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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86711	The royal joy. Or, A sermon of congratulation upon the five first verses of Psalm XXI. Made upon the occasion of the first news of the proclamation of Charls II. King of Great Britain; brought to His Majesty in the town of Breda, the 21. of May, in the year 1660. Preached at the Walloon Church of the said town, the 23. of May, the day before His Majesties departure: by Anthony Hulsius, pastor of the said Church.	Hulsius, Antonius, 1615-1685.	1660 (1660)	Wing H3363; Thomason E1048_11; ESTC R208129	18,758	33

The means hath been his hearts desire and the request of his lips Let him go to sea who will learn to pray faith the proverb No doubt but that Prince in the midst of the vast sea of his calamities among so many storms that went over his head being destitute of all supply from men hath had his recourse unto the Lord the only support of the afflicted souls and said often with David Out of the depths do I cry unto thee O Lord and with queen Elizabeth when she was carried from the Tower of London to the prison of Woodstock by order of queen Mary her sister Be merciful unto me O God be merciful unto me for my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings do I make my refuge until the calamity be overpast In a word the Lord hath heard the desire of his heart and hath rewarded his persevering piety in the profession of the Reformed religion which he stedfastly kept in his heart notwithstanding wait hath been often laid to his conscience during the years of his banishment among the enemies of the Truth deceitful promises could not shake the stedfastness of his spirit Yet he hath been forced to swallow down the blame with the calamity as if he had been unfaithful to God therein But experience hath shewed the contrary that although he was surrounded with the thick clouds of Idolatry he hath ever preserved the purity of the worship of God in his family as a most learned and most orthodox Divine among his Domesticks an unreproachable witness before God and man hath assured us Yea and the event doth now shew us the contrary David faith Psal 66.18 If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me So had this Prince had any thought tending to the disadvantage of the Worship of God and of that flourishing Church of Christ in his Kingdoms the Lord would not have heard the desire of his heart But he hath heard it And therefore let us conclude that his conscience and his affection to the truth of the holy Gospel remained pure and sincere as he hath also protested in the midst of us A mighty argument to prove that God honoreth such as do honor him and are faithful to his service 3. The proofs of his deliverance are likewise manifest I. In general God hath prevented him with blessings The world did imagine that new Form of the Government of those Kingdoms to have taken root that the wound of that Revolution was now consolidated and that the ugly skar it had contracted could not be opened but by the edge of the sword But God's thoughts are not as mens thoughts As the Heavens are higher then the earth so are the ways of God higher then the ways of men Isa 55. Who untying and unfolding all those difficulties hath opened to this Prince a door whereat he hoped not to be able to enter when he thought upon the way of Arms wherein the Grace from above hath prevented him shewing him a surer an easier and a safer way for him and for his people II. In particular 1. He bath set a Crown upon his head yea and three Crowns are designed unto him And what is more it is God who setteth them on his head who by his mighty hand raiseth the hands of his subjects to set them with an unanimous consent upon his head Wherein his providence is yet more admirable then it hath been in the example of David sithence the Crown of Saul taken up in the battel was brought to David by an Amalekite 2 Sam. 1. after the same manner as that of Richard the 3. of whom we have spoken before was set on Henry the 7. his head in the Battel-field both by anticipation Whereas to this Prince it is offered after a mature deliberation of all his States To David it was presented he being in the Kingdom to this he being yet abroad David was only proclaimed King of Judah at the beginning of his reign for the other Tribes adhered yet to the son of Saul for two years But this is proclaimed King of all his Kingdoms without any opposition 2. The lengthening of days shall be the crowning of that admirable work of God which as David by the gift of prophefie promised unto himself so do we wish it to this Prince by our vows and prayers INSTRUCTION SOme might here say the same that sometimes one Sheba the son of Bichri said 2 Sam. 20.1 We have no part in David the interest of this King and of his Subjects is not our interest their joy is not our joy who live under and depend on other Magistrates and therefore have nothing common I answer it is true that as the Sea doth divide us so there is a diversity of Politick Government between us But there is another union besides that of the bodies viz. that of consciences whereby this Prince and his people do acknowledge themselves to be tied unto us and our Soveraign Magistrates and their Subjects do acknowledge to be tied unto them There are two several ties that binde us to our Superiors each Nation to their own but there is one only tie that ties us all to the King of Kings our Lord Jesus Christ as several lines drawn from the circumference of the circle do meet all in the centre which is in the middle so Jesus Christ and the purity of the holy Gospel is our common centre wherein we meet together as members of the same body as Subjects of the same King as Citizens of the same Spiritual Commonwealth So we have part in David so this King and his people are near related to us our interests are common our joyes common our advantages common our losses common And upon this account we pour this day our Prayers for that Prince That God the pleased to accomplish in and for him the excellen work be hath begun That be will lead him in his journey and bring him safe into his Kingdom to incline the hearts of all his subjects to him that all of them none excepted may imbrace him as their Father and Deliverer so to settle his Crown upon his Head that it may never be shaken hereafter To strengthen him against all foreign forces to protect him against the designs of his enemies against all dangers and inconveniences and to give him a flourishing and peaceable Reign that being made a joyful and contented King sitting upon his Throne he might all the days of his life acknowledge the Author and the manner of his deliverance Religiously remember the gracious Protection of god during the long tempest of his calamities and the wonders he hath wrought for his restauration That be might keep a holy correspondence with the State of these Vnited Provinces as his Ancestors have done and might shew the first effects of his acknowledgement by a fervent zeal to the repurgation of the Church of Jesus Christ of all those Sects and Heresies that have crept into

by the meer affection of the people having had no need of compelling them by his arms to yield him obedience And truly those kinds of deliverances that come immediately from the hand of God are the best and the Scepters which God puts into the hands of Princes without shedding of blood as David had his are far more excellent then those they do snatch themselves by violence of arms And that for four reasons 1. The joy for it is purer and more universal In the violent Conquests the joy of the Prince and of the people cannot be so perfect but they must needs see some afflicted Widows that have lost their Husbands in the Fight some Children crying and lamenting the death of their Fathers and some Fathers and Mothers weeping for the loss of their Children But such Conquests as come immediately from the hand of God are not subject to any calamities of that nature 2. The Peoples approbation is more manifest The violent conquests are often against the people's good will who submit themselves to the yoke not willingly but out of necessity The contrary is seen when the people themselves by the direction of the sole providence of God who hath the hearts of men in his mighty hand doth set their Prince on the throne That cannot be done but with a general applause and with all the visible apparences of a flourishing and peaceable Reign 3. The confidence and trust that a Prince so delivered and exalted puts in his God is greater when he doth acknowledge with humility that it hath been the right hand of God which hath done that wonder without contributing thereunto his own power and industry You see that in David Ps 20. Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God And Ps 44. I will not trust in my bowe neither shall my sword save me but thou shalt save us from our enemies and shalt put them to shame that hate us 4. His lustre is the more eminent His subjects look upon him as upon the mirror of Gods favor and do with obedience submit to his scepter seeing it is God who causeth him ro reign His Enemies are afraid of him and do flie from him learning to say with Balaam Numb 23. The Lord his God is with him and the shout of a King is among them His Neighbours do honor him as Gods Anointed and do seek his amity and alliance as did Abimilech King of Gerar Gen. 26. coming to the Patriarch Isaac who told him Wherefore come ye to me seeing ye hate me and have sent me away from you Abimelech answered him We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee and we said Let there be now an oath betwixt us even betwixt us and thee and let us make a covenant with thee 2. The Means whereby David came to that felicity hath been his hearts desire and the request of his lips that is his ardent Prayers The Communion he hath had with God during the time of his affliction is known by the Titles of several Ps●lms He composed 3. at that time when he was flying before Absalom his son the 34. when he was expelled by Abim●lech the 52. when he was discovered unto Saul by Doeg the Jdumean the 56. being taken by the Philistines at Gath the 57. and the 142. in his flight from before Saul hiding himself in the Den the 59. when Saul sent to kill him the 63. being in the Wilderness of Judah the 102. is a Psalm of complaint made by him unto God in his extream perplexity and distress All these holy meditations do testifie the Piety of that King and shew whom he had recourse unto in his calamity viz. to God who hath also heard him at length and hath granted him the desires of his soul For Prayer is the Key and openeth that which is shut by men and Godliness hath the promise of the life that is now and of that which is to come But it is to be observed that among all the expressions used by him in his Psalms not one can be found wherein he directly demands the Kingdom of Israel or shews the le●st token of impatience for the long continuance of his afflictions but he doth meerly represent the state of his c●●●mity and with an admirable temper of trust and patience doth refer all to the providence of God and prayeth only for the support of his grace and for the peace of his Church Thereby teaching us that it is not the least of Gods graces when he is pleased we should suffer for his glory that we be able to refrain the desires of our hearts and the expressions of our lips that nothing that is irregular may escape from them that may tend to the dis●dvantage of his service and of the obedience we do owe unto him He teaches us likewise which are the true Prayers viz. such as do proceed from the desires of the heart and the attention of the soul before they be expressed by the lips Otherwise they are as the founding brass or a tinkling cymbal i. Cor. 13. 3. The Effects and the Proofs of his deliverance have two parts The I is general and doth consist in being prevented with the blessings of goodness God in delivering of him hath prevented him two several ways 1. As to the time 2. as to the means 1. As to the time For he had only asked life to escape safe out of the hands of Saul who persecuted him unto death And behold not only he delivered him and preserved his life but also he prevented him with a blessing he expected not yet viz. that Saul being killed in the Battel against the Philistines the door was opened to him to the Crown and he not only found means to breathe a little from his troubles and to live but also to live securely long and happily 2. As to the means no doubt but David thought he was to conquer the Kingdom which God had promised to him by strength of Arms but God prevented him in that thought and not only made him Master of the Towns but also of the hearts of his subjects For it is said 2 Sam. 2. 4. And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David King over the house of Judah So doth God hear the prayers of his own children giving them ordinarily more then they do ask The II. particular end is I. The setting upon him the Crown Thou settest a Crown of pure Gold on his head viz. the Crown of Saul which was brought to him from the Battel 2 Sam. 1.10 By which words the Royal Dignity wherewith God had honored him is signified Note that he faith God had set on him that Crown and not men nor he himself True it is that men are those that set Crowns on the heads of Kings but when God doth not put his hand to it they are not well set He is that great Master who alone doth understand the Trade and the