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A93187	God save the King: or, A sermon preach'd at Lyme-Regis May 18. 1660. at the solemn proclamation of his most Excellent Majesty Charles the II. by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith. / By Ames Short M.A. minister there.	Short, Ames, 1615 or 16-1697.	1660 (1660)	Wing S3526; Thomason E1919_2; ESTC R203570	29,855	112

and Spanish saw Make England happy by no Salick Law This Monarch's rising first restores to health The Kingdom deadly sick o' th' Commonwealth Obstructions thus remov'd each lively vein Conveighs its active spirits once again Hark how the Bels Guns Drums and Trumpets ring And loyal Pulpits cry God save the King See how the blazing earth by Bon-fires tries To translate Heaven and outshine the skies Lyme's glorious Triumphs do bespeak it glad To gain the Title Regis once it had My joys are mixt with pray'rs that Charles his wain By Traytors hands be ne'r o'return'd again That Crown and Church may flourish and the State Be fix'd in spite of strange or home-bred hate That CHARLES be wise as Solomon to give The Childe to those would hav 't united live Theophilus Philanax A SERMON PREACH'D AT LYME-REGIS May the 18. 1660. at the Solemn Proclamation of His most Excellent Majesty Charles II. c. THe Proclamation and Inauguration of Kings hath been observed with great solemnity in all ages The Preamble by all Nations In the observation of which Solemnities none have been more forward than God's most faithfull Prophets and Priests and Ministers of the Gospel And therefore that I may give a further testimony of that loyal and sincere affection I have ever born to His most excellent Majesty our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith I shall at present apply my self to speak something suitable to the solemnity of this day that by so doing I may quicken you to the observation of it both with an inward and outward rejoycing suitable unto it not that I think you need a spur being fully assured of the sincerity of your affection both to his Majesty's Person and Authority Now the words I shall insist upon to this end you shall finde written 1 KINGS 1.39 40. The Text And Zadock the Priest took an horn of Oyl out of the Tabernacle and annointed Solomon and they blew the trumpet and all the people said God save King Solomon And all the people came up after him and the people piped with Pipes and rejoyced with great joy so that the earth rent with the sound of them The words are Historicall and in them you have a Relation of the Proclamation and Inauguration of Solomon to be King over Israel For methods sake and your better understanding of them you may take notice 1. Of the Agents or Persons who were imployed in the observation of these solemnities 2. Of their Actions or the things done and performed by these Agents 3. Of the Person about whose concernments these Agents were imployed The Agents were Zadok the Preist who began the solemnity and the rest of the people who were then present among whom for the honour of the solemnity was Nathan the Prophet and many others men of great account and esteem both in the Church and State of Israel as evidently appears by the verse immediately foregoing So Zadock the Priest and Nathan the Prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went downe and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's Mule c. And from hence I conclude That it is a thing no way unbecoming a Priest Note a Prophet a Minister of God to act his part in the Procla mation and Inauguration of his just and lawful Sovereign 2. The Actions of these Agents and they are divers every man in this Solemnity was imployed in some thing suitable to his place and station 1. Zadok the Priest begins the work 't is said he took a Horne of oyle out of the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon A Ceremony frequently used by God's command and appointment in the designation and Inauguration of Persons to be Kings as you may see by comparing these Scriptures 1 Sam. 9.16 I will send thee a man out of the land of benjamin and thou shalt anoint him to be Captaine over my People Israel that he may save my People out of the hand of the Philistines So cap. 10. v. 1. Then Samuel took a viall of oyle and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be Captain over his Inheritance So cap. 16. vers 1. And the Lord said to Samuel c. Fill thy horn with oyle and goe I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlemite for I have provided me a King among his sons Item v. 13. Then Samuel took the horne of oyle and anointed him in the midst of his Brethren and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward Againe 2. Sam. 2 4. And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David King over the house of Judah so 1. Cron. 29.22 and they made Solomon King the second time and anointed him to the Lord to be chief Governor And this ceremony was upon these considerations used 1. To declare that God had called and appointed the Person thus anointed to the exercise of the office of a King 2. To give assurance to others and to the persons thus anointed that God would furnish them with gifts graces and abilities for the discharge of the Kingly office to which he had designed and called them And from the use of this ceremonie it is that Kings in Scripture are often called the Lord's anointed as you may see 1. Sam. 24.6 God forbid that I should do this thing unto my Master the Lord 's anointed c. Seing he is the anointed of the Lord. So Isa 45.1 thus saith the Lord to his anointed to Cyrus c. and in many other places 2. The Priest having done his part the Trumpeters performed their parts they blew the trumpet and by the sound of trumpet proclaimed him King 3. All the people which were present cryed God save King Solomon and then followed after him and piped with pipes and rejoyced with exceeding great joy so that the earth rent with the sound of their shouts and acclamations of joy an Hyperbolicall speech to expresse the exceeding greatness of their joy 3. Solomon the son of David by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Vriah was the person about whose concernments these Agents were thus imployed The person about whose c. I say was Solomon who was 1. Not only a Prince but a lawfull Prince being appointed of God and nominated by David his Royall father to succeed him in his government as you may see by comparing the 1. Chr. 28. and 5. with this 1 King 1.28 c. 2. A hopefull Prince a Prince from whom they might expect much good both to the Church and Sate of Israel and that because he was 1. A very pious Prince 2. A very wise and prudent Prince 3. A beloved Prince beloved even of God himselfe with a speciall love and therefore called Jedediah 2 Sam. 12.24 25. And she bare a son and he called his name Solomon and the Lord loved him

proudly against the ancient and the base against the honorable But the accession of a lawfull and hopefull Prince c. will undoubtedly prevent or put to an end these mischievous evils that else would happen to that people over which he is to rule 4. The accession of a hopefull and lawfull Prince to Rule and Government will certainely prevent or put to an end those mischeivous disputes and divisions which otherwise will arise amongst a people about the particular forme of Government the person or persons by which they will be ruled When the seat of Authority is vacant or possessed by usurpation every man as he is affected will be contending to be ruled under this or that particular form of government or by this or that particular person The truth of this we have seen made good by sad experience even in our dayes How have disputes about these things broken and crumbled us into a thousand pieces since the horrid murther of his late Majesty of glorious memory and the treacherous exile c. of his present most Royal and most excellent Majesty Now this mischief also the accession of c. will assuredly either prevent or put to an end 5. The accession of a lawfull hopeful Prince to Rule and Government will also prevent or put to an end those frequent and mischievous changes in government to which a State and Kingdom is Subject through the want of such a Prince to Rule and govern it Frequent changes in government either in respect of the persons ruling or the form of government by which it is ruled are very destructive and mischievous to it And therefore when God is displeased with a people he usually brings this Judgement upon them Prov. 28.2 For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof c. And of all Kingdoms those are most subject to this destroying Judgment where their lawful Sovereign is rejected and the Throne is possessed by Usurpation How often did the ten Tribes change their Rulers after their Revolt from the House of David and what frequent changes both of Governors and Government have we seen in this Nation since the murther of our late and Exilement of our present Sovereign but by the accession of a lawful hopeful Prince to Rule these changes are either prevented or put to an end Prov. 28.2 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 i. e. by a lawful Prince who is wise and prudent the state thereof shall be preserved viz. from such frequent and mischievous changes of its Governors and Rulers These are some of those great mischiefs which by this means will be prevented or put to an end and therefore the accession of a lawful hopeful Prince to actual Rule and Government is a thing greatly to be rejoyced in by those over whom he is to rule But secondly The Accession of such a Prince to actual Rule and Government 2 Reas s a thing greatly to be rejoyced in because it gives the people over whom he is to rule great hope of much approaching and continued good to them by his rule and government over them A lawful hopeful Ruler is a great blessing to a Nation and therefore God promiseth to bestow such upon his people as a great blessing to them Isa 1.26 And I will restore thy Judges as at the first and thy Counsellors as at the beginning i. e. I will give thee Rulers like unto those which I set over thee when thou wert first constituted a State and Kingdom such as were Moses Joshua Samuel David c. such as shall be Instruments of much good unto thee as all good and lawful Princes are to all such as they rule over Now the good a people have grounds to hope for upon the accession of a lawful hopeful Prince to Rule and Government is 1. The injoyment of outward peace plenty and prosperity By Solomon's accession to the throne the state of Israel injoyed the good of all these The whole time of the Reign of Solomon they did not onely injoy peace acording as God had promised they should 1 Chron. 22.9 For his name shall be Solomon and I will give Peace and quietnesse unto Israel in his dayes But also great plenty and prosperity as you may see 1 King 10.27 And the King made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones and Cedars made he to be as the Sycamore trees which are in the vale for abundance And 2 Chron. 1.15 in the same words And thus it often comes to passe by the accession of a lawfull hopefull Prince to Rule and Government and therefore there is ground to hope upon the accession of such a Prince to Rule and Government 2. The right administration and execution of law and justice This good and benefit Israel injoyed by the accession of Solomon to Rule and Government as a peares by many instances especially by his decision of the difference betwixt the two Harlots about the living child 1 king 3 from the 16 to the end 3. Safety and protection from all wrong and injury or at least justice against such as wrong and injure them as 't is the duty so 't is for the most part the disposition of lawfull Princes to protect their Subjects yea the meanest of them from wrong and injury and to do such of them right as are wronged and injured This good also Israel injoyed by Solomon's accession to the throne as appears by the foregoing instance 4. Suitable rewards and preferments to their deserts and merits Vsurpers bestow their rewards and preferments upon such as are rightest for their turne but lawfull Princes if they are wise and prudent upon them who are most deserving but especially upon such as are most faithfull to God within their dominions such David resolved to prefer to the honor of being next yea nearest to his person in attendance upon him Psal 101. throughout but especially ver 6. Mine eyes shall be upon the faithfull of the land that they may dwell with me He that walketh in a perfect way he shall serve me By the faithful there he means the truly godly in the land as appears from the latter part of the verse And such were they whom Solomon advanced upon his accession to the throne as appears by 1 King 4. begining 5. The preservation and if need be the Reformation of Religion with due countenance and encouragement in the practice and profession of it Vsurpers for the most part are Corrupters and Suppressers of the truth and power of Religion Such a one was Jeroboam and those Kings that succeeded him in his Vsurpation as you may see 1 Kings 12.26 27. c. to the end And Jeroboam said in his heart now shall the Kingdome return to the house of David If this people go up to do sacrifice in the House of the Lord at Jerusalem then shall the heart of this people turn