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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36441	A phenix, or, The Solemn League and Covenant whereunto is annexed : 1. The form and manner of His Majesties coronation in Scotland, with a sermon then preached on that occasion, by Robert Douglas of Edenburgh, II. A declaration of the Kings Majesty to all his loving subjects of the Kingdoms of Scotland, &c. in the yeare 1650, III. The great danger of covenant-breaking, &c., being the substance of a sermon preached by Edm. Calamy, the 14 of Jan., 1645, before the then Lord Mayor of the city of London, Sir Tho. Adams : together with the shieriffs [sic], aldermen, and Common-Councell of the said city : being the day of their taking the Solemn League and Covenant at Michael Basenshaw, London.	Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. Great danger of covenant-breaking.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)	1662 (1662)	Wing D2034; ESTC R5271	65,771	176

the mouthes of his and their enemies and Traducers doth in reference to his former Deportments and as to his Resolutions for the future Declare as followes Sect. 2. Though his Majesty as a dutiful Son be obliged to honour the memory of his Royal Father and have in estimation the person of his Mother yet doth He desire to be deeply humbled and afflicted in Spirit before God because of His Fathers hearkning to and following evil Counsels and His opposition to the Work of Reformation and to the Solemn League and Covenant by which so much of the bloud of the Lords People hath been shed in these Kingdomes and for the Idolatry of his Mother the Toleration whereof in the Kings House as it was matter of great stumbling to all the Protestant Churches so could it not but be an high provocation against him who is a jealous God visiting the sins of the Fathers upon the Children And albeit HIs Majesty might extenuate His former Carriages and Actions in following of the advice and walking in the way of those who are opposite to the Covenant and to the work of God and might excuse His delaying to give satisfaction to the just and necessary desires of the Kirk and Kingdome of Scotland from his education and age and evil Counsel and Company and from the strange and insolent proceedings of Sectaries against his Royal Father and in reference to Religion and the ancient Government of the Kingdome of England to which He hath the undoubted Right of Succession yet knowing that he hath to do with God He doth ingeniously acknowledge all His own sins and all the sins of his Fathers House craving pardon and hoping for mercy and reconciliation through the bloud of Jesus Christ And as he doth value the constant Addresses that were made by his people to the Throne of grace on His behalf when He stood in opposition to the work of God as a singular Testimony of Long-suffering Patience and mercy upon the Lords part and Loyalty upon theirs so doth He hope and shall take it as one of the greatest tokens of their love and affection to Him and to His Government That they will continue in Prayer and Supplication to God for Him That the Lord who spared and preserved Him to this day notwithstanding of all His own guiltinesse may be at peace with Him and give him to fear the Lord His God and to serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind all the dayes of his life Sect. 3. And his Majesty having upon full perswasion of the Justice and Equity of all the Heads and Articles thereof now Sworn and subscribed the National Covenant of the Kingdome of Scotland and the Solemne League and Covenant of the three Kingdomes of Scotland England and Ireland doth declare That He hath not sworn and subscribed these Covenants and entred into the Oath of God with his People upon any sinister Intention and crooked Design for attaining His own Ends but so far as Humane Weaknesse will permit in the truth and sincerity of His heart And that He is firmly Resolved in the Lords strength to adhere thereto and to prosecute to the utmost of his power all the Ends thereof in his Station and Calling really constantly and sincerely all the dayes of his life In order to which He doth in the first place professe and Declare That He will have no Enemies but the Enemies of the Covenant and that He will have no Friends but the Friends of the Covenant And therefore as He doth now detest and abhorre all Popery Superstition and Idolatry together with Prelacy and all Errors Heresie Schisme and Prophanenesse and resolves not to tolerate much lesse allow any of these in any part of His Majesties Dominions but to oppose Himself thereto and to endeavour the Extirpacion thereof to the utm●st of his power so doth He as a Christian Exhort and as a King require That all such of his Subjects who have stood in Opposition to the Solemn League and Covenant and Work of Reformation upon a pretence of Kingly Interest or any other pretext whatsoever to lay down their Enmity against the Cause and People of God and to cease to prefer the Interest of Man to the Interest of God which hath been one of those things which hath occasioned many Troubles and Calamities in these Kingdomes and being insisted into will be so far from Establishing of the Kings Throne that it will prove an Idol of Jealousie to provoke unto wrath him who is King King of kings and Lord of lords The King shall alwayes esteem them best Servants and most loyal Subjects who serve Him and seek His Greatnesse in a right line of subordination unto God Giving unto God the things that are Gods and unto Caesar the things that are Caesars And Resolveth not to love or countenance any who have so little Conscience and Piety as to follow his Interests with a prejudice to the Gospel and Kingdome of Jesus Christ which He looks not upon as a duty but as flattery and driving Self-Designes under a pretence of maintaining Royall Authority and Greatnesse Secondly His Majesty being convinced in Conscience of the exceeding great Sinfulness and Unlawfulness of that Treaty and Peace made with the Bloody Irish Rebels who treacherously shed the Blood of so many of His Faithful and Loyal Subjects in Ireland and of allowing unto them the Liberty of the Popish Religion for the which He doth from His heart desire to be deeply humbled before the Lord And likewise considering how many Breaches have been on their part Doth Declare the same to be void and that His Majesty is absolved therefrom being truly sorry that He should have sought unto so unlawful Help for Restoring of him to His Throne and resolving for the time to come rather to choose Affliction than Sin Thirdly As His Majesty did in the late Treaty with His people in this Kingdom agree to recall and annull all Commissions against any of His Subjects who did adhere to the Covenant and Monarchical Government in any of His Kingdoms So doth He now Declare That by Commissionating of some persons by Sea against the people of England He did not intend Damage or Injury to His opprest and harmlesse Subjects in tha● Kingdom who follow their Trade of Merchandize in their lawful Callings but onely the opposing and suppressing of those who had Usurped the Government and not only bar Him from his just Right but also exercise an Arbitrary Power over his people in those things which concern their Persons Consciences and Estates And as since His coming into Scotland He hath given no Commissions against any of His Subjects in England or Ireland so He doth hereby Assure and Declare That He will give none to their prejudice or damage and whatever shall be the Wrongs of these Usurpers That He will be far from avenging these upon any who are free thereof by interrupting or stopping the liberty of Trade and Merchandize or

judgement upon King and Court as appeareth this day It is to be wished that such were in the Court as David speaketh of in that Psalm Let the King see to it and resolve with David Psal 101.7 That he who worketh deceit shall not dwell within his house and he who telleth lies shall not tarry in his sight 3. Reformation in Judicatories It should be carefully seen to that Judicatories be reformed and that men fearing God and hating covetousnesse may be placed in them a King in covenant should do as Jehoshaphat did 2 Chron. 19.5 6 7. He set Judges in the land and said Take heed what you doe ye judge not for men but for the Lord who is with you in judgment wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be before you c. 4. The Reformation of the whole land the Kings eye should be upon it 2 Chron. 19.4 Jehoshaphat went out through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord God of their fathers Our land hath great need of reformation for there is a part of it that hath scarce ever yet found the benefit of it they are lying without the Gospel It will be a work of a covenanted King to have a care that the Gospel may be preached through the whole land care also would be taken that they who have the Gospel may live suitably thereto If a king would be a through Reformer he must reformed himself other wayes he will never lay reformation to heart To make a king a good Reformer I wish him these qualifications according to the truth and in sincerity wherewith they report Trajan the Emperour to have been indued He was 1. Devote at home 2. Couragious in War 3. Just in his Judicatories 4. Prudent in all his affairs True Piety Fortitude Justice and Prudency are notable qualifications in a Prince who would reform a kingdome and reform well 5. I come now to the fifth and last particular and that is the Covenent made between the king and the people When a king is Crowned and received by the people there is a Covenant or mutuall contract between him and them containing conditions mutually to be observed Time will not suffer to insist upon many particulars I shall only lay before you three First it is clear from this Covenant That a king hath not absolute power to do what he pleaseth he is tyed to conditions by vertue of a Covenant Secondly it is clear from this Covenant that a people are bound to obey their king in the Lord. Thirdly I shall present the king with directions for the Government of the people who are bound to obey 1. It is clear That the kings power is not absolute as kings and flattering Courtiers apprehend a kings power is a limited power by this Covenant And there is a threefold limitation of the kings power 1. In regard of subordination There is a power above his even Gods power whom he is obliged to obey and to whom he must give an account of his administration Ye heard yesterday the Text By me Kings Raign Prov. 8.15 kings have not only their Crowns from God but they must Reign according to his will which is clear from Rom. 8.13 He is called the Minister of God He is but Gods servant I need not stay upon this kings and all others will acknowledge this limitation 2. In regard of Laws a king is sworn at his coronation to rule according to the standing received Laws of the kingdom The Laws he is sworn to limit him that he cannot do against them without a sinfull breach of this Covenant between the king and the people 3. In rgard of government The totall government is not upon a king He hath Counsellors a Parliament or Estates in the Land who share in the burden of government It was never the mind of these who receive a king to rule them to lay all their government upon him to doe what he pleaseth without controlement There is no man able alone to govern all The kingdome should not lay that upon one man who may easily miscarry The Estates of the Land are bound in this contract to bear a burden with him These men who have flattered Kings to take unto them an absolute ●ower to do what they please have wronged Kings and kingdomes It ●ad been good that Kings of late had carried themselves so as this question of Kings power might never have come in debate for they have been great loosers thereby Kings are very desirous to have things spoken and written to hold up their arbitrary and unlimitted power but that way doth exceedingly wrong them There is one a learned man I confesse who hath written a book for the maintenance of the absolute power of Kings called Defensio Regia whereby he hath wronged himself in his reputation and the King in his Government As for the fact of taking away the life of the late King whatever was Gods justice in it I do agree with him to condemn it as a most unjust and horrid fact upon their part who did it But when he cometh to speak to the power of Kings in giving unto them an absolute and illimited power urging the damnahle Maxime Quod libet licet he will have a King to do what 〈◊〉 pleaseth impune and without co●trolement In this I cannot bu● dissent from him In regard of subordination some say That a King is countable to none but God Do what he will let God take order with it This leadeth Kings to Atheism let them do what they please and take God in their own hand in regard of Laws they teach nothing to Kings but Tyranny And in regard of Government they teach a King to take an arbitrary power himself to do what he pleaseth without controlement How dangerous this hath been to Kings is clear by sad experience Abuse of Power and Arbitrary Government hath been one of Gods great controversies with our kings and Predecessors God in his Justice because power hath been abused hath thrown it out of their hands And I may confidently say that Gods controversie with the kings of the Earth is for their Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government It is good for our king to learn to be wise in time and know that he receiveth this day a power to govern but a power limited by contract and these conditions he is bound by Oath to stand to Kings are deceived who think that the people are ordained for the king and not the king for the people The Scripture sheweth the contrary Romans 13.4 The king is the Minister of God for the Peopes good God will not have a king in an arbitrary way to encroach upon the possessions of Subjects Ezekiel 45.7.8 A portion is appointed for the Prince And it is said My Princes shall no more oppresse my people and the rest of the Land shall he give unto the House of Israel according to their Tribes The king hath his distinct possessions and