very
willingly
,
how
abhominable
&
damnable
is
the
case
or
state
of
them
which
dare
and
presume
without
blushing
to
practise
hainous
offences
and
outrages
in
the
Sunne-shine
,
and
at
noone
tide
?
The
mightie
hunter
before
the
Lord
,
because
he
passed
not
to
commit
crueltie
euen
in
Gods
presence
.
And
of
this
consort
was
Absalom
who
blushed
not
to
spread
a
tent
vpon
the
toppe
of
the
Kings
pallace
,
A
mysterie
,
great
Babylon
,
the
mother
of
whoredomes
and
abhominations
of
the
earth
.
Howbeit
Dauid
is
so
farre
absent
from
transgressing
in
publike
,
that
he
purposeth
to
walke
in
the
vprightnes
of
his
heart
in
the
midst
of
his
house
:
knowing
that
their
turning
of
deuises
shall
be
esteemed
as
the
potters
clay
,
But
now
how
long
will
Dauid
continue
in
doing
wisely
,
and
walking
vprightly
?
Till
God
come
and
call
him
away
out
of
this
world
by
death
,
or
in
a
word
,
during
his
naturall
life
.
There
was
hope
that
Dauid
would
performe
this
promise
for
the
expectation
of
the
kingdome
of
God
,
seeing
that
he
had
formerly
giuen
proofe
of
his
rare
patience
in
his
distressed
estate
during
the
expectancie
of
the
kingdome
of
Israel
.
For
though
in
that
Interim
of
sundrie
yeares
attendance
,
after
that
Samuel
had
annointed
him
before
the
crowne
fell
vnto
him
by
the
death
of
king
Saul
,
he
sustained
many
grieuous
troubles
,
inconueniences
,
and
daungers
,
yet
he
still
possessed
his
soule
in
patience
without
seeking
vnlawfull
meanes
to
hasten
his
owne
aduancement
,
by
the
making
away
of
his
Soueraigne
.
Insomuch
as
though
Saul
,
Thus
Dauids
course
will
be
cleane
contrarie
to
that
of
the
Apostaticall
Angels
,
Simon
Peter
and
the
rest
of
the
faithfull
companie
would
not
depart
from
him
,
because
they
knew
and
acknowledged
that
he
had
the
words
of
eternall
life
.
Be
constant
therefore
in
weldoing
,
but
bragge
not
of
future
constancie
.
For
without
the
especiall
assistance
of
Gods
grace
,
Pharaoh
Necho
at
Megiddo
.
Seeing
then
these
dangerous
and
fearefull
examples
in
others
,
whereby
as
in
a
glasse
we
may
obserue
our
owne
infirmitie
,
FINIS
.