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A10242	The heart of the king, and the king of the heart, or, A briefe vnfolding of that remarkable proverbe of the royall preacher ... written in the time of His Maiesties abode at Plimmouth, and preferred vnto him in his returne from thence, anno 1625 : together with a short meditation vpon 2. Sam. 24.15., preached at a weekely lecture in Deuon, in those fearefull times of mortalitie / by J.P. Master of Arts and minister of the gospell.	Pyne, John.; J. P.	1628 (1628)	STC 20521.8; ESTC S4427	27,924	64

I proceed to that which followeth The Lord sent a Pestilence vpon Israel from the morning to the time appointed From the morning to the time appointed Hence may we gather that Doct. The spreading and speeding of pestilent contagions is both appointed and limited by God He sendeth them and he restrayneth them They shall rage no longer then the appointed time they shall rid no more but Gods appointed and set number Heere the people dye of the plague and the King escapeth In the second of Kings the twentieth Chapter the King is sicke of the plague and the people free here though the popular plague were threatned for three dayes space yet it ceased before the terme was fully expired and there though King Hezekiah were told from God that hee should die yet hee humbling himselfe was raysed as it were from his death-bed recouered from his disease and the Lord added to his dayes We reade in Histories of diuers great generall plagues some raigning ouer all the Realme of England as that in the yeere 1348. vnder Edward the Third some raging ouer all the Romane Empire as that in the yeere 252. vnder Vibius Gallus that pestilent persecutor of the Christian faith Both which plagues and specially the latter in their seuerall times as Historians relate creeping throughout all the Regions of the Earth lasted very long and wasted many Millions of people Insomuch that Cyprian taking an occasion by reason of the greater of those two generall plagues to write his Booke De Mortalitate saith towards the end of that Tract Corruit iam mundus malorum infestantium turbinibus obsessus That the World was euen wasted and went to wracke with the boysterous stormes of maladies and molestations Now who spreadeth these plagues who beddeth the earth in this sicknesse but hee who spreadeth the Heauens as a Curtaine Hee who with-holdeth the waters and they dry vp Iob. 12.15 and also sendeth them out and they ouerturne the earth He restraineth the pestilence and the sore dryeth vp hee sendeth it forth and it ouerunneth the Earth he maketh desolations in the Earth Psal 46.8 Againe he maketh the plague as he doth the plague of warre in the Verse there following to cease vnto the end of the Earth Many there are who haue stretched their wits to discourse how the Lord should cause the pestilence to spread and disperse it selfe abroad Diuers men referre it to diuers meanes some affirming that all those who fall by the pestilence are felled by the immediate stroke of Gods punishing Angell Others conceiuing that the euill one who distilleth into the malicious minds of many who are infectious a desire to infect others as hee doth into the mindes of the seduced a delight to seduce others that hee I say conueyeth contagious infection from one to another deriuing it from place to place from person to person by apparell ayre and all those arts which hee is permitted to vse against a people whom God purposeth to visit Sure I am here is the lamentable effect of the pestilence set downe in this Chapter on which the present calamitie of our owne country maketh so large a Comment here is laid downe the prime Author that layeth it on the maine cause that leades him on and the meanes inducing him to leaue off The meanes of dispersing the pestilence must be left to him also they are in his hands who can vse what meanes hee will to accomplish his iust purposes and to punish a rebellious nation For vse of the point In that God spreadeth the pestilence wee see how wide they are of the truth who impute it rather to the fate of destiny or the influence of malignant starres or the confluence of much people or the closenesse of place or the corruption of the ayre or the inundation of waters or the repletion of humors then to the hand of God who disposeth of all these at his pleasure Againe we may learne that they doe but spred a net for their owne feet who thinke or seeke to flye from the spreading pestilence without flying vnto God Alas it is not the auoiding of places infected nor the correcting of ayres corrupted nor the taking of receits prescribed not the putting off of cloathes suspected that can secure thee from Gods plagues The arrow of Gods anger can passe swiftly through the Ayre and enter secretly into thy bosome as that arrow did into the King of Israels bodie notwithstanding the change of place or attire 1. King 22.30 34. It is not the change of Ayre or rayment but the change of the heart by repentance that can stand thee in stead Though thou presently shift thy selfe shirt and all yet there is no shifting from God hee will finde thee out Indeed the outward meanes of preseruation are to bee sought and vsed but not relyed on When Gods arrowes flye abroad we must primarily arme our selues with prayer and flye vnto God as Iehoshaphat did when his enemies came against him If euill come vpon vs saith he to the Lord as the sword pestilence 2. Chron. 20.9 c. And wee stand in thy presence and cry vnto thee thou wilt heare and helpe He knew that his Progenitor and Predecessor Asa had felt the smart of the contrarie practice who did not so much pray vnto God as desire the Physicians to practice with him 2. Chron. 16.12 and therefore the Lord made their helpes vnprofitable In the next place here might bee drawne an vse of comfort for Gods Children in that the sword is in the hand of their mercifull father who will not euer be angrie but correct them in measure and compasse them with his mercie But there is another vse to bee made and another doctrine likewise to be raised and therefore I will not insist on it The last vse then that wee may more neerly apply a point that so neerely concerneth vs serueth for direction vnto vs all Doth the Lord spread the pestilence among vs and send it out like a running armie wasting wheresoeuer it commeth Psal 91.6 walking in the darknesse and wasting at noone day like a raging and deuouring raine leauing no food like an vniuersall blast destroying all fruits Doth hee make his dreadfull forces post hither and thither amidst our preparations for warre as hee did among Dauids warlike people What should we then doe but as weaker countryes are accustomed vpon the approch of dreadfull Armies submit our selues send our Agents and sue for peace Consider we what those of Tyre and Sidon did in the dayes of Herod Act. 12. towards the end of that Chapter When they vnderstood that Herod did beare an hostile minde towards them they sent their Ambassadors with one accord to desire peace But as for vs mittamus legatos doloris nostri lachrymas let vs with ioynt consent send forth plentifull teares as the onely preualent oratorie of a pierced and wounded heart For as great flouds hinder the preparations of Armies so the teares

breatheth out nothing but Murthers biddeth them ayme at nothing so much as at the heads of the Lords Anointed So was the Assyrian King Isa 10.5 And that bloudie Scythian of later times Punientur iudicio Dei Lactant. Diu. Infi lib 5. cap. vlt. But wee are to learne hence a lesson of Prayer and Supplication for Kings and those which are in authoritie And of Patience and sufferance vnder the yoke of tyrannie If our Kings tyrannize they are the scourge of God as was Antiochus They are in the Lords hand to punish vs and wee must leaue and referre their punishment to the same hand And certainely his hand shall finde out all his enemies Psal 21.8 When God openeth his hand and layeth it graciously on those who are our heads then hee falleth to blessing of vs when he shutteth it and layeth it grieuously about our Heads then hee falleth to buffetting of vs. Wherefore bee our Kings good they are the Ministers of God for our good Bee they euill Indignationis aduersus nos diuinae quasi ministri sunt Lactant. diuin Instit lib 5. cap. vlt. saith Lactantius Good Kings are like fire to comfort and enlighten Bad Kings are as fire to consume and deuoure It is not good medling with or laying hands on either What if Nabuchadnezzars heart bee lifted vp must a sentence of Depriuation bee giuen to despoile him of his throne Dan. 5.20 21. No Gods hand with the turne of an hand must turne him a grazing and make his Heart like the Beasts Dan. 5.23 Let Belshazzar lift vp himselfe against the Lord of Heauen must a censure of Excommunication bee hung vp at his gate No the finger of the Lords hand must write against the wall of his Palace that hand must number his time and finish it Dan. 5.24 weigh him in the ballance and finde him wanting diuide his Kingdome and giue it to the Medes and Persians If the foule mouth of Herod breathe out from a corrupt and cruell heart threatnings against Gods Church must a Chastell therefore strike at his throat or a Rauilliacke stab at his heart No the Lord must lay his hand vpon him his Angels must smite him * Horat. Regum timendorum in proprios greges Reges in ipsos imperium est Dei. The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the Riuers of water Wee must consider that God withholdeth the waters and they drye vp also he sendeth them out and they ouerturne the Earth Iob 12.15 See also Esa 8.7 Hee can cut off the spirit of Princes Psal 76.12 Hee can change the hearts of Kings who are set to doe euill Hee can exchange Kings whom hee hath set as the hearts in the midst of the Bodies politicke Hee can alter and subuert the estates of Kingdomes though they bee set and as it were setled in the very heart of the Earth like that of the Iewes Ezek. 5.5 Hee taketh away Kings Hee ruleth ouer the Kingdomes of men and giueth them to whomsoeuer hee will Magna Magnus disponit Deus So that wee must leaue those things with all our hearts to the disposall of Gods Almightie hand When the righteous are in authoritie the people reioyce saith Salomon Prou. 29.2 When the wicked beare rule what then must the people rebell No as it there followeth then the people mourne They change their note and tune it to lachrymae Riuers of waters runne downe their eyes Psal 119.136 because of those Princes who keepe not Gods Law Bee our Kings then good or euill God hath set them as the tree of good and euill in the midst of the Garden It is not for man to touch them least hee dye Nemo potentes aggredi tutus potest Seneca English it in the words of holy Scripture Who can lay hands vpon the Lords anointed and bee guiltlesse 1. Sam. 26. A thought against the sacred head of Soueraigntie is an attempt against thine owne Scelus in autorem redit like an arrow shot against heauen it commeth downe with a vengeance vpon the Shooters owne head It is like that enuenomed cup of the Monke of Swinsteed which as some write destroyed himselfe together with his Soueraigne Or like that sword wherewith Cassius strooke Caesar Plut. in vit Iulii Caesaris which as Plutarch storieth did afterward slay Cassius himselfe See Psal 37.15 The thoughts and the dreames of some haue beene treasonable But who would haue thought that their owne confession should make them plead guiltie who would haue dream't that their fancie should bee punisht as a fact Si nemo fuerit accusator ipsi narrabunt The Lord hath bound euery heart and hand with such a tye of inuiolable obedience to their Kings that who so prouoketh them to Anger is said to sinne against his owne soule Prou. 20.2 The Lord is so tender ouer them that hee will not haue them touched Touch not mine Anointed Psal 105.15 Hee telleth vs that if the King bee cursed in our thought or in our Bed chamber a Bird of the Ayre shall carrie the voice that which hath wings shall tell the matter Eccles 10.20 When by Gowries Plot our late Lord the King was brought euen to the Chambers of death who would haue imagined that the tongue scarce at libertie should haue discouered that the head was in danger In the Powder-plot when all things were carried in secrecie when those bloud-suckers sealed their cruell resolutions with receit of the Sacrament therein mingling bloud with their sacrifices who would haue thought that that which had wings should haue told the matter that a Quil that a Letter like that Anser Capitolinus should haue bewrayed the capitall danger likely to fall vpon the whole Land It was the hand of the Lord that enlarged the heart of the King to conceiue the intricate meaning of an obscure Riddle It was his hand that discouered deepe things out of darkenesse and brought to light the shaddow of Death Iob 12.22 So the Catesbeian Conspiracie was disclosed much like the Catilinarian of whose discouerie Plutarch reporteth thus Plut. in vit Ciceronis At night after supper and not long before the Massacre should haue beene committed Crassus his seruant brought him a packet of letters deliuered him by a stranger vnknowne was amongst which one hauing no name subscribed was directed to Crassus the effect of which was that there should bee a great slaughter committed in Rome by Catiline and therefore prayed him to forbeare the Citie Crassus therefore went to Cicero partly for feare of the danger and partly to cleare himselfe from the suspition of any league betweene him and the Conspirators Cicero conuented the Senate and caused the said letters to bee read publickly and so those letters bewrayed the Conspiracie Let vs now change but a few names with heathenish Rome and wee shall find but small difference in the reuealing of these two Romish and hellish Conspiracies namely if we put Catesby for Catiline