wantes and necessities of these Kingdomes Of these and such like particulars I will not now intreat though I could commend them by more then ordinary and vulgar report vnto you But that happinesse which I mentioned is an happie and glorious worke indeede of planting among those poore and sauage and to be pittied Virginians not onely humanitie instead of brutish inciuility but Religion also Piety the true knowledge and sincere worship of GOD where his name is not heard off and reducing those to Faith and saluation by Christ who as yet in the blindnesse of their Infidelity and superstition doe offer Sacrifice yea euen themselues vnto the Diuell This being the Religious and honourable intendment of this enterprise what glory shall heereby redound vnto God What Honour to our Soueraigne What comfort to those his Subiects who shall be the meanes or furtherers of so happy a worke not only to see a new BRITTAINE in another world but to heare also those as yet Heathen Barbarous and Brutish people together with our English to learne the speech and language of Canaan and next after their Hymnes and Alleluiaâ—…es vnto God to sound forth the honour and happinesse of our Soueraigne not onely saying with this Queene of Sheba Happy are thy people and thy Subiects but happy are wee and others that were strangers to you yea strangers and aliants to God happy are we by thee and by thy wisedome And this be spoken of the second generall point which concernes the people and their happinesse by hauing Salomon a wise and prudent King to rule ouer them The third generall point concernes almighty God and containes a thankesgiuing to him for setting Salomon a wise King to rule ouer his people Blessed bee the Lorde thy God which set thee on his Throne The acknowledgement in this Queene of the true God of Israel of his Diuine prouidence and omnipotent power in placing Salomon in his owne Throne of his goodnesse and loue to Israel whom hee would establish for euer of his righteousnesse in that hee would haue his people gouerned by Iustice and Iudgement specially this her Religious thankesgiuing vnto God for this blessing bestowed on his people all these are so many euident demonstrations of her true knowledge of God of her loue to God and Gods Children of her sincere Piety and Religious seruing of God that though by Nature she was a Gentile and aliant from God yet was she by his speciall grace one of those Primitiae gentium which were ingrafted into the true Oliue and made pertakers of the fatnesse thereof and of those heauenly blessings stored vp in Iesus Christ. But I purposely omit all these particulers The onely point which I would now commend vnto you is what a motiue and prouocation this ought to bee for vs all to laud and magnifie the Lord for placing so wise and Religious a King ouer vs and all these kingdomes King Salomon was but a stranger to this Queene who yet as you see is so thankfull to God He so farre from being a stranger to vs that we may say as did the Tribes of Israel to King Dauid 2. Sam. 5 1. We are thy bones and thy flesh She being but a soiourner for a very short time in that kingdome could not long pertake the benefit of his instructions nor of peace and protection by his Iustice and Iudgement But we from our SALOMON receiue continuall influence of his Diuine both Sacred and Politicall Wisedome continuall protection vnder his sacred shield continuall tranquâ—…lity vnder his most iust equall and wholsome Lawes both Ecclesiasticall and Ciuill How much more then should our mouths be filled with praises and blessings vnto the Lord our God And how Religiously should we say as she did Blessed be the Lord thy GOD which loued thee to set thee on his Throne I doubt not but for these blessings of the Lord often times in your priuate houses and Chambers ye sing Hymnes and Psalmes with a grace in your heartes vnto the Lord. But because for these publicke and extraordinary blessinges GOD lookes for publicke and extraordinary praises at our hands because we are now assembled in this place as at the Temple of Ierusalem of purpose to offer the sweet Sacrifice and Incense of our lippes vnto God and this day both before men and Angels to testifie our thanksgiuing vnto God our loue and loyaltie to our Soueraigne Let euery one of you prouoke stirre vp another and suffer me as one of the Trumpeters of the Lord to excite vs all and stirre vp your prepared hearts and Religious affections for all and euery of these blessings to laud and magnifie the glorious name of God and if it be possible by some extraordinary straine of our vnited thankes to pierce the very skies and giue an eccho to those Celestiall Quires singing Halleluiah Halleluiah honour and praise and glory be vnto God to the Lamb for euermore First for that aboundance of our continued and happy peace let vs say with the Prophet Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Sion for he hath made fast the barres of thy gates and blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flower of Wheat For establishing togither with this peace his holy Temple and Sanctuary among vs and in it the true and sincere worship of his holy name O that wee could expresse the like ioy as did the Israelites for their Temple which Salomon built and established among them All the congregation assembled therein the Leuites and singers of all sortes of Asaph Heman and Ieduthun being clad in fine Linnen stood with Cimbals with Vyols with Harpes at the East end of the Altar and with them an hundered and twenty Priests blowing with Trumpets they were all but as one man and made but one sound to be heard in praising the Lorde 2. Chron. 5 12 13. But because the pompe and beauty of the second Temple is euen as nothing to the first let vs yet with the best Trumpets of our hearts and tongues and with all our most solemne Instruments of musick sing that Psalme of Thanksgiuing which they then did vnto God Praise the Lord for he is good and his mercy indureth for euer Praise the Lord. Like ioy and thankesgiuing let vs all shew for the Arke of the Lord which by the meanes of our SALOMON according to Gods owne ordinance is established on those holy Mountaines of Sion of which the Lord hath saide Heere will I dwell for I haue a delight therein Yea let vs for these blessings not onely sing and reioyce but with the Kingly Prophet euen shoute and daunce with all our might before the Lorde For which howsoeuer some Michols of Babylon or of the house of Saule shall scoffe and scorne and tauntingly say vnto vs. O how glorious are you for the Temple and for the Arke this day yet this is our comfort and shall for
vnto him At his happy Inauguration whereof this day is but a resemblaÌ„ce and a rememberance vnto vs how did not onely all the people throughout the land of all sorts sexeâ—… degrees reioyce in that blessing of the Lord but as this day also euen our Temples our houses our streets did witnesse and proclaime that publicke ioy No otherwise then did the people of Israel at the Inauguration of their Salomon 1. Kings 1 39 40. All the people ran after him â—…iping with Pipes blowing Trumpets reioycing with so great â—… ioy that the earth rang with the sound thereof and crying with all their might God saue King Salomon The people to testifie their loue vsed to celebrate some festiual dayes in honour of their Emperor Sometimes Natalem ortus the day of the Emperors birth as the Romans in Suetonius of their own â—…ccord obserued two dayes euery yeare for the byrth of Augustus Sometimes Natalem Imperij the day of their Inauguration when they first came to the Empire as did the people in Aelius Spartiatus in honor of Adrian their Emperor Somtimes Natalem salutis â—…he day of the Emperours preseruation or deliuerance from some great imminent danger So did the Romans when they heard of the safety and recouery of Germanicus whom they expected to succeede Tiberius they were so admirably affected with ioy thereat that euen in the night time they raâ—… with Lampes Sacrifices to the Capitoll Ac pene reuuâ—…sae templi fores and for hast they had almost burst assunder the gates of the Temple euerie where with shouts and ioyfull exclamations singing and crying Salua Roma salua patria saluus est Germanicus the City the country and all is safe in the safety of Germanicus I may truely say that as wee haue far greater cause so haue we and the whole people of this land expressed farre greater ioy both for the most happy birth the most happy Inauguration and those two most strange and most happy deliuerances of our most gracious Soueraigne Those festiuall dayes obserued as a statute in Israell and euen this day shall witnes to the whole world and to all succeeding Ages that as no people is more blessed of the Lord so is none more thankfull vnto God none more louing or loyall vnto their Soueraigne In whose happinesse and safety we most iustly may sing on this and all our festiuall daies Salua Britanniâ—… the Empire of great Brittaine is safe and happy nay the Church of God is safe and happy we and all the people of these kingdoms are safe and happy in the safety happinesse of KING IAMES For whose continuall safety and felicity wee will pray as did good Nehemiah God saue the King for euer I haue now according to my slender ability handled those foure â—…euerall points which in the beginning I proposed The successe of al which I earnestly commend to the grace of God not doubting but that he whose word like the Bow and Arrowes of Ionathan neuer returnes empty will graunt some 〈◊〉 of his blessings vpon them Howsoeuer this shall be my comfort that God hath first though very vnexpectedly called and thus far as you see hath now inabled me on this so ioyfull solemne a day in this so frequent and honourable an assembly to performe some seruice vnto God in testifying vnto you that truth wherein yee now constantly stand In offering this day at his Temple not any 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but the sweet smelling sacrifice of many hundreth yeâ—… many thousand religious and thankfull harts vnto God in testifying my loue and duty to Sion and to the peace of 〈◊〉 and lastly in expressing as ye haue al done with me this day an humble and most loiall affection to our most gracious Soueraigne the annointed of the Lord. And now for conclusion of all let vs once againe and continually pray in those few but most feruent and affectionate wordes of Nehemiah God saue the King for euer and let all the people say Amen Laus Deo vni trino in sâ—…cula a Innumerabiles Ecclesiasticas curas Aug. lib. de oper Monac ca. 29. b Non de auro non de argento non de fundis 〈◊〉 pro quibus quotidie subâ—… isto capite saluâ—…amur vt dissenâ—…iones hominum terminemus Aug Epist. 147. c Aug l. de oper Monac cap. 29. d Vel iâ—…dicando dirimendis vel interueniendo praecidendis ibid. e Ephes. 4 15. f Eccles. 12 11 g Hier. Apol 2. aduers. Ruâ—…in h Aug lib 15. de Trinit cap. vlt. 〈◊〉 2 Chron. 9. 22. b 1. Kings 4. 34. c 2. Chron. 9 23. d Hier. â—…om 〈◊〉 Episâ—… ad FuriaÌ„ e Prou. 18 4. f Filij sapientiae i. sapientes Mat. 11. 19 Filij hominum i. homines Mar. 3 28. sic 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Achinos vocat Homerus g Psal. 78. 72. h August lib. 2. cont Epist. ParmeÌ„ cap. 12 i Aeâ—…i Spart in vit Anton. Caracal in fine k Pars in his answere to the Apol. l West de trip homin â—…ffic lib. 3. pag. 435. m 1. Chron. 22. 9. n Mich. 4. 4. o Euseâ—… lib. 2. de vit Const. cap. 25. seq cap. 44. p Stat. Iam. an 1. cap. 4. an 3. cap. 4 5. q Vid. Regist. Ioh. LoÌ„gland Epis Lincol. apud Fox fo 822. seq r Vid. Reginal Gonsal lib. de Sanct. Inquis Hispa crtibus Emaen Metar hist. Belg. lib. 234. s Sueton. in vit Calig cap. 30. t Ap. 13 16 17 u Trid. sinod sâ—…ss 25. de resor cap. 2 x Non alij in numero fidelium habentur nisi qui per verbum Apostolorum 1. ecclesiae magistrorum qui ipsis successerunt crediderint Stapi l. 8. doctrin prinâ—… cap. 10. pa. 287. y Scripturae traditio omnia plane dogmata a testimoâ—…io ecclesiae pendent Bellar lib. de Eccles. milit cap. 10. §. Adhâ—…c Ecclesiam interpretantur Papam Non abnno Gretz Defens Bellar. lib. 3. cap. 10. pa. 1451. et Mentitur Caluinista Per ecclesiam enim quando dicimus Ecclesiam esse omniuÌ„ controuersiarum fidei iudicem intelligimus Pontisicem Romamâ—…m qui prâ—… tempore prasens ecclesiam gubernat ibid. pa 1450. z Papa cum totam ecclesiam docet in his quae ad fidem pertinent nulio casu â—…rrare potest Dellar lib. 4. de pontif Rom. cap. 3. a Bell. lib. 3. de Pâ—…nt Ro. ca. 13 b Ioâ—…annes in Aâ—…ocalipsi passâ—…m RomaÌ„â—…cat Babâ—…io 〈◊〉 Bell. lâ—…b 2. de pâ—…ntif Rom. cap. 2. §. praeterea et Iohannes Apoc. 17. dicit decem 〈◊〉 habitu roâ—… puâ—…puratam 〈◊〉 id est 〈◊〉 Bellar lib. 3. de 〈◊〉 Rom. 〈◊〉 1. § Secun 〈◊〉 Ego non 〈◊〉 argument 〈◊〉 vt 〈◊〉 câ—…nseci 〈◊〉 noms ne RomaÌ„ iudicâ—…ri in Epist. Petri in 〈◊〉 Râ—…bera 〈◊〉 com ment in cap. 14. Apoc. pa. 374. c Apoc. 17. 5. d Apoc. 18 3. e Apoc. 17 6. f Apoc. cap. 14 8. et â—…ap â—…8 2.
A SERMON AT THE SOLEMNIZING OF THE HAPPIE Inauguration of our most gracious and Religious Soueraigne KING IAMES Wherein is manifestly proued that the Soueraignty of Kings is immediatly from God and second to no authority on Earth whatsoeuer Preached at Paules Crosse the 24. of March last 1608. By RICHARD CRAKANTHORPE Doctor of Diuinitie LONDON Printed by W. Iaggard for Tho Adams dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the blew Bell. 1609. TO THE RIGHT REuerend Father in God THOMAS Lord Byshop of LONDON my Honourable good Lord all Grace Prosperity and Happinesse THE manifolde and waighty Ecclesiasticall affaires wherein your Lordshippe is daily imployed and many times wearied partly in aduancing the sincere profession of Gods holy truth and partly in maintaining the happy tranquility of this most renowned Church haue often occasioned me to remember the words complaint of that learned father S. Augustin Though besides those innumerable Ecclesiasticall cares which hee sustained and of which he said that almost none would beleeue them but such as had experience of them he was daily incumbred also with the iudiciall hearing of verie many secular causes for which as he saith he was daily with al reuerence attended and saluted by the people yet some in that age most vniustly blamed both him other Bishops as being desidious and like the Pharisees tying heauie burthens on other mens shoulders which themselues would not touch with their litle fingers who can possibly escape that censure if the indefatigable industry toile of S. Augustine could not quit him thereof He then with a most serious and solemne protestation answered I call Iesus Christ to witnesse vpon my soule that I had much rather giue my selfe to reading praying and other spirituall exercises yea to daily handy-workes then indure the most tumultuous perplexities of other mens causes about their secular businesses either iudicially to end them or by perswasion to preuent them The cogitation heereof had almost perswaded me not to withdraw your Lordshippe so much as to the viewe of these my slender labours but that the seuerall bandes of duty which I owe vnto your Lordship ouer-swayed with me heerein at the last For hauing not onely beene called as from little Zoar to Ierusalem by that message which to me was no other then the voice of God though some younger Samuels may perhappes mistake it to bee Elias voice but further also in that straitnesse of time extraordinarily encouraged by your Lordship to this seruice the fruit of my labours therein if it be any I iudged it my duty to present to him by whose Authoritie and appointment they were first vndertaken Againe seeing my heartie and sincere desire heerein was to testifie my vnfaigned loue first to Gods truth and then to the peace of our Ierusalem in both which I expect no lesse then the seuerest censures of two in themselues opposite and both of them very rigorous aduersaries who contrary to the Apostles rule either follow not the truth or follow it not in loue I was emboldened in both these to intreat protection vnder your Lordships name as one who liuing vnder your Lordships both publicke and Domesticall gouernment haue and do daily see manie assured experiments of your Lordships zeal to the one and prudence ioyned with great moderation in the other Besides I must and do with thankefulnes acknowledge which I haue often heeretofore gladlie recounted a good part of that light with which God hath in mercie vouchsafed vnto me to haue bin receiued frō that faire burning lamp which many years in our Vniuersitie your L. verie often and happilie helde forth vnto vs then especiallie when in the last yeares of our late Soueraigne in those as some thought declining daies wherein the children of Babylon vpon some vainly conceiued hopes I know not what began somwhat insolently to insult At which most needfull time it cannot bee forgotten how the religious constant godly zeal of your L. being one most eminent in that place did animate incourage many others my selfe among the rest who then sat at the feet of Gamaliel and who by those words vttered in fittest time by the tongue of the learned found in our selues how truly the Wiseman saide The words of the wise are like goads and like nailes fastned by the maisters of the assemblies If in these respectes I present this small pledge of my dutie to your Lordshippe and with a willing heart offer this mite vnto the Lords Treasury let me in excuse of the slendernesse thereof vse those fit words of S. Ierom. Euery man offers in Gods Tabernacle according to his ability some offer Gold and Siluer and precious stones others bring Silke and Purple and Scarlet and fine linnen Nobiscum bene agitur si obtulerimus pelles caprarum pilos Howsoeuer it bee I gladly submit it to your Lordships graue wisedome and to the Church of God euen in those most submissiue words and maner which I long since learned of the most learned S. Austen and which beeing heere expressed in all my speeches and writings I earnestly desire to be vnderstood Domine Deus Quaecunque dixi de tuo agnoscant tui Si qua de meo tu ignosce tui Blacke Notley in Essex May 15. 1609. Your Lordships Chaplaine in all duty most humbly to be commanded RICHARD CRAKANTHORPE 2. CHRON. CHAP. 9. Verse 5. ANd shee saide to the King It was a true word which I heard in my owne Land of thy sayings and of thy wisedome 6. Howbeit I beleeued not their report vntill I came and mine eyes had seene it behold the one halfe of thy great wisedome was not tolde mee for thou exceedest the Fame that I heard 7. Happy are thy men and happy are thy Seruants which stand before thee alway and heare thy wisedome 8. Blessed bee the Lord thy God which loued thee to set thee on his throne as King in stead of the Lorde thy God because thy God loucth Israell to establish it for euer therefore hath he made thee King ouer them to execute Iudgement and Iustice. 9. Then she gaue the King six score Talents of Gold and of sweet Odours exceeding much and precious stones THe solemnity of this most ioyfull day and happy opportunity which God hath giuen vs to celebrate the same to the glory of his holy name to the honour of our most Religious Soueraigne to the comfort of vs and all his loyall Subiectes but to the confusion of those sonnes of Beliall who hauing euill will at Sion repine and pine away to see the peace and prosperity of this most flourishing church and kingdome and to heare of the myrth and melodie in our streets this day hath mooued me to make choice of these wordes of the Queene of Sheba to King Salomon wherein euery one may see both a fit correspondence to our Salomon and a woorthy example of that loue wee all owe to
Angell of the Lorde according to the aboundance of that admirable and Diuine wisedome wherewith God hath extraordinarily filled his Royall heart hath firmely setled and established the Arke of the Lord vpon those holy Mountaines of Sion on which euen from the most pure and primitiue dayes of the Church and from the Apostles themselues it had euer rested Which if their fancy might haue preuailed had long since not onely beene remooued from Sion but placed also as did the Philistims place it 1. Sam. 6 11. most basely and totteringly and disgracefully euen set vpon a Cart. In the happy establishing whereof though some fewe as the Eckronites haue bin iustly smitten of the Lord because they neither had right nor bare sincere loue to the Arke of God whose cure also hath beene sought that with most tender and fatherly care and compassion but such is the zeale of opposition and predominancy of Popularity and contentious humors that by no demonstrations of reason will they be perswaded no not when they are indeed perswaded by no authority will they be mo◅ed no not by that Sacred and Soueraigne which God himselfe hath appointed in many of those affaires to bee the very Canon and rule of right though some fewe of these I say may repine heereat yet shall it euer be the honour yea the felicity and safety also of our Soueraigne to haue those holy Aarons to support his Princely hands and this shall euer be reckoned as a speciall and as it is in truth euen a rare blessing of God vpon this Church and Kingdome by all those whosoeuer not in shew but in sincerity and truth wish to see peace in Sion and prosperity in Ierusalem I must in silence passe by many other and great blessings which by the meanes of our SALOMON are heaped vpon vs. But let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth if I forget that one most memorable happinesse which wee all receiued by him on that fift of Nouember That one day shall be for euer a most glorious Tro haeum and euerlasting Monument both of his most blessed and vnspeakable Wisedom and of the infinit blessings which by him we haue all receiued By it wee enioy not onely our Goods our Lands our Liuings our Liberty our Religion but euen this that we liue and breath this day we owe it to him and to his wisedome It was not the Loue nor Loyalty of his though most louing and Loyall Subiects which preuented that sudden and secret blow that should at once haue dispatched and blowne vp all It was not the Prudence and vigilancie of those thrice-Noble woorthies of King Dauid the Golden pillers of Israel though a most wise and a most Honourable Senate All may and all willingly doe disclaime the praise of that day The whole honour of that most wonderfull and withall most happy deliuerance must bee giuen first to thee O most glorious and most gracious God and next after thee to thine annointed alone Thou didst fill his hart as thou didst sometime the hart of thy holy Prophet Daniel with wisedome frō aboue to Discouer the deepe and secret thinges and to know what is in darknesse And he being full of thy Spirit to the endlesse comfort of this Empire and of all his loiall subiectes discouered indeede that darke and secret speech that darke and secret Vaut that darke secret and hellish treason so kept off that imminent blow which would haue proued fatall to him to vs and to all his kingdomes The happinesse of that day of thy wisedome O gracious King our Histories and Chronicles shal commend our Lawes and Statutes shall record to all eternity Euery Citty Towne and Village euery Church in this Land euery degree of thy people from the tallest Caeder to the very Shrubbe shall sing and sound foorth thy Noble praise And as the Israelites did in honor of Iosiah euery Tribe and family shall praise thee apart and their Wiues apart The royall and princely Tribe of Iuda shall prayse thee apart and the holy Tribe of Leuie shall praise thee apart The Nobility shall praise thee apart the Gentry Commons shall praise thee apart The Students of a◅professions shal praise thee apart the Men of Warre and the Men of Peace shall praise thee apart yea euery House euery Family throughout all Israell shall praise thee apart We in this age will speake of thy praise to our Children our Children to their Childrens Children vnto all generations And if it were possible that we or our posteritie could bee silent herein yet the Magnificent and princely buildings and Monumentes in these two famous and renowned Citties the very wood and wals of these houses stones in these streets euen with their dumb eloquence would sing aloud and sound foorth thy Noble praise all which in their kinds are pertakers of that happines which vnder thee and by thee we then all receiued Iudge now with your selues if besides many and great blessinges which I haue purposely omitted for these so great and indeed inualuable blessings which by the happy meanes of our SALOMON we doe enioy we may not all most iustly say to him as did the Queene of Sheba to King Salomon Happy O King are thy people and happy are thy Seruants Shall I further here adde whereof this Queene is silent in that King of Israel that the wisedom of our SALOMON is an happinesse not onely to his owne people and Subiectes but euen to strangers also The gracious beames there of like those of the Sunne spreading themselues to far and forraine Countries yea to the vtmost Coastes of this and the other world To omit many other and euident proofes hereof euen that which beeing the chiefe if time would suffer ought not to bee omitted that with such constancy and zeale himselfe holds forth a glorious Lampe of Piety and true Religion vnto all Christian Kings and kingdomes performing heerein that which Gods spirite hath noted as the greatest part of wisdome the more wise the King was the more he taught them knowledge caused them to heare But omitting these let the honourable expedition now happily intended for Virginea be a witnesse enterprised I say not auspicijs but by the most wise religious direction and protection of our chiefest Pilot seconded by so many honorable and worthy personages in this State and kingdome that it may iustly giue encouragement with alacrity and cheerefulnesse for some to vndertake for others to further so noble so religious an attempt I may not stay in this straightnes of time to mention much lesse set forth vnto you the great and manifold benefits which may redound to this our so populous a Nation by planting an English Colony in a Territory as large and spacious almost as is England and in a soyle so rich fertill and fruitefull as that besides the sufficiencyes it naturally yealds for it selfe may with best conuenience supply some of the greatest
triumphe as if the field were won notwithstanding all this I say euen to this day as you see that is more then sixteen hundreth yeares after Christ this Papall Monarchy is not erected Did I say it is not erected I say more This Tower of Babylon neither can nor euer shal be erected Not so much because by gods iust iudgment the tongues and trowels of those builders are most strangely confounded but because they build it in pride to get thēselus a name that they may say as did old Babylon in the Prophet I sit as a Queen I shall be a Lady for euer I am none else now this is Gods honour and decree Isa. 23. 9. to stain the pride of all glory and bring to contempt al them that be glorious in the earth And chiefely because they built it as we haue now declared against the will and the eternall word of God whose trueth shall stand firme for euer nay which is worst of all they builde it euen in contempt and despight of the Lord who hath said Apoc 18. 2. Babylon shall fall yea for certainety thereof Babylon is fallen therefore howsoeuer for ruinating thereof the means in mans eye be most weak and vnlikely howsoeuer again for vpholding and erecting thereof all craftes deuises and meanes be vsed which in mans iudgement are most strong and vnconquerable yet shall Babylon fall because true is the God who hath saide it and strong is the Lord of hosts who will effect it and there is no wisedom nor vnderstanding nor counsel against the Lord. Pro. 21. 30. My conclusion of this whole point is that which if the time had permitted I purposed more at large to haue handeled Though these men striue and like a Cadmean or Midianitish generation fight among themselues and sheath their swordes in theyr owne fellowes bowels quarrelling about the nicetie of that our poore distinction Directe and Indirecte whereof whether soeuer be said to vs and for the truth it skilleth not yet seeing they all ioyntly professe resolutely defend such a soueraignty in the Pope as that his Iudgement and his commaund must be the last and most certaine rule both of faith and of al obedience As there can bee no true faith in them seeing they relye on so fallible and sandy a foundation as is the Iudgement of man yea of one man and him euen the man of Sinne So cannot that possibly bee true loyalty nor sincere obedience which euer attending to an-higher command includes in it as in a Troian Horse that condition of Rebus sie stantibus durante beneplacito or the like which must euer stand or fall at the Popes becke and pleasure and out of which if strength and opportunity might serue as I pray and hope in God that it shall neuer or if Rebus sic stantibus were once changed into Rebus cadentibus those Romishi Sinons can easily and with a ready ginne let out whole Armies and troops of armed mē sodenly to surprise both church kingdom True Loyalty which I doubt not but you do performe and to the constant and continuall performance whereof I earnestly exhort you all this day is to looke at our Soueraigne as at one placed immediately by God placed in Gods owne Throne placed in the steede of God himselfe among vs And then to loue honour and obey him not for other respects but for that Loue Religious dutie and conscience which wee owe vnto God who placed him in his own throne and in his own stead to gouerne vs. To honour and obey him for fear is seruility and basenesse to obey for gaine or profit is selfe-loue to obey with that implyed condition is Implicite Rebellion and Antichristian to loue and honour him as wee all ought for his owne Piety Vertue and goodnesse is Christian Charity but to loue and obey him for Gods owne cause who set him in his owne Throne to rule in his own steed is true and Christian Loyalty true and most loyall Subiection And this be spoken of the first particular braunch proposed Namely from whom the King had or held his kingdome euen immediately from God who made him King who set him in his Throne and in his steed ouer the people The other particular Namely what moued or induced God to place Salomon ouer his people which was no desert of theirs either King or people but his owne fauour and free loue vnto them I purposely omit and in that short remainder of the allowed time intend to speake a little of the last point and then commend you all to the grace of God She gaue the King six score Talents of Gold and of sweet Odours exceeding much and precious stones These great magnificent and princely gifts bestowed by this Queene on King Salomon as the like also from other Princes sent vnto him 1. Kin. 10 25. was not for any want or necessity at all for Siluer was nothing esteemed in Salomons dayes 1. King 10. 21. he gaue Siluer as stones verse 27. and exceeded al the Kings of the earth in riches ver 23. But they were outward euident testimonies of that reuerence loue of that louing honorable respect which both she and they had to King Salomon The like customes of giuing presents hath bin vsuall from subiects also thereby to testifie not only their loue as did strangers but their loyalty also to their Soueraignes Suetonius reportes that the Romans by their Strenae or annuall presents testified their loue to Augustus whom they honoured as Patrem patriae Of King Iehosaphat it is said 2. Chron. 17 5. that in token of their loue and loyall affections All Iudah brought presents to Iehosophat On the contrary it is said of those wicked men sonnes of Belial and vndutifull Subiects of King Saule the wicked men despised him and brought him no presents 1. Sam. 10. 27. It is not my purpose to speak of this particular vnto you though I might truely compare the willingnes and readinesse of the subiectes of our SALOMON to those of Constantius Clorus father vnto Constantine the Great Of whom Eusebius saith that they did striue and vehemently contend among themselues to fill the Emperours Treasury reioycing greatly that now they had that long wished for opportunity to witnesse their beneuolous harts and minds vnto the Emperour Whereupon he truely and excellently saide That the loue of the people is the richest and safest Treasury of the Prince But for the generality which is the outward testifying of loue and loyalty In ust needs say thus much that it is the honour of our Religion and the honour of so religious a people and no doubt it is also the ioy and comfort of our Soueraigne to haue ◅eeretofore so often seene and daily especially on this day to ◅ehold euery where so many so manifest publick so solemn ◅o religious testifications both of the loue and loyalty of his people