474 Chip. 29. Qn Expefitson.uronshe Booh`áf 'Verf. 7. fonc of Bel'<.!., who cannot abide the }'oak of governmenr, tither Mat Cif G.A. or that of nmi (that is, of this or that man ) yet e- Veà they will not altogether without a Ruler, and therefore We. find that in the greatefl rebellions and oppoii- riG!3 :hat e_v_r were Made againft Government or MagiTracy, the r_ir,g, endeavoured hath been the change, not the exringuiihment o~f it the putting of it into other hands, riot the putting of it out call hands. Thofetrbulent and fanatick fpirits, who rote up at ,41rsnfler,.and decryed the then prefencMagitlrates, quickly fet up ( fuch a one as he was ) a King of their own. The Moil unruly know not how to "fubfifl without a Ruler. Yea thevery Devils have a government.. We read. of Beelze -- bub,ThePrince of the Devils (Math. a 2. 24.) The Devils who are the authors of all diîorders among then, have an order among themfelves. There is a principal Devil ; and there are Princes and thefe wicked fpirits in Provinces and Nations under the Prince of the Power of the fir, the Spirit that now worketh in the children of di/Obedience (Eph. 2,2.) Some expound The Prince ofthe King- dome ofPerfia, who withflood the affairs of the Church, to have been an evil Angel (1án. io. a 3.) And the Apofile exprefly calls them Prir,cipalities and Powers (Eph. 6. a 2. ) Both which titles are given to Civil Magifirates ( Tiros 3. a..) Now as the light of nature leads to Government, So the light of Sci ipture and the principles of Chriflianity doe .not weaken, much lets oppofe and contradict Government, but mightily confirm and flrengthen it.. The crown of Chrifl doth not pull the crownof Princes from their heads, neither doth his Scepter firiketheir Scepter out of their hand, unlefs they finite at himwith it.. By me (faith he, Prov. S, a S.) Kings reign, and Princes decree luflice. Some read, For me Kings reign,. and that's true of all gr'od King's, defsgnedly by themfelves they aim at the honour of Chrifl ; and 'cis true of all evil Kings, defsgredly, by Chrifl, he over-rules their power co ferve his honour. For what the Pfaltnifl fpeaks of the wrath of man (Pfal. 76. a o.) we may fay much more of the power of tram ; Surely. the power ofman fhall ;rife thee, the remainder of power (that is, what power foever there is over and above or beyond that which doth turn to thy praife) thou wilt refirain. One Ordinanceof God loth not ere- up another..Threorder of Chrifl in the Church,.doth not thrufl out the:
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