/ Our 'Dtlty to our rJI.tders. 23 ·------ ------ rather to be called t ban aChurch ). I. They ururp the Power of the Keyes or EcclefiaOicol Govern- legeEpijl. ment over •11 the world, and make thcmfelves Pafiors of thofe Churches which they have nothing' Caroli C~lvi ad to do to Govern. Thei! Excommunicatiom of~rinccs or pcopl~ in other Lands or Churches that ~i~::4;;r:,u~ mvcr rook them for thctr Paflors, is an_ururpat,IOn the .more odiOus, by how ~uch the pm~'cr uf~rp- TUI/fis Epi{irl– ed is more holy, and the performance m fo large a P.1nlh as the wholt Tf/orld ts naturally tmpofltble las co1t. Pap<t to the Roman Ufurpcr. 2. Under rhe name ofF.cclefiafticaJ Jrerifditiion they ufurp the Magiftratcs Co- t{llrpatio'f_ts. crcive· power in fuch caufes as they call Ecclcfi.afiical. 3· Yea, and they claim an immunity to their Jfder. H(pal. Clergy troqJ t?e C~vil Gov:rnmcn~, as if they wer.e no fu~j~d:s ~f the Kin~, or the King had not ~~g~·0[~1~1;· power to pumfh h1s offcndmg fubJetl:s. 4· In ordme ad [pzrztuaha, they cla1m yet more of the Ma- Principes fc..: g;ftrares power. 5· And one part of them give the Pop.c di.rcctly. in !cmporals a Power over Kings culi, De~t~cand Kingd~rrs. 6. ~heir ':flofl ~mincnt Divines do ordmanly ma.mtam, rl~:lt ~he Pop~ may excom- ~~~~ ~:J:f:;~tmmicate K1ngs, and mrterd!tl Kmgdoms, and that .an exco~mumcated K:mg ts no Kmg, and may proptct Ec– bf killed. lr is an Atticle of their Religion detcrmmed of m one of then approved General Coun- def 13111 quam cils, ( L.zttr.Ji 1 b. Imwc. 3· Calf, 3·) that if Temporal Lords :Vil.l not ex~erminate Hereticks from a Chritlo their Lands ( fuch a.s .the Albij!,tnfos that dcnyed Tra?fubfiantJatton m~nttoned Can. 2· ) the Pope ~~e~udn~~1 J~~~ may give their Domm10ns to others, and abiolve t~elf V:affals from rhctr ~calty : And whe~ fomc of n!e <tu eatur late would h1vc fo far falved their honour as to mvaltdate the authonty of that Counc:l, they p.:~x &. lrci– ~ ill not endure itJ but have firenuoufly vindicated it : And indeed what ever it be to us, with them p!in:~ Eccldia: it is already enrolled among. the Appro1.:ed Gcmra~ Council/•. Between .the Eraftians who would have r,:~n~i~~~~five no Government) but by Magdlrates) and the Paplfls who gtve the MJgtfirates power to the ~ope and folva:ur ille hisPrelates, the truth is in the middle, that thePafiorshave a Nunciative and Directive Power from ab eis :.uio-. Chfil1, and a Difcipline to exercife by the Word alone, on Volunteers ; much like the Power ofne~t exigit, a Philofopher in his School, or a PhyGcion in his Hofpital , fuppofing them to be by Divine ~~~en:;r~f:,~ Righr. am Ecclcfiam . credidir. I cq Ep. ad L'Oitt!11 Imp. D~bcs incunCbn ~r 'dvertere, Re[iam.potefbtem, !ibi .non .folum :~.d .mu~di re~imen, feJ maximc ad E'defiz prxfid 1 um rO: co!\al'll\1. See the Jldgement ~f J~. Pa(l{iet~fiJ , FtalVif. V1flm.t, and mddrmgton:vGror. dt !m/cr. p. 1 3, L~ge vjd. Moliil.fi D1fcoud'e of the Pow.:rs or' CaHima! Chtgj, · ~· SS• Direct. 26. Krfufe not to fwrar A!'tgi•nce to your lawful Soveraign. Though Oaths are Dire{/. 20, feartul, and not to be to.ken without weighty caufe, yet are they not ro be refufcd when the caufe is weighty, a's here it is: MuJl the Soveraign be fworn to do his Office for you, and rnufl he undertake fo hard and pcrillous acharge for you, which he is no way able to go through, if his Subjech be not faithful to him ? and fhall thofe Subjects refufc to promife and fwear fidelity? This is againfl all reafon and equity. 9· s6. DIYcct. 27. Thin~ not that tither tht Pope or ••Y power in the world, cm dijfr,.fe with tbi< Dire{/, 27. your Oath, or a~{ulve yoH from the bond of it, ~r fave you from. the pu~ijhmtnt due from God to the perjured and perfid,ouJ. Of rhts fee what I have wntten before agamfl PerJury. ~· 57• D1rl'd. :28. Do notbin~ that tendetb. to bring tbe facred bon4r of OathJ into an irreligiom con- Dire!J. 28. tempt, or t~ mal{e men take the horrid crime of Perjury to be 11 little (in. Soveralgns have no fuffici~ Pe-rjurii puma cnt fecuriry ot the fidelity of their Subjects, or of their lives or Kingdoms, if once Oaths and Cove- divina e"iti– nants be m~de ~ight of, and men can .play fafl and Iooft' .with the .bonds ?fGod which Jye upon ~~~e:~;,1~~ chem. He ts vutually aTraytor to Prmces and States who would brmg perJury and pertidioufnefs urq, into credit, and teacheth men to viob.tc Oaths and Vow!. For there is no keeping up humane Soci- Ag~fitua fcnt eties and Governments where there is no trufi to be put in one another : And there is no uuH to be thank~ ro his put in that man, that mal<eth no Confcience of an Oath or Vow. ~~/;'~:r)~,rry, th~o no quenion ef rhcit ov~throw. Perjuri numinis conremptores. P/11tarch. 71ndo{tlff o:ecrabna cum Jegi[~:fu~~~t,:am dominamium, pr~cipue perfides & inguros. Pall!. DiaCO!IIU I. z. §. 58. DireCt. 29· Be ready to your 'power to dtfend your GoventourJ againft all Trea[o111, Confpi- Direll. 2 9 • racitJ and Rebellionr: For this is a great par.t of the duty of your relation. The l·Yifdom and Good· mfi nec~ffary toGovtrJtment, is much perfonal in the Govemours themfelves: But the flrength (without whtch Laws cannot be executed, nor the people preferved) is in the.Ptople, and the Princes in~ See the in-: terefi in them : Therefore if you withdraw your help in time of need, you dcfert and betray your fi:tnce ~f Rulers whom you !hould defend. If you.fay, It is they that arc you.r Protectors: I anfwer, True: ,but ;i~[};{,~n by Y?ur felves. They proteCt you by1:Yifdom, Counfel, and Authoruy, and you mufl protect them by agamfi h·sown obedunce and flrtngt~.. Would you have them protect. yo~ rather ~y mercenarin or foreigmr 1 ? If Bro:htr Gildo ~ot, you_mu~ be wtllmg to do your parts, and not thmk 1t enough m Treafons, Invations or Rebel- () 2 Re~el) ho.ns to ht lhll and fave your fclves, and let him that can lay hold on the Crown polfefs ir. What 14111 : f!~K-coil. Pnnce would he the Governour of a peopl~ that he knew would forfake him in his need ? !. 3·"utso. 9· 5.9• Direct. 30· Mttrmurr JJOt at the payment of thofe neceffary 1ributt:J by which the common fafe· v· Q ty mu}~ be prt{erved, and the due honour of your Govtrno"rs k,tpt up. Sordi'd Covetoufnefs harh been Jrt ' 2~· the rume of many aCommon-wealth. When every one is fhifting for himfelf. and faving his own and mu.rmuning a! the charge by which thei~ fafety mufl be defended, as if Kings could fight fo; them wtthout men a~d money : thisfelfijhne[l IS t~e mofl pernitious enemy to Government and to the 'ornmon good. Tflbure and Honour mull be patd to whom it doth belong, Rom, 13. ~, 7 , For they Ddddddd 2 are
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