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A10501	Vivat Rex A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse on the day of his Maiesties happie inauguration, March 24⁰. 1614. And now newly published, by occasion of his late (no lesse happy) recovery. By John Rawlinson Dr of Divinity, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary.	Rawlinson, John, 1576-1630.	1619 (1619)	STC 20777; ESTC S115693	31,914	48

long life because he is the cause of his owne ill No more can the people wish themselues any greater good than the life of the King because he is the cause of all their weale A King then being Totum populi the total-summe as I may say of all the peoples welfare good reason that Totus populus not some but all the people should iointly pray for His welfare that both Vox Votum their voice and their wish Chordula Cor their tongue-string and their heart-string Clamor Amor their loude shoute and their loue should sound in an vnison to make vp this sweet consort of Vivat Rex God saue the King that they should doe as the people doe in my text Clamare as it were rend and teare the very clouds with the cry and shoute of their prayers that they may pull downe a blessing of long life vpon the head of the King crying both vnâ voce with one voice that they haue Vnum Regem but one King vivâ voce with a loude on liuely voice that they may haue Vivum Regem a huing King Vivat Rex Thus far of Vivat Rex as it is a supplication It 's now more than time I should speake of it as it is an Acclamation or a voice of ioy and thanksgiuing vnto God and therefore now this second acception shall onely serue me for Application to the day Vivat Rex PART 2. ACCLAMATION fereuing for APPLICATION The ioints and passages of our ioy and thanksgiuing may be three 1 That we haue Regem a King 2ly That we haue Talem such a King who for his matchlesse Graces and virtues may more truely bee call'd a None-such Ps 118.24 3ly That this is the day Quem fecit Dominus which the Lord hath made nay rather In quo factus ast Dominus Wherein King Iames was made our Lord. It is the day of our reioycing for his Crowne and ought therefore to be the Crowne of our reioycing REIOICE that we haue 1 REGEM 1 First then reioice we that we haue a King Vixit Ragina we had a Queene who had shee liued wee should haue thought we had had no need of King Iames But now Vivit Rex we haue a King and while He liues we haue cause to say we haue no need of Queene Elsabeth Both of them so incomparably excellent that it must be the commendation of both that either of them was like the other Hieron epist l. 3. ep ad Eustoch She was a Queene of whom we might truly say as St Ierom said of that Roman Paula Vnius contempsit gloriam vrbis totius orbis opinione celebratur She contemn'd the glory of one City her name is pretious throughout the whole World Eurip. Hecub Or rather as Euripides said of Polyxena 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 setting aside her mortality she was a Goddesse here on earth Insomuch that Grammarians did even blush at their old rule of Masculinum dignius est Faminino The masculine gender is more worthy than the faeminine till King Iames as on this day came as our Dayes-man to arbitrate the matter and to vindicate the credit of His sexe It was not without cause that during the time of that short Inter-regnum or enter-space of reigne betweene the death of that blessed Queene and the entring of our blessed King to this kingdome Ios 7.5 our hearts did melt like water as did the hearts of the Israelties For what euils had we not then iust cause to expect But when the wine of all our comfort failed vs when the pitchers and vessels of our hearts ouerflowed with the water of sorow and compunction then did God euen the God of Iacob who is a most praesent and extemporary helpe in the needfull time of trouble of his owne free bounty and mercy turne our water our salt water into wine Then did our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or King grow vp as it were in an instant like the herbe Basil call'd Basilica or Regia berba which by some is also call'd Ocymum of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because of the celerity and sodainnes of it's growth His title contrary to the hope of our foes and feare of our friends taking firme and peaceable footing in our land before his person and that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without the effusion or shedding of any one drop either of bloud or of sweate So that as Iacob said to Laban Gen. 30.30 Gen. 30 Benedixit tibi Dominus ad introitum meum The Lord hath blessed thee by my comming So may our Iacob say to this land of ours And in a better sense may this Land of ours sing SOL RE ME FA that is SOLus REx ME FAcit It 's the King onely vnder God that mak'sane than could one of the Popes of whom the same song was set vp as a Pasquil in Rome meaning that onely the King of Spaine had made him Pope by giuing a Spanish fig to some of his praedecessors in that See And so as St Austin speakes of the sorowes ioyes of the righteous Tristitia nostra habet Quasi Aust in Ps 48. sed Laetitia nostra non habet Quasi Our sorow for Queene Elisabeth was but as it were sorow but our ioy for King Iames is ioy indeed 1 NOT A PLVRALITY Ioy indeede and greate ioy that we haue not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a plurality of Kings For Kings they say are impatient of copartners and kingdomes I am sure are as impatient of them as Kings themselues The world at some times can hardly endure the heate but of one Sun but certes if there were two Sunnes they would quite burne it vp It 's an old and for the most part a true rule in Oeconomy that hee that hath but one servant hath a whole servant he that hath two hath but halfe a servant but he that hath three hath never a servant And no lesse true is it in Policy of Kings who are Servipublici publike Servants for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A ruler Max. Tyr. dissert 20. ●ub fin or a King saith Max. Tyrius is seruant to many Masters One King a whole King two Kings halfe a King three Kings and never a King In 1 Macch. 1 we reade 1. Macch. 1.10 that after the death of King Alexander his seruants shared his kingdome among them and so the Macedonians in steed of one King had many Kings But see what followes in the very next words Et multiplicata sunt mala in terrâ and much wickednes encreased in the land O how happy then we that haue not Regem vnum in pluribus a King that is but one among many but Plures in vno many Kings in one The King of England the King of Scotland the King of France the King of Ireland all foure Kings in our one King So that he is not onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dionys de divin nom l. 4. but

Never any King in this respect so rightly term'd Defendour of the Faith as He. And which is the fruite of his Religion a King no lesse deare vnto God than is God to him 6 DELIVERANCES so that he may well be call'd Amicus Dei the friend of God as was Abraham Iac. ● 23 Iac. 2. As hee hath beene God's Buckler to defend his Religion In salute veritatis in the safety of truth so hath God beene to him what he was to Abraham Gen. Gen. 15.1 15 his buckler to defend him In veritate salutis in the truth of safety as the Prophet Dauid speak's Psal Psal 68.17 68. And as the King hath shew'd himselfe to bee Iacobum Dei Iames by the grace of God in the one so hath God shew'd himselfe to bee Deum Iacobi the gratious God of King Iames in the other by his many no lesse mighty than miraculous deliuerances of his Maiestie witnessing to all the world that his will concurr's with the peoples wish of Vivat Rex God saue the King and that if euer Vox populs the voice of the people were according to the Proverb Vox Dei the voice of God then was it at the promulgation of King Iames. And lastly which is the fruite of Gods loue and fauour both to him 7 FRVITFVLNES and vs and the pledge of our future happinesse a King so fruitfull both in Himselfe and in his Issue that though He be Optimus the best that euer we had yet blessed be God for it wee cannot say as one said of Brutus that He is Vltimus the last of worth that euer we are likely to haue For though our iniquities tooke from our bead a right hopeful Prince whose life was as sweete as it was short and were it not that God hath otherwise so richly provided for vs to bee deplored not with teares of water from our eyes but with streames of bloud from our hearts yet thankes be to God there wants not as hopeful a successiō Virg. Aen. 6. Prime avulso non deficit alter Aureus as the Poēt spake of those golden bought No sooner is one shred off but another shoot's out For of those two pretious Pearles which yet surviue as doth also the Mother of them our gratious Queene Anne who is not yet so superannated but that by Gods grace she may bee a ioyfull Mother of many more is not one of them since become a timely and teeming Mother who not long since sent a more ioyous and welcome newes to out King than Bersabe did to Dauid 2 Sam. 11 saying 2 Sam. 11.5 not as she did Concepi I am with child but Pepere I haue a child I pray God there may neuer come worse newes to England and because better cannot come that many such messages She may liue to send And now after all this tell me if ye might would ye haue chosen another King or if yee would could yee haue chosen such another Doth not our King as much excell other Kings in goodnesse as the Whale in the British Sea exceeds the Dolphin in bignesse Quantùm Delphinis Balaena Britannica maior Beloued if honor be due vnto our King as he is a King then much more as he is such a King And if thankes be due vnto God for giuing vs a King then much more for giuing vs such a King I haue therefore somuch honoured and magnified the King vnto you that ye might so much the more honor Him whom GOD hath so highly honored with all the most glorious graces of a King as also that yee might somuch the more magnify God for Him who hath so magnified his mercies towards you in Him 3 THIS DAY And because of all others this is the day when this inaestimable blessing was bestowed on vs therefore doth this day aboue others chalenge a due and thankful reguard of it at our hands That as on this day God blessed our King with such a people vs his people with such a King so on this day both Prince and People head and ta●le as Esar cal●s them chap. 9 Esa 9.14 should offer vp the sacrifice of thank ●o ●●ing vnto God euen as it was commanded in the Old Law L●●● 3.9 C●put cum Cauda that both head and ta●le should bee sacrificed together and that both of vs should render Pr●subilaeo iubilum the voice of ioy and iubilation for our Iubile or deliuerance Our del●●erance from those bloudy and dangerous vproares which a● on this day both of vs somuch feared but especially for our deliuerance from the tyranny of Antichrist which we his people somuch abhorted I may call it Psal 64.12 in Dav●a's phrase Psal 64. ●oronam anni benignitatis Dei the crowne of the yeare of the goodnesse of God or the day wherein the Lord crown'd our yeares with his goodnesse For as according to our English computation it is the Vig●l or Eue to a second Newreares day because from it our accounts and acts reckon the new yeare so was it the beginning of the acceptable yeare of the Lord even of a spiritual Iubile vnto vs. Dies vere Evangelicus a day of glad tidings indeed For in it was brought vnto vs Evangelium Evangelij the glad tidings of the glad tidings of the Gospel or if ye will D●uteronomium Evangelij the Deuteronomy or republication of the Gospel It 's the day of the Annūtiation of the conception of our blessed King in the wombe of this our Land and it 's the Prodromus or fore-runner to the Annūtiation of the conception of our blessed Saviour in the womb of the blessed Virgin This the beginning of our temporal redemption That the beginning of our spiritual redemption It is reported of the Duke of Venice Grana●ens that hee doth Quotannts cum mars sponsalia solenniter contrahere every yeare solemnely contract and espouse himselfe to the Sea and in token of that contract hee doth Annulum porrigere as it were wed himselfe to the Sea with a Ring signifying thereby that his chiefe care and study shal be in pro●●●ing Ships w●●●ch are the ●●●ete mumtion and defense of his D mimons So let vs Beloued in like manner yeare be yeare so●ennize and what in vs is ●●te●●●e the rem●●●b●a●ce of the ●ey and toties quoties even as oft as it shall●e● turne let vs make ●s it were a New League or Espoulais with it and in token of that league let vs s●ill other the Ring as I may ca l●t of this anniversary or ●●●ular revolution of our thankesgiuing vnto God to remame as a sure loue-token or covenant betwixt vs and our King as immoueable as inuiolable as is the covenant of day and night And as Moses to the Israelites Numb 13. Num. 13.3 So say I vnto you Remember this day which while I am now remembring I am even in an Extasy and cannot tell how to style it whither the spring of our ioy or the ioy of our spring or the day spring of our light or the wel-spring of our wealth or the head-spring o● spring-head of all our happinesse Nay let me not streighten our thanksgiuing to this day onely Psal 95.2 but rath●● as David will 's vs Ps 95. Annunti-te de die in diem salutare eius Let every day be the Feast of this blessed Annuntiation of our salvation Let vs not onely keepe this day festival vnto the King but let vs say with the Prophet David Ps 75 Reliquiae cogitationis diem festum agent tibi Psal 75.10 The remainder of my thoughts st●●l keepe holy day vnto thee And as we began the first day so let vs both beginne and end all the daies of His reigne with Vivat Rex Let that be both our Mattens and our Evensong every day And as I began my discourse so will I end with Vivat Rex and let all the people say Vivat and let God put to his Fiat that so it may be So be it VIVAT REX LET THE KING LIVE Let Him liue the life of Nature maugre the beards treacheries of all His malicious and bloud-thirsty enemies who weepe because they see nothing worthy the weeping at Let Him liue the life of Policy by a due execution of all Princely duties and so liue in the hearts and loue of his Subiects which should hee lose Hee should ●●ther breath than liue Let Him liue the life of Grace by a fervent loue of thy truth that thy mercy and truth may embrace Him on every side and that thou maist make an everlasting covenant with Him Esa 55.3 even the sure mercies of David Lastly after these three liues ended here on earth let him for ever liue and reigne with thee in the life and kingdome of glory who liuest and reignest world without ende AMEN FINIS