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A96682	God save the King: or Pious and loyal joy, the subjects duty, for their soveraign's safety. Opened in a sermon at Aldermanbury, upon the 30 of May, being the day after his Majesties most happy, joyfull and triumphant entrance into London. By Anthony Walker, minister of the Gospell at Fyfield in Essex.	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1660 (1660)	Wing W303; Thomason E1030_5; ESTC R203980	25,087	44

Judah And surely this is great and just matter of rejoycing to see that pinching hatefull snare broken which hath alwayes been so sore a rack to tender consciences I meane the yielding of obedience to undue and to usurped powers The honest men in Judah were in great straights and none can expresse their case but such as tast and feele it when they were relieved in it 'T is an heavy and affrighting Text Rom. 13.2 They that resist receive to themselves damnation and we had need to feare the very shadow of it passing over us 'T is a very great refreshment to be set at freedome from that snare and danger and to have nothing else to inquire but the lawfulnesse and goodnesse of things commanded that either they may be obeyed with alacrity and freeness or we may suffer with cheerfullnesse and peace of conscience which will be an Antidote and Cordiall in such tryalls and I assuredly believe that many good men find it as irksome and pressing a trouble to be commanded lawfull things by unlawfull powers as unlawfull things by powers which are lawfull 5. The Fift Head of this joyfull streame was that the Lord had given them a King of the true Religion to be a nursing father to his Church the true Religion was under great oppression Atthaliah though a woman was a masculine Idolatresse superstition was very rampant Jeroboam's Calves were not only growne Bulls and strong enough to push with the horne of persecution all that would not fall down and worship them but were multiplied into an Heard so that all the consecrated ground in Israel was too scant a pasture for them 2 Chron. 24.7 and truth had but a lean and necessitated tolleration And it must needs be matter of triumphant refreshment to recover freedom for Gods Ordinances and Worship after so black and dark suspension and suppression of them The sixt Head which filld this stream was the manner of it the sudden surprize of mercy an unexpected deliverance beyond their faith and hope when most concluded sadly that all the royal seed were dead and no strong rod left to be a Scepter to rule as Ezek. 19.14 and all accomplisht with so much peace and safety so little blood and all the people of the land rejoyced and the City was quiet 2 Chron. 23. ult And doubtless beloved our rejoycings run paralel with theirs in all the springs and streams and if in any thing they are unlike it is by being over-measure God hath blessed us with a Kingly Magistrate a King the King not only the son of ancient Kings but the rightfull heir and undoubted Lord of the Imperial Crown and dignity of this Brittish world A King of the true Religion most graciously preserved so notwithstanding all the temptations spread before him by those of contrary perswasion and profession with all imaginable advantages on the perswaders parts and all the unkind and scandalizing disobligements from them of the same Faith and way of worship Blessed be the Lord for restoring to a Protestant people a Protestant King after so many eminent hazards both to the Protestant and to the King The God of Heaven who hath kept him in the storm of affliction from being broken keep him in the Sun-shine of Prosperity from being warpt in any kind I speak it not as doubting but imploring that establishing grace which may confirm him and enlarge his heart in the purest and most zealous practice of it more and more that no damp may be upon the zealous rejoycings of those to whom Gods glory his honour is most truly dear And to satisfie not your curiosity so much as your serious rejoycings I shall acquaint you with some passages which proceeded from his Princely lips at the presentment of the Bible to him by the Reverend London-Ministers in his going through the City I thank you for your prayers and I desire the continuance of them and I assure you I shall make it my first care to set up Gods worship and service this is the book must guide us all and I will make it the rule of my life and my Reigne Certainly we have very solid cause to rejoyce that Religion is freed from so many dangers as did beset it over drop it and suck at its sap and vigor and we humbly hope the dangers are not changed only but removed wholly 'T is a mercy the very Text is not treason that there is no Index expurgatorious upon our Bibles to expunge such verses that the whole Chapter is not Appocrypha and that our whole Bibles are once more Scripture And all this so wonderfully brought to pass with so unbloody triumphs with such unexpected suddenness with so inlarged a satisfaction to the body of the Nation and with such signal discoveries of the Lords right hand in the doing of it that we must cry out and say 'T is the Lords own doing and it is marvelous in our eyes this is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it And this may suffice for the words in their first acceptation as they are Laeta acclamatio gaudii The triumphant and exulting acclamation of their joy and gladnesse I proceed to the second as they are 2. Pia apprecatio boni a Pious and devout apprecation of good to be conferred and bestowed upon him in the Original t is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vivat Rex Let the King live the words are short and comprehensive and a common form of benediction not unlike that other frequent and customary amongst the Hebrews pax tibi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Life is the basis the foundation and lower story upon which the superstructure of all other blessings are erected the centre in which all other lives do meet when we pray for life we compendiously pray for all the benefits blessings and advantages which do accompany and may attend it and make it life indeed And the matter will be little different whether we keep to the strictness of the Original or take the liberty of our Translation which is a kind of paraphrase upon the words If the first then they are a direct apprecation of those good things wherein life with the comforts of it do consist If in the latter a deprecation of those evils contrary to it thus Let the King live that is let him live a long life 2. a prosperous life 3. a gracious life 4. an eternal life or God save the King that is God save him from what is naturally evil to him as a man 2. from what is civilly evil to him as a King 3. from what is spiritualy evil to him as a Christian 4. from what is eternally evil to him in all respects as a man a King a Christian So the observation here is That as it is lawful and of good report to rejoyce in the setting up of Kings so 't is honestum et necessarium honest and a necessary duty to pray for them when set up to be Gods

our Soveraign Rejoycing threefold Civil Religious Prophane the two first allowed and required the last condemned with just indignation detested p. 27 28. the abuse offered to his Majestyes sacred name in forcing men to drink by pretending it a character of disloyalty to refuse to drink his health a free conjecture at the first original of drinking healths upon the knees p. 29. From the 4 aspect of the words ariseth the 5 Obser That 't is very seasonable in the midst of triumphant rejoycings to mind both King and People of humane weakness and need of Divine salvation inforced with respect both to King and People Conclusion by way of recapitulation commending the King to Gods salvation in all the forenamed respects Pious and Loyall Joy The Subjects duty for their Soveraigns safety 2 Chronicles 23. vers 11. God save the King THe Text is so very seasonable that I cannot wish the Sermon to be more profitable I have chosen it to raise and rectifie our present just rejoycings and to help you do that knowingly which you do so heartily That what you pray with your spirits you may pray with your understandings also as St. Paul directs 1 Cor. 14.15 The occasion of the words lyes open and obvious in the close of the 22. ch and the beginning of this 23. take but this brief account of it because they are so full that they command all our time to veiw and make improvement of them Atthaliah that wicked woman as she 's called 2 Chron. 24.7 Having boldly usurped the Royal dignity of the Crown of Judah after she had barbarously murdered all the seed royal of the house of David except Joash only the youngest son of Ahaziah who by that pious loyalty and compassionate duty of Jehoehebeath wife to Jehojodah and daughter to King Jehoram had been stoln from amongst his brethren which were slain and was preserved by her prudent care hid in a chamber of the Temple He being now grown into some capacity of swaying the Scepter and being presented to the people and taking upon him the Regal Government Jehojedah the chief Priest by his wise and zealous interposing with the Captains and Commanders of the Army brought them to a sence of their duty and withal of their happinesse and by the forwardnesse of the honest Levites and chief Fathers in Israel the King is brought forth and set up and solemnly invested in his Princely power and while the other just Ceremonies are performed by select hands the whole multitude do with freenesse and alacrity discharge that part of the service they were fitted for by approving of and by rejoycing at what passed and with a joyful pious loyal acclamation cry God save the King I shall not trouble you with any division of the words no! let the King and Gods salvation never be divided the method in which I shall handle them is only to consider their several aspects as they look upon the people God and the King as expressions of their gladnesse in themselves their devotion towards God and loyalty unto the King and what ariseth thence 1. And thus they are Laeta acclamatio Gaudii An exulting acclamation of their joy 2. Pia apprecatio boni A Pious apprecation of good in the Kings behalfe 3. Debita attestatio Fidelitatis a due and bounden attestation of their Allegiance 4. Tempestiva recordatio humanae fragilitatis A seasonable reminding both of the King and themselves of humane frailty and impotence and their need of divine salvation and protection both for King and People And in this order I shall speak to them beginning with the first as they are laeta acclamatio gaudii an exulting and triumphant resounding out of their rejoycings in God and blessing him for giving them a King to bless him for And thus the first observation from their practice will be this That it's Licitum et honestum A thing lawful Observ 1. honest and of good report to testifie our gladness and rejoycing at the setting up of rightfull Kings Prayer and Praise are of such affinity that 't is not less proper then much frequent to express one in the form of the other and what is prayer for the matter is praise for the manner of it frequently in Scripture This very phrase hath been customary to signifie their rejoycings and thanksgivings by on like occasions When Saul was invested in his Kingdome the people upon the sight of him cryed out God save the King And it was not only a custome but a solemn institution and appointment given in charge by David at the Inauguration of his son Solomon 1 Kings 1.33 Cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own Mule and bring him down to Gihon And let Zadock the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him King over Israel and say God save King Solomon Now the streams of their joy which flowing together into one channel make such a spring-tide of gladnesse arise from these six Heads and our case and theirs do run so paralel that theirs will illustrate ours without any further Application 1. Head The first Head is The setting up of civil Magistracy this is just matter of great joy 'T is no small blessing to humane society to obtain this Ordinance of God without which Homo homini lupus Each man would be a Wolf or Tiger to his neighbour and therefore Kings are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The foundations of their people t●e Shields of the earth the Shepherds of the flock the Scept and Hedge of Religion Peace and Property the Fathers of their Country and Nurses of the Church If notwithstanding the severe discipline which God hath appointed to keep the world in awe and order yet mens lusts force them Upon the very point and edge of the Magistrates sword what bounds or measure would they know if that restraint were taken off Certainly he said not amiss who said 'T is better living where nothing is lawfull then where all things are lawful Sine imperio nec domus ulla nec civitas nec gens noc hominū universū genus stare nec verum natura omnis nec ipse mundas durare potest Cicero de legib Cum dicitur non fuisse Regem in Israel innuntur mirandā non esse turbidam fuisse tunc religionem ●trempublicam Hinc nata est idolatria bonorum alienorum direptio quia rex non erat neque Magistratus qui male ista cohiberet Agnoscamus hinc quanti sit faciendus Magistratus qui si bonus fuerit et Rempublicam et cultū Dei continet custos c. Et ut ut malus sit ad tuendam cōmunem hominem societatem Reipub. multis modis prodest Pet. Mart. in Locum and the hazard is less in all respects of being restrained from or punisht for the doing something well then to be left at liberty to do or suffer what our own or others lusts may force upon us T was the top

thou laid upon him for thou hast made him most blessed c. And that you may be the more excited thus to pray for him consider your own interest ingages you hereto for the good and prosperity of King and People are involved and wrapt up in one another these are those twins which must live or die together it cannot be well with head or members severally or distinct from each other but they flourish or wither both or neither there cannot be a glorious King over a dispirited and despicable discontented people neither can there be a renowned and a flourishing people under a mean an inglorious Head Now when you pray that your King may live a prosperous life as a King you pray for a confluence of those blessings which may render King and people jointly and mutually happy in and with each other Now the happiness of Kings as such consists 1. In the multitude of his people Prov 14.28 In the multitude of people is the Kings honour but in the want of people is the destruction of the Prince 2. In the peaceable subjection of his people one of the most comely sights in Solomons opinion is a King against whom there is no rising up Prov. 30.31.3 In the prosperity wealth plenty honour of his people 4. In the presence of God with his people that true Religion be loved and practised in the midst of them that God own them for his people this was the honour of Solomon 1 Kings 3.8 To be King of a people whom God had chosen for his own a great people to which the Lord was nigh Then the happinesse of a people in their King consists in this First That he be a wise prudent Prince knowing how to go in and out before them and to judge them This was Solomons petition 1 Kings 3.9 and this was his people happinesse and glory to be ruled by such an one Secondly That he be a just and righteous and a merciful Prince executing judgement and doing justice and relieving the oppressed 2 Sam. 23.3 He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth even a morning without clouds as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after raine 3. That he be a man of courage valiant and publick spirited that dare look danger in the face and expose himself to hazards for his peoples safety when great necessity requires it Lastly That he be a lover of good men one in whose dayes the righteous may flourish Ps 72.7 See the character of an excellent King in the beginning of that Psalm where you find David begging of God to make Solomon such in a word pray that the King may live a wise a just a valiant and religious King over a numerous a Loyal a loving a wealthy and religious people and let him be saved by the Lord from what ever may hinder King or People from being such God save him from true enemies and from false friends from real adversaries and from pretended lovers God save him from the hurtful sword of forraine enemies that either he may have none such or they may only be the matter of his victory and triumph And God save him from domestick and intestine seditions rebellions insurrections that there be no strife amongst his Subjects but to out-vy each other in pious Loyalty and just allegiance that the hearts of his people may be his Throne and the heads of his enemies may be his footstool God save him from false friends which should either betray his good councils or suggest evil councils to him from such as Joash met with in the 2 Chron. 24.17 After the death of Jehojedah came the Princes of Judah and made obeisance to the King and the King hearkned to them and they left the house of the Lord God of their Fathers and served groves and idolls 'T is not said what the Princes spake but it was cursed council which brought the wrath of God upon them and ingaged the King in a great additionall sin even to command him to be stoned who was both the Lords messenger and the son of them by whose loving and prudent fidelity his life had been preserved and his Kingdome recovered The Lord preserve our King from all such and let the wicked be kept from about him that his Throne may be established in righteousness Prov. 25.5 and let that be his character Pro 14. ult which will be his perpetual honour That his favour may be to a wise servant and his wrath against them which cause shame Take the sum of what we are to pray for in this second branch excellently laid down by the Pen of holy David Psal 144.10 11 c. where we have the King praying for himself and people what we are to pray for our King and selves having in the 10th verse fitted himself to pray and strengthned his faith by putting upon God a sutable Title He that giveth salvation unto Kings and by experience of former mercy 't is he that hath already delivered David his servant from the hurtful sword then he proceeds to pray to be rid and delivered from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity that is who vainly boast and threaten great things and them whose right hand is falshood that is who satisfie their faith which they have sworn by lifting up their hand for that was the forme of swearing amongst the Hebrews Gen. 14.22 I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord I have sworn as we swear by laying the hand upon the Book v. 12. That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our daughters may be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a Pallace ver 13. That our garners may be full affording all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets that our Oxen may be strong to labor that there be no breaking in nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets happy is the people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the Lord. This is to live like a King indeed to live and rule a people compassed about with so sweet a confluence of all good things and all those crowned with the presence of God and the flourishing condition of true religion all which Hezekiah epitomizes not insignificatively in two words truth and peace in his dayes and this is what we do pray and ought to pray in the second respect Let the King live a prosperous and happy life as a King God save the King from those civil publick evils which are evil to him as a King Thirdly Let the King live a holy gracious Godly life or God save the King from those spiritual evils which are evil to him as a Christian and 't is very requisite that we in this respect cry heartily God save the King