942 Ofthe GuN.:P 0 WDB.R->T R X AS ONo se=;;;;;;;; no otherWi(dsme. And that miprowio»(l touched before;) that feeing ;;:-:– by Hiin, he may reigne~them; Regnet,per iUos,qui regnant per'IHum. fincer1 re,gne by f/im, to beruled by Him : There cannot be amore reafonable requell:' th~\"!k Regnet per Regn,perqtumregnant Reges. ' t IS: . Specially, fi~ce thi~ Per of theRule, ~illbring them r_othe P~t of Perfiftence. fc long as they connnue wnhHzm, and He wuh them, He will connnue them and h. 0 reignes,and nothing /hall ~irre them. But, let goe rhar, and take them to anothet ;lr Me. And I dare not prom1feou~ht : If ~.ny have mifcarried, he hath firfilethi:P:~ goe,and then after was pur ou~ o prorechoq :Arid then,the fonnes of perdition had power over Htm,and h1s connnuance foone came to an end. Taketh;s then, for the fare,well of this point. Sever not Reges from Per Me :md you fhall never fever Reges_from Regnant : But if they have once lofitheirPtrMi• marvell nor,if they lofe thetr Regn•nt not long after. ' The ApplicaziJlut, this Sermon wasmadeforthepeop/e : Tothemthen,Iturne; For asif ;i to the Pco- Princes well weigh this Per Me,rhey will rule the better :fo ifthe peopledoeth~like' '· they will obey the fooner. This is fure: _If ~er Me Reges regnant, thenPer Mtpopulj parent; tfftorn .Htm the Power of SI'IJerAtgntte, by HtmalfotheDntieof AllegiAnce• whichwe?oe~ea~ethem, evenforrhis veryPer Me; eventherefo_rebecauferheyb~ of Htm. "'' Aul•(fa1thSalomm,here) Per Ip/Nm,by Htm: MAu71v(fanhSr. Peter);ro;· ! Pet.>.I.J, ter 1p{t1m,for Him, for His fake. · ~ Two points I would commend ro you and fo end : CH R r sr it is, thathere ·fpe~keth: Wi(do11teifis;-t~at her~~peaketh. Sinceit i~ C H R _r ~ r here fpeakcrh,itis . -agamll: chrijlta" Reltgzm; fince it 1s Wifedome here fpeaketh, 1t 1s foUy to hold, to fay; orto doe the contrary. For CH R 1 s .r: IfFer Me Reges befrom CH 11 r s r : froniwhomistheothet Per me? Ptr 1Rirebe!les,Permeregidd.t : from whom they 1 If BfUl1e Kingsreigni, be C 1t tt x s r s; By me KingsJlaine, whofePer is that Pir? That Per cannot bethe ::co•. &.•f. Per of any,but of CH 1\ 1 s r s oppfJjite: who is that 1 .2.!£"' fozwentio CH R 1 sr t ·& Betial? What agreement hath C H R r s ram/Beliat i' There he is : You fee,whofe brood they be, rhat goe that way,EvenBclial'sbrood. He,out ofhis enmity again!! Per Me, can neither endure Reges nor Regnant; but ftirres up enemies againll: rheal bothj both Reges and Regnant. AgainftRtges,RegicidM; toa!faultthcirperfoits: Againfi Regn~nt, RebeUes; tofubventheirell:ates. . . !oh.•o.; r: And,it is He that fers upthis Anti-per,who takes upon him,to loo(ahu Srriptttre; to fever Reger and Regn~nt: Nay (which is worfe than this) to make SaiNtsandMar– tyrs Of them, .f4!j vitU dant addelendos Reges, th~t Jet their wayesto dtjlroy Kings! a-. aaioft which there is a fpeciall Caveat in the !all: chapter of this Booke. But (whtc!J Ch' P·l'·l· fs worft of all: for though the Rebe!lbe evill, yet the Rebel.nfaker is farce worf~) He that raifeth ttp this n~w feCI: of Rebe!l.malms worfe thanRehelsthemfdves: For,tf they be the brood of Beliat, f2& viMdant, What !hall they be, qHi Viudoant I !hall not they be Primogeniti Satan~, BeliAl's firft begotten1 That fcoreour rhmay for dejlrojing of Kings; tell, by whom,and in what fort; it isto be proceeded; romake a very method or Agendof it. •. There is a fhorr refolutioninthis Tc:xtfor all thd'e: SeeingirisC HA 1 • "'• If mull: be u.nthrijlian(if not Anrichriftian)to makeanyfuchcourfe: c Ha I'."' I difciples they are not ;-None of His (fure,) that either put their hand to prachfetr,o~ theirpen,orrongue;to defend it. . • And as, if this be CH R i, r 1 it isNnchrijliAn; fo,if thisbeWi{Jume,theDIS thisrheir courfe, foUy; And fo it is, tluei: wayes. . . , x. Folly firll:, tofeeketofeverReger andRegnanf, from Per Me :!twill n_otbe~d To thinke,they can fer t~emfel~esagainll: Kings,and yet never have ro doe WJth~P at all, Bur, Kings(we fatd)arcmGo o :fo ~hey muftgoetl;troughli~m,beforet ,~
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