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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81140	Davids prayer for Solomon, containing the proper endowments and duty royall of a king, with the consequent blessings upon a kingdome. Delivered in a sermon at Christ-Church London, before the Right Honourable the Lord Major, the right worshipfull the aldermen his bretheren, together with the worshipfull companies of the said city, upon the 27th. of March, 1643. Being the commemoration of his Majesties inauguration. By Joseph Caryl, preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes Inne. It is this present eight day of Aprill, anno Domini, 1643. Ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing, that this sermon intituled (Davids Prayer for Solomon, containing, the proper endowments and duty royall of a King, &c.) be printed and published. John White.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing C750; Thomason E97_12; ESTC R13263	23,752	44

DAVIDS PRAYER FOR SOLOMON CONTAINING The proper Endowments and duty Royall of a King with the consequent Blessings upon a Kingdome Delivered in a SERMON at Christ-Church London Before the Right Honourable the Lord Major the Right Worshipfull the Aldermen his Bretheren Together with the Worshipfull Companies of the said City Upon the 27th of March 1643. Being the Commemoration of his Majesties Inauguration BY JOSEPH CARYL Preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes Inne IT is this Present Eight day of APRILL Anno Domini 1643. Ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning Printing That this Sermon Intituled D●●ids Prayer for Solomon Containing The proper Endowments and Duty Royal● of a King c be Printed and published JOHN WHITE LONDON Printed by G. M. for Giles Calvert and are to be sould by Christopher Meredith at the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1643. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE ISAAC PENNINGTON Lord Major of the Famous City of LONDON Together with the Right Worshipfull the Aldermen his Bretheren Right Honourable and Right Worshipfull THis Sermon being preach't by your joynt-motion and Printed by more then a single one hath embolden'd me to make this joynt Dedication These words were not spoken in a corner neither being spoken doe they seeke corners unlesse it be the corners of mens hearts any other Verits non quaerit Truth seeks not While I put this but into your hands t' other is the lodging I desire for it In these Endowments of a King see what your selves in your spheare aught to have In the Duty of a King here presented reade what your selves in your spheare aught to doe Every Magistrate is a King in a small Letter You Act on the Stage of this Ancient City the part of a Great King Therefore you need the Parts of a King And though now while you act for King and Parliament a Cloud of misconstruction dwels upon some of your Loyallties yet trust God God who gathers the wind in his fists and sends it out when he pleaseth trust him for the scattering of that Cloud and the causing of your Innocency to breake forth as the light and your just dealing as the Noone-day Sow to your selves Governe others in righteousnesse And feare not but your City shall bring forth Peace to the people Good-will to your selves or which is farre better then both though alone Glory to God on High To the care of this High God I commit this City your Persons and your Imployments and am SIRS Your Honours and Worships To serve you in the Gospell of Christ JOSEPH CARYL DAVIDS PRAYER FOR SOLOMON CONTAINING The proper Endowments and duty Royall of a King with the consequent Blessings upon a Kingdome PSALM 72. VERS 1 2 3. Give the King thy judgements O God and thy righteousnesse unto the Kings Sonne He shall judge thy people with righteousnesse and thy poore with judgement The Mountaines shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousnesse THIS Psalme was pen'd by a King it is dedicated to a King and it is chiefely intended concerning him who is King of Kings A Psalme for Solomon that is the Title A Psalme containing the last breathings of David Heaven-ward that 's the conclusion so the Psalme ends The prayers of David the Sonne of Jesse are ended David being about to commend his soule to God first commends his Sonne to God and having himselfe like a carefull Father tutour'd and instructed him while he lived he now commits him to the tuturage and instruction of a Father who could not dye A Sonn● is put into safe hands indeed when God himselfe is entreated to be the Guardian This whole Psalme spends it selfe in prayer and in prophesie here is a prayer for King Solomon and a prophesie both of Solomons Kingdom and of Christs Prophesie fills up the body of the Psalme it begins with prayer in petitioning and it concludes with prayer in thankesgiving Verse 18. Blessed be the Lord God the God of Israell who only doth wondrous things and blessed be his glorious Name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his praise Amen Amen The words which I have read hold forth unto us 4 Points most observeable We have first The Endowments or guifts of a King Secondly We have here the duty of a King And thirdly We have the Blessings which from the discharge of that duty by those endowments flow out to and upon a whole Kin●dom Fourthly We have the meanes by which those Endowments may be obtained for Kings through which they discharging their duties make both themselves and their people blessed The Endowments or gifts are perfect and divine contained in V. 1. Thy judgements and thy righteousnesse The duty is purely Regall contained in V. 2. He shall judge thy people with righteousnesse and thy poore with judgement The blessing is a blessing eminently desirable even the blessing of peace contained in the third Verse The Mountaines shall bring peace to the people and the little Hils by righteousnesse The meanes by which those Endowments are obtain'd for Kings is heavenly and spirituall set downe in the beginning of the first Verse Prayer to the God of Heaven Give the King thy judgements O God This is first in the order of the words and ought to be first in the order of all our actions but I shall handle it last in the order of the Sermon beginning with the Endowments of a King contained in the first Verse The judgements of God and the righteousnesse of God Give the King thy judgements O God and thy righteousnesse unto the Kings Sonne Judgement and righteousnesse are often in Scripture put as Synonomaes signifying the same thing yet here we may distinguish them Judgement as it respects the businesse of a King for it hath many other references is taken either for an ability to governe or for the rule of Governement So Samuel in his first Booke 10. Chap. 25. Verse did speake and write Mishp●at the judgement or the manner of the Kingdome we have the same word here only in this Text it is plurall Iudgements and because the word is here in the plurall give the King thy judgements we may take Iudgements for all the Statutes and Laws and Ordinances which were made by God as the bottome and foundation upon which governement was then established If it be said that these were given long before Moses Ob. delivered the Judiciall Law from the mouth of God to the people and therefore David needed not to pray in this reference give the King thy Iudgements Lawes may be said to be given not only when in An. the letter or body of them they are at first published unto all but also when they are in a speciall manner revealed unto any one in the Spirit or native interpretation of thē For as the word of God in generall though it were penn'd for and given to the Church many ages ago yet may be truely said to be given