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A51533	The honour of kings vindicated and asserted In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sr. Patrick Drummond, late Conservator of the Priviledges of the Scots nation in the Netherlands, togeter [sic] with a considerable number of merchants, masters, and common sea-men from several places, the 3. of May 1661. stilo novo, being his Majesties coronation day. By Mr. Thomas Mowbray Minister of the Gospel at the Stapel-Port in Camp-veet.	Mowbray, Thomas, minister of the Gospel.	1663 (1663)	Wing M2995A; ESTC R217897	16,640	25

whom the Lord hath gratiously restored and that in the sight and presence of strangers that they may also learn to fear and to honour him It is true all that we can doe this way is but litle but if our myte be bestowed with a willing mind and a chearful heart it shall be as acceptable as a greater gift from these who is more able to give But I will not longer hold you up in the entrie let us next see how we are to perform this dayes work in Honouring our King The words read and the rest of this Verse are a conclusion of an Exhortaiton laid down in the 13. Verse Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whither to the King as Supreame or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him c. where the Apostle holds forth the duty of Subjects towards their Superiours and here again doth repeate the Substance of a Subjects duty to his Soveraign and withall doth commend to those to whom he wrote the description of an absolute Subject or Citizen in all his relations and tells them in a few words what would make a Christian living in humane Societies eminent for exactness of his behaviour for he in these words forms him in his cariage to all men to good men to God and to the King and so his charge enjoyns First courtesie to all men 2. Charity to Godly men 3. Piety to God 4. Loyalty to the King And of this last am I God willing to speak at this time Honour the King Before I fall upon the particular opening up of this Duty we may observe something from the Connexion of it with what goes before which is Observ That the Fear of God and the Honour of the King are very consistent the one of them does not hinder the other a man may be a very pious man and yet a very Loyal Subject see the Apostle doth immediatly joyn them together Fear God Honour the King So Solomon Prov. 24.21 My son fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change Our Saviour also Mat. 22.21 tells us that the doing of our duty to God doth not hinder the doing of our duty to the King for he in the matter of Tribute joyns both together Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars and unto God the things which are Gods He who hath commanded the one hath also commanded the other to wit God himself and his Commandments are most consistent Again how shall our Piety to God be manifested but by our Loyalty to the King Gods Vicegerent and Deputie here upon Earth And how can we indeed be Loyal to the King if we be not Pious towards God This is a thing impossible there may be indeed a shew of Loyalty and fair pretenses but still for our own ends we shall never look upon this as a matter of Conscience to submit our selves for the Lords sake which will only make a man fixt and resolute in this his duty come what may whereas wicked impious men let them pretend what they please to Loyaltie they have treacherous hearts within them which will when the occasion offers soon discover it self as wofull experience in our own times hath plentifully manifested But which is much to be wondred at that they who pretends to Piety should so much shew themselves disloyal as if to be Pious and Loyal were not at all consistent It was the glory somtime of the Primitive Christians to be most Loyal and faithful to their Kings and Emperours for which many of them was advanced to Places of great trust but in these latter times Christianity hath been disgraced and the glory of the Protestant Religion never before bespotted with this infamous note of disloyaltie hath been and is much impaired with those who are without and our Country and Country-men overloaded with disgraceful reproaches amongst the Nations I wish that now while the occasion is offered they may redeem their credit by some fair and manifest token of their Loyalie which in some measure may be equivalent to their former oversight and failings being led away with the fair shews and pretences of Religion and liberty which did directly lead them to a base slavery and almost to the loss of all Religion and to a destable Anarchy who was the first Plottets and Contrivers of this the Lord will in his own time find out when they shall perish in the gainsaing of Core I come now to speak to the Duty it self Honour the King In handling whereof I shall observe this order First I shall clear the words and remove some Objections which may here be moved 2. I shall shew you wherein the Honour of the King consists and how we are to honour him 3. Why we are to do this Where we shall see that this is not an arbitrary thing but an absolute and an express Duty lying upon us Lastly I shall apply this Doctrine according to our present state and condition For the First Honour the King the Vulgar Translation reads it reverence the King make him honourable Regem honorificate but in the Greek the word is one and the same in the beginning and ending of the Verse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 honour all men and honour the King Hereby is understood a particular and a special kind of honour which we are to give to the King not such an honour only as we are to give to all those amongst whom we live indifferently whither good or bad religious or prophane acquaintance or strangers shunning that which justly may give offence and doing that whereby we may gain them by our respectful speeches and behaviours shewing our selves alwaies meek and courteous yet never to justifie the Wicked nor to condemne the Rightous I say it is another kind of honour which we are to give to the King which is especially honor obsequii as you shall afterwards God willing hear But it may be here asked whom the Apostle means by the word King Such as understands the Epistle to be written to the Jews may perhaps conceave that the Kings that ruled by deputation in Judea should be meant such as was Herod and Agrippa But for as much as the Jews were scattered through the Provinces and those Provincial Jews were most in quiet and seeing also it is like that the Epistle was written to all Christians both Jews and Gentiles therefore by the King he meant Cesar And if so another doubt may arise greater then the former The Romans hated the name of a King and Cesar was an Emperour Now to this divers things are answered First That though the present Governour was an Emperour yet the Apostle knowing by some Divine instinct that the most Monarchies in the World in all Ages would rest in the title of King therefore he uses that title which may most concern the Elect in all Ages 2. Though amongst the Romans the title of King was not used yet the

THE Honour of Kings Vindicated and Asserted In a Sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sr. Patrick Drummond late Conservator of the Priviledges of the Scots Nation in the Netherlands togeter with a considerable number of Merchants Masters and common Sea-men from several places the 3. of May 1661. Stilo Novo being his Majesties Coronation Day By Mr. THOMAS MOWBRAY Minister of the Gospel at the Stapel-Port in Camp-veer Reddite quae sunt Caesaris Caesari An nescis longas Regibus esse manus MIDDELBURGH Printed by Thomas Berry dwelling near the English Exchange 1663. TO THE Right Honourable the Commissioners of the Royal Broughs within the Kingdom of Scotland the undoubted and unquestionable Patrons of the Scots Church at their Stapel-Port in Camp-veer Right Honourable IT may seem very strange that this Sermon after two years lurking and above should now in this simple and poor dress begine to show it self to your judicious eyes and censure like a thing born out of due time I hope the meanness of its strain not being adorned with the fair floorishes of humane eloquence doth sufficiently proclaime to all ingenuous spirits that neither pride nor vanity hath brought it to this publick view But to satisfie your Honours and all Men of Candor be pleased to take notice of the true reason of this my present attempt which indeed is to obstruct and if possible to overturn some Mens misrepresentations of me in the poynt of fidelitie and loyaltie to his Majesty and that to Men of eminencie and great trust both in Church and State I shall accuse no Man I pray that the Lord may forgive them and I do heartily and freely forgive them also Only as the sad imputation of disloyaltie to his Sacred Majestie is a most grievous burthen to an honest Man especially of my coat who has been even in the worst of times indeavouring loyalty so for as he might with the hazard of life and what else is most pretious so I think its lawful for me yea altogether necessary and therein I wrong no Man to Apologize for my self and no other defence shall I use for my own vindication then this following Sermon wherein how mean soever your Honours and every Man else who will be pleased to peruse it may see what is my manner of Doctrine in reference to that obedience and submission which every good Subject ows to his Soveraigne the Kings sacred Majesty and to this present Government as it is now established It may be presumed that a loyal Man in the Pulpit will not be disloyal out of it and houever a sound Judgment and a right Practice are not alwaeis inseparable according to that old Saying Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor yet I hope Christian charity will pleade at your Honours hands and every one else that shall see this Paper to think the best of me until you have sufficiently informed your selves of me and when that shall once be I trust that your good opinion of me will be confirmed I know that this Paper shall meet with no better entertainment then others of a more elaborate and Judicious composure have done before but let prejudice malice and obliquie speak what they can I hope there is nothing contained here but sound Truths consistent with Scripture and the judgment of Orthodox Divines both ancient and moderne which truly I have set down very faithfully as I found them scattered here and there in their Writings Let it not offend your Honours that I have sheltered this worthless piece under your Names to whom should I flie for Patrocinie if not to my Patrons The experience of your Honours kindness hath imboldned me to cast my self upon you and to expect a favourable acceptation of the first fruits of my weak labours which in reason you may challenge as yours and so far as equity will perswade to countenance me in the discharge of my Ministrie here I am affraid if I should inlarge to meet with that of the Cynick Close your gates lest your City run out and therefore I shall winde up all with this that the Lord would powre out upon every one of you the Spirit of your callings that as at home so here by your Godly and unanimous Counsels Piety may be advanced and Trade may flourish which shall be for a Name that will not be forgotten So prays Your Honours much obliged Servant in the Gospel Mr. Thomas Mowbray The Honour of Kings Vindicated and asserted 1 Pet. 2.17 Honour the King IT is not unknown to you I suppose why we are here so solemnly conveened at this time our duty to God our duty to our Soveraigne our duty to our Country our duty to those amongst whom we live for the time and and generally to the whole Christian World the duty we owe to our selves if we would be accounted loyal faithful and honest Subjects all calls aloud upon us this day to contribute our indeavours for the solemnization of it and that in regard of that much longed for action this day with so great Triumphs and acclamations performed the Coronation of His Majestie the happie effects whereof I hope shall indure so long as time shall last A long and a dark night of confusions and horrible oppressions when there was no King in our Israëll every man doing what seemed good in his own eyes hath sore broken and affrighted us and who is there that had the least spark of loyalty in his breast and any sense of Religion that did not see the horrour of it Now may we sing the night shaddows are blown away the day appeareth and the Beasts of prey are retired to their dens where I hope they shall not long lodge in securitie yea the Sun is risen and is going on towards the mid-day doe we not begin to feel his heate And is there not much more good laid up for us which we may warrantably expect if we will carry our selves as Christian and Loyal Subjects Well then seeing all next to Gods most free and undeserved favour flows from the happy Restauration of our King to that which alwaies in regard of birth and a most just free and absolute title of Inheritance was even in the worst of times his hath God I say again blessed and honoured us with a King and set the Royal Diademe this day upon his sacred Head have we not then reason to bless God for it to rejoyce in this day which the Lord hath made and to Honour our King doubling and redoubling our cries God save the King Certainly if Samuel did but judge it a reasonable requeast of Saul whom yet God had rejected from being King because he had rejected the Word of the Lord and that was to honour him before the Elders of his People and before Israël least they observing Samuel's slighting of him should happen to despise him while he held the Throne Shall we not much more look upon it as a thing most reasonable to honour our King