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Karolou trismegistou epiphania the most glorious star, or celestial constellation of the Pleiades, or Charles Waine, appearing, and shining most brightly in a miraculous manner in the face of the sun at noonday at the nativity of our sacred soveraign King Charles 2d, presaging His Majesties exaltation to future honour and greatness transcending not only the most potent Christian princes in Europe but by divine designment ordained to be the most mighty monarch in the universe : never any star having appeared before at the birth of any (the highest humane hero) except our Saviour / by Edw. Matthew ...
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Matthew, Edward.
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1660
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Wing M1309; ESTC R19177
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tanti beneficii mittitur nunciusquia nemo in terras illius magnitudinem nec intelligebat nec credebat as was said of our Saviours star appearing upon his Nativity Caelestium munerum merito caelestis nuncius est the people neither understanding nor believing the greatnesse and goodnesse of the benefit bestowed on them an heavenly nuntio is therefore sent to assure them of both I have wuch more to speak concerning Your sacred Majesty who may well be resembled to the Golden Gandlestick and the two Renowned Dukes your Majesties Royal Brethren to the two Olive Trees on the right and left side thereof Zech. 4. But least I should incurre the censure of the City of Myndas for making my Porch to large I shall crave your Majesties pardon and Conclude with the prayer of that Princely Prophet your Majesties most pious Father I pray God blesse Your Majesty and establish Your Kingdoms in righteousness your soul in true Religion and your honour in the love of God and your People which is and shall be the dayly and hearty prayer of Most Gracious SOVERAIGN Though one of the Lowest yet no less Loyall and Faithfull then the Loftiest of your Majesties Subjects and Servants Edw. Matthew The high and Mighty Monarch Charles the second by the grace of god King of England Scotland 〈◊〉 France and Ireland defender of the faith ΚΛΠΟ'ΔΟΥ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sidus sive Currus Triumphalis Careli à Carolo majoris Carolo magno The glorious Star of King Charls II. Or the Triumphall Charriot of the Brittish Charlemaine Charles-waine ALmighty God the King of Kings to whom the Shield and Pillars of the Earth belong by whom Kingsraign Princes bear rule and Rulers have Dominion as he is the Authour Giver and Disposer of Dignities Honours and highest promotions So his Divine Majesty is oftentimes pleased by remarkable preceding signes to demonstrate his purpose of doing great things for those persons whom his Omniscient Wisedome predestinateth to superlative Honour and Greatnesse To omit Heathen History holy Writ is full and frequent in Examples of this nature signes coelestiall by Angels Stars signes in the Heavens Lightnings Thunders Clouds and very frequently by fires from heaven or bright-shining lights and flames and pillars of fires also on Earth alwayes evident infallible presages to persons or places publique or private of extraordinary mercies or Judgements ensuing To instance in some few for to mention all would be too tedious the Lord by Angels and Visions often appeared to Abraham touching his seed and estate so to Isaac and Jacob And upon Moses his call to be Leader of the Israelites out of Aegypt the house of Bondage the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush burning but not consumed Exod. 3.2 Gods mercy herein is evidenced to Moses and his people And after Gods Judgments against their Enemies who kept them in bondage is manifested by many miracles shewed by the power of God in the hand of Moses Exod 9.23 who inter alia stretching out his rod towards heaven The Lord sendeth haile mingled with fire thunder and lightning on man and beast The Israelites marching out of Aegypt the Lord goeth before them by day in a Pillar of a Cloud and by night in a Pillar of Fire Exod. 13.21 Aaron speaking to the Congregation of Israel the glory of the Lord appeareth in a cloud towards the Wildernesse Exod. 16.10 Moses coming down from mount Sinai with the two Tables in his hand his Face shineth so bright that Aaron and the people are afraid to come neer him Exod. 34.30 On the third day before giving of the law thunder lightning thick Clouds and the mount Sinai trembling c. Exod. 19.16 An Angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah and his wife predicting the Conception and Birth of Sampson and they offering Sacrifice the Angel ascended in the flame which came from the Altar Judges 13. A wonderfull signe presaging Sampsons surpassing strength to be given of God and therefore t is said when he shewed any Acts of his valour and force The spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him Jud. 14.6.15.14 The Angel Gabriel was sent of God to declare to the blessed Virgin Mary her Conception and birth of our Saviour and give him the name Jesus and prenunciate his goodness and greatness Mat. 1.21 Luke 1 31.32 A Saviour of the people and he shall be great and called the son of the most high c. After his birth there appeared a Star by which the Magi the great wealthy and wisemen of the East were directed to Christ who came and worshipped and presented rich gifts Gold Frankincense and Myrrhe c. Mat. 2.11 On the Birth-day of our Soveraign Lord the King being Saturday 29. of May 1630. a bright star at noon shone gloriously in the heavens his late Majesty coming then to hear a Sermon at St. Pauls Crosse the Text whereof was Sampsons Probleme or riddle Jud. 14 14. Out of the strong came forth sweetnesse c. And to present his praise peace-Offering at St. Paul's Altar for the Royall Queens happy delivery of our then hopefull Prince our now most blessed loved and honoured King Charlemaine the II. from a plain but happily prophetical Pen this threefold distichon then dropped Duâ— Rex Pauliu as accelsit gratus ad aras Emicnit medio splendida stella die Dic Diuina mihi tractans Aenignâ—ata praeco 〈…〉 prudicat stella â—ntanda micans 〈◊〉 in Occiduo princeps jam nascitur orbe Luct un ecclipsi cras Orientis erit Thus Englished Whilest to the Altar of St. Paul the King Approached with his gratefull Offering A Star at noon appeared tell me divine That preachest Riddles why it then did shine To the Western world a Prince is newly born And the East too morrow in Ecclipse shall mourn That there was on the day following being Sunday an Orientall Ecclipse cannot be doubted The effects and operation of which are yet in future to be produced of which something shall be said hereafter At the death of Julius Caesar Qui in Deorum numerum relatus est who was numbred among the Gods a Comet shined then for seven dayes together arising about the eleventh houre of the day which by the blinde Heathens was believed to be Caesars soul who had been a Comet of Combustion to the World Horace lib. 1. ode 12. micat inter omnes Julium sidus velut inter ignes Luna minores But what History do we finde mentioning the Apparition of any celestial signe or star at the Birth of any the greatest persons before or since our Saviour Surely none of our highest humane Hero's have been honoured herewith but our Sacred Soveraign upon whose Nativity in the mid-day in the face of the Sun this Star appeared and shined most brightly in the fight of many of good credit yet living to testifie the Truth hereof Let none maliciously mistake me as though I compared our King
Objections which may be raised against Observations upon Numbers wherein if some of the most Learned not onely Philosophers but divines may be believed are many occult vertues and distinct mysteries both divine and naturall But it must be remembred that what hath been said touching numbers or shall be said touching the powers thereof is not meant of vocal or Merchants numbers but of rational formal and natural But some divine and philosophical Authors affirm that he which knows how to join together the vocal numbers and natural with divine and order them into some harmony may happily be able to know and work wonderfull things by numbers Tâ—â— â—ythagorians professe they can prognosticate many things by the numbers of Names In which truly if there did not lie a great Mystery why hath St. John in the Revelation said Cap. 13.17.18 Hîc sapientia est qui habet intellectum computet numerum bestiae numerus enim hominis est He which hath understanding let him compute the number of the name of the Beast which is the number of a man And this was the most famous manner of computing amongst the Hebrews and Cabalists and happily may be at this day in these times a more certain way and course for conjecturall calculations then many yea most of our late Astrologers have found out at lest exposed to publick test whose miserable mistakes and grosse Errors have somewhat impeached the reputation of their science and left some blemish upon some of the reputed principal professors thereof which I spare to specifie choosing silence rather then taunting aspersions knowing that although t is said and so the verse begins with astra regunt homines yet it concludes thus sed regit astra Deus and what mortal is there that keeps the key of the Almighties Cabinet or hath known his mind and considering as a man that Humanum est Errare But to return to the consideration of the number Seven the number of his Majesties Nativity Star a number of such various and manyfold vertue and power That to expresse the same would require a large single volume by it self Somewhat hath been said before hereof which I shall not repeat but proceed with all brevity to set down some short observations on that and the number three and some other numbers opportunely offered to consideration on this present occasion Seven is a number of purification Elisha the Prophet bid leprous Naaman wash seven times in Jordan which done he was cleansed and the Leprous person under the law that was to be cleansed was sprinkled seven times with the blood of a Sparrow The Leprosie of Rebellion in these Nations needs 7 fold cleansings for purification It is a number of repentance and remission protending the peoples penitential submission and our Kings gracious Remission T is a number of liberty according to the Hebrews the Israelites law where each Hebrew servant the seventh year claimed Liberty may mind the King of a Jubile 't is sutable to divine praises the sanctifying of the Lords day and people by praises prayers as saith the Prophet seven times a day do I praise thee shewing his gratitude for Gods goodness c. A good pattern for a pious K. t is a number of revenge as in Scripture often appears Cain shall be revenged 7ld the Psalmist saith render Neighbors seven-fold into their bosom their reproach c. Signifying his Majesty shall be enabled to take a seven-fold revenge of his Enemies God will give power so to do T is a number consecrated to the Holy Ghost which the Prophet Isaiah describes to be seven-fold according to his gifts viz. the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of council and strength the spirit of knowledge and holinesse and the spirit of the fear of the Lord which we read in Zacharia to be the 7 Eyes of God why may we not conceive that Hereby is noted the manifold rare Gifts where with his Majesty is and shall be endowed from Heaven and the favourable Countenance of the Lord looking towards him shining graciously upon him In the book of the Revelation we may read of seven Angels spirits standing in the presence of God and seven Lamps burning before the throne of God and seven Golden Candlesticks and in the middle thereof was one like the Son of man and he had in his right hand seven Stars What is it not plain and proper that by the Son of man is our Saviour by the seven Stars our Soveraign intended our King in the hand of our God what other or better interpretation in relation to his Maje by way of parallel from the Pleiades can be made but that Gods Divine Majesty will graciously give unto our King a 7 ld attendance and guard of Holy Angels his ministring spirits to protect his princely person from all eminent dangers the burning Lamps and Golden Candlesticks and one like the Son of man with seven Stars in his right hand what application can be made hereof but that the Son of righteousnesse with healing under his wings will guide his Majesty through the wildernesse of this wretched world lead him through the dark deserts of dangers as he did the Israelites day and night by a cloud and pillar of fire illuminate his understanding to see the wondrous things of Divine Laws and give him a large portion of wisdome for humane Government and that Almighty God will so guide the King with his right hand that he shall not dash his foot against a stone the seven Stars being the Celestiall sign at the Kings Nativity may signifie the King to be the person the Sidus of seven Stars said to be in the right hand of the Sonne of Man where is protection and safety infallible under the shadow of the sacred wings of the omnipotent Now by what hath been said it is apparent that the number seven among all the other numbers may deservedly be said to be most full of all efficacy more over this number seven hath great conformity with the number twelve for as three and four make seven so thrice four makes twelve which are the numbers of the Celestial Planets and Signes resulting from the same Root and by the number three partaking of the Divinity and by the number four of the nature of Elements and other inferiour things There is in sacred Writ a very great Observance of this number seven before all others and many and very great are the mysteries thereof many have been already reckoned up and many more might be repeated out of holy Writ by which it may easily appear that the number 7 doth signifie a certain fullnesse of sacred Mysteries what an admirable and unparrallel'd person may we then hope and expect that to be whose arrival on earth such a glorious mysterious number not of terrestrial but celestial bodies are sent to celebrate and congratulate surely God was pleased to send these heavenly Heralds to proclame this Prince to be in time convenient to