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A08377	A sermon preached in St. Maries Church in Oxford, March xxiv. MDCX. at the solemnizing of the happy inauguration of our gracious soveraigne King Iames Wherein is proved that kings doe hold their kingdomes immediately from God. By Sebastian Benefield D. of Divinitie, Fellow of Corpus Christi College.	Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630.	1611 (1611)	STC 1870; ESTC S115273	13,137	24

A SERMON PREACHED IN St MARIES Church in Oxford March xxiv MDCX. at the solemnizing of the happy inauguration of our gracious soveraigne KING IAMES WHEREIN IS PROVED THAT KINGS DOE hold their kingdomes immediately from God By SEBASTIAN BENEFIELD D. of Divinitie Fellow of Corpus Christi College At Oxford Printed by Joseph Barnes 1611. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD IOHN BY THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON KIng Salomon one of wisdomes offspring Right Reverend Father hath said All rivers goe into the Sea Some thinke they doe it to doe their homage and pay tribute to that place frō whence they receiued their beginning May this little Sermon imitate those rivers it is all it careth for It had beginning from your Lordship when the fourth time you worthily bore the highest office in our Vniversitie For your request even then a commaund to me gaue it being It now returns as homager and tributarie to your Lordship and is glad that it seeth the light through your favorable countenance God almightie enlarge his graces vpon your Lordship and fill you with his strength that the Church of Christ here long enioying you may reioice to see the pride of many her enimies through you abated From my study in Corpus Christi College Septemb. 9. 1611. Your Lordships in all duty and service to be commaunded SEBASTIAN BENEFIELD Psal 21. Ver. 6. Thou hast set him as blessings for ever A King takes vpon him his Subiects person to sing an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a victoriall song a gratulatorie song a song of thankesgiving for the manifold blessings derived from heaven by the King vpon the Subiect This King was David his Subiects the people of Israell his Song this Psalme the Blessings perpetuall Iob for his seaven sonnes when their feasting daies were did early a Iob. 1.5 every day offer seaven Holocaustes so many burnt offerings for he thought It may be that my sonnes haue sinned and blasphemed God in their hearts and might not David for his subiects offer vp his sacrifices b Hos 14.3 vitulos labiorum the sacrifices of praise thankesgiving vpon the like thought It may be that my people haue sinned through their vnthankfulnesse against God God through my governement hath plentifully powred vpon my people his blessings it may be that now waxen fat they regard him not to giue him thankes therefore will I for them offer vnto him the sacrifice of praise That Sacrifice was this Psalme A psalme to bee vnderstood not only of the civill Magistrate as some affirme nor only of Christ as others but of the civill Magistrate with reference to Christ David was a type of Christ and his kingdome of Christs kingdome his victories were but Praeludia as preambles or fore-runners of Christs victories Therefore speaking of David wee must ever haue an eie to Christ And as this people here acknowledgeth for their temporall estate that the safetie of their king was their safetie and common ioy so must it be acknowledged by vs that vpon the victories of our head Christ and his exaltation dependeth our spirituall wellfare Christs victories over sinne death and hell are our victories and haue freed vs from the curse of the Law his resurrection is a cause of ours his exaltation is our ioy This Psalme thus vnderstood of David with reference to Christ yet primarilie of David hath 2. general partes One is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Enumeration of those many blessings wherewith God had blessed David and this part is continued for the first seaven verses The other is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a confession or acknowledgement of the power of God whereby he dissipateth and bringeth to naught the counsells of the wicked Let the wicked assisted with all the powers of hell band themselues together to doe harme to the Lordes annointed they shall find that there is a God c Psal 144.10 Qui dat salutem regibus That giveth deliverance vnto kings and rescueth David his servant from the hurtfull and cruell sword The right hand of the Lord shall find them out and make them like a fierie oven in the time of his anger This confession of Davids people beginning at the eighth verse is concluded with an Epiphoneme in the 13. Be thou exalted O Lord in thy strength so will we sing and praise thy power Returne we to the Enumeration of the blessings wherewith God had blessed David and wee shall behold the king d Deut. 33.23 filled with blessings from the Lord. He was filled with ioy of heart for the strength and salvation of God vers 1. Whatsoever his heart could wish or lippes request that was graunted him v. 2. Hee was prevented with liberall blessings v. 3. A crowne of pure Gold was set vpon his head v. eod Life was given him a long life v. 4. Glory dignitie honour in despite of his foes were heaped on him v. 5. Hee was appointed for blessings vnto his people v. 6. and was made glad with the ioy of the coūtenance of the Lord eod And why was David thus filled with blessings from the Lord Was it for any merit of his own No. The 7 verse will tell vs why it was It was for the sure trust cōfidence he had in God and his mercies Because the king trusteth in the Lord and in the mercie of the most high he shall not slide Out of this abundance of blessings first setled vpon K. Davids head thence like Aarons e Psal 133.2 ointment descending and sending forth sweet odoures of peace and prosperitie to the lowest of his people much might be brought to fit this daies Solemnitie This day hath God given vs opportunitie of meeting now the eighth time to celebrate it to the glory of his holy name to the honour of our religious Soveraigne and to the comfort of his loiall subiects To which purpose out of Davids store of blessings I haue made choise of that which is in the former part of the sixt verse Thou hast set him as blessings for ever The words you may call Davids exaltation I obserue in them 4. Circumstances The 1. is the authour of this exaltation God The 2. the exaltation it selfe David appointed king over Israell The 3. the ende of the exaltation Blessings to his people The 4. the continuance of the blessings For ever Thou hast set him as blessings for ever Thou there is the authour Hast set him there is the exaltation As blessings there is the ende For ever there is the continuance I will with all the speede I may passe through these circumstances that I may speake somewhat to the generall doctrine issuing hence namely that kings hold their kingdomes immediately from God Whereof when I shall haue made some vse it wil be time to conclude Till then I commend my selfe to God his gracious assistance and your Christian patience Thou hast set him as blessings for ever The first circumstance is the autor