you to your Kingdome and humbly imploring that the State thereof may be prolonged submissively I take leave and rest Your Majesties sincere suppliant and sacrificing subject Tho. Reeve Waltham Abbey ERRATA Ministers for Monsters p. 11. l. 1. dread such an army for dread such an Enimy p. 15. l. 30. ENGLAND'S RESTITUTION Proverbs xxviij 2. For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged SOlomon sheweth here the high misery of a Nation many Princes and he sheweth what it is that brings in this plague the transgression of the Land For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof But let Solomon demonstrate yet there are those which will remonstrate for what is the cause of the alteration of States and the change of governments that good Rulers are taken away and bad come in their stead is it transgression No we are too great Advocates to our own corruptions to confesse the original of sorrows to flow from our own prevarications they are not our many sinnes that are the occasion of the many Princes but there are many other accidents some look to the malignancy of Planets some to the improvidence of Statesmen some to the turbulency of mens natures but Transgression is not the procatarctical cause No the Land doth suffer but the Land is innocent it is the judgement of the Land but not the trespass of the Land the tribulation of the Land but not the transgression of the land Thus all the judgements from heaven cannot awaken the sinner out of the spirit of slumber Ionas doth sleep in the midst of the Tempest and he must be taken by lot before he will acknowledge that the ship was ready to be cast away for his sake Pindarus Pychon formosus this venemous serpent shall be cryed up to be amiable But when we have used all our subterfuges our own guilts will be found to be the State-Troublers if there be changes of Governours it is the iniquity of the times which hath buried the good Governours if there be many Princes it is the transgression of the Land that hath shewn to the Land these many strange faces For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof well a breach is made how shall it be closed up mourn ye for your sinnes and the Land shall no longer mourn take away the transgression of the Land and the tryal of the Land is taken away the many Princes are gone and a good Prince come in their stead a Prince indeed that shall cause the wasted Land to flourish a decayed State to be prolonged But by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged For the transgression of the Land many are the Princes thereof but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged So that here we have Solomon's proverb and his prophesie His proverb For the transgression of the Land many are the Princes thereof his prophesie that after the many unfortunate Princes a glorious Prince should arise who should blesse the Land and prolong the State But by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged Many Princes made the Land unhappy but had it never been happy before yes he that talks of many Princes doth intimate that there was once a choice Prince for as the transgression of the Land brought in many Princes so the obedience of the Land was blessed with one eminent Prince a Prince of bloud a Prince of virtues the honour of the Throne the Mirrour of Princes a Prince that was the Crystal drop of innocencie the bright flame of devotion the Gem of Justice Chastity clemency constancy affability wisdome bounty and in a word the Treasury of all Royal perfections the traunce of all his loyal Subjects and the admiration of strangers who whilest he was in power preserved their Religion Lawes Liberties and endeavoured what in him lay to make the Church a Sanctuary and the Kingdome a Chauntry But this Prince was too happy for the times too good for the Land the people having lost their obedience they lost their Prince the innocency of the Land being turned into the transgression of the Land this Prince proved but short-lived he was taken away by disaster the sinnes of the Land had filled this Nation full of troubles his person full of hazards and took away his precious peace and at last took away his precious life turned a Prince into a prisoner and a Monarch into a Martyr so that there remained nothing but to cry out after him oh beate Sesti Horace oh happy Sestius well he being gone what was the fate of this transgressing Land judgement from heaven brought in many Princes many Princes what Princes 1. One Prince seemed like a Giant I have read of many Giants but this was a Giant indeed as big well-nigh as five hundred men above the stature or dimensions of any of the Anakims or Zanzummims How did this Giant reign and how long oh the reign was fierce there was nothing but exactions and impositions depredations upon Estates and pressures of Conscience How long was the reign too long and yet not very long for the government was so intolerable that this Giant was plucked away by force thrust by with scorn and removed without a groan well after that Prince was gone who was the next Lu. ad Cal. Pi. One which insigni praestinguit imagine visus daunâ—ted the age with his Looks a man of ire fire tumour tumult terrour torment a Gorgon a Centaure an enraged Ajax an Hercules furens which would warre against right reason lawes leagues motions modesty promises precedents orders oathes decrees destinies which would set all in commotion and combustion call for aid above but if that would not come readily force it from beneath consult with cunning men not refuse Astrologers Magicians to give advice Flectere si nequeo superos Acheronta movebo Yea mingle heaven and earth together to accomplish designes Oh the base arts of ambitious men oh the damned attempts of aspiring Politicians next the red Dragon can any thing be more venemous next Belzebub can any thing be blacker or give a worse sent of brimstone Urit miserum gloria pectus this same desire of worldly glory doth scorch a wretched breast Bern. serm Quadrages Ambitio subtile malum doli artifex tinea sanctitatis ex remediis morbos creans Ambition is a subtil evil the prime artisant of deceit the moth of holinesse creating diseases of remedies Bonsin l. 8. Dec. 2. with Zingis it will kill all that will not obey and stick at nothing which will advance Plutarch yea with Pyrrhus out of a thirst to get more it doth not regard what already it doth possesse but aim at greater things and never care by what means it doth obtain them just like this haughty Prince before
contrarias abrogando A King doth serve God in enjoyning good Lawes and abrogating bad Aug. ep 32. yea Menander could say that a King was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enlivened Image of God Almighty That when we do not and indeed cannot see God personally reigning upon earth for no man can see God and live yet we may see him in this Image We may discern God shining in this bright pillar going before us or behold him representing himself in these glorious back parts A King is as the Sun-glasse wherein the splendor of the Sun is clearly manifested God doth heal the bitter waters of a Nations distempered manners by this sweet tree cast into it or doth feed an whole Camp with this celestial Manna God doth not act all by himself but much by his inferiour Substitute we ought for an happy Government to depend upon God as the spring but upon Man as the Channel he doth not honour God which doth not respect his Providore general They have not cast thee away but they have cast me away we may contemn God in his Ruler Thou wilt respect the Messenger that brings thee thy Patent and not a King which from God doth present thee with a Charter of so many rich Priviledges yes blesse God and reverence his Steadsman his Vicegerent God doth reign in such though the blessing doth come from God yet the administration of it doth come from Man The Nation is often sick and often cured but God doth appoint a Party in his stead to work the recovery Man is the Physitian But by a Man c. 2. Secondly this doth serve to shew the wonder of Government Naz. in apol Government is ars artium the art of arts Chrys in 2. ma◠certantibus ventis mare concutitur The Sea is shaken with contrary winds but not more then a Commonwealth with the whirlwinds of mens opposite dispositions It was a singular thing to see Heliogabalus to have tamed Tygers so that he could drive them in his Chariot but more admirable is it to see a King so to moderate the fiery natures of men that they are pliant to his Soveraign authority and he can mak them draw the Chariot of his legal commands Is not this marvellous what is a King to rule a whole Nation He is but a Man to a multitude Who knows how the bones grow in the womb so who knows how the various humours of a Land are by the wisdome and power of one man kept in good order The regular motions of the heavens are beyond apprehension so are the ordinate motions in a Kingdome doubtlesse God must highly inspire the heart of the Prince and encline the hearts of the people to keep them in this sweet composure He must be a rare Prince to keep such an Instrument in tune and a choice Physitian that could preserve such a Body in a due crasis Have I conceived all this people or begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me carry them in thy bosome as a Nurse beareth her sucking child Numb 11.12 It is much that a Nurse should have breasts enough for such a numerous company A Prince might say with Moses I am not able to bear all this people it is a burthen too heavy for mee Numb 11.14 He had need have shoulders as strong as those of Atlas which should bear such a weight Oh therefore pray for thy Prince and obey thy Prince dishonour not his person disturbe not his Government for as Solomon said Who is able to Iudge this mighty people 1 Kings 3.9 A mighty people a mighty charge he had need be a person of high perfections and ye of due subjection where such a trust should be discharged Fie then upon the Male-content shame to the Mutineer the King hath enough to doe to keep the obedient constant in duty what then should he be molested to quel the stubborn and obstinate he hath forraign dangers enough to prevent he had not need have domestick jarres to pacify That heart is arrogant and that head pragmatical that doth consult and contrive variances and grievances against his Prince wearied with State-cares Away therefore ye turbulent and seditious spirits ye deserve not the eyes in your heads to look upon a King nor feet upon your bodies to walk through his Territories nor your necks upon your shoulders to carry them unshaken under his Government which are carping traducing and perhaps ready for challenging and fighting to disturbe the reign of a just Prince How shall he Govern the quarrelling when it is an hard thing to rule or to keep in rule the peaceable Remember that Government is a wonder A King is but one to all a particular Man But by a man 3. Thirdly This doth serve to exhort persons to bear with the infirmities of a Prince he is but a Man wouldst thou have him without Mans frailties Art thou so is any man here so since the fall was there ever man so no Who can say my heart is clean I am clean from sin Who can bring a clean thing out of filthinesse In many things we offend all surely there is not a just man upon earth that doth good and sinneth not Eccles 7.22 Guilts are general and Horat. Optimus ille qui minimis urgetur He is the best man which hath the fewest to account for quantum noxae sit ubique repertum Ovid. How much disobedience is there to be found every where To hold thy self pure and thy Prince impure this is to be just overmuch to condemne that in thy Prince which thou canst not excuse in thy self this is to be wicked overmuch It is a shame Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis Horat. When thou art purblind in discerning thine own faults and Eagle-eyed in prying into thy Soveraignes errours Take thine own indictment out of the Court before thou dost arraigne him cleanse away thine own Leprosy before thou dost exclaime or declaime against his biles Thou canst not passe sentence upon him till thou hast said to thine own conscience with that worthy Iudge Annon ego talis Am not I such an one Nay art thou not worse and superiour in wickednesse yet how common a thing is it to see people inquisitive into Princes faylings and to riddle their lives and to dissect their conversations when they their selves are by many degrees more culpable how light soever they be in the balance the Prince must have down weight and want nothing of his graines If a Prince miscarry in any thing it is the Bruit of the Kingdome the discourse of every Lackey and Fripperyman Councel-chambers will cry out of it as if every States-man-were an Aristides and Pulpits will not be silent as if every Preacher were an Enoch Yea some there are so rancorous and venemous that if they can discover no Crime they will create some Sincerum vas incrustare crack the sound vessel raise a false report slander the footsteps
people blesse them when they were dead their memories were more enbalmed then their bodies and they were shrined more in the hearts of their people then in their Sepulchres their names were honoured and their ashes were pretious their wisdome left so many Charters of infranchisements and liberties that such Princely Donours could not be forgotten After-ages still cry to them and weep at the thought of them saying these were the Princes which set up Monuments before their departure and wrote out their own Epitaphs in the brests of their people with a pen of never-dying fame Oh how were their Kingdomes then Triumphal Arches and Theaters of wonder their people smiled in one anothers faces their whole land was a Banqueting-house they had the table of Alcinous and the talents of Pelops amongst them their own Nation vvas in a trance for their felicity and all Nations admired their flourishing State Oh honour to such prudent Governours ecchoes of praise and veneration to such wise Princes So then the darling of people the glee of Nations is an expert and judicious Ruler the man of understanding and knowledge But by a man of understanding and knowledge But how should a Prince be a Man of understanding how a Man of knowledge He must be a Man of understanding in heavenly things and he must be a Man of knowledge in temporal things First he must be a Man of Vnderstanding in Heavenly things For what hath a Prince more to look after then Religion Is not the Scripture the Volume which he must be continually perusing yes When the King shall sit upon the Throne of his Kingdom then this Law shall be written out for him by the Priests and he shall read therein and it shall be with him that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and to keep all the Words of this Law and the Ordinances for to do them Deut. xvii 18,19 A miserable thing it is when a King doth become neglective of his God and makes Religion but a meer formality and superfluiâ—y Prophane to this Day is Hâ—stilius for saying he could not indure to be much addicted to ceremonies and sacrifices and Chaeâ—ps King of Aegypt who locked up all Temples that there might be no Prayers nor Oblations Is there any King in Scripture mentioned with Honour who was not religious no there the Glorious Prince is the Pious Prince As a King is next unto God so he should maintain most familiarity with him as he doth take his Crown out of God's Hand so he should wear it for his Glory as he is the Lord 's Anointed so his conscience should be most sâ—ppled with his fear and service If Religion were lost in the whole Nation the King's breast should be the Treasury where it should be preserved Princes I confess may have their Royalty Superiority must have some pomp attending upon it a Prince was never ordained to be an Anchâ—rite but their chiefest Majesty should be to Glorify their Maker A Prince is never more mighty then when he is Bowing in a Temple nor more Glorious then when he is sacrificing at the Altar nor more Triumphant then when he is highest in his Spiritual solemnities the hearing all his Judges and Honourable Counsellours is not like to the lending his ears to his Prophets and Messengers which speak out of the mouth of God Let the Throne then be Burnished with Piety let thaâ— carry a sulgâ—ur through the whole Kingdom let the Sun shine and let all the Stars participate of his Brightness Oh! it is a rare thing to see the Baslick Vein run with the best Blood and the sweetest Fruit to hang upon the top-Brarch A King which is true to his God is the man of understanding But how should a Prince declare himselfe to be a man of Understanding concerning Heavenly things First in preserving a pure Faith For if Kings ought to be Nursing Fathers to the Church Es xlvii 22. then what ought they to cherish more in their Nation then the sâ—ncere Faith How memorable was that of Asah he that commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their Fathers and to do according to the Law and the Commandment 2 Chron. xiiii 4. And of Jehosaphat that he walked in the first ways of his Father David and sought not Baalim but sought the Lord God of his Fathers and walked in his Commandments and not according to the trade of Israel 2 Chron. xvii 3,4 And of Josiah that he stood by the Pillar and made a Covenant before the Lord to walk after the Lord to keep his Commandments Testimonies and Statutes and that he caused all that were in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it 2 Chron xxiiii 31,32 Constantine the great Justinian the great Theodosius the first Justin the first Marcian Valentinian how have they for this eternised their names How ought every good Prince to be as carefull of Religion as his Crown-land and of the purity of the Faith as his Royal Prerogative for with what joy can he Reign if Sathan doth set up his Throne in his Kingdom how can he look up to Heaven with comfort if his God be blasphemed Shall God promote him and shall not he promote the Gospel Shall God preserve him and shall not he preserve the Truth Yes it is the Obligation of his high Office the homage that he oweth to his Lord in chief God for this hath made him his Deputy God for this hath given him a Crown If he be a Shepheard he must take heed that the Wolf doth not break into his Flock if he be a Physician he must beware that this Gangren doth not Spread He is never surer of God's target then when he doth protect sound Doctrin nor hath a greater confidence in his people then when they are knit to him in Religion To what end is his Scepter if Seducers and False-Teachers may have liberty to vent their wares and have a free Mart in his Nation No the pure God and the pure Angels the holy Scriptures and the holy Church the Blood of Christ and the Blood of Martyrs his own Peace and Honour Oath and account do require otherwise at his hands Religion then is high and Flourisheth in the Nation when a King beholdeth the Cross sâ—anding above his Crown and doth make Religion his main charge Secondly in preserving pure Worship For God is as strict about his service as about his belief Worship is oftentimes the trial of Faith noâ— onely the true God must be acknowledged but the Golden Calves or Groves must be avoyded yea God is angry not onely with gross Idolatry as in pleading for Baal offering the seed to Mâ—lech weeping for Tamâ—z or in having the Star of Râ—mpham seâ—… but with a little leven in worship a little strange Fire For whereas adoration is Recognitio dominii Aquin. the recognition or acknowledgment of God's Deity and Dominion God will not be doubled with in a thing that is so high so nigh so
under his mercy What now then nothing but proclaiming of Rebels searching abroad for Taytours committing to Dungeons holding up hands at the barrs of justice Rackings and Gibbetings in the Reign of such a Prince no some wiser then other some An hasty precipitate Prince might do this but a man of understanding and knowlege hath no such spight or rancour in him There is not an hasty word heard not a disturbing Messenger sent abroad not a vindictive action appearing but all in another accent They which were his own Enemies are not so much as called Enemies much less prosecuted as Enemies except therefore they would have the Crown from his head what would they have more from the head and heart of such a Milde Mercifull Prince that weares the Crowne After intestine warres and bloody encounters what is the issue There is a reconciliation all Friends a generall Amnesty is past the King and his Enemies are at peace There is not a man which will hurt the King there is not a man whom the King will harme his Enemies will rather fall at his feet then strike at his head and the King is readier to shed teares then blood The King may rest in his Throne and his Enemies may rest in their beds Let them both rest and let not all the Machiavilians in the land all the Jesuites at Rome all the Devils in Hell be able to set them at variance We have had a chargeable insurrection a dismall warre a lasting and wastng rent but praised be the great over-ruling God that he by an Heavenly providence hath brought in the right Heir and by an Heavenly inspiration hath knit the hearts of three Kingdoms to acknowledge this Heir that not only the King and his faithfull Subjects are met but the King and his fiercest Enemies are reconciled Oh vexation to the turbulent Polititians Oh torment to the State-troubling Jesuites Oh the mysteries of Gods secret actings Oh the miracles of his unsearchable wisdome Consider and confess ponder and publish recount and record weigh and wonder sing for joy and weep for joy Ask now of the dayes that are past since the day that God Created man upon earth enquire from the one end of heaven to the other if there came to passe such a great thing as this or whether any such like thing hath been heard Deut. 4.32 A King without the Land and a single person voted never again to reign in the Land and the whole Nation filled with Swordmen Pikemen and Spearmen to fight it out to the last drop of blood rather then the designe should fall to the ground and yet in the exiled condition of the King and against the desperate Decrees of such an Illegal Irregal Depriving Depraving Deposing Decrowning Party coming through the midst of many which had been ancient Enemies not one lifting tongue or weapon that was generally known either to oppose his entrance or resist his right God to astonishment hath brought the King into the Land and brought him to his Throne setled him and setled his Enemies and all things so miraculously ordered in Heaven and so sweetly composed upon earth that all differences are ended in accord and all jarres in embracements that there are nothing but mutual and reciprocall desires and vowes for one anothers welfare Oh mercy mever to be forgotten Oh miracle never enough to be admired they require a Trophee they deserve an Hosannah yea a volley of Hymns to celebrate them Thus can the providence of God settle a distracted Nation thus can the prudence of a King pacifie a displeased distempered people and turn Capital enmity by degrees into cordial unity But to draw to a close a King that can be thus good to his Enemies to whom will he not be benigne I have shewn you how many shall have a sense of his happy Government and who may not have a share of it Yes expect it one expect it every one I say no more but that a Prudent Prince is extensive in felicity He is a blessing to a whole STATE But by a man of understanding and Knowledge the STATE theref shall be prolonged Now let us come to the lastingness of the Cure shall be prolonged From hence observe that a prudent Prince doth set up a Stable Kingdom not for a life but for generations His ego nec metus rerum nec tempora pono Virgil. 1. Aeneid There are neither measures nor stints to be put to such things wise men do not bury all their happiness with them as if when they were dead their children must go seek for estates no the Fathers shall enjoy it Virgil ibâ—d Et nati natorum qui nascentur ab illis their Sonnes shall inherit it and their Sonnes Sonnes after them so that they are happy in themselyes and happy in their posterity therefore is it said that the root of the righteous shall not be moved Prov 12.3 Such leave a deep rooting which long continuance of time can hardly pluck up Might may gain riches for a season but prudence doth bring in durable riches Pro 8.18 This is not greatness for a glance or glimpse but for perpetual generations Gen. 9.12 or to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills Gen. 49.26 that as a wise mans name and blood shall remain in his posterity so shall his felicity Whatsoever doth carry no fastening with it but is like unto a pinne half driven home yet this is a nayle in a sure place yea such a nayle as a man may hang upon it all the glory of the Fathers house and of the Nephewes and of the posterity Es 22,23 24. Quaeris Alcide parem Seneca dost look for any Champion like to Hercules and dost thou look for any Founder like to the prudent man no he doth build for ages The King that judgeth according to truth and he is the wisest Prince his Throne shall be established for ever Pro. 29.14 Was it not verified in David Yes God promised to make him a house and when his daies should be fulfilled and he should sleep with his Fathers God would set up his seed which should come out of his loynes and the Kingdom should be established 2 Sam. 7.12 VVas not this promise found true in the event yes though Judah had some Kings that were none of the best yet for the first Founders sake the Kingdom was a long time preserved as it is manifest in the reign of Abiam who was bad enough yet for Davids sake did the Lord his God give him a light in Jerusalem 1 Kings 15 4. and the like is seen in Jehorams reign who was desperately evil for he not only walked in the sinnes of Israel but took the Daughter of Ahab to wife yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for his servant Davids sake as he had promised to give him a light and to his seed for ever 2 Kings 8.19 yea no enemy for a long time could scale that City which a wise
of the dungeon hath freedome no trances no extasies yes Let us praise the Lord who hath remembered us in our base estate for his mercy endureth fâ—r ever And hath rescued us from our Oppressours for his mercy endureth for ever Psal 136.23,24 What people once more miserable what people now more happy magnifie your God and kisse his present extol his mercy and be ravished with his Man We have had enough of the Many men here is the one and the Onely Man we have had enough of the intruding men here is the interessed man we have had enough of the self ended man here is the genraell-ended man the right republike man the true and great Statesman a Man that doth mind nothing but the common good that doth preferre the welfare of the Nation before the splendor of his owne palace a Man that is naturally ours a man that is cordially ours a Man that is wholy ours the Man of the Kingdom the Man for the Kingdome a Brittish man the Brittish glory what would ye expect in man that is not to be found in this Man what would ye desire in man that is not eminently in this Man I am unwilling to call him Man doubtlesse he is celestiall or let him be Man but withall call him Mirrour A Prince of constellations a Prince of the Sunne a Prince that hath in him the influence of the third heavens yea I might say the inspiration of Gods own brest the Prince of Gods right eye and Gods right hand Blessed Prince that enjoys such a God happie Land that enjoys such a Prince Since the Foundations of the earth all things considered when were there so many mercies and miracles shewn in one Prince I admire them and almost adore them sure I am I may God for them This Age hath the fruit of them after ages will have the bruit of them that we had judgement enough to prize them or thankfulnesse enough to honour them Oh that this should be the Prince that God in the sight of the whole world would Crown with his own right Hand That this should be the Land where such a Darling of Heaven should raign To speak much of him is but his desert to speak all of him is beyond my All. It had need be some Appelles that should draw this Picture or some Thamiris the sonne of Philammon whose songs were said to be composed by all the Muses which should be the Precentor in this Dittie Yet thus much I can and will say of him and that not only for to shew my Princes honour but the peoples happinesse that his birth is Royal and blessed art thou Oh Land when thy King is the sonne of Nobles Now where is there a Prince in Christendom which can derive such an ancient Linage Secondly That his puissance is proved and approved his valour being the fame of all Nations Thirdly That his patience is renowned he having shewn himself the suffering Anvile both of necessities and indignities What should I speak of more his Temperance is an Example and his clemencie is beyond Example Should I set out his other perfections and break a string in the expressing of them some Grashopper or other would be so kind as to leap upon my Instrument and sing out that which I might be defective in Strabo l. 6. as it happened to Eunomus when he contended with Ariston For his Eminencies are so well known that they are the daily speech of the vulgar To abridge therefore much that might be spoken I shall only give him the just praise of my Text and say that whatsoever a rare Man he be in other things he is a proper Man I mean a proper man to cure a Diseased and perishing State for he is a Man of Understanding and Knowledge Briefly to descant upon both these First He is a Man of Understanding in heavenly things he will own no Faith but that which is inspired nor no Worship but that which is Primitive nor no Ministry but that which is Apostolical nor no conversation but that which is unblemished He doth desire a bright Church more then a glorious Court Secondly He is a Man of Knowledge in temporal things He that in his greatest extremities beyond-Sea hath wronged none but hath preserved the honour of his justice will not come come home to his own to feed upon his peoples Birthrights there is nothing in him that doth seem like a claw For matters of Judicature the Administration of Justice is like to be as free under him as the light of Heaven for as he hath the ablest Judges so he will make them the faithfullest he that caâ—…ies such an eye over his Bishops will likewise watch over his Judges that there may be no remissnesse partiality nor corruption in them He doth set up his Royal Standard to the whole Nation and if those which were entrusted by him do not weigh out justice to his people he will as soon punish a Judge as a Judge should a Malefactour or an Oppressour howsoever if any thing should escape that way for want of his priviâ—y it shall be the sinne of the Judges and not of the Prince For the advancement of the welfare of the Nation ye need not doubt it for as he is a King so his Kingdom doth lye close under his Eyelâ—…â—…ea it is deeply engraven into the bottom or â—his 〈◊〉 the benefit of his people being as dear to him 〈◊〉 the Râ—… of his Crown-land His Presence hath â—…ken aâ—…ly 〈◊〉 hindrances to obstruct Trade and His Princely care shall be to add all furtherances that all Callings both by Sea and Land may prosper for he is very sensible that his Subjects stock is his Bank it being impossible if there be not the height of tenaciousnesse and ingratitude that there can be a wanting Prince where there is a flourishing people In point of knowledge I do fear him but in one thing and that it the first the preserving of his own Rites but that he will not fail in for want of Knowledge but through abundance of good nature for I hear that he hath a heart so great and an hand so liberal that he will give Royalties to expresse Bounty but this perhaps may be but a particular mans fear my wise Prince in time may prove as great an Husband of his Rights as others would have him a boundlesse Distributer But if this should be his errour it were but his own injurie and an exuberancy of an heroical and magnificent Spirit Thus then I have now shewn you what your Prince is and it is fit for every one to know the worth of his own Jewel to honour a Prince is a part of loyaltie Give honour to whom honour belongeth Fear God and honour the King Honour me before the people said Saul and Samuel did not refuse it To ascribe more to a King then is due is flattery to substract from a King what he doth deserve is Felony And as there may be many Parasites so I doubt there are a great company of Crown-plunderers What I have uttered I intend rather for an Alarum-bel then a Trumpet for an Incentive then a Panegyrick to quicken your thankfulnesse then to decipher my Princes perfections and this I think is both duty and conscience If he be such a Prince then affect him admire him value him reverence him Think whit a miserie ye had what a blessing ye have oh strange alteration Oh blessed change Have ye a King and such a King then do nothing to diminish his Worth to disturbe his Government to prejudice his Rights to injurie his person Malicious is that eye which coth look upon him with spight Venomous is that heart which doth envie his Government and cursed is that hand that would assault his person Would any one throw down that dish by which he should be fed Pluck out that eye by which he should see Bruise that foot by which be should walk Clip out that Tongue by which he should speak Stamp under foot that evidence by which he should inherit Rend in pieces that Garment wherewith he should be cloathed Burn that house wherein he should dwell abase scorn scandall maligne mischieve murther that King that should make him happie both for bodie and soule Is this the subjection to a King Is this the obedience to a Man of Understandidg and Knowledge God deliver us from such loyal Subjects here is horrid Allegiance I beseech you therefore by the remembrance of the Many Princes ye have had and of the one Prince ye have by the men of violent spirits and politick heads and by the Man of Understanding and Knowledge by your former slaverie and your present libertie by your Kings Right and your Kings Graces by your Countrymens welfare and your Enemies watchfulnesse by the honour of obedience and the shame of Rebellion by the names of Subjects and the Noblenesse of Saints by the obligation of Oathes and the commination of Gods Lawes by the impartial Judges which ye feel in your own bosomes and the incorrupt Judge which ye will meet with at the Throne by the fruit ye desire under the Ministery and by the comforts you expect upon your death-beds that laying aside all jealousies irefull passages exasperated passions humours and tumours motions and commotions ye do bow before such a King and blesse God for such a Man Know his just Claim and acknowledge his Perfections pray for his prosperous Raign and do what ye can to preserve his precious and sacred Person so may the King have safety thy Kingdom prosperity Religion Honour the Church Unity the Gospel propagation Faith Purity the Nation may be preserved the State may be prolonged and Upon all the Glory there may be a Defence All which God grant for his mercies sake Amen Amen FINIS