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A56576	Post nubila Phoebus, or, A sermon of thanksgiving for the safe and happy returne of our gracious soveraign ... preached in the city of Aberden at the desire of the lord provest, bailies and councell thereof, upon the XIX [19] day of Iune / by Iohn Patersone ...	Paterson, John, 1604?-1679.	1660 (1660)	Wing P687; ESTC R1742	16,018	27

Post nubila Phoebus Or A SERMON OF Thanksgiving For the safe and happy Returne of our gracious SOVERAIGN to His Ancient DOMINIONS and Restauration to His just and Native DIGNITY ROYALTIES and GOVERNMENT Preached in the City of Aberden at the desire of the LORD PROVEST Bailies and Councell thereof upon the XIX day of Iune By Mr. IOHN PATERSONE Minister of the Gospell in the said BVRGH PROV 20.28 Mercy and truth preserve the King and his Throne is upholden by mercy Let the KINGS Enemies become a Portion for Foxes ABERDENE Printed by Iames Brown Ann. DOM. M.DC.LX Unto the Right Honourable GILBERT GRAY LORD PROVOST And Unto the Right Honourable JOHN JAFFRAY Late PROVOST Baylies WILLIAM GRAY ALEX. ROBERTSONE ALEX. ALEXANDER Mr. ROBERT PETRIE PATRICK MOIR GILBERT MOLYSONE Late Baylies Iohn Duncan Dean of Gild Iohn Burnet Thesaurer And Remnant Honourable Counsellours of the City of Aberden Thomas Mercer Late Dean of Gild Thomas Mitchell Late Thesaurer And whole Remnant of the Late honourable Councell of Aberd. Right Honourable THE Day of BRITAIN'S solemnities for the Happy Returne and Restauration of our Most Gracious and Illustrious KING safe in His Person and sound in the truth of Religion after such a long and dismall Absence to His Ancient Dominions and to His native Royalties and Government is such an transcendent temporall Mercy as deserves to be writen not only on Pillars of Marble and with a Diamond and Pen of Iron but upon the Spirits of all who are truely Godly and Loyall within BRITAINE and Ireland And it cannot be expected but such an great mercifull Revolution brought about in such an unanimous peaceable sweet way without bloud will be exceedingly magnified and called Blessed by all succeeding Generations so long as SCOTLAND ENGLAND and Ireland remains to be NATIONS And who are so stupid but must look upon this at an signall token for good that after such an great State-quake and Overturning in these three KINGDOMS when all concernments in them were wrap'd up in Darknesse and Confusion when mens thoughts were quivering like the needle in the Sea compasse and knew not where to rest The LORD should have been pleased even then in such a sudden to concenter the hearts and desires of these three NATIONS in the KINGS MAIESTY his Person and Government as the only earthly Foundation of their Prosperity and Peace This admirable Mercy hath brought forth many loud and Publique Acclamations of joy in all Cities Counties Incorporations and Churches of the three LANDS and indeed Duty to GOD ALMIGHTY who hath made his own A●me bare in our Deliverance Duty to Our SOVERAIGNE the KING GOD His immediat Vice-gerent over us the Duty which wee owe to Our Consciences Relations and Interests and to the Protestant Religion at home abroad cals for very singular appearances and resentments of such an eminent Blessing Amongst many other His MAIESTIES Royall Burghs in SCOTLAND I beleeve none be it spoken without envy or disparagement did appeare more early and with greater alacrity and cheerfulnesse in the publique and solemne manifestations of their Joy for His MAJESTIES safe and happy Returne and Restauration to His just Government nor this City did which hath alwayes accounted its Fidelity and Loyalty to its native KING its chiefe earthly Ornament whereof it hath many testimonies and evidences standing in publique Register and during His MAIESTY'S sad dayes absence none loved His MAIESTY more none Prayed more heartily none longed more earnestly nor ABERDENE did for that blessed day of His MAIESTIES Returne and Restauration which the right hand of the LORD hath at last brought to Passe Beside many other very Solemne and Publique Manifestations of the joy of this CITY for this Mercy never to be forgotten it was your HONOURS command that the following Sermon being preached in your Pulpit at your desyre should be put to the Presse although the Conscience of my own weaknesse and the worthlesnesse of any thing which can drop from my Mouth or Pen might and would have put mee from any appearance in Print Yet the subject being so Royall and at such a nick of time and my respects to your HONOURS being so many and so pressing have prevailed with mee to let this poor Mite of yours and my own Loyalty appeare on the Stage of a Criticke World Veritas non querit angulca I know I must meet with Censurers but if men will censure Truth harshly it will stand upon its own joints and if they censure my meane conceptions and expressions I can suffer that easily for it is the matter and not the manner that I have chiefly aimed at which makes this paper come out in its naked Simplicity without Ornaments Whatever it is I have put it under your Patrociny and I lay it down at your feet as a small testimony of my many Obligations and Ingagements to your HONOURS and to this Honourable City The LORD multiply His Spirit and Grace upon you that you may go on to act for the Glory of GOD for the Power of GODLYNES for the KINGS MAJESTY'S happinesse and for the Good and Prosperity of this People So Prayeth Your Honours affection at servant in the Work of the Ministry Mr. JO PATERSONE From a very Reverend and Faithfull BROTHER Mr. William Dowglasse Professor of Divinity in the KINGS COLEDGE of the University of Aberden MY thoughts of this SERMOM after perusall are as followes That the whole Draught is plaine pertinent and powerfull That the Observes have such a naturall and genuine arise and the Uses are so consequentially flowing from the Observes and Doctrines that the committing of it to the Presse shall tend much to the publick good And so much the rather That herein is holden forth what have been the publick faults of these three NATIONS as also pointing punctually at our duties wee owe most to OVR SOVERAIGNE both which are to very good purpose branched out in many particulars This is testified though much more might be said by my subscription Mr. W. DOWGLAS At Old Aberdene AUGUST 4. 1660. A SERMON OF Thanksgiving For the safe and happy Returne of our SOVERAIGN LORD CHARLES the SECOND by the Grace of GOD KING of great Britaine France Ireland Defender of the faith to His Ancient DOMINIONS and Restauration to His just and Native DIGNITY ROYALTIES and GOVERNMENT PSAL. CXXVI Vers 1. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion Wee were lyke them that dream Vers 2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing c. WEe may look upon this day as upon the springing up of a bright faire morning after a cloudie dark night wherin so many beasts of prey did creepe out of their den's and lurking places of their hatefull and hellish Hypocrisie we may look upon it as the beginning of a sweet calme after a long and dangerous storme as upon the breaking of an heavy and sad yoke which hath lyon sore upon the necks of

never KING of Britaine that had more need of Wisdome Prudence Forsight then HIS MAIESTY who now Reignes Never any of His Royall Ancestors did come to their Crowne in a more difficult tyme Never a KING had greater variety and tempers of Spirit to deale with nor more difficulty to give just and reasonable satisfaction and content to so many severall and contrary Interests Never any of His Royall Predecessors had more Enemies some known and some vailed who can very sliely and subtilly drop out words for His Disadvantage so the KING stands much in need of the Prayers of His Godly and loyall Subjects wherfore let our hearty Prayers be to GOD for HIM Beware to give care to any sinistrous Reports Suggestions or Misinformations against the KING'S Person or Government There is and was a generation in BRITAINE who made it their trade and game Religiously Devotly enough to blast His MAIESTY'S FATHERS Reputation whose Memory is now sacred will be as a sweet favour to succeeding Generations when the Memory of these vile Aspersers shall rote and stink in the Dust Yea that same evill Spirit is not yet banished away studying what lyes in its power in a flie subtile hypocriticall clandestine Way under a pretence of Zeale and Piety to suggest Prejudices in the mynd● of simple and well-minded People whom they have abused too long against the KING whereas HEE hath given farre more evident Testimonies in the midst of many strange Temptations to the Truth of the Protestant Religion then any or all of these disloyall Whisperers Beware to heare such false Insinuations for they smell worse then Hemlock in the furrows of the Field I do not speake this with any reference to this Place in particular I know that upon good Grounds from many years Experience that ABERDENE might of old and yet may be it spoken without Envy or Disparagement compare for Loyalty to their KING with any City in BRITAINE but I speake this as a generall Warning for the whole land for ther hath been much Sin that way in BRITAINE and if any now should follow such disloyall Steps they ought to be marked and discovered Beware to have an hand or any way to be accessory to any thing which directly or indirectly may tend to or look like a Prejudice to MONARCHICALL GOVERNMENT or to the shaking one Pinne of it loose It was most wysly said by our late Martyr KING of blessed Memory that the Government then was like to a Watch when it is taken down if one Pinne be set wrong it will marre all and make all go Wrong Wee have found HIM a true Prophet in that as in many other things Now therefore since GOD in His deepe Wisdome and wonderfull Goodnesse hath reduced Our NATIVE KING and set up MONARCHY the Ancient and Lawfull Government of these Nations let all the Subjects beware of the least occasion directly or indirectly to loose the smallest Pinne of it Let all the Subjects know that it 's their Liberty and Honour to live under their NATIVE KING under their Ancient fundamentall Government and established Lawes and not under the sword of Vsurpers Tyrants Have wee not sore smarted already under the change of Government Have wee not found a fancyed Comonwealths Finger heavier then Our former Lawfull KINGS Loynt Let us account Government a precious tender Thing Let us not midle with them that are given to Change Lastly be content to beare Burthens for a time to pay publique Assesses Impositions which yet the Necessity and Condition of affairs call for What was payed to Vsurpers let non grudge to pay to Our just KING for the great Affaires of the Kingdom And I am confident that a short time shall ease these Nations of that which for the presēt it is not rationally possible to be eased of but I need not to spend tyme on Exhortations of this nature as to Loyalty Cheerfulnesse under burthens to this Honorable Loyall City in whose estimation hearts the KINGS Majesty is most deare and precious Love makes you Loyall I say no more but Feare GOD Honour the KING GOD blesse K. CHARLES II. KING of great BRITAINE c. Now to him who is KING of kings LORD of Lords be Praise and Glory for ever Amen