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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34287	A sermon preached at the Cathedral Church in Gloucester, upon St. Georges Day on which day His most sacred Majesty Charles the Second, was most solemnly crowned / by Tomas Carles ...	Carles, Thomas, 1625 or 6-1675.	1661 (1661)	Wing C583; ESTC R2450	13,986	24

Crowns This day is the marriage of the King to his people and matches you know are made in heaven The Contract is long since past this is the solemnity of the Royal Espousals The Crown is the gold ring and let the Motto be still since it is of Gods devising * Mat. 19 6. Quae Deus conjunxit nemo separet What God hath joyned let no man put asunder He is to set it on Kings are not to catch at Crowns He alone disposes them Subjects are not to snatch off Crowns 2. The second thing more remarkable is this that as He receives his power from God so one of his first cares is to provide for Gods honour A Kings first care is for Religion in the Reinstitution of true Religion God miraculously restores the King and He as the tribute of thankfulness endeavours to restore the worship of God in its purity and by this indeed He is chiefly set as blessings for ever by forwarding his peoples eternal blessedness You shall find this in the fixth of the second of Samuel as soon as the Kingdome was confirmed to him the house of Saul growing weaker and the house of David stronger for Saul the father was dead 2 Sam. 4.5 and Ishbosheth Sauls son that was set up by Abner his Uncle was cut off by Baanah and Rechab two of the chief Commanders in the Army His first care I say after the setling of his Kingdome was with solemn joy and triumph to bring back the ark of God to his own City and its proper resting place 2 Sam. 6.17 This remarkable passage in the story applies it self and therefore since our Soveraign is confessedly on all hands so religious and zealous for the restauration and advancement of the reformed Religion established by Law I heartily wish and believe you 'l joyn with me in the prayer 2 Sam. 6.12 that all the honest Obed-Edoms that give the Ark house-room in their hearts and families may feel the manifest blessings of pure Religion and that those rash and inconsiderate Uzzah's that will needs be medling with the Ark under pretence of upholding it supposing every stumble of the Oxen may prove an overthrow of the Ark it self which God hath more care of then they consider I wish they may remember how he was there in the place 2 Sam. 6.7 immediately smitten for his errour that they may not by their rashness cause a breach among Gods people 3 The third remarkable passage in King Davids story is most applicable to our dear Soveraign that now is and 't is the glorious Return of David to his Jerusalem in peace after the mishaief and confusion of a strong conspiracy managed by one that was both Absalom and Achitophel too The Kings return and like Herod stiled by Caussinus the unfortunate Politick was a man sprung out of nothing O. C. and yet built his fortunes as high as a Throne Our sins were great and alas are so still and the sad thoughts that we were not ripe for Mercy prevented me else in the Tropique of our condition at the turning of our captivity I had burst forth to this purpose last year and on * Which was my turn in the Lecture at Gloucester the day that Lambert was brought to London Prisoner Verse 43. Easter day preach'd unto you the Resurrection of a dying Nation represented out of Davids Chronicle in the Exemplary contention between Judah and Israel about bringing back the King as you have it at large in 2 Sam. 19. where the Holy Ghost takes notice in the last verse That the words of the men of Judah the royal Tribe were fiercer then the words of the men of Israel But blessed be God the King and His Houshold were safely brought over the water 1 Sam. 19.41 and the moderate men of Israel that followed many of them after Absalom did heartily joyn with the Talkative men of Judah that were all along true to the King and like loyal Subjects hand in hand brought the good King with great pomp and triumph into Jerusalem When success which had blinded had opened their eyes and Absalom the Rebel and Usurper was taken away then the divided Nation is united in their desire of Davids return with honour quarrelling for preheminence in duty nay 2 Sam. 19.20 cursing Shimei comes out the first of all the house of Joseph to meet him Indeed the patient bearing of Gods frowns as David did when he fled from his royal Chamber of Jerusalem is the best preparative to his smiles And the restoring of a pious Prince to his just rights and happy Government is worthy of the strife of Gods people and doubtless God hath a blessing in store for them that were so zealous in that good work For besides their share in the blessing they receive from the father of their countrey their memory will be blessed in future generations And give me leave to annex a good wish too to this third notable particular so eminently made good in the return of our gracious King That Since as that blessed Saint his * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 27. To the P. of Wales p. 2. Father foresaw and prophecyed the mountains of congealed factions are by the Sun-shine of Gods mercy and the splendor of his vertues thawed and dissipated and the forked arrow of factious emulations is drawn out and he makes it his constant business with all Princely arts and clemency to heal the wounds That now we would believe that our Religion and our Loyalty cannot be parted without our sin and our infelicity and from henceforth strive who shall be the best Christian 1 Pet. 2.17 and the best Subject for Fear God Honour the King in St. Peters style have not so much as a conjunction copulative to part them And if any discontented Sheba 2 Sam. 20.1 upon a pretended interest in the King shall blow the trumpet of sedition and bring the people from bragging of their ten parts in David to cry out they have no part at all in the son of Jesse If ever again ye go to your Tents O Israel surely the Lord of Hosts will make ready his arrows upon the string against the very faces of you and make a wise woman able to throw the son of Bichri's head over the wall 2 Sam. 20.22 Thus I have pressed upon your thoughts and thanks these three special and choice observations in a practical way 1. That God is the right desposer of Kingdomes 2. That a good Kings chief care is for Religion 3. That such a King trusting in God shall be restored with greater honour to his throne Thus much of the Original David by way of Parable Now as duty binds me of Davids Copy in plain English And now I am at a loss where to begin and must contract my meditations that I may not hinder the enlargement of your joy We are scarce yet awak't out of our National