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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96624	The thrice welcome, and happy inauguration of our most gracious, and religious sovereign, King Charles II. To the crown and kingdoms of Great-Brittain and Ireland. Containing, in the first place, the authors most humble supplication to the King's most excellent Majesty, in order to the reformation of religion, in six particulars. In the second part, the subjects duty to their sovereign, in sundry heads, and divers particulars very usefull for these times: together with a recommendation of the work to the Kings Majesties subjects. By Geo. Willington, of the city of Bristoll.	Willington, George.	1660 (1660)	Wing W2803; Thomason E1030_1; ESTC R208910	29,981	46

King and they are either External Rewards Internal Rewards Eternal Rewards First external and they are either General Rewards or Particular Rewards 1. General And so the King he is the Minister of God to thee * Loyal Subject for good Do well so shalt thou have praise of the same Rom. 13.3 4. To this agreeth the saying of the Prophet Isaiah chap. 32. v. 1 2. Behold ‖ 'T is meant principally of Christ but it will hold in this a King shall reign in righteousnesse and Princes shall rule in judgement And a man shall be a hiding place from the winde and a Covert from the tempest as Rivers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great Rock in a weary land Wherefore as Jeremiab wished the Israelites to seek the prosperity of the * Jer. 29.7 City whether they were carried so I beseech all English ‖ All the Subjects of our King men to seek the prosperity of the King under whom they are governed Jeremies reason may induce them for in the peace thereof they shall have peace in the prosperity thereof they shall have prosperity in the glory thereof they shall have glory Juda and Israel dwelt without fear all the dayes of Solomon 1 Kings 4.25 The like may England Scotland and Ireland all the dayes of Charles if * What Solomon was to them that Charles is to us they prove loyal Subjects 2. Particular rewards of loyalty Kings favour Particular Rewards of Loyalty are first from men 1. The Kings favour Prov. 22.29 Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse he shall stand before Kings he shall not stand before mean men Now as the Kings wrath which the disloyal incur is as the roring * Prov. 19.12 of a Lion terrible and as the ‖ Prov. 16.14 Messengers of death so his favour which the loyall Subject procures is as dew upon the grasse Prov. 19.12 In the light of the Kings Countenance as life and his favour is as a cloud of the later rain 2. Preferment Preferment as in the case of Mordecai Esther 2.21 and 8.2 compar'd 3. External pomp as in the case of Joseph Mordecai Daniel c. Gen. 41.39 to 45. Esther 6.6 to 12. and 103. Dan. 5.29 4. Estimation of the People as in the case of David while a Subject 1 Sam. 187. 5. Favour of the worthiest as in * He was a loyal Subject even to persecuting Saul Davids case 1 Sam. 18.1 Yea 6. sometimes alliance with the noblest as in the case of Joseph and David Gen. 41.5 45. 1 Sam. 18.27 7. Power and Authority Thus in the case of Joseph Mordecai and Daniel being loyal Subjects to their King and Countrey the one was second in Egypt the other second in Persia the third second in Babylon Gen. 41.40 Esther 8.25 and 10.3 Dan. 6.3 8. A good Subject through the blessing of God upon him he is an Iustrument of good yea sometimes much good to his Nation and Countrey as to avoid prolixity in the case of Mordecai Esther 6.2 and 8.10 and 9.1 In our own time that worthy General Monck 9. A good Name and perpetual Renown is the reward of a loyal subject as in the case of Mordecai Esther 10. 2 3. 10. The Loyal Subject is rewarded with good in his posterity so that when dead as to this life he seemeth to live to his Posterity as appears in the case of Barzillai 2 Sam. 19.32 to 40. 1 Kings 2.7 Barzillai was loyal to David in his distresse David was gratefull to Barzillai when delivered from distresses and not only to him but also to his posterity All which rewards of loyalty as they are due unto Application of therewards of loyalty so I make no question but they will be confer'd upon that honorable and valiant Commander the Lord General Monck for his worthy service to his King and Countrey for which no question he and his will be famous to posterity And I beseech God from the bottom of my heart that he may be rewarded also with the blessings following which none but the King of Kings can give Particular Rewards of Loyalty from God the King of Kings are first External If thou O Christian dost fear God and honour the King this shall be thy reward from God Blessed shalt thou be in the City and blessed shalt thou be in the field Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy Cattel the increase of thy Kine and the flocks of thy sheep Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store Blessed shalt thou be when thou commest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out Deut. 28.3 4 5 6. Who is it that desires not to be blessed in these be a Religious Fearer of God and a loyal Subject to the King and these promises are made to thee by him who is truth it self and cannot lie 2. Internal in the peace of a good conscience O what blessing greater than the soul 's continual banquet a good conscience saith Solomon is a continual feast Prov. 15.15 What melody to that sweet harmony of * Rom. 2.15 and 8.16 excusing thoughts What comfort to that comfortable assurance that ‖ Rev. 20.12 Luke 10.20 the opening of the books will shew that our names are written in heaven when others wring their hands for grief this will make thee clap thy hands for joy when others do tremble thou shalt triumph This makes thee to sleep quietly to wake cheerfully to be alone without fear and with others without distrust in thy affairs confident in thy recreation comfortable If Rebels be behinde thee and before thee as the Amonites and the Aramites were before and behind Joab yet wouldest thou resolve with him Be of good courage and let us play the men for our People and for the Cities of our God and the Lord do that which seemeth him good 2 Sam. 10.9 12. Thirdly Loyal Subjects that do fear God and honour the King shall have eternal Rewards which is O Christian when after all thy loyalty to thy Sovereign the Sovereign of all Princes shall advance thee into the great City the New Jerusalem described in part according to our apprehention Rev. 21.10 to the end and 22.1 to 6. In the contemplation of which my meditation dazleth and my pen falleth out of my hands the one not being able * 1 Cor. 2.9 to conceive nor the other to expresse the transcendent joyes that are laid up in heaven for all those who believing in Christ are careful to maintain ‖ Tit. 3.8 good works to fear God and honour the King Therefore I shall forbear to dilate it further And so I come to the last thing which is to shew the Subjects duty to their Sovereign Friends and Beloved our KING is Royal your duty it is to be Loyal that 's your duty in general The Sovereign's Royalty requires The Subjects Loyalty Thus in