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Karolou trismegistou epiphania the most glorious star, or celestial constellation of the Pleiades, or Charles Waine, appearing, and shining most brightly in a miraculous manner in the face of the sun at noonday at the nativity of our sacred soveraign King Charles 2d, presaging His Majesties exaltation to future honour and greatness transcending not only the most potent Christian princes in Europe but by divine designment ordained to be the most mighty monarch in the universe : never any star having appeared before at the birth of any (the highest humane hero) except our Saviour / by Edw. Matthew ...
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Matthew, Edward.
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with the worlds Saviour far be it from even my imaginations much more expressions I know his Majesty as much abominates prophane adoration as he hates parasitical Adulation I shall therefore onely set down some brief but serious observations of resemblance happening touching that Star appearing at the Nativity of our Saviour and this Star or signe Câ—â—lestiall shining at the Nativity of our Soveraign and leave the signification interpretation and amplification thereof to some diviner Pens The first Observation is that as that Star did lead the wisemen to Christ to worship his divine Majesty so the wiser and better sort of men were directed by divine Providence to yield due honour and obedience to our rightfull Soveraigne Lord and King which by wilfully wicked persons was long withdrawn and denyed The second That as Christ Jesus was the worlds coelestiall and eternal Saviour sent into the world to save his people from their sins and Death Hell due for the same and therefore had the sweet name Jesus given him by the Angel from God So hath God sent our Soveraign King to be a Terrestial temporal Savior to our Microcrosm these three Nations ready to sinck in misery slavery and to be swallowed up by divellishly minded Miscreants Rebellious Traitors walking craftily c. Such as Jerewiah the Prophet mentions chap. 6.28 But God hath made our King as t is said v. 27. of that Chapter I have set thee for a Tower and a Fortresse among my people c. And chap. 15.20 I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall though they fight against thee they shall not prevaile for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee saith the Lords Thirdly as the wisemen of the East seeing the Star came to Christ and rejoyced with great joy and fell down and worshipped him and opened their Treasures and presented to him Gold Incense and Myrrhe Mat. 2.10 11. So hath the Lord touched and wonderfully inclined the hearts of the people towards our gracious King that with inexpressible joy and surpassing affection they bow and submit to his Majesty with rich Presents in token of Love Loyalty and Homage As the prophetical King and Kingly Prophet David of our Saviour prophesied The Daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall doe hommage before thy face with presents Psal 45.12 Is not this Scripture fulfilled at this time in our sight Again Psal 68.29 Kings shall bring presents unto thee the Kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts c. This is in part fulfilled by the King of Spaines Royall and kinde Prefents c. But will hereafter be more fully accomplished but by whom and in what manner the same shall be done although I have good ground for my Faith herein I shall at present conceale another opportunity happily for discovery hereof may be fitter Many propheticall expressions in holy Writ might be produced properly appliable to our Soveraign King Charls and even parallel to the present times and occasions a short Tract whereof hath been penned a year since but not yet published which I now forbear to specifie intending onely at present to speak and write of the said Stars Apparition at his Majesties Nativity and observations thereupon Yet thus much I crave leave to say I trust without offence to God or good men and propose this quare What man ever more like the Son of man our Saviour in his humanity then this our Sacred King in several respects as he was 1. In his own person born to be a King 2 Pointed at by an extraordinary Star 3. Both in his pious Fathers person persecuted and in his own pursued into exile both in a worse case then Birds Foxes who have nests and holes Calamities upon calamities accumulated upon Innocent heads our late Soveraigne at length causelesly yet barbaroufly murthered at his own gate 4. Slandered as a Friend of Papists and Malignants as our Saviour Christ of publicans and sinners and many other such like sufferings as our Saviours Yet Orietur stella ex Jacob consurget virga de Israel percuties duces Moab vastabitque c. Number 24.17 c. There shall come a Star out of peaceable James the Olive-bearer of this Isle and a Scepter shall rise out of pious Charls a precious Martyr for the Laws of the Land and Liberties of the People Ex Jacob erit qui dominetur Num. 24.19 de forti egressa est dulcedo Out of the strong shall come the sweet a Ruler so pleasing so much longed for desired by the People What King except our coelestial Soveraign and King David ever rod on so many Clouds of Calamities ever bare such a burthen of bitter miseries yet maugre the malice of al the most potent opposers Me thinks I hear the Lord thus comforting his King people I will raise up for them a glorious plant of renown And they shall be no more consumed nor bear the shame of the enemy for Rebellion any more I will raise up a righteous Branch A King shall raign and prosper Jer. 23. I will give the Crown and Diadem to him whose due and undoubted right it is Ezek. 21. T is well worth our observation seven several sorts of Government in this last Years space sought and endeavoured to be set up yet Iniquitatem iniquitatem iniquitatem ponam eam saith the Lord perverted perverted perverted will I make it Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion Psal 2. The Lord made David prosper in all his proceedings what ever David did was pleasing to the people their tender care of him was such that they said thou art more worth then ten thousand of us The King of of Kings owneth eminently and evidently our King as he did King David to be his King on whom are set the hearts of all the people Hath he not united and knit them fast unto his and their King Is not our King by Gods grace to his Majesty become the love and longing of his people even the joy of their hearts They have been with the spouse in the Canticles sick for love for lack of his Majesty their dearly beloved Soveraign and which is a signal Note of Gods love likewise those that were his very enemies are not onely now in peace but in love with his Majesty And as Balaam for Balac though hired to curse yet blesse altogether The Lord God is with him and the shout of a King is among them Surely there is no inchantment against Jacob nor divination against Israel Our Charlemaine according to this time it shall be said what God hath wrought Numb 23.21 23. As the trees c. which the Lord hath planted and as the Cedar Trees besides the waters The King shall be higher than Agag and his Kingdome shall be exalted Blessed is he that blesseth thee and cursed is he that curseth thee Num. 24 6 7 9. This
dispersion of confusion or a stranger at Babel How directly suitable to our Soveraigns condition are these names of Jehoshua which signifies Lord Saviour or the Lords Salvation and Zerubbabel and how properly applicable their offices and actions to his Majestie Hath not the son of Man the spiritual Saviour of the world Christ Jesus in the midest of the seven golden Candlestick having in his right hand seven stars the signe coelestial shining in the presence of the Sun at the birth of our King been to the King a gracious Saviour and Deliverer but also made his Majesty a true Joshua a saving Lord a temporal Saviour the Lords Salvation for saving these three sinking kingdomes Is not his Majesty by divine Providence become a zealous Zerubbabel a bright sun for dispersing and dispelling those thick dark mists and clouds of Confusion wherewith these distressed and distracted Nations have for a long season been sadly coverd almost consumed Hath not his Majesty been repugnant to and kept out as a stranger whilest this land was made a Babylon a receptacle of Rebellion And is not his Majesty in his return become and may be truly termed a Shashbazzar a joy in tribulation and Olive bearer comming with an Olive branch of peace to his people and two Olive trees the two Royall Dukes his Majesties brethre to settle their distractions And howsoever those that according to Gods word and holy prophecies may be worldlings be contemned and accounted as they are called in the 8. ver of 3. of Zachariah Viri portendentes Monstrous persons who presage or apply any such matter to his Majesty yet Ecce stella oritur ex Jacobo And Ecee Adducam servum meum Orientem and Ecce vir Oriens Nomen enis Zech. 3.9.16.12 The Coelestiall signe of seven Stars in the right hand of the sun of righteousnesse shall shew himself and shine brightly Our Jeheshua shall have a faire Diadem set upon his head and be cloathed with glorious garments of gladnesse and his Crown flourish whilest his enemies are cloathed with shame And the hands of our Zerubabel shall not onely lay the foundation of Gods house in his Church and State but his Royall hands shall also finish it The Great Mountain all his mightyest adversaries shall be a plain be brought low and shall know that the Lord hath called and sent him to this purpose For who shal despise the day of smal things Let us not be discouraged though beginnings seem small despicable yet we shall rejoyce The stone which the Babylonian builders refused will be the head stone of the corner and we shall see the Glorious glitering stone of Tin Zech 4. 10 in the hand of our Zerubabel The seven stars in the right hand of the Son of man The seven eys of Lord which run through the world shall inlighten and enable his Royall heart with high heavenly indowments to go through with that great work which the Great Jehova hath ordeyned for him and determined for his majesty to accomplish And then to his Royal servant our Soveraigne overcomming will the Lord give to eat of the Manna that is hid and not common to all and will give him a White stone in signe of victory honour and Gods favour and in the stone a new name This leadeth me to the next consideration or observation touching his Majesties Name Having shewed somewhat touching his Majesties Nativity and the Coelestiall signe the Pleiades or seven Stars appearing thereat with the observations upon the Number seven I shal with all humility crave his Royall licence briefly to express my mean meditations touching his Majestyes Names which may be said to be three Bonum nomen bonum omen 1. Naturall 2. Christian 3. Politicall All proper to his Majesty Person place dignity and promise peace honour and happinesse to his Majesty and the Kingdoms and people under his Dominions and Government Nomen quasi notamen Name is a mark note or signe by which any one person or thing is distinguished from another Nomen quod notitiem facit imago quaedem qua quid noscitur Fest. nomen quasi nonimen Scal. lib. 76. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nomen 1. Vocabulum proprium quo rem appellamus a proper Denomination or terme whereby we call a thing 2. Vocabulum quod libet quo aliquid intelligibile vel intellectum efferimus any term or denomination whereby we expresse any thing intelligible or to be understood 3. Id quod nomine expremitur sive persona suie res etiam ipsa familia decus dignitas famae existimatio honor Cultus authoritas jus potestas nomen per eo quod nominatur c Name is often used for the person the thing the family the renown dignity fame estimation honour worship reverence authority right power and name for the thing named The name of the Lord is often taken for the Lord himself When God moved the hearts of men to restore Religion after it had been long suppressed T is said Gen. 4.26 Then began men to call upon the Nam of the Lord. And Abraham called on the Name of the Lord. Gen. 12.8.13.4 So did Hagar Gen. 16.13 and Izhak Gen. 26.25 Moses did publish the name of the Lord. Deut. 32.3 The Levit. blessed Israel in the name of the Lord. Deut 10.8 Gods Name was in the Angel that guided Israel Exod. 23.21 To put the name of God upon any is to pray for him Numb 6.27 Who so blasphemed Gods name was stoned to death Lâ—vit 24.11.14.16 What shall be done to those who trace and caluminate the King Gods vicegerent David blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 1 Sam. 6.17 〈◊〉 Elisha Cursed the children in â—he name of the Lord name is used for Power Matt. 7.22 John 1.12 â—nd 22 23. Acts 3.6 For Dignity Phil. 2.19 So Names are put for mâ—n Rev. 3.4 Acts â— 15 The Jews are commanded to destroy the name of Amalek from under heaven Deut. 25.19 The name of God is a strong Tower Prov. 16.10 David overcomes Goliah in the name of the Lord of Hosts 1 Sam. 17.45 49. God exalteth the name of such as keep his laws Deut. 26.19 The Lord God made David to have a great name upon earth 2 Sam. 7.9 And made Ioshuah's name famous through all the world Iosh 626. So will the Lord doe for our Ioshua our David Make his name illustrious through the Universe and the Nations over whom Gods makes his Majesty Ruler happy in and through hiâ— wise-and godly Government Touching his Majesty tria noâ—ina or nomen triplex I shall noâ— presume to say much onely humbly offer and tender those considerations though imbecill and slender touching the same and begin with though the last in time and order yet not the least in dignity and honour The name Political King in the Saxon tongue Cyâ—â—â—g in the German tongue Koning the Dutch Kononingh Koninck a 〈◊〉 nen 1. scire to know Quod Rex vera scientia imbutus esse