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friend_n	angry_a	people_n	slavish_a	36	3	16.0461	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10277	A preface, lecture, and a sermon preached by that famous servant of God, Mr. John Welsh.	Welch, John, ca. 1624-1681.	1686 (1686)	Wing W1313; ESTC R186362	19,245	32

turned ther backs upon God that was the Fountain of living Waters then we come to this Is Israel a servant is he a home borne slave why is he spoilled the Lord he turnes now againe to his enemies I have a quarrel with my people but for all the quarrel I have against them I allow you not to quarrel with them I will owne Israel you most not think that I will not owne Israel is Israel a servant to doe what ye would have him to doe is he a home born slave if so be he is not so why is he spoilled then I will find you guiltie and chairg you for it I will cause you reckon for all the robries and spoil that my people meits with Two Observations that I shall not from hence is 1. the Lord is very angry and displeased to see his people of a base servial covardly spirit that subjects themselves to all impositions that the enemis imposeth what sayes he this is not like Israel he should be a man of ane other spirit then that he should carie like a home borne slave to bear the burthens that enemies layes one ô but this is sad at this time ther is asses backes and asses dispositiones in his peoples dispositione that they bear what enemies layes upon them it s not patience no its stupifiednes in them ô but its sad that it should be so when this comes a longs that ther is a bond and the man caries lyke a slave to the enemie to them that lay on the burthin upon the conscience and when Cesses is laid on by our enemie to bind a snair upon men that thes cesses arre laid upon maney for reasing up such for to thrust the Ghospell out of the land and to put down thes rebellions meetings as they call them yet to see such a slavish disposition in thes that proves them selves to be the people of God that they should subject them selves to such burthings why then is he spoiled this is matter of lamentation sas if hee would say to see the people so servial I ame angrie at you my freinds to be of such a slavish temper and disppsitione I ame angrie at you for it and ther was never a time that his people manifested a slavish temper and dispositione more then they doe in thir dayes and as hee is angrie with his people for having of it so is he angrie at the enemies for dealling so with his people as slaves and ther was never a time wher in his people wer dealt more with as slaves then they have bein in our dayes but I shall goe no further in this excercise but sing Psal 94. and 4. A SERMON THE TEXT In the Song of Solomon 3d. chap and 11. vers Goe furth ô you Daughters of Zion and behold King Solomon with the Crown wherwith his mother crouned him in the day of his Espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart IN the beginning of this chapter we have the excercise of the spous under a deserted conditione she seeks him upon her bed whom her soul loveth she seeks him upon the stteats she ariseth to seek him she goes to the watchmen to seek him and still she meets with disapointments now she finds him she begins to look wee l to him in the ninth vers I may not stande in prefacing ther we have a discription of the brydgroome of the King of our Lord Jesus Christ the description given of him is this hee is called a King and made himself a Chariot of the wood of Lebanon he made the pillars therof of Silver the bottome therof of gold the covering of it of purple the midst therof paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem ther you may get a sight of Christ in his steatly ryding in this Gospel In the last vers ther is ane exhortation to the people of God that are called here the daughters of Zio●●● and the exhortatione given to them is this that the●● would goe forth and behold king Solomon and the●● you see kow he is adorned with a croun whe●● with his mother crowned him it is that whi●● his Church crounes him with we remember ther 〈◊〉 three crouns that he wears 1. the croun that his father crouned him with and that he wears and that the father dignifies him with that sets hi●● doune at his right hand a bove all his enemies And a 2d croune that he weares is that which his mother crouned him with meaning the church in the day of his espousals in ther closing with Christ which is the day of the gladnes of h●● heart The 3d croun that he weares is that croun wh●● with his enemies crouned him with which 〈◊〉 plaited of thornes ô that croun of thornes that 〈◊〉 was made to wear when was hee was crouned in 〈◊〉 day of his espousals in the day of the gladnes of 〈◊〉 heart 4. ore 5. things I shall speik too and close t●● exercise and dismisse you The first thing is the style that Christ ge●● here he is called King Solomon and he gets th● stile not only to be a King but he gets this stile ●●●kne from Solomon for ye know that Solomon w●● the rarest King that ever was before ore after hi● ther was non like him First he was a King that had very much poure 〈◊〉 his enemies round about were made to subject a● bring presents to him he was of a great deal of w●●dom so is our Lord Jesus Christ he is the Ki●● only wise and he was a King that had a great d●● of glorie look but to his thron so maney steps up to it and so maney lions guarding the thron a glorions thron all lyned with pure gold he is a glorious King in thes respects and Solomon he was a verie rich King and he was such a King that he made all his subjects to abound with wealth he made in his day Jerusalem the corner stons thereof to be as silver and gold Now what his desing is by giving thes stiles to King Solomon that was Jesus Christ he is a glorious King the Father had apointed him Solomon was apointed by a divine decree to be King of Israel So our Lord Jesus Christ is apointed by a divine apointment to be King and head of his church Psal 2. I will declare the decree thow artt my King thow art my son this day have I begottne the. I will give thee arod of jron to break thy enemies he is a King of great power and wisdom and a King of great riches and a King that inricheth all his subjects Now sirs it s a sad matter that this King should have mett with such a meeting from our King and our rulers that this Crouwn should be taken of his head and sett upon the head of a poor sinful man and as it were his kingly power exauterat and that usurped and taken by a man this is that which we have to regreat this day