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A45381 London's triumphant holiday being a brief relation of the chiefest memorable proceedings that hath attended His Majesty since his troubles : with a brief account of that late happy month of May's actions, in voting, proclaiming, landing, and his coming to London ... : with a short, but true account of his miraculous escape from Worcester, from that bloodthirsty tyrant Oliver Cromwell ... / written by ... Charles Hammond. Hammond, Charles, 17th cent. 1660 (1660) Wing H495; ESTC R43229 11,585 16

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enemies to him I am afraid if they seriously look into their own consciences they shall find their sins with the rest fil'd up the Measure that made God pour out his wrath upon us and so took away so good a Prince from us which we were not worthy of and I shall desire all and especially those that were alwaies faithful to his Father and him and never none of times-changelings that now the Lord hath done so mercifully for us that we may walk answerable to that mery in our conversion from all manner of wickednesse that his Party hath been branded with and especially these two sins which they have been most addicted to Oaths and Drunkennesse I believe that many have sworn and drunk healths to him that never either praid or fought for him and let me tell them whosoever they be I know the King's Majesty will be so far from owning them to be his Friends that he will rank them with the worst of his Enemies If we will be counted the Kings Party or Caveliers as they have called us and that was the worst they could call us let us strive to imitate him in all his Virtues which I believe and am assured by the just and true Reports of those that have known him and seen most of his actions since the time of his Banishment that they say and declare he is indued with all Virtues fit for a Prince a cherisher of Virtue and a hater of Vics and for his mercy let those that were the worst of his Enemies declare it for I know no other will be look'd for from me but to commend him who under God I desire alwaies may command me I will be bref with you Frst You that did reckon your selves his friends send up to Heaven as many prayers for him as you have drunk his healths on Earth to him and in the next Do as you would be done by and remember that Petition in the Lords Prayer Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us and seek no reveng but remember vengance is mine and I will repay saith the Lord and as you have professed your selves Christians and God hath given you that faith and patience to hold it out to the end and now hath given you your desire let the World see that as we hated the Hypocrisie and Tiranny of our worse than Egyptian Task-masters so we hate the thoughts of them who alwaies said oft we had had the best of it how well we should abide and as they had a faith without works let us show our faith by our works and let our fruits of the Spirit be Scripture proof with love joy and peace as well as long-suffering which when we have performed that let us perform the rest or else we shall show our selves and prove our selves to be fathers of the falce spirits of these times or those falce lights which hath run up and down this Land like those lights that are seen in the night that leads poor Travellers out of the way till it brings them in one filthy quagmire or other and then it leaves them therefore as God hath kept us hitherto from following those false lights Let our lights so shine before men that they seeing our good works may glorifie our Father which is in Heaven And let us walk worthy of this his great mercy of restoring us our lawful King and our Councellors as at the beginning and I hope the Lord hath a blessing for this Land in that he hath given us a King the son of a King to rule over us whom God preserve with a long prosperous and peaceable reign and blesse all his Councils from the highest to the lowest with wisdom and courage like Iethro's Magistrates fearing God dealing truly hating covetousnesse so ending with that Text in the 24. of the Proverbs the 21 and 22. verses My son fear God and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change for their calamity shall rise suddenly and who knoweth the ruine of them both Thus I have shewed you the truth as much as in me lyeth of his Majestyes happy arival and entertainment into London which I am not able to expresse nor is not to be set forth with pen in a small Volum for I believe never was any Prince in the World entertaind with more Ioy and Triumph than he was all the way from Dover to Whitehall if the inward Love of their hearts were agreeable to their expressions and ontward habit I believe the World could not parallel more loyal Subjects To them that were not so I leave them to consider the Motto of the Garter Evil to them that evil thinks Convert O Lord or else confound all those That are thine the King and CHARLS's foes Exsurgat Deus dissipentur inimici