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A29910	A sermon preach'd on the coronation day of K. Charles I March 27, 1644, in S. Mary's in Cambridge / by Bishop Brownrigg when he was vice-chancellor of the vniversity, for which he was cast into prison.	Brownrig, Ralph, 1592-1659.	1661 (1661)	Wing B5210; ESTC R36388	14,727	32

neither from the East nor from the West nor any point of the Compass Magistracy is the Image of God which fell from the Heaven to the Earth Exemplum habet de coelo Lo our Saviour sheweth Iohn so It is written in the Law I have said ye are Gods He it was that made them so We must not have gods of our own making the holy Oyle wherewith they were anointed is his with my holy Oyle saith the Lord I have anointed him The Throne they are placed in is Gods Throne 1 Chr. 29.23 Solomon sate on the Throne of the Lord. The Judges they exercised Gods Judgements For the judgement is Gods you shall not therefore respect persons in judgements Deut. 1.17 Hence they are called the sonnes of the most high hence they are all the sons of God In his thigh is there names written All this betokens their high descent This thing considered that Kings are authorised by God it will prove a comfort that our Government is of Gods appointment and God will bless his own ordinance Mens inventions though never so wise have no such promise as his institutions They that set up Abimeleck to be King over Israel took delight in him and he in them but how long did he last and their joy continue But if God setteth one over us let us not question how he shall save us Gedeon suspected himself and Moses groaned under his burden yet both of them prevailed The advancement it self I will make thee as a Signet Zerubbabel shall be unto God as his seale ring It 's a Symbolical expression take it literally and no great matter to be found in it Bernard saith Annulus nihil valet ad hereditates quas expecto It is not so much the Ring as the thing sealed with the Ring the purpose unto which it was destined is that which putteth the excellency on it Materiam saperabit opus and so we may consider it threefold 1. As a seal and testimony and conveyance of authority in the ruling of places unto great officers By a Ring Governments were disposed of Ioseph was thus admitted to advancement Pharaoh took off his Ring and put it on Iosephs hand Alexander declared his Successor by delivery of a Ring So then the impression or Signet of Supream Authority is fixed on Zerub 'T is his Royal Charter None shall lift up hand or foot against thee in the land of Egypt saith Pharaoh to Ioseph all other governments must pass under this seal As Ambrose speaketh of the King given to Ioseph It was for a seal unto others Let the metal be what it will without this Sculpture it beareth no authority 2. Rings were for ornament The Ring and the Robe were brought forth for ornaments Luk. 15. And such is the power of Magistracy it is the ornament of the Creation the lustre of all the great Workmanship of God He made the Sun to rule the Day the Moon and Starrs to rule the Night But the splendency of these lights is the beauty of the Creature Take them away and what remains but horror and darkness See how God describeth the beauty of his people I deckt thee with Gold and Silver and thou wast comely A due proportion of Soveraignty and subjection is the beauty of the body politick and also as every good government hath its beauty so the Royal Government is most beautiful It setteth forth the Glory of Gods name that he governs by Kings and Princes they are his anointed as the great constellations of the Firmament Solomon reckons it amidst the foure happinesses And Kings against whom there i●no rising up 3. God will make Zerubbabel his signet and this betokeneth care and custody He will weare keep and hold him as a signet The Scripture doth represent this care of God by a signet in nameing three places wherein God setteth it for safe custody 1. On his right hand and this his usual way of wearing Signets Set me as a signet at thy right hand So then custodia dextrae this is the first and this containeth an ordinary preservation There are crosses and mischances which dayly happen to the life of man unto which even Princes are subject did not this good right hand of the Lord protect them in their going out and coming in In all the turnings and passages of their lives this hand protects them They are viri dextrae 2. There are extraordinary cases and hazards and they require more powerful preservation and for them there must be a stronger place Set me as a seal on thy arm Beside the preservation of his hand he hath for his Anointed the deliverance of his arm of his strong arme of his outstretched Arme. David to shelter himself from ordinary dangers cryes out God is my house it s he that makes David to dwell in safety But in great distresses as when the conspiracy was raised against him he puts himself in a strong protection God is not onely my house but my rock my fortress my strong tower and refuge For daily preservation let thy hand be on the man of thy right hand but in strong assaults awake awake put on strength thou arm of the Lord. 3. Thirdly there is yet a closer and safer place and it is his heart The Spouse saith set me as a seal on thy heart And this betokeneth great care The heart is Loves Pallace in it she keeps her Jewels and such a sure Keeper God is He stretcheth out hand and arm to preserve Zerubb No snatching him out of his hand Here is the safety of Gods people of his Anointed Zerubbabel his hand shall hold him fast and his arme shall strengthen him and his heart shall be a hiding place and a Sanctuary The ground of this advancement for I have chosen thee This election is a sure foundation this Charter of God is sigillum signatum this preferment is an impression from the Great seal This election is like the great stone which supported the Throne of Nebuchadnezzar I will place his Throne on this Throne saith God It s like building on a Rock Let the storms come and the wind blow this rock of election will keep it immoveable Yet will I make Zerubbabels Kingdome steadfast This Election appeareth in five things 1. Ex Electione non tantum ex permissione this is too weak and Sandy a foundation Permission falls short of approbation and Kings are not carried by this but by Gods steady Election In the Kingdom of Providence there is nothing of casualties and permissions the Spirit of God which governeth the world is a Spirit of Counsel and not of temerity So then Zerubbabel raigneth by Gods election and purpose it 's not a matter of meer tolleration or bare permission 2. Exelectione tam cum rejectione aliorum Bernard saith Gods choice must stand when all other competitors are rejected It was this election that transferred the Kingdom of Saul Speak not of him for I have rejected him This advanced David and not

Eliah Anoint him not for the Lord hath refused him Though all Israel set their faces towards Adonijah to make him King yet Solomon shall have the Crown Let others be what they will be either for parts power or favour it is not the mettal if the ingraving stamp of God be wanting 3. Ex electione cum dilectione Election cometh from dilection The delight which God taketh in the prosperity of his people putteth him on to place a Lord over them Should we expostulate with God as they did Wherein hast thou loved us This would be a clear evidence of it The Queen of Sheba taketh notice of the happiness of Israel in this Blessed be the Lord thy God that taketh delight in thee to place on his Throne so wise a King Because the Lord loved Israel to establish them for ever therefore he gave them such a King If we pass by this token of Gods love the Queen of the South will rise up in judgement against us her speech will condemne us 4. Ex electione cum deliberatione Election proceeds from deliberation It implies study and search and great consultation We must understand it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 leave out all ill circumstances and take in all its perfections God doth it exactly out of the full depth of his Counsels and forecast of his providence all things being considered The setting up of Magistracy over us is a work of consultation God pitcheth on Zerubb as Pharaoh on Ioseph Can we finde out such a man This work is one of the chiefest pieces of Gods providence in the World not any one that comes next to hand can serve the turn no God maketh searchings and inquiries and then concludes I have forund me out a man 5. Electio personalis The election it 's personated it 's fixed on a person Election is not a meer description of a form of a power but carrieth the designation of the person it doth not onely frame a model and constitute an Office or ordain a place but chooseth out a man God sendeth not qualities or notions or formes setteth not up Platonical Ideas But consecrates a person For conformation of all these is that great ratification at the end of all He hath spoken and will make it good he that saith it is the Lord of Hosts This promise is not like a Papal grant which disposeth of Kingdomes but affordeth no help or assistance to those unto whom it giveth them Let them fight for them if they will have them The Lord of Hosts will make them good It 's observed that the Prophets after the Captivity never almost named God but with this title The Lord of Hosts When Zerubb and his people are at the weakest God affords himself strongest This title is Zerubbabels lifeguard it standeth round about in the front as in the foreward in the close of the Text as in the rereward it speaks unto him as the Prince of the host of God These heavenly Auxiliaries these Chariots and Horses of fire shall resume him from all the Chariots and Horses of the Heathen th●se being with Zerubb no matter who oppose him by faith in his name shall be discomfit them all Let us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 apply this Text unto our selves let us see the blessing we enjoy let this put us in mind to stand on these termes with God if the promises of his people may be made good unto us it is not for every Nation to do so onely for the people in Covenant with God It is a comfort to us to have a Zerubbabel to be a Prince and Leader to this people of God Zerubbabel some give it a stranger from Babel one that renounceth communication with the Whore of Rome Zerubb is one appointed by God to fan out the chaff from the Wheat This our Governour shall be as a Torch of fire amidst the heap of Chaff and all their Superstition as stubble before him Is it not a comfort to us that a son of Shealtiel is a Prince over us one of the Royal Race no stranger or servant no Assyrian or Philistim but an issue of Royal Progenitours designed to his Throne by God himself from the birth Womb and conception Is it not a great favour unto us that our Zerubbabel is counted a servant of God and that not onely by place but by piety not onely High Steward of his House and so servant by office but by devotion What a mercy this is we may acknowledge if we remember the imprecation of David set an ungodly man to rule over them or the commination of the Prophet A Leopard shall rule over them Let us now acknowledge our happiness who have no Pharaoh for our King one that knoweth not God and feareth to know the Lord but one that religiously both knoweth and feareth God Did England ever know a Prince more frequent constant and attentive in the service of God It 's a commendable thing in a private person how much more in a King to keep his dayly and constant houres of prayer to bring his children up in the Worship of God to teach them betimes to know the God of their Fathers He is the servant of the Lord and all these pretious titles which God laies upon his servants belong to him servus quem elegit quem comprobavit quem sustentavit filius ancillae He is his choice Servant in whom his Soul delighteth his servant whom his hand upholdeth his servant and the son of his handmaid and a true Member of the true Church of Christ. Lastly so we pray and hope and trust he is a servant of his whom he will use as a blessed instrument of his glory he is a servant of his own on whom his stamp is Clemen Alex. forbids four sorts of Characters to be on any Signet The contrary are not to be found in him 1. The stamp of an Idol our Zerubbabel is free from this Character He neither nameth knoweth nor worshippeth any God but the God of Israel 2. No instrument of cruelty to be engraven on it Our Zerubb is free from this he beareth the signature of clemency on him and this is a Royal virtue Kings must sing the song both of Mercy and judgement but the sweetest song is that of mercy Do justice and love mercy he both doth it and delighteth in it 3. No Embleme of Intemperance This Royal signet which we behold beareth sobriety It 's a confessed virtue emninent in him He hath learned that it is not for Kings to drink wine He is far from the Disease which the Prophet complains of in the Kings of his time he doth eat and drink for strength and not for intemperance 4. No wanton or Luxurious stamp Our Royal Signet beareth the seal of Chastity What Virgin hath he deflowred Whose bed hath he defiled Whose Virginity hath he assaulted Bishop Latimer presented a great person with an Handkerchief this written on it whoremongers and adulterers God will judge this is his Motto Survey the World and see how many such Princes your thought can present you with Surely their names may be written in a small compass We may and should boast of Gods mercy All Christendome cannot afford such another FINIS