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cause_n	body_n	know_v	soul_n	2,162	5	5.1925	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97069	The bowing the heart of subjects to their sovereign. A sermon preached on the 24th of May, 1660. Being a day of publick thanksgiving to the Lord for raising up his Excellency the Lord General Monck, and other eminent persons, who have been instrumental in the delivery of this nation from thraldom and misery. By Francis Walsall D.D. and rector of Sandy in Bedfordshire.	Walsall, Francis, d. 1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing W624; Thomason E1033_6; ESTC R208962	20,053	37

bring vengeance upon the Nation without repentance For as I hate to take in that sink that stinks all the world over or stirre that old foul dunghill the corruption whereof has bred so many vipers that tear out their mothers bowels so I scorn to throw any bitter reflections at a party that is down I shall onely minde you of them as I have but too much reason to fear they will draw down the vials of Gods wrath upon the Nation unlesse good people pray them away There be many of them like the Devils in Mary Legion a phrase which the more suits those sinnes as speaking not only multitude but power an arm'd multitude But I shall wrap them up all in one piece but it is scarlet the notion of bloud a sin of the deepest die and the loudest cry we may all pray with David Psa 51. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltinesse O God so we reade it but it is from bloods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Several sorts of blood lie upon us and cry upon us I shall name onely four bloud of People bloud of Prophets bloud of Princes bloud of Christ And here because every mans heart and eyes as well as tongue can speak freely upon this sad subject I shall say no more but this O pray pray to God for pardon of our heat and tindernesse to warre the swiftnesse of our feet to shed bloud I could tell you how too freely you parted with your gold to set up Calves that you might worship them But I think you have dearly paid for this State-idolatry though I cannot say dearly enough because I fear the Lord hath not yet said to his destroying Angel it is enough We cannot but fear that a great showre of vengeance will fall upon us unlesse we prevent it with a showr of tears for all that bloud of the Nation which our Land hath drunk up so freely till it stagger'd and reel'd again and to compleat the Sacrifice to Pride Ambition and Covetousnesse it was crowned with the bloud of our lawfull excellent Prince This bloud is loud bloud it cryes high and I am afraid the cry of our tears the voice of our weeping hath not yet stilled the cry of this sinne This bloud is not speechlesse yet O let us pray that the bloud of Christ would plead for us and wash away this bloud and so for the bloud of the Gospel in countenancing even blasphemy it self discountenancing the Truth and its Preaching and Professours and prostituting the Ordinances of the first magnitude to the basest of villanies here 's work enough for this head of prayer for the remission of National sins 2. For removing of National Judgements which we either feel or fear especially from warre battel and murder David rather chose Plague than Warre to fall into the hands of God than man O pray against the Causes and Consequences of Warre The causes divisions in Church and State and dissatisfiednesse with the present though we know not how to make it better and the Consequences of it destruction of body and soul Estate Relations Name Nation All. O it is the devouring sword it hath done too much the Lord say it hath done enough 3. For Restoring National Mercies Here I shall propound to your devotion two heads of prayer 1. That the Lord will please to return our King to us safely and speedily we must pray to God as well as the King for his Return Lord return him speedily to us and keep him safely with us to thy Glory the good of thy Church the honour of the Gospel the Peace Plenty and Prosperity of all his Majesties Dominions and let all the people say Amen 2. That the Lord who hath pleas'd to bowe our hearts would keep them bow'd to himself his second self his sacred Majesty and to our selves i. e. to one another That the King may rejoyce in his people ●●e people may glory in their King and both King and people in their God that we may see God shining upon us in that glorious Prophecy Isa 1. 26. I will r●store thy Judges as at the first and thy Counsellours as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called the City of Righteousnesse the faithfull City The good Lord restore Magistracy and Minist●y to their lost beauty and splendour and that old Peace and Plenty honour and safety with which he hath heretofore crowned this Queen of Islands Amen Amen I have but one word more and that is concerning the Joy of this day I would not willingly give the least check to the honest and sober expressions of your Joy you were never blest with a time that more requir'd it but then it is honest and sober Joy I mean not rude beastly drunkenness debauchery No Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce before him with trembling Ps 2. 11. i. e. Fear to offend God in your Joy I shall beg this of you that belong to my charge for three precious sakes your good Gods sake your good Kings sake and your good Causes sake 1. For your good Gods sake that gracious God who hath given you this blessed opportunity of rejoycing and can turn that joy into weeping as he has done your water into wine Provoke him not to anger under a pretence of praising him for his mercy Do not blast such a glorious mercy as this is by abusing Gods other mercies in riot and drunkenness 2. For your good Kings sake His most excellent Majesty who is the just cause of your joy is a sober Prince and no man ever hated drunkenness and debauchery so much as he unless it were his Father of precious and glorious memory who was the Great Example of Temperance in every kinde Reg●●ad Exemplum O imitate two Kings rather than beggars and rogues that can be content to die as they live beasts 3. For your good Causes sake Remember that there is a Party in the Nation whose eyes are upon you to spie out something that may open their mouths against you and your Cause and are resolv'd to take advantage from the loosness of your mirth to make people believe that now all wickedness and prophaneness is broke loose and riot shall be countenanc'd which is a great disparagement to your Prince your Parliament and this glorious Cause Let us not drink down this Cause again it shrunk in the wetting before we know how little drinking the Kings health contributed to his help If this good Cause should take wet again I will not prophecy but I will pray yet against this wickednesse Let us pray and praise God FINIS