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A10047	A heartie prayer, in a needfull time of trouble. The sermon preached at Theobalds, before his Maiestie, and the lords of the Priuie Councell, an houre before the death of our late soueraigne King Iames. On Sunday, March 27. / By D. Price, deane of Hereford, then in attendance, and now chaplaine in ordinarie to his Maiestie.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1625 (1625)	STC 20293; ESTC S115208	20,513	40

he and Iosias better then both yet Dauid best of all and therefore Dauid the King the Diamond of the Diadem of all Kings and of all other Kings this attribute in Scripture is giuen Dauid aboue all Kings and before all Kings Dauid the King When Dauid was with Achish at Gath Achish giueth this testimony vnto him Thou art good in my sight as an Angel of God 1 Sam. 29.9 when the woman of Tekoa came with a pretence of getting a pardon for her banished sonne she vseth the same termes to Dauid As an Angel of God 2 Sam. 14 17. so is my Lord the King to discerne good and bad when Dauid found the imposture that shee was Ioabs instrument the Tekoite applies this againe to him My Lord is wise according to the wisdome of an Angel of God 2 Sam. 14.20 to know all things that are in the earth when Ziba had slandered Mephibosheth and Mephibosheth came being lame somewhat late to answer for himselfe to Dauid My Lord the King saith he is an Angell of God An attribute giuen him especially among all the Kings before all the Kings and aboue all the Kings in Scripture by enemies strangers subiects seruants friends good bad all 2 Sam. 19.27 Dauid as an Angell of God St. Gregories obseruation is true Per incrementa temporū Greg. 16. Hom. in Ezek. creuisse scientiam spiritualium Patrum Moses partaked more diuine knowledge then Abraham the Prophets then Moses the Apostles then the Prophets Chrys Ep. 6. ad Theodorum but of Dauid St. Chrysostome noteth vt in ordine regum sic in numero Prophetarum electum fuisse Regum vero const at omnium optimum fuisse c. And Philaster in the same kinde Sicut sanctis alijs diuersam tribuit Christus Dominus gratiam it a majorem huic concessit scientiam dicente Domino Dabo vobis sancta fidelia Dauid Aquinas proueth all the premises quia Dauidi modus Prophetiae nobilior videlicet per immediatam illustrationem intellectus and Dauid himselfe explaineth the manner of his Illumination in Prophecy as the light of the morning when the Sunne ariseth 2 Sam. 24.4 euen as a morning without clouds as the tender grasse springing out of the earth by cleere shining after raine Summing vp Gods extraordinary graces in this kinde Lord saith he Psal 119.99.100 thou hast giuen me more vnderstanding then mine enemies then my teachers then my Elders So that Dauid a Prophet and more then a Prophet a King the most worthy of al Kings an Angell of God and more then an Angell as I shall now proue for if the distinction of Angels and their Hierarchy doe hold and that of Cherubins be true Dion Arcop which the Ancients teach vs Cherubin ordo Angelorum qui velocissime pareant Deo I say Dauid was as a swift wing'd Cherubin of all others through all the Scripture none so diuinely inspired with a hearty holy fiery zeale flying vp into the spheare of diuine sacred contemplation none but hee that was the son of Dauid excelled Dauid in this kind I know it is a strange curiosity to make a mans-selfe so skilfull in the orders of heauen as to aduance Angell aboue Angell and here it is little lesse then an Impertinency and I remember St. Austin dares not positiuely affirme it but when I find of all other orders of Angells the Cherubins at the gate of Paradise Cherubins ouer the Arke Cherubins in the Temple the Oracle placed betweene the Cherubins and the Chariot of Maiestie drawne by Cherubins according to that Psal 18.11 Nyss de Asc Domini Dauidem maiorem esse Apostolis Euangelica voce sublimiorem He rode vpon the Cherubins and did flye I then thinke that as one starre differeth from another starre so one Angell may differ from another Angell in glory and if any Angell excell the Cherubins doe and if Dauid were as an Angell of God because he excelled other men I dare say by his deuotion wherein he excelled he was a glorious Cherubin deuotion was his daily bread his meat his drinke his diuine and dearest exercise I giue my selfe saith he vnto Prayer doth dedicate consecrate his time studie and labour and endeauor his heart and tongue and body and soule vnto this blessed duty and seruice to this diuine and heauenly exercise I giue my selfe vnto Praeyer The Lord hath chose vnto himselfe the man that is godly that is saith the Chalde Paraphrase Psal 4.4 the man that can pray The Lord hath magnifyed so St. Austin readeth magnificavit or as Ierome mirificauit Surely blessed is that man that the Lord hath endowed with the least measure of his spirit with one dramme of goodnesse with one sparke of godlinesse one drop of heauenly dew one mite of grace one grain of faith one Iota of firme obedience but when the Lord hath showred so plentifull a dew vpon his inheritance and so variously magnified and multiplied all these blessings vpon a man then wee may say as it was of Mordochai Thus shall it be done vnto the man Est 6.11 whom the King of heauen delighteth to honour and such honour haue all his Saints but aboue all Dauid had this honour which being distilled and infused on him hee deriueth to others Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his Commandement Ps 112.1.2 his seed shall be great vpon earth his generation shall bee blessed wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousnesse shall endure for euer To close vp my obseruation of Dauids person he was not only Gods friend as his name importeth but Gods fauorite like the Disciple whom Iesus loued and therefore most familiar in Gods bosome and chiefe of his sacred and priuy Councell Six times we read of Dauids familiar accesse to consult God himselfe Dauid enquired of the Lord 1. Sam. 23 2. Shall I goe smite the Philistius Dauid againe enquired of the Lord 1 Sam. 23.4 Shall I goe downe to Keilah Dauid yet againe enquired of the Lord whether hee should pursue the troope that had sackt Ziglag 1 Sam. 30.8 When he newly came to the Crowne Dauid enquired of the Lord 2 Sam. 2 1. Shall I goe into any of the Cities of Iudah when all the Tribes had annointed him King in Hebron 2 Sam. 5.19 and the Philistins came against him Dauid enquired of the Lord when the famine came vpon Israel for Sauls bloody act in slaying the Gibeonites Dauid enquired of the Lord or as in the Originall 2 Sam. 21.1 Sought the fauor of the Lord. The Imitation whereof will blesse your gracious Highnesse for as Gregory proposeth the examples of Moses and Dauid of all others to incite Rulers to enter into the Tabernacle to consult with God not to come to their Counsell-Table before they aske counsell and pray for counsell from God and euen Pliny giueth a reason

hereof Nihilrecte nihil prudenter nihil prouidenter homines sine Deorum immortalium ope consilio honore auspicari Let it not bee vnseasonable that I presse this at this instant now your Royall Father lyeth vpon the Altar of his Death-bed for the sacrificing of his blessed Soule to his Redeemer The Lord helpe him in this Day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend him I will not say that trouble is hard at hand and yet Corona gemmarum is but Corona spinarum but a great and weighty Charge is ready to fall vpon your Princely shoulders a great doore is opening to your Highnesse and there bee many Aduersaries vpon whom are all the hearts and eyes I say not of these Kingdomes but of the Christian World set but vpon your Highnesse and as Mordecai spake who knoweth whether you are come to the Kingdome for such a time as this is to be the glory of the Christian Ester 4.14 and enuy of the Antichristian World for since the Sauiour of the World went downe into Egypt vt qui populus persecutor fuit populi primogeniti fieret custos filii Primogeniti neuer was any Prince so deliuered out of the hands of his Enemies that hee might serue the Lord without feare neuer any Prince brought back from the imminent eminent emergent Iawes of death as your Gracious Person O let it neuer bee vnsauory to remember that miraculous safety of your Highnesse returne wherein the right hand of the Lord had the preheminence Psal 116. the right hand of the Lord brought mighty things to passe O let it bee your Religious care that euer your Soule may bee satisfied with the blessings of good things by prayer that your Sacred Person may bee as euer hitherto you haue beene a blessed Patterne of this holy practice for such as your Highnesse shall appeare to bee by example and proucation such will your Seruants bee by imitation For as all in Alexanders time did affect Chiualry because hee was a Souldier and Poetry in Augustus time because hee loued Poets and Musicke in Nero's time because hee was a Musitian and Fencing in Commodus time because hee delighted in Fencers so all were forward in Christianity in Constantines time because hee loued Christians of whom as the powerfull examples of other ages in Hercules fortitude Guevar Epist Marcus Aurelius his wisedome Antonius Pius his care of the Common-wealth Aristotle his learning Cato his Seuerity Scipio his Continency and Laelius his Amity were Presidents to all succeeding Ages so was Constantine of deuout Piety who the better to instruct his People in Deuotion by his owne example ordained that his Image which we know Princes doe vse to coyne vpon their money should bee stamp'd with the resemblance of him praying And to say no more herein Euseb de vita Constan C. 15. Cyp. de coena Dom. I close this with Cyprian Quoties in conspectu Domini video aliquem suspirantem toties Spiritum sanctū non dubito inspirantem As often as I see any one in Gods fight sighing out prayers so often I doubt not God is present breathing his Spirit vpon such a holy suppliant Diuinity buildeth vpon this Christianity doth require it necessity doth enforce it and no faithfull man maketh doubt of it and hee that shall bee frequent in it shall be sure to finde fauour of the Almightie O did they consider this that dote vpon Courtly fauour the Courts diety Ambitions Darling vpon fauour that flower vapour meteor palea festuca vmbra pluma spuma that shadow that dust that mote that feather that froth vpon fauour that ebbeth as the Sea passeth as a winde and droppeth downe as the leaues in the fall they would learne Dauids lesson to seeke fauour and familiarity with God for that shall bring a man peace at the last Psal 37.37 would make this their dayly suit as Dauid a King being Master of Requests for himselfe here doth I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee and so I haue done with the second step I beseech thee 3. the manner how hee prayeth Deuotion delayed or lingred is soone quenched but when heated and hastened when the passions are liuely and strong when an earnest Zealous impetuous Petition is offered to God not drawn from the lips or lungs but from the inwards of a contrite confident Soule it neuer wanteth successe for not only the Body but the Soule hath a mouth and language and as the heart giueth aspiration to the arteries so doth the conscience to the affections and as we breathe in the ayre so grace is breathed into vs from Heauen the motions of Gods Spirit are the lungs knowledge and deuotion are as the lips faith as the tongue zeale as a string that passeth from the heart vnto the tongue Prayer is the language of Canaan the holy Tongue for shee was bred in the holy Land and the elegance of this Tongue is the eloquence of importunity Chrys Quam grata apud Deum importunitas how gracious and gratefull is importunity in the eares of God Non importunus neque impudens Aug. de verb. Apost saith S. Austin it is not a sawcy or a shamelesse part in thee to aske any thing of God with great importunity hee bids thee aske and seeke and knock and knocke not only til he heare but till hee answer and open and grant thy request Dauid hath a double supplication it is like the former and the latter raine the ingemination noteth an vnremoueable and constant affection to the suit hee desireth mans impatience in prayer can neuer offend Gods patience the Musicke of Angels doth not more delight the Lord then the redoubled obsecrations of his Seruants wherby he doth suspend their desires in expectation extend them by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their earnest importunity Note only the Parables of a friend called vp at mid-night the most vnseasonable and deadest time wherein any would bee loth to be troubled the doores shut the children asleep the sable mantle of the silent night couering all the World yet vpon importunity the friend riseth at midnight answereth openeth granteth Luk. 11. the request tendreth and giueth because of the importunity so also that Parable of the vniust Iudge that cared neither for God nor man yet because of the constant continuall Solicitation of the poore woman he heard her and granted her suit wee cannot hold a meaner opinion of God then of a common vulgar Friend which were too base to conceiue or a more vnrighteous iudgement of him then of the most vnrighteous Iudge then which Aqu. Cat. Aug. what can bee thought more blasphemous they both were woone non amicitia non iustitia compulsi sed taedio Famous is the importunity of the poore woman of Canaan miserere fili Dauid 1. She cryeth and calleth and followeth our Sauiour vouchsafeth not an answer not a word not a looke yet shee surceaseth not but calleth

and cryeth out still 2. The Disciples her back-frinds they would haue her sent backe Send her away she cryeth after vs and yet shee is not retarded but continueth her calling 3. Our Sauiour answereth her and reiecteth her as not capable of any good from him I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of Israel shee a Canaanite yet neither Disciples nor Master can beat backe her Faith shee followeth and falleth downe and worshippeth and cryeth Lord helpe me 4. Our Sauiour replieth in the most bitter Phrase that euer hee vsed to any poore Suiter It is not meete to take the childrens bread and to giue it to dogs Mat. 6. The daughter possessed with a Deuill the mother accounted a dog and holy things not to be giuen to dogs this had bin enough to haue blasted her hope and rooted vp her faith and haue confounded her confidence and wounded her distressed soule and silenced her importunity yet behold she that had all these discouragements replieth and by her reply crowneth her confidence with a blessed conquest Truth Lord but the dogs eate of the crummes that fall from their Masters table She wrought a miracle vpon her Sauiour made the deafe eares to heare and the dumbe tongue to speake to tongue and eares shee cryed as Christ to the eyes of the blind Ephata bee opened heare and answer my petition and grant my request O how well pleased is the Lord with the importunity of his seruants when they cry day and night and double their ingeminated obsecrations Looke vpon blessed Hezekias his manner of Prayer Isay 37.17 Encline thine eares O Lord and heare open thine eyes O Lord and see heare and when he lay vpon his death-bed chattering like a swallow mourning like a Doue I am depriued of the residue of my yeares I said I shall not see the Lord euen the Lord in the Land of the liuing hee knew that no balme in Gilead no vnguent of the Apothecaries no skill of Physitians no fruits of the fields no flowers of the garden no mineralls of the ground Esay 38. could giue the least allay vnto his sicke and sorrowfull soule but onely the Lord whom therefore hee remembreth and sixe times in his Prayer repeateth that sacred name of the Lord. It is obserued that God himselfe doth seeme to be pleased to vse often an ingemination of the names of those he best loued in Scripture Gen. 22.11 Exod. 3.4 1 Sam 3.10 as when he called Abraham Abraham Moses Moses and Samuel Samuel in a like manner we ought to be well pleased and much delighted in the blessed remembrance and inuocation of his name And sure when the hart is full of God the tongue will not refraine to talke of him they that rarely thinke on God shew how miserable their estate of grace is If the Lord be not in our hearts wee are godlesse if in our hearts without ioy we are hopelesse If wee reioyce in him and speake not of him we are shamefully thanklesse If he be in our harts in our tongues in our ioy coldly and perfunctorily we are negligently faithlesse and therefore as wee must thinke on the Lord alwayes so speake on him often and when we pray to him doe it earnestly and zealously in faith without wauering in confidence without doubting in perseuerance without desisting crying out as Ionas Mariners Ion. 1. Wee beseech thee O Lord wee beeseech thee or as Dauid here I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee To land this point remēber that the Church hath appointed vs to pray in al time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death In all time of our tribulation we are ready to pray but in the time of our wealth and prosperity we are strangers to deuotion yet in the time of thy wealth and health remember tribulation remember in the daies of thy peace thy visitation remember thy houre of death for when ryot hath beene master of mis-rule and turned sobriety the good steward out of doore and Intemperance an vnbidden guest hath got in and defiled all the roomes of thy body Nature like a good-huswife would willingly cleanse the house and desires the helpe of Physicke as a Scauinger to make cleane the roomes but alas she findeth that sinne lyeth like a dog at the doore and death the cruell Serjeant threatens to serue an extent vpon the whole house there is no such meanes to quit thee of thy disease and of thy direfull enemy as prayer it is Dauids Antidote but thou must take it fasting and bee sure to take it warme it must bee feruent prayer and take it not onely morning and euening but take it as a continuall Cordiall and cry mightily Haue mercy haue mercy Spare me O Lord spare me O Lord I beseech thee to heare me good Lord I beseech thee to heare me And so being stedfast and vnmoueable and alwayes abounding in this worke of the Lord thou shalt finde that thy labour shall not be in vaine in the Lord. And so I haue ended my third step the manner how hee earnestly implored I will mend my pace for it is the day of our Royall Iacobs wrestling and I feare as Elisha heard the sound of Iehorams feet following the bloody messenger sent to take away his life so my heart trembleth to thinke it and my cares tingle to heare the heauie and sad approach of pale Death entring into this Kingly Palace O that we could with Elisha looke heedfully now this messenger this murtherer commeth 2. Kings 6.32 and that we could by our prayers shut the doore and hold him fast at the doore and this prayer might preuaile O Lord I beseech thee saue now O Lord I beseech thee send now prosperity Send Prosperity Praeuentions of Paliticians presumptions of the foolish circumspection of the wise circumuention of the wits are all Arts Cobwebs and experience paper Castles the Silk-worms worke and the fooles wonder Prosperity is only the gift of the father of lights The old Speech is that wise men cause prosperous times But alas Policie trippeth vp sacred Wisedome for Policie and Wisedome differ as much as Scripture and Apocrypha and Policie is often as offensiue to true Wisedome as Hagar to Sarah and sometimes as iniurious as Elimas the Sorcerer was to Peter or Alexander the Copper-smith to Paul Laertius tels vs of certaine young men of Ionia Diog. Laer. de vit Philos standing on the shore agreed with certaine Fisher-men for the next draught in which there being a rich and precious peece of Plate they not agreeing whose by right it was they went to consult the Oracle the Oracle enioyned them to send it to the wisest man aliue they thereupon sent it to Thales hee disclaimed it and sent it to another who also refused it till hauing passed through many who all denyed that attribute of the wisest to belong to them at length they bring it to Solon

to pray of all other times at their first entrance to their Gouernment Dauid and Salomon begun their Rule with the rule of Prayer The goodnesse of a priuate man is his owne of a Prince the whole worlds his words are Maximes his actions examples his examples rules Dauid both priuately alone and publikely in the Congregation prepareth himselfe to prayer in this Psalme and the people prouoked by their Kings example pray for the continuance and long life of their Prince and Prosperity That God may distribute to the King gifts proportionable to his greatnesse that the head may enioy all the senses of the whole body that the Church and Common-wealth the King and Iudges Heraclit and Lawes all may flourish for as Heraclitus obserueth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The King is the Image of God the Iudge is the Image of the King the Law the worke of the Iudge and Iustice the end of the Law And Dauid had especiall reason to pray at this his Inauguration for hee knew a great and dangerous warre was in hand the Philistins were his deadly enemies hee had beene among them and knew them and was now to make prouision against them And therefore as Numa Lor in Ps 44. p. 915. when a rumor of Warre was raised Sacrificabo saith hee I will sacrifice so when Dauid foreseeth this feare of forraigne enemies hee betaketh himselfe vnto prayer But I must leaue Dauid at his Prayer and conclude with our times Time is the conclusion of all things Lord send now prosperity And if wee looke vpon our times vpon this sad swift speedy time feathered with flying houres vpon this fatall Yeare Senec. Epist 18. Mensis olim December saith Seneca nunc annus est This whole Yeare hath beene composed of the fall of the leafe and Winter O yee Mountaines of Gilboa how many noble and valiant haue fallen this yeare D. of Richmond E. of Dorset D. of Lennox E. of Notingh E. of Southampton and his Son L. Belfost M. Hamilton they that were louely and pleasant in their liues swifter then Eagles stronger then Lyons How many noble Families haue beene like the naked twigs of Winter shiuering all for cold and dropping downe their teares abundantly How many of the choyce Peeres and Pearles hath Death stolne out of the Coronet of our Nobility How many poore Firre-trees may mourne for their Cedars bee fallen And is not this an ill boading prodigious time wherin with hearts and tongues and teares and prayers wee had need to crye Lord now send prosperity Cast your watry eyes vpon the fatality of this bloody Moneth and not to looke vpon the ancient Triumph of Funerall Solemnities in March March 24. remember how in this Moneth wee were depriued of blessed Queene Elizabeth the Paragon of mortall Princes the Woman after Gods own heart the Virgin-Queene of the Earth the glory of the Christian the enuy of the Infidell World who came so neere vnto the blessed Virgin Mary that shee was borne vpon the Vigil of her birth and dyed vpon the Vigil of her Annunciation Remember the sable time since the Death of the Royall Vine of this Kingdome Martij 20. 1618. die Martis Queene Anne in this very moneth a Queene not superstitious not factious not tyrannous but religious to her God and most gracious to all the Subiects of this Land and her well deseruing seruants Not a Lionesse hunting for the prey as Iezabel or a Typer greedy of the spoile as Athaliah but a sweetly tempered Royall Lady whom Grace and Peace crowned and Glory hath made Conqueror and God Martij 23. 1618. die martis in this Moneth not many yeares since tooke from vs as one of whom the world was not worthy of Inter foelices foelicissima quondam Regis enim Conjux Eilia Mater erat Remember the fatall sicknesse at Royston when that acute and violent disease seazed vpon our Royall Soueraigne in this very moneth when our feares encreased with the minuts and euery messenger was as one of the Chorus in a Tragedie as Iobs messengers euery one adding to the sorrowes of those sad times and when Duxisset mox fila secanda sorores Non sic est visum Sceptris Our Royall Hezekias recouered miraculously to Gods glory Lam. 4.20 the good of the Church and State and great comfort of all his good Subiects But alas our sinnes haue fought against our good and now Death the ledge of all mens liues that sets vpon men with stealing steps insensible degrees threatens a final arest vpon our Royal Master The breath of our nostrils the Anointed of the Lord is taken in the snare of whom we said Lam 4 20. Vnder his shadow we shall liue The Crowne is falling from our head woe vnto vs that we haue sinned for this Lam. 5.16 our heart is faint for these things our eyes are dimme O thou God of Iacob defend him send him help from thy Sanctuarie strengthen him out of Zion for thou Lord remainest for euer and euer thy Throne from generation to generation Lord we beseech thee saue now Lord we beseech thee send now prosperitie It was a diuine Canticle of a sweet Singer of Israel vpon his Maiesties last recouery D. Goodwine Deane of Christ Church why this Moneth was so infestuous to our King Tu Martem odisti Mars odit pacis amantem Hinc tantae clades hinc tot conamina Martis It was about this very time of the yeare say some that the first foundation of Venice was layed Hosp de Orig. F sure I am we stand here vpon a watry foundation the water-Springs of our owne teares are able to sinke vs The computation of some is approued who hold that the world was created about this very time and I remember the first worke in the Creation was that the Spirit of God moued vpon the face of the waters We are now labouring vnder a new Creation the same blessed spirit of God moue vpon our watry faces dry vp the teares of our eyes It is the Liturgie of our Church that teacheth vs that in the midst of life wee are in death But blessed be our God in the midst of death we are now in life there is present a gracious Doue with an O liue branch that shall bring comfortable newes to our world and the waters shall cease I neuer was like to that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that base flatterer who is In vita Constan as Aurelius Victor well obserued sorex tinea Palatij I know his Princely disposition hath euer hated a Parasite as the worst Traitor God keepe two mischiefes euer from within the smoake of his Court Flatterie and Treacherie the Inquitie of the times may make vs feare these not his gracious inclination but this I may say before God and men and Angels seldome euer haue those yeares promised seldome haue performed so much and we haue seen enough to make vs think we can neuer be enough thankfull to God for him I remember an obseruation of an Historian concerning Charles the Fift Knolls in the Ger. Histor who being borne vpon Mathias day and hauing an Elder brother aliue his Grandmother applied by a Phrophecy that of Mathias election vnto Charles the new borne Prince that as the Lot fell vpon Mathias though last in place so the Lot of the Empire should fall from the Elder brother vpon Prince Charles though last in birth The like Lot is now falling vnto your Princely Highnesse and my prayers be that all your dayes may bee like the two Saints daies of this moneth Foelix and Perpetua that when your Royall Father shall passe à Corona ad Coronam as it was one of the Diuine meditations proposed this morning to his Maiesty by that most honorable Bishop and that he shall exchange this mortall for a Crowne of immortalitie The Lord Keeper that the spirit of your gracious Father may be doubled vpon your Highnesse as the spirit of Elias was vpon Elisha that true Religion may florish vnder you and that you may ride on in Maiesty prosperously because of truth and meekenesse and righteousnes That you may ride on in truth for State without truth is like Pride without Power an vmbrageous Pageant for sight not for seruice That you may ride on in truth and Maiestie for truth without Maiestie is like a Talent hid in a banke or a Candle vnder a bushell That you may ride on in truth and Maiestie and meekenesse for Maiestie without weeknesse is like greatnesse without goodnesse the Politicians Character but the Peoples curse That you may ride on with truth and Maiestie and meekenesse and prosperitie for Maiestie without prosperity is like Heauen without a sun or the Summer without a Haruest That you may ride on in Maiesty truth meekenesse and prosperity and righteousnesse for Maiestie without righteousnesse is like beauty without honestie a wanton dead soule in a painted sepulcher but when your Canopie of Maiestie is supported by truth and meeknesse and prosperitie and righteousnesse Blessings and prayers will be showred vpon you God euen your owne God shall giue you his blessing and God euen our owne God shall send vs prosperitie Which the Lord grant for his mercie for his promise for his Zion for his Sonnes sake Christ Iesus Amen FINIS