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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89085	Curse not the King. A sermon preached at St. Martin's in the Fields, on the 30th of January, 1660. Being the anniversary day of humiliation for the horrid murder of our late gracious soveraign Charles the I. By John Meriton, M.A. rector of the church of St. Nicholas Acons, London, and lecturer to that congregation.	Meriton, John, 1636-1704.	1661 (1661)	Wing M1817; Thomason E1084_7; ESTC R202914	21,267	35

Monarchs Nor doth he that came to purchase and bestow Heavenly batter and break in peices earthly Crowns Loyalty to the King will not excuse from Piety to God and Piety to God excludes not Loyalty to the King Never was man the worse Subject for being a good Christian It may without any great breach of charity be concluded that they have no Religion that by a pretence thereof are encouraged to Rebellion and they have as little who by a meer pretence and clamour of Rebellion go about to discourage any from Religion It is one of Satans Masterpeice-policies to perswade Princes that Christs Kingdom is opposite to their Dominion thus the Jews enemies obstructed the building of the Wall by aspersing Ezek. 4. 12 13. Jerusalem to Artaxerxes as a rebellious and bad City and that if the Walls were once set up they would deny the payment of Toll Tribute and Custome and so diminish and endamage the Kings Revenue David was cashiered 1 Sam. 29. 4. the Army of Achish upon a suggestion and suspition of Treason Thus the Chaldean Courtiers blemished those three resolute Champions with refractoriness and Dan. 3. 12. rebellion against the Kings Proclamation And by the same fetch Haman attempted the overthrow Est 3. 8. and extirpation of the Jews falsly insinuating their non-observance of the Kings Laws The subtile and malitious Devil would not have holy and good men watered and refreshed at the root by the dew and benign influences of Government and thereupon traduceth them as men that would root up Government Some observe That not one godly man is recorded in Scripture as an opposer of Magistracy and if any such can be found there or elsewhere this sure is no part of his godliness King Jesus hath indeed been represented and reproached by some persons of furious and frantick Principles as an overturner of secular Dignities but this is an abuse of him now in heaven like that the Jews offered when he was upon earth who accused and executed him as an enemy to Caesar Joh. 19. 12. Fourthly It is a much greater evil and more inexcusable to speak of Princes reproachfully and yet greater to offer violence to their persons The first is that sin wherewith Shimei stands branded upon Record who cursed David not in thought only but word and the pestilential blasphemy of his heart broke out at his lips Come out come out thou bloody man and thou man of Belial and 2 Sam. 16. 7. so Michal when she saw him dauncing before the Ark tauntingly scoffed at him How glorious was the King of 2 Sam. 6. 20. Israel to day who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of his servants as one of the vain fellows shamelesly uncovereth himself upbraiding his zeal with the unbeseeming levity and wanton carriage of a Morrice-dancer whereupon 2 Sam. 6. 23. she was cursed with barrenness God taking order that no daughter of hers should give the like language to her husband God hath restrained the licentiousness of our tongues not only by the natural fence of teeth and lips whereby he hath put the wild beast in a double rail'd Exod. 22. 28. pownd but an express prohibition Thou shalt not revile the Gods nor curse the Ruler of thy people When Miriam and Aaron were taken tardy as to some intemperancy of speech against Moses God himself tartly rebukes that Numb 12. 8. extravagancy Wherefore were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses And when the Apostle Paul had called Acts 23 3. Ananias Whited Wall and thereby run himself into this premunire and some by standers taxed him for it he was glad to fetch himself off with an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I wist not vers 5. that he was the High Priest the meaning whereof some make to be this I wist not I considered I heeded not though I did know yet I had then no such thing in my thoughts others as Beza and Heinsius out of Josephus and I conceive more probably suppose that there being at that time such a confusion and disturbed succession of High Priests one to day and another to morrow he did not know who was then High Priest had he known and considered it he would rather have bitten his tongue then it should have black'd and smutted his honour by calling him Whited Wall and he renders this reason Thou shalt not speak evil of the Ruler of thy people And as Princes may not be struck with the sword of the mouth so much less with the mouth of the sword It s Xenoph. Hellenicon lib. 11. noted of the Persians when they came into the presence of their Prince they drew their hands into their sleeves in token both of reverence and Loyalty they would not have an hand stirring while Majesty was in presence * 1 Sam. 24. 4 5 When David cut off Sauls skirt and it was but his skirt he made a deeper gash in his own heart than the Kings Garment and when at another time he found him fast asleep and was advised to dispatch him for ever waking more he thought a Kingdom dear bought with contracting the guilt of Royal blood upon him and resolves better Destroy him not for who ca●● stretch forth his hand 1 Sam. 26 9. against the Lords Anointed and be guililess And it was not his particular practice only but he hath passed it into a rule Touch not mine Anointed It was an ancient custom Psal 10● 15. among Wrestlers to anoint themselves that their Antagonists might take no hold of them God hath written Rex crat ergo alium prater Deum non timebat Hieron ad Eustach In solius Dei potestate sunt a quo sunt secundi post quem primi antcomnes super omnes Dees Ter●a● upon his Anointed a Noli me tangere and if any shall think fit to fight against Kings under the Shield of the foregoing words Hereproved Kings for their sakes this is no armor of proof in as much as that reproof of Kings is there mentioned as his Act that is King of Kings they must its true be accountable to him but upon earth their Sacred Persons cannot be judg'd and sentenced by their Peers Fifthly Princes should hence be instructed to improve their Power for God who hath made such ample provision for their Protection The Prayer of David and the Foelices imperatoresdicimus si suam pot statem ad Dei cultum maxime dilatandum Majest●ti c●us famul●m faclunt Aug. de Civit. Dei l. 5. c. 24. Psal 17. 8. Prov. 7. 2. Advice of Solomon who were both Kings compared together may excite and quicken to a zealous and diligent faithfulness Keep me as the Apple of the eye Keep my Commandments and live and my Law as the Apple of thine Eye God keeping them as the apple of his eye expects and 't is but reason one good turn requiring another that they should keep