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A93187	God save the King: or, A sermon preach'd at Lyme-Regis May 18. 1660. at the solemn proclamation of his most Excellent Majesty Charles the II. by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith. / By Ames Short M.A. minister there.	Short, Ames, 1615 or 16-1697.	1660 (1660)	Wing S3526; Thomason E1919_2; ESTC R203570	29,855	112

his wrath and justice 4. Let us express our joy in His Majesty's Restitution c. By stopping our eares for ever against the bewitching temptations of such as are given to change Let the smart of our sufferings under past changes cause us to dread the least thought of making our selves happy by tearing to pieces our antient and best forme of Government and attempting to erect a new Let us no more lend an eare to those Monsters of Treason and Tyranny who had lately cheated us into slavery under a pretence of liberty and who had brought us into bondage unto their owne wills and lusts by promising to set us at liberty and make us free Let the monstrous opinions and horible confusions we have lately suffered under them cause us to tremble at the mention of a Common-wealth Government that hath begotten them And now that we have recovered our Pilot let us resolve never to cast or suffer him to be cast overboard againe lest we suffer shipshwrack for want of him Let us resolve according to the command of God Pro. 24.21 22. To feare God and the King and not to meddle with those that are given to change 5. Let us express our joy c. By blessing and praising that God who by his power and providence hath so wonderfully brought it about for us Certainely it hath not been brought about by humane policy might or power but by the spirit and finger of God Zech. 4.6 'T is true Inments have been used and as Instruments 't is fit they should be honored and we should blesse God for them But who was it that raised up those instruments was it not God who as the Apostle tells us 1 Cor. 1.27 28 29. hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and the weake things of the world to confound the things that are mighty c. that no flesh should glory in his presence Againe tell me who gave them that wisdom and conrage wherby they have been enabled to effect what they have attempted was it not God doubtlesse it was So that from first to last the whole work is his and the whole glory and praise of it is due to him Let us then this day and all our days express our joy in it by giving God the glory of it And in our rejoycings let us blesse and praise the God of Heaven for this his unspeakable mercy to us and unto these almost ruined Kingdomes 1. With our souls and all that is within us And let us awaken and stir up our souls so to do as David did his upon another account Psal 103.1 Let us bless him with our souls by loving fearing and admiring of him and all his incomprehensible attributes discovered in bringing about His Majesty's restitution Let us also blesse him by our delighting our selvs in him Let us not express our joy by taking our fill of delight in the creatures but by delighting our selves in God our Creator And indeed this is the best way wherein we can expresse our joy upon any account in the world And such a way of expressing our joy at the Proclamation of His Majesty would at once evidence us to be the King 's best Subjects and God's best friends and servants 2. Let us express our joy upon this account in blessing and praising God with our tongues Let us open our mouths and let our lips shew forth the glory of God this day and all our dayes God hath given us our tongues to this end that with them we might shew forth his praise Letus then in our rejoycing this day be speaking of God and of those glorious attributes of God which he hath discovered in bringing about this work This way David resolved to blesse God Psal 26.7 145.5 and prophecyed that other men should do so too Psal 145.6 7. yea that one generation should tell the works of God to another that he might not lose the honour of them Psal 145.4 So the present generation should bless God for his mercy in the restitution of his Majesty by transmitting it to posterity that the generations to come may praise him for it 3. Let us express our joy upon this account by blessing God with our lives Let our lives praise God every day that we have to live for his mercy to us in the restitution of His Majesty this day to his just Rights And let us thus bless God 1. by endeavouring dayly after a more thorough Reformation of our selves and others as much as in us lies Now that God hath restored His Majesty let us sit down and consider with our selves what our personal sins are whereby we did provoke God to suffer the worst of Tyrants to murther his Royal Father and for so many years to banish his Majesty having discovered them let us turn from them Let us do it heartily and unfeignedly so as never to turn to the commission of them more O let us resolve never to provoke this God more who notwithstanding our sinful provocations hath delivered us from usurping Tyrants and hath restored to us our most dread and rightfull Sovereign 2. By dedicating our selves heartily intirely and sincerely to the fear and service of God Let the consideration fo the great things God hath done for us cause us to fear the Lord and serve him with our whole heart all our days according to that of Samuel 1 Sam. 12.24 though we have hitherto served Satan and our own lusts let us from henceforth resolve to serve no Master but God As you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness to iniquity unto iniquity ev en so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness according to that of the Apostle Rom. 6.19 and both these things I earnestly beg of you 1. For your owne sakes 2. For His Majesty's sake Lest if you still do wickedly you provoke the Lord to destroy both your King and your selves According to that of Samuel 1 Sam. 12.25 But if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both you and your King 3. By doing what in us lies in our several stations to improve his Majesty's Authority for the right and proper ends of Authority Let us not any of us endeavour to improve it for by and base ends of our own to scramble for Honors Offices and Preferments for our selves as others have done under the late Usurpers But let us improve it 1. For the suppressing of Superstition Heresie and Profainnesse These are the things that have been the meritorious cause of all our sufferings let us therefore improve his Majesty's Authority to suppress them 2. For the effecting of a thorough Reformation both in Church and State according to the Word of God and the Laws of the land And let us beg of God to put it into his Majesty's heart so to do 3. For the propagation of the truth and power of Godliness that all within his Majesty's Dominions may know the truth and express the power of Godliness in their lives and conversations 4. Let us blesse God with our lives for this his mercy to us in restoring his Majesty by opening the doors of our hearts unto the Lord Jesus Christ the King of glory that he may erect his throne there so as to reigne over us all our dayes according to that of David Psal 24.7 8 9 10. Christ as Mediator guideth all the Affaires of the world And it is he that hath restored his Majesty to his authority now in a way of thankfullnesse unto him let us admit him into our hearts that he may reign and rule over us by his word and spirit Let us serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords with fear and rejoice with trembling Let us kisse the son lest he be angry and we perish from the way as we are exhorted to do Psal 2.10 11. 6. Let us in the last place expresse our joy in his Majesty's restitution by giving portions to such for whom nothing is provided Ther 's provision made for you Gentlemen of the Country somthing suitable to your worth and quality Let me desire you to expresse your rejoicing in this days solemnity by giving something to the poor for whom nothing is provided Let us do this day as the Jewes of old did upon their Festival days of joy and rejoicing what they did and were enjoyned to do you may see Nehemiah 8.10 11 12. Esther 9.22 Now to conclude all if you thus expresse your joy in the solemnity of this day you shall not only be truly blessed in his Majesty but his sacred Majesty shall be as truly happy in you You shall not onely live happily under his Government here but you shall for ever live and reign with him in an Eternity of glory hereafter Now to the onely wise God who liveth and reigneth for ever and doth what pleaseth him both in Heaven above and in the Earth beneath be Glory Honour and Immortality for ever and ever AMEN FINIS