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A53080	Usurpation defeated, and David restored being an exact parallel between David and our most Gracious Soveraign King Charls II. In their dangerous dissettlement, and wonderfull restauration. Laid open in a sermon on II Sam. XIX. 14. Preached on the publique solemn day of thanksgiving, May 24 1660 in the Collegiate Church of Manchester in the county palatine of Lancaster. By Henry Newcome Master in Arts, and minister of the Gospel there.	Newcome, Henry, 1627-1695.	1660 (1660)	Wing N900; ESTC R217830	24,271	67

Doctrine of Loyalty all Subjects may be for ever rightly informed in Judgement and instructed in Life Or if any hereafter should be disloyal which God forbid it would be for Reproof of the Weak and for Correction of the Wicked Our Nations have been a long time under great reproach let this Sermon witness to the World That the Lord hath rolled our reproach away in that he hath wrought us into the temper of his Darling Judah Bowing all our hearts even as the heart of one man to become truely Loyal God dealt thus with Judah but he hath dealt more graciously with us for it was but the heart of all the men of Judah or if Judah and Israel had both been joyned they had been the hearts of only One Nation and no more But with us God hath done more wonderfully in that he hath bowed the hearts of Two Nations Three Nations all at once as if Three Nations had but one heart And at his Majesties Return such Rejoycings were on all hands as never England saw before The King in his Proclamation is pleased to acknowledge That both his Royal heart and the hearts of his People were as full of mutual love and confidence and joy as became such a Restitution of King and People Now Sir let this be writ in Marble Job 19.23,24 Oh that they were Printed in a Book that they were graven with an Iron Pen and laid in the Rock for ever Records may last long yet time may injure them but these words with Job I would have last for ever That King and Subjects kept at distance by Usurped Powers for about Twelve years yet then met together with such love and confidence and joy yea with such testimonies of love and confidence and joy in Bonefires Bells Trumpets Thunderings of Shot and singing of Prayses as if Heaven and Earth had met Before this we were the reproach of Nations indeed but now tell me France Italy Spain Germany or any other Countrey if ever was the like day in any of your Nations Surely this was the Lords doing and it was and is and for ever will be marvellous in our eyes The Lord bless these Papers and all your labour to the good of his Church So prayes Your unworthy Brother In the work of the Ministery Isaac Ambrose Gacslang Aug. 21. 1660. Vsurpation Defeated AND DAVID RESTORED II SAM 19. 14. And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah even as the heart of one man so that they sent this word unto the King Return thou and all thy Servants THis vers is a part of the very remarkable History of Davids return to his Kingdom after the Rebellion and Usurpation of his ambitious Son Absalom It is easie to see the scope of the story in reviewing the Context After the death of Absalom the people of Israel speak of fetching the King back as it is vers the 9. and 10. of this chap. David sends to the house of Judah a Message and Declaration to be delivered by Zadok and Abiathar to the Elders of Judah v. 11 12. another to Amasa the General of Absaloms Army v. 13. the effect of which Message and Declaration you have in the words of the Text which is two-fold 1. The universal and cordial inclination of the people towards the King in these words And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah even as the heart of one man 2. The Loyal Message and invitation they sent to him of returning to his Kingdom and Royal City in these words So they sent this word to the King Return thou and all thy Servants We shall briefly explain the words whereby you will still more clearly discern their Emphasis and their suteableness to the present occasion And he he bowed This relative is conjectured to refer to divers antecedents 1. He Some will have it to be David he that is David by his gracious Message and Declaration of his tenderness to his people and readiness to forgive to pardon Amasa and to prefer him upon his submission did hugely sway with the Elders of Judah and with all the people that forthwith they sent unto him 2. He some will have it to be Zadok or Abiathar to whom the Message was sent they were of the Priests of the Lord had interest in the Elders and People too and appearing satisfied in the Kings message they bowed the people to this unanimous and dutifull complyance God hath oft made use of his servants in the Ministry in furthering such works as these are by them 3. Some will have him to be Amasa Indeed he is the immediate antecedent the message to him is in the next verse before The King offering him so fairly and he having the power of the Sword commanding the people in Arms and now returning to his loyalty and obedience he had influence upon all the people hereby towards their inviting in the King again God often hath made great changes in Nations by the change of the Generals heart Thus Abner brought back Israel to David before 2 Sam. and Amasa might do it now Whether David is the he or the Priest or the General whether King or Zadok or Amasa is not material any of them might be instrumental And all have been so in our case to the like purpose But we must say 4. This he may be God and it must be so if we understand a principal efficient by it God bowed the heart of the men of Judah none could do it but he who hath the heart of all men in his hand And though Davids message might do much and Zadoks faithfull speech much and the Elders compliance with the King might have influence upon the people and Amasa with the Sword in his hand might do more in this business yet God did work by them all and was the chief Doer Whether he be primarily meant in the Text or no yet he is necessarily and chiefly to be implyed and understood in the business It is the great work of the Lord whoever are instruments in it by what means soever it is brought to pass that the heart of the people is thus bowed c. He bowed This word implyes two things 1. That there had been a contrary temper in the heart of the people It was averse enough unto David It did stand desperately opposite and stiffe and hardned toward him yet now it is bowed 2. That there is now a compliance wrought which yet was not of it self but brought upon it by means It was bowed It did not yield it self of it self but was taken hold of as it were and brought down to a compliance by strong hand It was of refractary and exceeding opposite made as compliant as could be expected or desired The heart It is not said the hearts of all the men of Judah in the plural number but heart in the singular to denote That oft there is a general spirit prevails upon the people of a Land they are one

this the danger and hazard of dissettlement hath exceeded But sure Davids case both Davids is very hazzardous and sad when such a desperate design laid so ushered in so cruelly managed raised upon the abused well-meaning of many the crafty and treacherous counsels of others the strength of the multitudes and the security of despair for ever receding from it and yet this was that and our Davids case Now secondly Consider the manner and nature of his Re-settlement Davids Re-settlement and our Davids Re-settlement In both which you will finde things alike parallelly wonderful 1. Consider the manner how God hath brought it to pass 2. Consider the thing thus far effected 1. Consider the manner how the Divine Providence hath brought David to his Kingdome again when his affairs were so desperate 1. Several notwithstanding this general defection remained faithful to David Several fled out of Jerusalem with him 2 Sam. 15.17,18 Many people when he fled went after him his servants the Cherethites the Pelethites the Gittites c. passed on before him Joab and Abishai his Kins-men and famous Generals they found the part of the Kingdome beyond the River though inconsiderable to the body of the people but two Tribes for ten yet they were faithful to him the Priests of the Lord abode with the Ark yet Davids true friends Hushai the Archite goes back and by his counsel with Absolom furthers and secures Davids affairs truly and effectually David was forced out of his City and yet not out of the hearts and affections of all his Subjects Several were true loyal and constant to him and this helped up his interest again And so with us the Lord kept many hearts upright to sound and upright principles of Covenanted loyalty to his Majesty Several run the same fate of Exilement with him The part of his Kingdome beyond the River true to him gave him admittance were oppressed and almost ruined for him He had Hushaies that had a respect to his interest as there might be occasion There were thousands in Israel that were faithful in Covenant that never bowed their knee to Baal that would never say A Confederacy with them that said a Confederacy that were true in their hearts to David and ready to shew themselves when ever God would begin to give a reviving to his Majesties just cause Several whom the Lord kept upright in the Nations that grieved to see the dishonour done to Religion and wrong to Superiours and inferiours and were ready Instruments in Gods hands to rescue the almost ruined rights of their King and Nations 2. Fervent prayers were put up to God by David and his party as Psal 3. and other Psalms 42. and 43. were penned upon this occasion But especially David most earnestly puts in a Caveat at the Throne of Grace against Achitophel 2 Sam. 15.31 The Lord turn the counsel of Achitophel into foolishness which was so punctually answered and that in so great a concernment that we cannot but take notice of prayer as having a chief hand in Davids Restauration Prayer hath in like manner been made without ceasing unto God for our David and especially in the zealous passion of many a Religious and Loyal heart that God would in very termes turn the Counsel of Achitophel into foolishness Iob 35.9 By reason of oppression they have made the people to cry they have cried out by reason of the Arm of the Mighty When good men have seen how the wicked have prospered and how they have abused their successes made God the Patron and Abettor of their villanies and sought themselves all along to the ruine of true Religion they have cryed to God with their voice they have ordered their cause before God filled their mouthes with Arguments pleaded Gods Covenant their own integrity in the main the reproach of Religion the insolency and rage of the enemy and have waited Ps 94.14,15 when God should return judgement unto righteousness that the upright in heart might follow after it This hath prevailed much in our Davids case When God saw 2 Kings 1.26 there was none shut up and none left in Israel and yet his people cryed to him his own Arm hath brought salvation to his people He hath looked down from heaven did the Lord behold the earth Ps 79.10,11 to hear the groans of the prisoners and to deliver those that were appointed to dye It appears that he hath seen he hath seen all this while the affliction of his servant and his people these prayers have moved him to come down to deliver As in a like case Exod. 2.23 They cryed by reason of their bondage and their cry came up to God and God hath remembred us and had respect unto us If men will adventure to abuse any of Gods children they had best do it out of the Fathers sight which is impossible or to take heed they make them not cry for if they cry God will know the matter and it will be hard with them that do them wrong God will not alwayes endure his peoples cryes against any that oppress them This was a second help and notable means that kept Davids Affairs alive the Spirit of Prayer that lay continually at the Throne of Grace moving the King of Heaven for assistance to restore the banished King to his Right again And this was more than if the greatest Potentates had joined by their Forces to set him in the Throne 3. God did defeat their Counsels he divided and defeated their Counsels Achitophel gave counsel to do quickly what they did 2 Sam. 17. Hushai gives advice to the contrary Absolom takes the wrong counsel ver 14. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Achitophel to the intent that he might bring evil upon Absolom This is the plain of the business God spoils their Counsels thereby to defeat and destroy their design Whether the Lord hath had any Hushai's in the Counsels that intended our Davids good I know not but God hath made some Counsels to serve well Davids turn and the very like disappointment of the design of the late formidable Army in the very same kind that they forthwith fell not upon the Renowned General who opposed them that they would gather all Israel together for this purpose or what it was but God divided them in their party before to work their ruine Counsels divided and Forces divided Many a thing no doubt that party can now say may have been on foot which if taken had prevented their overthrow but God hath done all this to the intent that he might bring evil on our Absoloms and their trayterous Design 4. God removes one dangerous Instrument after another out of Davids way Achitophel hangs himself Absoloms Army is defeated in a bloody Battel 2 Sam. 18.8 The Battel was scattered all over the Countrey and the Wood devoured more people that day then the sword devoured Absolom himself is found and slain hanging in an Oak the