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A49704 A commemoration of King Charles his inauguration, or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse by William Laud ... Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1645 (1645) Wing L579; ESTC R200020 20,473 38

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DIEV ET MON DROIT A COMMEMORATION OF King Charles His INAUGURATION OR A SERMON PREACHED AT Pauls Crosse By WILLIAM LAUD then Bishop of London late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury beheaded on Tower-hill on Fryday the 10. of Jan. 1644. Printed according to Order LONDON Printed by M. B. 1645. A COMMEMORATION OF KING CHARLES HIS INAVGVRATION PSAL. 72.1 Give the King thy Iudgements O God And thy Righteousnesse unto the Kings Son THe Psalmes of David and his Heart never went sweeter The Title of the Psalm doth not only tell us that but it tels us that David had an eye upon his Son Solomon An eye that is true but not both eyes upon Solomon no nor one absolutely fixed because a greater then Solomon is here A greater then Solomon who is that Who why it is Christ Solomon was the type and shaddow if you will and so one eye may be upon him but the other eye must pierce through to the antitype and body of the Promise which is Christ So the ancient Fathers Iustine Tertullian Origen Athenasius and the rest are cleare and upon very good ground for there are many things in this Psalme that cannot be applyed to Solomon and no Type is bound to represent in all and there are some typicall Propositions as one observeth upon Deut. 18. that are applyable to the Type or to the Antitype alone There are many things in this Psalme that are not applyable to Solomon But some are none more then the words of the Text For these words can as hardly be applyed to Christ as that after to Solomon Now that that agreed to Types before Christs comming agrees to all that are like Christ after his comming Therefore this is applyable to all godly religious Kings For all have direction from and share in the prayer of Solomon These words that begin the Psalme I shall take in that sense as applyed to the Type to Solomon and in him to all religious Kings Which so to Solomon that I am heartily glad to find Christ so ful in the Psalme so near the King First I am glad to find him so full in the Psalme because that is a confutation of all ●udaisme● for they received the Psalmes as well as wee and here in this Psalme there are many things that they cannot fasten upon Solomon or any other but Christ So cleare is that that Tertullian hath observed long since against them The Iewes saith he scorne us for receiving Christ as a Saviour Prescribemus tamini c. yet we prove against them out of the Scriptures that they receive that Christ is come the promised prophesied Messius Secondly I am glad to find Christ so near the King because nothing can be more honourable and safe for David and Solomon the Father and the Son that is to succeed the King then to have God the Father and Christ his Son so neare to them So neare and close not only as they stand mixed in the Psalme but farre more close by the P●ayer of David and by the blessings that follow in the Psalme upon the Prayer B●essings not upon David and Solomon only but upon the Father and the Son in any Kingdome where the Father with a true religious heart imbraceth Christ and will teach his Sonne to follow his steps for then and there God will give plenty of judgement to the King and a full measure of Righteousnesse to the Kings Son My Text then as it is applyable to David and Solomon for so I shall follow it here is the Prayer of David to God for himselfe first and then for his Son Solomon after for both have reference And the Blessings which follow upon this Prayer made by David and granted by God are very many and great and follow in the Psalme namely Here is iudgement for the people and that according to right at vers 2. Then here is defence for the poore I and for their very Children too vers. 4. Then after this here is peace peace upon all abundance of peace at vers 3. Then here is the punishme●t and that as rightly setled as may be upon the wrong doer vers. 4. And all these come together that righteous men may flourish at vers 7. So it is a necessary Prayer to be made a very necessary Prayer for all these and many more blessings follow and come upon any nation and any people when God comes to Give his Iudgement to the King and his Righteousnesse to the Kings sonne My text is a Prayer and there are two Petitions and these two Petitions divide my text into two parts The one is that God would give his judgements unto the King The other is that he would Give his Righteousnesse to the Kings sonne for all other inferiour circumstances fall into one of these I willl begin at the first Give the King thy Iudgements O God My text I told you is a Prayer and I have made choyse of a praying text The Age is so bad they will not indure a good King to be commended for danger of flattery I hope I shall offend none by praying for the King The text is a Prayer and quis ora who it is that prayes is the first circumstance that appeares in the text it is David it is the King and he bears a prime and a great part wheresoever he is And it was Davids honour for there was never any King so often found at his prayers as David was seven times a day will I prayse thee Psalme 119. This was Davids promise and for ought we know it was Davids performance too And thorow all the booke of his Psalmes that devout part of Scripture all his prayses go mixed with praier so he prayed very oft And certainly there is nothing more necessary for any King then Prayer And therefore St. Austin accounts it one of the greatest happinesses of a King not to neglect to offer to God sacrificium orationis the sacrifice of prayer 1. And there is great need it should be so for of all men Priests only excepted Kings have the greatest account to make God therefore prayer is very necessary for them that since no man is able to keepe his accounts even God would be pleased to be mercifull and take Christ into the reckoning 2. Of all men could greatnesse let them feele their wants none have such burthens on their shoulders as Kings have therefore prayer is necessary for them that they may call as oft upon God as he cals oft upon them that are weary and heavy laden to refresh them Mat. 11. 3. Of all men none have so great troubles as Kings have Indeed troubles must needs be great or else they dare not seize on Kings therefore prayer is necessary then especially when the trouble is such as no wit of man can worke off and repell and such troubles there are when there is no shelter or helpe left in the world but this Lord remember David and all his troubles But be the troubles