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A93187	God save the King: or, A sermon preach'd at Lyme-Regis May 18. 1660. at the solemn proclamation of his most Excellent Majesty Charles the II. by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith. / By Ames Short M.A. minister there.	Short, Ames, 1615 or 16-1697.	1660 (1660)	Wing S3526; Thomason E1919_2; ESTC R203570	29,855	112

again unto their Lord even unto Rehoboam King of Judah and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam King of Judah whereupon the King took counsel and made two Calves of gold and said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem Behold thy gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt and so on You may see more of this in the Histories of his Successors recorded in the Books of the Kings and Chronicles But on the contrary such as are lawful and pious Princes are Preservers Promoters and if need require Reformers of Religion yea and countenancers of the most sincere Professors of it Such were all the godly Kings of Judah Such a one was Asa 1 Kings 15.11 12 13 14 15. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord as did David his Father And he took away the Sodomites out of the Land and removed all the Idols that his Father had made And also Maacha his Mother even her he removed from being Queen because she had made an Idol in a Grove and Asa destroyed her Idol c. 'T is true his reformation was not a through reformation but yet he was a great Reformer and so was his Son and Successor Jehosaphat 1 Kings 22.41 42 43. He walked in all the wayes of Asa his Father he turned not aside from it doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord c. Such a one was Hezekiah he did not content himself with the Reformation of his Predecessors but he carried it on to a higher degree of perfection He did not only break the Images but he also removed the High places as you may see 2 Kings 18.3 4. And so we finde that Solomon's accession to the Throne made much for the advantage of Religion and the Professors of it For immediately upon his coming to it he built the Temple and did very much beautifie and adorn the Worship and Service of God Now the Use and Application of this point is two-fold and 1. Vse 1 The first is a Use of Reproof for such amongst us if any such there be who do not rejoice but grieve at the accession of our Sovereign Lord King CHARLES the second to Rule and Government If I thought there were any such present I would enlarge upon this Use but I hope better things of you all and therefore I forbear lest I should this day sadden the heart of any who will otherwise rejoyce 2. Vse 2 I shall therefore come to the second Use a Use of Exhortation to exhort and stir you up to the observation of the solemnity of this day with all possible joy and cordial rejoycing And I beseech you let us all this day rejoice with exceeding great joy and rejoycing Now to quicken and raise your hearts to a rejoicing suitable to the solemnity of this day consider you have as good cause of rejoicing at the Solemnity of this day as they had who were present at the Proclamation and Inauguration of Solomon Seeing the Prince whose Proclamation-Solemnities you are this day to observe may be in some measure and that without flattery compar'd with Solomon at whose Proclamation this people so greatly rejoyced For as Solomon was so he is 1. A lawfull and 2. A hopefull Prince I say he is 1. A Legitimate and a lawful Prince He is not a spurious Mushrume self-created Prince but a Prince by lineal succession and inherent birth-right being lineally descended by the Father of glorious memory from James of blessed memory the 6. of Scotland but the first of Great Britain France and Ireland and by the Mother from that great and worthy Heroe of his age Henry the 4. of France So that our King is on both sides the Son of Nobles And when it is so Solomon tels you the Land is blessed Eccles 10.17 And as he is a Noble so he is a lawful Prince too The clearness of his Title is such that to argue the lawfulnesse of it would but darken and eclipse it You may as well question the shining of the Sun at noon as the lawfulnesse of his Title 2. He is as a lawful so a hopeful Prince A Prince by whose accession to rule and government we are 1. At present freed from our feares and dangers of being haressed by the attempts of every aspiring ambitious Adonijah to make himselfe King We need not now to feare the aspiring ambition either of a Cromwell or a Lambert Nor need we now feare of being kept in bondage and slavery by an inconsiderable part of a Parliament or a Phanatick Committee of safety under the notion of a free State or Commonwealth 2. We have grounds of hope that his accession to Rule and Government will be a meanes in time to free us 1. From our unsupportable burdens of Excise and monthly Taxes 2. From our soul-destroying and damning universall tolleration 3. We have ground to hope that his accession to actuall rule and government will be a meanes of much good both to our selves and the whole Nation There is now hopes 1. That we shall enjoy a setled Government our antient Government of King Lords and Commons the best forme of Government that the wisedome of man could ever yet contrive to prevent Tyranny on the one hand and Annarchy and Confusion on the other 2. That we may recover and enjoy a firme and lasting peace Not onely a peace within our selves but a peace with the Nations which are round about us Such a peace as Israel enjoyed all the days of Solomon who had peace on all sides round about him so that Israel and Judah dwelt safely every man under his vine and under his fig-tree from Dan even to Beersheba As you may see 1 King 4.24 25. 3. That we may again enjoy an equall distribution of law and Justice We need not now to fear of being outlawed for refusing to perjure our selves by subscribing an Engagement or taking an Oath of abjuration contrary to our former Oaths of allegiance and supremacy or solemn league and covenant 4. That we may againe enjoy freedome of Trade both at home and abroad and thereby recover our exhausted and of late mis-spent treasure If any thing in the world be a meanes to revive Trade in the Nation his Majesty's accession to Government will be the meanes to doe it 5. That we may recover our wonted honour and renowne in forreign parts and Countries England hath been as renowned a Nation as any in the world both for Courage Policy and Pyety But the strange actings of some men in our late revolutions and changes hath made us the contempt scorn and hatred of the whole world It hath made most men believe that we have lost both our piety policy and courage too But now by the Restitution of his Majesty it will appear to all the world that there are some men both of piety policy and courage left among us so that by this meanes

c. and he called his name Jedidiah because of the Lord. 4. A Prince of peace or a peaceable Prince So much is signifyed by his name Solomon 1. Chr. 22.9 Behold a son shall be borne to thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about for his name shall be Solomon and I will give peace and quietnesse to Israel in his dayes He was called so to shew that the people of Israel should enjoy much peace under his government Now the consideration of these and such like things was the cause why the people present at his proclamation and inauguration were thus transported with exceeding great joy and rejoycing From all which put together you may observe this point of Doctrine That the accession of a lawfull hopefull Prince to the actuall excercise of Rule and Government Doctr. is a thing greatly to be rejoyced in by all those over whom he is to rule and govern 1. That this is a thing greatly to be rejoyced in c. is evident by the universall practice of all good and loyall subjects in all Ages Countryes and Nations whose constant use it hath been to solemnize the accession of their lawfull hopefull Princes to actuall rule and Government with all outward Domonstrations of joy and rejoycing How excessively did this people here reioyce at Solomon's accession to the Throne this was matter of rejoycing not onely to the common rabble and rude multitude but to Zadok the Priest Nathan the Prophet also these as well as others who were present rejoyced at it with exceeding great joy Which being wise and pious men they would not have done had it not been a thing greatly to be rejoyced in 2 The truth of this is further evident by these two following reasons Because the accession of such a Prince to actuall Rule and Government will assuredly prevent 1 Reas or put to an end many otherwise unavoidable mischeifs and inconveniencies to which the people of a State and Kingdome are incident and obnoxious for want of such a Prince to rule and govern them Many are the mischiefes and inconveniencies to which the people of a State and Kingdome are liable for want of a lawfull Prince to rule and govern them all which mischiefs and inconveniencies are either prevented or put to an end by the accession of such a Prince to actual Rule and Government I shall name some of them 1. The accession of such a Prince to actual Rule and Government will either prevent or put to an end the aspiring attempts of proud and ambitious men to exalt themselves to the highest place of power and authority together with those many inconveniencies mischiefs that accompany or follow their attempts When a People are without a lawful Prince to rule them every ambitious person that can but head a Faction will be ready to take the opportunity of setling himself upon the Throne In an Interregnum every man who can make a party to assist him will be climbing up unto the Throne Now the mischiefs and inconveniencies that befall a State or Kingdome by the aspiring attempts of ambitious men to possesse themselvs of power and authority are innumerable Such were the mischiefs that befel the people of the ten Tribes upon this account after their revolt from the House of David After they had rejected their lawful Sovereign those that were ambitious were still scrambling for Authority amongst them by reason whereof innumerable mischiefs befel them But now I say the accession of a lawfull Prince c. will either prevent or put to an end these sad mischiefs and inconveniencies This was the effect of Solomon's accession to the Throne it put to an end the aspiring attempts of Adonijah to make himself King together with the many inconveniencies that were like to follow upon it as you may see 1 Kings 1.5 49 and 50. verses compared Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself saying I will be King and he prepared him Charriots and horsmen and fifty men to run before him And all the Guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and went every man his way And Adonijah feared because of Solomon and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the Altar 2. The accession of such a Prince to rule and government will either prevent or put to an end the Tyrannies and Cruelties which are usually exercised by such as exalt themselves and usurp Authority It is almost impossible for a Prince to be a Tyrant in Title and not be a Tyrant in Exercise Such as get power wickedly do for the most part use it unjustly Though Absalom-like they may make fair promises to make a party to lift them to the Throne yet they seldom or never observe and keep them The truth of this evidently appears almost in the whole series of the Kings of Israel after their revolt from the House of David The most of them were not only Tyrants in Title but in Exercise also But now the accession of a lawful hopeful Prince to the actual exercise of Rule and Government will prevent or put to a period these Tyrannies and cruelties which Usurpers usually exercise over an enslaved Nation 3. The accession of such a Prince to Rule and Government will assuredly prevent or put to an end those Rapines and Oppressions whereby the people are subject to be oppressed every one by another and every one by his Neighbour When the seat of Authority is vacant or possessed by such as have no right or ability to Rule the people are in danger tobe oppressed every one by another When there was no King in Israel every man did what seemed good in his own eyes though it were to the hurt and prejudice of others as you may see Judg. 18.1 and 18. compar'd In those days there was no King in Israel c. and cap. 19.1 25. compar'd And the like evils are men in danger of when the Seat of Authority is possessed by such as have no right or skill to Rule hence a wo is denounc'd against that land whose King is a Child Eccl. 10.16 i.e. who is as unfit and unskilful to Rule and as much wedded to his own will as a childe is And therefore when God is angry with a people he threatens to give Children to be their Kings and that Babes should rule over them Isa 3.4 i. e. men of a childish disposition in respect of wit skill carriage courage no better than Children or in some sort worse because more wilfull and lesse advisable And now that land where such rule must needs be in a woe case because where such rule every man is subject to be oppressed by his neigbour as appears by 3. Isa 4,5 And I will give children to be their Princes and babes shall rule over them and the people shall be oppressed every one by another and every one by his Neighbour the child shall behave himself

that many of the giddy multitude cry out now upon Vsurpers who lately cry'd them up as much * Turba Remi sequitur for tunam ut semper odit damnatos Idem populus c. But there was no understanding Subject who had not lost the sence of his duty to God and the King but mourn'd at least in secret for the abominable violations of Allegiance and Covenant How much the Protestant Religion the King 's Royal Family the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland have suffer'd by the unparallel'd murther of his late Majesty I need not tell thee * Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit nulli flebilior quàm mihi We have been like a body beheaded for which no other head will serve how artificially soever it be set on and how quickly do those heads fall off that are but clap'd on upon us which wanting a natural conjunction will stand no longer than they are upheld by force neither can there be any conveyance of spirits where there is not the right union But since it hath pleased the Almighty who for the transgression of the Land hath suffer'd many to be Rulers thereof * Prov. 28.2 to restore to us our Lawfull Sovereign and so to set over us our proper head this is matter of thankefulnesse Let us adore the wonders of providences concurring to this blessed change and fix our eyes on that eye in the wheel which hath ordered all the turnings to this end This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes Must not the Enchanters themselves who have assayed to mock providence confess that this is the finger of God * Exod. 8.19 How much reason there is for our rejoycing upon this occasion this ensuing short Treatise will inform thee Who could bow the hearts of the Elders of our Judah as of one man to send this message to the King 2 Sam. 19.14 Return thou and all thy Servants but God who hath the hearts of all men in his hands Who could overturn overturn overturn till He came whose right it was but God who hath made the King's enemies the Instruments of their owne overthrow The Counsels of Achitophels are turned into foolishness in order to the preservation of his sacred Majesties Person and the twisted interests of multitudes of the Kingdome politickly engag'd are as prudently undone and cannot hold together against him Gods patience in forbearing a Nation so guilty is yet followed by his justice both in vindicating those to whom guilt is imputed without cause and in testifying against such as have killed and also taken possession The people that have been long kept under do now flock together like the fishes at Strigone a Town scituate on Danubius and hold their heads above water which they say was a token of their change of their Lord and Master We are weary studying the meaning of Common-wealth and although we have had the name beaten into us yet cannot possibly understand the thing And the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or lawlesness for five days amongst the Persians wherein there was so much robbing and killing never made them more willing of government again than the violencies and illegalities here in this long Interval have made us ready to accept our Royal Sovereign We have been reckon'd Offenders for a word and the cruelty of the new-erected Tribunals was such that the Judgement-seat little differ'd from a Shambles the new Laws like Draco's at Lacedemonia being written in Characters of bloud But our hopes are revived and we trust that if the Lord would have destroyed us Judg. 13. 23. he would not have shewed us all these things His most excellent Majesty hath heightned our expectations by his gracious Declaration The best and wisest of the Nation have done that which God our Laws and Covenant and the necessitie of vindicating themselves and us from the horrid guilt of Regicide have made their duty Into what Chaos was the Church and State lately reduc'd there is the power and wisdome of a Creator requisite to bring all into form and happy shall he be whom the King of Kings will honour as the chief Instrument hereof This Sermon tels thee that Joseph and David were by their Afflictions fitted for eminent service and I am sure our dread Sovereign hath been bred in the same School and doubt not but his Crown is made of gold purified in the fire I shall not need to acquaint thee how his return runs parallel with that of Davids after his banishment who made use of the General and the Priests in order to his reduction * 2 Sam. 19.11 13 But my hearty wish is that the men of Israel and Judah may not dispute who hath the greatest part in him v. 43. or most right to him but that we may all joyn in prayses for the discovery whereof thou art not left here without directions and let me beseech thee as the Author does for the King's sake and for thine own sake to take heed of doing wickedly 1 Sam. 12.25 Do not think thou canst contribute to settlement by studying revenge this will evidence that thy desire of the King is but for thine own ends expect no patent for prophaneness but be sure Ro. 13.4 that the Sword will be drawn for the punishment of evil doers Do not think to justifie thy self by condemning others who possibly refuse to drown their reason to prove their Loyalty Why should not they come in amongst the Kings friends who pray for his health and drink only for their own whither hath division already carried us * En quo discordia cives Perduxit miseros and how open hath it laid us to those enemies that wait the like opportunity Be of Mephibosheth's temper to part with thine own interest for the sake of his Majesty's quiet Let him take all 2 Sam. 19.30 seeing my Lord the King is come home in peace Let us all agree to banish whatever may occasion any further disagreement We have joyn'd in our Proclamations and Acclamations let us joyn also in our Petitions to the King of Heaven that our King as Solomon may build the Temple * 1 Chro. 28.6 and cause the Kingdom to flourish that he may be a Melchisedeck a King of Righteousnesse that his Throne may be established and that under him we may live quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty * 1 Tim. 2.2 which hath been is and shall be the hearty Prayer of him That confesseth his insufficiency to advise thee but Professeth his readiness to serve thee John Hodder Minister of Hawkchurch GReat CHARLS the second 's Picture 's here Peruse it Know that 't was writ at distance and excuse it The lines are loyal let choice Limners mend it Under correction we presume to send it CHARLES whose return revives each drooping heart And quickens each dead soul to act its part Whose vertues though the French