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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	5,115	5	10.1244	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47487	Vivat Rex a sermon preached before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, aldermen, council and citizens of Bristol : upon the discovery of the late treasonable phanatick plot : at St. James's Church, July 25, 1683 being Sunday in the Fair-week / by R. Kingston ...	Kingston, Richard, b. 1635?	1683 (1683)	Wing K617; ESTC R17184	23,808	48

to make and Power to preserve them and by all demonstration of Kindness watcheth over them for good Nay so jealous is God Almighty in this particular that he will not allow any mortal man or thing to have the honour of rescuing them from danger nor give the glory of their Preservation to any other than himself it is God that giveth Salvation unto Kings and delivereth David from the hurtful Sword It is not the Wisdom of his Counsellors the Care of his Magistrates the Fidelity of his Servants nor the Courage of his Soldiers that preserve a King tho' all these act commendably in their Stations for unless the Lord watch over Them as well as their Cities the Watchman waketh but in vain Nor can the Love of his Subjects lengthen his days the best Office they can do him is but like the People in the Text to pray for his Health it is God only that can give him Help in the time of Trouble be Rebels never so rebellious and outragious he that stilleth the raging of the Sea and the madness of the Multitude can so charm the unruliness of a Seditious People as to bring them to Submission or Confusion Now God's special care and providence over his Anointed Ones is shewn in Scripture by a threefold injunction laid by Himself upon their Subjects under very severe and heavy penalties God doth not allow any Subject to harbour in his breast an ill Thought against his Sovereign Curse not the King no not in thy thoughts Eccles x. 20. for the birds of the Air shall carry the voice and that which hath wings shall tell the matter By which some Commentators understand a Power given by God to the Tutelary Angels of Kings and Governours to understand the trayterous thoughts of all such as bear disloyal and treacherous hearts against their Princes That the Sin of Rebellion might never be brought forth God does stifle it in the Womb nip it in the bud and destroy it in the very thoughts that it may never come to do further mischief And greater Reason is there for our observance of this Prohibition since the first entertainments of Sin are oftentimes of dangerous consequence while the Enemy is without doors it is an easie matter to keep him there but when he has entred the house he is not expulsed without trouble and difficulty therefore God Almighty who always designs the good of his People that we might not inure our Tongues to speak Evil of Dignities nor stretch forth our Hands against the Lords Anointed will not permit us to lodge a disloyal thought in the most secret recesses of our bosoms Not to open our mouths in disparagement of their Persons or government and great cause is there for this prohibition also or no sooner hath Pride formed men into Disobedience but the next step they take is by Reproaches to ruine the reputation of the government and impede the accomplishment of righteous designs Reputation being to actions what Feathers are to Arrows making them fly the better and pierce the deeper they indeavour to deprive their governors of this advantage If there be any fallings in their conversation they are sure to be represented in the blackest Colour And by all the advantages of art improved into a Condemnation of the whole constitution These were the wretched methods that first begat and also continue the feeds of rebellion among us Let the King say what he will they read it backwards and make the best of his actions speak nothing but Arbitrary Government and Persecution When the King declares he will govern by the known Laws they remonstrate that he does not and suggest by their groundless and unreasonable faers and jealousy that he will not and by carping at his proceedings and misrepresenting his actions so deflower the beauty of his Crown with Satyrical invectives that he becomes less able to serve those great ends for which government was instituted if therefore you desire to approve your selves good Subjects and good Christians invent not evil stories of him whom God hath set over you falsly believe them not easily report them not disloyally aggravate them not spitefully scatter them not industriously but aprrehend such disloyal thieves whom you take a pillaging your Princes good name the forward receiver of an evil report being as bad as he that brings it always remembring that railing against Kings was a Capital crime in David's judgment who commanded Solomon to put Shimei to death for it Not to lift up a finger to their prejudice for no man can do it and be guiltless Touch not mine Anointed saith the Psalmist and wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand against the Lords Anointed saith David to the wicked Amalekite that slew King Saul in all times hath God manifested his vengeance against such Rebells as have risen up against them witness Corah Dathan and Abiram whom the earth swallowed up quick and became at once both their Sexton and their grave Witness Zimri burnt to ashes in that very palace whence he had driven his Lord and Sovereign and so notable a vengeance indeed it was that wicked Jezabel took special notice of it for had Zimri Peace said she that slew his Master I might here be infinite if I should add to these instances all those dreadful Examples of God's Vengeance against such as have been Rebells against their Kings which I could fetch you both from Ecclesiastical and Secular Histories but I shall at present ease my self and you of that Trouble since what hath already been said does sufficiently demonstrate that God hath a most special and particular Care in the Preservation of Kings and therefore to none so fitly may the People address themselves for the Life and Safety of their Sovereign as unto God and more comprehensive words we cannot use than what is prescrib'd in the Text God save the King The last particular is the matter of the Supplication That the King might be Saved and Preserved and all the People shouted and said God save the King And we are encouraged to a chearful performance of this duty because God doth usually grant it and because the King needs it more than ordinary persons do The King's duty is more difficult his abundance exposeth him to more temptations and his height to more dangers than any of his People and his preservation is far more necessary and of universal concernment for he is worth ten thousand of us and we had need pray heartily to God to Save him who doth defend us all the King stands in need of more wisdom to direct him more power to protect him more care to preserve him than other men For as the King doth not Live Sibi sed Populo so neither doth he Dye to his own but to our disadvantage a thousand others may steal out of the World and no body mind or miss them but the loss of a King would soon be felt therefore saith the Apostle I Exhort that