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The King on his throne: or A discourse maintaining the dignity of a king, the duty of a subject, and the unlawfulnesse of rebellion. Delivered in two sermons preached in the Cathedrall Church in York. By R.M. Master in Arts, Coll. S. Pet. Cant.
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Mossom, Robert, d. 1679.
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Psal 133.1 how good and joyfull a thing it is to see to see what why to see God and the King in conjunction and we know our Saviours axiome quos Deus conjunxit nemo separet whom God hath joyned let no Man put asunder He that separates God from the King separates himselfe from God But why feare God and the King because no Man doth rightly feare the King unlesse he also feare God neither doth any Man truely fear God unlesse he also fear the King Feare the King in a Loyall subjection not put him into a feare by unlawfull Rebellion Feare God and the King and meddle not Cum mutatoribus So Cajet vi Salazar exposit en Prov. Solomon meddle not with whom cum detractoribus with them who are given to Detraction so the Vulgar cum variis with them that are given to change so Junius and our English cum seditiosis with them who are given to sedition so others The Word and the Sence will beare all three 1. Then ne commiscearis cum detractoribus 1. Ne cum detractoribus meddle not with them who are given to Detraction Detraction is ever the forerunner and the fomenter of Sedition Either Moses and Aaron take too much upon them so Corah and his Company Numb 16 3. Or there is no Man appointed by the King to do Justice so Alsolon 2 Sam. 15.3 Or too heavy a yoke is layd by the King upon the necks of the People so they who fell away to Jeroboam 1 King 12.4 Therefore ne cum detractoribus meddle not with them who are given to detraction 2. Ne cum variis 2. Ne cum variis meddle not with them who are given to Change Upon Detraction is buz'd into the People a desire of Change Moses and Aaron take too much upon them and therefore their Power and Authority must be lessened the King takes no care of Justice and therefore the Power of Iustice must be by others communicated the Yoke is too heavy upon the Peoples neck 's and therefore Their liberty must be enlarged Therefore ne cum variis meddle not with them who are given to Change 3. Ne cum seditiosis 3. Ne cum Seditiosis meddle not with them who are given to Sedition Upon Detraction men are put upon a desire of Change and upon that growes Sedition Corah and his Company then assemble Absolon with his Complices then make warre the People with their Patriot then Desert their King and enter the field against the Lords Anoynted Thus Shimei's rayling ends in Sheba's rising Detraction ends in Sedition Defiling of Government begetts Despising Despising begetts Opposing Opposing begetts Removing and Removing begetts Ruine Therefore in that the Wisman adviseth with a Ne commiscearis cum detractoribus meddle not with them who are given to Detraction he seemes as it were obstare principiis to stoppe the beginnings of Rebellion and if some be carried away with that perversitas fidei that perversnes of faith so as to beleive and give credit to the Detraction then his ne cum variis stands good meddle not with them who are given to Change and if againe any be so far misled as to desire a Change an alteration or if you will a pretended reformation yet ne cum Seditiosis by no meanes meddle with them who are given to Sedition Ne commiscearis meddle not which forbids not only with Ioab to be generall with Achitophell to be Councellor with Sheba to be Trumpeter with Abiather to be Priest with the Citty Abell to be harbourer with the men of Sichem to be Contributers with the Congregation of Israel to be Approvers but ne Commiscearis meddle not have no part or portion with them though they tell thee as it is Pro. 1.13.14 We shall find all pretious Substance we shall fill our Houses with spoyle cast in thy Lott amongst us let us all have one purse yet ver 15. My sonne that is such an one as he would have feare God and the King walke not thou in the way with them refraine thy foot from their path meddle not that is rise not up corde in the heart by Consenting Lingua with the Tongue by Encouraging Manu with the Hand by Acting or Contributing But why so why their calamity shall rise suddenly c. here is the malum culpae and the malum paenae the malum culpae the evil of Sin implyed and the malum paenae the evil of punishment exprest for Punishment ever presupposeth Sinne and by the greivousnes of the Punishment we may conceive the hainousnes of the Sin Their calamity or their destruction shall rise suddenly it shall not come lento but cito pede not with a slow but a swift pace repente consurget it shall rise suddenly and suddain mischiefes confound the mind and fitly when the mind is set upon confusion Yea consurget also it shall not only rise up against them but consurget rise up with them following their Sinne as the Shadow doth the Body Thus their destruction shall rise suddenly ruinam eorum quis scit and who knowes the Ruine of them both both whom why the Author and the Actor the Rebell and the Rebell-Maker the Detractor and him that gives credit to his wicked Detraction the innovator and him that favours his unlawfull innovation The Seditious and him that meddles with his detestable Sedition quis scit who knows rather quis nescit who knowes not the end of a Traytor the Ruine of a Rebell true as concerning his temporall Ruine but his eternall Ruine quis scit who knowes that his Sufferings are sutable to his Doings there is a quis scit for his Rebellious Actions and not unfitly then a quis scit for his just Sufferings The Praecipice of Rebellion is such that Seldome doth it stoppe till it come to the Bottome even hell it selfe where I wish it had beene long since chained That to the Glory and Praise of God with the Peace and Prosperity of this Kingdome and to the joy and happines of our King we might say with Solomon in the prayse of our Soveraigne as well as of his Subjects Rex in quem nemo insurgit A King against whom there is no rising up Laus Deo Errata Pag. 10. lin 21. allowes r. allow p. 11. l. 19. Strigellus r. Strigellius p. 12. l. 12. antiquam r. antequam p. 14. l. 17. hominum r. hominem p. 14. l. 24. propter r. praeter