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A96682	God save the King: or Pious and loyal joy, the subjects duty, for their soveraign's safety. Opened in a sermon at Aldermanbury, upon the 30 of May, being the day after his Majesties most happy, joyfull and triumphant entrance into London. By Anthony Walker, minister of the Gospell at Fyfield in Essex.	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1660 (1660)	Wing W303; Thomason E1030_5; ESTC R203980	25,087	44

King and People Jer. 3.23 Psal 108.6 That thy beloved may be delivered save with thy right hand v 12. Give us help from trouble for vain is the help of man Psal 33.16 17. There is no King saved by the multitude of an host a mighty man is not delivered by much strength An horse is a vain thing for safety neither shall he deliver any by his great strength and Psal 127.1 Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it except the Lord keep the City the watch-man waketh but in vain The Scripture most frequently and abundantly suggesteth this and 't is never more needfull and seasonable to be meditated then at such solemn times when the strength and riches and splendor of a Kingdome is displayed together And first 't is very useful for the King then to remember the weaknesse and insufficiency of other helpers then is the temptation like to be strongest to carnal confidence in creature strength when it is set out with all its bravery and glistering gallantry then is the heart in most danger to be stollen away and to forsake the Lord Gods own caution doth evidently suppose this Deut. 6.11 12. 8.10 When thou hast eaten and art full beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God ver 12. Lest when thou hast eaten and art full c. vers 14. Then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God c. vers 17. And thou say in thine heart my power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth When Nebuchadnezzar was beholding the great Babylon which he had built by the might of his power and for the house of his Kingdome and the honour of his Majesty then it was that his pride pul'd down that heavy doome a voice fell down from Heaven Dan. 4.30 31. It was when Herod was arrayed with Royal apparel and sat upon his Throne and was applauded with the shout and acclamation of the people that he provoked vengeance by the hand of an Angel Acts 12.22 23. But to instance in better men 't was a temptation too strong for David even he in his prosperity waxed over confident and said that he should never be removed Psal 30.6 And too great for good Hezekiah for when great honour was done to him his heart was tickled and taken with it his heart was glad Isaiah 39.2 that is vainely and proudly so as to pull an heavy sentence down from God which was delivered by the Prophet in the following verses So that not only the prosperity of fools destroys them Prov. 1.32 but the Honour and Glory of the best men will ensnare and endanger them if they be not very heedful and mindful of their weaknesse and insufficiency in the midst of all their greatnesse and therefore wise Princes have used to dash the wine of their joy with some mortifying water to correct its intoxicating and inebriating force Hence was that solemn right in the instalment of the Eastern Emperours a Lapidary presenting variety of stones and bespeaking him to this sence Choose Mighty Sir under which of these stones your Highness pleases to inshrine your bones And Agesilaus had a Deaths head served to his Table at the greatest feasts and Philip of Macedon had a boy every morning to be his remembrancer crying at his door 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and still at the Popes inauguration the Cerimony of the Tare with a Sic transit gloria mundi is in use And Saladine the Sultane of Aegypt had an old Shirt carryed on a Pike before him with Proclamations made this is all that Saladine Conqueror of Asia shall carry out of the world with him and to the same good purpose may this expression God save the King serve even to mind him that the love of his most Loyal people and the strength of his most valiant Souldiers and the wisdom of his most prudent Council and the riches of his most wealthy Citizens are not sufficient to preserve him but he must doe it who alone it is that giveth salvation unto Kings Psal 144.10 and he may be helped freely to give the Lord the glory both of past and future salvations in the words of David Psal 44.6 7. I will not trust in my bow neither shall my sword save me But thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us or as his Majesty graciously expressed himselfe in his short Speech to the Ministers in his passage through the City The deliverance which God hath wrought for me I own as the work of his own right hand beyond humane contrivance and desire that all the glory of them may be ascribed to him And 't is seasonable and useful to the people also at such time to be put in mind how much both King and people need of the help of God to save them for then is the greatest fear of idolizing earthly deities when they shine not only with the rayes of their own Majesty but are made dazeling resplendent by that brightnesse which the flaming zeal and blazing love and Loyalty of their faithful people doth reflect upon them 'T is a well tim'd meditation therefore for the people at such a season to consider what they say when they cry out God save the King if he with all this help about him yet needs God to save him how much more do we if he cannot save himselfe unlesse God save him then neither can he fave us without his aid as that King confessed 2 King 6.27 and the words are good though he were otherwise who spoke them If the Lord do not help thee whence shall I help thee and it may assure us that its better to trust in the Lord then to put confidence in Princes Ps 118.9 and may teach us Ps 146.3 Not to put trust in Princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no help To conclude therefore let it be our care and practise as to love him affectionately and rejoyce in his prosperity and honour heartily and testifie our Allegiance freely and cheerfully so to pray for him most humbly and earnestly as knowing that as he hath been pleased to desire prayers so he greatly needs them for he cannot save himselfe he cannot save his people nor can they save him but must be beholding to the Lord to save them all Therefore Psal 21. Let the King joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation let him greatly rejoyce Give him his hearts desire and with-hold not the request of his lips prevent him with the blessing of thy goodnesse and set a Crown of pure Gold upon his head give unto him long life yea length of dayes for ever and ever Let his glory be great in thy salvation lay upon him Majesty and Honour yea satisfie him with long life here and shew him thy salvation hereafter God Allmighty save him from all natural evils which are evil to him as a man and God save him from all civil evils which are evill to him as a King and God save him from Spiritual evils which are evil to him as a Christian and God save him from eternal evils which are evil to him as a man a King a Christian Even thus God save the King And let all Loyall loving Subjects say AMEN FINIS Errata IN the Epistle p. 1. l. 8. for a r. so p. 2. l. 16. r. Pathos p. 3. l. 9. r. moulded l. for scantly r. more securely Contents p. 1. l. 19. r. case p. 2. l. 6. r. compassion l. 9. for virtues r. reasons Page 6. d. So p. 10. l. 18. for at r. out p. 18. l. 26. for satisfie r. falsify p. 22. l. 17. for prayers r. pains l. 18. for now r. nor p. 27. l. 8. r. Christians p. 28. l. 23. for first r. that is p. 30. note his Majestyes words end l. 28. none of his l. 29. for continue r. preventive Ibid. note that the 4 last lines from his Majesty to sober Subjects inclusively should have been in the Margin l. ult after Subjects add doth abundantly verifie these words p. 33. l. 20. for Tare r. Blaze p. 34. l. 16. after made add more

remembrancers to preserve and secure them to blesse them as Solomons people did him 1 Kings 8.66 that is commend him heartily to God to be blessed of him I shall first explaine and then confirme this observation And I will begin with the first branch of it Let the King live a long life or God save the King from what is naturally evill to him as a man You may have the meaning of it Psal 21.4 He asked life of thee and thou gavest it him length of dayes for ever and ever A life of long continuance an Emblem and shadow of a life which lasts for ever or a life in his posterity stretched and eked out in a Kingly Progeny So Psal 61.6 Thou wilt prolong the Kings life and his years as many generations We here pray that the Lord would preserve and prolong the naturall life of the King and that he who Psal 144.10 giveth salvation unto Kings and preserved David from the hurtful sword would do so for our King preserve him from what may either take away his life or imbitter it to him And we are much concerned thus to pray that his life may be long and healthfull lively vigorous to discharge his office of governing his people to their best advantage For First T is a token of Gods anger and displeasure when the lives of Kings are shortned thereby their number multiplied Prov. 28.2 For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof And great is the evill which befalls that Land where the Kings dye young before their posterity be growne men of knowledg Authority For when as he threatens Isa 3.4 An angry God gives to a provoking people children to be their Princes and babes to rule over them Vers 5. Then the people shall be oppressed every one by another and every one by his neighbour If therefore you would be free from this reproach of being frownd on by a righteous God and bearing the consequents that issue thence pray first that the King may live long Secondly Pray for a long life for the King to prevent the hazards and commotions which attend the change of Governours What is the curse of women is the doome of Nations to bring forth with danger paine and sorrow we commonly see in the change of Princes new designs new Laws new Officers new Friends new Enemies new Habits and a new form of living for most commonly all Princes take a delight to alter all things that they may be spoken of the which doth oftentimes cause great inconveniences not only to the subjects in particular but also to the whole body of the State Bodin lib. 6. ch 4. Rarely doth the Throne Travell of a new King but t is in danger to be rent in pieces Turbulent spirits watch the advantage of an Inter-regnum as Ieroboam did at the death of Solomon and designe such opportunities to ripen mischief And it is obvious that for the most part the longest reigns have been the happiest times as David's Solomon's Augustus Queen Elizabeth c. Therefore if you love the ease and safety of the people pray that such hazards may be rare and few by the long continuance of them who sit upon the Throne Thirdly Pray for the long life of the King that continuance of time may give him more knowledge and experience in the Art of Kingship Certainly as ruling is one of the most high and noble imployments so it is one of the most difficult Arts and needs not only many and excellent tools and instruments as Laws and Counsellers and Officers of State and the like but very much wisdome to mannage guide and use them all which caused Solomon wise even then or else he had not askt so wisely to beg of God 1 Kings 3.9 an understanding heart to judge his people and to discern betwixt good and evill and seeing infused habits are acquired as acquired ones are though the Lord do graciously infuse wisdome and an heart fitted for government as he gave Saul another heart when he design'd him King 1 Sam. 10.9 yet time and experience do greatly advantage a Prince and add to his wisdome and understanding and by ruling he best learns to rule Three things much help a King to govern well First Science or knowledge of the Rules of pollicy or government Secondly Observation of the errors or advantages of other Princes in well or misapplying those Rules Thirdly and Chiefly Practice and experience and this is the daughter and product of time Practise is the great accomplisher of all professions this makes the valiant and successefull Souldier this makes the bold and skilfull marriner this makes the learned and the useful Physitian this makes the convincing and savoury Minister and this makes the truly wise and excellent and glorious Prince And it is continuance of time must helpe in this 't is that which gives him advantage to know his peoples temper at home and their true interest abroad what amities to contract what offers to refuse or chuse what injuries to revenge or more safely and cheaply not to resent and take notice of From this lofty Pinnacle it is he hath the fairest view and prospect of the Counsells and designes of neighbouring Princes which may make impression on himself and people and may see how to divert them obviate or improve them and therefore the losse of a prudent and experienc'd King oft puts such a stand unto publick concernments of the whole people 't is a damage scarce reparable in an age Therefore if you love but the honour and renowne of your people pray that the King may live long that experience may ripen him for Government and we long injoy the benefit and exercise of that experience 4. Pray for long life for the King because long life is in it self a blessing a promised blessing which God hath often held forth in the Scripture as a very desireable thing and is evidently so not only as it is the bottom and foundation of all our good things here for when life is gone all is gone but in respect of eternity our everlasting condition depends upon this Life is the day in which alone we can work for Heaven The night cometh wherein no man can worke Joh. 9.4 Life the longer it is the more advantage it giveth to know more of God to do more for God and to be fitted for fuller fruitions and injoyments of him to all eternity Beg of God therefore to give the King this blessing and the blessing of it the best improvement of it to all the advantages and benefits thereof I come to the second Let the King live a prosperous and happy life as a King or God save the King from those politick or civil evils which are evil to him as a King Prosperetur Rex So the Targum renders it this followes in order in the 21 Psalme v. 4. Thou gavest him length of dayes then v 5. His glory is great in thy salvation Honour and Majesty hast

thou laid upon him for thou hast made him most blessed c. And that you may be the more excited thus to pray for him consider your own interest ingages you hereto for the good and prosperity of King and People are involved and wrapt up in one another these are those twins which must live or die together it cannot be well with head or members severally or distinct from each other but they flourish or wither both or neither there cannot be a glorious King over a dispirited and despicable discontented people neither can there be a renowned and a flourishing people under a mean an inglorious Head Now when you pray that your King may live a prosperous life as a King you pray for a confluence of those blessings which may render King and people jointly and mutually happy in and with each other Now the happiness of Kings as such consists 1. In the multitude of his people Prov 14.28 In the multitude of people is the Kings honour but in the want of people is the destruction of the Prince 2. In the peaceable subjection of his people one of the most comely sights in Solomons opinion is a King against whom there is no rising up Prov. 30.31.3 In the prosperity wealth plenty honour of his people 4. In the presence of God with his people that true Religion be loved and practised in the midst of them that God own them for his people this was the honour of Solomon 1 Kings 3.8 To be King of a people whom God had chosen for his own a great people to which the Lord was nigh Then the happinesse of a people in their King consists in this First That he be a wise prudent Prince knowing how to go in and out before them and to judge them This was Solomons petition 1 Kings 3.9 and this was his people happinesse and glory to be ruled by such an one Secondly That he be a just and righteous and a merciful Prince executing judgement and doing justice and relieving the oppressed 2 Sam. 23.3 He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth even a morning without clouds as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after raine 3. That he be a man of courage valiant and publick spirited that dare look danger in the face and expose himself to hazards for his peoples safety when great necessity requires it Lastly That he be a lover of good men one in whose dayes the righteous may flourish Ps 72.7 See the character of an excellent King in the beginning of that Psalm where you find David begging of God to make Solomon such in a word pray that the King may live a wise a just a valiant and religious King over a numerous a Loyal a loving a wealthy and religious people and let him be saved by the Lord from what ever may hinder King or People from being such God save him from true enemies and from false friends from real adversaries and from pretended lovers God save him from the hurtful sword of forraine enemies that either he may have none such or they may only be the matter of his victory and triumph And God save him from domestick and intestine seditions rebellions insurrections that there be no strife amongst his Subjects but to out-vy each other in pious Loyalty and just allegiance that the hearts of his people may be his Throne and the heads of his enemies may be his footstool God save him from false friends which should either betray his good councils or suggest evil councils to him from such as Joash met with in the 2 Chron. 24.17 After the death of Jehojedah came the Princes of Judah and made obeisance to the King and the King hearkned to them and they left the house of the Lord God of their Fathers and served groves and idolls 'T is not said what the Princes spake but it was cursed council which brought the wrath of God upon them and ingaged the King in a great additionall sin even to command him to be stoned who was both the Lords messenger and the son of them by whose loving and prudent fidelity his life had been preserved and his Kingdome recovered The Lord preserve our King from all such and let the wicked be kept from about him that his Throne may be established in righteousness Prov. 25.5 and let that be his character Pro 14. ult which will be his perpetual honour That his favour may be to a wise servant and his wrath against them which cause shame Take the sum of what we are to pray for in this second branch excellently laid down by the Pen of holy David Psal 144.10 11 c. where we have the King praying for himself and people what we are to pray for our King and selves having in the 10th verse fitted himself to pray and strengthned his faith by putting upon God a sutable Title He that giveth salvation unto Kings and by experience of former mercy 't is he that hath already delivered David his servant from the hurtful sword then he proceeds to pray to be rid and delivered from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity that is who vainly boast and threaten great things and them whose right hand is falshood that is who satisfie their faith which they have sworn by lifting up their hand for that was the forme of swearing amongst the Hebrews Gen. 14.22 I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord I have sworn as we swear by laying the hand upon the Book v. 12. That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our daughters may be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a Pallace ver 13. That our garners may be full affording all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets that our Oxen may be strong to labor that there be no breaking in nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets happy is the people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the Lord. This is to live like a King indeed to live and rule a people compassed about with so sweet a confluence of all good things and all those crowned with the presence of God and the flourishing condition of true religion all which Hezekiah epitomizes not insignificatively in two words truth and peace in his dayes and this is what we do pray and ought to pray in the second respect Let the King live a prosperous and happy life as a King God save the King from those civil publick evils which are evil to him as a King Thirdly Let the King live a holy gracious Godly life or God save the King from those spiritual evils which are evil to him as a Christian and 't is very requisite that we in this respect cry heartily God save the King