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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15385	A paire of sermons successiuely preacht to a paire of peereles and succeeding princes The former as an ante-funerall to the late Prince Henry, anno Dom. 1612. October 25. The first day of his last and fatall sicknesse. The latter preacht this present yeere 1614. Ianuar. 16. to the now liuing Prince Charles, as a preseruer of his life, and life to his soule.	Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity.	1614 (1614)	STC 25661; ESTC S120035	36,572	96

mother of France did with Henry 3. her vnlucky sonne shee bids him play and follow his pleasure and not trouble himselfe with the stirres in the Church that shee and her Holy league in the meane time might set both Church kingdome on fire In like manner doe they mufle their kings in blindnesse and suffer them not to looke into the causes of religion that themselues in the meane time might frame a religion to their owne lust But when God laid it vpon the King that hee should write himselfe the copie of the Law in a booke that it should be with him and that hee should reade in it all the daies of his life Deut 17.18.19 his meaning was sure that Kings should bee vnderstanding men able to iudge and discerne of the law themselues and not altogether to goe on trust for their religion It followeth in the text Let thy heart holdfast my words keepe my Commandements and thou shalt liue whereby it appeares that Dauid did not onely teach his sonne but also catechise him and teach him religion for hee taught him to hold fast his words and his words were the words of life Iust as Deut. 8. the Commandements which if a man doe he shall liue in them and there is no learning but religion which brings eternall life And Dauid doth heere two things first hee giueth his sonne a charge that hee doe thus and thus and then if he doe these things hee makes him a promise that hee shall liue Hee chargeth him most strongly for first hee speakes to his hear tor inward man Let thy heart hold fast c. and then he frameth his conuersation or outward man that he keepe his Commandements The matter which he committeth to him is VVords and words howsoeuer they are but winde in the eares of the scorners yet the words of the wise are like goades and like nailes Eccles 12. like goades to pricke forward and like nailes to hold fast And Christ saith Ioh. 6. The words which J speake are spirit and life And Ioh. 12. The word which J haue spoken shall iudge you at the last Againe hee is commanded not to attaine them for that he did by his fathers teaching but when hee was taught to retaine or hold them fast and all this said to his heart Let thy heart hold fast c. For though it bee said vniuersally to all Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all all thy heart Deut. 6. yet it belongeth especially to Kings and God vpon this very occasion of annointing Dauid to the kingome said The Lord respecteth the heart 1. Sam. 16. So Dauids owne heart made him fit for a kingdome and therefore now he calles for the heart of his sonne whom hee knew God had destinate to bee King Let thy heart hold fast c. Now of an instructed heart there bee three testimonies First sincerity that what a man see me to doe hee doe it indeede and truly against the fashion of hypocrites Secondly zeale that what he doth he do it feruently against the fashion of cold professors and thirdly perseuerance that what hee begin to doe hee doe it to the end and constantly against the custome of backsliders The first thing is sincerity which still drawes in the heart as Saint Paul said of seruants Not with eye scruice but as the seruants of Christ from the heart Ephes 6. Dauid doth not teach his sonne as Machiauell taught Kings Regi ante omnia optandum vt pius videatur etiamsinōsit that a king aboue all things must seeme religious though indeed he be not euen as Saul which set vp an altar consulted with the Priests offered sacrifice killed the enemies of God and at euery word had God in his mouth when all was but a flash But Ablolon was more deuout then hee for hee must goe to Hebron and there pay his vowes and offer peace offerings to God for bringing him backe to Ierusalem and reconciling him to his father againe a meere Machiauellian practise for at the very same time he plotted how to winne the peoples hearts and to depose his father 2. Sam. 15. But Herod more deuout then hee Goe search for the the babe and when ye haue found him bring mee word againe that J also may come and worship him Matth. 2.8 May come and worshippe him when hee went to destroy him Monster of mankinde did Adoro signifie to kill or Occido to worship Is it not enough to murther and doe mischiefe but to make religion the cloake And thus did Julian the Apostata though he hated the Christians and their religion deadly yet he comes at times into their Churches and falles downe on his knees and praies deuoutly with them but all for a further purpose But as it neuer goes well with the gouernment where the gouernours are meere Politicians so is it worst with themselues for where God hath lift vp to the highest hee looketh for the best and if men serue him onely with a hood where hee requires the heart is not this to mocke God but God is not mockt witnesse that Saul and Absolon Herod and Julian whom we named before Againe the heart importeth a zeale to that we are taught as Ierem. 20.9 His word was in my heart like a burning fire And as a man cannot sit still which carries fire in his bosome so hee which is inwardly taught is inwardly toucht and cannot keepe silence nor cannot forbeare but is driuen with a spirit marcheth like Jehu the sonne of Nimshi suriously And it was spoken of that Jehu kingly 2 King 9. if it had beene spoken perfectly Come see the zeale that J haue for the Lord of hosts 2. King 10. For he put downe the idolatrous king hee killed his mother hee killed his children his kin dred confederates familiars and when he had trained the Priests of Baal into the temple of Baal he burnt vp temple Priests and Idoll and made one bonefire of them all Not like Rehoboam which suffered sinne to grow euen to the male stewes in Judah 1. King 14.24 and made the holy land like Sodom Nor like King Ahab which suffered the enemie of God to escape out of his hands shewed him mercy euen to his owne confusion 1. King 20. Iudah the kingly tribe had his blessing from Jacob to bee like a Lion Gen. 49.9 Not like a sheepe to walke vp and downe in a warme fleece and eate and drinke and sleepe and sit and see and doe nothing but like a Lion and like a Lions whelpe which carrieth fire in his hart and a flame in his eyes and a scepter in one hand and a sword in another to forbid sin and to punish sinne and to punish it in the proudest and he that doth not thus hee is like the Church at Laodicea Reuel 3. Neither hote nor cold and the Lord shall spew him out of his mouth The third testimonie of the hart is Perseuerance to begin well and to continue in