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A86711	The royal joy. Or, A sermon of congratulation upon the five first verses of Psalm XXI. Made upon the occasion of the first news of the proclamation of Charls II. King of Great Britain; brought to His Majesty in the town of Breda, the 21. of May, in the year 1660. Preached at the Walloon Church of the said town, the 23. of May, the day before His Majesties departure: by Anthony Hulsius, pastor of the said Church.	Hulsius, Antonius, 1615-1685.	1660 (1660)	Wing H3363; Thomason E1048_11; ESTC R208129	18,758	33

pronounced upon the same day we prepared to take our leave of his Majesty and conceived our publick vows for the prosperity and the happy success of his Voyage Now our Flock desiring of me some copies of it to keep an eternal memory in their families of such an illustrious Occurrence I made bold Madam most humbly to crave the protection of your Highness under whose sweet favor able Government 't is maintained being besides doubly interessed in the subject which gave occasion to this Sermon both in regard of themselves and in regard of his Highness the Prince of Orange which is the object of our delight and upon whose face the Royal lustre of his Maiesty doth also shine And although this small work be not answer able to its illustrious subject yet your Highness's goodness whereof we have an infinite number of proofs doth assure me you will cast a gracious eye upon the Author's intention and out of your clemency will bear with his defects In the confidence where of I do continue my vows to the Soveraign King of Kings that be may be pleased to poure his most precious graces upon your Highness and all your Serenissime Family and to conserve their Lustre upon Earth and make them Triumphant in Heaven Having no other ambition but to express with all the imaginable respects how much I am MADAM Your Highnesse's Most humble and most obedient Servant and Subject A. HULSIUS From BREDA May 24. 1660. THE ROYAL JOY THE TEXT Psalm 23. v. 1 2 3 4. 1. The King shall joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation how greatly shall be rejoice 2. Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not withholden the request of his lips Selah 3. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness thou settest a crown of pure gold on his bead 4. He asked life of thee and thou gavest it him even length of days for ever and ever Welbeloved Brethren in our Lord Jesus Christ THis town which formerly hath been the Stage on which Tragedies of War Pestilence and Famine and of Bloodshed have been acted is now become a Theatre of Joy and Magnificence A Theatre whereon an Action is now acted which hath the whole World for Spectators It is not a representative action such as are the Comedies and Enterludes wherein men do represent such qualities as they really have not but it is a real action such as were our former Tragedies wherein the Persons are really and indeed such as they represent The chiefest and Soveraign Actor here is the GOD of Heaven who as he doth shew himself wonderful in all his works so he doth it most particularly in this You see your Town full of Illustrious persons of Lords of Princes and of Soveraign Magistrates You see therein a KING formerly dispossessed of his Throne and now setled again thereon to the astonishment of all the World You see the Subjects recalling their lawful Prince out of meer affection without constraint without violence without effusion of blood You see therein your Soveraign Magistrates bringing their Vows and Congratulations to the King and to his people You see the fair and loving apparences of a perfect correspondence and of ●n universd content Upon the whole we may with truth pronounce the sentence of the Psalmist Psal 118. This is the Lord 's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes For as many objects we see so many wonders and so many expressions of the admirable providence of God and we may with re●son s●y that this Town hath never seen such a day nor is like ever to see such a one to the worlds end Let us speak of it in publick for it is a work which is done in publick and it foundeth to the very extremities of the earth Let us speak of it in the house of God since it is the work of God Let us speak of it in blessing since God hath wrought it not in wrath as he sometimes wrought here but in his grace Let us speak of it in the day of our rest since he hath done it for the setling of the peace and rest of his Church Let us therefore call this day The day of the Lord and let us say yet with the same Psalmist This is the day which the Lord hath made let us rejoice and be glad in it But let S. Paul tell us the occasion of that joy 2 Cor. 6. It is now the time accepted it is now the day of salvation A day of salvation indeed and an accepted time A day of salvation for the King a day of salvation for his people a day of salvation for the true Reformed Religion and an accepted time for our State and for us all together Both the joy and the ground of it are found in our present Text which hath for an object two general parts I. A joyful King II. The cause of his joy viz. His salvation and deliverance And this cause is more largely deducted 1. By its Author and principal cause which is the strength of the Lord. 2. By its secondary cause or the means whereby the King hath obtained his deliverance namely his hearts desire and the prayer or request of his lips 3. By its effects or the proofs of his deliverance which are I. General That he hath prevented him with the blessings of goodness II. Particular viz. I. The setting of the Crown II. The lengthening of days This is the division of the Text. But it is to be observed that this place is one of those that can admit of three senses ordinarily applied to the holy Scriptures I. The literal sense II. The mystical sense III The accommodated sense The literal is that which is immediately and properly the intention of the holy Ghost be it found either in simple and proper words or in figurative tearms The mystical sense is that which is known to be the secondary intention of the holy Ghost and hath no place but in Types onely 1. When the thing spoken of is found accomplished in some subjects which was a Type or figure of Christ or of his Church 2. When what is said to belong to the mystical sense in one place is found to appertain to the literal sense in another Whensoever any of those two conditions is wanting the mystical sense is not admitted and we ought singly to adhere to to the litteral which then is to have place alone without looking therein for any secondary intention We might illustrate this by Examples but the present occasion doth not permit it The accommodated sense is never under the intention of the holy Ghost as to any particular place but only as to the whole scope of the whole Scripture and is left to the liberty of the Expositor who may draw out of it all manner of moralities for the publick instruction so as he keep within the bounds of the Analogy of Faith grounded upon the word of God We say then that as to the

Art of setting Crowns who can so well settle th●m on the heads of Princes that they keep firm and will not fall Men may meddle with it but without the heavenly favour and assistance they cannot succeed well therein As experience hath shewed it in all ages that Crowns either usurped or unjustly snatched set on by Sedition and Rebellion have fallen with those that went about to wear them For it is too heavy a burthen and not to be born by every one but by such only as God calls thereunto and in bles for it 2. The lengthening of days Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever The years of the life of David amounted to seventy and those of his reign to forty For he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty three in Jerusalem a lengthning of days considerable enough which he durst not hope for during the time of his persecutions but at the beginning of his reign by the gift of Prophecy he promised it unto himself And what hath been wanting as to the perpetuity of it mentioned here hath been made good by the lengthning of days of eternity in heaven above which is the true life of the faithful But this seems rather to belong to the Mystical sense II. The Mystical sense FRom the Literal sense we come to the Mystical David was the Type of Jesus Christ and therefore what is said of the one may be referred or applied to the other yet still observing that general rule that the mystical sense takes onely place in such matters wherein the thing is verified in both that is to say that what is taken mystically in one place be found literally in another place as we have declared before So that all the parts that cannot be perfectly verified in the Antitype do remain solely appropriated in the literal sense to the Type without pasting to the mystical sense And mutually such as cannot be verified in the Type do remain solely appropriated in the literal sense to the Antitype without passing to the mystical sense For then the Holy Ghost does propound the literal sense in figurate words the Type being set down for the Antitipe Upon this account let us expound this Text as all others of the like nature But at this time we shall only trace the introdnction of that relation between the Type and his Antitype For our Lord Jesus Christ being the ordinary subject of our meditations the more large deduction of that matter is often enough made upon other occasions I. The joyful King is the King Messiah not he of the Rabbines a meer carnal and imaginary Messiah but Jesus Christ the object of all the ancient Types and Prophecies This joy is great since the subject of it is great it is perfectly pure suitable to the holy Soul of Jesus Christ which is not expressed by outward gestures of exultation as that of men which is more carn●l It is communicative for that King knows of no other joy but such as is common to his Church yea he rather came to the world for the joy of his people then for his own Luke 2. I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people Matth. 1. For be shall save his people from their sins And what he faith John 11.15 I am glad for your sakes we may apply it to the end and aim of his exaltation II. The Cause of his joy is the deliverance of the state of his exinanition and of the sufferings both of his soul and body Es 53.8 He was taken from prison and from judgement 1. The Author of his deliverance is God who through his strength hath exalted him Eph. 1.19 20. According to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead c. 2. The Means is his hearts desire and the request of his lips The prayers of Jesus Christ during the time of his humiliation have been frequent and although he had the revelation of the eternal Decree of God touching himself yet he hath prayed unto him for the accomplishing of it John 17. Father glorifie thy son that thy Son also may glorifie thee 3. The proofs of his deliverance are likewise obvious 1. Also the general part that he hath been prevented with blessings hath rather been true in the Type then in Jesus Christ for to speak properly he hath been prevented with no kinde of blessings in the the state of his exaltation neither for himself nor for his Church which before he had not fore seen and foretold And in that point as in many other he being God and Man and Mediator between God and men ought to be distinguished from all others 2. As to the particulars 1. The setting on of the Crown yea and of a Crown of pure Gold it signifies here the Royal Office wherein he wears a Crown that surmounts and is more excellent then the Crowns of all the Kings of the earth For God hath highly exalted him and hath given him a name which is above every name c. Phil. 2. Far above all Principalities and Powers and might c. and hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church c. 2. The lengthening of days even for ever and ever is rather verified in Christ then in David his Type Rom. 6. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no more dominion over him Es 53. He shall prolong his days who shall declare his generation III. The Accommodated Sense IF we compare the example of that King who is the present subject of our admiration with King David as to those things we have spoken of him we shall finde them extreamly like one unto the other We do not intend here to fall upon Panegyricks and praises of the vertues and excellent qualities of that Prince it being a thing neither suitable to our persons nor to this place which is the Chair of truth and simplicity and not of flattery But our design is only to shew you that admirable conformity that is between those two Kings and to pray God for this that he might be pleased to grant him the grace to acknowledge that his deliverance comes from him alone as you see he hath done unto David I. The joyful King is KING CHARLS Second of that name lately Proclaimed by the favour and grace of GOD KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE AND IRELAND DEFENDER OF THE TRUE FAITH THE LAWFUL HEIR OF THE CROWN FROM THE VERY DAY OF THE DEATH OF CHARLS THE FIRST HIS FATHER OF GLORIOUS MEMORY If David hath greatly rejoyced even unto exultation I leave it to you to judge whether this King hath not had reason to rejoyce too his fortune having been like unto that of David Although we have been told that when the first news came to him of it no kinde of alteration upon his face nor any motion in his spirit was observed

The Royal Joy OR A SERMON OF CONGRATVLATION Upon the five first Verses of PSALM XXI Made upon the occasion of the first News of the PROCLAMATION of CHARLS II. King of Great Britain Brought to His Majesty in the Town of BREDA the 21. of May in the Year 1660. Preached at the Walloon Church of the said Town the 23. of May the day before His Majesties departure By ANTHONY HVLSIVS Pastor of the said Church LONDON Printed by John Bill Anno 1660 TO HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL MADAM THis Sermon which I make bold to present to your Highness bears upon its Front THE ROYAL JOY a Title given unto it by the Text but we bear another upon the front of our hearts viz. THE POPVLAR JOY The Kings Joy bath been made the Subject of the Publick Joy It hath chiefly appeared upon the Countenances of all your faithful Subjects of the Town of Breda in an extraordinary manner there being none of our Inhabitants but hath given the marks of a cordial Applause upon the first report of His Majesties Restauration with an excess of joy and I dare say with as strong expressions of rejoycing as might have been uttered by the most affectionate of his own Subjects And I may truly say Madam that it is not the present time of prosperity which hath given us the first impressions of this inclination towards that worthy Prince it is of an older date and had its beginning together with the knowledge we had of him We never saw him coming in or going out of this Town during the time of his Affliction but we made Vows for his Deliverance yea and we would have carried him upon his own Throne had our strength been equal to the motions of our hearts and could the effects have been answerable to the tenderness of our affection which hath had a not able increase since the time Heaven hath favored us with the accomplishment of our desires and hath chosen this Town to be the place where His Majesty hath received the news of his Proclamation where his Subjects have resorted in crowd to render him their Devoirs and where even our Soveraign Magistrates the Lords States General and Provincial of Holland have personally appeared to express unto His Majesty the sense of the singular satisfaction they received by seeing such an happy day It is true Madam your Highness hath been the occasion our Town hath received such an Honor and therefore we do acknowledge you as the second cause of it and the Instrument in the hand of God yet we do interpret it as a benefit of God whereby he hath been pleased to reward the part we have taken out of our affections in the calamities of that Prince that as for a long time we have sympathiz'd with him so we should be the first sharers of his comfort and joy I cannot think Madam that any one would be so unjust towards us as to envy us such an advantage since it is justified even by the example of our Lord Jesus Christ who was pleased that Mary Magdalene to whom the Town of Breda may be compared upon the present occasion should have the first share of the glad tidings of his Resurrection which she received from his own mouth as a reward of her cares and fears for him wherein she had excelled above all his other friends and kindred The Custom of our Ancestors who rendred their memorable actions even the days of their Funest Battels famous by the names of the places wherein they had hapned doth give that right to our Town that this so remarkable action of the Divine Providence which is one of the most signal wonders that ever were celebrated by the Histories of the past ages ought to be published under its name Blessed be therefore that august day wherein His Majesty being in the midst of us hath received by an unanimous accord the Homage of his Subjects Let it henceforth be called THE DAY OF BREDA Let it be under that Name the Object of the Admiration of all the Christian Kings and Princes let it shine even to the most remote places of the Barbarous Nations let it be ingraved with the Steel in our Records and Memorials that for ever it may be the subject of the Discourses of our Posterity But that which we do esteem above all Madam is the admirable goodness and sweetness wherewith His Majesty hath received the visits of all sorts of persons Those affectionate and reiterated protestations and promises be hath made to our Soveraign Lords the States as also to our vener able Magistrates to the Pastors and to the other persons both Political and Ecclesiastical of this Town Of the sincerity of his affection towards the true Reformed religion and towards all the Protestant Princes and States and chiefly towards the States of these United Provinces promising unto them the continuation of the affection his Ancestors have shewed unto them and particularly Of the favorable remembrance and good will he would still keep for the Town of Breda where he had received the news of his restauration and known the effects of the inclination shewed to his Person and to his Subjects That language Madam hath ravished our spirits hath filled our hearts with joy and our mouths with vows and acclamations We have gathered it with our own ears as the expressions which the Spirit of Peace had dictated to His Maiesty's mouth which will make us hereafter cast our eyes upon that Excellent Prince as upon a mighty Organ reserved by God for the present times and raised in his blessing to be a ballance and an Equilibrium for the publick tranquillity throughout all Europe And our Inhabitants Madam have also expressed a singular satisfaction of the gracious content his Majesty hath been pleased to shew be hath received of their cordial affection and weak services they have been able to render to those that belong to your Royal House And we pray your Highness to believe that if the noise of our Muskets and Canons thundering from our Bulwarks at the departure of his Maiesty could not accompany him further then a little beyond our gates that of our Vows and prayers to God for his prosperity will follow him to his very City of London and will contribute to the setting of his Crowns upon his head These are the truest proofs of our affection which your Highness doth ever recommend unto us as often as we have the honor to wait upon you viz. those of our prayers to God for your Highness and your Family And truly they are the most material and the most pure ones and which give stronger impressions then all others for they do ascend to the place of origine viz. Heaven and bring down from thence abundance of blessings upon earth whereas all others do vanish in their pomp and apparate and most part cannot bring any advantage to the object thereof Which consideration hath put me in mind of the matter of this Sermon