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A63889 A sermon preached before Their Majesties K. James II and Q. Mary at their coronation in Westminster-Abby, April 23, 1685 by Francis Lord Bishop of Ely ... Turner, Francis, 1638?-1700. 1680 (1680) Wing T3290; ESTC R6336 11,473 16

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A SERMON Preached before THEIR MAJESTIES K. JAMES II. and Q. MARY AT Their CORONATION IN VVestminster-Abby April 23. 1685. By Francis Lo●d Bishop of ELY and Lord Alm●ner to His Majesty Published by His Majesties special Command DUBLIN Re-printed by Andrew Crook and Samuel Helsham And are to be Sold by Samuel Helsham at the Colledge-Arms in Castle-street A Sermon Preached before their Majesties King James II. and Queen Mary at their Coronation c. 1 CHRON. XXIX 23. Then Solomon sat on the Throne of the Lord as King instead of David his Father and prospered and all Israel obeyed him THen Solomon sate on the throne of the Lord. Then that is to say on the day of his Coronation which is mention'd in the foregoing Verse Then when they anointed him This may suffice to shew my Text is suitable enough to the present royal Solemnity But if I had any mind to parallel all the greatness and solemn glories of this day from the story of that King I should be forc'd as great as King Solomon was to borrow some Illustrious Remarks from several other of his best days besides that of his Coronation For when Solomon was Enthroniz'd no Temple was then built or so much as begun but to day we have seen a spectacle full of all decent splendor in God's House and filling our hearts with joy We have seen a King standing as Solomon on the day when he dedicated the Temple stood before the Altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands Nay we have seen his Majesty in an humbler that is a devouter posture To day we have seen another spectacle of magnificent Piety a Queen for whom it were too low a comparison should I compare her to her that was rais'd immediately to a Throne near to that of K. Solomon then when 't is said his mother crown'd him again in the day of his espousals But a Queen the most faithful companion of her royal Husband's sufferings and hard travels the fitter to be now the Consort of all his Triumphs We have seen her also like her self that is like Humility it self which is the Queen of Vertues The Story of K. Solomon could I bring skill to set it forth would furnish an entertainment for the devotions both of a Royal Audience and a mixt Assembly For the King in my Text made himself his Text He made his own life the subject of an excellent Sermon He was pleased to stile himself the Preacher as well as the King in Jerusalem He once had been instructed by the King his Father the man after God's own heart but afterward he was taught of God on purpose to be set up for an everlasting Guide by the rules and directions he should leave to all other Princes and people To begin then where they began with him in the Text 'T is said they made Solomon the son of David King the second time The first time was then when Adonijah exalted himself and said I will be King when he prepar'd himself Chariots and Horsemen and fifty men to run before him But the race is not always to the swiftest nor to him that sets out soonest for Popularity yet then it was high time for David to declare the Succession for then he was told The eyes of all Israel are upon thee that thou shouldest tell them on supposition as I shall shew anon that God had told him already who should sit upon the Throne of my Lord the King after him Thereupon Solomon was declared and presently anointed to succeed But because the Ceremony then was perform'd in a kind of tumultuary hast 't is now repeated at more leisure with greater state To keep my self within some compass and from wandring in such a world of matter as the Story of K. Solomon would offer me I shall be willingly confin'd to these four Points through which we may see K. Solomon in all his glory 1st That his Title was firm and good 'T is said here He sate on the Throne of the Lord and he sate there as King instead of David his Father And 2dly For his Government that was as good as his Title His management was such as became so wise a King as Solomon And 3dly His people were an obedient people and all Israel obey'd him 4thly The Blessing of God was upon him and his Government 'T is said He prosper'd In the First place for his Title to make that good if this be not Argument enough that 't is said here He sate on the throne of the Lord and that he sate there as King instead of David his Father let me farther observe to you That he was a King of God's own Nomination to prevent dispute among the Sons of David 1. Chron. 22. 9. Behold a Son shall be born to thee his name shall be Solomon and I will establish the throne of his kingdom His Brother Adonijah after his vain Attempt to seize the Crown makes this express acknowledgment of King Solomon's Right to the Kingdom Tho' it were mine from the People yet it was his from the Lord For God's Choice and the People's are not always the same But if this were the Case that he was rais'd to the Throne not properly by the King his Father much less by the People but by God himself how comes it to be said here They made him King They that is all the Congregation Were they the King-makers then Were they the Original of Regal Power Had they it first in themselves Else how could they impart it Towards the clearing of this be pleased to compare the story of another King's Coronation in the Book of Kings with that self same story in the Book of Chronicles And whereas in one place we read the People anointed Joash we find in the other Place that Jehojadah the High Priest and his Sons anointed him so not the people 's Anointed but the Lord 's Anointed Only the People stood by as they do here and express their unanimous good Will with such loud Acclamations as you heard e'ne now not that we imagine our united voices contribute any thing of Right to our Hereditary Prince but to shew that if the Kingdom were Elective we think him most worthy to be King But 't is most plain and most evident that God by his special appointment set over his People the first three succeeding Kings Saul David and Solomon and where ever 't is said the People made them or any other Kings no more is meant but that the People own'd them as Kings of God's making But that immediate Designation of their Kings from Heaven was to cease one day and the Kingdom was to be Hereditary This appears from the Conclusion of those Provisional statutes Deut 17. those precepts for the King that should be set over them that he may prolong his days in the Kingdom he and his Children in the middest of Israel But as Solomon's Right to Empire