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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78151	The Kings return. A sermon preached at Winchcomb in Gloucestershire upon the Kings-day, Thursday, May 24. 1660. By Clement Barksdale.	Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1660 (1660)	Wing B795; Thomason E1033_5; ESTC R208960	10,230	23

your hearts be loyally affected towards God the King of Kings and loyally affected to God's Vicegerent our gracious Soveraign Have honorable Thoughts of God and the King and then out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will be filled 2. Our Mouths also must be thankful The Lord open our lips that our mouth may shew forth his praise Vocal praise in the Congregation in the singing of Psalms is a comely thing and you need not be ashamed of it in your private Houses yea you may sweeten your business and comfortably pass away your solitary times by holy Musick Hear the Psalmist Praise ye the Lord praise the Lord O my soul While I live will I praise the Lord I will sing praises to my God while I have any being Psal 146. And Psal 147. Praise ye the Lord for it is good to sing praises to our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely God must be praised as in singing so in speaking in our ordinary discourses we should delight to make mention of the loving kindness of the Lord delight to make a thankful remembrance of the peace and plenty of the liberty and protection of the deliverances and mercies which God hath bestowed upon our Land delight to speak reverently of the King who is under God the Minister and the Preserver of these mercies for us Bless God and bless the King Obey God and obey the King For 3. Our Actions also must be thankful and without this real Thankfulness by our Obedience all our verbal and ceremonial expressions are of no account Obedience is that which God requires Obedience is that which the King desires of you Obedience to the Laws of God and to the Laws of the King When we do all in our places and stations perform our duty Ministers their duty Magistrates their duty and every sort and rank of people their duty then are we all truly Thankfull 1. The Ministers that are the Guides of the people in spiritual things and by good Doctrine and good example are to lead them in the wayes of God they must testifie their thankfulness by attending more duly and giving themselves more devoutly to the Ministery of the Word and Prayer O that the daily Sacrifice that hath long ceased might now be renewed in every Parish In this Parish till better provision be made I shall be glad to celebrate Morning Prayer at the ringing of the School-bell Pray take notice of it and let one at least out of every Family be spared to assist in the publick Service of God 2. The Magistrates that have power in civil things and by execution of good Laws of the Land and by their own good behaviour are to keep peace and order among the people they must testifie their Thankfulness by a more faithful discharge of their Office Keep up the respect due to Authority joyn your selves together as one man and this Union will strengthen you to suppress any disorders among your Inferiors Consult maturely for the common good determine soberly execute courageously and let every publick Officer be a man of a publick spirit knowing there is some ray of Majesty descending on him and that he is Gods Minister and the Kings 3. Let all people of all ranks and qualities testifie their Thankfulness old and young rich and poor Let the Elder men and Fathers by their gravity and wisdom be guides and examples to the younger rejoycing that they have lived to see this blessed restauration and that they may now assure and comfort themselves that their children shall be bred in true Religion and under lawful Governours Let the younger testifie their thankfulness by their sober-mindedness and modesty and readiness to follow the steps of their wiser Fathers rejoycing that they have happy times before them and are likely to have a greater share in the fruits of his Majesties just and gracious Government Let the richer sort shew themselves really thankful by their bounty and liberality to the poor and by their other works of piety and charity and let the poor be thankful too in their way by their patience and contentedness by their diligence and painfulness in some honest labour Lastly Let every one without exception make it his chief care to serve and fear God and next to God to honour and obey the King this being the best way to engage God to continue and enlarge his mercies and favours to us the best way to make sure of God to be our God for ever and to make sure of the King to be our King so long till it shall please God to remove him to that Kingdom which alone is better then this the Kingdom of Heaven In the mean it is our Happiness our Joy and our Crown that we have such a King the Son of such a Father that thought not his life dear unto him but laid it down for the Church and People committed to his care Such a King instructed by such a Father in the Art to govern justly prudently and mercifully Such a King as God hath miraculously for us and delivered from many dangers and brought his Royal Person through many Tryals that he might be more precious like Gold tryed in the fire and appear unto his people with the greater splendor Such a King as is mindful of these his Sufferings not to revenge them but to make a good use of his Afflictions and to be better'd by them To conclude such a King in whom all good men do hope to find that Wisdom that Justice that Clemency that Piety which will undoubtedly render him the Glory of Kings and the Joy of all his Subjects Which God of his infinite Mercy grant through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer O Most glorious God the Creator and Governour of all the world we acknowledge thine infinite mercy to this lately distracted and distressed Nation It is thy hand thy power thy favour whereby this happy Change is brought to pass Thou hast inclined the heart of the King to his People and Thou hast inclined the heart of the People to their King We know O Lord it is thy doing and we look upon it with admiration as a wonderful favour both to the King and People We beseech thee accept our Thanks and Praise which we offer up unto thee with all our hearts and with unfeigned lips And we beseech thee also to enable us as we desire to testifie our Thankfulness by our Obedience in the whole course of our lives that all the People of the Land Ministers and Magistrates young and old rich and poor doing their duty in their several places and glorifying thy Name by a godly Conversation Thou mayst still delight to dwell amongst us to do us good and to continue thy favour to us from generation to generation We pray thee multiply thy best blessings upon our Soveraign Lord the King upon the most Illustrious Prince the Duke of York and upon the rest of the Royal Progeny upon the House of Lords and Commons upon the Lords of his Majesties Privy Council upon all the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom Bless we pray thee the Judges and Magistrates the Bishops and Ministers the Soldiers and Scholars all orders and degrees of men that all may live in thy fear in obedience to the King and in brotherly love and concord O let not the Sword devour any more nor the noise of War be heard in our Land Quiet the spirits of all parties take away our carnal animosities and vain opinions that we may all gladly close in a perfect reconciliation under our gracious King As thou hast made him an example of forgivenness and mercy so grant that all his Subjects may shew mercy to one another being tender-hearted and forgiving one another as God for Christ's sake is ready to forgive us all Lord perfect thine own work and make us such as thou wouldst have us and deal with us not according to our deserts but according to thine own infinite Mercies in Jesus Christ For whom we ever bless thee in whom we crave acceptance with thee and to whom with Thee O Father and thy Holy Spirit one Eternal God be all Honour and Glory now and for ever Amen The End