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religion_n	great_a	king_n	majesty_n	3,331	5	6.0086	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14670	Salomons sweete harpe consisting of fiue words, like so many golden strings, toucht with the cunning hand of his true skill, commanding all other humane speech: wherein both cleargie and laitie may learne how to speake. Preached of late at Thetford before his Maiestie, by Thomas Walkington Batchelour in Diuinitie, and fellow of S. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge.	Walkington, Thomas, d. 1621.	1608 (1608)	STC 24971; ESTC S119399	35,733	88

laies aside his regall scepter his golden diademe and wholly betakes himselfe to be a preacher which he seemes euen to prefer before his royal dignitie for thus he speakes in this his booke at the beginning The words of the preacher sonne of Dauid King in Ierusalem naming the preacher in the first place Theodoret saies 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pretious pearels they shine in basest places the heauenly starres yeelde their influences through darkest clowds the richest diamond loseth none of his lustre though set in lead here Salomon that vnion that bright star that rich diamond of glory thinks it no disparagement or disgrace vnto his honour to betake himselfe to the foolishnesse of preaching as Paul tearmes it O let me euer drink of such a cesterne of heauenly sweet water dropping from the limbeck of a heauenly mouth let me heare Salomō preach wiser then his teachers wiser then vs hearers Gratior est pulchro veniens ex ore loquela Giue me leaue to parodize farre sweeter is the water that issueth from a purer fountaine as they say Euermore Lord giue vs of this bread so let me say euermore Lord let me heare so sweet so wise a charmer as King Salomon the preacher was Here is an honour vnto the royall preisthood O ye sonnes of Leui here is a rare exāple a King a preacher a Monarch a teacher Many Priests would faine becom Princes but few Princes would become Priests Howbeit the tribe of Leui was in times of yore in farr more esteem then now it is the ministers were receiued as Angels from heauen yea they would haue beene ready to haue pluckt out their owne eies then the which nothing was more deare for their fakes now they are almost contemned and laid aside euen as their sweet sounding harps were hung vpon the willowes by the waters of Babylon Nor shall my vnpleasant words or cogitations be any whit derogatorie vnto the most royal and noble tribe of Ioseph Euill be to him that thinketh euil which tribe is as a fruitfull bowe and euer be it as a fruitfull bowe by the well side and let the small boughs run vpon the walls the tribe of Leui is and hath will be graced by them nor tends my speach to impeach their eminencie Yet for the tribe of Issacar like an asse couching downe between two burthens for want of wit laying all on the shoulders of Court and Nobilitie as also on Bethel the schooles of the Prophets it like the twining iuie climbs vp too hie I will not say with Ecclesiasticall but with temporall promotion nought recking either for King or Kesar Nobilitie or Spiritualtie especially debasing the royall Priesthood I meane without all sinister and captious acception the vnlearned iniudicious Gentrie beeing like Rehoboam the foolishnesse of the people and the common Laitie it selfe O into their secrets let not my soule come my glory be thou not ioyned with their assemblie for in their wrath they slew a man yea euen a man of God whome they ought not to touch for touch not mine annointed such a fearefull and heauen-crying murther like the blood of Abel a resounding oratour in the eares of the Almightie as the like almost hath neuer beene heard of and my flesh it trembles to speake of it saue onely that of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias who was kild between the temple and the altar for auerring as Basil saies the virginitie of the virgin Marie or that of Pauls whome Nero slew for conuerting his beloued concubine vnto the Christian faith howsoeuer by the sequele it appeares the fact was too much lessened and mitigated by some partiall information to the Supreame vnpartiall eare But in that Salomon is here a Preacher which he esteemes as a title of honour for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. who is fit for these things we may inferre that the greatest and most royal honour to dignifie a Monarch or Potentate of the world is this not so much to bind by seruile subiection as to draw by the golden chaine of sacred religion for which Ambrose so highly extolls that gratious Emperour Theodosius A king should be a preacher as well as a Prince to feede the flocke of Iesus Christ as well by spiritual example and instruction as by a corporall Maiestie to manage and rule them for euen the sauage lyons ouerrule the beasts by subiection but I doe not nor neede I to speake this for a quid faciendum but to grace our happy Isle with a quid factum not teaching what is to be done but shewing what is done for here euermore thanks be vnto our good God for these many Alcyonian dayes and yeares dominion hath not ouerpoizd religion But can a King be a Priest As the kings of Egypt were called Pharaohs the Kings of the Iewes Herods so the kings of Palestina were vsually called Abimelechs which word signifies both King and Father the one for dominion the other for instruction for euen as Aaron Hur held vp Moses his heauie hands beeing weary so doth temporall dominion conioyned with spirituall instruction the one commanuding feare the other procuring a religious loue lift vp the hands of inferioritie that are dull and heauie for necessarie performance but euen the hearts of all to a celestiall obedience The word Cohen in the Scriptures signifies both Prince and Priest So Potiferah was Prince of On according to the Chaldie but priest of On vulgarly read Mercerus saith the Priests were highly placed and priuiledged with authoritie in Egypt for as from their wise Philosophers they choosed Priests so out of their Priests they selected Kings so was it with them a royall priesthood as S. Peter calls it Cohen a priest is vsed often for a chief ruler Hira the Ia●it haiah cohen ladauid was chiefe ruler to Dauid so Dauids sonnes cohanim haiu were chiefe rulers Homer calls king Agamemnon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the shepheard to feede the people Dauid saies he was chosen king to feede the people as he was following the ewes great with young he choose him to feede Iacob his chosen and Israel his inheritance The Prophet Isai saies Kings shal be thy nursing fathers and Queelies thy nursing mothers When Pharaoh had graced Ioseph with a golden ring with fine linnen garments and a golden chaine and had set him on the best chariot saue one they all shouted before him and cried Abrech that is as some interpret it they vsed genuflection and humble adoration others say in that word they called him tenellus pater or young father because though he were but tender of yeares and greene headed yet was he a Consul a father for his wisdome or as others which best accords with our purpose in this they cald him King father of the Hebrew word ab a father and rech the Egyptian word which signifies a king because he was Viceroy or King ouer all in Pharaohs roome and father to all for

loue thee peace be within thy walls and euermore plenteousnes within thy palaces and I charge you you by an oth O ye daughters of Ierusalem ye that are well-willers vnto Sion euen by the roes and the hindes of the field that ye waken not and disturbe this blessed spouse of Christ least that her comely garment her vestment of honour and tranquility be cut like Ieroboams coat in twelue peeces which if those smokie firebrands be not in time put out ciuill dissention is like to bring to passe Neuer was there in open speach especially by them and others too who haue not taught their tongues to speake Salomons pleasant words so great contempt of state nobilitie magistracie learning religion and of God himselfe as now as if Lucifer had broke loose from the chains of deepe darknes had possessed mens hearts tongues Fastus festus literae sunt liturae curia spuria sacerdotium sacrum otium Musae muscae religio religatio heluones Hellenes iusiurandum iocus honos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Proud contempt is their best feeding content with them learning 's a blemish the court a bastard our ministery vnhallowed securitie the Muses like flyes too many in a swarme Religion a bannishment gluttonisme a merry Grecisme cannon othes are forsooth but Lady Lingua's recreation and Honour is made a foole vpon a stage witnesse some of our audacious theatres now made as spanish strappados for luxations like Pityocamptes his bending pine-trees to racke the best good names persons of state and Vniuersities withall too to intolerably permitted in that O blessed and thrise and euer blessed God to what a dead low ebbe of grace is this world growne to now for irregularity both of speach and action How are the bitter waters of Marah distilled ●ō the sweetest flowers Gods abundant graces are prooued the limbecks and the seminaries of all vices the most men are hardly yet in the Christ-crosse-row of Christianity babes and infants in diuine knowledge who haue not yet learnd to speake rather spellers then gospellers Let vs euery one euen euery one from the eminent Cedar vnto the lowlyest shrub seeke to imitate Christ Iesus as in all our actions so in all our speeches of whome the blessed Euangelist speakes thus frō the very mouth of his enemies Neuer man spake as this man doth the Church therefore the spouse of Christ being enamoured with him and with his comfortable words she thus begins her sacred Canticle Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth that is cum eius dulci alloquio with his sweete and honie-flowing speach as if thus she should breake out into a feruent passion of her loue saying O sweete Iesu thou fountaine of the gardens thou well of liuing waters thou fountaine of Bethlem thou Ocean of blisse thou minerall of all perfection thou heauenly manna the bread that came downe from heauen thou that art hony to the mouth and harmonie to the eare a iubile to the heart loe I O Lord am sicke of loue of the loue of thy lawes which are dearer to me then thousands of gold and siluer comfort me O comfort me with thy heauēly words the balsame of my wounded soule O Lord O my deare Sauiour list vnto me that I may so list to thee as the Hart brayeth panteth for the riuers of waters so my soule panteth and thirsteth for the riuers of Paradise flowing and gushing out of thy mouth O Lord kisse me I beseech thee with thy lips that distill downe the pure myrrh of sauing doctrine Lord O my Lord for thus my liuely faith imbraceth thee thou hast kissed me by Moses by the Prophets these brightsome lamps that now are consecrated to th'euerlasting shrine at their blessed lippes their learned lips a long time haue I bin fed now O Lord I humbly sue for the kisses of thy mouth of thine own mouth say thou vnto my soule I am thy saluation let these my poore praiers be as powerfull aduocats and suppliant oratours to plead for mine vnworthines I know the impure vessells of mine eares are vnfit to drink in so heauenly a moisture of grace beeing neither seasoned nor sufficiently capacious to intertaine thy hallowed word the food manna of my soule yet Lord thou that openest no man shutteth thou canst open my heart as once thou didst the heart of Lydia for sacred attention O let me claime that interest in thine vnspeakeble mercies let me take a faire coppie out of thy mouth that I may learne to speak thy words deliuered in their due place are like apples of gold with pictures of siluer they are as flagons of refreshment O stay me with these flagons and comfort me with these apples for I am sicke of loue Thy words are the sweet sauour of life vnto life to euery one that doth beleeue The precious spikenard ointment in the alabaster boxe the sacrifice of Noah sweet smelling in gods nostrils Aarons holy incense the Queene of Sheba her sweet odours the wisemens frankincense the fragrant orchard of Alcinous they are but as the putrid smells of Golgatha nothing in compare with the sweete perfume of thy heauen-dropping deaw of those thy surpassing pleasant wordes Thus the spouse of Iesus Christ in a sanctified deuotion thirsts after the words of Christ as well for her speaches imitation as for her sorrowes limitation And thus let vs all in the feare of God as wee tender our owne dearest soules ransomd with the prizeles blood of Iesus Christ that immaculate lambe propose him vnto our selues the liueliest patterne of all complete perfection in whome was hid all the treasures of wisdome sanctitie and knowledge let vs adore and kisse in all humilitie of soule and bodie his worthy footsteps whose happy tract will lead vs vnto immortality and let vs humbly craue at Gods hands to giue vs hearts and hands and tongues malleable for good impressions that we may thinke and doe and speake what is most pleasing in his sight And let vs for our speach which most concernes our text remember that one verse of Dauid which the good old Heremit Pambo could not learne in nineteene yeares I said I will take heed vnto my wayes that I offend not in my tongue calling to minde how many by their tongues haue lost their lands their liberties their liues and all to the wofull preiudice of their posteritie And if either this or any other way we do offend if in the day time with Penelope we weaue the spiders webbe of sinne ah let vs at night by teares vntwist it and by our true repentance let vs dissolue our soules into sighes and melt our braines into brinish teares to lauer and rinsh away our crimsen deep-dy'd spots And grant good Lord that we who haue too long serued Satan by Indenture writing it with our tongues in this the pen of too ready a writer subscrib'd it with our hearts dated it euen from our very infancy