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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49699	The power of kings from God a sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Sarum the XXIX day of June, 1683 upon occasion of the detection of the late horrid plot against the life of His Scared Majesty / by Paul Lathom.	Lathom, Paul.	1683 (1683)	Wing L574; ESTC R25132	20,903	43

pure and jealous eyes of Almighty God so both Prince and People are bound by that love they owe to God to delight to see it suppressed As it tends to bring down Gods Judgments upon a Nation so it promotes the interest of the Community to root it out and thereby to prevent or remove the Calamity As it corrupts the Morals of men so 't is for the honour and interest of all that it be extirpated that the People may be sound and healthy in their Souls and Princes have the glory of reigning over a vertuous people And as divers sorts of vices do naturally tend to disturb the peace and to hinder the welfare of the Nation so it is for the common good that this weed be cut down by the Sword of Justice 2. Preserving of Peace among men and securing each mans Liberty and Property unto him If we were here so free from the dominion of of Passions and inordinate Affections as we hope to be hereafter when we come to Heaven there would then be little need of the Magistrates Power or Office But the activeness of Interest and the unruliness of Passion produce such exorbitancies among men that if it were not for the Rods and the Axes of the Magistrate men would be too prone to live upon Earth as the Fishes in the Sea where the less are a prey to the greater The Law therefore was made for the lawless and the Magistrate bears not the Sword in vain but brings the very Sons of Belial to endure a Yoke and to the great good of the people takes care that the Kings peace be preserved 3. Stirring up the people and encouraging them to Industry Sloth and Vice and Poverty and Ruine are so nearly related that one doth almost unavoidably follow upon the other It is therefore for the interest and security of a People that the Prince doth with the Sword of Justice cut off those Vices that hinder men from being ingenious and industrious and by providing for their peaceable and quiet enjoying the fruit of their labours doth encourage them to industry by convincing them that their labour will not be thrown away And this tends at once to keep people orderly employed and thereby prevents their doing worse and it sharpens their intellectuals which are commonly dulled and rusted by sloth and desuetude and withal it brings Riches and Wealth as its attendant 4. Advancing the Interest and Honour of the Nation by forein Correspondencies and Leagues God Almighty hath so disposed of the good things of this World that what abounds in one place is wanted in another And if Commerce were not maintained with Forein Nations many of Gods good Creatures would be depretiated and disesteemed This forein Trade therefore lays a foundation of Wealth and Plenty in a Nation And without publick correspondence between the Kings of those Nations whose Subjects have Commerce together this Trade could not be allowed nor secured to them For what Nation doth ever make Capitulations of Peace or Trade with the Common People of another Country The Correspondence and agreement is with the Prince and not the Multitude And this maintains the Honour of that Nation and secures its interest in trading to the great enriching of a Land These are some of those blessings which a People reap by the Government of a good King assigned by the King of Kings to promote these good ends And these are some of those advantages which we in particular have so long enjoyed under the happy Reign of a gracious wise and Christian King namely by promoting those wise and just Ends which God himself hath designed which was the second branch of my Discourse Thirdly by the powerful and gracious providence of the All-wise God Kings are set upon their Thrones and upheld and continued there That there is 1. A special hand of divine providence seen in setting Kings in their Thrones is very evident Psal 75.6 7. Promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor from the South but God is the Judg he putteth down one and setteth up another He is said to have given Nebuchadnezzar a Kingdom Power and Strength and Glory Dan. 2.37 And his hand is more especially seen in preserving the rights of those that have a just title to a Crown As in respect of our gracious King in particular Indeed he suffered him for a time to know affliction before he advanc'd him to glory as he dealt with David long since He suffered his Throne to be invaded and those that had killed to take possession For the iniquities of the Land many were the Princes thereof Prov. 28.2 But he was not long wanting to a righteous cause He suffered not the Hypocrite long to reign that the People might not be too much ensnared Job 34.30 And how wonderful were the workings of his Providence both in preserving the sacred person of our gracious King as under his own wings until the Tyranny of the wicked was overpast and also in his happy and peaceable Restauration at last unto the Throne of his Forefathers this generation I hope will never forget and generations to come will be informed of it We must needs say this was the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes and it is by him that our King reigneth 2. And as eminently is the hand of divine Providence seen in upholding and continuing Kings upon their Thrones as Kings are for the praise of them that do well and such need not to fear the Power for they shall have praise of the same so are they a terrour to evil doers for they know that the sword is not born in vain and of this sort are a great part of mankind who together with those that ambitiously aspire to be catching the Sword out of the Prince's hand do create much trouble to the reign and hazard to the life especially of a Good and Religious King and as it may be said of all men that we are encompassed with so many dangers daily that without God's good Providence upholding us we should not be able to subsist one moment In him we all live and move and have our being Act. 17.28 so it may more especially said of Princes that their Office exposeth them to so many dangers that without great help from God they could not escape And certainly as Kings are great Ministers of the Divine Providence and eminently useful to promote the Glory of God and the Good of the People so the same Providence doth concern it self more especially about the protection and preservation of them If it may be supposed that the Stars have influence upon all men for the lengthning or shortning their lives certainly stars of the greatest magnitude do attend Kings with their eminent influences to protect their persons and prolong their reigns How remarkably was this seen in preserving that wise and pious Princess Q. Elizabeth so that no weapon formed against her could prosper she appeared to be the