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A27356 City security stated in a sermon preached at St. Pauls August 11th, 1661 before the right Honourable the Lord Mayor / by William Bell ... Bell, William, 1626-1683. 1661 (1661) Wing B1809; ESTC R12348 22,139 32

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to that God and a faithfull City to these Judges And that as you are taught from the Text to think the Lord necessary to you be they never so able so not to think them unnecessary though God can keep your City without them He who watcheth over them hath appointed them to watch over you and though he needs them not you do and his will and not his power is the rule of your duty Would you set up a Throne to Christ do it every one of you in your own hearts Open those everlasting doores Psal 24.7 and let that King of Glory come in And think not to gratifie him by wresting the Scepter out of the hands of your lawfull Prince to crow'd i● into his Luke 12.14 Matth. 22.21 Chap. 17.27 John 18.36 who by his renunciation of any such Governement of the office of a Ruler or Judge when sollicited to it by his precept and practice in asserting the rights of Cesar hath convinc'd the whole world that his Kingdome is not of it and when ever if ever in the civill sense of the word it shall be Matth. 25.31 Rev. 5.11 he who hath promised to come with all his holy Angels even ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands cannot need a score or two of Blunderbusses to get him possession Since then it is both the Sword of the Lord Judg. 7.18 and of Gideon Let God have the glory and your Magistrates th fruit of your subjection Titus 3.1 Rom. 13.5 And let me put you in mind to obey them not for wrath but conscience sake Submit to their Orders where they enterfere not with Gods and passe no harsh censures on their Councels since you cannot fathom all the reasons of them Reverence their persons let them have your hats and your hearts And honour these Gods with part of your substance too Prov. 3.9 1 Sam. 10.27 They are sons of Belial that despise their Prince and bring him no presents And put some grains of charitable allowance into the scale to weigh against their frailties whose temptations are greater and as their persons are more eminent so their faults are more visible than others and themselves are but men And practice that love towards one another John 13.23 which St John Who lay in the bosome of Christ and learn'd there so frequently and cordially urgeth And manifest it in giving forgiving bearing forbearing Convincing gainsayers by strong arguments in soft expressions Matth. 5.9 Reconciling differences lik● blessed peace-makers going between brethren of opposite perswasions as mortar to cement them though you venture being crush'd by both for it the lot of moderate spirits So shall you allay all violence and strife in the City and discover your legitimacy as the Children of God who will therefore and thereby keep you and your City and in his due time translate you and all your faithfull Watchmen to be made Denizens of that City that hath foundations Heb. 11.10 whose builder maker and keeper himself immediately is even that Jerusalem that is above the Mother of us all Gal. 4.26 3. To the Lord for Having finish'd my addresse to the Watchman for the Lord and the City and to the City for the Lord and the Watchmen It remains that I bespeak the Lord for both Watchmen City Now all Application to him being by way of Petition whereunto the more hands and hearts we can get the more hope of successe since he vouchsafes to be a Isai 45.11 commanded b Exod. 32.10 c. Gen. 32.26 captivated by Prayer let us unanimously wrestle with him for a blessing on both A Prayer 1. Watchmen Civil O Lord our God our strong Tower our Wall of fire our Sun and our Shield By whom Kings Reign and Princes decree Justice Who alone Qualifiest and Commissionest for Government and blessest the endeavours if our Governours with successe We beseech thee blesse the chief Magistrate of this City and all those in Authority under him with wisdom to foresee faithfullnesse to discover and courage to encounter every danger L●t them he Shields for the safeguard of them that do well and Swords for the terrour and punishment of them that do evill Men of courage fearing thee dealing truely and hating covetousness And as by particular Relation and Duty I stand bound I implore thy most gratious preservation of his Majesties Royal Tower of London and of St John Robinson his Honourable and Faithfull Lieutenant thereof Keep it from all secret Conspiracy and open Violence that the Watchmen in it may not watch in vain And Ecclesiastical Let all the Spirituall Watchmen of this City be cloathed with righteousnesse Not ignorantly blind nor negligently dumb but rightly dividing thy Word of Truth and behaving themselves as workmen that need not be ashamed Fill every Candlestick with a burning and shining Light that may lead thy people by Precept and Practice into and in the wayes of Truth Peace and Godlinesse 2. For the City And keep the Commonalty of this most populous City from all superstition hypocrisie and profanenesse schisme and faction envy hatred malice and all uncharitablenesse pride drunkennesse gluttony and idlenesse Preserve them from every evill of sinne and sorrow from fire famine sword and pestilence Lead them by thy Spirit Word and Ministers into every necessary truth and up to every duty Teach them to keep Consciences void of offence towards thee and towards men That they may give thee thy due in a respect to all thy Commandements And Cesar his in their thoughts words and deeds in their honour customes and tribute and in their chearfull subjection for conscience sake to all the lawfull commands of their Magistrates And their fellow-subjects their due in brotherly charity and honesty in bargains and sales And their families theirs in all Christian care for them and themselves their own due in a sober provision for their bodies and an earnest and faithfull endeavour after the salvation of their souls owning imploring and improving thy superintendency over all Prince Magistrates Ministers City Estates Reputations Families and Persons Guide us by the hands of thy Moses and Aarons keep us by thy power prosper us by thy blessing sanctifie us by thy Spirit and save us by thy Sonne to both whom with thy self a Trinity of Persons in Vnity of Essence be honour and praise now and forever Amen Amen FINIS