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A29527	Prayer and praise, a two-fold tribute to be payed by all loyal subjects to their supream and subordinate soveraign a subject entred upon April 23, 1661, being the day of the solemn inauguration of King Charles the II and finished the Lord's Day following / as it was delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth by John Brinsley ...	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1661 (1661)	Wing B4724; ESTC R35787	29,831	38

she departed fully satisfied finding the reality of his worth far exceeding the report which at her departure she acknowledged as we find it 1 King 10.6 c. And she said unto the King It was a true report that I heard in mine own Land of thy Acts and of thy Wisdom Howbeit I believed not the words untill I came and mine Eyes have seen it and behold the half was not told m● thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the Fame which I heard Blessed be the Lord thy God which delighteth in thee to set thee on the Throne of Israel because the Lord loved Israel for ever therefore made he thee King to do Iustice and Iudgment And she gave the King an hundred and twenty Talents of Gold and Spices very great sto●● and precious Stones Thus was he honoured praised and blessed of others And so he was of his own Subjects who being as I said blessed in him blessed him Even as he speaking of good Wife who is wise and careful in ordering the businesse of her Family saith Her Children rise up and call her blessed her Husband also and he praiseth her Prov. 3● 28 So did his Subjects unto him feeling the benefit of his wife and righteous Government they called him blessed daily praising of him Thus was this Tribute payed unto him And so let it be by us to our Royal Soveraign And that upon a double account the Vertues which are eminent in him and the Benefits which we have received from him His vertues which are truly praise-worthy Such is the Patience which he hath shewen in bearing of so many so great so long continued Sufferings as during his so many years exile he hath had experience of And such is his Constan●y in adhearing to God's true Religion Notwithstanding his case was much like unto David's who complaining unto King Saul of his hard Usage from his malicious Enemies saith They have driven me out this day from abiding in the Inheritance of the Lord saying Go serve other gods 1 Sam. 26.19 Being by their means driven and kept out of his own Land where he enjoyed the Ordinances of God freely he was forced to wander from place to place from Country to Country to have his abode in Idolatrous Nations By which doing of theirs they did as much in them lay force and compel him to turn Idolater And even such hath been the condition of this our dread Soveraign and that for many years together yet through the good providence of God watching over him he hath continued constant to his Religion as David did To these add his Sobriety and Temperance wherein he is exemplary to his Subjects setting a Copy for them to write after As also his Moderation and Meekness which he hath declared by granting such indulgence to consciences truly tender which he would not have pressed under the burden of offensive unnecessary observances as by desiring and endeavouring an accommodation of differences that there might be as to matters of lesser concernment a Christian compliance amongst persons of different perswasions To which ann●x his Lenity and Gentlenesse in not taking all just advantages against all such as by whom he hath unjustly suffered To all which add the Zeal which he hath shewen against those Epidemical Sins of Swearing and Drunkenness which through too much indulgence have been sorife in this Nation These and other the like Vertues they call for this Tribute to be payed unto him And so do all those blessings and benefits which since his return we enjoyed under his Government For which let him under God be prais●d And oh that the Lord may so blesse him for the future that he may yet be made a greater blessing unto his People in this and the neighbour-Neighbour-Nations that they sitting quietly under his shadow may enjoy the Gospel of peace and the peace of the Gospel havi●● all the Ordinances of God continued to them with Liberty and Purity That so they being blessed in him may blesse God for him giving unto God as the Authour and to him as the Instrument the praise and honour which is due unto both But I want time to prosecu●e what I have only propounded And so shall take leave of the Literal sense of the words in the Text as relating to King Solomon It remains that I should look upon them in their Mystical sense as relating to King Iesus of whom Solomon was a Type But this I shall adjourn to the next Occasion The Second SERMON April 28 1661. PSAL. 72.15 Prayer also shall be made for him continually and daily shall he be praised THese words as you lately heard may be looked upon two wayes Literally and Mystically Literally as relating to King Solomon Mystically as relating to King Iesus With the former of these I have done It now remains that I come to the latter to look upon the words as relating unto Christ of whom King Solomon was a Type That he was so I presume it will not be questioned by any who understand the meaning of his Name Solomon Pacifious Peaceable So we find it expounded 1 Chron. 22.9 where the Lord giveth unto David the reason of imposing this Name upon this his Son Behold saith he a Son shall b● born unto thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his Enemies round about For his Name shall be Solomon and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his dayes Such a Prince was he a Prince of peace of a peaceable disposition and under whose Government the Land had peace And herein was he a Type of Christ whom we find described to be such a Prince having this Name given unto him Esay 9.6 His Name shall be called The Prince of Peace Shir Shalom the mystical Solomon To which we may joyn that other name which was given unto Solomon and that also by God himself Who sending by the hand of Nathan the Prophet called his name Iedidiah that is beloved of the Lord as we have it 2 Sam. 12.24 23. Which Name how fitly it agreeth unto Christ we may learn from that Voice from Heaven which was heard at his Baptism saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Matth. 3.17 This is Ies●s Christ the true Solomon And being so well may this Psalm as the 45th being much of the s●me ●●ture an● kind withou● co●●roversy h●●h be conceived to have an ●ye at h●m So it is agreed by all Ch●istian ●xpositors Howev●r some of them have made it a Question whether it have an eye at Solomon at all there being in it many expressions so highly Hyperbolical as that they cannot conceive how they should agree to him or any Mortal man whatever yea diverse of those whom we account to be the best Interpreters by their manner of Interpretation applying it only to Christ may seem to have thought little lesse yet that it hath a respect unto Christ and chiefly unto Him it is on all

their affection to their Soveraign as by drinking and Carouzing of Healths to him drinking by measure without measure Which however they cannot but take notice how disrelishing a Sacrifice it is unto him to whom it is offered which he hath sufficiently declared to them and to the World yet will they obtrude and thrust it upon him Here are their Healths but in the mean time where are their Prayers their serious and affectionate requests put up unto God on his behalf Possibly they will when they hear a form of prayer read for him in publick be ready to say Amen to it But when was the time or where is the place that ever they fell upon their knees in private to seek God for him Alas very far are they from doing what David here saith his Son Solomon's good Subjects should do unto him Pray for him and that Continually In truth they cannot be said to pray for him at all Prayer being an exercise which they have no acquaintance with save only the outside of it But turn we the Reprehension into a word of Exhortation Which let it be directed to all of us who would be accounted loyal and faithfull Subjects see that we be not wanting in this Duty in paying of this Tribute to our now dread Soveraign King Charls the Second whom God by his Providence and Ordinance hath set over us restoring him in a wonderful way to his just Right of Government in and over this and the Neighbour-Nations With-hold we not this due from him Render therefore to all their dues Tribute to whom Tribute faith the Apostle Rom. 13.7 Being rightful Governours the Tribute which is by Law due unto them is not to be with-held from them but to be payed in a consciencious way And so let this best of Tributes this Tribute of Prayer be payed by us by all of us unto our Soveraign Let prayer be made for him and that Continually Which as it is his due so it is a Service acceptable ●nto God So much our Apostle tells us in that Text which I have before had recourse unto 1 Tim. 2.3 where having put Christians upon this duty of praying in a general way for all men all sorts of men and in a special way for Kings and such as are in Authority he subjoyns For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 good in it self and to God well-pleasing Now such are the things which Christians are to set themselves to do such things as are well-pleasing in his sight a● St. Iohn hath it 1 Ioh. 3.22 So as were there no other Argument but this this alone should be sufficient to put Christians upon this Duty But besides this consider what hath in the general been shewen us the need which he to whom this Tribute is to be payed hath of it what need our dread Soveraign hath of Prayers Which he hath and that not only upon those general accounts of his Person and Government which are common with him to all other Princes but in respect of his present Condition and the condition of the Nations over which he is set which having lien for so long a time under such sad Distractions as they have done he who is to be under God the chief Physitian the chief Instrument for the healing of them had need of a more then ordinary direction and assistance in this so great and difficult a Work To this add As our Prayers are needful for him so they will be profitable unto us Water being powred at the Root the Branches receive the benefit of it Oyl being in a good quantity powred out upon the Head it runneth down not only to the Beard but to the Skirts of the Garment as it is said of Aaron Psal. 133.2 And the Dew or Rain falling upon the Mountains maketh the Vallies fruitful as it there followeth Thus the blessings of Heaven being powred out upon the Supream Head of a Nation there is not the meanest member of it but may be the better for it And upon this account may Subjects well be induced to pray for their Soveraigns what ever they be upon this account the Lord willeth his People the People of the Jews to pray for Babylon Jer. 29.7 Pray unto the L●rd for it for in the peace thereof ye shal● have peace So it was their welfare whilst they had their residence there was inwrapped in the quiet and welfare of that State as the safety of Passenger● is in the Vessel wherein they are imbarked And even so is the welfare of Subjects in a great measure inwrapped and bound up in the welfare of their Soveraigns as the safety of Passenger● is in the skill and care of the Pilot that standeth at the Helm And upon this account let not those who wish well to themselves cease to make prayers on their behalf but pray for them continually And this do we for our dread Soveraign this day being the day of his Solemn Inauguration At which time and upon which occasion prayers have been used to be made So we find it both ordered and practised at the Coronation of this King spoken of in the Text King Solomon 1. King 1. Where David appointing this his Son to be anointed King over-Israel by Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet he ordereth that for the greater Solemnity the Trumpet should be blowen and that all should say God save the King ver 34. which was accordingly done as we find it ver 39. And Zadok the Priest took a horn of Oyl out of the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon and they blew the Trumpet and all the People said God save King Solomon And the like let all the People in this Nation at this day do not only those who are present at this Solemnity but those who are at a distance from it Taking notice of it let them and us all joyn in this Appr●●ation and say God save King Charls the Second And this do we not meerly in a formal way and manner as the Acclamation● of the People too often are being nothing but the br●ath of their mouths but do it seriously and cordially in an affectionate way heartily begging fo● him the Lords Salvation th●t God would direct him in the business of the day and make it a happy day to him and to this Nation And this do we not this day only Let not our prayers be as the prayers of ●oo many are an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the service of a day but pray we for him continually 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Paul there hath it Eph. 6.18 Omni tempore at all times and seasons in publick in private as we have occasion to make our solemn addresses unto God le● him be remembred The best Servic● that we can do for h●m the best Tribute th●t we can pay unto him This is all that Paul beggeth of the Churches in his own behalf Brethren pray for u● 1 Thess. 5 2●