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A57856 Moses returned from Midian; or, Gods kindnesse to a banished king his office, and his subjects duty. As it was delivered in a sermon, preached at Linlithgow, on the day of thanksgiving for His Majestie our Soveraigns happy restauration. By J.R. M.L. and published by A.G. P.L. Published by authority. Ramsey, James. 1660 (1660) Wing R222; ESTC R217055 11,311 18

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themselves and curse their King and their God Yea by the Apostle we are commanded to pray for them and at that time when he wrote a wicked Nero reigned The third kind of Reverence is with the body using a suteable gesture to regall Authority as the Woman of Tekoah 2 Sam 14.4 And Ahimaaz 2 Sam. 18.28 So did all the people 1 Chron. 29.20 I might multiply other citations but it is superfluous exhibeant eis etiam foris honorem cuique regne pairia consuetum saith Bullin dec 2. ser 9. speaking of the duty of subjects to their Soveraign The second duty that we ow them is Obedience 1 Pet. 2.13.14 Titus 3.1 Such Obedience it ought to be as excludeth resistance to him Rom. 13.2 As is willing chearfull and for conscience sake Rom. 13.5 For their Authority is an Ordinance of God and they are the Ministers of God Yea this Obedience is due from all persons Rom. 13.1 Let every soul be subject c. even Church-men as well as Laiks for saith Bern. in one of his Epistles writing to an Arch-bishop Quis vos excepit ex universitate It is true that Kings have no power to exercise Ministeriall acts themselves Yet they have power to put Ministers to do that which they cannot do themselves and to punish them when after orderly tryall they are found guilty of Mal-administration So David Solomon Jehoshaphat Hezekiah Josiah c. governed the Priests even as Priests and the Levits as Levits But we say not that Kings can punish Church-officers by any Ecclesiastick censure they can no more depose then they can ordain The power of neither of the keyes was given to Kings as Kings Neither is this Obedience that we presse as due from all persons due in all things from any person For if Kings command what God forbids Then the Apostles rule must stand Acts. 5.29 Obey Gedrather then man So did the Egyptian Midwives So did the three children with approbation from God The third duty we ow is Fidelity the breach whereof is above disobedience Fidelity to his person Fidelity to his Authority if any of these be plotted against or injured there is laesa Majestas This made David say of Saul God forbid I should touch the Lords anoynted Not a lap of his garment can be touched but the tender heart is smitten And in Scripture we find nothing taught for loosing subjects from their fidelity and aleadgeance But on the contrary the saints are recorded to have remained loyall even to wicked Kings and Emperours The last duty is Aid and that First by saithfull counsell and advice when called for and discovery of his secret enemies and their plots Secondly by our estates chearfully paying out thereof tribute and custome Rom. 13.7 Christ himself payed pole-money Match 17.27 And Thirdly by our persons We ought to assist our Soveraign both against countrey Rebells and out-land Enemies whensoever it is called for by him who hath it in his Commission to be Deliverer I have been the longer upon these things because no small part of the dayes work is to teach you to give to God what is Gods due even all Honour Praise Power and Dominion being King of kings and the only Potentate who hath made this day that we may rejoyce therein And to give to our Casar what is his due even Reverence Obedience Fidelity and Aid which is a debt upon us by Gods ordinance and ought to be payed for conscience sake I shall shut up all with repeating the Apostle Peter his exhortation Fear God and honour the King These two are chained together by the Holy Ghost Who do the first will not neglect the last and such as are much taken up with the last would not neglect the first Go therefore and through the rest of this day expresse your joy and thankfulnesse as the people did 1 Chron. 29.22 When Solomon was made King the second time they did eat and drink but it was before the Lord on that day with great gladnesse Beware of any excesse Sin is no way to praise God or please our good King who hath declared against it Do as 1 Kings 8.66 Pray for a blessing to the King and go to your tents joyfull and glad of heart for all the goodnesse that the Lord hath done for CHARLES our King and Scotland England and Ireland His people And thus as we blesse God for him So we pray for all blessings on him from the King immortall invisible and full of Glory to whom be praise for now and ever Amen FINIS