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A48377 A sermon preached at Whitehal upon the 29th day of May, 1670 being the day of His Majesties birth and happy restoration / by John Lake ... Lake, John, 1624-1689. 1670 (1670) Wing L197; ESTC R8143 18,867 54

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A SERMON PREACHED AT WHITEHAL UPON The 29th day of May. 1670. Being the day of HIS MAJESTIES BIRTH AND HAPPY RESTORATION By JOHN LAKE D. D. Late Rector of S. Botolphs without Bishopsgate London Published by His Majesties Command SAVOY Printed by Tho. Newcomb for William Grantham at the sign of the Bear in S. Paul's Church-yard 1670. PSAL. II. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy Hill of Sion UPon an Exaltation Time here is an Exaltation Text. The Text relateth to one person the Time to another But Kings both Gods own Kings both both resisted and rejected of Men yet both set by God upon his holy Hill of Sion This King taken literally no doubt was King David both the Author and subject matter of this Psalm Taken mystically it is Christ the King of Saints whose Father as David was according to the Flesh so he was a Figure of him in his Kingdom Analogically and in just proportion of Reason it extendeth to all other Kings duly constituted at least such as serve and worship the true God and submit their Scepter to that of Christ All Christian Kings this King compriseth then but some more especially such as have a more direct correspondence with David in the like occurrences and events Upon this peculiar accompt cometh in our King above most Kings that have been in the World since Davids time Set up and set up in the same manner by the same means or rather by the same immediate Hand of Providence that David was Never might God have said with greater emphasis or more apt signification Yet have I set my King upon my holy Hill of Sion And as the Text suteth the Person of our King so at this time more particularly Upon this very day he was born to the hopes and expectations of Three Kingdoms and upon this same day by a strange concurrence of Providences he was brought back after a long and tedious banishment to the possession and enjoyment of them Well therefore may this Time challenge an interest a double interest in the Text. This is the day which the Lord hath made which he hath twice made twice made memorable Together with the Regem Constitui of the Text Yet have I set my King c. Herein meets the Hodie genui of the next Verse Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee There is a somewhat strange expression Psal CX 3. The dew of thy birth is of the Womb of the Morning yet it findeth fit allusion here The birth of our King this day had a fruitful dew in it which hath made it teem with Mercies and Blessings to himself and in him to us His Kingdom was calculated in his Nativity and both his Person and Office have one date To set all this the better off and to set forth the honor of God and his King more in it and by it we have in the words these considerables I. The Person exalting in the Pronouns I and My. It is Ego Rex meus I and my King whereby as Kings acquire a just power so God a just propriety in them and by a peculiar title and interest they become his II. The Exaltation it self Have set i. e. Have ordained consecrated constituted not onely appointed and anointed him to the Kingdom but set and settled him in it Which maketh the Exaltation full and compleat III. The State of Exaltation and this like the Author of it most high and honorable even that of a King Then which God could finde nothing greater or better to grace David his servant or yet Christ his own Son with IV. The Seat of his Kingdm and that sutable and answerable to the State of Exaltation Even Gods holy Hill of Sion This as it relateth to David is to be taken literally for an Hill of that name on the North-side of Jerusalem which David having won out of the hands of the Jebusites who till his time held a strong Garrison upon it made the Seat of his Kingdom and erected his Royal Palace there As relating to Christ it is to be taken Figuratively for the Gospel Church and so it is set in opposition to Mount Sinai which typed out the Church under the administration of the Law As it may and doth relate to all Christian Kings and our King more especially it is to be taken Morally And so it denoteth 1 Their Soveraignty being an Hill 2 The Sacredness of their Person and Office being an holy Hill 3 Their Supremacy in all Causes and over all Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Civil being Gods own holy Hill of Sion V. Here is the irresistible power of God in all this who notwithstanding all the Consultations and Combinations of Men to the contrary still carrieth on his counsel to perfection and yet sets his King upon his holy Hill of Sion Of these in their order and that under a threefold aspect First As they relate immediately to David and his advancement to the Kingdom Secondly As they are applicable to other Kings by parity of Reason Thirdly As in respect of peculiar resemblance they concern our King and were this day accomplished in him For their mystical reference to Christ I wave as the work of another day viz. the day of Christ his Resurrection not this But before I descend to these particulars Let us Pray That God will be merciful unto us and bless us and lift up the Light of his countenance upon us and be merciful unto us That he will take away all iniquity and receive us graciously heal our back-slidings love us freely and crown the miraculous mercy of this day with that of a joyful and blissful eternity And that his way may be known upon earth and his saving health amongst all Nations Pray we for Christs holy Catholick Church for these Churches of Great Britain and Ireland that no weapon which is formed against the Church may prosper that every Tongue which shall rise up in judgment against her God would condemn Pray we herein more especially for our Dread Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the especial Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in all Causes and over all Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Civil within these His Majesties Realms and other His Dominions Supream Governor That God who hath set his King upon his holy Hill of Sion would settle Him there where the sons of wickedness and violence may repine at but never reach Him That he would keep Him safe under the shadow of his wings from the pride and malice of Men and from the strife of Tongues That His glory may be great in Gods Salvation and that He may reflect that glory back upon God again by doing Him honor and service till He shall change His corruptible for an incorruptible Crown and His transitory Kingdoms for one that cannot be shaken Pray we for His Royal Consort our Gracious Queen Catherine for the most illustrious Prince James