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             A sermon preached in the collegiate church of St. Peter in Westminster, on Wednesday May 29th, 1661 being the anniversary of His Majesties most joyful restitution to the crown of England / by Peter Heylyn ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           the
           Collegiate
           Church
           OF
           〈◊〉
           PETER
           in
           WESTMINSTER
           ,
           On
           Wednesday
           May
           29
           th
           .
           1661.
           
           Being
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           his
           Majesties
           most
           joyful
           Restitution
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           By
           
             PETER
             HEYLYN
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Prebendaries
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             2
             Sam.
             19.
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             he
             bowed
             the
             heart
             of
             all
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             heart
             of
             one
             man
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             sent
             this
             word
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             
               Return
               thou
               and
               all
               thy
               servants
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             August
             .
             de
             Civit.
             Dei.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             ●●squis
             non
             videt
             ,
             caecus
             :
             quisquis
             videt
             nec
             laudat
             ,
             ingratus
             :
             quisquis
             laudanti
             reluctatur
             ,
             insanus
             est
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           ●●inted
           by
           
             E.
             C.
          
           for
           
             A.
             Seile
          
           over
           against
           St.
           Dunstans
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           M.DC.LXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           THis
           Sermon
           gods
           not
           to
           the
           Press
           for
           want
           of
           Hearers
           ,
           for
           seldom
           hath
           been
           seen
           a
           more
           numerous
           Auditory
           then
           was
           assembled
           in
           this
           Church
           at
           the
           Preaching
           of
           it
           .
           Nor
           doth
           it
           go
           into
           the
           world
           to
           seek
           for
           Readers
           ;
           who
           should
           not
           be
           sollicited
           to
           the
           losse
           both
           of
           time
           and
           patience
           ,
           if
           nothing
           more
           than
           ordinary
           did
           present
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           not
           that
           .
           Some
           Guests
           are
           commonly
           best
           pleased
           when
           they
           are
           least
           courted
           ,
           and
           think
           themselves
           most
           welcome
           when
           they
           are
           not
           looked
           for
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           
             Master
             of
             the
             feast
          
           in
           our
           Saviours
           Parable
           ,
           when
           the
           invited
           Guests
           neglected
           or
           refused
           to
           come
           ,
           sent
           forth
           his
           Servants
           into
           all
           the
           streets
           and
           lanes
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           all
           that
           could
           be
           found
           ,
           whether
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           filled
           his
           Table
           ,
           and
           made
           up
           his
           company
           ▪
           And
           't
           was
           a
           
             wedding
             dinner
          
           too
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           speaks
           of
           .
           A
           feast
           prepared
           for
           celebrating
           the
           most
           joyful
           Marriage
           betwixt
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ;
           or
           (
           as
           this
           was
           )
           betwixt
           a
           
             Mighty
             Prince
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             loving
             People
          
           .
           But
           so
           it
           is
           in
           all
           great
           Meetings
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           that
           many
           come
           not
           to
           the
           feast
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           expected
           ;
           and
           many
           come
           not
           time
           enough
           to
           enter
           when
           the
           Bridegrome
           doth
           ;
           some
           cannot
           reach
           to
           that
           which
           is
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           others
           have
           received
           no
           invitation
           to
           attend
           the
           Nuptials
           .
           Who
           notwithstanding
           would
           not
           easily
           be
           contented
           with
           the
           
             fragments
             of
             it
          
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           possibly
           amount
           to
           as
           many
           
             baskets
             full
          
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           provision
           .
           And
           therefore
           ▪
           that
           the
           honest
           desires
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           curiosity
           of
           others
           ,
           may
           not
           rest
           unsatisfied
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           served
           in
           cold
           but
           whole
           ;
           with
           grace
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           grace
           after
           it
           ,
           lest
           otherwise
           there
           might
           be
           some
           defect
           in
           the
           entertainment
           .
           Nothing
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Guests
           fall
           to
           ,
           and
           much
           good
           may
           it
           do
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Westminster
             ,
             
               Iune
               8
               ▪
               1661.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           PSALM
           XXXI
           .
           ver
           .
           21.
           
        
         
           
             Versio
             Septuagint
             .
             Interpret
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           
             Versio
             Vulgaris
             .
          
           Benedictus
           Dominus
           ,
           quoniam
           mirificavit
           misericordiam
           suam
           mihi
           in
           Civitate
           munita
           .
        
         
           
             Versio
             Sancti
             Hieron
             .
          
           Benedictus
           Dominus
           ,
           quoniam
           mirabilem
           fecit
           misericordiam
           suam
           mihi
           ,
           in
           Civitate
           munita
           .
        
         
           
             Versio
             Tremelii
             .
          
           Benedictus
           sit
           Iehova
           ;
           quia
           mirificam
           reddit
           benignitatem
           suam
           erga
           me
           ,
           ut
           in
           Civitate
           munita
           collocans
           me
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Old
             English
             Translation
             .
          
           Thanks
           be
           to
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           he
           hath
           shewed
           me
           marvellous
           great
           kindness
           in
           a
           strong
           City
           .
        
         
           
             The
             New
             English
             Translation
             .
          
           Blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           he
           hath
           shewed
           me
           his
           marvellous
           kindness
           ,
           in
           a
           strong
           City
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Collegiate
           Church
           OF
           St
           PETER
           in
           WESTMINSTER
           ,
           On
           Wednesday
           May
           29
           th
           .
           1661.
           
        
         
           
             PSALM
             XXXI
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             shewed
             me
             his
             marvellous
             kindness
             ,
             in
             a
             strong
             City
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             SERMO
             opportunus
             est
             optimus
          
           .
           It
           is
           affirmed
           by
           Solomon
           ,
           amongst
           his
           Proverbs
           ,
           a
           that
           
             a
             word
             spoken
             in
             due
             season
             ,
          
           is
           like
           to
           
             apples
             of
             gold
             in
             pictures
             of
             silver
          
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           as
           pleasing
           to
           the
           ear
           and
           understanding
           of
           judicious
           men
           ,
           as
           Jewels
           made
           like
           
             apples
             of
             gold
          
           in
           nets
           
             of
             silver
          
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           curious
           and
           magnificent
           persons
           .
           And
           of
           this
           nature
           is
           the
           Text
           now
           read
           unto
           you
           ,
           accommodated
           to
           the
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           Solemnity
           .
           A
           Text
           of
           Thankfulness
           ,
           and
           a
           Time
           of
           Thankfulness
           :
           A
           Time
           of
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           a
           Text
           of
           great
           deliverance
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Text
           ,
           such
           also
           is
           the
           Psalm
           out
           of
           which
           it
           is
           taken
           ;
           A
           Psalm
           of
           Consolation
           ,
           and
           a
           Text
           of
           Comfort
           ;
           a
           Psalm
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           a
           Text
           of
           Confidence
           .
           A
           Psalm
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           
             In
             
             te
             Domine
             speravi
             ,
             In
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             do
             I
             put
             my
             trust
             ,
          
           so
           it
           begins
           .
           A
           Psalm
           of
           Consolation
           ,
           
             Viriliter
             agite
             ,
             Be
             of
             good
             courage
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             strengthned
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           with
           which
           words
           it
           ends
           .
           From
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           it
           speaks
           Gods
           infinite
           mercies
           unto
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           and
           in
           him
           to
           us
           .
           As
           for
           the
           form
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           many
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           Plaints
           mixt
           with
           Prayers
           ,
           things
           present
           mingled
           with
           things
           past
           ;
           the
           sad
           remembrance
           of
           his
           former
           troubles
           ,
           indeared
           and
           sweetned
           by
           the
           consideration
           of
           some
           marvellous
           mercies
           which
           God
           had
           shewed
           unto
           him
           after
           all
           his
           troubles
           .
           But
           what
           this
           kindness
           was
           ,
           how
           great
           ,
           how
           marvellous
           ;
           how
           
             David
             blessed
          
           the
           name
           of
           God
           for
           so
           great
           a
           mercy
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           are
           to
           do
           upon
           the
           sense
           and
           apprehension
           of
           the
           like
           felicity
           ;
           we
           shall
           the
           better
           see
           ,
           if
           you
           shall
           please
           to
           joyn
           with
           me
           in
           humble
           and
           hearty
           Prayer
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Our
             Father
             which
             art
             in
             Heaven
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Victori
             Psalmus
             David
          
           .
           The
           Title
           of
           this
           Psalm
           (
           as
           St.
           Hierom
           reads
           it
           )
           makes
           it
           to
           be
           composed
           in
           memory
           of
           some
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           which
           God
           ,
           the
           giver
           of
           all
           victory
           had
           marvellously
           wrought
           for
           his
           servant
           David
           .
           But
           what
           particular
           deliverance
           it
           was
           ,
           which
           is
           herein
           celebrated
           ,
           hath
           been
           made
           a
           question
           .
           Lyra
           ,
           a
           natural
           Iew
           by
           birth
           ,
           affirmes
           upon
           the
           credit
           and
           authority
           of
           
             Rabbi
             Solomon
          
           ,
           that
           David
           framed
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           
             existens
             in
             persecutione
             Saulis
          
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           under
           those
           calamities
           which
           were
           forced
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           On
           the
           sense
           and
           remembrance
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           composition
           of
           the
           Psalm
           may
           be
           easily
           gathered
           .
           Theodoret
           ,
           
           an
           old
           Greek
           writer
           ,
           thinks
           rather
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           composed
           by
           the
           Royal
           Pen-man
           ,
           
             Cum
             ab
             Absolome
             persecutionem
             pateretur
          
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           outed
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           the
           arts
           of
           Absalom
           .
           Which
           difference
           ,
           how
           great
           so
           ever
           it
           appears
           ,
           may
           be
           soon
           agreed
           .
           For
           ,
           even
           the
           Treason
           of
           Achitophel
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           Absolom
           ,
           were
           cherished
           and
           fomented
           by
           some
           Grandees
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           be
           clearly
           evidenced
           by
           some
           passages
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Story
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           is
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           
             Shimei
             who
             threw
             stones
          
           at
           him
           ,
           and
           reviled
           him
           for
           a
           man
           of
           bloud
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           quit
           Hierusalem
           to
           the
           party
           of
           Absolom
           ;
           was
           
             of
             the
             family
          
           or
           kindred
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           ;
           And
           Sheba
           who
           revived
           the
           War
           ,
           
           and
           
             blew
             the
             Trumpet
          
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           people
           were
           returning
           to
           their
           old
           obedience
           ,
           is
           plainly
           said
           to
           be
           
             a
             man
          
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Benjamin
           ,
           
           (
           which
           was
           Sauls
           own
           Tribe
           )
           and
           generally
           believed
           to
           be
           of
           Sauls
           kindred
           also
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           easily
           lay
           aside
           their
           hopes
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           Israel
           ,
           till
           all
           Sauls
           sons
           were
           hanged
           in
           Gibeah
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           in
           the
           second
           of
           Samuel
           ,
           chap.
           22.
           
           So
           that
           we
           may
           declare
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           first
           opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           kindness
           ,
           so
           much
           magnified
           by
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           ,
           relates
           to
           his
           deliverance
           from
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           setled
           in
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           reigned
           in
           peace
           and
           glory
           over
           all
           the
           Tribes
           .
           In
           which
           estate
           he
           sung
           this
           Benedictus
           to
           the
           Lord
           his
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Benedictus
             Dominus
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             shewed
             me
             his
             marvellous
             kindness
             in
             a
             strong
             City
             .
          
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           Text
           it self
           contains
           in
           it
           these
           two
           general
           Parts
           ,
           God's
           Mercy
           ,
           David's
           Thankfulness
           ;
           God's
           mercy
           unto
           David
           in
           that
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           David's
           thankfulness
           unto
           God
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Mercy
           .
           In
           the
           first
           General
           ,
           God's
           Mercy
           ,
           we
           have
           these
           particulars
           ;
           The
           Subject
           of
           it
           first
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           
             David
             ,
             David
             the
             King
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           's
           Anointed
           ,
           one
           chosen
           by
           the
           Lord
           out
           of
           all
           his
           Family
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           blessing
           of
           his
           Tribe
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           
             Mirificavit
             mihi
             ,
             He
             hath
             shewed
             to
             me
             .
          
           2ly
           The
           condition
           &
           extent
           thereof
           ,
           as
           being
           not
           only
           called
           a
           kindness
           ,
           a
           great
           kindness
           too
           ,
           in
           our
           old
           Translation
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             misericordia
             mirabilis
          
           ,
           a
           marvellous
           
             great
             kindness
          
           ;
           a
           kindness
           which
           had
           very
           much
           of
           a
           Miracle
           in
           it
           .
           3
           ly
           ;
           The
           Author
           ,
           or
           the
           Donor
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Misericordia
             sua
          
           ;
           His
           kindness
           ,
           or
           the
           Lord
           's
           own
           kindness
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           On
           what
           Theatre
           ,
           or
           Stage
           ,
           this
           marvellous
           kindness
           of
           the
           Lord
           was
           acted
           ,
           
             in
             Civitate
             munita
          
           ,
           in
           a
           strong
           City
           .
           Over
           all
           which
           ,
           I
           mean
           to
           draw
           so
           thin
           a
           veil
           ,
           that
           under
           it
           we
           may
           behold
           the
           face
           of
           our
           own
           affairs
           ,
           but
           helped
           by
           some
           reflections
           from
           the
           Glass
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           some
           comparisons
           of
           the
           Copy
           with
           the
           old
           Original
           .
           In
           the
           next
           General
           ,
           David's
           Thankfulness
           ,
           we
           shall
           observe
           the
           Retribution
           which
           he
           made
           to
           the
           Lord
           his
           God
           for
           such
           multiplyed
           mercies
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           expressed
           in
           his
           words
           ,
           or
           actions
           .
           And
           then
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           Day
           will
           come
           in
           of
           course
           ,
           as
           the
           Conclusion
           followeth
           on
           the
           Premises
           in
           a
           well-formed
           Syllogism
           .
           I
           begin
           therefore
           with
           the
           first
           General
           ,
           God's
           mercy
           unto
           David
           in
           that
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           therein
           first
           of
           all
           with
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           ,
           
             David
             the
             King
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           's
           Anointed
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           and
           the
           argument
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           
             Expertâ
             morbi
             molestiâ
             ,
             evidentior
             fit
             jucunditas
             Sanitatis
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           Austin
           hath
           it
           .
           None
           can
           so
           rightly
           estimate
           the
           benefit
           of
           a
           perfect
           health
           ,
           as
           he
           who
           hath
           been
           long
           oppressed
           with
           a
           languishing
           sickness
           .
           Contraries
           set
           together
           ,
           do
           most
           perfectly
           illustrate
           and
           express
           each
           other
           .
           If
           therefore
           we
           would
           know
           ,
           how
           great
           God's
           kindness
           was
           to
           David
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Glories
           ,
           we
           must
           a
           little
           look
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           fall
           ,
           in
           his
           lowest
           fortunes
           ,
           his
           wanderings
           in
           the
           vale
           of
           misery
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Valley
             of
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             ,
          
           as
           his
           own
           words
           are
           .
           A
           misery
           which
           fell
           upon
           him
           when
           he
           least
           looked
           for
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           conceived
           himself
           most
           happy
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           Ascendent
           to
           the
           
             Throne
             of
             Israel
          
           ;
           
           Anointed
           privately
           by
           Samuel
           in
           his
           Father's
           House
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           art
           designed
           for
           the
           next
           King
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Iacob
           :
           Of
           great
           esteem
           amongst
           the
           people
           ,
           
           for
           taking
           up
           their
           quarrel
           against
           Goliah
           ,
           when
           all
           men
           else
           fell
           off
           ,
           and
           refused
           the
           combate
           ;
           Amongst
           the
           Priests
           ,
           as
           men
           that
           had
           some
           secret
           notice
           of
           the
           designation
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           beheld
           him
           as
           a
           man
           replenished
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           Amongst
           the
           Courtiers
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           ,
           in
           being
           married
           unto
           Mich●l
           his
           Master's
           Daughter
           ;
           
           Amongst
           the
           Military
           men
           for
           his
           singular
           valour
           made
           known
           in
           many
           fortunate
           skirmishes
           against
           the
           Philistims
           ,
           
           two
           hundred
           of
           whose
           fore-skins
           he
           brought
           back
           with
           him
           for
           a
           sign
           of
           his
           Victory
           ;
           And
           ,
           finally
           ,
           amongst
           the
           Damosels
           or
           Ladyes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           for
           his
           personal
           gallantry
           ,
           who
           playing
           on
           
             their
             Musical
          
           Instruments
           ,
           did
           use
           to
           answer
           one
           another
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           
             Saul
             
             had
             slain
             his
             Thousands
             ,
          
           
           and
           David
           
             his
             Ten
             Thousands
          
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           But
           ,
           
             Eminentis
             fortunae
             comes
             est
             invidia
          
           ,
           said
           the
           Court-Historian
           .
           This
           general
           applause
           and
           those
           publique
           honours
           ,
           made
           him
           a
           fit
           subject
           for
           as
           great
           an
           envy
           ;
           and
           drew
           upon
           him
           the
           displeasure
           of
           that
           mighty
           Tyrant
           ,
           who
           looked
           not
           only
           on
           him
           as
           his
           Rival
           in
           pursuit
           of
           glory
           ,
           but
           a
           competitor
           with
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Kish
           for
           the
           Regal
           Diadem
           .
           And
           being
           once
           possessed
           with
           these
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           he
           thinks
           of
           nothing
           but
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           a
           swift
           destruction
           ;
           
           and
           to
           that
           end
           incenseth
           all
           his
           servants
           to
           conspire
           against
           him
           ,
           
           reproves
           his
           daughter
           for
           not
           betraying
           her
           husband
           to
           his
           rage
           and
           fury
           ,
           and
           darts
           a
           Javelin
           at
           his
           own
           son
           Ionathan
           for
           daring
           to
           affect
           the
           man
           whom
           his
           father
           hated
           .
           
           No
           safety
           being
           to
           be
           found
           for
           David
           in
           or
           neer
           the
           Court
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           take
           himself
           to
           places
           more
           remote
           and
           private
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           flight
           obtains
           both
           Arms
           and
           Victuals
           from
           Abimelech
           ,
           
           being
           at
           that
           time
           the
           
             High
             Priest
          
           of
           the
           Iewish
           Nation
           .
           For
           which
           small
           courtesie
           Abimelech
           himself
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           fourscore
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           such
           as
           
             did
             wear
             a
             linnen
             Ephod
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Text
           informs
           us
           ,
           were
           miserably
           slaughtered
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Doeg
           a
           malitious
           Sycophant
           ;
           
           their
           City
           sacked
           ,
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           smitten
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           Sword
           ;
           
             their
             Sheep
             ,
             their
             Oxen
             ,
             and
             their
             Asses
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           goods
           and
           substance
           ,
           
           given
           over
           for
           a
           prey
           to
           their
           Barbarous
           Enemies
           .
           Poor
           David
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           had
           retired
           to
           Akish
           the
           
             King
             of
             Gath
          
           ,
           
           and
           consequently
           the
           old
           Enemy
           of
           his
           native
           Countrey
           ,
           
           where
           he
           could
           promise
           to
           himself
           no
           great
           hopes
           of
           safety
           ,
           considering
           those
           many
           sorrows
           and
           that
           foul
           dishonour
           he
           had
           wrought
           unto
           them
           in
           the
           death
           of
           their
           Champion
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           I
           should
           both
           tire
           my self
           and
           afflict
           your
           patience
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           lead
           him
           back
           again
           to
           the
           land
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           follow
           him
           there
           in
           all
           his
           wanderings
           ,
           from
           thence
           wait
           upon
           him
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           Moab
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           leave
           his
           Parents
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           save
           them
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           present
           Army
           .
           
           And
           he
           might
           rather
           choose
           to
           leave
           them
           in
           that
           Countrey
           then
           in
           any
           other
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           Descent
           from
           Ruth
           ,
           a
           Moabitish
           woman
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           like
           to
           find
           some
           favour
           amongst
           those
           of
           her
           kindred
           .
           But
           look
           upon
           him
           where
           we
           will
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           cave
           of
           Adullam
           ,
           the
           wilderness
           of
           Ziph
           ,
           the
           Desarts
           of
           Mahum
           ,
           or
           the
           Rocks
           and
           Mountains
           of
           
             Engeddi
             ,
             (
             Inter
             Serpentes
             aprosque
             avid●sque
             Leones
             )
             ,
          
           
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           him
           no
           where
           safe
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           his
           Enemies
           as
           long
           as
           he
           continued
           in
           the
           Realm
           of
           Israel
           .
           
           The
           Keylites
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           redeemed
           from
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Philistims
           ,
           resolved
           to
           have
           betrayed
           him
           to
           the
           malice
           of
           Saul
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           been
           fore-warned
           by
           God
           of
           their
           ill
           intentions
           .
           The
           men
           of
           Ziph
           ,
           more
           savage
           then
           the
           wild
           Beasts
           in
           all
           those
           Desarts
           ,
           had
           entertained
           the
           like
           design
           ,
           but
           were
           as
           happily
           prevented
           as
           the
           treacherous
           
             Keylites
             .
             Nabal
          
           the
           churl
           ,
           whose
           flocks
           had
           been
           protected
           by
           him
           from
           all
           Thieves
           and
           Robbers
           refused
           to
           gratifie
           him
           with
           some
           part
           of
           that
           superfluity
           which
           was
           provided
           for
           his
           Sheerers
           .
           
           And
           though
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           
           
           and
           some
           few
           of
           his
           next
           Relations
           had
           repaired
           unto
           him
           ;
           yet
           ,
           generally
           ,
           his
           friends
           and
           kindred
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           man
           forlorn
           ,
           whom
           they
           could
           neither
           privately
           supply
           without
           manifest
           danger
           ,
           nor
           openly
           relieve
           without
           certain
           ruine
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           And
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           so
           deserted
           ,
           
           but
           ,
           
           that
           some
           companies
           resorted
           to
           him
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           either
           to
           mend
           their
           own
           condition
           ,
           or
           to
           sweeten
           his
           .
           Not
           altogether
           men
           of
           such
           desperate
           fortunes
           as
           Nabal
           the
           old
           churl
           reported
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           believed
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           ,
           questionless
           ,
           might
           be
           persons
           no
           less
           eminent
           both
           for
           place
           and
           quality
           ,
           as
           for
           their
           good
           affections
           to
           him
           ;
           though
           generally
           they
           were
           (
           as
           the
           Scripture
           telleth
           us
           )
           either
           is
           debt
           or
           discontent
           ,
           or
           some
           great
           distress
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           either
           discontented
           with
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           or
           were
           indebted
           to
           some
           cruel
           and
           unmerciful
           creditors
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           could
           expect
           no
           favour
           ,
           and
           as
           little
           Justice
           ;
           or
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           were
           otherwise
           distressed
           upon
           some
           suspition
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           wedded
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           son
           of
           Iess
           .
           The
           taking
           of
           these
           few
           
             Volunteers
             for
             a
             guard
             to
             his
             person
             ,
          
           is
           publiquely
           declared
           to
           be
           the
           
             Levying
             of
             a
             War
          
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           
           and
           all
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           Realm
           must
           be
           forthwith
           armed
           to
           suppress
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           able
           to
           withstand
           the
           twelfth
           part
           of
           a
           Tribe
           .
           
           This
           drives
           him
           once
           again
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           Akish
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           better
           entertainment
           then
           he
           did
           before
           ,
           because
           he
           came
           accompanyed
           with
           a
           Train
           of
           couragious
           followers
           ;
           from
           whom
           the
           Barbarous
           King
           assured
           himself
           of
           no
           mean
           assistance
           
           in
           his
           next
           Wars
           against
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           without
           excepting
           those
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           But
           now
           the
           Tide
           begins
           to
           turn
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           floud
           of
           mercies
           of
           flow
           in
           upon
           him
           .
           As
           there
           is
           no
           deep
           Valley
           ,
           but
           neer
           some
           high
           Mountain
           ;
           so
           ,
           neer
           unto
           this
           Vale
           of
           Misery
           was
           a
           Hill
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           see
           him
           climb
           the
           top
           of
           it
           without
           any
           great
           difficulty
           .
           Akish
           beholds
           him
           as
           a
           person
           so
           depressed
           and
           injured
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Saul
           ,
           that
           no
           reconciliation
           could
           be
           made
           between
           them
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           bestows
           upon
           him
           the
           strong
           Town
           of
           Ziglag
           ,
           to
           serve
           for
           him
           and
           his
           adherents
           as
           a
           
             City
             of
             Refuge
          
           ,
           
           to
           which
           his
           party
           might
           resort
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
           And
           for
           his
           better
           welcome
           thither
           ,
           the
           news
           of
           Saul's
           uncomfortable
           ,
           but
           unpittied
           death
           ,
           is
           swiftly
           posted
           to
           him
           on
           the
           wing
           of
           Fame
           ;
           which
           opened
           the
           first
           passage
           to
           him
           for
           the
           Crown
           of
           Israel
           .
           For
           now
           there
           dayly
           came
           unto
           him
           many
           men
           of
           note
           and
           merit
           ,
           whose
           names
           are
           on
           record
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Chronicles
           ,
           affirmed
           there
           
             to
             be
             mighty
             men
          
           ,
           
           experienced
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Arms
           ,
           Captains
           of
           Hundreds
           and
           of
           Thousands
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           seemed
           to
           carry
           Victory
           in
           their
           very
           countenances
           .
           
           And
           they
           came
           thither
           in
           such
           numbers
           as
           they
           made
           up
           a
           
             great
             Host
             like
             the
             Host
             of
             God
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           it
           )
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           puissant
           and
           mighty
           Army
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           undertaking
           of
           the
           noblest
           actions
           .
           By
           whose
           incouragement
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           at
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           men
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           who
           had
           repaired
           to
           Ziglag
           ,
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ;
           he
           goes
           up
           to
           Hebron
           ,
           
           the
           Principal
           City
           of
           that
           Tribe
           ,
           having
           first
           taken
           Gods
           direction
           &
           commission
           
           with
           him
           .
           There
           he
           is
           cheerfully
           received
           ,
           and
           anointed
           King
           ,
           King
           only
           over
           Iudah
           ,
           his
           own
           native
           Tribe
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           Israel
           still
           adhering
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           .
           For
           ,
           Abner
           Captain
           of
           Saul's
           Host
           ,
           and
           one
           as
           neer
           to
           him
           in
           bloud
           ,
           as
           in
           place
           and
           power
           ,
           had
           gained
           so
           far
           upon
           the
           Military
           men
           ,
           
           that
           they
           agreed
           to
           set
           the
           Crown
           upon
           the
           head
           of
           Ishbosheth
           ,
           
           the
           eldest
           of
           Saul's
           Sons
           which
           survived
           his
           Father
           :
           And
           this
           he
           did
           ,
           not
           on
           design
           to
           divide
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           break
           it
           into
           two
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           Scepter
           against
           Scepter
           ,
           as
           Ieroboam
           and
           on
           the
           death
           of
           Solomon
           ;
           but
           ,
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           compel
           the
           men
           of
           Iudah
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           to
           cast
           off
           David
           ,
           to
           unite
           themselves
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Saul
           .
           A
           Prince
           indeed
           of
           no
           great
           parts
           ,
           affirmed
           to
           be
           a
           person
           of
           a
           dull
           and
           unactive
           spirit
           ,
           more
           given
           to
           ease
           and
           pleasures
           ,
           then
           to
           deeds
           of
           Arms
           ,
           
             &
             magis
             extra
             vitia
             quam
             cum
             virtutibus
             ,
          
           in
           the
           words
           of
           Tacitus
           :
           but
           fit
           enough
           to
           bear
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           whilest
           Abner
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           managed
           all
           affairs
           as
           to
           them
           seems
           best
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           This
           brings
           new
           troubles
           upon
           David
           ,
           though
           they
           held
           not
           long
           .
           A
           breach
           is
           made
           between
           the
           new
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           great
           Commander
           ;
           Who
           being
           impatient
           of
           rebuke
           ,
           and
           netled
           with
           some
           words
           which
           escaped
           his
           Master
           ,
           
           resolves
           upon
           delivering
           the
           whose
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           hands
           of
           David
           :
           to
           which
           end
           he
           maintains
           a
           Treaty
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           concludes
           the
           business
           .
           But
           ,
           before
           all
           things
           could
           be
           setled
           ,
           the
           Titulary
           King
           is
           murthered
           by
           the
           two
           sons
           of
           Rimmon
           ,
           
           both
           of
           them
           Captains
           in
           his
           Army
           ,
           both
        
         
         
           Natives
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Benjamin
           (
           his
           Fathers
           Tribe
           )
           and
           possibly
           both
           of
           them
           of
           some
           kindred
           and
           relation
           to
           him
           .
           This
           puts
           an
           end
           unto
           the
           war
           ;
           the
           west
           of
           Israel
           seconding
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           and
           altogether
           calling
           upon
           David
           to
           accept
           the
           Government
           .
           To
           which
           end
           they
           annoynt
           him
           the
           third
           time
           ,
           and
           own
           him
           by
           that
           Sacred
           Ceremony
           for
           their
           Soveraign
           Prince
           .
           And
           such
           as
           Prince
           as
           must
           have
           somewhat
           in
           him
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophet
           also
           .
           For
           ,
           
             Rex
             est
             mixta
             persona
             cum
             Sacerdote
             ,
          
           as
           our
           Lawyers
           tels
           us
           ,
           and
           capable
           on
           that
           account
           of
           the
           
             Sacred
             Unction
          
           (
           if
           some
           of
           our
           
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
          
           have
           not
           been
           mistaken
           )
           .
           But
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           those
           of
           Benjamin
           could
           not
           so
           easily
           forget
           their
           late
           pretentions
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Israel
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           held
           successively
           under
           two
           great
           Princes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           came
           not
           up
           to
           Hebron
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Tribes
           ,
           to
           confer
           the
           Kingdom
           upon
           David
           ,
           but
           to
           obtain
           it
           for
           themselves
           (
           as
           Iosephus
           telleth
           us
           )
           .
           
           A
           secret
           not
           to
           be
           concealed
           from
           David
           a
           discerning
           Prince
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           was
           well
           studied
           in
           his
           own
           concernments
           .
           Who
           therefore
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           prevent
           their
           practises
           ,
           resolves
           to
           get
           into
           his
           hands
           the
           strong
           City
           of
           Sion
           .
           Which
           standing
           in
           a
           corner
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Benjamin
           ,
           might
           serve
           for
           a
           sufficient
           bridle
           to
           hold
           them
           in
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           practise
           any
           thing
           against
           his
           quiet
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
           And
           being
           afterward
           inlarged
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           David
           ,
           by
           taking
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Salim
           ,
           and
           building
           all
           from
           Millo
           inward
           (
           as
           the
           Scripture
           telleth
           us
           )
           he
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           called
           Hierusalem
           ,
           peopled
           it
           with
           such
           Families
           as
           he
           might
           confide
           in
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           from
           thenceforth
           the
           chief
           seat
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             
             Residence
          
           .
           Never
           till
           now
           was
           David
           setled
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           growes
           considerable
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           forain
           Princes
           ,
           who
           court
           him
           ,
           and
           send
           presents
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           trie
           all
           means
           imaginable
           to
           obtain
           his
           favour
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           And
           thus
           the
           Scepter
           promised
           to
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Iudah
           is
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           David
           the
           Son
           of
           Iesse
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Princes
           of
           that
           Tribe
           .
           And
           all
           this
           done
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           fear
           the
           contrary
           .
           The
           Government
           having
           passed
           through
           many
           Tribes
           ,
           from
           Moses
           of
           the
           race
           of
           Levi
           ,
           to
           Ioshua
           the
           Son
           of
           Nun
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           Ephraim
           ,
           and
           so
           from
           one
           Tribe
           to
           another
           ,
           until
           it
           came
           to
           Saul
           of
           the
           stock
           of
           Benjamin
           .
           And
           this
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           done
           for
           these
           reasons
           chiefly
           :
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Iudah
           might
           not
           claim
           the
           Kingdom
           otherwise
           then
           by
           Gods
           donation
           ,
           as
           possibly
           they
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           entred
           on
           the
           Government
           ,
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           Moses
           ,
           by
           any
           Military
           Vote
           ,
           or
           Popular
           election
           ,
           or
           in
           relation
           to
           that
           Primogeniture
           ,
           which
           was
           vested
           in
           them
           by
           the
           last
           Will
           and
           Testament
           of
           their
           Father
           Iacob
           .
           And
           2ly
           ,
           It
           was
           so
           done
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           being
           sensible
           of
           the
           inconveniences
           of
           the
           former
           Government
           ,
           the
           miseries
           which
           they
           had
           indured
           in
           the
           times
           of
           Anarchie
           ,
           and
           the
           extremities
           which
           they
           had
           been
           reduced
           to
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Saul
           ;
           might
           with
           a
           greater
           cheerfulness
           imbrace
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           whom
           God
           had
           so
           miraculously
           preserved
           ,
           and
           commended
           to
           them
           .
        
         
         
           11.
           
           And
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           kept
           so
           long
           from
           David
           ,
           for
           two
           Reasons
           also
           :
           First
           ,
           that
           he
           being
           trained
           up
           in
           the
           School
           of
           experience
           ,
           and
           hammered
           on
           the
           Anvile
           of
           Affliction
           ,
           might
           be
           the
           better
           qualified
           for
           mannaging
           all
           affairs
           of
           State
           ,
           then
           if
           he
           had
           been
           educated
           in
           the
           pride
           and
           pleasures
           of
           a
           Princes
           Court.
           And
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           disposed
           of
           ,
           that
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           married
           to
           the
           Realm
           of
           Israel
           ;
           he
           might
           more
           passionately
           long
           to
           in●oy
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           then
           if
           she
           had
           cast
           her self
           into
           his
           imbraces
           at
           the
           first
           making
           of
           the
           Contract
           .
           And
           this
           was
           done
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           Iewish
           Nation
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           place
           some
           fitting
           and
           convenient
           interval
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Espousal
           and
           the
           Wedding
           ,
           for
           which
           St.
           Austin
           gives
           this
           reason
           ,
           
           
             Ne
             vilem
             habeat
             maritus
             datam
             ,
             quam
             non
             suspiravit
             sponsus
             dilatam
          
           ;
           for
           fear
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           lest
           otherwise
           the
           Bridegroom
           might
           despise
           her
           in
           the
           first
           fruition
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           not
           longed
           with
           some
           vehement
           passion
           .
           But
           being
           longed
           for
           ,
           and
           long
           looked
           for
           ,
           they
           are
           met
           at
           last
           ,
           to
           the
           full
           comfort
           of
           both
           parties
           ,
           the
           pleasure
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           joy
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Such
           was
           Gods
           kindness
           unto
           David
           ,
           expressed
           in
           his
           marvellous
           preservation
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           compassed
           round
           about
           with
           invincible
           dangers
           ;
           his
           exaltation
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           from
           keeping
           sheep
           ,
           
             to
             be
             the
             Shepherd
             of
             his
             people
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           a
           kindeness
           ,
           a
           
             great
             kindeness
          
           ,
           only
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             misericordia
             mirabilis
          
           (
           in
           St.
           Hieroms
           reading
           )
           a
           
             marvellous
             great
             kindeness
          
           ,
           as
           my
           Text
           assures
           me
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           particular
           is
           there
           in
           
           all
           this
           kindeness
           which
           is
           not
           marvellous
           ,
           
             mirabile
             in
             oculis
             nostris
          
           ,
           as
           marvellous
           in
           our
           eyes
           as
           it
           was
           in
           his
           ?
           And
           not
           a
           
             marvellous
             kindeness
          
           only
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             miserecordia
             mirifica
          
           ,
           a
           
             kindness
             which
             wrought
             wonders
          
           ,
           as
           Tremelius
           reads
           it
           .
           What
           can
           it
           else
           be
           thought
           ,
           but
           a
           singular
           miracle
           that
           God
           should
           for
           so
           many
           years
           preserve
           this
           poor
           fugitive
           Prince
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           treachery
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           his
           enemies
           ;
           that
           he
           should
           finde
           more
           favour
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Moab
           ,
           then
           he
           durst
           hope
           for
           in
           the
           place
           of
           his
           birth
           and
           breeding
           ;
           that
           men
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           should
           resort
           unto
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           neither
           Town
           of
           War
           to
           secure
           their
           persons
           ,
           nor
           any
           stock
           of
           money
           and
           provisions
           to
           maintain
           their
           Families
           ;
           That
           Akish
           and
           the
           men
           of
           Gath
           ,
           should
           lay
           aside
           their
           animosities
           against
           him
           for
           the
           death
           of
           Goliah
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           his
           hands
           a
           piece
           of
           such
           strength
           and
           consequence
           ,
           as
           might
           inable
           him
           to
           create
           unto
           them
           a
           far
           greater
           mischief
           ?
        
         
           13.
           
           And
           was
           it
           not
           as
           great
           a
           miracle
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           greater
           ,
           that
           Saul
           should
           come
           to
           such
           a
           miserable
           and
           calamitous
           end
           ,
           without
           ingaging
           David
           in
           a
           ruinous
           and
           destructive
           War
           ,
           against
           those
           men
           which
           were
           designed
           to
           be
           his
           Subjects
           ?
           That
           God
           should
           so
           incline
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           men
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           as
           to
           accept
           him
           for
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           involve
           themselves
           in
           a
           tedious
           War
           ;
           when
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Tribes
           adhered
           still
           to
           Abner
           ,
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           Saul
           :
           That
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           make
           to
           use
           of
           any
           of
           Davids
           party
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           Sauls
           house
           ,
           but
           acted
           that
           great
           work
           by
           Abner
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           〈◊〉
           ,
        
         
         
           being
           the
           Kings
           near
           kinsmen
           and
           his
           chief
           Commanders
           :
           That
           all
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           should
           unite
           together
           to
           set
           and
           Crown
           upon
           his
           head
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           formerly
           pursued
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           forced
           him
           to
           take
           Sanctuary
           in
           a
           forain
           Nation
           :
           That
           all
           this
           should
           be
           done
           without
           noyse
           or
           trouble
           ;
           more
           then
           the
           noyse
           of
           joyful
           shouts
           and
           acclamations
           ,
           and
           the
           short
           trouble
           of
           an
           easie
           ,
           though
           a
           martial
           ,
           progress
           :
           That
           there
           should
           be
           so
           few
           men
           killed
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           between
           the
           death
           of
           Saul
           ,
           and
           the
           Crowning
           of
           David
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           put
           into
           his
           hands
           the
           strong
           ,
           Fort
           of
           Sion
           ,
           which
           neither
           Saul
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           Judges
           ,
           nor
           Ioshua
           himself
           ,
           nor
           Gideon
           ,
           nor
           
             Ieptha
             ,
             Duo
             Fulmina
             belli
          
           ,
           the
           veriest
           Thunder-bolts
           of
           War
           ,
           had
           before
           attempted
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           And
           yet
           the
           kindeness
           was
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           miraculous
           ,
           considering
           that
           it
           was
           extended
           to
           spiritual
           mercies
           ,
           and
           not
           confined
           to
           temporal
           preservations
           ,
           and
           external
           benefits
           .
           For
           notwithstanding
           the
           horrid
           murther
           of
           Abimelech
           ,
           the
           terrible
           massacre
           of
           so
           many
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           unmerciful
           sacking
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             Nob
             ;
             Abiathar
          
           the
           next
           High-priest
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           doubtless
           ,
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Order
           ,
           joyned
           themselves
           unto
           him
           .
           Abiathar
           was
           too
           great
           a
           person
           ,
           and
           too
           well
           beloved
           ,
           not
           to
           bring
           some
           attendants
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           ,
           who
           more
           like
           to
           bear
           him
           company
           then
           the
           Priests
           and
           Levites
           ?
           Not
           so
           much
           out
           of
           care
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           service
           unto
           him
           whom
           the
           Lord
           had
           chosen
           .
           By
           means
           whereof
           ,
           not
           only
           he
           ;
           but
           ,
           all
           his
           followers
           ,
           were
           instructed
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           :
           and
           thereby
           kept
           
           from-being
           any
           way
           infected
           with
           those
           gross
           Idolatries
           ,
           which
           were
           predominant
           in
           Moab
           and
           the
           Court
           of
           Gath.
           Than
           which
           there
           could
           be
           nothing
           more
           conducible
           to
           his
           future
           advancement
           ,
           or
           which
           could
           more
           indear
           him
           to
           the
           Iewish
           Nation
           ;
           when
           they
           came
           once
           to
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           neither
           flatteries
           could
           intice
           him
           ,
           nor
           great
           threats
           affright
           him
           ,
           nor
           hope
           of
           promised
           aid
           allure
           him
           ,
           from
           standing
           fast
           to
           the
           Religion
           of
           his
           Fathers
           ,
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           .
           And
           more
           then
           so
           ,
           
           Abiathar
           brought
           along
           with
           him
           the
           
             sacred
             Ephod
          
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           High-priest
           used
           to
           consult
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           enquire
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           in
           all
           difficult
           cases
           .
           The
           want
           whereof
           ,
           necessitated
           the
           unhappy
           Tyrant
           to
           have
           recourse
           for
           counsel
           to
           the
           Witch
           of
           Endor
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           forced
           upon
           that
           desperate
           resolution
           in
           the
           antient
           Poet
           ,
           (
           
             Flectere
             si
             nequeo
             superos
             ,
             Acheronta
             movebo
          
           )
           that
           since
           he
           could
           not
           move
           the
           Gods
           ,
           he
           would
           trie
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           Nor
           was
           all
           this
           a
           kindeness
           only
           ,
           or
           a
           
             great
             kindeness
          
           ,
           
           as
           the
           old
           Translation
           ,
           and
           
             misericordia
             mirabilis
          
           ,
           a
           
             marvellous
             great
             kindeness
          
           ,
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           but
           ,
           it
           was
           
             misericordia
             sua
          
           ,
           the
           Lords
           own
           kindeness
           ,
           &
           
             factum
             Domini
          
           ,
           the
           Lords
           own
           doing
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           no
           humane
           prudence
           could
           pretend
           a
           title
           .
           This
           David
           understood
           ,
           none
           better
           .
           And
           therefore
           attributes
           his
           safety
           and
           deliverance
           to
           the
           Lord
           alone
           ,
           
             Ipse
             sit
             licèt
             magna
             unique
             cura
             &
             industria
             usus
             ,
          
           
           (
           as
           Musculus
           hath
           night-well
           observed
           )
           ,
           though
           he
           himself
           had
           used
           all
           possible
           industry
           and
           care
           ▪
           for
           his
           own
           preservation
           .
           He
           had
           his
           agents
           and
           intelligeneers
           
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Saul
           ,
           to
           give
           him
           notice
           of
           the
           secret
           purposes
           of
           his
           mortal
           enemy
           ;
           He
           entertained
           Abiathar
           in
           a
           place
           both
           of
           trust
           and
           nearness
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           means
           he
           might
           maintain
           a
           correspondence
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           Order
           .
           And
           when
           necessity
           compelled
           him
           to
           ingage
           in
           battail
           ,
           he
           sent
           out
           Ioab
           ,
           (
           a
           man
           of
           most
           undaunted
           courage
           )
           to
           incounter
           Abner
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           was
           competitor
           for
           the
           Palm
           of
           victory
           .
           More
           providence
           and
           care
           could
           no
           man
           use
           then
           David
           did
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           he
           calleth
           it
           ,
           
             misericordiam
             Domini
          
           ,
           only
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           his
           
             marvellous
             kindeness
          
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           preserved
           in
           the
           day
           of
           trouble
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           And
           so
           indeed
           it
           was
           ;
           meerly
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           his
           marvellous
           great
           kindness
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           preserved
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Saul
           ,
           and
           raised
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Israel
           on
           the
           death
           of
           Ishbosheth
           .
           For
           what
           could
           David
           have
           effected
           with
           all
           his
           diligence
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           secretly
           forwarned
           him
           of
           those
           dangers
           which
           were
           near
           at
           hand
           ;
           or
           what
           advantage
           could
           Abiathars
           discoveries
           have
           procured
           unto
           him
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           sent
           the
           spirit
           of
           infatuation
           amongst
           the
           Princes
           of
           Sauls
           house
           ;
           supplanted
           their
           designes
           ,
           and
           turned
           
             their
             wisdom
             into
             foolishness
          
           ?
           Or
           ,
           what
           could
           Ioab
           with
           all
           his
           valour
           have
           atchieved
           against
           so
           many
           enemies
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           broken
           them
           in
           pieces
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           throwen
           amongst
           them
           such
           a
           Ball
           of
           discord
           ,
           such
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           made
           them
           turn
           their
           Swords
           upon
           one
           another
           .
           In
           which
           dissention
           the
           
             Royal
             Nothing
          
           is
           dispatched
           on
           his
           bed
           of
           ease
           ,
           and
           dispossessed
           at
           once
           both
           of
           Crown
           and
           Life
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           served
           
           out
           his
           Indentures
           in
           the
           Trade
           of
           Government
           ;
           which
           also
           must
           be
           
             factum
             Domini
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           's
           doing
           only
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           ordering
           ,
           permitting
           ,
           and
           disposing
           of
           it
           ;
           though
           Abner
           and
           the
           sons
           of
           Ri●mon
           had
           their
           own
           vile
           ends
           .
           For
           ,
           who
           but
           God
           could
           turn
           his
           own
           Sword
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           infatuate
           the
           Counsels
           of
           his
           chief
           Commanders
           ,
           as
           to
           contrive
           the
           ruines
           of
           their
           nearest
           kinsman
           ,
           by
           whose
           sole
           power
           they
           stood
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           longer
           stood
           (
           in
           all
           apparent
           probability
           )
           in
           their
           former
           greatness
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           
           
             Except
             the
             Lord
             doth
             keep
             the
             City
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           )
           
             the
             watchman
             watcheth
             but
             in
             vain
             .
             Except
             the
             Lord
             doth
             build
             the
             house
             ,
             their
             labour
             is
             but
             lost
             that
             build
             it
             .
          
           What
           then
           ?
           Shall
           then
           the
           Workman
           play
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Watchman
           sleep
           ?
           Not
           so
           ,
           saith
           
             Origen
             ,
             ●mpendant
             ipsi
             ,
             quantum
             in
             se
             est
             ,
             laboris
             et
             sollicitudinis
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Let
           them
           continue
           their
           indevours
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Watchman
           watch
           ,
           and
           the
           Workman
           labour
           .
           Though
           God
           be
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           safety
           is
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           alone
           ;
           yet
           ,
           he
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             lazie
             person
             shall
             not
             eat
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             the
             careless
             person
             shall
             not
             prosper
             :
             It
             is
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             diligent
             which
             maketh
             rich
             ;
             and
             he
             becometh
             poor
             that
             dealeth
             with
             a
             slack
             hand
             ,
          
           (
           faith
           the
           wiseman
           Solomon
           )
           .
           God
           in
           the
           ordering
           and
           disposing
           of
           humane
           affairs
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           Pilot
           in
           a
           Ship
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           Pilot
           only
           which
           doth
           steer
           and
           guid
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           it
           safe
           into
           the
           Haven
           ;
           yet
           ,
           it
           is
           expected
           that
           every
           several
           Mariner
           do
           discharge
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           yield
           obedience
           to
           the
           whistle
           of
           the
           Boat-swain
           .
        
         
         
           18.
           
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           warrantably
           intitle
           either
           our
           industry
           ,
           or
           strength
           ,
           or
           wisdom
           to
           the
           rights
           of
           God.
           
             The
             wisdom
             of
             the
             wise
             (
             saith
             Paul
             )
          
           is
           it
           not
           foolishness
           with
           the
           Lord
           ?
           
             What
             Man
             is
             there
          
           (
           saith
           
             David
             )
             that
             can
             save
             himself
             by
             his
             much
             strength
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             or
             by
             taking
             thought
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Son
           of
           
             David
             )
             can
             add
             one
             cubit
             to
             his
             stature
             .
          
           Man
           purposeth
           ,
           but
           God
           disposeth
           :
           And
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           most
           spent
           our
           spirits
           ,
           and
           consumed
           our
           bodies
           in
           the
           well
           ordering
           of
           our
           fortunes
           ;
           yet
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           fruitless
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           effect
           
             except
             the
             Lord
             ,
             even
             our
             own
             God
             ,
             doth
             give
             us
             his
             blessing
             .
          
           Ascribe
           we
           therefore
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           own
           exployts
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           not
           presume
           to
           say
           in
           any
           of
           our
           prosperous
           actions
           ,
           that
           ,
           This
           my
           own
           right
           hand
           hath
           done
           ,
           or
           my
           wit
           effected
           .
           Though
           David
           did
           as
           much
           as
           care
           and
           wisdom
           could
           perform
           for
           his
           own
           security
           ;
           yet
           he
           refers
           it
           all
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           reckons
           it
           His
           mercy
           only
           ,
           and
           his
           marvellous
           kindeness
           whereby
           he
           was
           preserved
           from
           danger
           ,
           made
           Master
           of
           Hierusalem
           ,
           and
           setled
           ,
           after
           all
           his
           troubles
           ,
           in
           so
           strong
           a
           City
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           
             In
             a
             strong
             City
          
           .
           That
           's
           the
           next
           .
           
             In
             civitate
             munita
          
           ,
           In
           a
           fenced
           City
           ,
           saith
           the
           Latin.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           a
           City
           walled
           and
           ditched
           about
           ,
           as
           the
           Greek
           Text
           reads
           it
           .
           
             In
             civitate
             robusta
             &
             firmata
          
           ,
           A
           City
           strong
           in
           men
           ,
           and
           as
           strongly
           fortified
           ,
           in
           St.
           Hierom's
           Gloss.
           Only
           Tremelius
           ,
           with
           some
           notable
           difference
           from
           all
           men
           else
           ,
           doth
           translate
           it
           thus
           :
           
             Benedictus
             Dominus
          
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           for
           she
           hath
           shewed
           his
           
           marvellous
           kindeness
           to
           me
           in
           as
           great
           a
           measure
           ,
           
             ut
             in
             civitate
             munita
             collocans
             me
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           inclosed
           and
           kept
           me
           safe
           in
           a
           Town
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           been
           billited
           and
           strongly
           garrison'd
           in
           a
           Fort
           and
           City
           .
           T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           Gods
           mercy
           is
           the
           surest
           Hold
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           may
           commit
           our
           safety
           ;
           the
           strongest
           
             Castle
             of
             defence
          
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           may
           intrust
           our
           persons
           .
           A
           fortress
           against
           all
           our
           foes
           ;
           an
           Antidote
           against
           all
           Plagues
           ;
           a
           Remedy
           against
           all
           Diseases
           .
           He
           that
           is
           so
           defended
           ,
           need
           no
           other
           Arms.
           
           
             Non
             eget
             Mauri
             Iaoulis
             ,
             nec
             arcu
          
           ;
           Not
           shield
           ,
           nor
           bow
           ,
           nor
           poysoned
           arrows
           .
           Gods
           mercy
           is
           all
           kinde
           of
           weapons
           to
           him
           ,
           both
           for
           annoyance
           and
           defence
           .
           No
           armour
           is
           so
           sure
           of
           proof
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           broken
           ;
           nor
           Town
           so
           strong
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           taken
           ;
           nor
           wals
           so
           high
           and
           close
           ,
           to
           keep
           our
           contagion
           .
           Put
           if
           Gods
           mercy
           doth
           protect
           us
           ,
           and
           his
           power
           defend
           us
           ;
           if
           we
           be
           compassed
           round
           about
           with
           his
           deliverance
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           wall
           ;
           we
           will
           not
           be
           affraid
           through
           war
           ,
           and
           poverty
           ,
           and
           sickness
           ,
           do
           conspire
           against
           us
           .
           For
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           then
           we
           are
           in
           such
           a
           City
           ,
           which
           neither
           enemy
           can
           force
           ,
           nor
           want
           of
           trade
           impoverish
           ,
           nor
           disease
           infect
           .
           
             Deus
             meus
             &
             omnia
          
           .
           Let
           God
           be
           mine
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           strong
           enough
           against
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           against
           all
           violence
           ,
           against
           all
           practices
           ,
           against
           all
           misfortunes
           .
           I
           could
           inlarge
           my self
           on
           this
           general
           Topick
           as
           to
           the
           moral
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           am
           to
           keep
           my self
           to
           the
           
             literal
             sense
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             strong
             City
          
           herein
           meant
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           And
           if
           I
           keep
           my self
           to
           the
           
             literal
             sense
          
           ,
           we
           must
           inquire
           what
           City
           is
           here
           meant
           by
           David
           .
           And
           
           we
           shall
           finde
           upon
           a
           very
           short
           inquiry
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           either
           
             Ziglag
             ,
             Hebron
          
           ,
           or
           Hierusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           most
           likely
           .
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           and
           St.
           Hierome
           ,
           so
           resolve
           for
           certain
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           Moderns
           do
           agree
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           particular
           ;
           all
           telling
           us
           ,
           That
           God
           declared
           his
           marvellous
           mercies
           unto
           David
           ,
           by
           setling
           his
           affairs
           ,
           
             in
             Civitate
             Ierusalem
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             strong
             City
          
           of
           Hierusalem
           ,
           in
           the
           Fort
           of
           Sion
           .
           For
           there
           he
           found
           an
           end
           of
           his
           former
           sorrows
           ,
           thither
           he
           brought
           the
           Ark
           ,
           to
           that
           place
           he
           removed
           the
           Trabernacle
           ,
           and
           there
           did
           he
           fix
           his
           
             Royal
             Palace
          
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Courts
             of
             Iustice
          
           ,
           and
           thereby
           drew
           unto
           it
           ,
           by
           degrees
           ,
           all
           the
           wealth
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           there
           he
           reigned
           in
           greater
           glory
           and
           renown
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           which
           were
           round
           about
           him
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           Now
           Cities
           are
           accounted
           strong
           in
           two
           respects
           :
           first
           ,
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           situation
           ,
           or
           of
           art
           ;
           and
           next
           in
           the
           multitudes
           and
           natural
           courage
           of
           the
           people
           :
           and
           in
           both
           these
           Ierusalem
           ,
           as
           it
           flourished
           in
           the
           time
           of
           David
           ,
           might
           worthily
           be
           called
           a
           
             strong
             City
          
           ,
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           was
           )
           
             Civitas
             munitissima
          
           ,
           as
           my
           Author
           hath
           it
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           it
           was
           well
           situated
           and
           strongly
           fortified
           ,
           three
           Towns
           in
           one
           of
           them
           seated
           on
           steep
           Hills
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           invironed
           with
           high
           Walls
           ,
           strong
           Bullwarks
           ,
           and
           unpassable
           Ditches
           :
           But
           none
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           City
           of
           Sion
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           Iebusites
           presume
           so
           far
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           Davids
           Forces
           ,
           they
           mann'd
           their
           walls
           with
           none
           but
           their
           blind
           and
           lame
           ,
           
           as
           Iosephus
           tells
           us
           ▪
           and
           then
           sent
           word
           ,
           (
           whether
           with
           greater
           pride
           or
           folly
           ,
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           )
           that
           except
           
           he
           took
           away
           the
           blind
           and
           the
           lame
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           come
           thither
           .
           Which
           was
           to
           tell
           him
           in
           effect
           ,
           that
           those
           poor
           wretches
           were
           sufficient
           to
           make
           good
           the
           Fort
           against
           all
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           first
           removed
           ,
           before
           he
           could
           expect
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           it
           .
           
             Such
             confidence
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             they
             had
             in
             their
             Walls
             and
             Trenches
             ,
             that
             they
             conceived
             them
             able
             ,
             without
             further
             help
             to
             keep
             out
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
        
         
           22.
           
           But
           Walls
           ,
           we
           see
           by
           this
           example
           ,
           are
           but
           simple
           strengths
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           want
           of
           people
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           people
           any
           want
           of
           courage
           to
           make
           good
           the
           place
           .
           The
           honour
           of
           a
           King
           consists
           not
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           Towns
           ,
           and
           frequency
           of
           Garrisons
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           multitude
           ,
           and
           courage
           ,
           and
           good
           affection
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
           Kings
           are
           then
           safest
           ,
           when
           they
           trust
           rather
           to
           their
           
             Castles
             of
             bones
          
           ,
           then
           
             their
             Castles
             of
             stones
          
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           Aphorism
           of
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Savage
          
           ,
           an
           old
           English
           Souldier
           .
           Lycurgus
           also
           seemed
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ,
           when
           he
           prohibited
           the
           Spartans
           to
           immure
           their
           City
           ,
           or
           to
           use
           any
           of
           the
           Arts
           of
           Fortification
           .
           And
           in
           this
           sense
           lerusalem
           was
           strong
           ;
           because
           it
           was
           as
           populous
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           capacious
           ,
           then
           either
           Nineveh
           ,
           or
           Babylon
           ,
           or
           Eckbatana
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Cities
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Countries
           .
           So
           populous
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           siege
           thereof
           by
           Titus
           ,
           there
           perished
           by
           the
           Sword
           and
           Famine
           of
           all
           sorts
           and
           sexes
           ,
           
           1100000.
           and
           above
           ,
           as
           Iosephus
           telleth
           us
           .
           And
           so
           prodigiously
           capacious
           ,
           that
           once
           the
           High-Priest
           (
           at
           the
           request
           of
           Cestius
           a
           Roman
           President
           )
           numbering
           the
           people
           which
           came
           thither
           to
           observe
           the
           Passover
           ,
           
           found
           them
           to
           be
           
             two
             millions
             and
             seven
             
             hundred
             thousand
          
           men
           (
           besides
           women
           and
           children
           )
           all
           sound
           and
           purified
           ,
           and
           fitted
           by
           the
           Law
           for
           that
           Sacred
           Ceremony
           .
           A
           number
           numberless
           ,
           and
           not
           indeed
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           were
           not
           Iosephus
           generally
           reckoned
           for
           a
           true
           Historian
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           the
           good
           Father
           ,
           
             Iustin
             Martyr
          
           ,
           hath
           assured
           us
           of
           him
           .
           And
           though
           these
           numberings
           of
           the
           people
           in
           that
           mighty
           City
           happened
           long
           after
           David's
           time
           ;
           yet
           the
           City
           after
           David's
           time
           received
           small
           inlargements
           .
           Ten
           of
           the
           Tribes
           revolting
           on
           the
           death
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           and
           never
           afterwards
           returning
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           Iudah
           .
        
         
           23.
           
           As
           for
           the
           courage
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           David
           ;
           we
           may
           conceive
           it
           equal
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           greater
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           their
           posterity
           in
           the
           times
           succeeding
           .
           Which
           was
           so
           eminent
           ,
           that
           he
           which
           reads
           the
           Story
           of
           their
           final
           ruine
           ,
           when
           besieged
           by
           Titus
           ,
           will
           find
           the
           Romans
           so
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           purchased
           any
           City
           at
           a
           dearer
           rate
           .
           And
           hereupon
           may
           say
           in
           the
           word
           of
           
             Iustin
             ,
             Et
             tanta
             animorum
             virtus
             fuit
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           That
           though
           they
           had
           just
           cause
           at
           all
           times
           to
           despair
           of
           safety
           ;
           yet
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           they
           presumed
           ,
           and
           came
           off
           with
           safety
           ,
           till
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           give
           them
           over
           for
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           Sword
           of
           their
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           24.
           
           And
           yet
           there
           might
           be
           somewhat
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           more
           assured
           David
           of
           his
           peace
           and
           happiness
           ,
           than
           either
           the
           Courage
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           the
           Strength
           of
           the
           place
           ;
           which
           was
           their
           good
           Affection
           and
           fidelity
           
           to
           him
           .
           And
           this
           appears
           plainly
           by
           their
           carriage
           towards
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           give
           way
           to
           the
           Treason
           of
           Absolom
           .
           For
           ,
           when
           he
           left
           them
           to
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           the
           people
           followed
           him
           in
           great
           numbers
           ,
           to
           express
           their
           loyalty
           ;
           and
           followed
           him
           in
           tears
           ,
           to
           express
           their
           affection
           .
           So
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           either
           they
           betrayed
           ,
           or
           forsook
           their
           King
           :
           but
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           rather
           in
           a
           Royal
           pity
           did
           withdraw
           from
           them
           ;
           left
           otherwise
           he
           might
           have
           brought
           some
           evil
           on
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           the
           Text
           informs
           us
           .
           Lay
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           together
           ,
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           David
           had
           good
           reason
           to
           extol
           Gods
           Name
           for
           giving
           him
           possession
           of
           a
           place
           so
           strong
           ,
           so
           populous
           ,
           and
           so
           replenished
           with
           a
           loyal
           and
           couragious
           people
           .
        
         
           25.
           
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           run
           over
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           as
           they
           declare
           God's
           marvellous
           kindness
           unto
           David
           ;
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           remove
           the
           vail
           ,
           and
           to
           behold
           the
           face
           of
           our
           own
           affairs
           ,
           the
           mercies
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           glories
           of
           it
           .
           A
           day
           in
           which
           we
           solemnize
           the
           memory
           of
           as
           great
           a
           kindness
           ;
           a
           kindness
           as
           remarkable
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           as
           marvellous
           in
           its
           own
           condition
           ,
           no
           less
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Lord
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           place
           as
           notable
           ,
           our
           Principal
           City
           ,
           our
           strongest
           City
           of
           descence
           .
           To
           which
           ,
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           ,
           and
           your
           Christian
           Patience
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           ,
           and
           then
           descend
           unto
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           dayes
           ,
           where
           we
           shall
           meet
           with
           David's
           thankfulness
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           to
           boot
           .
        
         
         
           26.
           
           
             Et
             ,
             De
             quo
             loquitur
             Propheta
             ,
             vel
             populus
             fidelis
             ?
          
           And
           in
           this
           place
           may
           be
           asked
           in
           the
           Eunuch's
           words
           ,
           
             Of
             whom
             here
             speaks
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             either
             of
             himself
             ,
             or
             of
             some
             other
             ?
          
           Not
           of
           himself
           alone
           saith
           Cassianus
           ,
           an
           old
           Christian
           Writer
           ,
           but
           in
           behalf
           of
           all
           Gods
           children
           ,
           of
           his
           faithful
           servants
           .
           The
           Books
           of
           Psalms
           is
           so
           composed
           saith
           Athanasius
           ,
           
           that
           every
           man
           may
           read
           his
           own
           Story
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           find
           therein
           his
           own
           particular
           concernments
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           punctually
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           purpose
           of
           the
           Psalm
           had
           been
           addressed
           and
           fitted
           only
           unto
           his
           occasions
           .
           Let
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           Who
           may
           not
           find
           the
           quality
           of
           our
           late
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           our
           deliverance
           together
           in
           this
           present
           Psalm
           ,
           and
           read
           the
           state
           of
           our
           affairs
           in
           the
           Story
           of
           David
           ;
           and
           then
           draw
           down
           an
           easie
           and
           familiar
           parallel
           betwixt
           the
           Persons
           ,
           and
           the
           mercies
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           too
           ?
           A
           parallel
           ,
           right
           worthy
           of
           the
           pen
           of
           Plutarch
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           were
           found
           amongst
           us
           ;
           but
           ,
           such
           as
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           done
           in
           part
           already
           ,
           by
           laying
           before
           you
           David's
           troubles
           and
           his
           great
           deliverance
           .
           And
           therefore
           passing
           by
           those
           things
           which
           apply
           themselves
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           which
           the
           Story
           of
           both
           Princes
           seems
           to
           make
           but
           one
           ;
           we
           will
           observe
           the
           method
           which
           is
           used
           by
           Plutarch
           ,
           in
           laying
           down
           the
           points
           in
           which
           they
           differ
           ,
           or
           ,
           those
           wherein
           one
           party
           seems
           to
           have
           preheminence
           above
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           27.
           
           First
           then
           ,
           It
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           of
           our
           
             English
             David
          
           ,
           as
           Commodus
           ,
           not
           without
           vain-glory
           ,
           did
           affirm
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             Quem
             Primum
             Sol
             &
             Principem
             &
             
             hominem
             vidit
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           born
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Sun
           did
           never
           otherwise
           behold
           him
           then
           as
           Heir
           to
           a
           Kingdom
           .
           Which
           cannot
           be
           affirmed
           of
           David
           ,
           nor
           of
           David's
           Ancestors
           ;
           though
           all
           of
           them
           might
           live
           in
           expectation
           of
           obtaining
           that
           Scepter
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           promised
           to
           that
           Tribe
           ,
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Iudah
           .
           And
           as
           his
           Birth
           was
           higher
           ,
           so
           his
           Fall
           was
           lower
           ,
           and
           his
           afflictions
           so
           much
           greater
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           insupportable
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           more
           tenderly
           bred
           ,
           and
           less
           able
           to
           bear
           them
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           were
           greater
           in
           themselves
           then
           the
           heavyest
           sorrows
           that
           ever
           fell
           upon
           David
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           troubles
           ;
           who
           kept
           himself
           most
           commonly
           unto
           those
           retreats
           which
           his
           own
           Countrey
           did
           afford
           him
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           was
           compelled
           to
           retire
           to
           Moab
           ,
           or
           to
           sojourn
           in
           the
           Realm
           of
           Gath
           ,
           neither
           Saul's
           malice
           ,
           nor
           his
           power
           did
           pursue
           him
           there
           .
           But
           so
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           case
           of
           our
           
             Royal
             Exile
          
           ;
           Driven
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Forts
           and
           Cities
           of
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           their
           practises
           ,
           not
           suffered
           to
           remain
           in
           France
           ;
           nor
           to
           be
           entertained
           in
           Holland
           ;
           compelled
           to
           shift
           from
           one
           Imperial
           City
           to
           another
           ;
           from
           the
           
             Higher
             ,
             to
             the
             Lower
             Germany
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           pursued
           in
           all
           ,
           seldom
           nor
           never
           free
           from
           their
           trains
           and
           treacheries
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           think
           themselves
           secure
           but
           in
           his
           destruction
           .
           
             Sic
             aquilam
             fugiunt
             trepidae
             Columbae
          
           ;
           Never
           was
           Patridge
           flown
           at
           with
           a
           swifter
           wing
           by
           a
           well-train'd
           Falcon
           ,
           nor
           game
           more
           hotly
           followed
           ,
           by
           the
           fiercest
           Hounds
           ;
           than
           this
           poor
           Prince
           was
           chased
           by
           those
           
             mighty
             Hunters
          
           ,
           those
           Nimrods
           ,
           those
           
             Robusti
             Venatores
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           them
           :
           who
           had
           the
           building
           of
           that
           Babel
           
           which
           they
           raised
           amongst
           us
           .
           They
           had
           their
           cunning
           Lime-hounds
           to
           draw
           Dry-foot
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           plyed
           the
           chase
           with
           all
           the
           Kennil
           at
           his
           Heels
           ,
           when
           the
           Hunt
           was
           up
           :
           not
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           
             call
             off
          
           when
           they
           had
           breathed
           their
           Horses
           or
           tryed
           their
           Dogs
           ;
           but
           with
           a
           
             merciless
             retreat
          
           to
           
             hunt
             him
          
           down
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           wash
           their
           cruel
           and
           accursed
           hands
           in
           his
           precious
           bloud
           ,
           as
           is
           accustomed
           in
           the
           fall
           of
           a
           Buck
           of
           Stagg
           .
        
         
           28.
           
           And
           as
           the
           dangers
           which
           accompanyed
           our
           English
           David
           ,
           were
           more
           transcendent
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           ;
           so
           ,
           were
           they
           far
           more
           grievous
           to
           him
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           party
           :
           whose
           tears
           he
           put
           into
           his
           bottles
           ,
           whose
           stripes
           he
           bare
           on
           his
           own
           body
           ,
           and
           whose
           calamities
           did
           more
           afflict
           his
           
             righteous
             Soul
          
           ,
           then
           his
           own
           misfortunes
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           upon
           his
           Party
           with
           an
           equal
           eye
           ,
           we
           shall
           soon
           find
           them
           to
           have
           suffered
           more
           and
           far
           heavier
           pressures
           in
           his
           cause
           and
           quarrel
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Nations
          
           did
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           David
           .
           We
           read
           indeed
           of
           85.
           
           Priests
           slaughtered
           by
           the
           cruelty
           and
           command
           of
           Saul
           ;
           But
           we
           may
           read
           of
           more
           than
           twenty
           times
           that
           number
           of
           our
           
             Regular
             Clergy
          
           ;
           all
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Deans
           ,
           and
           Dignitaries
           ,
           and
           almost
           all
           the
           
             Heads
             of
             Houses
          
           imprisoned
           ,
           plundered
           ,
           sequestred
           ,
           ejected
           ;
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           miserably
           turn'd
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           left
           for
           dead
           in
           the
           open
           streets
           .
           And
           why
           all
           this
           ?
           but
           for
           adhering
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           Fathers
           house
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Religion
           here
           established
           ,
           and
           for
           no
           crime
           else
           .
           But
           then
           again
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           read
           of
           any
           man
           of
           quality
           in
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           
           condemned
           and
           executed
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           deprived
           of
           Lands
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           for
           his
           well
           wishing
           unto
           David
           .
           Amongst
           us
           ,
           nothing
           was
           more
           common
           than
           the
           imprisoning
           of
           our
           choisest
           and
           most
           able
           Gentry
           ,
           selling
           the
           Goods
           ,
           confiscating
           the
           Lands
           ,
           and
           calling
           those
           in
           question
           for
           their
           very
           lives
           ,
           whose
           known
           fidelity
           was
           imputed
           to
           them
           for
           their
           only
           crime
           .
           For
           ,
           now
           we
           had
           attained
           to
           that
           height
           of
           wretchedness
           ,
           that
           Loyalty
           must
           pass
           for
           Treason
           ,
           and
           Treason
           must
           be
           
             Unicum
             eorum
             crimen
             quivacabant
             crimine
          
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           worst
           and
           most
           deplorable
           condition
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           .
           And
           thereupon
           it
           was
           concluded
           in
           the
           School
           of
           Tyrannus
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           so
           prodigal
           of
           their
           Money
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Victuals
           to
           another
           man
           ,
           especially
           ,
           to
           one
           marked
           out
           for
           ruine
           by
           their
           mighty
           Masters
           ,
           should
           have
           no
           bread
           to
           feed
           their
           Families
           ,
           or
           money
           to
           maintain
           themselves
           ;
           or
           other
           Arms
           ,
           but
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           Tears
           ,
           to
           save
           them
           from
           the
           violence
           of
           unjust
           Oppression
           ,
           even
           from
           Death
           it self
           .
        
         
           29.
           
           Besides
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           some
           alleviation
           unto
           David's
           followers
           ,
           to
           suffer
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           lawful
           King
           ,
           a
           King
           set
           over
           them
           by
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ;
           whose
           Power
           they
           were
           not
           to
           resist
           ,
           whose
           Person
           was
           too
           Sacred
           ,
           and
           his
           Authority
           too
           transcendent
           to
           be
           called
           in
           question
           .
           But
           it
           must
           be
           a
           torment
           unexpressible
           to
           a
           generous
           spirit
           ,
           to
           be
           trode
           underfoot
           by
           an
           Adoni-bezek
           ;
           to
           have
           their
           lives
           and
           Vineyards
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           at
           the
           will
           of
           an
           Ahab
           ;
           to
           see
           the
           Bramble
           Reign
           as
           King
           over
           all
           the
           Trees
           
           our
           tallest
           Oakes
           felled
           down
           by
           a
           shrub
           of
           yesterday
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           
             goodly
             Cedars
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           grubbed
           up
           ,
           to
           make
           room
           for
           a
           stinking
           Elder
           .
        
         
           30.
           
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           as
           the
           calamities
           which
           fell
           upon
           
             our
             English
             David
          
           ,
           and
           his
           faithful
           followers
           ,
           were
           more
           in
           number
           and
           more
           grievous
           ,
           then
           all
           those
           which
           had
           been
           suffered
           by
           the
           other
           ;
           so
           was
           the
           kindness
           of
           the
           Lord
           more
           marvellous
           in
           his
           preservation
           ,
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           more
           visible
           in
           his
           Restitution
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           the
           kindness
           was
           more
           marvellous
           in
           his
           Preservation
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           not
           find
           that
           David
           ever
           hazarded
           his
           own
           person
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Battail
           ,
           but
           managed
           all
           his
           Wars
           with
           
             Abner
             ,
             Absolom
          
           ,
           and
           Sheba
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Ioab
           .
           Which
           gave
           him
           means
           and
           opportunity
           to
           provide
           for
           himself
           ,
           though
           all
           his
           Forces
           had
           been
           routed
           ,
           and
           their
           General
           taken
           .
           But
           our
           great
           Master
           put
           himself
           into
           the
           head
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           ventured
           his
           life
           for
           the
           Redemption
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           charged
           and
           recharged
           through
           the
           thickest
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           the
           first
           that
           came
           into
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           that
           left
           it
           ;
           and
           thereby
           gained
           the
           honour
           ,
           though
           he
           lost
           the
           victory
           of
           the
           day
           .
           By
           what
           miraculous
           means
           he
           was
           preserved
           from
           death
           in
           that
           fatal
           Overthrow
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           Loyal
           secrecy
           conveyed
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           clearly
           and
           distinctly
           known
           as
           the
           cause
           deserves
           ;
           &
           therefore
           to
           be
           wished
           that
           it
           may
           publickly
           be
           declared
           by
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           that
           God
           might
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           own
           great
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           men
           the
           honour
           of
           their
           brave
           fidelity
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           we
           may
           with
           piety
           believe
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           either
           carryed
           off
           by
           God
           on
           the
           
           wings
           of
           Angels
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           could
           reach
           him
           ;
           or
           else
           inveloped
           round
           about
           with
           a
           cloud
           of
           darkness
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           could
           see
           him
           ,
           
           
             Cernere
             ne
             quis
             eum
             ,
             ne
             quis
             contingere
             poss
             it
             ,
          
           as
           Virgil
           telleth
           us
           of
           Aeneas
           in
           the
           last
           condition
           .
        
         
           31.
           
           And
           then
           again
           ,
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           was
           far
           more
           visible
           in
           his
           Restitution
           .
           For
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           a
           
             marvellous
             kindness
          
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           preserve
           a
           strong
           party
           for
           him
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           been
           infected
           with
           the
           errors
           and
           corruptions
           ,
           which
           then
           reigned
           amongst
           us
           ;
           that
           in
           a
           time
           of
           such
           a
           general
           defection
           from
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           many
           thousands
           should
           be
           found
           of
           all
           sorts
           and
           sexes
           ,
           which
           
             had
             not
             bowed
             the
             knee
             to
             Baal
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           the
           
             golden
             Calves
          
           of
           Dan
           and
           Bethel
           ,
           nor
           the
           more
           
             guilded
             Calves
          
           that
           grazed
           and
           bleated
           upon
           these
           mountains
           of
           the
           Lord.
           And
           that
           far
           more
           should
           keep
           their
           hearts
           intire
           and
           loyal
           in
           those
           times
           of
           danger
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           find
           no
           means
           to
           signifie
           it
           by
           their
           tongues
           and
           hands
           .
           And
           this
           not
           only
           was
           a
           kindness
           ,
           and
           a
           
             marvellous
             kindness
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             misericordia
             sua
          
           ,
           the
           Lords
           kindness
           also
           ,
           most
           properly
           to
           be
           called
           the
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           did
           both
           bow
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           advance
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           use
           them
           both
           ,
           for
           the
           facilitating
           of
           the
           Kings
           Reduction
           .
        
         
           32.
           
           
           In
           which
           conjuncture
           of
           affairs
           ,
           a
           little
           cloud
           ariseth
           from
           the
           Northern
           Sea
           ,
           after
           the
           heavens
           had
           been
           shut
           up
           for
           some
           years
           together
           .
           Which
           though
           it
           were
           no
           bigger
           then
           a
           mans
           hand
           in
           the
           first
           appearance
           ,
           yet
           brought
           along
           with
           it
           such
           
             abundance
             of
             
             rain
          
           ,
           as
           did
           not
           only
           comfort
           and
           refresh
           the
           afflicted
           Land
           ,
           but
           forced
           our
           politick
           Ahabs
           ,
           and
           their
           followers
           too
           ,
           to
           take
           their
           Chariots
           and
           make
           haste
           away
           to
           some
           other
           place
           ,
           before
           the
           storm
           should
           overtake
           them
           .
           And
           certainly
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           
             misericordia
             sua
          
           ,
           as
           well
           Gods
           mercy
           in
           it self
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           reckoned
           for
           a
           
             mavellous
             mercy
          
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           .
           For
           neither
           the
           Party
           was
           so
           weak
           ,
           nor
           the
           Cause
           so
           desperate
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           broken
           by
           the
           coming
           of
           so
           small
           a
           power
           ,
           as
           rather
           seemed
           to
           be
           a
           Guard
           to
           their
           Generals
           person
           ,
           then
           of
           sufficient
           force
           to
           oppose
           that
           Army
           ,
           before
           which
           
             two
             great
             Kings
             were
             not
             able
             to
             stand
             .
          
           And
           then
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           draw
           their
           Swords
           upon
           God's
           Anointed
           ,
           use
           commonly
           to
           throw
           away
           the
           scabbards
           also
           ;
           and
           find
           no
           way
           of
           doing
           better
           ,
           but
           by
           doing
           worse
           .
           
           
             Nil
             medium
             inter
             summa
             &
             .
             praecipitia
             .
          
           No
           middle
           way
           for
           them
           to
           walke
           in
           ,
           but
           either
           to
           bear
           up
           like
           Princes
           ,
           or
           to
           die
           like
           Traytors
           .
           But
           it
           was
           otherwise
           in
           the
           case
           which
           we
           have
           before
           us
           .
           God
           so
           prevailing
           on
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           men
           of
           war
           ,
           that
           they
           became
           no
           less
           ready
           to
           receive
           their
           King
           ,
           then
           his
           own
           party
           to
           invite
           him
           ;
           And
           they
           which
           first
           ingaged
           in
           the
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           expulsed
           him
           hence
           ,
           and
           voted
           him
           uncapable
           of
           the
           Regal
           Dignity
           ,
           are
           now
           as
           zealous
           as
           the
           best
           to
           advance
           him
           to
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           contended
           eagerly
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Subjects
           (
           as
           once
           the
           men
           of
           Israel
           did
           with
           the
           men
           of
           Iudah
           )
           which
           of
           the
           two
           should
           shew
           most
           zeal
           for
           his
           Restitution
           ;
           and
           did
           not
           only
           send
           word
           to
           him
           that
           he
           should
           
             return
             ,
             both
             he
             and
             his
             servants
          
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           passed
           over
           the
           Flood
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           bring
           him
           
           back
           unto
           his
           Countrey
           with
           the
           greater
           glory
           .
           
             Et
             certant
             ipsi
             secum
             ,
             utrùm
             contumeliosius
             eum
             expulerint
             ,
             an
             honorabilius
             revocaverint
          
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Alcibiades
           is
           observed
           by
           Iustin.
           
        
         
           33.
           
           But
           possibly
           our
           Gideon
           with
           such
           a
           handful
           of
           men
           ,
           might
           not
           have
           been
           of
           power
           sufficient
           to
           effect
           the
           enterprise
           ,
           if
           our
           great
           City
           had
           not
           openly
           appeared
           in
           favour
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           given
           encouragement
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           stood
           firm
           unto
           the
           King.
           A
           treble
           City
           of
           three
           Towns
           together
           ,
           but
           all
           of
           them
           united
           in
           one
           common
           name
           ,
           as
           Ierusalem
           was
           ;
           and
           no
           less
           strong
           then
           that
           ,
           in
           regard
           on
           the
           multitude
           ;
           but
           stronger
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           power
           and
           riches
           of
           the
           people
           of
           it
           .
           For
           here
           it
           was
           ,
           in
           this
           
             strong
             City
          
           ,
           the
           principal
           City
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           the
           abstract
           or
           Epitomie
           of
           all
           
             Britain
             (
             In
             Britanniarum
             compendio
          
           )
           as
           my
           Author
           cals
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           design
           was
           most
           advanced
           ,
           though
           not
           there
           contrived
           .
           And
           here
           it
           was
           in
           this
           
             strong
             City
          
           that
           this
           great
           miracle
           of
           mercy
           did
           receive
           accomplishment
           ,
           by
           opening
           both
           their
           Gates
           ,
           and
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           Hands
           ,
           to
           receive
           their
           Soveraign
           .
           Let
           them
           continue
           in
           that
           obedience
           to
           our
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           &
           they
           shal
           wipe
           away
           the
           memory
           of
           their
           former
           Errors
           .
           Nay
           ,
           our
           Posterity
           shall
           behold
           them
           with
           a
           cheerful
           gratitude
           ,
           as
           the
           restorers
           and
           preservers
           of
           our
           common
           happiness
           ,
           by
           giving
           good
           example
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           certainly
           the
           practice
           of
           great
           Cities
           ,
           is
           exemplary
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           their
           Morals
           ;
           but
           ,
           their
           Politicks
           too
           .
           According
           to
           the
           motion
           of
           the
           
             Primum
             mobile
          
           ,
           the
           lower
           Stars
           and
           Planets
           move
           in
           
           their
           several
           Spheres
           ,
           and
           think
           it
           no
           disgrace
           to
           be
           sometimes
           retrograde
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           
             motus
             trepidationis
          
           ;
           when
           the
           first
           Orbe
           begins
           to
           be
           irregular
           ,
           or
           seems
           to
           be
           left
           destitute
           of
           those
           Intelligences
           which
           are
           said
           to
           move
           it
           .
        
         
           34.
           
           And
           therefore
           it
           concerns
           great
           Towns
           and
           populous
           Cities
           ,
           upon
           whose
           actions
           all
           mens
           eyes
           are
           fixed
           and
           busied
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           pattern
           of
           good
           works
           ,
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           of
           due
           obedience
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Faction
           ,
           and
           Opposition
           to
           Authority
           ,
           are
           two
           dangerous
           plagues
           ,
           more
           fatal
           and
           destructive
           to
           the
           greatest
           Empire
           ,
           than
           the
           Sword
           ,
           Pestilence
           ,
           or
           Famine
           .
           Which
           if
           they
           get
           into
           a
           City
           or
           a
           Town
           of
           note
           ,
           
             Non
             ibi
             consistunt
             ubi
             caeperunt
          
           ,
           
           infect
           not
           there
           alone
           where
           they
           first
           brake
           out
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Plague
           is
           observed
           to
           be
           ,
           from
           thence
           it
           springs
           into
           the
           Villages
           adjoyning
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           to
           all
           the
           quarters
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           found
           it
           to
           be
           so
           in
           the
           first
           revolt
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           Tide
           never
           turned
           in
           the
           lesser
           Rivers
           ,
           until
           the
           Thames
           had
           made
           a
           stand
           under
           London-Bridge
           .
           The
           noise
           of
           which
           great
           miracle
           (
           as
           it
           was
           no
           other
           )
           made
           all
           the
           waters
           clap
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           the
           floods
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Ocean
           to
           be
           proud
           of
           so
           rich
           a
           burthen
           ,
           as
           was
           committed
           to
           its
           trust
           by
           the
           heavenly
           Pilot.
           
        
         
           35.
           
           For
           now
           the
           King
           prepares
           for
           his
           return
           to
           the
           Royal
           City
           ,
           not
           with
           an
           Army
           to
           besiege
           it
           ,
           to
           smite
           it
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           to
           root
           out
           the
           Iebusites
           ,
           which
           were
           planted
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           David
           did
           when
           he
           first
           brought
           Hierusalem
           under
           his
           command
           .
           Not
           so
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           peace
           ,
           as
           the
           Son
           of
           David
           ,
           to
           
           bring
           the
           glad
           tidings
           of
           salvation
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           the
           miseries
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           them
           to
           that
           peace
           and
           happiness
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           forfeited
           by
           pride
           and
           wantonness
           ,
           by
           disobedience
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           distrust
           to
           his
           Promises
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           by
           doing
           more
           then
           is
           to
           be
           repeated
           ,
           since
           it
           hath
           been
           pardoned
           .
           And
           to
           this
           City
           came
           the
           Tribes
           to
           receive
           their
           King
           ;
           whether
           ,
           in
           greater
           numbers
           ,
           or
           with
           greedier
           eyes
           ,
           or
           with
           more
           joyful
           hearts
           ,
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           .
           Of
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           speak
           little
           now
           ,
           because
           more
           anon
           .
           This
           was
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           this
           conducts
           me
           next
           to
           the
           duties
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           take
           from
           David's
           Doctrine
           and
           example
           ,
           
             Benedictus
             Dominus
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           36.
           
           
             Et
             quemodo
             dicit
             ,
             Benedictus
             Dominus
             ?
             Num
             illi
             opus
             est
             benedictione
             nostra
             ?
          
           What
           means
           the
           Prophet
           (
           saith
           St.
           Hierom
           )
           by
           this
           form
           of
           speech
           ?
           Hath
           the
           Lord
           need
           of
           us
           that
           we
           should
           bless
           him
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           we
           say
           ,
           with
           Vatablus
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           Hebraism
           ,
           a
           garb
           of
           speech
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           Language
           ;
           the
           meaning
           this
           ,
           
             Dignus
             est
             omni
             laude
             Dominus
          
           ,
           The
           Lord
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           praised
           ,
           His
           mighty
           Acts
           to
           be
           preserved
           in
           perpetual
           memory
           .
           What
           David's
           practice
           was
           ,
           we
           need
           make
           no
           question
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           ,
           we
           have
           sufficient
           evidence
           for
           it
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           .
           Most
           of
           which
           were
           composed
           to
           no
           other
           purpose
           ,
           but
           to
           extol
           Gods
           name
           ,
           and
           set
           forth
           his
           prayses
           for
           all
           the
           blessings
           which
           he
           had
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           soul
           and
           body
           .
           Among
           which
           last
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           more
           great
           ,
           more
           marvellous
           ,
           more
           fit
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           Lord
           alone
           ,
           then
           the
           preserving
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           the
           raising
           of
           him
           to
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           the
           establishing
           of
           that
           
           Throne
           in
           so
           
             strong
             a
             City
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
             Benedictus
             Dominus
             ,
             Let
             thanks
             be
             given
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           old
           Translation
           .
        
         
           37.
           
           But
           more
           particularly
           we
           may
           behold
           the
           thankfulness
           of
           David
           ,
           in
           his
           Works
           and
           Actions
           .
           We
           may
           behold
           it
           in
           his
           Works
           ,
           if
           we
           consult
           that
           notable
           passage
           of
           Iosephus
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           David
           being
           delivered
           from
           his
           Wars
           and
           troubles
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           indited
           Anthems
           ,
           Psams
           ,
           and
           Hymnes
           in
           the
           praise
           of
           God
           ;
           calling
           to
           minde
           those
           manifold
           and
           great
           occasions
           which
           might
           induce
           him
           to
           a
           pious
           and
           religious
           gratitude
           ;
           and
           more
           then
           so
           ,
           he
           procured
           many
           Instruments
           to
           be
           made
           for
           God's
           publick
           service
           ,
           Organs
           ,
           and
           Psalteries
           ,
           and
           Harps
           ,
           and
           taught
           the
           Levites
           how
           to
           praise
           Gods
           name
           upon
           them
           (
           saith
           the
           same
           Iosephus
           )
           not
           only
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           but
           the
           other
           Festivals
           .
           For
           doing
           which
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           precept
           from
           above
           ,
           or
           any
           warrant
           that
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           authority
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           it
           fit
           and
           decent
           .
        
         
           38.
           
           David
           ,
           no
           question
           ,
           knew
           as
           perfectly
           Gods
           nature
           and
           the
           true
           nature
           of
           his
           service
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           man
           whatsoever
           he
           was
           :
           Yet
           thought
           he
           not
           that
           either
           of
           them
           was
           prophaned
           or
           made
           lesse
           edifying
           by
           the
           occasion
           of
           sweet
           Musick
           &
           melodious
           Harmony
           .
           Which
           made
           him
           call
           so
           often
           upon
           all
           his
           people
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           set
           forth
           Gods
           praises
           in
           their
           Songs
           and
           Hymns
           ,
           but
           to
           extol
           and
           celebrate
           his
           Name
           ,
           with
           Trumpets
           and
           
             loud
             sounding
             Cymbals
          
           ,
           with
           Psalteries
           and
           
             Harps
             ,
             Stringed
             instruments
          
           ,
           and
           Organs
           also
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           in
           their
           houses
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           blessed
           Sanctuary
           ,
           as
           appears
           plainly
           in
           the
           last
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Psal.
           And
           he
           appointed
           also
           that
           the
           singers
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           played
           upon
           the
           
           Musical
           instruments
           ,
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           this
           service
           ,
           should
           be
           cloathed
           in
           white
           ,
           or
           rather
           with
           a
           linnen
           vesture
           over
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           garments
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           expresly
           in
           the
           1
           Chro.
           ch
           .
           15.
           
           From
           whence
           (
           or
           from
           the
           
             linnen
             ephod
          
           which
           was
           worn
           by
           the
           Priests
           )
           we
           have
           derived
           the
           Surplisse
           now
           in
           use
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           garment
           used
           by
           the
           Priests
           of
           Isis
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           preciser
           sort
           have
           most
           idely
           fancyed
           .
        
         
           39.
           
           But
           David
           was
           as
           excellent
           in
           paying
           his
           thankfulnesse
           to
           God
           in
           the
           acts
           of
           piety
           ,
           as
           praising
           him
           with
           songs
           and
           hymns
           ,
           and
           musical
           Instruments
           .
           The
           
             Ark
             of
             God
          
           which
           had
           been
           taken
           by
           the
           
             Philist
             ms
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Eli
           ,
           and
           kept
           at
           Keriath-jearim
           all
           the
           Raign
           of
           Saul
           ;
           is
           now
           brought
           back
           ▪
           and
           setled
           in
           Hierusalem
           by
           the
           care
           of
           David
           ,
           who
           gave
           not
           only
           order
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           saw
           it
           done
           and
           was
           himself
           a
           principal
           actor
           in
           that
           sacred
           Ceremony
           .
           He
           thought
           it
           no
           way
           mis-becomming
           any
           earthly
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           look
           to
           all
           such
           matters
           as
           concerned
           Religion
           and
           appertained
           unto
           the
           service
           of
           the
           most
           high
           God
           ;
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           which
           makes
           a
           King
           more
           esteemable
           in
           the
           eies
           of
           his
           subjects
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           active
           and
           industrious
           in
           the
           restoring
           of
           Gods
           worship
           to
           it's
           antient
           purity
           .
           
             Ille
             diis
             proximus
             habetur
             ,
             per
             quem
             deorum
             majestas
             vindicatur
             ,
          
           are
           the
           words
           of
           an
           Heathen
           ,
           yet
           such
           as
           may
           become
           the
           most
           sober
           Christian.
           
        
         
           40.
           
           Follow
           him
           yet
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           see
           him
           putting
           the
           whole
           service
           of
           God
           into
           a
           better
           frame
           and
           order
           ,
           then
           it
           had
           been
           formerly
           .
           To
           which
           end
           he
           appointed
           to
           the
           priests
           their
           several
           tunes
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           might
           know
           the
           course
           of
           his
           ministration
           ;
           and
           so
           distributed
           and
           disposed
           them
           under
           several
           
           heads
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           might
           be
           acted
           by
           them
           without
           confusion
           .
           Which
           Heads
           or
           Rulers
           ,
           or
           
             chief
             Captains
          
           ,
           as
           the
           gospel
           calls
           them
           ,
           being
           in
           number
           twenty
           fowr
           ,
           besides
           the
           High-priest
           ,
           and
           his
           Sagan
           or
           the
           second
           High-priest
           ,
           twenty
           six
           in
           all
           ,
           make
           up
           the
           just
           tale
           of
           our
           English
           Bishops
           .
           And
           in
           regard
           the
           
             Tribe
             of
             Levi
          
           had
           remained
           so
           faithful
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           done
           and
           suffered
           so
           much
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           troubles
           ,
           he
           is
           resolved
           to
           make
           a
           retribution
           worthy
           of
           a
           Royal
           spirit
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           therefore
           he
           sets
           over
           the
           
             treasures
             of
             the
             house
          
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           such
           treasures
           as
           were
           dedicated
           and
           laied
           up
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             Temple
          
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           offered
           and
           designed
           for
           Religious
           uses
           .
           Others
           he
           made
           officers
           and
           Iudges
           in
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           all
           
             businesses
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           in
           all
           sacred
           matters
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           businesse
           
             of
             the
             King
          
           ,
           even
           in
           civill
           concernments
           ,
           as
           is
           expressed
           most
           plainly
           in
           the
           first
           of
           Chro.
           ch
           .
           26.
           
           So
           far
           was
           David
           from
           conceiving
           ,
           that
           
             sacred
             Orders
          
           were
           a
           super-sedeas
           to
           all
           civill
           prudence
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           not
           lawfully
           make
           use
           of
           the
           abilities
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           ,
           as
           
             Councellours
             ,
             Iudges
             ,
             Officers
          
           ,
           or
           what
           else
           he
           pleased
           .
        
         
           41.
           
           Thus
           David
           did
           ,
           and
           thus
           our
           David
           hath
           done
           also
           .
           He
           made
           it
           his
           first
           act
           to
           close
           the
           breaches
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           both
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           the
           antient
           government
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           according
           to
           Gods
           words
           and
           the
           primitive
           practice
           .
           He
           takes
           care
           that
           
             Divine
             service
          
           be
           officiated
           with
           as
           much
           solemnity
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           best
           and
           happiest
           times
           of
           his
           predecessors
           ,
           adorns
           his
           Chappel
           in
           a
           costly
           and
           magnificent
           manner
           ,
           gathereth
           together
           the
           best
           
           voices
           in
           his
           whole
           dominions
           ,
           and
           intermingleth
           them
           with
           Musical
           Instruments
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           carry
           a
           resemblance
           to
           that
           heavenly
           Harmony
           which
           some
           ascribe
           unto
           the
           Spheres
           .
           A
           form
           of
           service
           highly
           magnyfied
           by
           the
           primitive
           Christian
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           gained
           exceedingly
           upon
           mens
           affections
           .
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           when
           an
           Heathen
           or
           at
           best
           a
           Manich●e
           found
           two
           temptations
           to
           invite
           him
           to
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           hear
           the
           eloquence
           of
           St.
           Ambrose
           when
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           the
           
             H●rmonious
             Melody
          
           which
           was
           made
           in
           the
           Quire.
           And
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           ,
           which
           of
           the
           two
           prevailed
           most
           towards
           his
           Conversion
           .
           The
           musick
           of
           the
           Church
           so
           mollified
           his
           stony
           heart
           that
           it
           drew
           tears
           from
           his
           eys
           (
           
             ut
             flevi
             ad
             cantus
             Ecclesiae
             tuae
          
           )
           
           and
           thereby
           made
           him
           apter
           for
           all
           such
           impressions
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Spirit
          
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           advanced
           him
           highly
           in
           the
           favour
           both
           of
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           Retained
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           after
           tells
           us
           )
           in
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           both
           Greek
           and
           
             Latin
             ,
             Ut
             per
             oblectamenta
             aurium
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             firmior
             assurgat
             animus
             in
             pietatis
             affectum
          
           ;
           because
           it
           did
           compose
           mens
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           calm
           their
           passions
           ,
           and
           fit
           them
           to
           the
           serious
           and
           the
           grave
           performance
           of
           religious
           Offices
           :
           Which
           makes
           it
           seem
           the
           greater
           wonder
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           ,
           preferred
           and
           dignified
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           should
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           ,
           and
           printed
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           sale
           ;
           compare
           the
           
             heavenly
             musick
          
           in
           Cathedral
           Churches
           to
           that
           confused
           medley
           of
           the
           Flute
           ,
           
           the
           Sackbut
           ,
           and
           the
           Harp
           ,
           the
           Psaltery
           ,
           the
           Cornet
           ,
           and
           the
           Dulcimer
           ,
           which
           played
           before
           the
           
             Golden
             Image
          
           ,
           advanced
           by
           Nebucadnezzar
           in
           the
           fields
           of
           Babylon
           .
           But
           he
           hath-long
           since
           smarted
           for
           his
           folly
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           him
           go
           .
        
         
         
           42.
           
           Our
           
             English
             David
          
           stays
           not
           here
           ,
           but
           looks
           upon
           the
           services
           and
           the
           sufferings
           of
           the
           Regular
           Clergy
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           he
           restoreth
           to
           their
           former
           fortunes
           ,
           and
           raises
           others
           unto
           greater
           then
           they
           had
           before
           .
           All
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Sees
          
           ,
           but
           one
           ,
           are
           filled
           with
           Learned
           and
           Religious
           Prelates
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           tongue
           of
           envy
           ,
           hatred
           ,
           malice
           and
           uncharitableness
           can
           speak
           no
           reproach
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Sees
           are
           filled
           with
           Learned
           and
           Religious
           Prelates
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           by
           the
           
             Piety
             of
             these
             times
          
           ,
           those
           Prelates
           shall
           be
           re-established
           in
           those
           Powers
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           which
           
             the
             Iniquity
             of
             the
             last
             Times
          
           hath
           taken
           from
           them
           .
           Without
           which
           they
           must
           pass
           for
           Cyphers
           in
           the
           Church-Arithmetick
           ,
           disabled
           from
           proceeding
           in
           the
           work
           of
           God
           ;
           of
           less
           esteem
           amongst
           their
           friends
           ,
           and
           a
           scorn
           to
           their
           adversaries
           .
           The
           State
           was
           never
           better
           served
           ,
           then
           when
           the
           Messengers
           of
           Peace
           were
           the
           Ministers
           of
           it
           :
           when
           Kings
           asked
           Counsel
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Priests
           were
           Counsellors
           ,
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Judges
           in
           their
           several
           times
           .
           Which
           David
           must
           needs
           know
           as
           well
           as
           any
           (
           being
           a
           Prince
           replenished
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           )
           or
           else
           he
           had
           not
           called
           them
           to
           those
           imployments
           which
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           .
        
         
           43.
           
           Thus
           hath
           the
           King
           performed
           his
           duty
           ,
           we
           must
           next
           do
           ours
           ;
           and
           pay
           our
           thankfulness
           to
           God
           on
           the
           
             knees
             of
             our
             hearts
          
           ,
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           our
           David
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Fathers
           ;
           and
           ,
           thereby
           giving
           us
           such
           a
           fair
           and
           blessed
           Sun-shine
           after
           a
           long
           Egyptian
           darkness
           ,
           and
           so
           miraculous
           a
           calm
           upon
           the
           back
           of
           that
           most
           dreadful
           intermixture
           of
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           (
           the
           roaring
           of
           the
           Cannons
           ,
           and
           the
           burning
           of
           Towns
           )
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           
           equalled
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
           Which
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           our
           duty
           to
           the
           last
           day
           of
           our
           lives
           ;
           so
           ,
           more
           particularly
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Piety
           of
           the
           State
           hath
           been
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           Celebration
           ,
           for
           the
           commemorating
           ,
           of
           that
           kindness
           ,
           that
           
             marvellous
             great
          
           kindness
           which
           he
           hath
           shewed
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           in
           the
           chief
           City
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           the
           abstract
           or
           Epitomie
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           said
           .
           Such
           Festivals
           as
           these
           come
           not
           within
           the
           censure
           of
           our
           nicer
           spirits
           :
           Those
           which
           have
           quarrelled
           at
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           Festivals
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           his
           Virgin
           Mother
           ;
           do
           yet
           allow
           of
           
             Feriae
             repentinae
             ,
             &
             ex
             re
             nata
             institutae
             ,
          
           as
           they
           please
           to
           phrase
           it
           :
           Such
           as
           are
           instituted
           and
           ordained
           upon
           new
           Emergencies
           .
           If
           any
           thing
           displease
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           setling
           of
           it
           by
           a
           Law
           to
           be
           made
           perpetual
           ;
           to
           be
           a
           day
           of
           Thankfulness
           and
           Commemoration
           to
           succeeding
           Ages
           .
           Which
           being
           the
           adding
           of
           a
           new
           to
           the
           ancient
           Festivals
           ,
           may
           spur
           on
           those
           which
           are
           in
           eminent
           place
           and
           power
           ,
           to
           rejoyn
           the
           old
           Festivals
           to
           the
           new
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           both
           to
           be
           observed
           with
           such
           Christian
           Piety
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           laying
           aside
           their
           Trades
           and
           profane
           Imployments
           ,
           may
           diligently
           repair
           to
           their
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           
             God's
             most
             worthy
             praise
             ,
             to
             hear
             his
             most
             holy
             Word
             ,
             and
             to
             ask
             those
             things
             which
             be
             requisite
             and
             necessary
             both
             for
             the
             body
             and
             the
             Soul
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           in
           that
           case
           provided
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           for
           this
           particular
           day
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           our
           Feast
           of
           Purim
           ,
           in
           memory
           of
           our
           deliverance
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           Haman
           ,
           and
           Haman's
           being
           hanged
           upon
           the
           Gallouse
           of
           his
           own
           preparing
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           
             ten
             sons
          
           (
           mark
           the
           number
           well
           )
           all
           executed
           by
           
           the
           Common
           Hang-man
           on
           the
           same
           account
           .
           A
           day
           of
           praising
           God
           in
           our
           Publique
           Churches
           ,
           of
           Feasting
           and
           Rejoycing
           in
           our
           private
           Houses
           ,
           of
           Joy
           and
           Triumphs
           in
           our
           Streets
           ;
           A
           day
           to
           be
           observed
           with
           all
           due
           Solemnity
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Birth-day
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           too
           .
        
         
           44.
           
           And
           so
           it
           cannot
           choose
           but
           do
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           back
           upon
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           former
           Tyranny
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           our
           Spiritual
           Concernments
           as
           our
           Civil
           Rights
           .
           And
           then
           reflect
           upon
           this
           Day
           as
           it
           was
           celebrated
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           at
           the
           King's
           Reduction
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           times
           preceding
           in
           reference
           to
           
             Spiritual
             matters
          
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           our
           Publique
           Liturgie
           disgraced
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           discharged
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           rash
           ,
           seditious
           ,
           and
           inconsiderate
           evaporations
           of
           those
           turbulent
           spirits
           ,
           whose
           very
           Prayers
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           were
           turned
           into
           Sin
           :
           The
           Pulpits
           every
           where
           left
           open
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Mechanicks
           ;
           and
           either
           no
           Priests
           made
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           ,
           none
           but
           such
           as
           were
           of
           Ieroboam's
           making
           ,
           
             Priests
             of
             the
             lowest
             of
             the
             People
          
           ;
           abhorring
           Idols
           made
           a
           colour
           for
           committing
           Sacriledge
           ,
           such
           Sacriledges
           too
           as
           seldom
           or
           never
           had
           been
           heard
           of
           amongst
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ;
             Pictures
          
           and
           Images
           in
           Church-windows
           (
           retained
           for
           Ornaments
           till
           this
           day
           in
           the
           Lutheran
           Churches
           )
           defaced
           on
           purpose
           ,
           for
           the
           ostentation
           of
           a
           swifter
           Zeal
           ,
           than
           
             could
             keep
             company
          
           with
           Knowledge
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           such
           a
           
             worshipping
             of
             Imaginations
          
           advanced
           and
           countenanced
           as
           seemed
           no
           less
           destructive
           to
           all
           
             Christian
             Piety
          
           ,
           than
           the
           
             worship
             of
             Images
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           the
           exploded
           Heresies
           of
           the
           
             elder
             times
          
           revived
           ,
           and
           justified
           ,
           without
           reproach
           to
           them
           that
           did
           it
           ;
           to
           the
           
           displeasure
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           the
           dishonour
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           grief
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           shame
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Nor
           did
           we
           speed
           much
           better
           in
           our
           
             Civil
             Rights
          
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           that
           liberty
           and
           property
           ,
           which
           seems
           peculiar
           in
           a
           manner
           to
           the
           English
           Subjects
           .
           
             Quocunque
             aspiceres
             ,
             luctus
             gemitus
             que
             sonabant
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Poets
           language
           .
           No
           news
           in
           any
           of
           our
           Streets
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           leading
           men
           into
           fresh
           captivity
           ;
           nor
           Musick
           to
           be
           heard
           in
           our
           private
           Houses
           ,
           but
           the
           sighs
           ,
           groans
           ,
           and
           cries
           of
           afflicted
           people
           ,
           who
           either
           suffered
           in
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           friends
           and
           kindred
           .
           Our
           persons
           haled
           unto
           the
           prisons
           ,
           and
           our
           heads
           to
           the
           block
           ▪
           our
           children
           born
           to
           bondage
           ,
           and
           brought
           up
           to
           servitude
           ,
           our
           goods
           taken
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           sale
           ;
           all
           our
           Lands
           either
           held
           in
           villenage
           ;
           or
           ,
           which
           was
           worse
           ,
           
             ad
             voluntatem
             Domini
          
           ,
           during
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           only
           of
           our
           mighty
           Landlords
           .
           Such
           a
           confusion
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           such
           spoils
           and
           rapines
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           such
           oppressions
           in
           all
           places
           under
           their
           command
           ;
           that
           greater
           miseries
           never
           fell
           upon
           God's
           own
           people
           in
           those
           wretched
           times
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           was
           
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
          
           .
        
         
           46.
           
           To
           put
           an
           end
           to
           which
           misfortunes
           ,
           God
           brings
           the
           King
           unto
           his
           Throne
           ,
           as
           upon
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           brings
           him
           to
           his
           Throne
           after
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           makes
           it
           seem
           all-miracle
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           Christendom
           .
           When
           first
           ,
           like
           Noah's
           Dove
           in
           the
           book
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           he
           left
           the
           Ark
           of
           his
           retreat
           and
           preservation
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           trie
           whether
           the
           
             waters
             were
             asswaged
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           he
           found
           no
           resting
           place
           for
           the
           
             soles
             of
             his
             feet
          
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           took
           his
           second
           flight
           ,
           and
           came
           next
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           brought
           an
           
             Olive
             leaf
          
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           to
           
           be
           a
           Pledge
           of
           Peace
           and
           Reconciliation
           betwixt
           him
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           he
           made
           his
           coming
           most
           agreeable
           to
           those
           very
           men
           ,
           who
           before
           most
           feared
           it
           .
           A
           coming
           so
           agreeable
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           that
           never
           King
           was
           entertained
           with
           more
           signs
           of
           joy
           ,
           or
           welcomed
           with
           a
           greater
           concourse
           of
           his
           faithful
           Subjects
           ;
           all
           of
           them
           with
           
             Te
             Deum
          
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           and
           the
           Magnificat
           in
           their
           hearts
           ;
           old
           women
           being
           as
           busie
           at
           their
           Benedicite's
           ,
           in
           their
           dark
           retreats
           ,
           as
           Children
           were
           at
           Hosanna's
           in
           the
           wayes
           and
           fields
           .
           
             The
             mountains
             skippe
             like
             Raws
             ,
             and
             the
             little
             hils
             like
             young
             Sheep
             ,
          
           as
           he
           passed
           along
           ;
           the
           Trees
           bowed
           down
           their
           heads
           to
           salute
           their
           King
           ;
           and
           the
           glad
           earth
           ,
           rejoyced
           to
           become
           his
           footstool
           .
           But
           when
           he
           came
           within
           the
           view
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             City
          
           ,
           Good
           God!
           what
           infinite
           throngs
           of
           people
           did
           run
           out
           to
           see
           him
           ?
           With
           what
           a
           gallant
           equipage
           did
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           set
           forth
           to
           meet
           him
           .
           Never
           did
           England
           see
           it self
           so
           glorious
           as
           upon
           that
           day
           ,
           nor
           
             old
             Rome
          
           so
           magnificent
           in
           her
           stateliest
           Triumphs
           ,
           as
           our
           great
           City
           then
           appeared
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           flocked
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           such
           infinite
           numbers
           ,
           that
           London
           could
           no
           more
           be
           called
           the
           abstract
           or
           epitome
           of
           the
           Realm
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           the
           Realm
           it self
           .
        
         
           47.
           
           Incouraged
           with
           which
           general
           Welcome
           ,
           he
           hath
           received
           here
           (
           here
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           he
           hath
           received
           )
           his
           last
           Anoynting
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           joy
           of
           all
           his
           true
           and
           faithful
           Subjects
           ;
           who
           once
           again
           repaired
           to
           our
           Capital
           City
           ,
           but
           in
           greater
           multitudes
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           quality
           ,
           numbers
           ,
           and
           external
           Gallantry
           ,
           they
           might
           express
           their
           good
           affections
           ,
           and
           add
           some
           new
           Lustre
           to
           the
           accustomed
           Pomp
           and
           Splendour
           of
           the
           
           Coronation
           .
           The
           Pomp
           and
           Splendour
           of
           which
           day
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           described
           by
           a
           readier
           pen
           than
           I
           am
           able
           to
           pretend
           to
           ;
           nor
           to
           be
           equalled
           by
           any
           other
           in
           the
           times
           preceding
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           glorious
           day
           of
           the
           Kings
           Reduction
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           may
           affirm
           with
           the
           Court
           Historian
           ,
           though
           with
           no
           such
           flattery
           ,
           
             La●itiam
             illius
             diei
             ,
             consursum
             totius
             civitatis
             ,
             &
             〈◊〉
             pene
             inferenti●m
             coelo
             m●●is
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           What
           pen
           is
           able
           to
           express
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           those
           two
           great
           dayes
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           bravery
           of
           the
           Nation
           seemed
           to
           be
           powred
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           City
           emptied
           into
           some
           few
           streets
           ,
           the
           windows
           in
           those
           streets
           to
           be
           glased
           with
           eyes
           ,
           the
           houses
           in
           a
           maner
           to
           be
           tyled
           with
           men
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           people
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           the
           windowes
           and
           the
           house
           tops
           also
           ,
           ingeminating
           and
           regeminating
           this
           most
           joyful
           acclamation
           ,
           
             God
             save
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           48.
           
           For
           which
           great
           mercies
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           glorious
           day
           ,
           let
           us
           sing
           our
           Benedictus
           also
           ,
           to
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           :
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             visited
             and
             redeemed
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             hath
             raised
             up
             a
             mighty
             salvation
             for
             us
             in
             the
             house
             of
             his
             servant
             David
             .
          
           To
           which
           Immortal
           and
           Invisible
           God
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           Father
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Honorable
           ,
           true
           and
           only
           Son
           ,
           the
           Lamb
           that
           sits
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           the
           Comforter
           ;
           Let
           us
           ascribe
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           bound
           ,
           all
           Majesty
           ,
           Might
           ,
           Praise
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Glory
           ,
           from
           this
           time
           forth
           for
           ever
           more
           .
           And
           let
           all
           the
           people
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             Antiq.
             Iud.
             lib.
             7.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             August
             .
             in
             Confes
             .
             lib.
             8.
             cap.
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             23
             6.
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             Muscul.
             in
             Psal.
             31.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             127.
             1.
             
          
           
             Origen
             .
             in
             Rom
             ▪
             cap.
             9.
             
          
           
             Horat.
             
          
           
             A●iq
             .
             Iud
             ic
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
             7.
             chap
             3.
             
          
           
             loseph
             .
             de
             ●ello
             .
             Iud.
             lib.
             7.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Athanas.
             in
             Epist
             .
             ad
             Mar.
             in
             Tom.
             3.
             
          
           
             Virgil.
             Aencid
             .
          
           
             1
             King.
             18.
             44.
             
          
           
             Tacit.
             Hist
             li.
             2.
             
          
           
             Vellei
             .
             〈◊〉
             Hist.
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             Antiq.
             Iudaic.
             lib.
             7.
             chap.
             10.
             
          
           
             Aug
             Conf.
             lib.
             10.
             ch
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             5.