Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	allegiance_n	king_n	subject_n	2,355	5	7.0118	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96682	God save the King: or Pious and loyal joy, the subjects duty, for their soveraign's safety. Opened in a sermon at Aldermanbury, upon the 30 of May, being the day after his Majesties most happy, joyfull and triumphant entrance into London. By Anthony Walker, minister of the Gospell at Fyfield in Essex.	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1660 (1660)	Wing W303; Thomason E1030_5; ESTC R203980	25,087	44

GOD SAVE THE KING OR PIOUS AND LOYAL JOY The subjects Duty for their SOVERAIGN'S SAFETY Opened in a Sermon at Aldermanbury upon the 30 of May being the day after his Majesties most happy joyfull and Triumphant Entrance into LONDON By Anthony Walker Minister of the Gospell at Fyfield in Essex LONDON Printed by M. S. for Thomas Parkhurst at the three Crowns against the lower Conduit in Cheapside 1660. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES Earl of Warwick Baron of Leez My Lord IF the Analogy be true betwixt natural and morall streams that as in waters so in affections the flowings will equalize the elevation and site of the spring-head from whence they are derived joy in fruition of desired good will be proportionate to that desire which did preceed fruition I am well assured the subject of these leaves will find a full agreement in your Noble breast that I shall need make no Apology for venturing to adorn them with your Honourable Name For as I had the honour to be a witnesse of your most ardent longings to see these productions of deep and astonishing Providence which we then wanted faith to believe and which have since filled all honest Loyal bosomes with such Extasies of delight and thankfulnesse so am I more then confident no heart resounds and ecchoes to this Joyful Pious Loyal shout God save the King more cheerfully more loudly more faithfully then yours these papers therefore must be your Lord-ships by a double due both as I am yours and inclusively all that 's mine as all the issue of the servant was his Lords Exod. 21.4 and as they are the transcript and coppy of your very heart Let me only beg the favor to give account in an inverted order of the preaching and publishing of them What is storyed of the dumb son of Craesus that seeing a hand stretcht out to slay his father he brakt the very bars of nature wherewith his lips till then were closed up and all amazed cryed out Kill not the King is in a measure exemplified in this publication the like paths hath over-ruled me and what fear did in him f●r the death of a living King that joy in me for the life of a dead King dead in his enemies strong desires proud hopes and cruel resolutions dead in his peoples fears dispondencies and disappointments of all means of restauration till Gods time came and the mighty were taken away without hands Job 34.20 whom we have received as Abraham did Isaac from the dead in a figure who hath been with S● Paul in deaths often and escaped the snares of treachery and violence more narrowly then he did at Damascus My admirations and rejoycings I say at these great salvations of God have broke my hitherto obstinate silence as to this manner of publique speaking for the preaching of it I must confesse I scarce ever preached any Sermon with less preparation then I first preached this and after once preaching it had shap't and moulden my thoughts into this method I found it hard to alter it So that t is as to the main the same I suddenly delivered at Burntwood Lecture May the 10th upon the joyful Newes of his Majestyes Proclaiming that I have preacht it severall times since both in City and Country in eminent auditoryes is so well known I cannot hide it especially at Aldermanbury when the City did yet ring and eccho with those repeated acclamations and I hope it needs no farther excuse then the obvious intimation that it teaches a duty almost obsolete and out of fashion very seasonable and necessary to be learnt and that though plainly yet I hope pertinently seriously and piously But this I must submit to the censure of others which I shall scantly and with less solicitousness doe if it may obtain your Honours favourable acceptance and be owned as a Religious testification of consciencious Loyalty to my Soveraign and a pledge of his selfe Dedication to your Lordships soul-interests and service who is My most Noble and very good Lord Your Honours most devoted Orator and most humble Servant ANTHONY WALKER June 15. 1660. The Contents THe seasonableness of the Text the occasion of the words they are to be handled intirely opened in the fourfold notion of them 1. As a joyful Acclamation 2. As a Pious Apprecation 3. As a due attestation of their Allegiance 4. As a seasonable recordation of humane weakness and need of Gods salvation pag. 1 2. From the first notion of them ariseth the first Observation That 't is lawful and of good report to manifest our rejoycings at the setting up of rightful Kings Six Spring-Heads of their joy they rejoyce 1. for the blessing of Civil Magistracy 2. For the best forme of it Monarchical 3. For a King of Royal extraction 4. Not only a King but the King one of the right Line and the true Heire 5. One of the true Religion 6. All this brought to pass so suddenly with little blood shed and the great quiet and satisfaction of the people in all which our cause equalizeth or exceedeth theirs pag. 2. to p. 11. From the second notion of the words ariseth this second Obser That as 't is lawful to rejoyce at the setting up of Kings so 't is necessary to pray for them when set up Here what we pray 1. For long life for the King or that God would save him from those natural evils which are evil to him as a man inforced with 4 reasons p. 13 14. 2. a prosperous life or that God would save him from civil publick evils evils to him as a King p. 15. wherein that prosperity consists and what those evils are this inforced from the inseperable connection of the happiness or misery of Prince people p. 16 17 18. 3. for a gracious holy life or that God would save him from those spiritual evils which are evil to him as a Christian this inforced by 6 weighty and cogent motives p. 19 20 21. 4. for an everlasting life or that God would save him from eternal evils which are evil to him as a man a King a Christian this inforced 1. from the truth of our love to him no love being true or considerable which intends not the eternal welfare of the parry beloved 2. from Christian generosity in our composition moved by the sad supposal of the aggravated misery of a miscarrying King p. 22. Secondly why we must thus pray for Kings inforced by 4 virtues p. 23 24. From the 3d notion of them ariseth the 3. Observation As 't is lawful to rejoyce necessary to pray so 't is our bounden duty to attest Allegiance freely and willingly how to do this inforced by reasons 1. in respect of the King 2. to the publick 3. to each private Subject p. 25 26. From these put together they rejoyce they testifie Allegiance yet they pray piously results the 4. Observ We need not borrow of prophaness to pay our debt of thankfulness to God or Allegiance to