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Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judaeorum. Or, a tract concerning the inscription fastned by Pilates command
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Bourchier, John, Sir, d. 1660.
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of Life the which the Lord hath promised to them that love him This was likewise promised by Christ to the Angell of the Church of Smyrna Rev 2.10 Rev. 2.10 Be thou faithfull unto Death and I will give thee the Crowne of Life The second is promised to Christs faithfull Ministers For St. Peter encourages them saying When the chiefe Shepheard shall appeare yee shall receive a Crowne of Glory which fadeth not away 1. Pet. 5.4 Of the third St. Paul assures himselfe I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth is layd up for mee a Crowne of Righteousnesse Thus as there is none crowned except they strive so there are none that strive aright and fight lawfully in Christs warefare but shal be crowned none shall be his Subjects but shall bee rewarded Iob shall not serve God for naught but if hee serve him he shall be recompensed Wherefore we cannot but truely confesse that he who is King of the Iewes is Rex liberalis A bountifull King Thirdly Christ is not onely a wise and a liberall but also a powerfull and a mighty King whose power is seene in two things especially confounding his enemies and in defending his Subjects The confusion of his Enemies is an essentiall part of his government for he could never have beene a sufficient Saviour if he had not and did not confound the enemies of his Kingdome But that he should so doe was prophesied by David Psal 2.9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of Iron and breake them in pieces like a Potters vessell And Psal 72.9 which was purposely penned for Solomon but typically describeth Christ He saith ver 4. He shall breake in pieces the oppressor and vers 9. And his enemies shall lick the dust whereby the Prophet would insinuate Christs power in the destruction of his Adversaries and in the confusion of his foes What greater Enemy than the Devill yet the God of peace shall shortly tread Satan under our feet sayes the Apostle Rom. 16.20 How strong an enemy is the World to Christs Kingdome yet be of good cheere I have overcome the World saith Christ to his Disciples Ioh. 16. ver the last How potent an enemy is Sinne against Christs Kingdome yet Christ came in the flesh that he might condemne sin in the flesh sayes the Apostle Rom. 8.3 And so likewise Rom. 6.6 Our old man which is sinne is crucified with Christ that the body of sinne might bee destroyed and therefore sinne hath no more dominion over us What is become of that Adversary which cut off all Christs Subjects namely Death St. Paul tels us plainely That Death is swallowed up in victory 1 Cor. 15.54 And Christ rides tryumphantly saying O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory 1 Cor. 15.55 How hath Christ Iesus brought to confusion the Iewes and their Adherents which would not have him reigne over them Behold the power of this King of the Iewes in the subversion of Ierusalem the destruction of Herod the confusion of Iulian the Apostate the ruine of many Hereticks and their Heresies which were the Divels souldiers and foes unto Christs Kingdome Onely there remaines the fall of Babylon that Scarlet-coloured Whore and the destruction of Antichrist that sonne of perdition whom our Iesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth so let all thine enemies perish O Lord. Secondly Christs power is manifested in the protection of his Subjects He is not onely Rex titularis but also Rex tutelaris Not onely a Titular but also a Tutelar King And as Iosua not onely destroyed the Canaanites but protected Israel all his dayes So Christ a Type of whom Iosua was doth not onely confound his foes but also confirme his friends destroying his enemies but protecting his Subjects For he is our Judge he is our Law-giver he is our King and he will save us It is hee that hath saved the children of the needy it is he that hath and will for ever deliver the poore that hath no helper It is hee that hath promised to bee with his Church unto the end of the World As to direct it by his Spirit so to protect it by his power It is hee that keepeth Israel and neither slumbreth nor sleepeth Hayle then O hayle thou victorious King both of Heaven and Earth that hast overcome the flesh within mee the world without me Death for me and the Devill against me That doest correct me in thy mercy direct me in thy truth and protect me by thy power from all my Adversaries Thou art the Lord the Lord strong and mighty thy Name is a strong Tower to which I flye and am secure therefore I will confesse thy power and acknowledge that the King of the Iewes is Rex potens A powerfull King Fourthly a good King must be an indifferent an impartiall King to judge the cause of the poore as well as of the rich of the weake as well as of the mighty respecting not the Condition of the person but the Equity of the cause not countenancing the rich man for his Wealth nor contemning the poore man for his poverty for it is an honour to a Prince to bee a poore mans King Such a one is our King of the Iewes who is not partiall in his temporall punishments nor will be partiall in his eternall Judgements Therefore is hee styled by Saint Paul The just Iudge that shall render unto every one according to his workes 2. Tim. 4.8 For of a truth God is no respecter of persons sayes the Apostle St. Peter Acts 10.34 For where sin is committed there is punishment inflicted bee it King or Beggar rich or poore Iew or Gentile Wherefore all the World may truely say that our King of the Iewes is Rex justus A righteous King Againe fiftly a good King must bee severe against such as are incorrigible and will not amend It is observed by Cicero That it is the ruine of a Common-wealth when Iudgement given is revoked and the execution of the Law stopped against Malefactors And the saying of Solomon is Because Sentence against evill doers is not executed speedily therefore the hearts of the sonnes of men are fully set to doe evill Eccles 8.11 Eccles 8.11 But Christ like a severe King will at the length judge and punish the wicked If Ierusalem will not bee gathered together under his wings she shall be at the last left desolate Luke 13. vers the last And if the Church of Ephesus wil not remember from whence she is falne and repent and doe her first workes hee will come against her shortly and remove away her Candlesticke Rev. 2.5 And at the last day what a just Sentence shall hee pronounce both to the godly and against the wicked seperating the Sheepe on the right hand and the Goats on the left when he shall say unto thâ— one Come yee blessed of the Father receive the Kingdome prepared for you from
looke with the eyes of pitty and compassion upon us most wretched and miserable Caitiffes separate our sinnes farre from us as farre as is the East from the West blot them all out of thy Remembrance cast them behinde thy backe drowne them in the bottome of the Sea that they may never rise up against us to make a wall of separation between thee and our poore soules Nazarenus Flos or Floridus OH thou flourishing Nazarenus thou sweete smelling Flower sprung out of the stemme of Iesse Thou fragrant Rose of Sharon thou white Lilly of the Valleyes thou who containest all sweetnesse in thy selfe in regard of the sweetnesse of thy Vertues manifested in thy holy conversation wherein thou art a sweet smelling Flower for imitation Thou that doest impart thy sweetnesse to us in regard of thy Passion wherein thou didst offer thy selfe to God a Sacrifice of a sweete smelling savour for our Reconciliation Oh thou eternall sweetnesse which wee shall enjoy hereafter in the Kingdome of Heaven draw us with thy delicious Odours after thee yea unto thee Lead us into thy Garden and comfort us with the fragrancy of thy Celestiall Flowers the Violet the Lilly the Saffron the Rose and the Marygold nay make us O blessed Nazarenus spirituall Gardens to thy selfe set in our Hearts some slippes of those Flowers purge us from the weeds of Vice and Wickednesse as Pride Deceit Gluttony Drunkennesse Envy Malice and Disobedience and insteed thereof make Humility to flourish in our cogitations Innocency in our conversations Temperance in our appetites Charity in our affections and Obedience in all our actions to the salvation of our soules the good example of others and to the glory and praise of thee our sweete Nazarenus King of the Iewes OH Thou Soveraigne Monarch of Heaven and Earth reigning in Heaven by thy Glory in Earth by thy Grace and in Hell by thy Justice Oh thou King of the Iewes who hast sole power to command our Soules take us into thy protection who flie under the shadow of thy wings Oh suffer us not to deny our Alleageance unto thee let us never make any confederacy or enthrall our selves to the World the Flesh or the Divell who are Enemies unto thee and would faine bring us into subjection unto them get the Dominion over us and make us their vassals And although all worldlings gluttons drunkards uncleane persons and all that doe continue in wickednesse without repentance have made themselves bond-slaves unto these Tyrants yet grant ô powerfull King that we whom thou hast called to the inheritance of thy Saints in love stand fast in the liberty wherwith thou hast made us free not suffering our soules to be entangled againe with the yoake of bondage Wee know that their service is nothing but misery and tyranny the World will deceive us the Flesh will infect us and the Devill will destroy us from such Kings good Lord deliver us Onely thou ô blessed King of the Iewes be our spirituall Soveraigne thou art wise and wilt instruct us thou art liberall and wilt reward us thou art mighty and wilt defend us thou art just and wilt not forget us thou art severe and wilt not suffer the wicked to tryumph over us thou art peaceable and wilt give us peace with God peace with our Neighbours and peace with our owne Soules which is the peace of a good Conscience Yea thou art our peace who hast wrought our Reconciliation with God the Father to whom with thee oh Iesus of Nazareth King of the Iewes and the Holy Ghost our everlasting Comforter be all honour and glory world without end Amen A Prayer to Jesus of Nazareth King of the Iewes in the behalfe of the Church and all the Members thereof O Thou sweete Saviour of the World thou Lyon of the Tribe of Iuda thou fragrant Rose sprung from the Roote of Iesse wee humbly beseech thee to blesse thy Universall Church dispersed and despised over the face of the Earth and therein comfort all those that are comfortlesse strengthen those that are weake uphold them that stand raise up them that are fallen Send helpe comfort and consolation in thy good time to all thy Children that bee in sorrow neede sicknesse misery or any other adversity More especially we beseech thee to blesse this Church and Common-weale wherein wee live enter not into Judgement with the crying sinnes of the Land but first remove from us our sinnes and then in mercy take away thy heavy Judgments which are already fallen upon us and which is greatly to be feared will every day more and more befall us unlesse with true and unfeigned Repentance wee turne unto thee O Iesu who art both willing and able to save all those that flye to thee for succour Continue wee humbly beseech thee the rich treasure of thy Gospell amongst us give it a free passage dayly more and more convert or else confound all those that are enemies unto the same and which seeke to overthrow that Church which thine owne Right hand hath planted and whereof thou thy selfe art the chiefe corner-stone sometimes of the Builders refused Reforme those things which are amisse in thy Church and grant that thy Glorious Majesty may bee exalted in this Nation ever-more in sincere pure and holy worshipping of thee To this end O good God powre downe all thy blessings both spirituall and temporall upon thy deare Servant and our most gracious Soveraigne whom thou hast appointed to rule over us CHARLES by thy gracious goodnesse King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. Blesse him with thy saving Health annoint thine Annoynted with the sweete senting Oyle of Joy and Gladnesse above all his fellows Let the advancement of thy Honour and Glory be the chiefest aime of his desires give unto him a more than ordinarie strength courage and magnanimity fit to sustaine and beare the weight of so heavy a burthen as the weight of so many Kingdomes are Grant unto him the Spirit of Wisedome discretion and government that with all Equity and Justice hee may these his Kingdomes peaceably and quietly governe Defend him from all forraigne invasions and from the mischievous practices of domesticall Traytors scatter all his Enemies abroad make them like water spilt upon the earth never to be gathered up againe blesse him in life with many happy dayes in death with the peace of Syon and in Heaven with the ioyes of Paradise Blesse together with him with abundance of blessings spâ—â—â—â—all and 〈…〉 Majesties 〈…〉 Queene 〈…〉 Charles 〈…〉 succeeâ—◠〈…〉 with all 〈…〉 â—â—all Pro 〈…〉 excellent 〈…〉 Elizabeth the 〈…〉 Sister with 〈…〉