may he liue with vs, and raigne ouer vs, to the comfort of himselfe, to the ioy of his Realmes, to the confusion of his enemies, to the main∣tenance of the Gospell, to the glory of the high∣est.And now (but that the time is so farre spent) I should come to the seconde parte, which is the Extensiue, vz. to whome God hath shewed these deliuerances, namely, [to his King and his annointed] wherein I might truely haue taken occasion, to haue shewed how these titles doe a∣gree to our dread Soueraigne, both that hee is a King, and that he is Gods King, as hauing in him all the partes that may concur either in a king, or in a good King, to whom that title, first attribu∣ted to Dauid, (which once before I named) the light of Israel, principally appertaineth, as one frō whose resplendent brightnesse, al the kingdomes of Christendome may receiue their light. Whe∣ther wee looke vnto the light of nature; of preg∣nant wit, of ready apprehension, of sound iudge¦ment, of present dispatch, of impregnable me∣mory.Or the light of Art, being an vniuersall Schol∣ler, acute in arguing, subtle in distinguishing, Lo∣giclal in discussing, plentifull in inuenting▪ pow∣erfull in perswading, admirable in discoursing,Or the light of grace, whether intellectuall, for speculatiue Theology, a perfect Textuar, a sound
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