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A35183 A sermon preached upon April xxiii. MDCLXXX. in the cathedral church of Bristol, before the gentlemen of the artillery-company, newly raised in that city. By Samuel Crossman, B.D. Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684. 1680 (1680) Wing C7270A; ESTC R214386 13,922 42

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far different Genius serene and regular deliberately issuing out a legal Commission of Array for the just defence of King and Kingdom The truest Patriot to his Country bears as true Allegiance to his Prince what God and right reason have so nearly joined together he dares not morosely put asunder He understands not how bad measures toward the Pilot can ever become good offices to the Ship The Relate and Correlate in all true Polity as well as Nature either live or dye together God save both King and Kingdom 2. We have the Conjuncture of time when this great transaction happened upon a most welcom restauration The Case was briefly this Athaliah the Daughter of Ahab becomes married to Jehoram King of Judah upon his death Ahaziah his Son succeedeth in the Throne He being slain by Jehu Athaliah his Mother an ambitious idolatrous Woman destroys all the Seed Royal that She could any way come at and for several years usurps the Crown Most unnaturally verifying that of the Poet Saevus Amor docuit natorum sanguine matres Commaculare manus Whether it were by Sword or Poyson or by what other means this wretched woman procur'd the death of these Children many of them her Nephews and near Relations is not express'd but plain it is 't was most impiously and inhumanely done Per fas per nefas is the great Maxime of State whereever Ambition reigns While the rightful Prince chuseth to proceed by methods of clemency and gentleness the Tyrant or Usurper swims commonly through Seas of Blood to his desparate Designs Athaliah's aim was to cut off the right Line of the House of David More particularly all that descended from that pious good Prince Jehosaphat her own Husbands Father whose Reformation She had so highly stomach'd and now thrown down Never did the most vindicable Reformation want its Enemies or the most treasonable enterprize some Bigotted Zealot some blind Devoto to engage in it But behold after she has waded thus far in blood she begins now like Pharaoh and his Chariots to sink in this Red Sea Never did Treason thrive long with the Traitor The rightful Heir is still safe survives the attempts of malice and is brought with triumph to enjoy his own Jehoshebah the daughter of king Joram sister of Ahaziah took Joash the Son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the kings-sons which were slain so that he was not slain There is a God in Heaven that takes care of Princes here on Earth The rage and imaginations of the people against him and his Anointed they are but vain successess things Pharaoh may give strict charge to destroy the Children of Israel but Gods Moses is even miraculously preserved that he might be King in Jesurun Herod may murther the Infants in Bethlehem but the Lords Christ escapes his bloody hands The Text exemplifies the Case with a living Joash England illustrates it with a living Charles after all the various snares of death so often contriv'd and laid for both And now the day dawns apace the Restauration becomes conspicuous They brought forth the kings son they put the Crown upon him and they made him King The Archers shoot sore yet the royal Bow abides still in strength Thus signally does the Providence of God baffle and triumph over the Conspiracies of men We might modestly challenge the treasonable Plottings of most Ages in the language of the Prophet Surely this turning of things upside down is but in vain The Stone which the Builders refused becomes nevertheless the head of the Corner At this posture were the present Affairs of Judah Joash far beyond all humane expectations brought as another Isaac in a Figure from the Dead restored with Honour to the Throne of his Forefathers All their former confusions now fairly ended the Land orderly settled the people clapping their hands and saying God save the King And so we come to the third The person chiefly instrumental in bringing about this eminent this desired revolution 'T is pity that good actions should stick in the birth for want of some willing hands to assist and facilitate their being brought forth No doubt there were many Worthies in Israel heroically appearing in so just so generous so publick a concern The Agent we find chiefly mentioned in the History is Jehojadah the High Priest Jehoshebah she has the honour of sheltering the King under his first and most imminent dangers That God that has the whole world at his command chuses what instruments he will please to work by A weak woman as you have already heard acts so noble a part towards the preservation of the whole Kingdom She was both Daughter and Sister to a King and now Wife to this Jehojadah the High Priest which gives us occasion of calling to mind that passage of Pharaoh when in token of further favour he would chuse a Wife for Joseph his prime Minister of State he gives him Asenath the Daughter of Potipherah Priest of On supposing as it seems a Match into such a Family no disgrace to the greatest Peer in his whole Kingdom Such was Jehojadah venerable in his Function and as honourable in his Relation Uncle to the present King Brother to the former an eminent pillar both in Church and State all his days He lived in this unspotted piety an hundred and thirty years and died as he lived still laden with fresh honours For the sake of this and many other his great services to the Publick he was solemnly interred amongst the Royal Sepulchers of the Kings of Judah And they buried him in the City of David among the Kings because he had done good in Israel both towards God and towards his House Men and Brethren would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me if I say The Priesthood has been as you see highly esteemed in elder times how contemptible soever it may seem to many in these late disingenuous days Sacred and prophane History are both unanimous in this Our reverence to God will manifest it self in our respects to his Ministers He that truly loves the Master will not be very forward to despise his Servant We find Jehojadah Privy-Counsellour to Joash Nor was it amiss either for King or Kingdom If he had a potent hand he had also a successful hand in the administration of Affairs which the holy Ghost is pleased to take a particular notice of to the honour of those happy times and so to leave it upon record for the instruction of future Ages And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehojadah the High Priest instructed him Now if Princes out of reverence to such ancient Scripture-Precedents no bad Copies for any to write after if they have seen meet in these later days to continue somewhat of this practice in their Councils here seemeth no matter of grievance or offence given to any Nor needeth our eye