EpafileofS. Paul te T'iaur. in the thippe z76. fouler, k muß needs be concluded , they wereall fe- çular and animal! men, among whomPaul andLukewere : or as if they were ail natural( and aaimaìl men in theArke, becaufe it is laid, there were in all eight routes, of which Noah wasone, whowas a preacher of righteoufneffe : much like the pocrc proofeof that Iefuite,who becaufe Pau1_wmild not haue the Corinths goe to lavevnder the vniun, but vn- der the Saintr,furely concludeth,that this mull beveder theBithops :for is it not likely that tha. EpiilieK as written onely to Bithops, becaufe it was fent to the Saints: yet vpon fuch grounds as thefe,hath their clergy call off the yokeofobedidnce thefe many hundred ycares,cleaneagaiun the expreffe word of Scripture, and the vniuerfall praElife of holy men, . yea&of the SonofGod himfelfe in the Scriptures. 4arou the high Prieß mull obey A'fefes: A%imelech whets wicked Saul Pent for him to flayhim, obeyed him, beeing lumtnonedhe came, and appealed not from the vn- iun lenience ofdeath; fodid Chrin, fo did his Apofiles,and Co mull and ought their fucceffors unto the ende : yet fometimes (as it is feene in all tenures whichare not fromGod, men knowe not what to hold to)after thePopifh clergy bath challenged their exemptionand authority by di- uine right from theword ; beeing preffed, they forget themfelues, and claimeit tore hamano,that is , from thepriniledges, donations, and ex- emptions ofPrinces anelEmperours: wherein befides that they fhould not haue fuffered the Princes by departing from their right, to breake Gods commandemeut,forPrinces haue not power to loofe him from o- bedience whô,God bath bound; as allo by flying to a priuiledge as their ben and tan refuge, is plainly implyed, what of due by the lawof God and nature belongeth vntoPrinces from them. The fecund point is, whereinand howlarrewe ought toobeyMagi - Pirates. e4nfrv. Euery Chrinian isbound to take heed to the mouth of the King inall things, and fo lure as he bath power to commaund. Now be- caute the ciuill Magiflrate isalwaies bound to comn:wend in the Lord: and z. is the father ofour bodies after a fort,andofall our outward man: hence two grounds ofgreat momentare concluded. The former is,that cuery man mull obey al po(liblecommandements,which are nor againfl the lawe of nature, and the lawe of God : for the Magißrate in all his eommaundements, as well as executions muff be the (Mini ier of _God, onely Yrging that vponhis fubie6ìs,whichGodhrmfelfe,whofeplace he fußaineth, would vrge. It is laid of Cyrus, that he mull be Gods limp- heard, andhe (hail perlorme not hisowne ,but all my de/i're. The iudgc- ment isnot masts, btu Gods; and it is the honourable fiyle of Princes to be alfillants to theruler ofthe wholeearth: neither is this todenie any Sir- premacie toPrinces, to tie them to the tables ofwhich God bath made Mm z them CHAP.3. 549 A&,af.;7. r.Cor,6.r, qui conatur rtxciperecons, tut dccipera. Eee1.E.s. orque adans. Rom,e3.4. I(144.a, Chra9.6. Ztch.4 14. Salomons throne is called God,throng, z.Cor.9,8.
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