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cause_n	heart_n	let_v	lord_n	3,181	5	4.0879	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44484	A sermon preached at St. Martins in the Fields to the natives of that parish upon the 29th of May, 1676 being the anniversary of His Majesties birth and happy return to his kingdoms : as also the day appointed for their yearly meeting and feasting together / by John Horden.	Horden, John, 17th cent.	1676 (1676)	Wing H2788; ESTC R28693	12,280	32

present take notice of nothing more than that in which this Auditory may seem concern'd and that is this that it was David's Tribe that the King was born among them and with them did keep his Court and habitation by which they themselves did think and the King himself doth allow that they had contracted somewhat a nearer relation to him for though the men of Israel jealous of his kindness and envious of their honour in the heat of their expostulation at the last verse of this Chapter do tell them that they the men of Israel had ten parts in the King and also had more right in David yet we find he himself is of another opinion acknowledgeth at ver 12. of this Chapter that they are his brethren his bones and his flesh very indearing expressions and such as could not but very effectually gain and win upon them which though they seem to import a much nearer affinity than that which I have mentioned yet ought they only to be understood of that remoter relation for otherwise the meanest of the tribe might have claimed kindred with the King and the basest among them have reckoned himself of the Royal Blood which would have been a great dishonour to the King and too criminal a presumption in them And therefore what the men of Judah do alledge in excuse unto the men of Israel at the 42. verse of this Chapter that the King was near of kin unto them Vatablus and I think rightly makes to be spoken upon no other grounds than this that David did keep his Court amongst them Hoc dicunt quod David habitaret in tribu Judah And so indeed the word in the Original 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth more properly signifie the nearness of vicinity than that of kin And upon this account it was that David did justly expect more from them and themselves did rightly think that there lay greater obligations upon them unto Loyalty and that they ought to be as anon we shall find they were more concerned for the service and restitution of their King But then thirdly we must not without taking some notice of him here pass by the happy instrument of this accord in Judah well may he deserve some remembrance who did so seasonably unite and in that set them forward to an enterprize that shall for ever be recorded to their immortal honour But here we are somewhat at a loss the Text having made no farther discovery than by an indefinite Pronoun which is of dubious reference And he bowed the heart which whether it were Amasa in the verse before or one of the Priests upon whom David had impos'd the perswasion of Amasa and Judah both or whether it be meant of the King himself that by the short and kindly admonition he had suddenly and universally prevailed upon them it is not so easie to determine 'T is true the message alone which David sent though short yet was very apt to affect and recal that sense of duty which they seemed to have lost Ye are my brethren my bones and my flesh wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the King To encourage Amasa to enlarge upon it and stir him up effectually to press it home a promise great enough was particularly made to him God do so to me and more also if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab and it is no way likely that he would not endeavour what he was courted to by so great and fair a recompence The Priest indeed only had received his Kings command and that was no doubt enough for him who knew full well his Duty and never had declin'd its practice though here in the work it self there was sufficient invitation to compose and to unite to promote concord and agreement to make all Gods people as they are thereunto called in one body so to be of one heart and of one mind it is our proper office in doing which I heartily wish that then only we may prosper when we confederate for God and bow his peoples heart for his Vice-gerents honour Where therefore thus we may mistake it is not prudence too peremptorily to decide but whoever he did the honour to make his instrument we know who was the author and chief cause of the union even the Lord in whose hand are the hearts of all men and he turneth them as the rivers of water making them now together to run in one channel that had a different current and were before divided streams To him therefore let be the honour and unto him let us ascribe the glory of the thing who worketh secretly but miraculously for his King and did bow the heart of all the men of Judah as the heart of one man And so much for the first general I proceed unto the second the consequent of their hearts being thus bowed They sent this word unto the King Return thou and all thy servants Whilst there were as many minds as men and every one had his particular aim and ambition which apart he carried on by such means as seemed right in his own eyes it is no wonder if there be no King in Israel or an Usurper only be permitted to sit upon the Throne who by toleration and compliance unworthy and mean concessions must be as unlike as possible unto a King wear the Title indeed but decline the Majesty and Power pretending himself a servant unto every interest that each several subject would apart advance But Mente omnibus unâ incolumis Rex When they come to be of one mind the King is secure and his Throne must be established The very first expressions of their unity are these that the King would return he and all his servants I shall not need to make any long repetition of stories that are so well known to relate the means whereby the ungrateful Absalom carried on his unnatural and accurst rebellion to represent unto you David fleeing with that small handful of those who did prefer their duty to advantage and durst be loyal when it was dangerous to be so And though to recount the sorrows of his flight and the necessities of his exile would not be so melancholick a performance as at first sight it seems the greatest dangers making this amends for the displeasures they have caused that they are sweet in the after remembrances and when gone off do leave delight behind them equal to the terrors which coming on they brought yet I shall forbear for in the message of return it self there was enough of pleasure and it needs no inhancement from the memory of his passed flight Their desires of his did plainly speak their own return to Duty and that they were not forgetful of his faithful servants but did desire their return also the same whom not improbably before when a pretext was wanting for Rebellion they would have had as evil Counsellors remov'd this did declare a through repentance of their crime