A Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross to the Lords of the Council, and other Honorable Persons, 24. Mart. 1616. [1616/17]

              A 4 sermon preachedat preached Preachedatat pauls cross to the lords of the council and other honorable persons 24 mart larg 1616 l6l6i r6r61r71 ifit being the anniversary of the kings coming to the crown and his majesty being then gone into scotland PROVERBS 22.11 2211 HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART FOR THE GRACE OF HIS LIPS THE KING SHALL BE HIS FRIEND HAT MAN that said it was possible to carve the faces of all good TTHATkingsthateverwereinacherrystonehadaseditiousand a trayterous trayterous meaning in his words and he that thought it a good description a good character of good subjects that they were populus natus ad servitutem servitutem A people disposed to bear any slavish yoak had a tyrannical meaning in his words but in this text as in one of those tables in which by changing the station and the line you use to see two pictures you have a good picture of a good king and of a good subject for in one line you see such a subject as loves pureness of heart and hath grace in his lips in the other line you see the king gracious yea friendly to such a subject he that loveth pure- ness of heart for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend the sum of the words is that god will make an honest man acceptable to the king for some ability which he shall employ to the publike tublike publike him that proceeds sincerely in a lawful calling god will bless and prosper and he will seal this blessing to him even with that which is his own seal his own image the favor of the king he that loveth pureness of heart for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend we will not be curious in placing these two pictures nor consider- ing which to consider first As he that would vow a fast till he had