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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

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