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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

For 1. This is the most hopeful way to obtain the two foregoing petitions for long life and a glorious reign for Prov 3.16 of grace and wisdom 't is affirmed that length of dayes is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and honour and Prov 22.4 By the fear of the Lord are riches honour and life 2. Because the King needs this as well as much as other men what is said of the great Prophet I mean Elijah is true of the greatest of Kings He is a man subject to the like passions Jam. 5.17 a peice of the corrupted mass of fallen mankind and a sinner by nature as really as other men and needs renewing sanctifying converting quickning purging pardoning grace as well as other men 3. Because the temptations of a King are more and stronger then of other men Partly by reason of his very place station the height and fullness of it and exemption from those many restraints which other men are awed by especialy from the m●lice and subtilty of Satan who knows how to do his work compendiously and therefore will be ready like the Syrians to fight neither with small nor great comparatively but with the King of Israel that by drawing a King to commit it he may bring vice into fashion and repute and therefore pray earnestly 4. God save the King from spiritual evils because it s of great concernment to the whole Nation what example the King sets for his practice is the grand coppy which most write after and the lives of the people will be in great measure the counterpart of his actions Regis ad exemplum c. So that all his good laws will hardly avail to counterpoyse a bad example if the Lord should leave him to himself to set one and on the other side 't is a very great advantage to virtue and Godlinesse when 't is commended by the Kings practise as well as commended by his authority if Religion and Piety be in credit and fashion at the Court 't will be the mode and fashion of City and Country the wisdome of God hath frequently made use of the conversion of Kings to open a way for the Gospel into their Dominions yea and their peoples hearts too 5. Because the imployments of a King are great many and weighty and indeed the duties of the meanest of our callings will be too heavy for us to be well borne unless the Lord help us to sustaine them and how much more doth a King whose work is as the noblest so the hardest need much Divine assistance much grace much help from Heaven to performe so great a trust to the glory of God his owne comfort and his peoples good 6. Because if God should in anger leave the King to injoyne grievous and unlawful things which I only innocently suppose to awaken your zealous prayers for him but do not peevishly suggest or sullenly foreboad he will how uncomfortable will your neglect of duty make your sufferings if you should be called to suffer in such case for then will your conscience fly in your face and tell you I may thank my owne neglect of duty for all this if I had begged earnestly for wisdome and the guidance of Gods holy Spirit for him 't is like such things had never been injoyned and I now reap nothing but the just desert of mine own folly and neglects which certainly will be unpleasant fruit and one of the bitterest drops in a sorrowful unwelcome cup In a word seeing 't is the grace and Spirit of God which sanctifies all relations and fits and inables for the resisting the temptations incident to them and to perform the duty incumbent on us in them let us pray heartily that God would beautifie the King abundantly with those plentiful influences of his Spirit which may render him at once the best of Kings and the best of men and that he would save him from all the guilt and power and filth and deceitfulnesse of sin and what ever Spiritual evils are evil to him as a Christian 4. God save the King from eternal evils evil to him as man as King as Christian Let the King live an eternal life in Heaven after a long and happy life on earth Serus in Coelum redeat Hor or in the words of a better Poet the sweet Singer of Israel Psal 91. ult Let God say of him With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation And we should with as much hearty earnestness pray and cry God save the King in this sence as in any this is to be saved indeed Alas all other salvation is a poor low thing without that salvation which is emphatically so called and shall never be changed or altered Let me inforce this briefly 1. If you love the King truly you must pray thus for him true love will constraine you 't is a false and a despicable and but a selfish love which doth not stretch it self out unto eternity You love no man truly whose soul you do not love and certainly you love not that soule concerning which you are indifferent and care not what becomes of it care not though it perish and be lost and damn'd for ever Can you say you love and not be moved with the everlasting prayers and sorrows of those whom you pretend to love now be solicitous for their prevention or removall 2. If there be any bowels of Christianity or but generous humanity in you it will provoke you thus to pray for him especially For if a King miscarry O how terrible and sad will his miscarriage be Potentes potenter The mighty shall be mightily tormented if they go to the place of torment it may heat the coldest and kindle the dampest devotions into flames of zeal to prevent so sad a change to consider how horrid it will be to change the dignity the splendor the Authority and Majesty of a Throne and Scepter into eternal bonds and darknesse hunger thirst and cold to extremity beyond imagination to Vassalage under the basest and vilest piece of the whole Creation it would be a dreadful alteration for the poorest of us to change our meanest accommodations for the flames of Hell and unmixed wrath of the Almighty God but what then for a King to fall from so high a standing graviori lapsu and be insulted over as the King of Babilon Isa 14.9 10. Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it raiseth up the dead for thee even all the great ones of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the Kings of the nations All they shall speake and say unto thee art thou also become weak as we art thou become like unto us Thy pompe is brought down How art thou fallen from Heaven The thing it self doth speak so movingly that I shall add no more but as men amazed use to do with greatest vehemence cry out God save the King from those eternall evills

our Soveraign Rejoycing threefold Civil Religious Prophane the two first allowed and required the last condemned with just indignation detested p. 27 28. the abuse offered to his Majestyes sacred name in forcing men to drink by pretending it a character of disloyalty to refuse to drink his health a free conjecture at the first original of drinking healths upon the knees p. 29. From the 4 aspect of the words ariseth the 5 Obser That 't is very seasonable in the midst of triumphant rejoycings to mind both King and People of humane weakness and need of Divine salvation inforced with respect both to King and People Conclusion by way of recapitulation commending the King to Gods salvation in all the forenamed respects Pious and Loyall Joy The Subjects duty for their Soveraigns safety 2 Chronicles 23. vers 11. God save the King THe Text is so very seasonable that I cannot wish the Sermon to be more profitable I have chosen it to raise and rectifie our present just rejoycings and to help you do that knowingly which you do so heartily That what you pray with your spirits you may pray with your understandings also as St. Paul directs 1 Cor. 14.15 The occasion of the words lyes open and obvious in the close of the 22. ch and the beginning of this 23. take but this brief account of it because they are so full that they command all our time to veiw and make improvement of them Atthaliah that wicked woman as she 's called 2 Chron. 24.7 Having boldly usurped the Royal dignity of the Crown of Judah after she had barbarously murdered all the seed royal of the house of David except Joash only the youngest son of Ahaziah who by that pious loyalty and compassionate duty of Jehoehebeath wife to Jehojodah and daughter to King Jehoram had been stoln from amongst his brethren which were slain and was preserved by her prudent care hid in a chamber of the Temple He being now grown into some capacity of swaying the Scepter and being presented to the people and taking upon him the Regal Government Jehojedah the chief Priest by his wise and zealous interposing with the Captains and Commanders of the Army brought them to a sence of their duty and withal of their happinesse and by the forwardnesse of the honest Levites and chief Fathers in Israel the King is brought forth and set up and solemnly invested in his Princely power and while the other just Ceremonies are performed by select hands the whole multitude do with freenesse and alacrity discharge that part of the service they were fitted for by approving of and by rejoycing at what passed and with a joyful pious loyal acclamation cry God save the King I shall not trouble you with any division of the words no! let the King and Gods salvation never be divided the method in which I shall handle them is only to consider their several aspects as they look upon the people God and the King as expressions of their gladnesse in themselves their devotion towards God and loyalty unto the King and what ariseth thence 1. And thus they are Laeta acclamatio Gaudii An exulting acclamation of their joy 2. Pia apprecatio boni A Pious apprecation of good in the Kings behalfe 3. Debita attestatio Fidelitatis a due and bounden attestation of their Allegiance 4. Tempestiva recordatio humanae fragilitatis A seasonable reminding both of the King and themselves of humane frailty and impotence and their need of divine salvation and protection both for King and People And in this order I shall speak to them beginning with the first as they are laeta acclamatio gaudii an exulting and triumphant resounding out of their rejoycings in God and blessing him for giving them a King to bless him for And thus the first observation from their practice will be this That it's Licitum et honestum A thing lawful Observ 1. honest and of good report to testifie our gladness and rejoycing at the setting up of rightfull Kings Prayer and Praise are of such affinity that 't is not less proper then much frequent to express one in the form of the other and what is prayer for the matter is praise for the manner of it frequently in Scripture This very phrase hath been customary to signifie their rejoycings and thanksgivings by on like occasions When Saul was invested in his Kingdome the people upon the sight of him cryed out God save the King And it was not only a custome but a solemn institution and appointment given in charge by David at the Inauguration of his son Solomon 1 Kings 1.33 Cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own Mule and bring him down to Gihon And let Zadock the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him King over Israel and say God save King Solomon Now the streams of their joy which flowing together into one channel make such a spring-tide of gladnesse arise from these six Heads and our case and theirs do run so paralel that theirs will illustrate ours without any further Application 1. Head The first Head is The setting up of civil Magistracy this is just matter of great joy 'T is no small blessing to humane society to obtain this Ordinance of God without which Homo homini lupus Each man would be a Wolf or Tiger to his neighbour and therefore Kings are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The foundations of their people t●e Shields of the earth the Shepherds of the flock the Scept and Hedge of Religion Peace and Property the Fathers of their Country and Nurses of the Church If notwithstanding the severe discipline which God hath appointed to keep the world in awe and order yet mens lusts force them Upon the very point and edge of the Magistrates sword what bounds or measure would they know if that restraint were taken off Certainly he said not amiss who said 'T is better living where nothing is lawfull then where all things are lawful Sine imperio nec domus ulla nec civitas nec gens noc hominū universū genus stare nec verum natura omnis nec ipse mundas durare potest Cicero de legib Cum dicitur non fuisse Regem in Israel innuntur mirandā non esse turbidam fuisse tunc religionem ●trempublicam Hinc nata est idolatria bonorum alienorum direptio quia rex non erat neque Magistratus qui male ista cohiberet Agnoscamus hinc quanti sit faciendus Magistratus qui si bonus fuerit et Rempublicam et cultū Dei continet custos c. Et ut ut malus sit ad tuendam cōmunem hominem societatem Reipub. multis modis prodest Pet. Mart. in Locum and the hazard is less in all respects of being restrained from or punisht for the doing something well then to be left at liberty to do or suffer what our own or others lusts may force upon us T was the top