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A96624	The thrice welcome, and happy inauguration of our most gracious, and religious sovereign, King Charles II. To the crown and kingdoms of Great-Brittain and Ireland. Containing, in the first place, the authors most humble supplication to the King's most excellent Majesty, in order to the reformation of religion, in six particulars. In the second part, the subjects duty to their sovereign, in sundry heads, and divers particulars very usefull for these times: together with a recommendation of the work to the Kings Majesties subjects. By Geo. Willington, of the city of Bristoll.	Willington, George.	1660 (1660)	Wing W2803; Thomason E1030_1; ESTC R208910	29,981	46

nothing for the defence of the King yet if thy heart be not too lewd too wicked if thy heart be not void of all piety of all Christian duty thy heart will dayly and often every day pray for the King 1 Tim. 2.1 2. If S. Paul exhorted to pray for Nero for it was in and under the time of his Reign S. Paul lived a man so wicked that as one writes of him he murdered his Tutor his Mother and was Natures Monster If the Prophets commanded the Israelites to pray for the life of the King of Babylon who had wasted ‖ 2 Kings 24 25. chap. Judea with sword and fire besieged and taken Jerusalem burned the Temple carried away the holy Vessels set fire on the whole City brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about murther'd many people enslaved others slew the sons of the King before his eyes afterwards pull'd out the Kings eyes bound him in chains carried him to Babylon and as if this were not impiety enough set up a golden Image and by a Herauld proclaimed * Dan. 3.1 4 5 6. that whosoever did not worship it should be cast into the midst of a hot fiery Furnace If the holy Prophet commanded the Israelites to pray for wicked Nebuchodonosor what would that Holy Spirit by whom both the Prophets and Apostles did write that all English Scotch Irish all others under the subjection or Protection of his most gracious Majesty should do for KING CHARLES II. See a small Book entitled The Character of King Charls the II. who is so Pious and Protestant a Prince as any the Christian world enjoys his Piety and Religion is so eminent and splendorous that should my rude wit presume to dilate it I should but light a candle to the Sun Shall we not pray for such a King Pray for him saith S. Paul in respect of your selves and in respect of God In respect of your selves that you may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty A quiet life that we may have no Insurrections at home A peaceable life that we may have no evasion from abroad In all godlinesse that it may be said of England as once Jacob said of Bethel Surely the Lord is in this place And in honesty that the Name of the Lord be not blasphemed among the Gentiles amongst the Anabaptists Quakers and Sectaries through you Matth. 5.16 1 Pet. 2.12 In respect of God our Saviour pray for the King For saith St. Paul this is good in the sight of God our Saviour 1 Tim. 2.1 2 3. I would have spoken somewhat largely of this duty of the Subject to their Sovereign but in regard Esquire Prynn hath both learnedly and largely published a Treatise of this Subject entituled The signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods true Saints and pious Christians towards their Kings I shall suspend my poor labour in discussing it further heartily wishing that that Book before cited might honour every Family in the three Nations that is that every Family might have one and that they would make a good use of it not as the guise of the most is to peruse it and then throw it aside to the Mothes and dust but that they would frequently read it carefully regard it and constantly practice it for in this and nothing so much as this doth the Subjects loyalty signally appear to our Sovereign Lord King Charles So that these fix duties the several branches of Loyalty of the Subject to the Sovereign viz. Fear which the Sword exacteth Honour which the Crown importeth Obedience which the Scepter requireth Tribute which the Throne deserveth Defence which the person meriteth and Prayer which the Lord commandeth are carefully to be remembred and conscienciously to be practised at all times and upon all occasions as ever we would approve our selves good Subjects or good Christians without the practise of which duties so far as belongs to our place and calling we can be neither good Subjects nor good Christians for those that truly fear God will and do loyally honour the King 1 Pet. 2.17 To sum up all these duties in the words of Tertullian His debetur honor propter excellentiam timor propter datam potestatem obedientia propter morale debetum amor propter affectionis operationem To these honour is due for their Excellency fear for their power given them obedience for civil duty tribute for the * Mat. 17.24 to the end preservation of peace love for affection which bringeth forth prayer and piety The like comprehension or abridgement of the Duty of Subjects to their Sovereign that I might help memory is couched in that famous Collect of our mother the Church I hope none will be offended for the citation of it in the second service next ensuing the ten Commandments and preceding the Nicene Creed which is very pithy ALmighty God whose Kingdome is everlasting and power infinite have mercy upon the whole Congregation The Kings duty and so rule the Heart of thy chosen servant CHARLES our King and Governor that he knowing whose Miisister * Rom. 13.4 he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we his Subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may fully serve honour The Subjects duty and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen Thus in the Liturgy So likewise in a godly Prayer made by Mr. Bradford that blessed Martyr in Queen Maries dayes amongst other godly Petitions towards the later end of the Prayer entituled A Prayer necessary for all persons there is this pithy one to my present purpose that I may obey our King and all Governors under him * 1 Pet. 2.13 14 unseignedly and receive all Laws and common Ordinances which disagree not from thy Holy Word obediently and pay every man that which I owe him truly Thus I have shewed you the Author Authority and necessity of Government and Governors both Supream and subordinate 2. The hainousnesse of disloyalty or rebellion against the King as Supream or subordinate Governors sent by him and established over us 3. Made answer to some objections in this particular 4. Demonstrated the Plagues that do attend Rebels and Traytors 5. The Rewards of Loyalty and these both temporal and eternal Lastly the duties of the Subject to the Sovereign the God of Heaven make these things profitable to us and powerful in us that we may religiously fear God and really honour the King that so the blessings of loyalty may attend us both here and hereafter Amen AND now that these rude lines of mine being through God's assistance thus composed to go abroad and shew themselves to publick view to whom shall I tender and present them May I to you most honorable Councellors But who am I that knowing your Lordships as

General Now the Subjects Loyalty to their Sovereign is that I might discend to particulars to be expressed in the practice of these six duties 1. Fear 2. Honour 3. Obedience 4. Tribute 5. Defence 6. Prayer 1 Fear The Sword exacteth Fear Be ye afraid of the Sword saith Job for wrath bringeth the punishment of the sword Job 19. ult To fear the King both Humanity and Divinity teacheth Fear Princes saith Periander My son fear thou the Lord and the King saith Solomon Prov. 24.21 If thou do that which is evil be afraid saith S. Paul for * Viz. The King he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the Minister of God a Revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil Rom. 13.4 The King of the Land being the Minister of God will take vengeance on them that transgresse the Law of God Job being as a King in the Army Job 29.25 Why the young men fearing to be seen where and when they should not hid themselves Job 24.8 This fear as the Porters keepeth Traytors out of the Princes Court keepeth treachery out of the Subjects heart 1 Kings 3.28 The God of Heaven imprint this fear in all our hearts 2. Duty is honour The Kings Crown importeth honour Fear God honour the King the Holy Ghost hath knit them both together and what God hath joyn'd together let not man put asunder Math. 19.6 Fear God honour the King 1 Pet. 2.17 To fear God to use the words of a worthy and Reverend ‖ Mr. Jones Divine in the City of Bristol in a strict sence is to acknowledge his glorious though invisible presence in all our wayes and to be awfully affected therewith to tremble before his Divine and infinite Majesty and that 1. in regard of the time past because we have sinned and 2. in regard of the time to come that we might not sin c. To honour the King is not to speak evil of his sacred person Eccles 10.20 Curse not the King no not in thy thought c. Acts 23.5 Exod. 22.28 To construe his actions in the better part not to be ready as is but the fault of too many to receive evil reports of him lightly Jude v. 8. And to be thankfull to God that he hath honoured us with the defence of so pious a Sovereign 1 Kings 10.7 2 Chron. 9.8 This honour is due to Kings for they are powers Mr. Byfield's Light of faith p. 360. Rom. 13.1 The Sun and Stars shining in the firmament of the State they are Gods both as Gods Deputies and Vice-Royes and as they bear his Image in authority and Soverainty therefore honour them Rom. 13.7 1. Honour him joyfully as all the people with joy and musical Instruments honored King Solomon at his Coronation and Inauguration 1 Kings 1.39 40. 2. Let all Generals of Armies so honour him that all be done to his honour thus Joab being General of the Field under King David fighting against Rabbah of the Children of Ammon and being ready to take the City of waters sent to King David to come in person that David not Joab might have the honour as we read 2 Sam. 12.27 28. 3. Let him be honored with great regard in accesse to his presence even of the nearest and dearest unto him as Esther though the Queen being in her Royal apparrel stood in the Court of the Pallace until the King held out the Golden Scepter Esther 5.1 2. 4. Let him be honored in his presence with most humble gesture even of the Ministers * Rom. 13.1 of the eternal God as Nathan the Prophet being come unto the King made obeisance before the King with his face to the ground 1 Kings 1.23 Finally let him be honoured with gratefull acknowledgement of the Lords unspeakable blessing in honouring us with so pious a Prince 1 Kings 10.9 The third Duty is Obedience this the Scepter requireth Put them in minde saith S. Paul to Titas to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates Tit. 3.1 The whole world swarmeth with examples of obedience If among the Insecta the Bees obey their King if among the Beasts of the field the flocks follow their chief and the Heards their head If among the Fowles of the air the Cranes when he that watcheth over them calleth they come when he flieth they follow If among men the Servant obeyeth his Master the Son his Father the Wife her Husband If in Man the Body obeyeth the Soul If all the Spheres of Heaven notwithstanding their proper and peculiar motions be circumvolved by the first moveable If the Angels which excell ‖ Psal 103.20 in strength are obedient to the voice of God and do his Commandments and hearken unto the voice of his word Nay if the Son of God who could have had more than ten legions of Angels ‖ Mat. 26.53 to do him service here on earth performed obedience Obedience coming into the world John 6.38 I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me Obedience being in the world John 4.34 Jesus said It is my meat to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work Obedience also going out of the world as by these Scriptures appear Matth. 26.39 42 44. Luk. 22.42 Phil. 2.8 Wherefore being compassed with such a Cloud of Examples let us cast off all impediments and obey all that the King commandeth us * As in my Book entitled The Gadding Tribe reprov'd c. Publish'd 1655. p. 11. Every Soul must be subject to the Higher Powers and yield obedience to every one of their Ordinances though (a) 1 Pet. 2.13 14. humane if not contrary to Gods Word for there (b) Act. 4.19 Dan. 3. v. 15 16 17 18. and c. 6. v. 7 8 10. we are to obey God rather than man and be it his Commands in point of Gods Worship so far as belongs to the circumstances how and when being in things indifferent in their own nature and that he also professe to disclaim all opinion of holinesse worship merit and necessity there must we be subject and yield obedience readily 1 Sam. 26.6 sincerely Col. 3.22 23. generally not what liketh us but whatsoever the King is pleased to command us Josh 1.16 Yea earnestly with all our might Gen. 31.6 Phil. 2.8 And all this for conscience sake knowing that God is the Author of Magistracy and Magistracy is also good even when the Magistrate is evil Rom. 13.1 to 8. The fourth duty the Subject owes to their Sovereign is Tribute Rom. 13.6 7. Matth. 22. v. 17. to 22. Mark 12. v. 14. to 18. Luke 20. v. 22. to 26. When we consider that many times the King's eye-lids do not slumber that our eyes may safely sleep that the Kings sword cutteth off Thieves that honest Subjects may enjoy their goods that the Kings Scepter curbeth Adulterers that we may keep our Wives and Daughters in Chastity that the

King's government is our safe conduct to passe the high-ways wide Heaths thick woods wild mountains without danger either of Thieves or cut-throats these and many other singular and choice benefits of which you cannot be ignorant we do enjoy by the government of our gracious Sovereign the King 's most excellent Majesty and therefore for this cause pay you tribute also c. Rom. 13.6 We must render to the King his due of Tribute and Custome as it doth belong to him by any right of Law Statute Custome or otherwise Tribute saith a learned * Mr. Lyford's Principles pag. 157. Divine is a duty not a curtesie and men sin if they with-hold it for they attend continually upon our good To take from a private man saith another learned Author it is Theft to take from the Church it is Sacriledge to take or to detain from the Prince it is Peculatus robbing of the Royal Treasure the Royal Treasure to be imployed to the common good He saith Solomon that robbeth his Father or Mother and saith it is no transgression the same is the companion of a Destroyer Prov. 28.24 He may any man say that detaineth tribute or other duties from the King being the Father ‖ Isa 49.23 of our Countrey and saith it is no transgression is the Companion of a man that destroyeth his Countrey Before there was any King in Israel 't is worthy observation to take tribute the Lord himself took a tribute as Exod. 30.14 dato oblationem Jehovae When they had Kings it is worthy observation likewise the Flowers of all their Kings had for their tribute a peculiar Office David the Pattern of devotion over the tribute set Adoram 2 Sam. 20.24 Solomon the Mirror of wisdom placed over the tribute Adoniram 1 Kings 4.6 When the people of God were under the Kings of the Gentiles which is very remarkable there were amongst the People of God whose example in this particular is recorded * Rom. 15.4 for our learning that upon their Lands and Vineyards borrowed money for the Kings Tribute as we read Nehemiah 5.4 Mutuamur pecuniam pro canone regis oppigneratis agris nostris vineis nostris Tremel Jun. transl When the blessed Virgin was very great by the Holy Ghost with the Saviour of our Souls in the depth of Winter she travelled from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea to perform this duty to the under Officers of a Lievtenant to an Heathen Prince Luke 2. vers 1. to 7. When the Son of God the best pattern for imitation that ever the Christian World had conversed among the Sons of Men Peter was asked if he paid not tribute he taking tribute of an unreasonable creature that tribute for himself and S. Peter might be paid bound all reasonable men though they do it with their great difficulty to perform this duty to their King and Sovereign Mat. 17.24 25 26 27 28. Wherefore I shall conclude this point with that saying of S. Ambrose Si censum filius Dei solvit quis tu tantus es qui non putas esse s●lvendum If the Son of God paid tribute or subsidy who so great a man art thou which thinkest it not to be paid A fifth duty Subjects owe to their Sovereign is defence his person meriteth defence Affectionate were the hearts of the People to David their King whom God had set over them what should David adventure himself Oh no better it were that many miscarry yea ten thousand say the People as it were with tears of thankfulnesse God save our David for if David go the light of Israel is extinguished 2 Sam. 18.3 They would not the least hurt should befall him who was the stay of them all Wherefore dear Countrey-men I beseech you if you know of any King of Aram take Counsel with his servants against Israel if God by any means reveal it unto you that you would with Elisha make known his Majesty even the words that the King of Aram speaketh in his Bed-chamber 2 Kings 6.8 9 12. If any Bigthan and Teresh seek to lay hands on our Sovereign that you would and 't is your duty presently with Mordecai and Esther certifie our Sovereigne of it Esther 8.21 22 If your service at any time be protecting that ye diligently attend him as that band of men whose heart God had touched did Saul 1 Sam. 10.26 When he resteth it is your duty to keep him that none that be willing to hurt his sacred person come near the Lords annointed otherwise if David had the judging of you you are dead men for neglect hereof 1 Sam. 26.15 16. As the Lord liveth ye are worthy to die because ye have not kept your Master the Lords annointed If you see any appearance of danger that you with King David's true hearted Subjects be carefull that His Majesty being worth ten thousand of us come not into any peril 2 Sam. 18.3 If his Sacred Majesty be in the least distresse an the good Lord keep him from all distresse his soul desireth any thing which may preserve him it is your duty with all alacrity to provide it as the three Worthies even with the hazard of their lives brake into the hoste of the Philistines and drew water out of the wels of Bethlehem and brought it to David 2 Sam. 23.15 16. If any with Ishbi-benob think my tongue faultreth in pronouncing the word and the Lord confound them that entertain any such intent to slay David to kill King CHARLES what aileth thee O my pen to tremble and to fall out of my hand your duty is in such a case to defend the King's Majestie 's Person with Abishai though with exposing your own bodies to peril to keep his sacred body from peril presently succour the King and smite them that so presume and kill them 2 Sam. 21.16 17. I hasten to the last but not the least duty of Subjects to their Sovereign and that is prayer for him this the Lord commandeth Little doth fear of the Sword honour of the Crown obedience to the Scepter tribute to the Throne defence to the Person prevail to the King's happinesse as might be shewed in several Instances without Prayer to the Inthroner and Preserver of the King The Apostle exhorting us to pray for all men he exhorts especially to pray for Kings 1 Tim. 2.1 2. I exhort that Supplications Prayers Intercession and giving of thanks be made for all men especially for Kings and for all that are in authority c. especially for Kings in respect of the greatnesse of the cares * 1 King 3.9 Host 6.1 they take in respect of the perils ‖ 1 King 22.31 whereto they are exposed in respect of the abundant * Ezra 6.8 9 10 11 12. 1 Tim. 2.1 2. good which descendeth from the Royal Majesty to the whole estate If thy purse be so poor that it can pay no tribute to the King if thy body be so feeble that it can do