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A36435 The form and order of the coronation of Charles the Second, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland as it was acted and done at Scoone, the first day of Ianuarie, 1651. Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674. 1651 (1651) Wing D2026; ESTC R25004 36,684 56

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all that are in Covenant If you break that Covenant being so solemnly sworn All these who have touched your Crown sworn to support it shall not be able to hold it on but GOD will shake it off turn you from the Throne And ye Noble-men who are assistant to the putting on of the Crown setting the King upon the Throne if yee shall either assist or advyse the King to break the Covenant over-turne the Work of GOD hee shall shake you out of your possessions and emptie you of all your glorie Another passage I offer to your serious consideration Jer. 34. 8. After that Zedekiah had promised to proclaime libertie to all the LORDS People who were servants entered in a Covenant hee his Princes to let them goe free and according to the Oath had let them goe Afterwards they caused the servants to returne and brought them into subjection vers. 11. What followeth upon this breach vers. 15. 16. Ye were now turned had done right in my sight in proclaiming libertie but yee turned made them servants again And therefore vers. 18. 19. 20. 21. I will give the men who have transgressed My Covenant who have not performed the wordes of the Covenant which they made before Me when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof I will even give them into the hands of their enemies into the hand of them that seek their lyfe even Zedekiah and his Princes If the breach of a Covenant made for the Libertie of Servants was so punished what shall bee the punishment of the breach of a COVENANT for Religiō the liberty of the people of GOD There is nothing more terrible to King and Princes then to be given into the hand of enemies that seek their lyfe If yee would escape this judgement Let King and Princes keep their Covenant made with GOD Your enemies who seeke your lyfe are in the Land if yee breake the COVENANT it may bee feared GOD give you over unto them as a prey But if yee keepe COVENANT it may bee expected GOD will keepe you out of their hands Let not the place ye heard opened bee forgotten for in it yee have an exemple of Divine Iustice agaynst Joash and the Princes for breaking that COVENANT 2. CHRON. 24. 23. The Princes who intised to that Breach are destroyed and in the 24. vers. it is sayd The armie of the Syrians came with a small companie of men and the LORD delyvered a verie great hoste in their hand because they had forsaken the LORD GOD of their fathers So they executed judgement agaynst Joash And vers. 25. His owne servantes conspired agaynst him and slew him on his bed c. The Conspiracie of Servants or Subjects against their king is a wicked course But GOD in His Righteous Iudgement suffereth Subjects to conspire and rebell agaynst their Princes because they rebell against GOD And Hee suffereth Subjects to break the Covenant made with a king because hee breaketh the Covenant made with GOD I may say freely that a chief cause of the judgement upon the kings house hath been the Grand-fathers breach of Covenāt with GOD the fathers following his steps in opposing the work of GOD his Kirk within these kingdoms They broke Covenant with GOD and men have broken Covenant with them Yea most cruellie and perfidiouslie have invaded the Royall Familie and trodden upon all Princelie Dignitie Bee wyse by their exemple You are now sitting upō the Throne of the kingdom your Nobles about you there is one above you even JESVS the King of Sion and I as His servant dare not but be free with you I charge you Sir in His Name That you keep this Covenant in all points If you shall break this Covenant and come agaynst His Cause I assure you the Contraversie is not ended between GOD and your familie But will be carried on to the further weakening if not the over-throw of it But if you shall keep this Covenant and befriend the KINGDOM of CHRIST It may bee from this day GOD shall begin to doe you good Although your estate bee verie weake GOD is able to rayse you and make you reigne maugre the opposition of all your enemies And how-so-ever it shall please the LORD to dispose you shall have peace toward GOD through CHRIST the MEDIATOR As for you who are Nobles and Peeres of the Land your share is great in this day of Coronation yee have come and touched the Crowne and sworne to support it yee have handled the Sword and the Scepter and have set down the King upon his Throne 1. I charge you to keepe your Covenant with GOD and see that yee never bee moved your selves to come agaynst it in anie head or article thereof and that yee give no counsell to the king to come against the Doctrine Worship Government Discipline of the Kirk established in this Land as ye would eschew the judgement of Covenant breakers If the King ye who are engaged to support the Crowne conspire together against the Kingdome of CHRIST both yee that doe support hee that is supported will fall together I presse this the more because it is a rare thing to see a king great men for CHRIST In the long Catalogue of kings which yee have heard recited this day they will bee found few who have beene for CHRIST 2. I charge you also because of your many Oathes to the king That you keep them inviolablie Bee faythfull to him according to your Covenant The Oathes of GOD are upon you if directlie or indirectlie yee doe anie thing agaynst his Standing GOD by whom yee have sworne will bee avenged upon you for the breach of His Oath And now I will shut up all with one word more to You SIR You are the only Covenanted king with GOD His People in the world many have obstructed Your entrie in it Now seing the LORD hath brought You in over all these Obstructions Only observe to doe what is contayned therein and it shall prove an happie tyme for You and Your House And because You are entered in tymes of great Difficultie wherin smal strength seemeth to remain with You in the eyes of the world for recovering Your just power and greatnesse Therefore take the Counsell which David when he was a-dying gave to his sonne Solomon 1. King 2. 2. 3. Bee strong and show thy selfe a man and keep the Charge of the LORD thy GOD to walke in His Wayes and keepe His Commandements that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whether-so-ever thou turnest thy selfe After this Exhortation the Minister closed the whole Action with Prayer and the xx PSALM being sung hee dismissed the people with the Blessing Then did the Kinges Majestie descend from the Stage with the Crown upon his head and receaving agayn the Scepter in his hand returned with his whole Trayn in solemn manner to his Palace the Sword being carried before him FINIS
to live and take the Crowne 3. Hee might have sayd If I leave DAVID at this tyme and fight with the Philistines and bee beaten hee will get a power in his hand to undoe mee and my posteritie These may seeme strong motives But SAUL is not mooved with anie of these The present danger is the Philistines invading the Land and this danger is to bee opposed come of the danger from DAVID what will As if SAUL had sayd I will let DAVID alone I will meet with him at another tyme and reckon with him now there is no tyme for it the Philistines are in the Land let us make haste agaynst them I wish that manie of our Countrey-men had as great love to their Countrey and as publick a spirit for it as this prophane king had then there would not bee so manie questions for acting as men make this day The Objections I have been touching are in mens thoughts and heads 1. Some say Now the Malignants are under for this Enemie is their rod It is best to put them out of having anie power yea there are some who would more willinglie goe to undoe these whom they accompt Malignants nor agaynst the common Enemie who are wasting the Land If they had SAULS resolution they would say The Philistines are in the Land Let them alone wee will reckon with them at another tyme wee will now goe agaynst the common Enemie They have also the second Objection The Malignants are more dangerous Enemies then the Sectaries I shall not now compare them at aequall distance and abstract from the present danger But I shall compare them in the present posture of effaires I am sure the Sectaries having power in their handes and a great part of the Land in their possession are farre more dangerous then Malignants who have no power for the present And therefore the resolution should bee The Sectaries have invaded the Land and are destroying it Let us goe agaynst them 3. The third Observation weigheth much with manie The Malignants being imployed to fight for their Countrey may get such power in their hand as may hurt the Cause For answer 1. The Resolution given to the Quaere of the Estates provydeth agaynst that for therein is a desyre that no such power should bee put in their hand 2. This feare goeth upon a supposition that they doe not repent their former course This is an uncharitable judgement Wee are bound to bee more charitable of men professing repentance for with such wee have to doe onlie And to speake a word by the way to you who have been upon a malignant course Little good is expected from you I pray you bee honest and disappoynt them I wish you true repentance which will both disappoynt them and bee profitable to your selves 3. I desyre it may bee considered whether or not feare of a danger to come from men if they praevayle agaynst the common enemie being onlie cloathed with a capacitie to fight for their Countrey Bee an argument agaynst rysing to oppose a seene and certayne danger comming from an Enemie cloathed with power and still praevayling I conceave it ought to bee farre from anie to hinder men to defend their Countrey in such a case I confesse indeed The Cause which wee mayntayne hath met with manie enemies who have beene agaynst it which requyreth much tendernesse Therefore men are to be admitted to trust with such exceptions as may keepe them out who are still Enemies to the CAUSE of GOD have not professed repentance renounced their former courses and declared themselves for Cause Covenant I doubt not but it shall bee found that the admitting of such to fight in our case as it standeth is agreeable to the Word of GOD and is not agaynst the former Publicke Resolutions of KIRKE and STATE The second sort of persons wee are to meet with are such as act for the Enemie agaynst the Kingdome If they bee cursed who will not come out to helpe the LORD agaynst the Mightie What a curse shall bee upon them who helpe the Mightie agaynst the LORD as they doe who act for the Enemie Three wayes is the Enemie helped agaynst the Cause and People of GOD 1. By keeping correspondence with them and giving them intelligence There is nothing done in KIRKE or STATE but they have intelligence of it A baser way hath never been used in anie Nation Your Counsells and Purposes are made knowne to them If there bee anie such here as I fear they bee let them take this to them They are of these who helpe the Mightie agaynst the LORD and the curse shall sticke to them 2. By strengthening the Enemies handes with questions debates and determinations in papers tending to the justifying of their injust invasion What ever have been mens intētions in taking that way yet the thing done by them hath tended to the advantage of the Enemie and hath divyded these who should have been joyned in the Cause to the great weakening of the power of the kingdome and this interpretativelie is to act for the Mightie agaynst the LORD 3. By grosse complyance with the Enemie and going in to them doing all the evill Offices they can agaynst their Native Kingdom If Meroz was cursed for not helping shall not these perfidious Covenant-breakers and treacherous dealers agaynst a distressed Land bee much more accursed for helping and assisting a destroying Enemie so farre as lyeth in their power Is. 31. 3. May bee truelie applyed to them who are helping Strangers Enemies to GOD His Kirk and Religion Both hee that helpeth shall fall and hee that is holpen shall fall down and they all shall fayle together III. The third particular about this COVENANT resteth to bee spoken of to wit Some Directions to the King for the right performing of his duetie whereof I shall give seven 1. A King meeting with manie difficulties in doing of duetie by reason of strong corruption within and manie tentations without Hee should bee carefull to seeke GOD by Prayer for grace to over-come these impedimentes and for an understanding heart to govern his people SOLOMON having in his option to aske what hee would hee asked an understanding heart to goe out and in before his people Knowing that the governement of a people was a verie difficile worke and needed more then ordinarie understanding A KING also hath many enemies as our King hath this day and a praying King is a prevayling King ASA when hee had to doe with a mightie enemie 2. CHRON. 14. prayed ferventlie and prevayled IEHOSHAPHAT was invaded with a mightie enemie 2. CHRON. 20. hee prayed and did prevayle HEZEKIAH prayed agaynst Sennaheribs hudge armie and prevayled 2. CHRON. 32. Sir You have many difficulties oppositions to meet with acquaint your selfe with PRAYER bee instant with GOD Hee will fight for You. Prayers are not in much request at Court But a Covenanted KING must bring them in request I know a King is burthened with
multiplicitie of effaires and will meet with manie diversions But SIR You must not bee diverted Take houres and set them aparte for that exercyse Men being once acquaynted with Your way will not darre to divert You. PRAYER to GOD will make Your effaires easie all the day I read of a King of whom his courtiours sayd Hee spoke oftener with GOD then with men If You bee frequent in Prayer You may expect the Blessing of the most high upon your selfe upon Your Governement 2. A King must bee carefull of the Kingdome which hee hath sworne to mayntayne Wee have had manie of too private a spirit by whom selfe interest hath been preferred to the publick It becommeth a King well to bee of a publick spirit to care more for the publick then his owne interest SENATES and STATES have had Motto's written over the doores of their meeting places Over the Senate House of ROME was written NE QUID RESPUBLICA DETRIMENTI CAPIAT I shall wish this may bee written over Your Assemblie Houses But there is another that I would have written with it NE QUID ECCLESIA DETRIMENTI CAPIAT Bee carefull of both Let neither KIRK nor STATE suffer hurt Let them goe together The best way for standing of a Kingdome is a well constitute KIRK They deceave kinges who make them believe that the governemnt of the KIRK I meane Presbyteriall governement can not sute with MONARCHIE They sute well it being the Ordinance of CHRIST rendering to GOD what is GODS and to Caesar what is Caesars SIR Kinges who have a tender care of the Kirk Is. 41. 3. are called Nursing Fathers You would bee carefull that the GOSPELL may have a free passage through the kingdome and that the governement of the Kirk may bee preserved intiere according to Your Solemne Engagement The Kirk hath met with manie enemies as Papists Praelates Malignants which I passe as knowne enemies But there are two sorts more who at this tyme would be carefullie looked on 1. Sectaries great enemies to the Kirk and to all the Ordinances of CHRIST and more particularlie to Preshyteriall governement which they have and would have altogether destroyed A king should set himselfe agaynst these because they are enemies as well to the king as to the kirk and stryve to make both fall together 2. Erastians more dangerous snares to kinges then Sectaeries because kinges can looke well enough to these who are agaynst themselves and their power as Sectaries who will have no king But Erastians give more power to kinges then they should have and are great enemies to Presbyteriall governement For they would make kinges believe that there is no governement but the Civill and deryved from thence which is a great wrong to the Sonne of GOD who hath the governement of the kirk distinct from the Civill yet no wayes prejudiciall to it being spirituall and of another nature CHRIST did put the Magistrate out of suspition that his kingdome was prejudiciall to Civill government affirming My Kingdome is not of this world This Governement CHRIST hath not committed to kinges but to the Office-Bearers of his house who in regard of Civill subjection are under the Civill power as well as others but in their spirituall administration they are under CHRIST who hath not given unto anie king upon earth the dispensation of spirituall thinges to his people SIR You are in Covenant with GOD and His people and are obliedged to mayntayne Presbyteriall Governement as well agaynst Erastians as Sectaries I know this Erastian humour aboundeth at Court It may bee some endevour to make You encroach upon that for which GOD hath punished Your Predecessoures Bee who hee will that meddleth with this Governement to overturne it it shall be as heavie to him as the burthen some stone to the enemies of the Kirk They are cut in pieces who burthē themselves with it Zach 12. 3. A KING in COVENANT with the People of GOD should make much of these who are in COVENANT with him having in high estimation the Faythfull Servants of CHRIST and the Godlie People of the Land It is rare to fynd kings lovers of Faythfull Ministers Pious People It hath been the fault of our own kings to persecute the godly 1. Let the king love the Servants of CHRIST who speak the Trueth Evill kinges are branded with this that they contemned the PROPHETS 2. CHRON. 25. When Amaziah had taken the gods of Seir and set them up for his gods a Prophet came to him and reproved him unto whom the king sayd Who made thee of the Kinges Counsell forbeare lest thou bee smitten This contempt of the Prophets warning is a fore-runner of following destruction Bee a carefull hearer of GODS WORD take with reproofe esteeme of it as DAVID did PSAL. 141. 5. An excellent oyle which shall not breake the head To make much of the faithfull Servants of CHRIST will be an evidence of reality 2. Let the king esteem well of Godly PROFESSOURS Let Pietie bee in accompt It is a fault verie common that Pious Men because of their conscientious and strict walking are hated by the Prophane who love to live looselie It is usuall with prophane men to labour to bring kinges unto a distaste of the Godlie especiallie when men who have professed Pietie become scandalous whereupon they are readie to judge all Pious Men to bee lyke them and take occasion to speake evill of Pietie I feare at this tyme when men who have been commended for Pietie have fallen foulelie and betrayed their trust that men will take advantage to speake agaynst the Godlie of the Land Beware of this for it is Sathans policie to put Pietie out of request Let not this move anie Fall who will Pietie is still the same and Pious Men will make conscience both of their wayes and trust Remember they are precious in GODS Eyes who will not suffer men to despyse them without their reward SIR Let not your heart be from the godly in the Land whatever hath fallen out at this time I dare affirm there are very many really godly men who by their prayers are supporting your Throne 4. A King should bee carefull whom hee putteth in Places of Trust as a maine thing for the good of the kingdome It is a Maxime That Trust should not bee put in their handes who haue oppressed the people or have betrayed their Trust There is a passage in Storie meet for this purpose One SEPTIMIUS ARABINUS a man famous or rather infamous for Oppression was put out of the SENATE but re-admitted About this tyme ALEXANDER SEVERUS being chosen to the Empyre the SENATOURS did entertain him with publick salutations congratulations Severus espying Arabinus amongst the Senators cryed out O Numina Arabinus non solum vivit sed in Senatum venit Ah! Arabinus not only liveth but hee is in the Senate Out of just indignation he could not endure to see him As all are not meet for places of trust in judicatories