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A66470	Religion exprest by loyalty in a sermon preach'd before the right worshipful Samuel Swift Esq., Mayor of the ancient, honourable and loyal city of Worcester, the first Sunday after his inauguration or instalment, being the 19th day of October, in the year of our redemption 1684, at the parish church of St. Swithin, upon a text selected by William Swift, Esq. (his truly loyal father) being the 21st. & 22d. verses of the 24th chapter of Solomons Proverbs, in these following expressions / by Will. Williams ...	Williams, William, Inferior Brother to the venerable and orthodox clergy.; Swift, William.	1685 (1685)	Wing W2790; ESTC R12293	14,287	42

the whole Land was infested with Sects and Tumults in so much that the State was troubled the King disobeyed good Laws neglected violence and villany offered to all that were possessed with Loyalty and Allegiance towards their Soveraign this brought the Kingdom into such a confused Distraction that much People grew obstinate and disloyal some pleading for Liberty of Conscience and under that Nicety forsaking Communion with the Church Catholick to flock with seditious Multitudes either to Mountains Woods Barns or Stables any where rather than the Place of Holy Convocation though consecrated for the Worship and Honour of God in allusion unto the Temple of Solomon whereof David said In his Temple shall every Man speak of his honor But wilfully forsaking their Mother Church they suddenly fell to Sedition from Sedition to privy Conspiracy against the Government from Conspiracy to Rebellion from Rebellion to false Doctrine from false Doctrine to Heresie from Heresie to Schism from Schism to hardness of heart and from hardness of heart to contempt of Gods Word and Commandment like unto those filthy Dreamers who despise Regal Dominion and speak evil of secular and civil Dignities as St. Jude remarks in the 8. vers of his Epistle These are the Gradations of a profest Schismatick and Schism is as antient as the Devil himself for he was the first Inventer of it as appears by the Dissention which he made amongst the Caelestial Angels until he and they became Apostates for which presumption he was cast under the Name of Lucifer into the depth of Hell as appears in the 14. Chap. of the Prophesie of Isaiah at the 14 and 15. verses In the second Place after he had put the Angels at variance one with another and both himself and them in opposition to God he proceeds to set man at difference with his Maker and that in the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve consenting to his Serpentine Temptation became guilty of sin and eternal death Thirdly assoon as this diabolical Schismatick had set man at odds with his Maker he did set one man to destroy another as appears in the 4. Chap. of Genesis v. 8. where by his evil means Cain rose up against Abel his Brother and slew him From hence it may be observed that where-ever Satan sows his seeds of sedition there others may reap the fruit of Murder and Confusion This Truth might be witnessed in the Kingdom of England by an inhumane and unparallel'd Experience namely the Assassination or Murder of our late King being the odium of all Christendom occasioned by the disturbance of our home-bred divisions which created contention and debate amongst us being the malignant Marks of Satans Synagogue and directly opposite to the badges of Christs Church which are Unity Peace and Concord for as St. Paul saith in his 1st Epistle to the Corinths the 11. Chap. ver 16. If any man seemeth to be contentious we have no such custom neither the Churches of God Seing therefore that the Church of God admits of no contentious Customs let all of us that own our selves profest Members thereof joyn together in one harmonious consent to hold the Faith in Unity of Spirit in the Bond of Peace and in righteousness of life Acknowledging the Truth of my second Proposition That he who fears God ought in such a manner to honour his King as not to side with those that would alter or change his Government and this also is answerable to these words of the latter Clause in my first Verse And meddle not with them that are given to change Which ushers me to the management of the Third Proposition Namely to prove by express Testimonies of Scripture That sudden Calamities have ensued upon the Rebellion of Schismatical and Factious People Which also is agreable with the first branch of the second ver in my Text where Solomon affirms That their Calamity shall rise suddenly My first Evidence in this respect shall be alledged from the 16. Chap. of Numbers at the 31 32 33 34. verses where it is recorded That Korah Dathan and Abiram rebelled against Moses and refused to obey him whereupon fire came from the Lord and consumed Korah and his Company And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up Dathan and Abiram with their Houses and all the men that appertained to them and all their goods and they perished from among the Congregation And again when the Congregation of Israel murmured against Moses the Lord sent a Plague amongst them whereof there suddenly dyed Fourteen thousand and seven hundred besides them that dyed about the matter of Korah as appears in the 49. v. of the same Chap. Another Instance we have in the 21. Chap. of Numbers at the 5 6. v. where it is said That the Lord sent fiery Serpents amongst the Israelites and they bit the people and much People of Israel dyed for their murmuring against Moses who in those days was their chief Magistrate Likewise Absolom rebelled against King David Lord and Father but his great Army was overthrown and Twenty Thousand af them were slain and himself hanged by the head forsaken by his Mule and with three Darts thrust through the heart by Joab and Ten young men that bare Joab's Armour compassed him about and slew him as you may read in the 18. Chap. of the second Book of Samuel at the 7.14 15. ver Also Sheba the Son of Bichri rebelled against King David and blew a Trumpet and said we have no part in David neither have we Inheritance in the Son of Jesse and every man of Israel went up from after David and followed Sheba but shortly after Sheba being besieged by Joab in Abel had his head stricken off and thrown over the Wall to Joab as it is recorded in the 20. Chap. of the second of Samuel at the 1 2 21 22. verses Baasha the Son of Ahijah conspired against Nadab his Lord and King and slew him as appears in the 15. Ch. of the first Book of Reg. ver the 27. But in the 16. Chap. of the same Book at the 1 2 3. v. Jehu the Son of Hanani prophesy'd against him saying from God I will take away the Posterity of Baasha and will make thy House like the House of Jeroboam the Son of Nebat him that dieth of Baasha in the City shall the Dogs eat and him that dyeth of his in the fields shall the Fowls of the air eat Zimri a servant to Elah King of Israel conspired against his Master and slew him but within seven days Omri whom the People made King came and besieged him in Tirzah and it came to pass when Zimri saw the City was taken that he went into the Palace of the King and burnt the Kings house over his head and dyed as it is apparent in the 16th Chapter of the First Book of the Kings from the 9th to the 19th Verse The Servants of Joash King of Juda conspired against him and slew the

Subject that is to infer the Application both from the Premises and the Conclusion of my Text. Since therefore that all Persons fearing God ought to honour and obey their lawful Soveraign and not to meddle with such People as change from his Government by reason the Calamities of such shall suddenly arise yea even to ruine and destroy them in their unlawful Enterprises Then let it be our Christian care and diligence so to fear God and honour the King as to be in due subjection to all the subordinate Magistrates as those that are sent by them for the punishment of offenders more especially to the right Worshipful the present Mayor to whom God and the King have committed the Sword of Justice to execute Judgment in this City That as his name is Samuel he might therewith Samuel-like hew Disloyalty and Sedition in pieces as Agag the troubler of Israel was hew'd before the Lord in Gilgal which passage is observable in the 15. Chapter of the first of Samuel at the 33. ver But in the 22 23. ver of the same Chap. the Prophet Samuel hath an excellent Observation in reference to Obedience and Loyalty where he speaks these Expressions Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken then the fat of rams For Rebellion is as the sin of VVitchcraft and stubborness is as Iniquity and Idolatry But to put a Period to such wilful Practices I shall insert this Christian Caution That if in case any Persons be dejected by reason of accusing Consciences for withdrawing themselves long since from the Communion of their Mother-Church or neglecting their Duty of Loyalty to the King as the Foster-Father thereof And notwithstanding all this have an earnest desire for the future of being conformable to the said Church in complyance with the Apostle's Council who would have God to be fear'd and the King honoured I do ardently intreat all such for the calming or appeasing of their Consciences to lay hold on the present opportunity that their Obedience and Gods Mercy might meet together so that Righteousness and Peace may perpetually kiss each other In the pursuit of which duty St. Paul gives us a Christian and a Catholick exhortation in his first Epistle to Timothy the 2. Chap. at the 1 2 3. ver where he delivers this Apostolical charge That first of all Supplications Prayers Intercessions and giving of Thanks be made for all men For Kings and for all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour This was the practice of the holy Apostles and also the Rule of the Primitive Fathers Imitation as appears by a certain Prayer or Collect recited by Tertullian a reverend Father of the primitive Church in behalf of the antient Emperors Worded in these Expressions God Almighty who is the Protector and Defender of Kings Grant to your Sacred Majesty a long Life a happy Reign a secure State and Habitation a strong Army a faithful Senate or Councel and a Loyal People This Prayer is very requisite to be minded by every Loyal-hearted Person both for the Good of his Soveraign and himself more especially by the Subjects of this Kingdom that God might be intreated to make our King so pious prosperous and puissant in his Princely Enterprizes as that all European Tongues may unanimously confess CAROLUS Ille MAGNUS Charles he is the Great By the blessing of God he is great in this Nation and also Good to the Nation for this Kingdom is blessed both in his Regal Descent and Royal Deportment as to his Descent he is well known to be the Son of Nobles In which respect Solomon saith in the 10th Chap. of his Ecclesiastes at the 17. ver Blessed art thou O Land when thy King is the Son of Nobles Our Royal Charles is so Noble in all his Actions that I can parallel him with none but prudent and princely Solomon like unto whom in the first Place God has endued his heart with extraordinary Wisdom To go in and out before the great People of this Kingdom committed to his Princely Tuition 2. As Solomon was called Lemuel a King belonging to the Lord so also may our King For he is one belonging unto him 1st In that he is The Defender of his Holy Catholick and Apostolick Faith 2dly As Solomon was named Jedidiah a King beloved of the Lord so likewise may our Soveraign for it is certain that he was so beloved of the Lord as to be wonderfully rescued and preserved from the furious rage of his enemies not only before and at his Royal Restauration but also at sundry other times both at home and abroad 3dly As Solomon was called Shelemo a peaceable and a quiet King so may our CHARLES for he was so quiet and peaceable as not to revenge much of his Fathers Blood upon the heads of his Enemies neither fully to recompense their cruelty upon those Persons who by commixing Villany with Violence lately attempted to embrue their polluted hands in his own Royal Blood So that his Majesty might have taken up a doleful Lamentation in allusion to that of the Daughter of Sion mentioned in the 4. Chap. of Jeremiah at the 31. ver That bewaileth her self and that spreadeth her hands saying Wo is me now for my Soul is wearied because of Murtherers But may God Almighty preserve our Prince his gracious Person from all such Diabolical and Inhumane Attempts by establishing Peace within the Walls of his Three Kingdoms and Prosperity in the Palaces thereof That all his Subjects may live so peaceably and quiet under their Vines and their Fig-trees as to be free from the fear of Evil. Which that we may do Let us implore God the Father for the sake of God the Son to endue us with the Grace of God the Holy Ghost at all times in all places and upon all occasions to put in practice that Sacred Admonition of prudent Solomon the Son of David in the Words of my present Text where he saith to every Subject My Son fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change For their Calamity shall rise suddenly and who knoweth the ruin of them both Now to God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost a Trinity of Consubstantial Persons subsisting in the Deity of one Individual Essence be ascribed as is most due all Honour Glory Power and Praise from henceforth even for ever more AMEN FINIS