in Israel and euery man did what was good in his owne eyes yea how deere a good King should be to his people and how heauy a losse it is to want him that one place may teach vs The breath of our nosthrills the anointed of the Lord was taken in their nets of whom we said vnder his shadow we shall be preserued aliue among the heathen A happy thing therefore is it when Prince and people goe together as Dauid and his subiects did their loue was mutuall their care mutuall their prayer one for the other mutuall when the people were strucken with pestilence Dauid their King praied for them and wished that the punishment might be turned on him and his house and the people spared O Lord I beseech thee let thy hand be on me and my fathers house and not on thy people for their destruction And againe when Absalom rebelled against his father King Dauid the people interponed their liues for their King they would not let him goe out to the battell they accounted him the light of Israel more worthy to be preserued then many thousands of them But now must I contract my selfe Since all other things requisite for your Maiesties iourney are in readinesse attending your Highnesse forth comming it is also time that our prayer should betake her to her wings and let goe to her flight to accompanie your Maiestie wheresoeuer yee goe As I said in the beginning so now say I in the end in the name of all your Highnesse subiects of this Kingdome Since our hands cannot be with your Highnesse to waite on and serue your Maiestie as our hearts would The hand of the Lord be with you That hand which preserued you in the wombe of your Mother and brought your Highnesse safely into this world That hand of the Lord which made your armes strong to wrestle with the Gowrian traitor before the hands of your seruants came neere you That hand of the Lord which deliuered your Maiestie from that abominable powder treason and first reuealed to your selfe the counsell of your enemies In a word That hand of the Lord which hath made your Maiestie glorious by many deliuerances that same hand of the Lord be with your Maiestie in this iourney and for euer The ancient Israelites vsed this prayer for Cyrus Nehemiah Zerubabel such others that were to be the instruments of their comfort before euer they receiued any comfort from them how much more should we vse it for your Highnesse since we doe so abundantly enioy the fruits of your Highnesse most happy gouernment For your Maiestie hath bin vnto vs an other Cyrus when he came to the Kingdome then came deliuerance to Israel from their seauentie yeeres bondage in ancient Babel and with your Maiesties comming into the world to enioy these Scepters wherevnto your Highnesse was borne a lineall and lawfull heire then came our deliuerance from mysticall Babell And your Maiesties most christian care to establish our Church by prouiding portions for the Leuites who serue the Lord in his Sanctuary and to free the common people from oppression in their tithes hath shewed that your Maiestie is to vs a Nehemiah and Zerubabel Yea your Highnesse words and workes are witnesses that yee are vnto vs a King giuen of God in his mercy A sonne of his right hand Patriae parens populi pastor a publike father of the countrey and pastor of the people Among innumerable words and discourses royall philosophicall and theologicall deliuered almost euery meale and most worthy to be remembred I doe onely make mention of one vttered by your Maiestie on your birth-day after supper in the Castle of Edenbrugh when your seruant had said the Grace and a litle more then customably I vsed had praied for the continuance of many such daies wherein we might with ioy celebrate the remembrance of your Highnesse most happy natiuitie your Maiestie arose from the chaire with this speach in publike audience of the whole house You haue said the Grace for mee and now will I pray for my selfe which your Maiestie with all reuerence and zealous affection deliuered in these words THE LORD GRANT ME NO LONGER TO LIVE NOR MY HEART BE SET TO ADVANCE THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO PROCVRE THE GOOD OF HIS CHVRCH All that heard it were affected yea rauished with great ioy and seconded it with their prayers vnto God The Lord grant thee according to thine heart For in this did your Highnesse open the integritie and sinceritie of your soule that your Highnesse desired to liue Non vt praeesses sed prodesses not for your selfe but for the glory of GOD and benefit of his Church And as to your Maiesties worke all places of this Kingdome Highland Inland and the borders are stored with seuerall testimonies of your Highnesse wise and happy gouernment but leauing them all this Countrey and Towne wherein your Maiestie now is reioyceth aboue others in the sweet fruits first of religion and pietie next of singular and vnaccustomed peace which now by your Highnesse prudencie and fatherly care they eniâ—y As to the first the time hath beene as your Maiestie doth well remember wherein this Towne and Countrey about it was like to a field all ouergrowne with the popple of Papistrie the litle handfull that then was of the Religion were but like to the gleanings and after-gatherings of the haruest But now SIR the case is altered there is here a flourishing Church God hath so blessed the labour of the Preacher Ouerseer of this people that there is not to be found three Pâ—ecusants in all this Towne as I am informed and the countrey about it is filled with good wheat in steede of popple so that they who are of the Popish sort are like vnto the grapes which remaine after the vintage here one and there one easie to be discerned And for this cause I haue heard sundry of their ancient men blesse the Lord for that he had sent the light of his Gospell among them to illuminate them protesting that without it they had died in most pitifull ignorance The other fruit of singular peace is so apparant to you all that I neede not to point at it Yee who stand here in great multitudes beare witnes your selues before the Lord his Anointed Tell as the truth is Are yee troubled now with any forayes in the night Are yee wakened from your rest by the Alarum or sound of the drumme Is there crying now for armour to represse the incursion of robbers Doe yee not sit peaceably euery one of you in your owne houses without molestation of the oppressor May ye not now as the prouerbe is porrectis dormire pedibus in respect of securitie sleepe soundly Is not that promise made by the Lord accomplished now He setteth peace in thy borders Now are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wherein euery good subiect may peaceably
labour in his calling and that which beastly men called Mans world is away What cause haue yee then for this to blesse the Lord your God and this happy King whom he hath set ouer vs and who this day sitteth before you by whole fatherly care we enioy this quiet and peaceable life Now must I in end turne me a litle toward you most worthy Nobles of England not for any doubt we haue of your loyall affection or any neede your Honors haue to be exhorted to your dutie by our weaknesse farre be it from me vt officy sui satis memores immemores facere videar yet remembring that of the Poet Qui monet vt facias quod iam facis ille monendo Laudat hortatu comprobat acta suo I hope what I am to say will not be vngratious but rather very welcome to you Haue a care we beseech of that incomparable iewell yee haue receiued from Scotland both yee and wee haue our mutuall interest in him when the sunne rises to you it shineth to vs also it it decline and fall downe vpon any of vs which I pray God wee neuer see it bringeth a darke night vpon vs both yea all Christendome in respect of the good they enioy by his Maiestie doth cry for a carefull conseruation of this Iewell It is true your willing and hearty acceptation of your natiue King hath inlarged his Diademe without dinne and as true his royall Diademe hath increased the glory and fame of your Kingdome through the world but all these and many more your Honors out of wise and vnderstanding hearts haue pondered better then I can point them out I will therefore content mee with this one which when I haue said I know will be lesse then I should haue said or your Honors haue iustly deserued The noble and comely behauiour yee haue vsed in attending our Soueraigne in all this iourney did present to him who could obserue it that which Plato calls putcherrimum spectaculuâ— when mannerly mindes appeare in beautifull bodies Your kindnes and intire loue among your selues liuing together ac si omnes eiusdem mus ae essetis aemuli voto viueritis vno which the Poet said was rare to be found for velle suum cuique est Your conuersation in all things answerable to your place and station in ipsa regia non sine regula incedentes Your courtesie and great humanitie towards vs. In a word all sort of graces pertaining either to learning or pietie most eminent in you shall binde our hearts to a louing and honorable remembrance of you by our mentall Pyramides and Piâ—ars so long as we can remember our selues Now our bodies in respect of place must be diuided but I hope our hearts and affections shall neuer diuide any more God hauing so many manner of waies conioyned vs that in one Ile with one language and one religion we are now the coniunct subiects of one natiue King and Soueraigne to vs both And as to you who haue that hap and honour beyond others to bee his Maiesties Cubiculars and Domestickes consider with your selues what is the weight of your charge and how the place wherevnto aboue others otherwise not your inferiors yee are promoted bindes you to a daily tribute of daily vigilance and attention Remember that word which Dauid cried to Abner for a rebuke to him and the rest of Sauls seruants because they were sleeping when their master was in danger of his life by Abishai if Dauid had not stayed him ye are all said he worthy to die because yee haue not kept your Master the Lords annoynted If they were thus threatned and most iustly because they were remisse and carelesse in conseruation euen of an euill King what a sinne is it to be negligent in attending such a King as God hath giuen vs it cannot but procure heauy iudgements both from God and man But we perswade our selues the best things of you that conscience more then commodity will stirre you vp to be faithfull in that calling not with eye-seruice as men pleasers but in singlenesse of heart fearing God Alwayes since the surest safty of Kings is the protection of Iehoua for his name is a strong tower and the righteous runne vnto it Sir let him euer be as you haue found him your rock and refuge Continue still in that resolution of King Dauid I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the worke of them that fall away it shall not cleane vnto me so shall the word which Amasa from the Spirit of the Lord spake vnto Dauid be established to your Maiestie Peace peace be vnto thee and peace be vnto thy helpers for thy God helpeth thee To this effect that we may end wee will now againe turne vs to our prayers from which we shall neuer turne so long as we liue and yet I am still stayed or rather forced to stay I would make an end but am pearced with the sorrowfull looks of this people who desire no ending not so much for delight of any thing they heare from me as for that which they see in your Maiesty they cannot bee satiate in looking to your face the shorter time they haue to behold it the stronger is their affection O how hardly comport they to part with their Soueraigne But deere Soueraigne let it not be offensiue to your Maiesty that you are compassed heere with an assembly of mourners whose faces are watred with ouerflowing teares of their heart Can they part with their Prince without sorrow Can they want the light of their eyes and breath of their nostrils and not lament for it Yet what speake I of wanting bee of comfort good peole wee shall not want him wee cannot want him God hauing now so enlarged his royall armes that they can reach from one end of the Isle to the other to be at vs to succour and helpe vs as we neede them Let vs therefore moderate our mourning let our passions giue place to his royall pleasure let our hearts with joy and cheerefulnesse send vp these our prayers The hand of the Lord be with our most Gracious Soueraigne the name of the God of Iacob defend him The Lord bee to your Maiesty as he was to Abraham a buckler in this life and your exceeding great reward in the life to come God grant it for Iesus Christs sake Amen FINIS Summe of this Verse Dauid was the heart the tongue and penne of the great King How this is also competent to our Souereigne 1. Tim. 1.17 This verse is to be resolued in a promise Foure circumstances to bee conâ—â—dered in this verse First circumstance is who makes the promise to wit the Lord. 1. Sam. 2.9 Mat. 10.30 Aug. All the godly reserue to the Lord the praise of their preseruation Psal. 91.11 Cyrill Alexand. Conâ— Iulian. 2. King 6. Though they haue all secondarie helpes yet doe
they not trust in them Adrichom descrip Hierus 2. Sam. 23.39 Psal. 44.6 Psal. 73. Psal. 27.10 Prou. 18. Ambros. They can neuer be secured to whom the Lord is not a â—uretie Psal. 27.1 What a great Maiestie the Lord Ichoua is Mysterie of the Trinitie to be reuerenced Pisul◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dangerous to search in the diuine Maiestly more then is reuealed Pisida in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The name of Iehoâ—a somtime shortly set downe in Scripture 1. Cor. 4. Bâ—rn in Cant. Ser. 31. Nozâ—an Orat. 2. de Theolâ—g The same name sometime enlarged by circumloquution Zaacâ— de diuinis attribuâ—â—â— l. â—â—3 Bern. in Cantica Ser. 31. Ecâ—lâ—s 1.4 Heb. 1.11 12. What a great comfort we haue in this that our God was is and wil be Math. 22.32 Iob. 14. The second circumstance to whom is this promise made Iam. 5.16 Iohn 4.10 Aug. de temp Ser. 226. Prayer of Saints is neuer powred out in vaine Prayer compared to the Elephants snowt and why Pier. Hâ—erogl de Eleph Câ—rysest in Mat. â—om 23. Prayer a maruellous kinde of husbandry 1. Sam. 7.6 Psal. 56.8 A notable encouragement to Prayer Psal. 126.5 2. Cor. 9.6 Dauid his Prayer is in two verses God his answere is in six Ephes. 3.20 Aug. de Temp. Born in Cant. Serm. 83. The Lord alwaies giues more then we can craue 1. King 3.11 Gen. 18.23 24. c. The third Circumstance is of the benefite promised to wit Preseruation Psal. 77.4 Psal. 121.4 Zach. 2.8 The word imports that as the lid of the eye couers the eye so the Lord preserues his owne Gen. 15.1 Iob. 1.10 The power of diuine preseruation most euident in our King Psal. 144.10 Romish Rabsache and his Tulipantic Frogs not to be feared Psal. 21.7 The promise of preseruation is ofâ—â—n repâ—atâ—d For remedy of our ignorance Aâ—aâ— 16 〈◊〉 3â— 27 For a remedy of our diffidence Heb. 6. Gen. 21.32 The fourth circumstance is of the qualities of this preseruation first it is totall secondly it is perpetuall Psal. 121. â— 7 Arnobius in Psal. Hilarius expoundâ— this place too strictly 1. Tim. 4.5 Basile Chrâ—sâ—st Euthim. expound it more iudiciously Man his lâ—fe is a comming and going In respect of the naturall course of it Iob. 1 21. 1. Tim. 6.7 Act. 1.21 Eccles. 6.4 Heb. 13.14 Nazian de â—ominis vililale Gregor moral lib. 25. Seneca In respect of the personal actions of men in their life Deâ—t 28.6 For our life is a turning in a circular motion Herodot lâ—b 1. Nazian Beside that which is common to all men the office of a King is called A going in and out before the people Deut. 31.2 Numb 27.17 1. King 3.7 A godly and religious Ruler is a great blessing to a people Ex. Aenca Silâ—â—o 〈◊〉 deâ—ad 1. 〈◊〉 1. Fulgâ—mâ—â—d Tâ—eâ—doâ— Sâ—nâ—torem Eâ—â—â— 6. 2. Kin. 13.6 2. Câ—roâ— 30 9. Eccl. 10 17. Iob. 8.7 Nehom. 5.13 Nehom. 5.19 The office of a King is full of labour and care Pier. â—â—â—og lib. 1. cap. 4. He is like the Lyon who sleeping looks vp and is alway mouing euen when he rests The Royall Office can not be borne out without the Royal vnction A warning to vsurpers of the Royall calling Sardanapalus Domâ—â—â—â—n loitering and idle Emperoâ—â—s Plat. Good Ichosaphat a conscientious and laborious King 2. Chron. 19.4 Such a King hath God in mercy set ouer vs trauailing from one end of the Kingdome to the other for discharge of his Office Iâ—sh 10.12 A wish that his Maiesty might bide with vs but limited At least the tokens of his presence in reformation of our euils may bee left behinde him Psal. 72.6 7. Pâ—â—l 72.3 Saâ—râ—ledge an euill in the hâ—aâ—t of this Kâ—ngdome hurtfull to all the esâ—ates thereof To Nobles Great men Psal. 83.11 12. No word here of deiection of eâ—ectionâ— Geâ— 41 21. To the Gentry Commonâ— Most of all to an ancient Church like to perish through pouerty Antiquity of the Church of Scotland shortly touched and by the way Psal. 2.8 The Churches of Scotland and England receiued not the Christian faith from Rome Baron aâ—ales For the meaning oâ— this place See Baron aâ—alâ—s aâ—no Châ—iâ—â— 183. Tâ—râ—â—ll aduersus Iud. â—os ca. 78. 1. Câ—r 9.11 The conclusion wherein the remedy of â—â—câ—ledge before called the Kings Eâ—â—l is referred to a touch of the Kings hand G. il 2â— 12 And the King committed to the blessing of God His Maiesties comming in was welcommed with a promise The two Kingdoms his Maiesty called his two Twinnes in his Parliament speech at Edenberough Now his going out is accompanied with a Prayer This Psalme hath two Prayers For the Church For the instruments of her diliuerance and these are of two sorts The true and Spirituall Redeemer of the Church Hieron in hunc Psal. The typicall and temporall Redeemers thereof Cyrus Zerubbâ—â—el c. These two agree well together Heb. 11 9.10 First then here we hâ—uâ— a prâ—ier â—or the Mâ—â—sâ—â—h â—â—â—â—â—nt aâ— Probam The Church in all ages longed for him Galat. 4 19. But the neerer the time of his exhibition came the more his Saints looked for him Luke 2.38 The Messiah is heere three wayes described He is called the Sonne of God his right hand and that in three respects In respect of his maruâ—â—â—ous generatâ—on in hoth his natuâ—es Naâ—â—an â—râ—t 4. de silio His vnspeakable genâ—ration as God Heb. 1. Luke 1.34 His maruâ—llous generation as man noted in these three names giuen him 1 Câ—r 15. Cant 4. Dan. 2. Iren. lib. 3. coâ—t Valâ—nt The Messiah is called the Son of Gods right hand in respect of God his speciall loue toward him Exod. 15. Psal. Nazian orat 7. de compos disserend ratione Euery Christian is a sonne of Gods right hand but not as Iesus is Matth. 3.17 The Messâ—â—h is a Son of Gods right hand in respect of his willingnesse to obey his father Psal. 40.8 Iob. 4 3â— The second point of the Messiah his description is The Sonne of man Zach. 13. Iâ—b 19. Nazian 〈◊〉 23 ad Iâ—liaâ— Nicetas Sâ—â—l in Nazian Elias in Nazian â—ra 8. de pace What great comfort haue we in this that the Sonne of God is become the Sonne of man Philip. 3.21 The third point of the description of the Messiâ—s that God hath made him strong for himselfe to doe the office of a Redeemer Esay 61.1 Ioâ— 6.27 Iob. 1.14 Iob. 3.34 Christ made strong for his office by annoynting sealing powring of the Spirit vpon him Aug. de Temp. Ser. 107. The strength of Christ appeared in his greatest weaknesse Aug. Ser. de Sanctus Luke 13.19 There was neuer such a work committed to Angel or man as that which was laid on Iesus The Law of a Redeemer was enioyned to him which requires more then the Law morall As the Law moral had two tables so hath the Law of the Redeemer two parts The first looks vp to his father and binds him to vindicate the glory of his fathers iustice mercy The second lookes ' downe to hisbrethren bindes him to vindicate them from all their enemies We haue seene how this praâ—er is competent to Châ—ist the true and principâ—ll Redeemer of his Church Now it is competent also to secondary instruments raised by God for the good of his Church For good Kings are sons of Gods right hand otherwise then common Christians are And it agrees also to them that God haâ—h made them strong for himselfe All strength dignity is from the Lord. 1 Sam. 2. Psal. 144. But not alway vsed for the Lord. Ierem. Hosea 13.6 Men aduanced to honour by God haue need to take heed that they be for God Nazian oral 12. de sâ—ipso Otherwise God will doe for himselfe but against them Hosea 4.19 Hosea 5.7 Hosea 9.11 Hosea 13.3 Happy are they who returne to the Lord that which they haue receiued from him Ezech. 34.26 Psal. 89 21.22.23 Psal. 18.25 The Church of old wâ—en they prayed for themselues prayed for their Kings 1 Tim. 2.1 For the King his good estate brings good to his people Aug. de Ciuitate Deâ— lib. 4 cap. 3. Elias in Nazian oâ—at 7 de compos disser râ—t â—amâ—nt 4.20 Such sweâ—t harmonie should be betweene Pâ—â—nce and people as wâ—s betweene Dauid and his subiects 1 Chron. 21.17 2 Sam. 18.3 The conclusion wherein this prayer is applied to â—ur Soueraigne Ancient Israelites vsed it for their Rulers and we should vse it for our King Since both his word works â—â—â—nesses thâ—t he is giuen vs a sonne of God his right hand A notable speach vttered by his Maiestie in the Castle of Edenbrugh witnes him to be such a one Psal. 20.4 Workes witnesses also throughout the Kingdome But most euidâ—nt in Drumfreis and the whole South bordeâ— For restitution of true Religion For singular peace they enioy now being deliuered from their oppressors Psal. 147.4 Plin. lib. 10. cap. 32. These benefits were acknowledged with such publike acclamations as forced the Preacher to stay till the people had ended A speach to the Nobles of England With an exhortation Plaut in Pseud. Ouid. 5. trist An admonition A commendation Plat. lib. 3. de â—ep Pers. Saiâ—r 5. A warning to his Maiesties Cubiculars and Domestiques Coloss. 3.22 Psal. 101.3 1 Chro. 12.18 Psal. 20.1 Genes 15.