950 Ofthe Gu N,Powo ER ....TREAS0N, Sermon6. ;Rem,, 1 . 7 • But Y:OU (beloved) never feare to doe as Saint Paul wils.you : C11i timomn, timq. rem, togwefeare, to '!'ho'?'fiar~ belgnge~h; and, to theKmg tt belongs,as here wefee, He that fatdBgo dtxt, Du e.ftu,mfofaymg, fatd, Etjic11t Du, ttmendi effis, There. fore,Nemultmeat ttmere Regem, let no man be afi·atd to feare the Kmg, and yet [l4rt Go o too. You may dot both ; you mull: doe both. The Text is lhorr but full in this point. For, Time Dwm; that is, be a goodChriflian: and, Time Regem : tha~ is, be a goodSttbje8. And, the better chriflian,.the better Subje8, ' . But indeed, I have n~t do.ne well in fpeakmg of them all this while, as of two feare!. There is but oneTtme,mthe~ext. Ifyou ll:nkcttoutfi·omRegem,youllrike it out fi·omDcttm, too. For, there ts but onemall, And they confequemly to be fwed, not with two, .but \yith oneand the fame feare, both• . This, forrhe conjunchon: wluch (I wtlh) we may endcyour by all meanesto mamtame. For, bdides the offence to Go o andHu.(eare, It tsa preparative to the ,·hange(which here followeth) to fever G o o from the King, onhe King from the Kingdome; to force them one from the other, that Go o bath fo llraighrly uni– ted rogether: h~th Himfelfe, and would have us to doe the like. And now after we have done with the Fac, and theconjtmtlion, let us come to the Fuge and the 'P· poji11on. · $ The tug<, Feare Go o thenAndthe King, wherein~ In many other points; but (to hold t:d mefitmr, us to the Text) in this namely, that youmedle not with thefe following. And, even · by th1s, yee may take meafure, whether youfeAre them or no, by your fearin.,.to joyne wi.th fuch, as this day brought forth. For, if yee joyne with them, yce~ppofc fttJ!ght to both thofe : not to the Kmgalone, but to Go o; to His ftare, as well as the Kings. Indeed, to thefeare ofthem both. For, to both, arerhefe here fer in oppoficion. It is not Fearethe King (alone)andmed/enot with them ;but, Goa isin too, as well as theKing. ' Nor, it isnoc,feare G.o oanlthe King, and then overagaine,with two for two; andmedlenot, either withirreligio~~<, or feditiom perfons: but, with{edittotu, onely. Stdttton is joyr!tly oppofed to both; and nole!fetoGoo,than the King. To either, in equall oppofition; . I note here, nolelfe than foure oppofitions befidesthe Ei »e; as before, foure conjunctions befide theEt. 1 Againll: the King: • Againft Go o : l Againll: both: 4 Againll:thefeare of both. 1. TheKing: For, it is (this medling) a trefpaffcat common Law,againfihim, his Crowne and Dignity. 2. Go o: foritisa linne alfo againll: G o o'sLaw, againff Heavenand Him : Not onely,thefeon earth, L.ef~ c.Maje.'l4tis: to Go o's c.Majeffieno Jeffe than the Kings. 3• Both Dtnm& lie• M3ttb:n.J8. gem; For, it is directly again!t both Tables : And Jgainll: the two ftrH andgmt C~mma~<dementsofboth Tables. 4• And, being a linne againll:feare, it will pr,cke J?Cli.•9·'l· faf!: towardprejitmption; and, that is ahigh linne: Ifthat once get thedominienover ,ny, hefba/1 not be innocentftom the great offence. So, againft the 1 King, ~GoD~ s 8oth, the ofFcart of both. Bur, by this, cleare it is, who everthey be, that med!e withthefe, eD ipfo they feare not Go o, Directly: for,ifthe Commandement be,FeAre Go o, and medle not; one cannot doe borh; both be amedler, and yetfeare Go o, though. He caD· not fay (with themedtersofthis day) Yes, yes: medle with thePowder-plot, and yet. be a goodCatholike, and feare Go o well enough for all that. Nay, feare GoD the better; and be.the betterreputed of, you know where, for this verymedling. Bm, that in this point we may proceed to purpofe, we arc to fee lirfr, 1 who be the[eshonim,c>JII1: • And then, whatitistomed/e with them. . . , Wlutthde The word in the originall, is very pregnant, and plenteous in !igntl1cauon; ~b•"''" !.><, which hath madedivers turne it diverfiy. The Ytdgar turnes it Cum duraC!ortbm, fuch as detr48fromPrinces: and well. Ours, before, was With the{edmou.r: an~, it was well fo. Now, we reade, With themthar aregivmtochange: And, thatts well too. For, all are in it; and well may fobe. For,DetrA{mJ~s, ~hangers, Se·. di~!9u1, all come toone~ · .. .
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