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A32832	A sermon preach'd upon the first Sunday after the proclamation of the High and Mighty Prince, James the II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c., which was made at Leicester, February the 10th, 1684/5 by Benj. Camfield ...	Camfield, Benjamin, 1638-1693.	1685 (1685)	Wing C386; ESTC R5823	16,477	30

and not to meddle with them that are given to change Prov. 24. But I will not lead you at present beyond the circumstances of the Text This knowledge and acknowledgement then King Abijah here suggests for such weighty ends as these ensuing I. To dash and discountenance all Insurrections and Rebellions against the King in succession like That of Jeroboam against his Leige-Lord Rehoboam the Son of Solomon and this King's Father Of which he adds in the following words ver 6. Yet Jeroboam the Son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the Son of David is risen up and hath rebelled against his Lord. * Out of Ephraim ruled a Rebellious Kingdom Ecclus. 47.21 Of him we read 1 Kings 11.26 Jeroboam the Son of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda Solomon's servant whose Mother's name was Zeruah a widow-woman even he lift up his hand against the King He was one whom Solomon had advanced to a great place of Trust and Honour making him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph ver 28 c. And though God in his wise and just Providence as I have before in part intimated did over-rule this man's ambition to bring his own designs to pass in the punishing of Israel by the rent of ten Tribes from the rest yet this was no more excuse to his irregular lust after Dominion than the Jews might have alledged for bringing about what God had before decreed in the sufferings of his beloved Son the Saviour of the world They nevertheless by wicked hands did crucifie and slay him * Acts 11.23 And so might Jeroboam nevertheless wickedly follow the temptations of his own ombition or revenge But let us make the best of his case God Almighty the absolutely Supreme the King of Kings and Lord of Lords seems to have commission'd him in extraordinary as an Executioner of his Vengeance and raised him up for a scourge of his wrath and so not only to have given him a bare permission but also a Right and Title to those revolted Tribes had he persevered in obedience to him 1 Kings 11.31 c. And on the same account he forbids Rehoboam and the house of Judah and Benjamin adhering to him to give the men of Israel battel at first for their reduction ch 12.24 But whatever abatements or allowances may be made in this single case of Jeroboam from the Divine Interposure where That is wanting there can be none to be sure to justifie the Insurrection and Rebellion of a Servant against his Master and a leige and obliged Subject as he was against his undoubted Lord and Sovereign As the sacrificing of Children to God is not any whit the less Murther now because Abraham once had a dispensation in the case and a command from God to offer up his Son King Abijah fixeth his charge upon Jeroboam's known obligations as a subject far enough from any ordinary title to the Crown Yet Jeroboam the Son of Nebat the Servant of Solomon the Son of David is risen up and hath rebelled against his Lord. And then II. To deter others from siding with or joyning themselves unto Seditious and Factious Leaders So it follows ver 7. And there are gathered unto him vain men the children of Belial and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the Son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted and could not withstand them Observe I beseech you the Character he gives of those that Associated and combin'd together in this Insurrection and Rebellion the Party that listed themselves under this new Head There are gathered unto him vain men the children of Belial That is foolish and wicked men who are ready upon any pretext to throw off the yoke of lawful Government This is the proper name of Rebels * Scelestarum partium Socii aut plausores Tert. Apolog. And so you find it noted at the very beginning of their Kingly Government upon the promotion of Saul when the people gave their general shout and said God save the King 1 Sam. 10. There went with him saith the Text a band of men whose hearts God had touched ver 26. Where God toucheth mens hearts you see they are inclin'd to Loyalty But then it follows ver 27. But the children of Belial said How shall this man save us and they despised him and brought him no presents So here again There are gathered unto him vain men the Children of Belial And if the Apostle's gloss on the phrase be good these enemies to rightful Powers these Kingdespisers are the Children of the Devil for so he speaks of Belial as the grand enemy in opposition to Christ 2 Cor. 6.15 What concord hath Christ with Belial And then What fellowship or communion between the Disciples of Christ and the Children of Belial The first time I think we meet with the expression is Deut. 13.13 Certain men the children of Belial are gone out from among you and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their City saying Let us go and serve other Gods which we have not known The Margin reads it Naughty men Such they are with a witness in the first place who seduce us from the Lord our God to a False and Idolatrous Religion and Worship and such in the next who draw others aside from their lawful King Where-ever you read of these children of Belial in Scripture you will find they are the very worst of men and so we are to look upon them that revile and oppose Government whatever holy appearances or disguises they come in * Pessimus quisque asperrimè Rectorem patitur Salust Well this is their Character how many and of what name or eminence soever otherwise There are gathered unto him vain men the children of Belial Of whom he adds And have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the Son of Solomon He keeps still the Emphasis on the Succession So before in Jeroboam The servant saith he of Solomon the Son of David And here again Against Rehoboam the Son of Solomon As he himself in like manner was the Son of Rehoboam And observe the juncture of time they laid hold on for their purpose When Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted and could not withstand them They took the opportunity of the King's weakness When he was young and tender-hearted which some with great probability refer to the disposition of his Mind rather than Years juvenis animo non aetate for he was of age considerable enough when he came to the Crown * 41 Years old 1 Kings 14.21 But he was of too easie impression to the counsel of the rash young men against the judgment of his sager Statists in answering of the people roughly and so disobliging them when they came to tender their Loyalty to him And this is that which seems reflected on here by the expression of his being young and tender-hearted a Novice only in the art of Government This teneritudo cordis is elsewhere used for faintness of heart Levit. 26.36

Whatever else there may be included in it I will not stay to examine These children of Belial you see were very watchful to lay hold on the nick of opportunity When their King could not withstand them And that is the only measure of some mens Loyalty quam diu desunt vires until they have power and strength enough to resist and rebell with the hopes of success So they blaspheme the primitive Christians Confessors and Martyrs patience under all their sufferings and persecutions and represent them to the world as Rebels at heart but such as wanted strength for the execution such who submitted only because they could not help it * Bellarmine l 3. de Pontif. c. 7 Buchanan de jure Reg Author of the Life of Julian c. Quia deerant illis vires But the Fathers in their Apologies for them abhor the imputation c. For these ends now we are to know and acknowledge the principles of Loyaliy before-mentioned that we may noither rise up and rebel against our Leige-Lord with Jeroboam nor gather our selves to any such Head with vain men the children of Belial whenever opportunity or the weakness of a Prince may tempt us thereunto And the better to fortifie all this it is to be considered further what he goes on to suggest First That the King in succession was not only their Sovereign Lord but God Almighty's Vicegerent and so in resisting him they did by a just interpretation withstand God himself and seek to cast off the Kingdom of God ver 8. And now ye think to withstand the Kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the Sons of David He owns God for the Fountain of Royalty and the Kings successively only for his Ministers and Deputies * So the Throne of Solomon is said to be the Throne of the Lord 1 Kings 2 12. with 1 Chron. 29.23 And 1 Kings 10.9 with 2 Chron 9.8 And Secondly What kind of people the multitude of that rebellious Camp was made up of So it follows And ye be a great multitude That is confess'd But of what sort of men That deserves our special notice And there are with you golden Calves which Jeroboam made you for Gods The Revolters from their King became at the same time Apostates from the service of the true God to set up golden Calves in his stead That was Jeroboam's policy He consider'd wifely that had the people kept to their former established Worship at Jerusalem they would soon have return'd to their former Loyalty 1 Kings 12.26 c. And Jeroboam said in his heart Now shall the Kingdom return to the house of David if this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem Then shall the heart of this people turn again to their Lord even unto Rehoboam King of Judah and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam King of Judah Whereupon the King took counsel and made two Calves of Gold pretending for a blind only to ease them of their burthen and to consult their advantage as it follows And said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem Behold thy Gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the Land of Egypt And he set the one in Bethel and the other put he in Dan And this thing became a sin saith the Text a most provoking sin against God Almighty and turn'd to their ruine and destruction But whatever he pretended to make the people the secret was lest returning to the true Religion they should also return to their true Allegiance to the King of Judah Thus you see in the first place that these revolters from their Sovereing as I said were Apostates from the established Worship of God unto Idolatry the worshipping of Images and Imaginations of their own And then the attendant or consequence of this was the discarding of the legitimate and rightly ordained Priests of God with the solemn Feasts appointed and the setting up of others in their room even of the basest of the people ver 9. Have you not cast out the Priests of the Lord the Sons of Aaron and the Levites and have made you Priests after the manner of the Nations of other Lands c. Of which you may read more at large in the story Of such as these the multitude of the Rebellious Army consisted even such as had forsaken the established worship of the true God and cast off their Obedience and Reverence to his appointed Ministers the Priests and Levites In opposition to whom we may find Thirdly the description and account given of the Loyal Party ver 10. c. But as for us the Lord is our God and we have not forsaken him Namely to reform his Worship by the abolition of it and bow down to golden Calves in his stead And as we have the true God and his appointed Worship and Ceremonies so we have his ordained Priests too officiating And the Priests which minister unto the Lord are the Sons of Aaron and the Levites wait upon their business and they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burn Sacrifices sweet Incense c. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God but ye have sorsaken him Hereupon therefore from all these premises King Abijah takes heart and courage for the animating of his Subjects and the reflecting dread and terror on the multitude of his and their Enemies ver 12. And behold God himself is with us for our Captain and his Priests with sounding Trumpets to cry alarm against you In the name of our God we set up our Standard and on him we build our confidenee we keep fast to him and doubt not but he will keep to us while we so do to protect and defend us we adhere to his Priests and they sound the Trumpets orderly and religiously under the great Lord of Hosts But as for you how many soever you are or how great soever the numbers you glory in take heed lest you be found in the issue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to fight against God who will be too hard for you So he ends O children of Israel fight ye not against the Lord God of your Fathers for you shall not prosper And the success was accordingly if you look on to the close of the chapter for no less than Five hundred thousand of their Eight hundred thousand chosen men were cut off and destroyed And the Text gives us this account of it ver 18. Thus the children of Israel were brought under at this time and the children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God of their Fathers Now though the Argument of Providence and Success by it self be weak and fallacious how much use soever some have made of it yet when in conjunction with a good Cause and back'd with a Divine Testimony as here it is it hath weight and moment in it Thus have I hastened through the Text and its appendant