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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57275	Loyalty recommended in a sermon preached before the worshipful society of merchants adventures at St. Stephen's Church in Bristol, November 10th, 1683 / by John Rainstorp ...	Rainstorp, John.	1684 (1684)	Wing R145; ESTC R32183	12,110	34

words I lay before you these two Propositions First That Kings may be in danger Secondly 'T is the duty of all Subjects to stand by them First Ad generum Cereris sine caede sanguine pauci Descendunt Reges i. e. that few Kings dye a natural Death so saith the Satyrist It had been Juvenal happy if that observation had not lived beyond the Age wherein 't was conceiv'd at least that it might have been confin'd to the practice of Heathens or that the damnable Doctrine of King-Killing had not been dispers'd as well as the Jews themselves but this is rather to be wished than expected the Contagion is ran too far over Christendome scorning to be shut up Men have villanously ran at the breasts and throats of Princes and with no less mettal struck of Nobles then that proud Roman did the heads of lofty Poppyes This unhappy Kingdom hath not had the least share of Experiance 48 hath been late and dismall enough but as if that had been a trifle as bloody malice hath been since repeated and drove on with greater fury the Son must be split by pretences of Friendship then let him prophecy who smote him Then dogedly condemned to necessity or sell a birthright for fresh supplies then suddenly sent to Heaven without so much as the pretence of an High Court of Justice Such a thirst after more martyrs blood as if what had been spilt already might not worthily create more Fasts in the Church of England then there are Festivals in the Church of Rome The thing is too plain being matter of fact let us inquire into the Reason why the persons of Kings should be so miserably expos'd Then the Methods which evil men use to compass worse designs as for the end of them 't is so obvious and so manifest to all of our Eyes that I shall pass it The reasons are First their Dignity and this raiseth Envy It had pleased God Almighty for the harmony of the universe to make several orders and distinctions of men as he hath vouchsafed to some more eminent parts and larger endowments than to others whence it comes to pass that some are better qualified for the managing of peculiar provinces the hand that is expert at the spade is by no means fit to sway the Scepter Nor the back which is clad with the coursest weeds to be enwrapped with Princely Robes When Persians crown'd their Slaves 't was but a mock solemnity to their ensuing slaughter and when such have got the crown by force it hath been as far from the intention of nature as the birth of monsters which usually go out of the world in as little esteem as they came in Not that God hath by any means allotted an equality in the World but according to the model of Heaven Where he is Sole Monarch he hath appointed a subordinate Government upon Earth and tho' inferiour to his he hath commanded that to be obey'd in the height and made obedience a necessary part of mens Religion This name we know the Rebell uses as a refuge I will not call it a Sanctuary of all his underhand wiles and stratagems Ask him what makes him forsake the Church he can tell you nothing but Religion ask him what makes him rail against and murther Archbishops and devote other Orders to a wretched doom 't is the same Religion Ask him what makes him to take up Arms against his lawful King and appoint the Meeting fields as a seat of that War which the Gospel hath forbid 't is the same Religion In a word ask him what makes him libel encourage and contrive a general desolation 't is the same Religion never is Religion so rack'd and tormented as when General of the Rebels Army But this is only noise that which sticks in their maws is the dignity of Superiors God's dispensations seem too ragged for them and therefore they would file them off they think themselves let Heaven measure as it will men of as great knowledge and deserts and as fit for badges of honour as others but if Providence be ignorant and partial they will be wise and just to themselves and carve themselves out according to the value of their own merits And by this means comes Kings to lye obnoxious to the envy and sometimes the mercy of those Caytiffs that would strive to invade Heaven were it not out of their reach and fly at his face by whom Kings Reign Secondly Authority and this raiseth stubbornness This Heaven hath not only stampt upon their dignity but engraven it so deep that no tract of time is able to wear it out His Vicegerents he makes not only great but formidable not only to be gazed on and admired for their glory but to be revered and dreaded for their power As the laws and badges of honour in other Kingdoms were not for a meer shew but the Terror of Malefactors so among us they are no less significant This law bindeth every Subject to duty and upon the failure the Ensigns of Power are to appear and compel the unwilling Sons of disobedinece But this is very distastful to embitter'd spirits they are loth to truckle under that Authority which God hath erected and fondly think that their many headed monster a Common-wealth would be best because most suitable to their humors For the carrying on of this what voices have been scrued up to the highest note what stratagems have been kept awake How many Ambassadors from Hell have taken their journey into this World and compassed the Earth to and fro What horrid lyes have filled the Air with a pestilential breath How many doses of perjury swallowed without nauseating a conscientious Stomach how many volumes of Paper wrackt into a promise of promoting Rebellion How many draughts of poyson gluk'd in beyond the retrivement of an antidote How many fireballs hurl'd never to be extinguish'd I suppose but by the blood of the engineer Thus it hath pleased the Devil to dictate thus it hath pleas'd his own Children to hearken Our Saviours Question concerning the baptism of St. John may here be well propos'd Is the Kings Authority from Heaven or by man Doth God or the shout of the Rabble make a King Doth he act by the appointment of God or the suffrages of the scum of the people That the Civil Authothority is derived from the People hath been long since exploded by all good men and lately as a brat of Hell condemned to flames by the judgement of an University If the former be true as is the Opinion of one Oxon. that I am sure is no friend to the Church of England in these words The Power of the Magistrate doth Mar. Reh Transp 2 P. most certainly issue from the Divine Authority the obedience to that Power is by Divine Command And in another place The dispute concerning the Magistrate's Power ought to be superfluous for that is certainly founded upon his Commission from God and for the

have the greatest Strength Whosoever then should endeavour to Eclipse the Splendor of the Crown would find themselves under a greater Cloud and as it is reported of those that fight with Spirits would find every blow that they offer to Majesty to be irresistibly thrown on their own heads 3. Upon a Principle of Conscience Every part of the Moral Law binds the Conscience standing by the King in times of danger must be a part of that or else the Honour enjoyned in the Fifth Commandement men make no better than a piece of painted Pageantry And this the Rebel doth not value he will easily adventure the violation of the Divine Law if he can escape the scourge of the humane What Security then hath the Prince from factious spirits The greatest is an Oath because this doth immediately bind the Conscience If now Conscience be the knowledge of a thing to be good or bad in order to a regular Practice I can collect no more from Dr. Hammand's small Treatise of it what kind of Conscience must those men have that have sworn not only not to Act but not to Conceal any Treasonable Design against the King have yet been prodigal of their Labors in the most direful expeditions Conspiring the Murther of their King and a general 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 others timely hearing and concealing the Debates as if the Ear was not as guilty as the Hand they are alike in the Oath they render Traytors as liable to Temporal as they are Ambitious of Eternal Punishment Oh injur'd name of Protestant Religion the greatest Profess●rs of which make a ●rock of 〈…〉 are mov'd by humor thinking themselves bound to pursue the bent of their inclinations or phancy pleasing themselves with that which in irrational Creatures supplies the place of reason or passion being transported with groundless jealousies drawing false Conclusions from false Premises viz. The Great King would sell us and bring in Popery therefore 't is lawful to Murther him or the instigation of Satan putting them on to resolute courses of Lying Swearing Reviling Damning or shedding of innocent bloud they couch all under the Name of Conscience which if regular must have the most lively tendency to the preservation of Government 4. Upon the Principle of Profit This I shall not long insist on because too sordid for a principle of Humanity much more of Christianity This hath made some so cold when the King hath been besieg'd with dangers that they would not stir so much as their Tongues in his Vindication willing with one sort of Vermin to fall on their Legs if the Government stand they know themselves secure if not they hope they shall be so for the sake of disloyalty This hath made others hot and fiery for the unhinging of the Government men that think they have not honour enough for their merits and so cry down the King as unequal in his distributions or some that have been turned out of Offices compendiously sweet because they knew not how to behave themselves in them or other Roysters that have lavished the share they had in the last Crown and Church Lands or a fourth sort Nonsensical Ninnyes that have been at great Expence in standing by their unhappy Post and have little other livelihood than the promises of those that have a just Title to nothing But in couragiously appearing for our Lord under God there is real profit and such as all good men like A profit mixt with a good conscience a profit unacquainted with new England over witting a profit without balderdashing Ware and Religion together a profit without a sigh at the end of a lye to bind it When the King is free from danger such a profit do good industrious men usually find preserv'd on the Sea from unwelcome Pyrates this in particular concerneth this Honorable Society in the Ports of lading from abuses and outrages secured in the times of War from fears and dreadfull apprehensions by his Majesties ships those stout and impregnable bulwarks On the Land from rude and uncivil incursions by depending on the Wisdom and Power of our Sovereign App. Who then would not enter the List with Ittai Who would not be with the King in Life to rescue him from those Sons of Hell that lye in Ambush for him But if in Death a Natural one God long avert a Violent one Ever who would repine to answer the same summons with Him But who would not rather choose if it must be so to be thrust out with him then to lead a Slavish Life inferiour to the Mercies of Death Let us leave the disposal and event of things to Him that turns the Dyal of the World at his own pleasure But withall wish that the observation of the Roman may be true viz. That Cor. Tac. Kings are never firmer in their Throne then after a Rebellion Let us pay all due reverence to that dignity which Heaven hath fastned on the Crown let us return all submission and obedience to that Authority which God hath let down from the throne of Heaven to the King 's let us embrace his clemency that had rather rule with a Scepter of Gold then dash in pieces with a rod of Iron Let us abominate the principles and practises of all those that are past amendment as is plain by this unparallel'd Conspiracy a parcel of I want words the spawn of Fire and Brimstone not to be prevailed on by dignity or compelled by Authority nor melted by clemency speaking evil of the one resisting the other and shamefully undervaluing the third Let us inform the people of those devilish and sinfull means they use to bring the Palace to a Dunghil those swarms of lyes which have fled abroad and they suck in as truths unawares and what a blessed reformation is like to ensue Such a one as would turn Churches into stables and the revenues for a maintainance for themselves and better natur'd Creatures their Horses But if Justice hath not quite forsaken the Earth if principles of Honour sway if conscience hath not lost its forcible power If respect of private Interest which of right ought to be least but with some is most powerfull will attract us every thing will add speedy wings to our Loyalty teach us to cleave closely to our King in his greatest extremities expressing our selves to him in the words of Ruth Where thou dyest Ruth i. 17. will I dye nought but Death shall part thee and me And when the Guards of Rebellious Angells would make him a man of sorrow to cry out with no less fervency then when he was anointed with oyl of gladness God Save the King Amen