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A27165	No treason to say, Kings are Gods subjects, or, The supremacy of God, opened, asserted, applyed in some sermons preached at Lugarshal in Sussex by N.B. then rector there, accused of treason by James Thompson, Vicar of Shalford in Surry, and the author ejected out of the said rectory for preaching them : with a preface apologetical, vindicating the author and sermons from that false accusation, relating the manner of his ejection, and fully answering the narrative of the said Vicar, now also parson of Lurgarshal / by Nehemiah Beaton ...	Beaton, Nehemiah, d. 1663.	1661 (1661)	Wing B1568; ESTC R17272	43,029	53

people are loved by him but they are not all men so greatly beloved as Daniel God reckons up Noah Daniel and Job as three Favourites that could do far more with him than other ordinary Saints Ezek. 14. 14. Now my Text and Doctrine will resolve whether of these are the most honourable and happy as far as God is exalted above the King in my Text so far is the condition of the Favourites of heaven advanced above the condition of the Favourites of earthly Kings but alas the blind World judgeth otherwise What will men do nay what will they not do to procure the favour of Princes Which when at last they have obtained they bless themselves and think now they are arrived at the top of honour and happiness nor are they alone in this folly and madness the generality of men admiring and envying their condition enquire of them after such an one how he doth and you shall have this or such an answer Alas how can he do amiss he hath the Kings ear and is the only Favourite at Court but as for Gods favour that 's not counted worth the looking after Many say Who will shew us any good But it is David only and some few such as he that cry out Lord lift up the light of thy countenance upon us Well thus it is in the World but if you compare the conditions of these two sorts of Favourites together you will find that as far as the heaven is above the earth so far is the happiness of Gods Favourites above the happiness of those that are most highly in favour with earthly Kings I shall only present you with those advantages which the former have above the latter which naturally flow from my Doctrine 1. Then suppose a man as high as possible in a Kings favour let him have all the assurances the King can give him that he will never cast him off yet is this Favourites high place a slippery place because the King hath not his heart in his own hand but it is in Gods who can in a moment turn the stream and cause him to hate him more violently than ever he loved him and then all the advantage he hath by his former happiness is this that it hath made him capable of a greater fall Whereas Gods Favourites are sure that whilst they walk in his waies and choose the thing that pleaseth him neither Principalities or Powers shall be able to separate them from his love having loved his own he loveth them to the end 2. He that hath most of the Kings heart may at that very instant be the object of Gods hatred and what King can interpose and turn away the wrath of a jealous God from him whereas the Favourites of heaven because they are Gods Favourites shall certainly either enjoy the favour of Princes or be secured from any real hurt by their displeasure Rom. 8. 31. If God be for us who can be against us Oh then whilst others are greedily hunting after the favour of Princes let us seek after the favour of that God whose Creatures they are who is all and hath all and doth all in heaven and earth Quest But what must we be what must we do to be Favourites of the King of Kings Answ 1. You must get into Christ you cannot see the face or enjoy one drachme of the favour of God whilst you are out of Christ 't is only in the Beloved that we are or can be accepted Imbrace then Christ as tendred in the Gospel and be assured that the more cordially you close with him the more highly you prize him and the more sincerely you obey him the more shall you have of the heart and love of God Joh. 16. 26. The Father himself loveth you because you have loved me 2. You cannot be the Favourites of heaven till cured of the leprosie of sin we read indeed of a King in Scripture that had a Favourite Naaman a great man but a Leper 2 Kin. 5. 1. But the King of heaven hath no such Favourites whilst then you are in an unregenerate unconverted estate whilst you are under the raign and dominion of sin know assuredly 'tis utterly impossible thou shouldst enjoy the favour of God Rom. 8. 8. They that are in the flesh cannot please God nor is it enough that you are washed from your filthiness but you must be adorned with the graces of Gods Spirit these are the attractives of his love 3. Would you be men and women greatly beloved of God Do you desire not only reconciliation but a large share of Gods heart and love You must walk with God that is as men that have God in their eye whose whole conversation shews they believe him present with them Enoch walked with God and had this Testimony He pleased him Heb. 11. 5. And then what an high honour and special mark of favour did God put upon him in his translation Be then sincere and uniform in your obedience and have respect to all Gods Commandements for a man fulfilling all his wills is a man after Gods own heart Acts 13. 22. The upright in the way are his delight Prov. 11. 20. 4. If you desire to be high in Gods esteem you must be low in your own eyes the high and lofty one delights to dwell and converse with lowly and humble spirits Isa 57. 15. Princes Favourites usually wear something given them by their Lord as a mark of his favour whoever wears this livery whoever is cloathed with humility that man which God hath adorned with this grace he is the man whom this King delights to honour 5. They are most highly in Gods favour that are most zealous and active for him God himself is a pure act and the more active we are in good the more like are we to him and the better liked are we by him Kings love them most whom they see most busie to promote their Interest Solomon tells us Prov. 22. 29. That if we see a man deligent in his business 't is a sign that man shal stand before Kings 'T is most certain that if we are not sloathful in business but fervent in spirit serving the Lord we shall stand before and be in favour with the King of heaven 6. Those that stick close to God in prophane places or times of danger and general Apostacy these are alwaies his special Favourites you heard before how highly Noah Daniel and Job were in Gods favour and I pray observe this of them all three Job lives in the Land of Uzz amongst a most barbarous people and at a time when Satan boasts that God hath not any visibly to own him and yet Job in this place and at this time is a perfect man fearing God and eschewing evill Job 1. 1. Daniel keeps close to God in the Babylonish Court Noah when all flesh had corrupted his way he remains upright in his Generation Gen. 7. 1. If then when others turn aside from following the Lord we fulfill after him or follow him fully we shall certainly be most highly in his favour 7. The more strong we are in faith the more stedfast we are in believing the more shall we have of Gods heart the more we act faith on Gods Al sufficiency when we can leave our own Country and Kindred sacrifice our Isaacs and against hope believe in hope then do we highly honour God Abraham was most eminent for this grace and see what an high honour God puts upon him Isa 41. 8. Abraham my friend 8. Lastly This Doctrine is full of consolation to the people of God be their condition never so sad their sufferings never so great here is enough to support them yea to fill their hearts with joy and gladness that God who hath taken them into Covenant with himself who is not ashamed to be called their Friend and Father whose love to them passeth the love of women in a word who is as tender of them as the apple of his own eye 'T is that God who hath an absolute soveraignty dominion over all persons and things in the World there hath been nothing done to them but by his permission he hath the heads hearts and hands of their most potent Adversaries in his own hand In the greatest storms and tempests their Father sits at the Stern and can command a calm when he pleaseth If then they are assured of his love and know he will not hurt them they may be assured that others cannot for they cannot go beyond the Word of the Lord to do more or less here is that which in the midst of the thoughts of our hearts is sufficient to refresh our spirits When therefore we hear sad news when those that bring evill tidings like Jobs messengers overtake one another and the last alwaies brings the worst news then remember and retire to this Text and Doctrine which publish peace and bring good tidings of good which say unto Zion thy God raigneth FINIS a Convitia probra quibus Christianos toto hoc tempore Draconicolae obruebant Objicientes eis homicidia conjurationes in Principes M●de in loc b Isid Pel. l. 2. Epist 229. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. c Quasi apud lapsos profanos esse aliud possit nisi mens prava fallax lingua odi● venenata s●crilega mendacia Cypr. ad Flor. Pupian Epist 69. a Chrys Hom. 12. in Act. Ap. c 5. Tom. 3. d Vid. vitam Chrys per Pallad Dacon Script operibus ejus praefix p. mihi 9. Bishop Sanderson Serm. 1. ad populum on 3 King 21. 29. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cap. 15. e 2 Thes 3. 2. Vid. C. a Lap. Sclat in loc ☜ Observ Cordis nomerad voluntatem potius quam ad intellectum hoc loco pertinet Aquin Reasons Applicat * One that hath since sworn against me