Ch1il1ianity is mnfi for Loya!tv ;)nd fubj.Cbon. [hrijliaui~v no enemy to Mo11arcry. them univcrblly of any doCl:rines of Rebellion :And for the Prad-ices of fome particular men, it is not to be allcdgcd againfi rhcir doctrine: Do you rhink that ~cen Elizabeth towhom B.Bil[onr Book was Dedicated~ or K. Char/n to whom Mr. Hook._crJ Book was Dedicated, took tither of them to be r.ea~her.s of Rtbcllion ? Ir is not every different opinion in politicks that provcth men to be againft fubjetlton. He that C<tn read fuch a Book as BiJ{om for Chrijlian fubjeiJion againft Antichrijlia 11 re– hrlim1, and yet deny him to be a Teacher of Subjedion, hath a very hard forhead. For the Conno– vcrfies I fl1all fav .no more of them her(', but what I have faid before to Mr. HooJter. And as for Cafvia and the Dl{l:iplinarians or Puritans as they are called, They fubfcribc all the fame confelllons for Mag~Orac~·, and take the fame oaths of Allegiance and Supre~acy, as ?rhers _do: and they plead and wnte for them: fo that for my part ( know not of any d1fference m theu Doctrine : Hear what B. A i1d1Tfl/J faith (who was no rebel,) in' his 1ortura 1m·ti, pag. 379,380. [CalvinuJ autem ttt Pr~p,un Rt·.~wr, ita Re!f,Cm Pap.Jm no;t prob:JVit: Neq; 1101 quod iH Papd detejft.~mur, in Rtge appro~ IJ.Jmu;: fl' 6" il!e Jtal;iJc.rem, & !' 11 cum ilio {tntim:es, _e.t{dem effe ~n Ecc!rfia Cbriftiana R~git Jacobi par– tu, mt.t: J.if'r£ f:urum m Jud.Jtc.s: 1:ec no1 ultra qurcquam fitrt ambmJUt- J that IS, [ Bttt Calvin neitber·li~fd a P(p~· King, 110r a Ki1tg·Pope: N1r do we approve of that in the King, which we dett(l in theP,Ipr. But hewiihuJ,and we with bimdojtrdge,tbatKing James bath as much todo i~« aChri– jiian Church, aJ } filS had hJ tbt Jewijh Church: aJtd we go not about to get any more ---] And after [Sub P_rim.JtJH nomim'! Pap.1tum novum Rex non invebit in Eccl'efiam :fie enim ftatuit, ut non A aruti PnntiJ!ci, ita 1t(C Jernboamo Regi, jM uUam tffe, confl.mmz afe vitulum pepulo proponendi, Ul Adt:•et; (ideft) 11'11 vel fidei ltfJVOS articulus, vel cultu1 Divi,ti novur formulas procudendi: J that is, [ Tbc King dr!tb not bring into the Cbttrch a new Pap.zcy, under the name of Primacy : For tbuJ he jKdgeth, ( or dcttrminetb) that neither Auon the Pri~Jt, nor Jeroboam tbt King, had any Right to pro– p fl the Calf which tkry h::d made, to the people to be adored; th:lt i1, neither to hammer (or mak;.t) new articln nf j.;ith, or new {ormJ of Divine YY9rjhip. And pag. 379, 380· [~oJ vero Puritanos app1Uat, fi Regium prim~ttum dctejlantur, deujfandi ipfi. Profitentur enim,fltb{cribunt, jurant indits: fed & iYi qundfaci;ott ingenuCfo:Jcium, & (ocietatcm in hoc Torti, ipfitmque adeo19rtum, tanquam mendacem ho– miurm, (& alibi de alii-1, & hie ,de {r,) ilC jjcopbantem rgregium deteftantur: J that is, [And for thofe· be calltth PuritanJ, if they dettjf the Kingi Suprem::~cy, tbey are to bt dctefltd: For they daily prc– fcfj,jitb.fcrihe and {w~ar to it : A~zd wh::~t they do, they dl) ingtnuoHfTJ; and thry dtteft the fociety of Tonus in th£1, and Tortus himfclf, as a lyi»tg man, ( elfewhere of otiJerJ, and here ofthemfelvu) and an egrcgiozu Jjcoph.:mt: J By thcfe te!limonies judge what Proteltants think of one:: another in point of loyal<y. 5· And why are not all the other Chrifiians tak<n into your enumeration? The Armenians, Abaf– fins, and all the Greek Churches ? whom the Papifis fo frequently reproach as flatterers or fervile, becaufe they llill gave {o much to their Emperours? Have you any pretence for your accufation as againH them ~ Uolds perhaps from the tumults which Alexandria in its greatnefs was muC'h addided to, which is nothing m th'- do(hine of Chriftianity, nor to the pncticc ot all the rdl. §. 84. Having anfwered thd'c cavils of the late Atheifiical or lntidct Politicians, I !ha·IJ next lhew, though briefly, yet by plentiful evidence, that Chrifiianity and true Godlinefs is the greateA {lrength of Governmmr, and bond of fubjd tion, and means of Pea~e, that ever was revealed to the World; which will :~ppear in all thefc Evidences following. 1. Chrillianity tcachcch men to take the higher powers as ordained of God, and to obey them as 'Gods Miniiters or Officers, havinSan Authority derived immediately from God; fo that it ad~ v.lnceth the M1gifirate as Gods officer, as much higher than lnti.dcls advance him, (who fetch his ~0;,· 4: 3 • '· power no hightr than Force or Choice) as a ferv.int of God is above a fervant of men ; which is more 1ban a tnln is above a Dog. · Objcl1. – Anfiv. §. 85. 2• Chrillianiry tellerh us that our obedience to Magithates is Gods own command, and fo thac we mull: obey him by obeying them. And as obtdiencc to a Confiablc: is more procl!red by the Kings Laws than by his own commands, fo obtdience to a King is far more efflctually pro~ cured by Gods Laws than by his own. If God be more above a King, than a King is above a a Worm, the command <:f God muft be a more powerful obligation upon every undedi:anding per~ fon, than the Kings. And what greater advant3.gc can a King have in Governing, than to have fub– jeehwhofc Confciences do feel thcmldvcs bound by God himfelf, to obey the King and all his officers. Ooj. Eut tbi< i< fliU with exctption, If it be >tot in tbingr forbidden of Gcd l And the fubjdlr are made jttdges whuhcr it befo or ~10· ~;,[. And woe to tha.t ma~ that g~udgeth ~hat ~od mu~ be ob:yed before him I and would be h1mfdt a God to be obeyed m thmgs whiCh God IS agamfi ! Tne fub)ccts are made no publick Judges, but private difcerncrs of their duties : And fo you make them your felves: or clfe they mufi not judge \\herher the King or a Ufurpcr were to be obeyed ; or whether the n. Bi/IH 1Jbi word of the King or of a Con!bble, if rhey b~ cvnrrad;Clory, is to be preferred. To judge what we fl~P- p.~~9·r As mull choofe or refufe is proper to a RJrional Crcarure : cvt:n bruits thLmfelves will do fomething 13dhol'~ Lught like it by in(lioCl: of nature, and will nor do all things according to your will: You would have us ~:hfc·~'f;~rutb. obey a Jufiiceof Peace no further than our LoyJ.lty to the King will give leave: and thCl'cfore there ~:~~h\1~~\nurl: the pe-ople cllfcen who tc~cheth r~ght berore they beheve J Pag. 16r, 26:.. [ Pr1nces ::u welhs others mufi yielcl obnli< nee, to B;flv•ps fpcak n~; th~ word of.God: But iJ »ifuops pats their c"mnuffi'ln, Jnd fpe;~.lr. befi,\es the Word of Go~, \\h:lt they hfl, both Prmce and ptop.c may defp1fc them.] See bim further, pag. ~s9, ~6o, ~6Jl 161. prov.1pg that all hav:e a pt!J: ciuil difmtiwf. is
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