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Four sermons preached upon solemne occasions I. The troubler of Israel. II. The righteous mans concern for the churches misery. Preached before the judges. III. Cæsars due honour, preached before the mayor and aldermen of Leicester, May 29. 1669. IV. Davids work and rest, preached before the election of the mayor. By Tho. Stanhope A.M. Vicar of St. Margarets in Leicester.
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Stanhope, Thomas.
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for fear of losing their estates some of their lives notwithstanding the several attempts for his restauration which had proved fruitless and the various projects which had been dis-appointed yet God wrought his own work in his own way at his own time He stirred up a Noble-Hearted Subject our renowned Generall whom God long bless for bringing such a blessing to us directed him in the management of his affairs made him successfull in his enterprizes by whose wisdom courage and faithfulness our King was brought home quietly and peaceably without the shedding one drop of blood 1 Kings 6.7 I was going to say his return was like the building of Solomons Temple without noise but that the Solemnities of this day proved it otherwise when the Canons in the Tower the Bells in the Churches and the acclamations of the people vied one with another which should loudliest proclaim his welcome to London Certainly God did herein out-do our very expectations It is a day we have reason to remember it brought us a mercy we have reason to prize To sum up all Let us be sure to honour that King whom God by such a miraculous preservation hath honoured Psal 118.24 And since this is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it blessing and praising the great worker of wonders for this his wonderfull mercy vouchsafed unto us For which and all other benefits bestowed upon us To the Eternall and Glorious Trinity Father Son and Holy Ghost be continually ascribed Glory Praise Dominion and Thanksgiving now henceforth and for evermore Amen Davids WORK AND REST. A SERMON Preached at St. Martins Church in Leicester September 21. 1669. Before the Election of the Mayor By Tho. Stanhope A. M. Vicar of St. Margarets in Leicester TO THE Right VVorshipful The Mayor and Aldermen of the Borough of Leicester Right Worshipful I Here present to your Eyes what formerly was delivered to your Ears God grant it may make a deep impression upon your Hearts It is a Sermon preached by Command and was at the preaching favourably entertained by the persons principally concerned in it To prevent the trouble of giving several Copies desired by some good Friends which I thought might be attended with sundry Inconveniencies I have chosen this way of publishing it in Print that it may be ready at hand to do God his Church and your selves a further service I must ever thankfully remember the kindness received by an unanimous vote in your Hall at my first settlement among you and the continuance of a fair Respect which as I still experience so I desire to declare it to the World My capacity will not reach to a better acknowledgement than the offering this Token of Gratitude into your hands God Almighty bless it to the good end for which it was designed that by following Davids example in serving your Generations His Holy Name may receive due Honour you may be Instrumental to do much good and your Corporation being Governed with Care and Conscience may flourish in Peace and Plenty while the Sun and Moon endure This is and shall be the fervent Prayer of Your Humble Servant in Christ Jesus Tho. Stanhope Leicester Novem. 9. 1669. DAVIDS Work and Rest Acts 13.36 For David after he had served his own Generation by the Will of God fell on sleep IT is no new thing in Scripture to meet with Articles of Faith confirmed by force of Argument Rational proofes make the deepest impression upon rational creatures Thus St. Paul spends a whole Chapter in proving the Resurrection of our bodies 1 Cor 15. And here great part of a Sermon in proving the resurrection of Christs body The medium he useth is a passage of Davids which that Prophetick Psalmist had long before sung in his name upon a foresight of his triumph over death Psal 16.10 Thou wilt not leave my soul in bell neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption Now that these words were a praediction concerning Christ the Apostle makes out Syllogistically one part of the Argument being implied the other part expressed That implied is the ground or foundation of the rest and may thus be formed Either this place must be understood of David or of Christ But it cannot be understood of David Therefore it must be understood of Christ Where the Minor being only lyable to exception is strengthened by that which we find expressed The two propositions are in two verses David after he had served his own generation by the Will of God fell on sleep and saw corruption in this But he whom God raised up meaning Christ saw no corruption in the next Whence the conclusion naturally follows Therefore the Psalmists words of not seeing corruption must be understood not of David but of Christ And thus the Text stands in its relative consideration as it respects the business our Apostle was then managing and the Article of faith he was then confirming But I pass from that to take it absolutely as it neither looks backward nor forward yet contains in it self those truths which may be seasonable for this occasion for this Auditory For David after he had served c. To entertain you with any tedious discourse of Davids person or Criticisones upon his Name would be ill husbandry both of your patience and my time His Character is so exactly given by the Spirit of truth and his life so largely written in the Scriptures of truth that he who runs may read and he who reads may understand them I shall confine my self to what is here mentioned After he had served 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Substantive whence the Verb comes properly signifies an Vnder-rewer ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sub remige qui remum in navi agit he that tugs at the oare in the Ship a Work of constant and extraordinary pains And it is commonly if not alwayes in the New Testament used of serving in Publick Employments a sign that men when called to the Management of great Offices are called to a great deal of trouble The Mace and the Scarlet doe not more naturally bring bonour and respect than care and toile along with them No marvel then that honos and onus sound so like or the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 translated honour should be derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to be burdensome Men will scarce believe that King spake his thoughts when he told the Woman applauding his happiness Knewest thou what cares are wrapt up in a Crown ne ex luto quidem thou wouldst not take it up out of the dirt but he that wore it felt how heavy it sat upon him and made both his head and shoulders to ake That by the way After he had served his own Generation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To understand this word aright you must know that Generation is especially taken two wayes either for the whole time one lives the duration of a