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A10242	The heart of the king, and the king of the heart, or, A briefe vnfolding of that remarkable proverbe of the royall preacher ... written in the time of His Maiesties abode at Plimmouth, and preferred vnto him in his returne from thence, anno 1625 : together with a short meditation vpon 2. Sam. 24.15., preached at a weekely lecture in Deuon, in those fearefull times of mortalitie / by J.P. Master of Arts and minister of the gospell.	Pyne, John.; J. P.	1628 (1628)	STC 20521.8; ESTC S4427	27,924	64

The Heart of the King and the King of the Heart OR A briefe vnfolding of that remarkable PROVERBE of the Royall PREACHER PROVERB 21.1 The Kings Heart is in the hand of the LORD Written in the time of his Maiesties abode at Plimmouth and preferred vnto him in his returne from thence ANNO 1625. Together with a short Meditation vpon 2. Sam. 24.15 Preached at a Weekely Lecture in Deuon in those fearefull times of MORTALITIE By J. P. Master of Arts and Minister of the GOSPELL LONDON Printed by William Stansby 1628. Errata PAg. 10. line 13. read their hearts pag. 12. l. 29. r. King p. 32. l. 2. r. Wisd 12. p. 51. l. 2. r. Nadab p. 55. l. 15. r. depriue TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE CHARLES By the Grace of GOD King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. Most gracious Soueraigne IT might iustly bee censured as an intolerable rashnesse in your vnworthy Subiect that hee being so lately pardoned for his great audaciousnesse should yet againe presume in the same kind had he not read charactered in your very countenance Quanto maior tanto melior * August Quanto melior tanto mitior that your Sonereigne Greatnesse made way for your bounteous Goodnesse and boundles Gentlenes and beene confident that it would graciously consider that albeit it were an vnwonted presumption for so meane a Subiect to aduance in so short a space to so high a Maiestie two seuerall paper-presents as vnworthy to be read as euery way vnreadie yet the rare presence of so great an Highnesse as the eldest eye hath not seene in these parts of your Dominions which are not so farre distant from your Royall Mansions as their people are neerely linked to the seruice of your Maiestie together with that great and generall emulation of your loyall Subiects striuing to doe your Maiestie some acceptable seruice in this vnusuall Progresse might be admitted to mediate vnto your Royall fauour for a renewing of the former Pardon and giuing acceptance to the same person who with as much loyall respect as formerly and with the same prostrate humilitie deuoteth this his second seruice to your sacred selfe in your Princely returne from the period of your long progresse humbly desiring the Lord of Hoasts to prosper your Maiesties Royall Marriage Leagues Nauies Armies and Iourneyes that they may tend to the Glorie of the Almightie the terror of your Enemies the assurance of your safetie the succours of your deiected Sister and the comfort of your deuoted Subiects amongst whom euen in that long Roll extended in the Westerne Chart there shall euer be found while life shall remayne Your Maiesties most loyall and obedient Subiect J. P. PROV 21.1 The Kings Heart is in the hand of the LORD IT is written in the hearts of all men by the hand of the ALMIGHTIE that whersoeuer they are Hee is present with them and acquainted with all their wayes Psal 139.3 And yet those Books of Record laid vp in the brests of the Reprobate are so blotted and spotted with sinne that they can hardly reade Gods presence in them and much lesse construe it aright Therefore hee is pleased to manifest himselfe in the hearts of his Elect in a fairer Character of a more gracious and propitious presence and that most specially when they are assembled in his Name and in his House Hee then promising that although they bee but two or three yet he will be nigh them yea amongst them and amidst them too not only in the Bodie of his Temple but in the very Temples of their Bodies in his House and in their hearts Prope Deus est cum ijs est in ijs Inter eos intra eos With them and within them But to come neerer Amongst all the chosen hearts of Gods Seruants God reserueth his choisest presence for the hearts of his chosen and anointed Seruants The royall heart is Gods great Chamber of presence Psal 82. And amongst all godly Congregations hee is pleased to take vp his speciall standing in the Congregation of Gods where Kings and Princes meet to doe him seruice and to call vpon his Name by whose Name they are called Bethel rhe Kings Chappell is most significantly the House of God and questionlesse God will be most peculiarly present with the Kings heart for behold in this Text he hath giuen his Word and his Hand for it The Heart of the King is in the hand of the Lord. In the hand of the Lord is the heart of euery liuing Creature it being the principall part of that admired workmanship of his owne diuine hand but specially the heart of man the principall Creature who is the speciall Master-piece of his workmanship as bearing his owne Image and yet more peculiarly the heart of the King the principall man who is more peculiarly his Image as being his owne Vicegerent The Kings Heart is in the hand of the LORD If we take the heart at the Lords hand as he vouchsafeth to take it at ours viz. for the whole liuing creature Behold his hand is ouer all his workes it filleth all things liuing with plentiousnesse it feedeth and saueth both Man and Beast In his hands are all the corners of the EARTH as well as all the corners of the HEART as the Psalmist teacheth In his hand saith Iob is the soule of euery liuing thing and the breath of all Mankind But in this generall subordination and subiection what will bee the prerogatiue of man aboue other Creatures or of Kings aboue other men Certainly much The inferiour creatures are in the hand of God yet so that hee hath also put them into the hands of men Gen. 1.28 and they haue dominion ouer them Inferiour men are in the hand of God yet so that he hath also deliuered them into the hands of Kings and they exercise authoritie vpon them Mat. 20.25 But as for Kings shall I say that they only are absolutely in Gods hands I may say absolutely that they are in Gods hands only God hath put the liues of others into their hands them hee hath reserued for his owne The Kings Heart is in the hand of the Lord. This was not only Dauids case who was a man after Gods owne heart and had so sweete an experimentall knowledge of Gods gracious tuition Nor Salomons alone who had so faithfull an assurance of Gods fauourable assistance grounded on so full a promise as that God would be his Father and he should bee his Child and seconded with so faire a pawne as the fulnesse of wisdome and an vnderstanding heart This is a case common to Kings and must bee pleaded by a Prouerbe The Kings Heart is in the hand of the Lord A Prouerbe that carrieth with it power and authoritie pith and significancie wherein yee haue the hand of the Lord and the very heart of the King Manum diuinam Mentem regiam Summus vtrique Martial Autor adest

breatheth out nothing but Murthers biddeth them ayme at nothing so much as at the heads of the Lords Anointed So was the Assyrian King Isa 10.5 And that bloudie Scythian of later times Punientur iudicio Dei Lactant. Diu. Infi lib 5. cap. vlt. But wee are to learne hence a lesson of Prayer and Supplication for Kings and those which are in authoritie And of Patience and sufferance vnder the yoke of tyrannie If our Kings tyrannize they are the scourge of God as was Antiochus They are in the Lords hand to punish vs and wee must leaue and referre their punishment to the same hand And certainely his hand shall finde out all his enemies Psal 21.8 When God openeth his hand and layeth it graciously on those who are our heads then hee falleth to blessing of vs when he shutteth it and layeth it grieuously about our Heads then hee falleth to buffetting of vs. Wherefore bee our Kings good they are the Ministers of God for our good Bee they euill Indignationis aduersus nos diuinae quasi ministri sunt Lactant. diuin Instit lib 5. cap. vlt. saith Lactantius Good Kings are like fire to comfort and enlighten Bad Kings are as fire to consume and deuoure It is not good medling with or laying hands on either What if Nabuchadnezzars heart bee lifted vp must a sentence of Depriuation bee giuen to despoile him of his throne Dan. 5.20 21. No Gods hand with the turne of an hand must turne him a grazing and make his Heart like the Beasts Dan. 5.23 Let Belshazzar lift vp himselfe against the Lord of Heauen must a censure of Excommunication bee hung vp at his gate No the finger of the Lords hand must write against the wall of his Palace that hand must number his time and finish it Dan. 5.24 weigh him in the ballance and finde him wanting diuide his Kingdome and giue it to the Medes and Persians If the foule mouth of Herod breathe out from a corrupt and cruell heart threatnings against Gods Church must a Chastell therefore strike at his throat or a Rauilliacke stab at his heart No the Lord must lay his hand vpon him his Angels must smite him * Horat. Regum timendorum in proprios greges Reges in ipsos imperium est Dei. The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the Riuers of water Wee must consider that God withholdeth the waters and they drye vp also he sendeth them out and they ouerturne the Earth Iob 12.15 See also Esa 8.7 Hee can cut off the spirit of Princes Psal 76.12 Hee can change the hearts of Kings who are set to doe euill Hee can exchange Kings whom hee hath set as the hearts in the midst of the Bodies politicke Hee can alter and subuert the estates of Kingdomes though they bee set and as it were setled in the very heart of the Earth like that of the Iewes Ezek. 5.5 Hee taketh away Kings Hee ruleth ouer the Kingdomes of men and giueth them to whomsoeuer hee will Magna Magnus disponit Deus So that wee must leaue those things with all our hearts to the disposall of Gods Almightie hand When the righteous are in authoritie the people reioyce saith Salomon Prou. 29.2 When the wicked beare rule what then must the people rebell No as it there followeth then the people mourne They change their note and tune it to lachrymae Riuers of waters runne downe their eyes Psal 119.136 because of those Princes who keepe not Gods Law Bee our Kings then good or euill God hath set them as the tree of good and euill in the midst of the Garden It is not for man to touch them least hee dye Nemo potentes aggredi tutus potest Seneca English it in the words of holy Scripture Who can lay hands vpon the Lords anointed and bee guiltlesse 1. Sam. 26. A thought against the sacred head of Soueraigntie is an attempt against thine owne Scelus in autorem redit like an arrow shot against heauen it commeth downe with a vengeance vpon the Shooters owne head It is like that enuenomed cup of the Monke of Swinsteed which as some write destroyed himselfe together with his Soueraigne Or like that sword wherewith Cassius strooke Caesar Plut. in vit Iulii Caesaris which as Plutarch storieth did afterward slay Cassius himselfe See Psal 37.15 The thoughts and the dreames of some haue beene treasonable But who would haue thought that their owne confession should make them plead guiltie who would haue dream't that their fancie should bee punisht as a fact Si nemo fuerit accusator ipsi narrabunt The Lord hath bound euery heart and hand with such a tye of inuiolable obedience to their Kings that who so prouoketh them to Anger is said to sinne against his owne soule Prou. 20.2 The Lord is so tender ouer them that hee will not haue them touched Touch not mine Anointed Psal 105.15 Hee telleth vs that if the King bee cursed in our thought or in our Bed chamber a Bird of the Ayre shall carrie the voice that which hath wings shall tell the matter Eccles 10.20 When by Gowries Plot our late Lord the King was brought euen to the Chambers of death who would haue imagined that the tongue scarce at libertie should haue discouered that the head was in danger In the Powder-plot when all things were carried in secrecie when those bloud-suckers sealed their cruell resolutions with receit of the Sacrament therein mingling bloud with their sacrifices who would haue thought that that which had wings should haue told the matter that a Quil that a Letter like that Anser Capitolinus should haue bewrayed the capitall danger likely to fall vpon the whole Land It was the hand of the Lord that enlarged the heart of the King to conceiue the intricate meaning of an obscure Riddle It was his hand that discouered deepe things out of darkenesse and brought to light the shaddow of Death Iob 12.22 So the Catesbeian Conspiracie was disclosed much like the Catilinarian of whose discouerie Plutarch reporteth thus Plut. in vit Ciceronis At night after supper and not long before the Massacre should haue beene committed Crassus his seruant brought him a packet of letters deliuered him by a stranger vnknowne was amongst which one hauing no name subscribed was directed to Crassus the effect of which was that there should bee a great slaughter committed in Rome by Catiline and therefore prayed him to forbeare the Citie Crassus therefore went to Cicero partly for feare of the danger and partly to cleare himselfe from the suspition of any league betweene him and the Conspirators Cicero conuented the Senate and caused the said letters to bee read publickly and so those letters bewrayed the Conspiracie Let vs now change but a few names with heathenish Rome and wee shall find but small difference in the reuealing of these two Romish and hellish Conspiracies namely if we put Catesby for Catiline