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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	church_n	word_n	world_n	3,040	5	4.5870	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49783	God save the King, or, The loyal and joyfull acclamation of subjects to their King as it was opened in a sermon, preached in one of the congregations of the city of Edinburgh ...	Lawrie, Robert.	1660 (1660)	Wing L694; ESTC R34509	19,165	22

and right Worship defacing Idolatry and of worthy Joshua who lived before them it is said Josh 24.31 That all the dayes of Joshua the people served the Lord. Now in all these respects it is that a good King is compared to the Light whose rising makes a day unto a people whose setting and obscuring makes their night as the Ancients expound that 24. verse of the 118 Psalm that was sung at the inauguration of David This is the day which the Lord hath made we will be glad and rejoyce in it It is called a day because of the Occurrents of the time that David had risen upon them like a Sun to make a lightsom day The 104. Psalm tels you what difference there is betwixt the day and the night The night is the time when the savage beasts range abroad Wolves Lions and Serpents creep out from their dens and holes But when the day appears these beasts retire to their caves and man goeth forth to his labour So it is in times of confusion when Government is cast loose all sorts of beastly men filthy as Swine greedy as Wolves cruel as Tygers deceitfull as Crocodiles they come abroad boldly to satisfie their lusts But in time of lawfull Authority when a King is on the Throne these vermine are chased to their holes and dens as is declared at large Psal 101. and honest men come forth appear and lift up their heads Application Thus you have seen the Doctrine Let us apply it to our Case We are assembled this day to blesse God for restoring our Kings Majesty to his Dominions Now if any people ever had cause to rejoyce upon such an occasion we much more Considering the unparallel'd circumstances of this our great mercy I desire you to consider of them in these five 1. What is the blessing restored to us 2. When the circumstance of time 3. How the manner 4. Who for a King is set over us 5. To Whom all this goodnesse is manifested a very undeserving people What. 1. What is the blessing restored to us Even our ancient fundamental Government under which these Kingdoms have enjoyed both the Gospel and Peace under which our progenitors have enjoyed many happy and good dayes by the Royal protection of our Kings It hath unhappily come in debate in these late times of confusion what kind of Government is the best But whoever might have disputed such a case it did no wayes become these Nations to do it Kingly Government being of so old and firm and undubitable possession amongst us In this Nation some hundred years before Christs incarnation it was established And if we go to the Scripture with it sure I am there is none will vye with it the very history of the lives of the Kings of the people of God taking up a great part of the Bible and Kingly Government being such a fair Image of God Almighties Government in the world and Christs Kingdom in the Church that the whole dispensations of providence the whole dispensations of grace in the Gospel are set forth to us under the expressions of King and Kingdom Every other word of the Gospel soundeth forth a King and Kingdom to us And why doth the New Testament in many places where duty to the Magistrate is pressed expresly and particularly mention Kings 1 Pet. 2.13 and v. 17. 1 Tim. 2.2 if not to set the seal and approbation of the holy Ghost upon Kingly Government in special And though it be said in Scripture of Saul that God gave Israel a King in His wrath and took him away in His displeasure Yet this can no manner of wayes rub upon Kingly Government seing it is most clear from these two that Kingly Government was not given them in wrath but in much mercy 1. That in Moses time the Lord had appointed that they should be ruled by Kings Deut. 17. and Moses himself was King in Jesurum 2. That after Saul God gave them a David in great love and we may easily perceive that the times of David and Solomon were the best times that ever Israel saw for Religion Peace and Prosperity they were never so godly never so wealthy and well every way as under them I remember when that prevailing Faction in England made their Act rejecting Kingly Government they put in this as a reason because it had been burdensome and troublesome to the Nations But I appeal to all who have considered whether their little finger hath not been more burdensom than the loyns of an hundred of our Kings And I cannot forget what an English Divine hath truly printed of their Commonwealth That we had saith he never so much common poverty as since we became a Commonwealth When. The second circumstance is the time When God hath restored this blessing to us After a dark night of Confusion a sad Interruption that hath been for many years I told you what the Persians did in policy to make the people esteem more highly of Government being established But God in his wisdom hath so disposed of us that we have seen not only a few dayes confusion but have been under sad distractions for many years that we might learn more highly to prize the blessing of lawfull Government when restored In King James the sixth his time we had a very clear and fair day a day like Joshua's day that continued for a long time In King Charles the first his time we had a fair day for the blessings of Government continued with us till the sins of all ranks coming to a great height our day was turned into a very black night and now in respect of the comfortable blessings of Kingly Government we have had a sad interruption for many years Yea and when after the detestable and execrable Murder committed upon Him We in this Nation expected a dawning of our day by calling home our present Kings Majesty to Scotland and crowning him here Behold it fell out to us as it is Isa 21.12 The morning cometh and the night also Our morning was soon turned into a night of captivity for ten years And as it is with the natural night that it is darkest just before day So before this appearing of light there was the greatest darknesse of confusion and reeling The righteous Lord overturning overturning one thing after another till he should come whose right it was And now that the Lord hath made light to arise after so long so black and dismal confusions How should it make us rejoyce Psal 118.27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light binde the sacrifice with cords even unto the horus of the Altar How A third Circumstance is How There is a book in Scripture that hath its name ECHAH the book of How 's and there are many dolefull How 's in it the book of the Lamentations How doth the City sit solitary How is the Gold become dim But in this our mercy there are so many joyfull How 's that I cannot reckon all