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Mephibosheths hearts-ioy vpon his soueraignes safetie To be imitated by the subjects of this land vpon the happy returne of our Prince Charles. Deliuered in a sermon in the church of Great Yarmouth in Norfolke, the 19. day of October. 1623. By Tho: Reeue preacher of Gods word there.
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Reeve, Tho. (Thomas), 1583 or 4-1651.
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giuen vp the Ghost as Phineas wife did to heare that the Arke of the Lord was taken to be at this time published amongst vs No behold better newes welcommer tidings for to the ioy of the King the delight of the Nobles the comfort of the Clergy the recreement of the whole Land the Lord our Prince is come home in Peace 1 To the ioy of our King For Omnis in Ascanio charistat cura Parentis no doubt al the Kings Care was setled vpon the safe returne of his Charles yea I doubt not much whether after he had sent for him and his Returne was determined his Eyes tooke any quiet rest or the meat that he did eat were sweet vnto him or the light he did behold pleasant till it pleased God to grant him a sight of him as Dauid cryed Oh my Sonne Absolon Absolon my Sonne my Sonne would to God I had dyed for thee So doubtlesse our King groaned within himselfe Oh my Sonne Charles Charles my Sonne my Son would to God I might set mine eye vpon thee 2 To the delight of the Nobles For must not they needs be ioyed to see the Mirrour of Bloud and Progeny vpon which they stand so much and that rare Flowre of the Court presented againe before their eyes Doubtlesse Yes they cannot but blesse themselues to liue to that day to see their Lord their Prince come home in Peace 3 To the comfort of the Clergy The whole Schoole of Shiloh reioyce in it much mirth and melody is there at Naioth for it yea euery Priest and Leuite is ready to sing Hosannah in the highest to heare of it Hee hath bene is and we hope euer will be our Fulcimentum and therefore he formerly hath bene now is and euer shall be our Delectamentam 4 To the Recreement of the whole Land For must not the whole Land be much cheered in this his safe Returne Yes if they would duely consider the precious woorth that is in him For what is he Euen such a one that if he were to come to his Throne by Election as he is by Succession doubtlesse their votes should be giuen for him and as the Elders of Israel went and seized Iephtah out of the Land of Tob and said q Iudg. 11. ◠Come and be our Captaine So he should be seized out of what place soeuer he remained in and with the like entreaty Veni esto nobis Rex Come and be our King What Nation would not be glad to haue such a one if it might be to sit in their throne He beares in him the Image of a Ruler as Zebah and Salmanah said of the brethren of Gidion that they looked like the Children of a King r Iudg. 8.18 What can bee desired in him set aside a freedome from that naturall humane hereditary frailty that we are all borne with and shall euer bee burthened withall but in some measure yea in an eminent degree in him may be espied First he is true to our God The Feare of Isaack is that that he worships from the God of his Fathers will he not depart Doubtles of the minde of Ischyrion Sexcenties potius mori quam quicquā de Religione amittere That he had rather dye sixe hundred deaths then lose the least syllable of his profession his praise is in the Gospell his Fame spread throughout the Christian World for his constancy to the Faith hee hath beene brought vp in no leagues nor bonds of Affinitie will make him mutable Secondly He begins to be of a valiant disposition continually exercising himselfe in the feates of Armes and in the times of Peace fitting himselfe for the times of War shewing in his tender yeares good testimonies of sprightly courage and puissant valour like to be Marte Ferox vincinescius armis Thirdly He is Prudent How can it bee otherwise when our Cyrus hath had so many a worthy Zenophon to instruct him and he himselfe by Nature taking delight scarse in any thing more then in the companie of the Learned and being of the number of them that doe euen Impallescere chartis Persius by all sort of Learning endeauouring to adapt himselfe for his Throne which God in his gratious appointed time is like to bestow vpon him and as it was a great helpe to Paul that he was brought vp at the feet of Gamaliel for his knowledge of the Pharisaicall Profession So doubtlesse a great helpe for all kind of Knowledge hath it beene to our Prince to haue bene brought vp at the Feet of so sage and discreet a Parent for who knowes not that Jacobus noster Rex Magus Rex Philosophus Yea the Mirrour of the World concerning Wisdome either in Church or State Points Oh who can imagine then that the Father that desires to leaue this Sonne the Successor of his Kingdomes and Fame but he will ouerlay him with the purest gold he can and as he hath communicated to him his humane nature So likewise will he endeauour to infuse into him his intellectuall spirit that he might liue in him when he is dead and shine in his Sonne when he is gathered to his Fathers And beside hath he trauelled so farre onely to see Cities and to embrace Compeeres No doubtlesse that olde Nestor knew well enough what hee did when he parted for a while with his Sonne he considered that by this Voyage hee should be much more enabled for Rule and Gouernment by his diligent obseruing and carefull marking of the fashions and gouernments of other Nations So that being by nature studious by education so well trained vp and hauing beene thus long amongst the Wits of the World and the Crafts-masters for all sort of Discipline and Policie he cannot but haue Crura thymo plera Fourthly he is like to be no sucker of your veines nor piller of your profits but to liue so farre as may bee of his owne Royall Demeanes accounting that money base as Tiberius was wont to say that was gotten with the teares and groanes of the people for hee hath shewne himselfe hither towards of a Princely disposition and to be no gripple gatherer Fiftly He is like to be of no hastie humour ready to quarrel with his neighbor Princes or in sudden moods and ires to send challenges of defiance to his adioyning friends which might make the sides of his own Kingdome to bleed yea the heart-strings of Christendome to ake but he is of a stayed carriage which will enter into no quarrels but vpon mature deliberation and well-pondered resolution Patrem sequitur sua Proles Sixtly He is iust not being a Protector of Varlets for when did he euer bowe his knee or open his mouth to his Father in a wicked mans cause No he hates them all right sore and hath not dissembled to be their good friend when opportunitie haue bene giuen And if they haue bene vnder his owne wing how soone hath he chased them from him For how many of his
Attendants if hee haue once perceiued them to be of any deperdit debaushed carriage and in their execrable manners grew incorrigible how soone hath hee dismissed them So now then En Principem behold your Prince Oh how should that people bee euen transported that haue receiued by the mercy of God such a Prince out of danger in safety me thinkes their hearts should leape for ioy to heare such tidings of him and they should goe vp and downe their streets and with the greatest melody sound it abroad as their Paean Principem iterum habemus Principem iterum habemus Wee haue our Prince againe Wee haue our Prince againe The Woods haue not destroyed him the Floods haue not deuoured him the Ayre hath not infected him Principem iterum habemus Principem iterum habemus Wee haue our Prince againe Wee haue our Prince againe I read vpon happy euents many people wonderfully affected When Abraham had receiued that Diuine Promise that Sarahs wombe that seemed dead should waxe fruitfull and that shee should bee the Mother of many Nations and that Kings should come of her Å¿ Gen. 17 1â— Hee fell on his face and laughed And was it not thus with Iacob Yes when newes was brought him that Ioseph whom he thought long before to haue beene torne in peices by a wild beast to bee yet aliue and by the Chariots that were sent hee plainly perceiued it t Gen. 45.27 21 v. The spirit of Iacob reuiued and hee said I haue inough Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue And were not the Iewes in this degree of excessiue gladsomnesse Yes for whâ—n Mordecai was exalted and the cruell Edict of Haman reuersed and comfortable letters sent in the stead u Est 8. All the City of Shusham reioyced and there was ioy and gladnâ—sse a Feast and a good day And shall wee not finde Rhoda and the Saints of God at Peters miraculous deliuerance out of Prison iust in this case Yes Rhoda hearing him knocke at the doore and by his voyce knowing it to bee him w Acts 12.14 16. Opened not the doore for very gladnesse and when the Saints saw him they were astonied And not only in the Sacred Scriptures but in Sacred Histories this extraordinary ioy we doe finde vpon extraordinary euents x Euseb Pâ—â—p Hist lib. 9. c. â— Eusebius reports that when Maximius the Easterne Tyrant had sent commandement to his Presidents that the Christians which were persecutâ—d should be released that the noble Champions of godlinesse which before were in the Mine-pits passed through euery City with valiant and cheerfull courage with vnspeakable ioy and replenished with inexplicable liberty of minde and that they sung Songs and Psalmes in the midde high-wayes in the market places and all frequented Assemblies y Euseb ibid. c. 9. In like manner it is reported that Constantine hauing conquered Maxentius that truculent oppressour comming to Rome immediately with cheerefull countenance and from the heart hee was receiued of all both Men Women and Children Senators and other Noble Personages of all the People of Rome with gladsome shouts and vnspeakable ioy as a Deliuerer from opppression and generall Benefactor to all z Socrates Scholast Ecc. Hist lib. 7. c. 23. So likewise when by the Prayers of Theodosius that vertuous Emperour the vsurping Tyrant Iohn was brought to his end by valiant Aspar all the people set all at nought and passed the Theatre where before they were celebrating their showes and spectacles in Circo sounding out thanks-giuing together with the Emperour with one voyce and straitway went to Church and spent there the whole day so that all the City seemed to bee but as one Church And not onely in sacred Scriptures and in sacred Histories but among the Heathens vpon occasions of happy betides much expression of ioy haue beene manifested It is reported that when the people of Rome heard how Germanicus whose life and welfare they much feared was in safety as if they had beene ouercome with the newes they went and rent open their Temple dores and cryed out Salua Patria Salua Ciuitas saluus Germanicus Our Country is safe our Citty is safe Germanicus is safe And of Cicero wee read that returning from banishment in the Consulships of Pompey and Lentulus that Tanta fuit vrbis laetitia vt quasi auulsa sedibus suis Roma omnis aetas ordosque hominum obuiam procederet That there was such reioycing in the City that Rome was as it were shaken and plucked from her seate all ages and orders of men going out to meet Cicero What should I seeke to abound The drift of my speech is that as it is naturall to all men with memorable chances to bee delighted so wee for this late fauour of God vouchsafed vnto vs should bee supra modum dulcedine laeti fraught and replenished with ioy beyond measure euen fall on our faces and laugh haue our Spirits reuiued within vs haue amongst vs a feast and a good day yea in the highest manner we can expresse our Iubiliation and exultation Oh they haue dead hearts that are not now quickened dumbe mouthes that doe not now sound forth ioyfull out cries if euer there were a time for the Timbrell and the dance this is it the returne of our Prince into the Land should bee like returne of life into a swounding body wee should haue as much gladnesse for the hauing of him as wee should haue had sadnesse for the wanting of him if hee had perished how should wee haue mourned being preserued and in all sort of peace returned how should wee triumph our ioy should be like the ioy of Haruest yea men that are diuiding spoyles should not bee more cheerefull then wee Our Sauiour saith in the Gospell If these should hold their peace the stones would speake so if wee should not reioyce the senslesse Starres would teach vs ioy Our Prince went out with a wonder and came home with a wonder out with a wonder for the Thames your Channell many other places in the Land strangely ebbed and flowed as if the waters had been out of course that a Prince of such matchlesse worth should be wafted ere long ouer them to passe through many dangers came home with a wonder for being past all his dreads and arriued again vpon his owne shoares the fame of his returne being scarse spread throughout all the parts of this Kingdome yea the very day the tidings came amongst you the two great Lights of Heauen in an astonishable manner appeared there being three Moones in the night three Sunnes in the Morning to signifie vnto vs that the Heyre apparant if my coniecture bee not too curious of three Kingdoms was now in safety rerurned yea that the Lord our Prince was come home in peace Therefore as Salomon saith Goe to the Pismire O thou Sluggard so goe to the Lights of Heauen and lighten thee vnto ioy O thou dull-hearted Subiect But I must needs confesse I need not