c.sCommentarie upon the 548 I tefiant Preachers, and profeffors carrie thisgarland and triumph again(} all Popifh fpirits ; that although the enemies ofthe truth haue narrowly in all ages lifted them, to find inïquitie in chem,that thereby they might iuflyget the Ciuill forddrawneagainfl them; yet haue they found no fuch thing in them. PP. 3. IfChriflian religion confirmeciuill authoritie,then the way tobring men tobecome fttbiedt to fuperiours,is to plant theGofpel,and take order that it may preuaile anrongfi chern.The teaching and praólife óf true religion, is the conferuant caufe ofcommon-wealths,becaufe it isaprincipali means to bindinto obedience, without which all politike courtes foiie,and are found by experience tooweake. It is not power,it is not policie, that will fill fubdue and keepevnder a rebellious people, without the power ofthe word in their confciences : for till obedience be willingly yeelded vnto God, it can neuer be confcionably, and then not confantly, yeelded vnto his Leiftenanr. This may be a ground of our prayer, that the Lord would be pleated to put into thehearts ofour gouernout's, that the Gofpel maybe throughly planted in Ireland : for this is the mot dire& way to fubdae the rebels , and bring the whole countrie vnder willing and free fubie&ion. Doffr. 2. Euery Chrifianmull yeeld obedience and fubieélion vo- co Magifirates andhigher powers. To the ex.pianing of which point, three timings mull bee opened. z. whomull be fubiea. 2. wherein. 3. wherefore. The firtl of there was touched before, where we affirmed that all forts ofmen, clergie as well as lairie , mull be fubie& Rami(h policie,that they mightbecome the abfoiute libertines of the world,and carrie their bad matters vnder a cloud, that fecular eyes Shouldnot prie into them, hath withdravvne the neckesofthe Clergy from vnder Ciulil power, and will be iudgcd by none but their compeares; which is a if a theife fhould be tried by a quell ofcut- purfes : and therefore when they meere with that generall conelulion, Let euereepule he fnbiei, they beate their wittes as being at a tiand;but feeing fomethingmull be bol- ted out for a irtewe, one Pope faith, that the perfonof the fpeaker is ex- cepted in giving fuch precepts , whereupon it commeth to paffe, that Paul andPeter,and confequentlytheir fuccelfors,while they cal for fub- ieólion of others, are rhemfelues exemptcdfromit: a filly and weake fhtft; as thoughChrifdid not pay tribute for Peter as for himfelfe:and as though Paul pleaded not before, and appealed to a ciuill Iudge, A61. ay. a a, Another proElerof theirs; by-cuery-foule,will haue meant one- ly animal,' men, that is, fecular and worldly ; but fpirituall men and the Clergie, ave fill exempted ; as though the Popi (h clergie were become and all vaui(hed iota fpirits : or as if where Luke faith , that there were Thearayto bring people vnder rubieth. onto goner. ncrs,is toplane the Gofpel,n d fomake them f,bie& to Cbrífl. S cry Buie nui? be fu"icet ro the bighce poa.,ra. Innoccntius. ©rimen.omnis anin,a,dd,a nimalis lto mo. in
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