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To King William and Queen Mary, grace and peace The widow Whitrow's humble thanksgiving to the Lord of Hosts, the king of eternal glory, the God of all our mercies, unto whom be glory, glory, and praise for the king's safe return to England.
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Whitrowe, Joan.
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to Reign And in this Work he shall be more then a Conquerer through the Power of CHRIST which shall certainly be with Him if He sets about it Coragiously and Manfully not fearing man nor trusting in the Arm of Flesh And this will bring more Glory to GOD and Honour to the KING then if he conquered Nations by the Sword For that destroys but this saves mens Lives and destroys the Iniquity And in this WORK he shall be Greater then William the Conquerer or all the Monarchs of the World and his Fame shall go to the furthermost parts of the Earth And in this Work shall the most HIGH rejoyce And all His Heavenly Host for saith CHRIST There is more Joy in Heaven for one sinner that repents and turns from the Evil of his wayes then in Ninety and Nine Just persons that needs no Repentance And if the KING is faithful to GOD in this Work he shall conquer and overcome all his Enemies for if their Sins be overcome then they are overcome because it is their Sins that causes them to Rebel For from whence comes Wars saith the Apostle come they not from your Lusts Then it seems take away the lusts and Wars will cease so here 's great necesity for the KING to be fervently fixed in this Work to take away the Cause that the Disease may cease And this let the KING know that whomsoever he is made an instrument to in this Work to overcome their Vices their hearts shall be knit to Him as Jonathan's was to David who loved him as his own Soul And that blessed Prophesie of Daniel shall be fulfilled on the KING which saith Blessed are those that turns many to Righteousness for they shall shine as the Stars in the Firmament of GOD'S Power forever And here the KING shall be a Nursing-Father and the QUEEN a a Nursing Mother then more shall be the Children of the desolate then of the married Wife And GOD will bring their Sons from far and their Daughters from the furthermost parts of the Earth yea many People Kingdoms and Nations shall say Come let us go up to the Mountain of the LORD and He will shew us His Ways and we will walk in His Paths Then Endless Praises and Everlasting Halalujahs shall be to GOD on HIGH and on the Earth Peace and Good-will to men But if this Work be not Done there is no Peace to the Wicked saith the LORD But we must expect Wars and Rumours of Wars as CHRIST said and the End not to be yet till the Cause is removed nor can it be Expected that the KING should conquer and overcome his Enemies Abroad whilst his strong and most Potent Enemies Reign at Home And indeed it is unreasonable that the KING should Require that of his LORD and SOVERAIGN the LORD of all MAJESTY to fight his Battels abroad when the KING doth not Execute the Power GOD hath put into his hand at home for the Suppressing That which HIS Righteous Soul abhors And further the Command of GOD is When thou goest out to War with thine Enemies then take heed saith the LORD that there be no wicked thing in Thee Mark that O KING no wicked thing that is not only no Wickedness in the Cause nor no Self-intrest nor Self-honour But no personal Impieties in the Persons that carries it on not only gross Impieties as Drunkenness Whoredom Swearing and the like But all manner of vain and foolish Talking Joaking and Jesting are things not allowed to Christians for if Christians are not allowed to think their own Thoughts how much less Vain Words But Let your Words be few saith CHRIST seasoned with Salt that they may administer Grace to the Hearers And David saith Set a watch before my Mouth and be Thou LORD the Door-keeper of my Lips And saith he I said I will look to my Ways that I offend not with my Tongue Oh! how intent was he saying O GOD my Heart is fixed I will sing c. His mind was staid upon the LORD here was no room for vain words light airy and frothy discourses he abhorred all such Impieties his mind was set on divine things his Affections were set on things Above and not on Earthly things His converse was with GOD and his communion with the HOLY ONE and here he was here on after GOD's own Heart He enjoyed Heaven whilst he was here on Earth for where the presence of the LORD is there is Heaven he loved the LORD dearly and therefore took delight to do His Will and keep His Commandments And by doing this said he Thou hast made me wiser then all my Teachers yea saith he I have more Wisdom then the Ancients And why was it so because GOD was his Teacher O GOD saith he Thou hast taught me from my Youth even until now therefore will I tell of all thy Wonderous Works And because of David's love and faithfulness to GoD the LORD made a Covenant with him and with his Seed for ever That is with the Faithful that loves the LORD and walks in His Ways as David Abraham Isaac and Jacob did And these Holy Ones made a Covenant with the LORD to serve Him all the days of their Lives They did not make a Covenant with Death and Hell as this Generation doth to serve their horrible Lusts and vain wicked Pleasures No no but quite contrary O how I love thy Law saith David it s my Meditation all the day I will wait continually and will praise THEE more and more my Mouth shall daily rehearse thy Righteousness and Thy Sabvation for I know not the sum of them No for they were beyond number Be THOU my strong Rock whereunto I may always resort THOU hast given Commandment to save me for THOV art my Rock and my Fortrest Take notice of that O KING and of what follows viz. Deliver me O my GOD out of the hands of the Wicked out of the hands of Evil and Cruel men for THOU art my Hope O LORD even my Trust from my Youth upon THEE have I been staid from the Womb my Praise shall be always of THEE And THY Righteousness O GOD will I Exalt for THOU hast done great things who is like unto THEE THOV wilt increase mine Honour therefore will I praise THEE for THY faithfulness Vpon the Vial unto THEE will I sing O HOLY ONE of Israel for my Soul hast THOU delivered c. Oh! how David was filled with the living sence of the Goodness of GOD and the ALMIGHTY Exalted in his Soul But What hath the Wicked to do to take My NAME into their Mouths saith GOD seeing they hate My Holy Spirit to inform them They hated all my Counsel and would have none of my Reproof Yet the Atheistical Christians in their unclean Lives and Idolatrous ways sings to the Vial and invents to themselves Instruments of Musick like David although they hate and abhor his Holy Suffering and Self-denying Life by which he obtained the
and from this there 's no man can hinder thee And further this Excellent man Without relation to GOD saith he thou shalt never perform aright any thing humane nor on the other side any thing Divine at what time soever thou wilt it is in thy power to retire into thy self and to be at Rest For a man cannot retire any whither for to be more at rest and freer from all business then to his own Soul Afford then thy self this Retiring continually and thereby refresh and renew thy self D Doble Drince worthy of double Honour And then Exhorting That whatsoever they did might be Just and Holy Neither saith he must he use himself to cut off Actions only but Thoughts and Imaginations also that are unnecessary for so will unnecessary consequent Actions the better be prevented and cut off He is poor that stands in need of another and hath not in himself all things needful for this Life Consider well whether Magnanimity rather and true Liberty and true Simplicity Equanimity and Holiness whether these be not most kind and natural And farther this blessed Prince Let thy GOD that is in thee to rule over thee find by thee that he hath to do with an Aged man a Sociable man a Roman a Prince one that hath ordered his Life as one that expecteth as it were nothing but the sound of the Trumpet sounding a retreat to depart out of this Life with all readiness What is it saith he thou dost stay for an Extinction or a Translation for either of them with a propitious and contented mind but till that time comes what will content thee What else but to Worship and Praise GOD and to do good unto men Here is a President for Kings Queens and Potentates of the Earth to square their Lives by This worthy Prince was more Philosopher than Emperor his Dominions were greater within then without and by his Holy Life and Vertuous Principles was fit to govern the whole World Solon a noble Philosopher and Law-giver to the Athenians was so humble that he refused to be Prince of that People And being asked by Cresus King of Lydia when seated on his Throne Richly clothed and magnificently attended If he had ever seen any thing more Glorious He answered Cocks Peacocks and Pheasants by how much their Beauty is Natural Fly Pleasures saith he for they bring Sorrow Converse not with wicked Persons but meditate on serious things That it was the perfection of a man to fore-see and prevent Mischief That they that would govern a State well must govern their Families well That we ought not to flatter Great men lest we exalt them above their merits and station A Prince saith he must not take up his time about transitory and mortal things Eternal and Immortal are fittest for him O noble PRINCE and PRINCESS I humbly beg of you Observe these Heavenly Maxims Periander Prince and Philosopher would say That Pleasures are Mortal but Vertues Immortal Punish the guilty saith he and restrain men from Sin That Common-wealth is best ordered saith he where the Wicked have no command Therefore most Honoured and most endeared PRINCE and PRINCESS for so you are in my Heart because of the Greatness of GOD's Love which I have received and delivered to you above all before you in my time and shall be so if you receive the Love of GOD administred and put into Practice these His Commands and Precepts first in your own Example and then Executing the Power GOD hath given you which may easily be done by turning out those that will not Obey your just and lawful Commands and put in such in their room that will That the KING and QUEEN may not be guilty of that Iniquity as Saul was guilty of to save alive that which GOD commanded to kill which was the Cause that the Kingdom was rent from him and given to one more worthy that is which did the will of GOD And is the very cause why your Predecessors were turned out before you and you brought in their room to try whether you will do His Will and perform all His good Pleasure which if you do GOD will make you the Glory of Nations For this know O KING QUEEN and that from the LORD the day is come that GOD will have His Will done in Earth as it is in Heaven and that which stands in opposition to it will He overturn and throw the Earth upside-down And all the Monarchs in it will he break to pieces as a Potters-Vessel for the bringing in of His Dominion which is an Everlasting dominion and He shall Reign for evermore Amen And this I humbly Supplicate to the LORD if it may be for the Glory of His Holy Name That the KING and QUEEN may be the worthy Instruments thereof and that they may not be guilty of Saul's Transgression who feared the People and so caused him to break the Commandment of the LORD which proved to his destruction So he paid dear for his fearing the People and the People paid dear for his Rebellion against the Command of GOD for it cost him his Life and thousands more of theirs For here lay the case the command was to slay All but the People counselled him to save the best of the Oxen and Sheep and the chiefest of the things which should have been destroyed to offer to the LORD thy GOD as Saul confessed to Samuel saying I have sinned for I have transgressed the Commandment of the Lord and thy Words because I feared the People and obeyed their Voice The writing of this Confession makes my Heart melt and breaks me into Tears the consideration thereof how dangerous a thing it is for any to transgress much more PRINCES the Commands of the LORD in ever so little a thing And Saul's repeating over again the reason why they saved them alive that should have been destroyed was To offer a Sacrifice to the LORD But alas all Coverings will be to short but that which is covered with the Spirit of the LORD in the Day of Account when the Iniquity is brought before the Judgment-seat which must there stand the Tryal to be Arragined and Condemned by the JUDGE of all the Earth No pretence will serve them be it never so specious by the art and cunning of men for indeed what higher could be then pretence of Worshipping GOD to offer Sacrifice to the LORD But what was the LORD's answer Hath the LORD more delight in Sacrifice and Offering then in Obeying the Voice of the LORD To Obey is better than Sacrifice and to hearken to the Voice of the LORD then the Fat of Rams For Rebellion is as the Sin of Witchcraft and Transgression is Wickedness and Idolatry Because thou hast cast away the Word of the LORD therefore hath He cast away thee from being King A heavy sentence and worse recompence of reward for his Life went for theirs Here we may see we need not go to Rome for Idolatry for whosoever