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A46638	Rebellio debellata et Scotia rediviva, or, The downfall of rebellion and Scotlands resurrection, as it was represented in two sermons the one at Eccles last of May, the other preached at Jedburgh June 27, 1660, being both dayes set apart for solemn rejoycing and publike thanksgiving for the happy restauration of the king's most excellent Majesty to the exereise [sic] of his royall power / by Jo. Jameson minister at Eccles.	Jameson, John, minister of Eccles.	1661 (1661)	Wing J442; ESTC R31158	40,896	102

new form of Government Goverment being as unconstant as to its form as the Moon and as to the Management thereof like to a young Heretrix every year ravished by the strongest Sword both which portended our utter ruine For a Kingdom divided against it self cannot stand And here also was opened a door to confusion Justice and Equity were like to the Levite and his Concubine at Gibeah who could get no lodging That then the Ancient Government is settled upon its right basis shuteth the door upon all these Confusions Fourthly Look to the private Interest of persons Was not there designs like the earth to Corah Dathan and Abiram in regard of mens Patrimonies and Portions ready to swallow them up with a great pretence of Liberty to the Subject and indeed they brought about a Liberty to him But judge you what that was Even to deliver up to them with his own hand that which otherwise they would have violently taken away so that men were cheated in their Estates and complemented to utter ruine and misery Doth not here then a Beam of Mercy clearly break out that men may challenge for their own what is justly theirs and sit quietly under their own figtree All this we owe to his Majesties happy Restauration so that in him all publike Interests are wrapped up as well Religious and Civil as of every private man in particular not only as to restitution but also as to preservation When news came to Rome of Germanicus his desperate sicknesse saith Suetonius it struke them all to the heart but so soon as the contrary report arrived of his recovery all people run to the Capitol Men Women and Children and filled the City with Acclamations of joy crying out Salva Civitas salva Patria salvus Germanicus The certainty of his Majesties happy return giveth us occasion of the like joyful Acclamations and hereupon may we truely say Salva Civitas salva Patria yea more salva Ecclesia salvus Carolus the City is safe the Country is safe the Church is safe King Charles is safe Vse 2. This serveth to reprove such who what ever they say look upon our Kings Restauration as no Mercy And however I disapprove their judgement with abhorrency yet I must commend their wit if not their astonishment which command them silence for in this they prudently imitate the silly Crans who flying over Mount Taurus taketh each of them a Peeble-stone in his mouth to withhold their chattering lest the Eagles should hear and make prey of them remembering as might seem what was said to King Philip Domine Philippe ubique sanè ades undequaque vides omniaque auscult as apud Atheninses verò Potissimum Philip our Lord thou art every where present thou seeth every where and heareth all things but most especially among the Atheniens which with little alteration may be as well applied to most of Kings so that it were far better for them together with the Arms of that Bloody Commonwealth now falling to the ground to pull down and reject their base Antimonarchical principles and bury them in the Rubbish of their fallen Babel Doct. 2. The surrounding of a restored King with pious and prudent Counsellours is a great mercy for this tendeth both to the prosperity of the King and the felicity of his Kingdome This promise in these words maketh the truth manifest and the wisest Monarchs we read of in holy Scripture have studied to have such about them David had his Hushai and Solomon his Old Wise Sage States-men who gave good counsel to Rehoboam had he been so happy as to have followed it 1 King 12.6 Ahasuerus had seven who Ezra 7.14 are called his Counsellours And Esther 1.14 you have all their names mentioned Great Affairs require deep consultations Vnius mens non est capax tantae molis saith Tacitus And therefore it is that Kings have both their publike and private Councels which they call together propter ardua Regni for to assist them in hard and difficult Points and Occurrencies in Government Doct. 3. It is God alone who raiseth and restoreth a fallen and lapsed Magistrate It was he that brought David back again over Jordan and restored Mannasseh to his Throne Nebuchadnezzar to his wonted greatnesse By me Kings reign and Princes decree Justice Prov. 8.15 For confirmation hereof take these following reasons First He and He alone hath right so to do God is Judge Psal 75.7 And to him it was that David went for redresse in his banishment Psal 3.3 For thou O Lord art the lifter up of my head the protecting and defending of banished Princes which the Emperour thinketh to be his priviledge this God doth perform upon an unquestionable title Psal 3.8 Salvation belongeth to the Lord. Secondly As he hath the Right so he hath the Power A man may have the Right but not the Power to execute the same Aliud jus ad rem atqui aliud jus in re It is not so with God the right he hath is accompanied with power to put the same in execution As Psal 7.10 My defence is of God who saveth the upright in heart And hence he is called The mighty God the Almighty When his Vicegerent is stripped naked of Moasts and Armies he can raise up Armies for his Service or send the Spirit of Division amongst the Enemies of his Adversaries Thirdly He hath not only Power but Valour Valour is required to so high an Atchievement as this otherwise both Right and power may fail in accomplishing their destinate end This Attribute the Lord asketh to be his own Exod. 15.3 The Lord is a man of War Jehovah is his Name He is the tenth Worthy that never fled in Batttel and all the other nine that Histories mention come far far short of him in this Fourthly As he hath Right Power and Valour so likewise hath he good Conduct he is both Vigilant Diligent and Prudent Dux autem esto qui tum ea quae ante ipsum tum quae à tergo sunt prospiciat Saith one He only is fit to be a General who can see round about him that is who hath prowess and skill to lead and conduct his Army and God is eminently such a one He can order all things so fitly for the work as is wonderful to think upon find out the materials and joyn them like so many pieces of timber in some Elaborate Artifice by a wise and cunning Mechanick in the Arte of His Holy and Wise Providence He hath such intelligence of his enemy as he exactly knoweth what is a doing in his Camp 2 King 6.8 He can go unto his enemies Camp as David and Abishai to Abners taking Sauls Spear and can either snatch the weapons out of the hands of his enemies or so blunt them as they cannot hurt yea he can go unto the enemies hearts and as the rivers of water turn their rebellious projects into the channels of loyalty and obedience Vse 1. This Doctrine as the hand of

with you and go as far as he that is strongest to wrestle in these shameful Olympicks so you evidently proclaim you are not good Christians Let the remembrance hereof be a bridle to your desires lest your exultation be turned to a provocation The third Preservative is To remember for what end God hath wrought this Deliverance of us and hath restored our King to his Subjects is it not that we may live a godly and peaceable life under him sure it is and we cannot live a godly life if we live sensually like beasts God hath not delivered us that we should abuse his creatures mispend time and beast our selves Hab. 2.15 16. Direct 3. Let this our joy be constant not a flash like the sudden motion of lightning in the Air but a continued and lasting rejoycing the spirits and life that runneth in the veins and arteries of all the duties we owe to our King making us to perform them constantly joyfully and chearfully They must not be presented as some Ancients complained the benefits they received were viscata beneficia benefits that hing to the fingers of those who give them like Bird-lime but let our duties be the offerings of free hearts If it happen that his Majesties Affairs should call from us for some of our means let us answer chearfully and give with joy Some years ago gladly would we have had the occasion of doing it Doct. last It is the Lord that raiseth Kings and restoreth to their wonted Honours and Priviledges Noble Wise and Faithfull Counsellours It was Gods wise Providence brought Joseph to Pharaoh and Moredcai to Ahasuerus and holy and wise Daniel to Darius it is the Lords hand that bringeth out from under the cloud of restraint and violence to their wonted Honour and Priviledges the Councels and Representatives of Kingdomes Vse 1. This again giveth us matter of praise that God having restored our King as at first so he is in a way of restoring our Counsellours as at the beginning setting over us men of our own Nation and Blood men of Honour Prudence and Conscience Tales sunt praesidia Regni non exercitus non The sauri Such not Treasures nor Armies are the strength and defence of a Kingdom to sit at the Helm of Affairs and sweept away the Strangers that abode in the Cities of our Solemnities as Cobwebs in our neatest Rooms staining all our Glory the product of the poysonous Spiders that had creept in unto the Palaces of our King and also restoring our Publike Councels the High Courts of Parliament in these Kingdoms to their wonted and ancient Priviledges Those many years by past the Parliaments of these Kingdoms have been very Monsters an omnigadarum of the three Kingdoms without Head and Shoulders a model not heard of before amongst us and the fundamental mould of Parliaments according to the Laws of the respective Kingdomes hath been quite out of fashion yea Courts of that kind have been like the Samaritan betwixt Jerusalem and Jericho lying deadly wounded or rather like Lazarus in the absence of his Lord and Master both dead and buried Now the Lord is preparing for their Resurrection and as he did to Lazarus kindly inviteth them in the presence of our King and the countenance of his Royal Authority to arise and come out from the grave of violence in which they have been long imprisoned The Lord make them and the whole Land with them to remember both their Deliverer and Deliverance that what Diogenes held for an unquestionble truth there was nothing so soon forgot as a benefit received may be found a lie both as to them and us Vse last Let us pray since God is restoring our Counsellours as at the beginning that he would give them also Wisdom and the fear of His Name that the King may be happy in their Councels as they are happy in a Gracious and most Wise King And since God is giving to Cesar what is Cesars and to them what is theirs that both may give to God what is Gods the fresh remembrance of Usurpation on themselves warning them not to incroach upon him That all these who have sown in tears may reap in joy That our King may be established for ever upon the Throns of his Royal Ancestors for which I shall and I hope without hazard of accusation I may turn the promise made to David Psal 89.20 in a prayer for him O Lord as thou hast found King Charles thy Servant and with holy oyl hast anointed him so let thy hand hold him fast and thy arm strengthen him Let never his enemies be able to oppresse him nor the son of wickednesse any more to hurt him but smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him Let thy truth and mercy be with him and in thy Name exalt his horn So be it even so be it O Lord. To this Lord who is able to perform all these even to our God who hath restored our Judges as at first and our Counsellours as at the beginning and hath purged out the tinne and the drosse of Vsurpers be praise glory and honour for now and ever Amen FINIS ERRATA Epist p. 2. l. 5. r. sickness line last for ever read also Page 12. line 3 4. for Prov. 24 21. read 1 Pet. 2.17 p. 20. l. 12. for debauching r. demeaning p. 26. l. 25. r. concomitant p. 34. l. 26. he looketh r. they look p. 38. l. 16. their r. his p. 43. l. 8. unto r. into p. 45. l. 17. r. inadvertency p. 46. l. 9. unto r. in p. 47. l. ult hath r. have p. 53. l. 5. r. restore p. 57. l. 11. r. timpany p. 66. l. 19. of r. off p. 78. l. 15. her r. their p. 85. l. 20. r. death-threatning p. 88. l. 7. del Kings p. 89. l. 6. r. omnigatherum