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A04157	Dauids pastorall poeme: or sheepeheards song Seuen sermons, on the 23. Psalme of Dauid, whereof the last was preached at Ashford in Kent, the day whereon our gracious King was there proclaimed. By Thomas Iackson preacher of Gods word at Wie in Kent.	Jackson, Thomas, d. 1646.; Swan, John, student in divinity.	1603 (1603)	STC 14299; ESTC S107441	134,253	302

though God haue in great measure turned our heauinesse into ioy as anon we will consider yet to mourne in measure in faith and in the feare of God for the losse of the parents of our bodie naturall or politike is agreeable to the law of nature allowed by the law of nations consonant to the law of God and confirmed by infinite examples diuine and prophane We reade in the Chronicles of the Scriptures that when king Iosiah died who put away Idolatrie restored true Religion kept the Passeouer loued his subiects and serued God zealously all the dayes of his life so that the holy Ghost himselfe hath registred his prayses in this sort Like vnto king Iosias was there no king before him that turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soule and with all his might a 2. Kin. 23 25 I say it is recorded that when he died the Prophet Ieremie and all Iudah and Ierusalem so bitterly lamented b 2. Chro. 35. 24. that whensoeuer afterwards the Scriptures did speake of any great lamentation they did sample it with that of Hudadrimmon in the field of Megiddo as you shall reade in the prophesie of Zachariah c Zacha. 12 11 and surely neuer had they greater cause to mourne for Iosiah then wee for Queene Elizabeth but specially if the Lord for our sinnes had giuen vs an Eliakim to succeed But why should I presse this poynt seeing euerie face is so plentifully watered with teares as though euerie one of you had obtayned Ieremies request your heads being full of water and your eyes a fountaine of tears d Iere. 9. 1. Wee will therefore bend our mindes to the consideration of the cause of this euill Propter peccata populi erunt multi Principes which the wise man telleth vs For the sinnes of the people Princes shall often bee chaunged e Pro. 28. 2 Let vs cease then to weepe for her that wee haue lost such a one and rather bee thankfull vnto God that wee haue had such a one * Non maeremus quod talem amissimus sed gratias agimus quod talem habuimus Hieron for shee is gone not to prepare a place for vs but to enioy that place which Christ hath prepared for her f Ioh. 14. 2. whose truth shee professed and maintained and may say vnto vs as Christ said to the daughters of Ierusalem Weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and your sinnes which haue cut asunder the threed of my life g Luk. 23. 28 Fie vppon our Atheisme carnall profession blasphemie couetousnesse whordome drunkennesse pride prophanation of the Sabboth contempt of the word and great vnthankefulnesse which raigne in Court and countrey wherby we haue brought many plagues vpon vs and now lastly this greatest of all the death of her Maiestie to the banishing of the Gospell and breake-necke of our peace and ship-wracke of our prosperitie if God had not for his owne names sake dealt most mercifully with vs. But let vs come to consider what comfort god hath mixed our mourning with And herein first we may consider the mercifull dealing of God towardes our Queene that notwithstanding the Pope and Papists who haue euer beene as full of mischiefe to England as euer was the Troyan horse to Troy as a learned man obserueth D r. King in Ionas fol. 401. And many hollow hearted Achitophels haue by all pestilent practises sought to take away her life yet the Lord in despight of them all hath lengthened it to the full age of man which is three-score yeares and tenne as Dauid noteth e Ps 90. 10 and now lastly taken her to himselfe in peace and full of dayes euen as a ricke of corne which commeth into the barne in due time And if we looke vpon our selues who haue the chosen shaft of Gods Quiuer the high and mightie Prince Iames the king of Scotland to bee proclaimed according to his right the king of England France and Ireland the constant and zealous defender of the truth O Lord what heart can conceiue or tongue expresse this wonderfull mercie of God towards vs what a wonder is this to all the world * Mira canam sol occubuit nox nulla secuta qui non videt cecus qui non laudet in gratus qui reluctatur insanus est that no sooner did our Sunne set which we feared would haue broght vppon vs a most dolefull night but in a moment it passed through the other Hemi-sphere and hath risen againe giuing vs comfortable hope of a more ioyfull day then euer we inioyed oh let vs commend the finishing of this glorious worke to him that hath begunne it let vs pray for our king that hee may long enioy the honour Honos onus and bee able to beare the burthen and wherein wee haue fayled in our prayers for our late Queene let vs double them for our present king that God would giue him the wisdome of Salomon the vpright heart of Dauid the zeale of Iosiah the corage of Ioshuah the long life of Methushelah that if it bee Gods pleasure hee may raigne so long as Sunne and Moone endureth and resigne his Scepter when he resigneth himselfe into the hands of Christ at his glorious comming to iudgement and specially let vs pray that with Dauid hee may make conscience of Gods house all the dayes of his life that in his owne person hee may bee as an example and go before vs his Subiects in the zealous profession of Religion and also purge Gods house by refining the sonnes of Leuie f Malac. 3. 3 taking away the blind g 2. Sa. 5. 6. and the lame and all such as haue not gotten siluer Belles h Ex. 28. 33 at the skirts of their garments the Vrim i Exo. 28. 30 and Thummim in their breast plate and holinesse k Ex. 28. 36 to the Lord ingrauen in letters of gold vpon their forehead that so with greater cheerefulnesse wee may lift vp pure hearts and hands in his Sanctuarie In the meane time as keeping a Christian meane betwixt these contrarie affections of mourning for our late Queene and reioycing for our present king let vs as one man with our soules giue glorie vnto God and with our tongues in a strong vnited crie say God saue King Iames Amen and let Amen l Reu. 3. 14 euen the faithfull witnesse of heauen say Amen vnto it Amen Amen Laus Deo FINIS To the Christian Reader THese Sermons beeing committed to my care to be printed in the absence of the Author by meanes of the contagious sicknes in London I am to intreate thee curteous Reader to bear with such defects or defaults as haue passed the Presse either through my own or the workmens ouersight Wherein no maruaile if we might be ouertaken considering the closenesse of the Copie and the same not re-written but deliuered vnto vs as he did set it downe