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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25359	A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church at Winchester the xxix of May MDCLXXXI, being Trinity Sunday, and the day of His Majesties happy birth and restauration by Henry Anderson ...	Anderson, Henry, b. 1651 or 2.	1681 (1681)	Wing A3093; ESTC R16092	19,305	35

Oyl been pour'd upon his head and the Crown setled upon it by Divine Providence which over-rules Nature He that has given him the Crown gave the Sword also to secure and guard it and as it was Judah's Prerogative to sway the Royal Scepter so also to yield Protection for the King is Custos utriusque Tabulae Defender of the Faith and a Nursing Father to the Church And the Princely Power and Soveraign Authority with God's Blessing may still preserve the true and ancient constitution both of Church and State from Anarchy and Disorder from Popish Superstition and Fanatical Faction For the King has his Authority over us from Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Lord sets up Kings saith the Father And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Kings are from God says the Heathen Therefore I must be subject purely out of Conscience for the Lord's sake The Religion of the Church of Rome like the Laws of Draco are written in Bloud advanced by Policy and propagated by Violence whereas Christianity never used the Sword the Kingdom of Heaven is another kind of warfare Christianity came attired into the world with the white of Meekness Humility and Patience Christ the Prince of Peace never pull'd the Crown from any Prince's head but commands the payment of all Duties to Caesar and acknowledgeth Pilate's power to be from above Nor did any of his followers ever rebel against their Prince usurp the State or disturb the Government and though it was their unhappy fate at first to be accused as Factious and Seditious yet none were better Subjects nor testified their Allegiance more to Authority St Paul in the days of Heathen Persecution and Tyranny lays down this Hypothesis There is no Power but of God the Powers that be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are ordained of God If Religion be pretended an Heathen must not be resisted If Tyranny 't is damnation to oppose a Nero. They that resist shall receive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the wrath and judgment of God saith the Apostle And the Church of England teaches no other Doctrine than what was taught by the Prophets and Apostles themselves i. e Obedience and Submission to Kings and Governours In the Prophecy of Obadiah they are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Saviours or Deliverers In Ezekiel's Language they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Shepheards to Feed and Rule the People In St Paul's they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God's Ministers nay Elohim Gods by Office and Deputation to Govern the affairs of Men on Earth The Apostles also charged those whom they imploy'd in setling of the Churches to put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers and to Obey Magistrates And St Peter's Exhortation is Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lords sake not only unto the King 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as supream but unto Governours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as being sent by him Rebellion then is as the Sin of Witchcraft and Disobedience as the Iniquity of Idolatry For whosoever disobeys the Vice-Roy affronts the Soveraign they fight against God and attempt to cross the decrees of Heaven and frustrate the Counsel of the Most High who says By me Kings Reign And it is the Assertion of Plato That a Kingdom is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Divine Good which imprints on our minds a double instruction to Fear God and Honour the King 1 Pet. 2. 17. First to adorn the Christian Religion with Holiness and Piety of life It is Religion that ennobles Man erects his affections and estates him in a happiness above nature alters his very being and puts him in opposition to what he was before Religion is the most effectual instrument to reform mens lives and bring them into an hatred of their Vices which all Moralists especially the Pythagoreans after all their Industry despaired of What Reports Diogenes Laertius and Valerius Maximus make of Polemus the Convert of Zeno are but mean and low things if compared with the Acts and glorious Success of Christianity whose Vertue and Influence upon Men's Consciences inables them to subdue Self overcome their Vices check the impetuous Force of their Passions and withstand their own carnal and sensual Inclinations the greatest and most noble Conquest As the Lustre of Christianity was thus bright and glorious in the Primitive Constitution so was the Honour of its Professors that they were of such Piety and Integrity that their Adversaries confess'd that their Religion was their only Ruin Let us therefore be so stedfast in our Religion unshaken in our Faith so constant in our Devotion and holy and unspotted in our Lives that Wisdom may be justified not only of her Children but Enemies also which lays the greatest Obligation on us to live the most Holy and Religious Life towards God For were we more Holy and Righteous in our Ways and did we walk in Newness of Life we should more convince the World of the Truth of our Religion Holiness saith the Psalmist becomes O Lord thine House for ever No Garment becomes the Church so well as the Garment of Holiness It is Sanctity that is the Churches Glory It is the Ephod of Purity that is the Churches Excellency Our first Creation set before us as Hieroglyphicks before the Aegyptians whose very Shapes and Figures were Doctrinal and by a kind of Oratory preach'd the Spectatours Duty What else means the Image of God in the Soul but that it might continually act and work according to the Pattern viz. Godliness after whose Likeness it was created according to Holiness and Perfection which it brought down from Heaven that reflecting still upon the same Image it might be holy as He is holy For a Holy Life and Christian Works are the very way to the glorious Vision and Fruition of the great God in an everlasting blessed Life Therefore Fear God and honour the King which is the best Christian Practice and brings me to the next Gradation in our Discourse viz. To crown our Zeal with Loyalty to the King for He is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wears God's Image and beautifies the World with Order and Government whereby so many Millions of Men do breath the Life of Peace and Comfort For Whither would the Fury of Mens Passions lead them if they were not bounded with Authority and subdu'd to an awful Subjection by the higher Powers Religion would quickly feel a heavy Destiny and the World be drown'd in Blood as it was once in Water The Sword of Authority is put into the Hand of the King by Almighty God To the like Sense also is that of Nestor to Agamemnon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jove lent thee thy Scepter and Jurisdiction The King's Power is from God and for any private Person or any Club of Subjects to wrest it out is a double Usurpation First They invade God's Sovereignty who saith Vengeance is mine