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the abhomi’nation of the deformed Synagogue. The e 0 10131-7?"
( though brethren in {edition and heady) are bead'fc'w?‘ ‘ Mm”
red,the one ﬂaring to the Presbyteryﬁhd the other. to the " ‘
Pdpdcy, but-they are {0 {air linked ‘behiﬁdj and ray/med +
,‘tOgether With rcérma’: betweene them, that if they be
‘- not quenche by the power of Maj-tﬂy, they cannot
Cchdfe ( when the meanes are 131th to their plot) hut fer
the Clmrcly on ﬁre, and the ﬂnfe in 317% uprc'nj'e. "fism {flow _
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they'h‘aw: not .oialy. roéétgijwéd‘qeé: baa/cysundicr? reverie. K ~ « .. .
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d’eVotion, but alfo battered the court: ofPrimer, byanif
1-; . mating the Peer: againﬁ' Kings, and the people againi‘t the
W - are: for pretended reformationAnd wheras God hath
nfeparably annexed to the Crown, ojfegtrt/le'Maj'e/ly, a ll-
preme icclq/iaﬂicalﬁwmz'gmy for the promotion ofpz'ety
and an abfolute immunity-from the juditiallﬁﬁtc’me, 9nd
jMar’tiall violence, for the preferv‘ation ofﬂolitie: Thefi‘:
'feétaries bereave Kings of both thefe their Primal)? (are:
rogatiws-,exalting :Iyemﬁlm (as the fonne oftperdition)
‘ Timid-3.4: aloe/e all that}; called God : Leaﬁ the might feemeﬁne
ratiom inﬁr‘zirdgjrofow the feeds 0 Sedition withour
{hew of't’eafonﬁ‘ca'emfdcltmt Strzfturamm (as the here-
tik'es in Term/lid”: time were wont to do ) in materiam
. ﬂap», they kill‘the Scripture to ferve theirturnes: and .
pervert the holy WOrdi‘of'the gem/l God,by ﬂrange in— -
terpretation, and wicked application againft the A mea-
ning of the Spirit, by whom it was penned 5 the D0-
atine ofthe _C/mrc/7,to whom it was delivered; and the
f ptaétice of all the Godly, (as well under th‘e'Lzzm as the
Goﬁelﬁh‘at did beleeve,underﬁand,'and ob.eyit~,t’o main-'-
taine their late,and lewd o inions. I'have in my hand ‘4—
'bweforty [Everal plactuf t e old and newTe/lamem,which
b’orh the. brethren of the enraged 'oppoﬁ'tefaétion do
indif’ferently quoteﬁnd 'feditiouﬂy apply, in defence Of
a Kﬂmyﬁ- their dangeroﬁsoppoﬁtiomand damnable error, againfl';
$33))" the Ef618ﬁ4ﬂl€411ﬁlpreﬂ74€y, and the indélellepcbdrdﬁer? ‘.
.lo‘Wbitgift.’ royal inunélion.Vnto thewhic'h' placesﬁalﬂy expounde ,
ﬁz’gbhfmft; perverted and applyed,1 have added the interpretation, .
mm'é’aﬁ‘é'o‘, of the learned ‘Protcjﬂzmt: ﬁnce the time of Martini”-
Northampton. ther, who began to difc'over the nakednelTe'of the-3130a
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cely right, againﬂ diﬂoyall and undurifull opponents : 0'33“ .
Iproteftein all ﬁncerity, that I have. not detorted any 31 .
thing, to make either the csze it felfe, or the ﬁzwurer: The L.(‘ooe.
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endeavour,and induﬁry,intendedfor the glory MGM], Bimbo»:-
e the honor of the King,- and the difcovery of théﬂditif B'gﬂ’m'
am. The difpleafure of the 'Lﬁdlfcoht’t‘ﬁkd-ﬁlﬁiow 8:13:52:

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orf with tho: band; to rcﬁft thnmf." [The great. Kingdf Hcawt'vzs‘. '
db'th' impart}. his. own: Name unto hfst L‘ I r: u T 5: Na A214: 'risV'eEccl tdézd
thc Kings of the Earth: andcalleth thcmgoqb; with. an eg'ai'de-‘R‘im- "1"
W601? Word ié Teuand- dong: : . withthisonlyzdil‘fcra‘aoo, Imam” 2-6
tbcfc' 65d! I’m/ldjc likémm hand {all likﬁother Princes. When-eh Plal.8 2.7
{drc‘ Nathan’thc‘mah‘ ofGod,mu{¥ rc‘provc David £1113: harms? m: i- 2 Sam.
pent, and befavcd. And-tthagcs,.Iudges,andt-Nobles; ('wirﬁ‘out ”- 7f .
{gate or H‘atrcry.)muft advifcand dircﬁﬁaéoam ‘9. Other 'aﬂam as ’6 I R 1':
againﬁ‘Kingg, ﬂk'Kinng Iﬁugshathmithcn Commandediiiffﬁsér. cg °
Lanor permitted in his G'ofpd.l_)wk!({§ith .Az‘aé'rbfv) mil}; ted I, P010 ._' .
gibm t:m&atur,&c. David though’hc were anA'dultcrcr; andian Davigﬁwp
H'om'iadc, was tycd to naLaw: fox-Rings" arc {reckon} bonds}; 1'6, .
arid can by. no compulﬁon of Wﬁcdrawn w Pnrﬁmmcht’ﬁciﬁgf,
fréc’dby tﬁqWDFCgovﬂmnnnThus-fm‘ Ana-ﬁr..- i'» ’ -' ‘ j‘

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uﬁoin ‘90 mg, There wcrc not manyﬁnseagainﬂ God, Maﬁa; or N93,; , Sam" .

tare; .thrcin he tranfgrcﬂ'cd not 3 1:: his cxmlﬁwaa-pWiﬂM, ire; l 4..
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neither by the Sacerdotall Synod,\nor the {ccular Senate : Who can '
at Sam .16 lg ha band on the Lord: Annaintedmvd beguiltleﬂ'e “ ? The very An-
9-‘ _ nointment was thecaule of Sauls immunity from all humane ‘coers
Au “ ﬁon : as Auguﬂine afﬁrmcth, £1300 ﬁnon haéeéat, Saulfaeramem' .
lit-3:31:13: fwﬂitatemquid in ca David venerabamr ? If Saul had not the holi-
5'48- ' tactic of the Sacrament, I askc what it was that David reverenced
in him; he honoured Saul for the {acred and holy unétion, while
he lived : and revenged‘his death. Yea,he was troubled and trcmé
bled at the heart, becauléhC had cut offa lappe of .S'amle: garment.
Loe,Sml had no innocency, a‘nd yet hehad holineﬂe .: not of life,
but of unﬁion.So'far Viagra/line. I . a
Who quellioned David for his murt‘her and ad ultcrylwhecen-
{ured Salome» for his idolatry ? though their crimestei-e capitall
by the Law of God. After that Kingdome was divided, all the
Kings oflfrael,and molt of the Kings oqudab, were notorious I-
dolaters : yet during thole Kingdomes, which endured above zoo
Jr yeares, no Prieft did challenge, no States-men did claimepowet
from the higheﬂﬁo punifh or depofe their Princes. And W61???
phcts perfwadedall men to obey,and endure tho‘c idolatrou's}? my
-ces,whole impiety they reproved with the loﬂe of their lives; 1 i "
‘ Eli-54$ Chm]? ﬂed when the people would have made nim a 19:1 d He
1' Mat-17° payed tribute for himfelfc and Peter b. When the , "
Kim“. propounded concerning the Emperour: Subﬁd y, he concluded for,
3,, Cedar“. And {landing to receive the judgement of death before.
d lohdg. Pilate,he acknowledged his power to be 0‘ God d,T‘nis Saviour qf
1:- Mankgnd, whole aﬁions lhould be our inﬁrué’cton,. did never'atq ,

, tempt to change that Government, ‘or to difp‘lacc tho‘fe Gov-cr-
nours, which were dircftly repugnant to the {cope of‘z‘nformatian
that he aymed at. ‘

John detiﬂ‘ did indeed rcprovc King .Ht’rodWifh 7 Non list: “a
c Mar-618 ' but he taught not the Souidiers to leave his jet-vice, or by ﬂnfc and.
‘ impatience,to wind themlelvs out of the band of allegi ance,whcr- .
L k in the Law had left them,aod the Gofpcl! flaunt! tr rm f. _
f 'u ‘3’” The Apollle delivered unto the Church the Doctrine of obed i- -
ence and patience,which they had learned ")1 the Precept,and ob-
fervcd by the praritsfe ofour Lord Chriit, Peter commandcth obe- '
I s. dience to all manner of men in AuthOrity s. . Panl‘ o‘éﬁi’d‘d‘eth reli-
b Ron-13. ﬁanceagatnlt' any power'h, ‘ And Slade maketh it hlafphe'fn37,gb re- ,
_x,s,;.4- vile Government,or tof cake cvill ofGovernours". /ft£crqfaére an
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'1' He true Church,which had the Spirit ofunderﬂanding,to diﬂ- , _ {1471’ in, m
:” cerne the voyce of Chriﬂ, from the voyce ofaﬂmngcr, never ,1], loge»,
taught, never praﬁifed, never uied or approoved orher weapons, ' ’
than {alt teares’,and humble prayers againﬂ the Paganifmr, Here/k,

qu/Iaq and Tyranny ofearthly. Kings. .
- ‘ Iuﬁinm Martyr, Tertullian and Cyprian: {hall beare witneﬂe for _
goo years,wherein the Kings and Potentates of the earth, bathed
them‘felves in the blond of innocents, and profefied enmity againft
Chrift and his fetvants. , - .4- .~ 4 ,
eAd inquiﬁtianem axe/1mm, C Vhriﬂimo: no: cg} proﬁtemur,&c. At
your inquiﬁtion we profeﬂe our {clvs to be Chrii’tians, though we
:know death to bethe guerd on ofour profeﬂion (faith Im‘h'n Mar- Strontium.
t Jr to the Emperor Antonim ) did we expet‘t an‘eatthly kingdom/mad Ant-
WeWOuld deny our Religion, that efcaping death, we mightinmP'P-‘U'
time attain our expeﬁation : But we fear: not perfecution, which
have not our hope ﬁxed on the things of this life, becaule we are
certainly periwaded that we muft dye. As for the prefcrvation of
publike peace,we Chriltians yeeld to you (0 Emperor) more help
and aﬂiﬁance,than other men. For we teach, that no evill doer, no J;
co’v‘etous man, nor {editious that lyeth in wait for bloud, can have
accefieto God : And that every man doth paﬂe to life or death, ac-
cording to the merit of his deeds. Thus far he.
. We(laith Term/[fan to Scapxla the Viceroy ofCartéage) are dc— Tatum”.
famedfor {editions againft the I mperiall Ma jeﬂy : Yet were theaa scap.
Chriﬁians never found to be Aléiniam,Ni_griam,or C aﬂiam ( Albi- .
‘ um,l\r’igcr,and C aﬂim were trajtor: againﬂ Marc»: Antonius, (om-
modm, Pertinax and Set/crud the Emperor:) but the y that fweare by
the Emperors deity,the very day before;they that vowed & oﬂ‘red
facriﬁce for the Emperor's health,are found to bethe Em; eror’s :-
nemies. A Chril‘tian is enem to no man,much leﬂe to the Empe-
ror : 'knowing,that the Impe 'all Ma jell:y,is ordained ofGod, and. 4,.
therefore neceiiarilytp be loved, reverenced, and honored, whofe n
' profperity,together with the welfare of all the Roman Empire they
dcﬁre ('0 long as the world ftanderh. We do therfore honour, the-
Emperor,iu1uch{ort, as is lawfull for us‘, and expedient for him :
we reverence him as a mortal] man, amigod, of whom he

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foveraigne our all,_in‘t.hat,we_maltehim fub j W; :
SWi‘Tartﬁﬁdﬁf ’ A w - ' . . . , .
S.Cyprian {heweth many good reafon‘s, {for the patience of the
_Saints,in his book againﬁ 'D emetrmnm. God'Cfaih he) is the reven-
ger of‘hisfcrvants; when’they are annoyed. Wherefhre no Chri-
Rian when he is apprehended,doth reﬁll or revenge himlelf againll:
your unjult violence, though the number of our. people be very
_ greatﬁ‘hcconﬁdence we have,that God-will rewardgdoth conﬁrm
our patience,the guiltleﬂe give way to‘the guilty, the innocent. rcﬁ:
conten t with their Undeferved (pumlhmcnt and tortures',being cer-
tainly amused that the Wrong done to us, {hall not be-unrewarded.
Th: moreinjury we Mien the molt jult and grievous {hall‘God’s
vengeance be on them that perfecute us. It is therfore ciearcand
manﬁeﬁtﬁl‘m the plague: which corned own from Gods indigna-
tion,do not come through as poor: perfecuted Chriftians,but from.

him whom we ferve,ior the wrong done unto us.So far Cyprian.
; As many as ilVCd according to‘Chrilt’s inl‘titution,did never re-
! ‘ ‘l’ vile the governmental Tyrams,much idle by force reﬁll their vio-
lence, followmg the patience of crane, who could by his own
ﬂower, the might Of his Angels, or the lirength of his creatures,
ave at the ﬁrlt withltoodpr at the laﬂ revenged,the injury ofthe.
105.19. 1 ; pSOPlC, the blight of the Pricﬂs {crvanmhe {corn of Heml,the juogé~
lolm 18.2.: ment of‘Pilate,and the violence of the fouldiers. He yeelded him.
DIE-13.x! felfe patiently to death, to teach all his Difciples, that an injury.
“a” W done by aurbgriwis PaQQQﬂLEQPEEJLQFTCd: net forcibly. tab}; r9-
unwdﬂ pelledt As‘loon alfo as Paul. became aChrima , his {etiitious and

l . “it”. blwdy rhirit, which he had learned ofthe Phazilies, was-changed

K J z, .a u into a delire of peace and quietnelie. . . He honored the heathen Mae-

”. giﬂrarcs,as Agrippafwlix and Liﬁtw, ratify ing his dor‘trm, by thc‘
:ﬁmﬂe “; ’praﬂiie ofhis life. I know that Lardinall Alane,C rdinall Ballar-

; - . « ' mkfielamﬁwawba, and other upholdcrs of the Papall t3 tinny,

"‘““"“ that Stephan“ [unimfmncifcm Hottomanmfeorgiw Buchanaann 6.1;

-, m {I} .‘a I. and other pillars of thel’uritan anarchy,do anlwer,that theL hutch

f , ,. themes it were {wathed in the bonds of weakneﬂemad notﬂrength:
W013 {113% fulﬁcient to makepowerfull reﬁﬂance. But thefe Far-hm that:
3 then lived,do convsnoe them,and all other {eftariesot ialfhood, by,

making detnonﬂrrati'on of the'ﬂrength and potency ofthc godiy'

. 4,. €hriﬁian9,in Cale they would have put their forces to the {trongclf~

proof}: foam; that all puhhke places,'as Courts,Camps-,Conﬁr_eo-

ties-,Ciucs,and countrey Villagegwere [lorcd and if'urnifhed with

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by the words ofTertullianjn his Apologetical defence of the Chri-
ﬁians;’Una nox {4:10:11}: faculza,&c. One night with a few ﬁrebrand,
would. yeel us uﬁ'icient revengc,ifit‘were law full for us,-t_o,reguit
twill {pr cvill‘. V i But God forbid, that Chriﬂians moulil‘either‘r'e-
veng‘esthe‘mfewes with humane ﬁre, or be grieved to {uflér‘that
wherewirh they are tried. Were we difpofed, not to prat‘tife {ecret

revenge,bu-t to profeﬂe openhoﬁility, fhould we want. number of -

men‘, or force ofArmes ? Are the Moorea‘, or the Partkiam, or any
one nationavt'rhatloevermore in'nUmber than wathat arefptea'd 0‘-
ver all the World P We are not of you, and yet we have ﬁlled all

the places and rooms which you have. 'Your (.ities, Iﬂands, Ca- \\ f ‘
ﬁles,Towns.Aﬂemblies, yourTents,.Tribes-,and Wards; yea, tha \

Imperiall- Pallace,‘ Senate‘and' featsoﬂudgment. . For ‘w hat War”,
Wu e not we able 8e ready, though we were fewer in number than
you,that go to our Martyrdom fu willingly P If it were not more
la «7qu in our Religion to be ﬂaine,frhan to ﬂay? We could with-
out armour, not by rebelling againﬂ: you, but by departing. 1er
you, do you difpleafure enough,even'rwith our feparatton'. Foriifio
great amultitude,as we are lhould break out from you,in“an‘y other
corner of the world ,the loﬂe offo many citizens would {hamc'and
punifh you. You would {care to fee your {elves left lolitary,;eve‘n
amazedyas among the dead» You {hould then fee ﬁlence and defola‘v
tion every where. You-would havemany. more enemies than in-
habitants. Whereas now,you have fewer enemies, betraufe of the
multitude of your citizens that are almol’r all Chriﬁians. Ha: Tc'r-
“diam;

l‘ *th fee by thefe three witneffes,’ that thé Church OfGOdaiin th° '

ﬁrll 300 years wanted ,neither number of men, ﬁrength, nor cou-
rage to reﬁll perfecution, and to have eﬁablilhed the Chriﬁian
‘ Faith, it that courlehad been lawfull : but becaufe their. Lord had
giventhem .no {word to ﬂrike withall, they chofe rathc to be
crowned Martyrs for their Religion; than to‘be punilhed astray“-
tprs for rebellion. ' What number of men, what {trength of armes
had the Church (thinke you) the next 300 years after it had been
.backed by Princes,defended by Laws, provoked by Honorable fat-
vors to profeﬂe Chril’rianity. r Yet all that while the lervants of
God,ne1ther did nor would reﬁll Apoﬂaﬁe, Heretic, or Tyranny e
‘_ but yeelded their lives with all lubmiﬂion, though they wanted
* neither meanes nor multitude,conVenient for any wats,as the next'

zehaprerby. ixnpregnablefdemoltration {hall thew.

k—N ' IB 2 i The

7th: third Cthter protect/2' h} the'I-‘ittht’ﬂ' of thtﬁeond‘goﬁ,‘
fears, that t 'e plettﬁtr‘ebfl’rt'nees‘mztﬁ he endttrea' with get-f

. tienee, when their decree: edmtothe ehejetitvithia.
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Hereﬁe, Apoltaﬁe and Tyranny, to the glorious tryall of their
Faith, and the eternall‘ reward of their Patiehce. Whereof wee
have a, cloud of wimeﬂ'es, namely, Haﬂm, Lihert'ta, eAtha’n‘aﬁm,
Helm, 8451i“; Wagnw, Gregorian Nectanzenm, Lucifert 'alttr
ritattm ,(‘yt’llm Alexandriumpptatm Miler/itanm,Amhrq/im, Att-
gaﬂinmﬂhtyﬁtﬂomaﬁeo the ﬁrﬁ,and gregoty the great.

Haﬁz“ was a- famous Confeﬂor in the Church, before’Con/lantt‘m
the great, a worthy Billiopduring‘that Emperor’s raigne, and af-
ter his death greatly eﬂ eemed ofall‘good men,yea eveniofg‘onﬂam
tt'wthe Arrian Emperor himﬁlfej‘or his old age, great experience.
excellent learning, and good com'etfation. When this worthy ’
Prelate,was commanded by the Emperour, to fubfcribe. to the con?
demnation ofAthanaﬁm,he returned to the Im'periall Ma jeﬁy,this
ﬂour,con§lant,Chrilltian anddutl’full-anfurer; E go confeﬂiwie mm-
mu imp/e at' primum, cunt per/Ecutio moveremr, ah am we Mximié-
”mo : I was then a confeﬂor when your grandfather Maximim‘an
perfecutej the Chur ch- Arid if you do now raile perfecution, I am
ready to endure any thing, rather. then: bettray; the truth and. {bed
innocent bloud. I do not like your manner of writing againft A.
theme/int; Ceafe from it,.be not of the rim)”: opinion ; (Jive no
care to the Ealtem Biihops : beleeve me rather,that for agemight
be'your grand lathert. .Leave off,- I :befeech you»; and call to mind,
that youare a mortall man. Feare that dreadfull day of ludgmcnt.
Enterpofe not your {elfe (O Emperor)into the Eccleliaiticall fee-
wice, neither command us in this kind to condem'netthe innocent;
but learn rather of us. God hath entruﬂeedyour Majefiy with the
Empire, and committed unto us the ilervice of- the Church : he
that with an envious eye maligneth your Imperiall S‘overaignty,..
contradiﬁeth the ordinance oi'God. Take heed (0 Prince) leafl:

drawing to your {C lie the right of the Church, you become guilty
of grievous tranfgrefﬁon,. It is weitten,.giw tmto Cc/arth: thing:
that are [‘ 4/201,- and to. God the thing: that append»: to God .- it' ,

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is therefore, neither lawfull for usPrieﬁsto utizrpe your King-
dome‘; nor for you Princes, to meddle with/the facred Perv-ice and. '
factiﬁces of the Church. Thus far Hakka, '_ , _

,_ - .EXQU fee the grounds,that. this; good Bifhop ﬂood upon :. rather .-
Itqibdaedjto {ulfer any death or tortureﬁbanby his Confent to‘betray r" '
the truth,or to condemne the guiltlefﬁd—le admonilheth freely,and
reprooveth fharply, he oﬂ‘xeth hiSliﬂ: to the Prince’s pleafure :. 'I t
was far from hisime‘aninggto. revile the ﬁcred Ma jelly, or to Riv
up any rebellion againﬁ this Hereticall Emperor, which infringed ‘
the [24mm ofthe Lhurch, without all regard of truth or eQuity, to
ferve the humors of the Arriam,and to wrek his anger on them all,
which yeelded not to that Hereﬁe. ‘

Liberim, a Billiopgof‘Komeﬁid neither excom municate nor de-

pofe this wicked Emp'erour Conﬂag/ztim, but appeared at his com-j

mand, and endured his pleafure, to the admiration of the Marian:

and the confirmation of the Chril‘tians, as we ﬁnd in QAdmmﬁw,
Tmbimr Liérrim-ad Imperatorcm, 8tc. Liémm was haled to the
Emperor, when he came to hisprefence, he {pa-kc: freely, Ceafe

(faith he ) O Emperor,to perfecute the.Chriﬁians,gonot about by

any meanes, to bringhereticall.impiety into the Church of God.‘ “bell“
We are read y, rather to endure any torture, than to be called vir- Zfdf‘xxa‘
riam. COmpell usnot to become enemies unto Chrift. Fight not "if. ‘
againﬂ him .( We bcfeech you ) that hath bellowed the Empire up-

on you. Render nor impie'ty to him lor his grace, perfecute them .

not which beleeve in him , leaft you heare, it Myardﬁr the: to kick; A35 9-74
againﬂ theprigkg, , ()h would to God you did {0 heare it , that you

might (,as 7’an did)_:beleeve in. Loe we are at hand, and come to

your pretence, befmc our enemies the Mariam can inventany;

thing toinfbrme a’gainlt'us' , we haltened' to come at your‘com-
mand,though werwereaﬂhred ofbamlhment :. that we might a.

bide our punilhment , before any crime could be nbjcﬁfi'd , mUCh

lelTe proo‘ved'agéinﬁ us. Whereby itmay appeare,that all Qhril‘t‘iy

ans are (as we hawk) undefer\'edly ,uuh'il'hed ,and the Crimes laid

‘tp theircharge not true', butfained by fycophancy or deceitfull

ubtilty. ' ' ' . .r

.. Thus-{palm .Ltb‘gfrr'm,and ever-yawn admired his refolution “but
fheilEmperour for 'anfwer commanded T him to. banilhment. ;_ Ibus

2ft. . ' ~'. a"!

POPC .Libérfm had' not learned the. langmgc of his fucceﬂ'

[out ”Phat ,; 2591M: , . .uhcn- heebclloiyeti :333‘¥BRI\M« .l’atea‘

-(ﬁlsene', not thatgprineipl‘ciol the jammy ‘,. that the Motif-q

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ﬁlmﬁifcceer (11'2qu forge games againﬂ the chiCE'Magiﬂrate tha;
a ome a tyrant av uf m fodit—ima at? " will“ ﬁe." ' a"
Tom“ and not only defendohimfelfe and higown peoéeﬁ‘g alﬁaanyzdtdhec
('briﬂ.lib.6 that Shall ﬂy unto him.Which opinion‘Laméerm me avutich-
“9.3.. gameontrary to" the Law,the Gotpel and: the generallconfent olidll'
. Orthodoxall Fathers. _ _' .
Hikiiﬂty a Bilhop of France, wrote the fame time to this fame
”new. alperor in't‘ﬁdi: humble man nemameﬁm mmra madamiwéeatsj/l
y‘ , M'ﬂuguﬂe: Yohr ' de nature; moft bleiled Emperor, agreeing
- With your gracious-d1 poﬁtion, and the mercy which Ho'weth‘ a-
boundantly from the fountain of your fatherly godl-inCHE, do a—fﬁirc
us, that we ﬂiall obtaine our dtﬁre. We beﬁeech you,not only with
3 7 words, but aifo with teares, that the Cathoiique Churches, be no
\ longer Oppreﬂed with grievous injuries, and endure intollerable
- periécutions, and contumelies,'and that ( which is molt fhamefull)
even of our brethren. Let your Clemency provide38tc. '
Surely, if it had then been known that the Pope, by his ahfolute
power or indircﬂ aurhority , could have punifhed or depoled
. . Kings, which the Papilis avouch,or‘for the Peeres or the Peopleto
T have done it,which the Puritamr aﬁirmqfonieof'thefe old Biihops
would have prcffed that point again& this hereticall Prince,which
abufed his {word to the blafpheming of Chriﬁ, the-murthering of
the Saints,the Educing of many thOufand foules .: by ’firenghtning,
maintaining and eﬂablifhing the Arrz‘an error. But they’ took it to
- be no Chril’tian mans part, to beare armour (no noc deienfive') a-
—-gain[’t his Prince, though never {0 wicked ,cruell or ungodly.’;“‘~
' Holy Atlwmﬁm confeﬂem the power of Kingsto bee (if God,
and their impiety not to be punifhediby than; ' Sim: in rota muhdo
Dm Rex eﬂ Imperator (5' pate/bum exercet in 0»:an : AS God is
Ad Anti King and Emperor over all the World, and exerciferh his power
°‘h'7”‘ﬂ' in all creatures : {o the King and Prince is over all earthly men;
S" andido‘h by his abfolute power What he willg'n'fe‘n asGdd himfélf.
Ha- i/le; ’ ' ' i '
4 When it was obje&ed againi’c this reverend Father Arbanaﬂw,
that he had inccnfed [on/zap: the religious Emperor of the Well,
Jpalag.A . agaipﬂ cmﬂmnma in thebdhlfc OFthC pCl’fCCthCd Chrifhans '.' he
.11.”. ,4 cleated-ht'tnfdt’from thataccufa'tton‘,in anApology'to the {aid ‘Etnr-
Conaam. peror C08 antim. ' The Lord, faith he, is my record, and his an-
ntﬁﬁﬁd X03? brothpr, that I never made mention of‘your Ma jcfty
50'3“?“ #11’Pér0“ yqus‘bwther 0*" bicffed memciry, that ”religious
Emperor'é‘ m. T did never incitelii'm againit you,as theieAf-

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Thedayvauhjsﬁs. . '9.
. rim: do {lander me, butwhenlbsvﬁfl had acceﬂ‘c Wt"; him a 1. WI '
Wtf’d‘ywr graetous indinatimi rGOdkﬂQWFtb Whatmmiom
I. made of your godly, difpoﬁtion. gimme 15.53% .8051" 'pavaenmaﬁ.»
courteous Emperor,to {peake the truth. The {Ezrvant of .Godfon-f-
ﬂaw: washer ealily drawn to give care to any man in thlsjkind. I
was never in fuch credit with him, that I dm it fpeakeofanyﬁtch
matter, or derogate from one brother before another t, ortaLke re—
proachfully ofm-Emperon-in the hearing ofanipothcrg I when,
E) maddgneither have Iforgotten the voyce of God,which {31th,
Curﬁ’ not the King in thine heart , and hat/eh.» not the might} in the a
ﬁrm: of thy chamher; for the MM; of , the ajre/hah' tell it, and the
mingedfoulefhall heather] thee. ‘If then,the things that be fpoken in
feaeeagainlt Princes cannot be bid : Is there-any liktlyhbod, that
I‘ in the Em peror’vs prefénce and before {0 many, as continually at-
tended his PCFfQH,W‘..-‘Uld lay any thing other-wile then well ofyour-
Ma jelty ?- Thustar Athamf, ,-
. This is lounder and ,feemelier doﬁfitn for Suhjeéts, than that L Cook in
which Henry Game: and Kahert Tefmond, taught tome Romifh Cao-his {peach
thollke Gentlemenot England, W ho imploycd 772me Winter into 3‘ 54mm
Spaine,in the month of 0ecemhenﬂimo Dom1601,to make requcﬂ: ”ria‘gr‘“
to the Spam/77' King, int’ne behalf: and names , tshe Eagltfh ‘Popcvé mu“:
Catholiqmt, that he would {end an army hither in'o England, for 'P "
the advancement of their'Catholiquepaufe;and to promilc,tha-t the
forces of the Pepi/l: here lhould 0e ready to do him (ch ICC againﬂz'
the late ween, ‘ ‘ ' . ,

The tel c tame doc‘trin of fed tion was puhl ﬂvd inthe yeare afl-
ter,viz.Ahno Dom. t60‘2, by Guilie/mm 'Bucrmm, a man of no mean
efteeme among the (Puritamrmd that at ,th 2 m it requell of‘beza'
and Gﬂﬂldriim , the chiefelt Mimlters of the Church of" .gmcw, (if.
the Author hlmllll‘e btlye them not) whofc words are as follow--
eth : Suhdiné: ii ﬁt puhlica é wanifeﬂa [wvi'i- , 1:"ch ﬁrri jupplicég.
implore" auxiliz uh. «Zita. or" lit/ripen comm deﬁ'nﬁmm aim Regthm W. mm
lice! .- Subjects when they endu e pu'nlique and manitelt wrong, then}. i
may lawfully become fuppliants to foraign States, and crave their loco, 7:.p. i .
ayd againft til. it Princes',and other Kingsought to‘take upon them 345"
their defence and prot’c‘t‘tion. So far'Bu‘tan; '. ‘

Subfe‘is mutt {qua-e their ﬁllﬁeﬁioh, according to the rule of} ; Sam.zz
Gods Word,not’after the'aﬂEétion and ﬁmcies-of men. “ Shal'com- l8.
manded Dug to murther 85 Prieﬂs, todeﬁrcy their City, men,
Women and children With the edge ofthe (word. Did David for
whom they .mexﬂain, when he had'té'min‘ his punter, 'tak‘e re;
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r o g The duty ofSulajeél‘r.
- venge, or iufﬁrhis fervants to do it, when they were ready and of- ;

biz. Sam: 1er themklves' to Ray Saul? ‘Dwid l’ deﬁled 'eriae his bed,~ and .

I 1-4. 17- caulE’dhim to be‘kille‘d : >Didﬂh/alon well,'to Confpite againlt him,

c 3 Reg. that was both a murtherer and an adulterer'? Salomon ‘ brought

1 1.8. into the land many {trange wives,and as many diHErent Religions
. into the Church : Did the high Priellnhe Peeres,the Prophets , or

3; 8kg- the people otter to charities or depole him .2 Achah d fuﬂered 31m. '

’9' he! to put Naéorh to death,and to kill'the Lords Prophets : Did .E«

p lieu depole him,intice his fubjefts to rebell againlt him, or implore

c Markc 5- foraigne aide to deftroy him ? Herod C beheaded ﬁlm fBapti/hkill’d
R7} 1 z 2 James, imprifoned Peter, and would have {lain him alfo,if he had
” ' ' 4 nor been delivered by an Angell : Did Peter take Vengeance on

fAflss- s: Herod,which he might have done with a-word,as Wel as on 5 And- ,

8 "d‘ ”" via: ? No, he did leave him to the Lord, whofe iudgment infued in

23' molt s fearefull manner. In a word, wicked Princes have never

been lawfully puniihed by .Prelates, Potentates, or people of their

,4". Kingdome,as the Papiﬂ: and Puritan: aver; but mult be reierved to

‘ the judgement ofGod,as the Troteﬂant: aﬂirmt’. , , ‘
Gregory Nadanzmﬁn his Oration at the funcrall of 5.34/51, re-

Baﬁlim porteth,that the Emperor’s Deputy in Pantm, commanded 5.84?!

Wg'l’ti- to pat out a widow, that had taken lancfhiary' to ﬁve her felfe from
forced marriage; The Bifhop (not willing to violate the Eccleﬁa-
ilicall Laws granted by the Imperial Ma jelly) refufed fo to do.The
Governor call the Bifhop before him, threatned to whip him,and
to teare his Hefh with iron hooks ; the people hearing that indig- '
nity 0&2:er to the Bifhop, fell to an uprore, and would have ﬂaine

Monodia the L ieutcnant,had not that innocent man of G odmith much aa’o,ﬂa7d

Nazian.in- that furiom "Inﬁll/56“ delivered hie perfccutor from that perill,to nhofe

m ”P“! C " 1“ plea/are he did afterwardfuhmit himfdfe. ,

B‘m'ﬂﬂm The fame Naziamm, for his admirable learning called the Di-
zzine, writeth oflulian the Apoﬂata-Empemt’s death :' Julian-was
punilhed by the mercy of God, thorough the teares of Chrillian

+ men; which tearc: were many,and ihed of many, for that'they had
no other remed y,againﬂ that pt-rﬁcutor. Thus tar Nazidnun.

1 0,4,. This godly father lived under ﬁve Emperors, Con/tame”, [ali-

“Multan amu, Valem, Valentiniaam and Hedoﬁm, in all which‘timé, he
could ﬁnde no remedy againft the Tyranny, Herefy and Apol‘tafy

of Princes,beﬁde prayers and teat-es: The Devill of Hell had nor . .

as yet hatched the diltinﬁions ol proprie and improprié, direﬁé and
indireilh,ﬁmpli¢:iter and [madam quid, ahfoluté (9" inordiue adﬂiiri-
maﬁa, wherewnh the lefm'm do ﬁll the fchoolcs‘with'clamorous

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Tbiliut} beubjeﬂr'. I I t ’

I evaﬁons,the Church with erroneous {upetﬁitiom and many Chrir -

, {fian Rates with tragicall feditio'n. ,
- Lucifer Calaritanm, in ,fundry books-againﬁ Canﬂdntim, ufeth
manyimmod‘el‘t and diﬂoyall lpeeches : but he perfwaded not'thc
.Popeto depofe him, the Rate to pumfh him, the people to rebell a-

gainﬂahim or forraineaide to . lupprelle him ; but threatened him-

- with thedread full punifh'ment ofﬂod. He that (in the‘fervency of
zealejdurﬁ call fu Cl'ucll an Emperor, Theef, Church- roéécr, Mur-
' ~differ,Berg/I, Hangman, Heretique, Apoﬂata,ldolator,tbeforc-runner
' of durhhnﬁand Auticbriﬂ‘ bimfclfc, would t'urely have encouraged.
the Pope,the Peeres,or the pecple,ro have removed that evil King,
and placed a better in his {lead ; If there had been any inch opini—
on in thole dates, as our moderne Icfm're: and ‘Puritam beare now
the World in hand. As this Father in his writings kept not the
modelly of the other Fathers, which lived in that age under C 011--
ﬂantim : (0 he did not continue in the unity of the Cathelique'

Church. L'ﬂriﬁraaith Amérofe) divided Iaimﬁlf from our C ommum'a 0’ I? 180‘

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6”,!b0ﬂgb be wart bﬂﬁ‘ﬂICd Wk}, mfor our Relthi0n. bit [74:71.5

When wmérofc was commanded, to deliver up his Church in
Millaim to Maxemim 'an A‘rrx‘an Bifhop,he declared his refolution

S aim

in a fermon to the people,which were very {Cry for his departure. mar; 4m-
,ﬁcid turéamim' ?’ volem' mmquam w: deferam : Why are you trou- I’m/‘7 “1""

bled PS I. will never. willingly depart from you. I f I be compellcd. I
have no way to refiit : I can forrow, I can weep, I can ﬁgh, my
teares are weapons againlt Souldiers,Armcur, Gothes : inch is
the muniti n of a Priell ; by any, othermeanes than teares, I nei-
ther ought nor can reﬁll. So far Abba/e.-

Not diﬁbility but duty,not want'omrength and martial forces, .
hut‘a'reverend regard or the Emperors Ma jel‘ty : commanded by
the Law ofGod, kept this blelTe'd Ainérofe from refilling. ,For he
might eaﬁly havciwrought the Churches liberty, his own {afetys

andthe Ania»: calamity , by the. overthrow of the Emperour,.

through the force of" the Garifon in that City, which reluled to at-
tend the Prince to any other Church than’th‘at wherein Mmérofeg
was. The Egg; and peremptory aaner of the Ca ptaines and Soul.
"diers,is thus reportedby Amérofe in an Epillle to Mending: re-‘I

ligious woman; Si ",odire wile: bab’mr copiam feprtﬂéfumro: -' 595113,.

The Emperor maygoaar his pleafure, they would be ready to at-
tend 'him, ifhe would ’goto the Catholique AflEmhlies, or-oth'er-

wife, they Would keep on their way to that Congregation wherin .

Ambrqfe-was. . Thus far the Son/ﬁe";

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I a . i The duty ofSuleaéis}

They refufcd (as you fee) to obey, and preferred God’s true. Ser-
vice,beForethe Emperor’s favour : they reviled not his {dered per-
{on,they reﬁlled not his Soveraign poWer, but yeelded themfelves
Egiﬂ'eadm to his‘mercy and plea'l'ure,to ﬁve their foules from Gods wrath and
difpleafure, as we find in the fame Ep‘iitle, ‘Umm Ioé mimmrm af-
cenderam, I went to Church to extoll the patience orob. where I
found every one of my hearts, a [4606, worthy to be extolled.In c-
very one 'of you, la!» is revived ; in each of . you his patience, and
vertue‘fhined ; ‘what could be {aid better by Chriﬂian men, than
that which the Holy Ghoit this day f' ake in you? We bcieech
(0 Emperor) we offer not to ﬁght,wc {care not to dye,we intreat
your clemency.0h it was feemely for Chriitian S,ouldicrs,to d eﬁre
the tranquility of Peace and Faith,and to be conlta'nt in truth,even?
unto death. Thus far Ambrofe. _

S. eﬂuguﬂin‘ relateth the fame of the Chriftian Souldiers, under
Julia» the Apoltata Emperor : [nliamm extirir Imperator inﬁdelzlc,
Iulian was an unbeleeving Emperor,was he not an Apoﬂata? An
Oppreﬂ'or and an Idola ter ? Chriﬁian Souldiers {crved that unbe-
leeving Emcpror: 'When they came to the Caule ofChrill’, they ,
would acknowledge no Lord but him that was in Heaven :_ When
they were commanded to adore Idoles, and to offer facriﬁce, they
preferred God before their prince. But when he called upon them
‘ to'war, and bad them invade any Nation, they preﬁntly obeyed.

14' They did diﬂinguilh their eternall Lord,from the temporall King,
yet they fubmitted themlelves to their temporall Lord ,. for his fake
Deﬁbi/ﬂ- that Was their eternall King. So far he.

Augult.‘ in
Plal.

awn/7' " Opium: Wilwitahmjs another pregnant witneﬂ'e : Cumfuper

I '3' Imperatortm new ﬁr ni/i [aim ‘Deur. Seeing there is no manabove
the Emperor,beﬁde God alone,which made the Emperor ; ‘Dona-
rm, by advancing himlelie above the Emperour, doth exceed the
bounds of humanity,and 'maketh himii'lf a God rather than man ,in .

com. 1:- that he feareth and reverenceth him not,whom all men {hould ho-

z-M‘Joh Lnormext after God. So far Op'tat. - .

r 2,035. ‘ S. [Jril is of the lame judgment. ('m' legéprevaricatore! liéemre
lice! m'ﬁ Leg}: ipﬂm autbari ? Who can acquit them thaghtéak the
Lan'rom tranigreﬂion, befide‘ the La w-g’ixi ' '7' "We tee“ by ex-
perience, in all humane States,no man can §thout dangerbreake
the Law, but Kings themielves, in ‘ whom I ' crime of prevarica—

m Epiﬁudlim hath no place. For it Was wifel‘ ,. of one , that it is a

T Timoth. wicked rrefumpnon to ﬁgtqaigipg, ,ag"! daeﬁ amiﬁ‘. 80 ﬁt he.

can. i .v And a fo 5. {info out. ' What 'me‘anethfthe Apoftle, faith he, to
require Prayers 8t Supplicatibnsylnteteeﬂions and‘ThankfeiYinémg ‘

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‘to he made for all men? He requireth this to be done in the dayly "
fervice of the Church , and the perpetual! rite of Dive Religion}
'jPorallthe 'fait‘hfull do know, inwhat manner prayers av e poWred
‘out before the Lhrd morning and ievening, for all the Word : even
for Kingstandevery man in authority. Some man will (peradven-
ture) fay‘,that,far all,muﬂ: be underﬂood of all the faithful]. Which
cannot be’ the Anoftles meaning,asmay appear: by the words fol;
lowingmizfor’ K mi? ":1 ' feein‘g that "Kings neither'did then, nor in
many ages after ierve thelivingGod, but continued. obl’tinatly in
inﬁdelity, which by coufe of inter ﬂiOn they had received. Thus *
a; C1277 ﬂ . ' . ,
Our {ll/cidern Reformers teach us that whichr‘PamI and Chg/97. See the We
neither knew nor beleeved,that wicked ’l’rinces‘ are not to be pray- {:‘Ff/m r
ed for,hut to be reﬁtted ,ér; ‘ . 0302.3“
When the faﬂion of Emicbe: had prevailed againﬁ the Catho-
likes, Leo the ﬁrlt,had no other remedy than Prayers to God,{ighs,
teares and petitions to the Emperor: Ouncxpartiam noﬂrarum Ec- .
cleﬁa,&c. All the Churches ofthefe parts,all we Prieﬂs,even with ”Fiﬁ-14°14
ﬁghs and teares, beieech your Ma jelly, to command a generall S y— 2;?
node to beheld in 1:41;, that all OffinCﬁS beeing remooved , there :7 '
may remaine , neither error in Faith, nOr diviﬁon in Love. Favor
the Ca tholiques, grantiibertyto proteﬁ the Faith againft Hereti-
ques,defend the itate of the Church from ruinsthat' Chr’ilt his right-
‘hand may fupport your Empire. Thus'far Lea. ' ' , '
When Gregor} the great Was accufed for the murther cfa Bilhop-
in prifon,he Wr; ~te to one Sabinimgo cleare him tothe Emperor
:and Emprcﬂ‘e. Brwitqir {ﬁs'geml'feﬂniﬂz‘mk Domimés‘ met?! : You fpiﬁ. lib.7.
may bri' ﬂy entorme my ioveraigne'Lor‘d and Lad y,,' that if I their ‘P’ﬂol'
fcrvanr,would have buﬁed my {elf with thc'death of the Lombardr,
that Nation would by this time have had neither Klngsmor Duks,
nor Earles; and {bouldhave been in great confuﬁon and divifion ; '
but becaufe I ttood iiiaw of‘God,[ Was ever afraid to§meddle with .f'
the {bedding of any mans' blond So far Gregor}. _ ' ,
' Thefe Lombard: were Pagananvadersofthe Countrey, ran-
(“@1391 ' City , ecutors of the Saitits,robbers of the Church
op‘tfreﬂ‘ors o the po‘ ﬁewhom regor"the'ﬁrgltmightﬁnd' woul' '
not deitroy,_qg£a Denipftimit; Candi): feared God. ltisvery
1““, that his ‘iucCtzﬂergrcgurJ thej, reared neithet‘ Godhosmn»
when he ereaed the pap'al. 'c'ioiﬁei', again“ 5 t. e regal! tape-r, and
read t’ cmart-”cc:(“Wit-31.30.,mthetmpcror Hem-y;- Ego
~ «woman ”panacea; may 3156 p ’a- A'pouoii'call,do beteavc
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Henry of the germ» Kingdome, and do deprive him- Ofall fubje-
ﬂion of Chriftian men , abfolving all men from the allegiance,
which they have {worne unto him. And that [teddy/a, whom the
Peeres of the Empire have elected, may govern ‘the"Kir1gdonie: I
Carol. Si. grant all men, that {hallierve him again& the Emperor, forgive-
gon, de 'neﬂe oftheir ﬁns, in this life and in the life to come. As I have for
ltcgno Ita. his pride dejected Henry from the Royall dignity , (0 I do exalt
1.9- I“ V": Rodolpb for his humility, to that place ofA'uthprity. Thus far gre-
3:71.3- gar] the 7. ~ ' i '
Benno. It is no wound er, that Gregor] his chaire clave a funder,as {ome
9474' ’7‘ writers afﬁrme, at the giving of this ieritencc; beeaufe the proud
“”‘G’e-g 7' Pope,and his wicked ﬁntcnce,were too heavy Ea burthen for ‘Peter:
+. ﬁoole of humility to beare.

7‘17: fourté Chapter prover/1 rive Immunity of K ing: by :12:
Fat/1e 5 of the third goo yeares.

AFter the death ofGregor} the great,whieh‘was about the year
of our Lord 604. Sabiniama did {acceed him, who lived but
one yeare, after whom came Boniface the 3 ,which'obtained 011’!»-
cu to be called ‘Uiviverfall Bilbap ; ﬁnce that time periit w’rtm Im-
/ peratorum @- piem Pann’ﬁmm, the Em perours waxed make, and
theBijbnp: wicked. What the judgement of thofe Fathers then was,
concerning iubjeﬁion to wicked Kings , I will make evident by
the tcﬁimony of of gregarim Turomuﬁ: , Iﬁdorm , Drama/cent”,
Beda, Fu/‘gentim, Leo the 4, and the Fathers aﬂemb‘led in a Coun-

cell at Toledo in .S‘palne. .
Gregor Turomn/i: , acknowled geth fuch an abfolute power in
Hi/larﬂb 1 C bildericia moﬂ: wicked Kin omenee,as was free from all con-
“P1. troll of man. 31'qu d: noéie Rex) juﬂitic limiter traufcendere 'vo-
Inerit, are. Ifany one of us (0 King ) do paﬂ‘e the bonds of juﬂice,
you have power to correﬁ him, but if you exceed your limit, who
{hall chailice you ? We may fpeake unto you; ifyou liﬂ not to hear-
itemwho can condemn you,bat that great Godmhoh’th pronoun-

ced himfelf to be righteouincs? Ha' emu Me.” .,

Iﬁdorm faith noleiTe for the immunity of‘the Kings ofSpar'ne.
Let all earthly Princes know, that they (hall give account of the
Church which Chriﬂ hath committedto their proteétion. Yea.
whether the pcaceand difci‘giine’ Eccleﬁ'altieall be advanced , by

, faith: I”

The tiny @‘Subjeﬁs. I;
faithfull Kings. or diffolved by the unfaithfull ,. he Will require-a
reckoning at their hands, which hath left his Church in their ,j-
power.So farI/idor, . ' .

201m- Damufcene pleadeth not only For the Exemption of wic-
ked Kings themi‘elves,but alfo of their Deputies. The Governours Parana rt.
(faith he ) which Kin 3 create, though they be wicked, though WW
theybe theeves,thoug they be uuiuﬁ, or otherwile tainted with
any crime, muft bee regarded. Wee may not contemnethcm.
for their impiety : but muft reverence them , becaute of their ’
authority, by whom they were appoynted our Governours. So’
farre he.

- Fulgmimfaith, that no kind of Sedition can {land with Re-
ligionfum fro nqﬂraﬁde libero reﬁmdrmm,&c. When we aanOl‘
freely for our proteﬁion, we ought not to be taxed with the leall:
luigition oi difobedience or contumely, {eeing we are not un-
mindlull of the Regall dignity, and do know, that we molt ieare
God, and honour the King. according to the Dot°rrine of the A- ”1 cm ad
poﬂl'e, Give to each one his due, feare to whom feare, honour to mf‘aﬁm'
whom honour appertaineth. Of the which {care and honour Saint mg, " t
Peter hath delivered unto us the manifeﬂ; knowledge, ﬁyin ,As I Pet. :9 7-
the fervants of God, honour all men, love brotherly fellow ip,
feare God,l)onour the hing.Thus iarre Fir/gent.

Our Countriman Beda, for his great learning called Venerable, Lilu, expo/g
is olthe fame mind . David ( faith he) for two caufes {pared 54:11, in Samuel-
who had periccuted him molt maliciouﬂyfirﬂfor that he was his ‘ 5 3:11.24.
Lord ,annoynted with holy oyle. And fecondly, to inﬂruét us by 6‘ ,l.’
morall precepts, that wee ought not to ﬂrike our governours,

( though they unjuﬁly oppreﬂe us) with thefword of our lips :
nor prefume ﬂanderouily, to teare the hem me of their fuperﬂuous
aﬁionsSo far he.

Leo the fourth about the yeare 846.agnifed all {objection to La- d
#9th the Emperour : I do profeil'c and promife ( faith #0271222”
to obfervc and kcepe unviolably, as much as lieth in me, ' for thc ”If, ' '
time prefent and to come,your Imperial ordinances and comman-
dements .- together with the decrees of your Bxihops, myprcde; ‘ _.
,ceﬂors:If any man inform your Majefiy ‘otherwite,tknow.dcrtain- ’
lynhatheisalyer.SofarLeo.1 .' -j r 3 "

. ' The BllhOPS oi Spaine. ail'enibled in a Nationall Councell at . T
Toledo, made this Decree againft Perjury and Treaion.- ‘Qgiam— (03:12:? 01'
que amodo ex nobia : Whofoever among us [hall from this time “if“ '25,.
forward , violate the oath Which he hath taken for the faiegard Dum.t'36.

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a; .ﬂ‘badaasofSulaf‘em; _
:» dram Céhﬁtrey,the Rate eitheigotiﬁ) nationﬁ nd the prefervation
'sbfthé Kings Majeity : whoibever. {hall attempt the Kings
death,or depoﬁtion :, whofoever {hall bv tyrannicall ~piei'nmption

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ii -. 'a'fpiré to tthe‘gail Throne-3‘ let him’ be iaccuded before theHoly
'er, I .1 w. 5‘ .‘: ’Spirit, before the blciTed Saints, let him be calt out of the Catholtki:
i J. .' ‘ Church,whieh he hath polluted by perjury; let him have no Com-
' ‘ ' . L r , human with Chriltian men , nor portion with the inii ,- but let
i (him beco'ndemned with the Devrll and his angels eternally, toge-
' “thet With his complices,that they may be tyed in the bond of dam-’
_ ‘nation,’Wlnch were joyned in the fociety ofiedition. _ Thus far the.
:‘ Fathers in that Synod. _ ‘ p

l A ‘ .1 conclude therefore with theft learned Fathers,that it is not for!
9 ' / 'the_people,othcrwife men with humilityand obedience,tocontrol
' the 1&ions of their Governors : but their duty is only to :call up-
‘ on the God of Heaven, and to ‘lnbmit themlclves to his mercy ,* by
Whole ordinance the scepter is fallen into his hand and power,that
enjoyeth the Crow'n,whether he be goodor bad. - A night ofdepo-
ﬁng,mult be either in him that hath an higher power,Which is one,
1y God : or in him,that hath better tight to the Crown,which the
Pope cannot have,becaule he is a {trangermor the Peeres or people,
becaufe they are {abje&s. Be the King for his Religion impious,
{or his Government unjult, For his Life licentious, the {objeé‘t mull-
endure him, the Biﬂiop innit reproVe him , the Councellor malt
‘; , advife him, all mull pray for him, and no mortall man hath autho-
r ‘ tity to dilturbc or dilplaee'h’im, as may evidently be feene by the
Chapter following. - ; '-

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INthis age of the Church,the Popes exalted themfelves above-all
' > that 18 called God, and upon private diipleaiures an squarrcls.
did cork: and ban Princes, incenﬁng their neighbour-Nations, anti
«perfwading their own Subjects to make war againll them, as‘ if
Chi-ii]: had oedeined his Sac: Emerita, -' not tobeieales of Grace, and
' helps ofum' Faith, but hookes to catch I Kingdoms, and rods to
{tourge {itch Potentates as would not , « “Could: not procure the
Pope’s favour. How far thde Popiih praétii'es , did difplcaie-thc
godly and learned, ’. will fhew by '«Q; Barnard, ‘Waltmmm Bifhop
outlawing. the Eyutle Apologeticall otthe Church or Larger a-

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- Tb: Duty afSubjrﬂs.‘ \ I7
gainlt Tafcbalx'a the Pope, and the Author of Henry the' fourth his
' Life. . . ' , '
Saint Bernard ,. in one ofhis sermons upon the WOIdS
of ['lm'ﬂ, I am‘ the, Vine, Commendeth the anfwer .of "a cer:
taine King, Em: quidam “Rex, cum farmyard bumma/agitta,&€- It
was well {aid of a King when , he was {hot into the body withan
arrow,and they that were about him, deﬁred him to be boundun-y
till the arrow’s head, were ,cut out, for that the leait motiongofhis
bod y would'endanger his life ;, no, (quoth he) it doth not beieem
a King to be bound,let the Kings power he ever fafe and at liberty.
And the lame Father in an Epiﬁle to Ludovicm Craﬂw the-King
of France teacheth {ubjeﬂs , how torebell and ﬁght againlf their
Princes ; Qgcqm‘d whit do Regno wﬂro dc Min»: & Corona wﬂmB rnard.‘ .. :
facere placmrir ,- Whatfoever you pleafe to do with your Kingdom, 5:51;. “-1. 3""
your foule,or your Crown, we that are the .children of'the Church 3
cannot endure or diiiemble the in j u ties,contempt,and conculcati -
on of our mother. ereﬁionleﬂe we will {land and fight even unto
death in our mothers behalle, and uieiuch weapons , as Wee may
l’a w-fully, I meane not Swords-and Speares,but Prayers and Teares
to God. - i ‘ ' ' V "
When gregor} the 7, had depofed Hénry the 4,he gave aWa the
Empireto one Rodolpbm Duke ofSaxon], that was a {worn [ ’_ ;e&
to that diftreﬂ‘ed Emperor; which Rodolpb , in a battaile againﬁ
his Soveraigne Lord , 10!} his right-hand , and gained a deadly
wounda After his death , the Pope made one Hermam King of
germ»), who, enjoyed his Kingdom bUt. alittle time, for he was
ﬂaine with arﬂone, which "a woman threw upon him from a turret,
as he made an afiault (in lport)againﬂ: his own caﬁle,to try the va-. Ex a“
lour of his Souldiers. Then did Egbertwby the Popes encourag- Henr. 4,
ment afcend the Imperiall Throne, whereon he fat but a while : for qme .babc-i
' as he {tepped aﬁde from his Army in to a Mill, to red himfelf in the W M W“-
heat of the day, he was difcovered bythe Miller to the Emperor’s 21:31:; a” I";
friends, and loft his life for his labellr. During this burly-burly in Calm,
that State, Waltbramm 'a godly Biihop, Wrote to one Lariat/ind , imprcﬂ‘o.
an Earle of the bmpire , difvvading him from partaking withthe
Seditious againit that good-Em rot, Whom ti“? 'PbPC had dcp‘OI-i
Ed. Walthmm by the grace of 106, that he is, to Lem-J'the noble
Prince, with inﬁance of prayer, oﬂi-eth himfelie in all things ferri-
ceable. Concordia proﬁtable to every Realme, and Iuﬂic'e much
to'be deﬁrcd-t thefe vertues are the mother of devotion, and the
Confectatibri'ofall honelty. '[But whOfOever {eeket'h after ciyill d if2
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{ention and incenfeth other to-th: eﬁ’iﬁon ot‘bl‘oud, he is a murthei
ter and partaketh with him, who gaping for blond, goerh about
' reciting whom he may devoure :- Tne- Worthy veilell ofeleftion,
that was taken up to the third Heaven, protciteth, laying, .L‘et :6
very Rattle fu'omit himfelie to the higher power, there is no power:
but from God. He that reﬁtteth power, refiﬂeth. the ordinance of
God. If that be true (which lome men prate among women and
the vuigar fort) that we ought not to berfubdued to the Kingly
power, Then it is falfe which the Apoﬂle teacheth, that every foule
5 3/? Wu muit fu'amit himfelfe under power and foperiority. Can the truth
4:, 5,1,; lye? Did not Chril't the Lord fpeake by the Apoltle? Why do we
1147' in ap- provoke the Lord P Are we [tronger than he ? Doth not he thinke
redial!» hi mfelle i‘tronger than the Lord ,the reﬁﬁeth the ordinance ofGod:
""5““ Seeing there is no power but of (301 : What faith the Prophet ?"'
Confoundcd be they that ﬁrive againlt the Lord, and they that re-
ﬁt him {hall perifh. Radolpbm,Hm4nm,Egbertm ,with many 0.”.
ther Princes, reﬁlled the ordinance of God , in Henry the Empea
ror, but loc they are confounded, as though they had never beene,..
for as their end was ill , their beginning could not'bc good, @6.
H“: iﬂe. ‘
Pope "PA/c6411} {ecing the bad fuccefi'e ofthole fed i tioua fubjeﬁ's, .
which his prcdeceliors Gregory and ’Urémm- had armed ‘againl’t .
Hear}, that worthy Emperor : did perfwadc the Emperor's own.
fun, again&' all Law ofdod, Nature and Nations, to re bell againft"
his father. The Biihop ofLeige tooke the Emperors part, againit
this young Prince , for the which he was cxeommunicate, his
Church interdiaed‘, and Robert Earle of Flaxnder: commanded by
the Pope,as he hoped to have the forgiveneff: of his fins,and the la-
ol tclfite Church ofRome , to deﬁroy that Bifhop and his ialie
Fri 3. -
The Churchmen oi Leige terriﬁed with the POpes excommuni-
cation, and fearing the Earlcs Opprefiion , wrote an Apology for
8:30am- themfelvs about the yeare 1106'; We are excommunicate (lay they)
afﬁu'ﬂdfud becaule we obey our Biihop, who hath taken part with his Lord.
“”"m' the Emperor. Thele are the beginnings offorrow; for Satan bee-

“m“ in'g looﬁd ,compaffeth the earth, and hath made a divilion between
the Prince and the Prieﬁ’ : who can iui’cly blame theBiihop that

\ taketh his Lords part, to whom he hath l' worn allegiance 1’ Perin-
\\ ry is a great-ﬁn ,. whereof they cannot be ignorant , that by new

\ lthilmmnd novell traditionsdo promif: to abfolve {objects from
th: guilton:tjury,.th1: formure themielves to their Lord the

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«The duty afSubjcfts. 1:9
- ' Intthe prOgre-ffe‘ of their Apology they determine thrte‘gteat
_qHCﬁiOUSo ‘ ' ' ' " ‘ t ,
,; ~ Pit-(t, whether the Pope hath power to excommunicate Kings? .
Secondl—.y,_to whom it belongeth tio inﬂiﬁ temporallpunifh-
went , when Churchomen oﬁtndcd'againit Faith, unity or good.
manners? '
, And thirdly , whatremedy .{ubjeé’cs have againl} their Kings,
that are impious or tyrannous ? Si ‘qzm' rc/jzcﬂn/anﬂi'tvpirilm,&c.
Ifanyman having refpet‘t to the S pix it of Liod, (hall turn over the
- old and new Teﬁament,he {hall plainly ﬁnd that Kings, ought not
., , at all or very hardly be excommunicate, whether we conﬁder the

, etimology of their names,or the nature of their excommunication.
‘Even til this day hath this point been queftioned,and never deter-
mined. Kings may be admonifhed and reproved,by {uch as be dill
erect and fober men, for Chril’t theiKing of Kings in earth, who ,
hath placed them in his own (lead, hath referved them to his own T
jud ement,(§'o. ' , ' ‘ J

, 7 T eir anlwer to the fecond qtteftion,is grounded on the teltimo-
ny of Saint Ange/Zine, the pra’étife of Princes, and the authority of - ‘1
Paul, Kings (lay they) and Emperors by their publique Lawes,
have forbidden heretiques,to enjoy any wordly poﬂeﬂion. Wher-
for'e lacing we are no heretiques, and that it belongeth not tothe
Pope, but to Kings and Emperors to punifh heretics, why doth 2'3
our Lord Pafcbalzis {end Rodert, his armour-bearer, to deftroy the =
potl'efﬁons and to overthrow the villages of the Churches,w lzich
in cafe they deferved dei‘truétion, ought to be deﬁroy ed by the E- +
diet ofKintzs and Emperors, which cary the (word, not wi‘thOUt
good caufe? (ire. .

For anfwer to the third .queflion, they thew by lundry plaCCS

..ofSeripture',that there is no other helt‘e agatnft evill Princes, than
prayer and patience. ‘Nl'hil made pro Imperatore noﬂro dicimiu ,&c.

We Will for the prefent lay nOthing in defence of our 1 mperor,but .
this we fay , though he Were as bad asyou report him to be, wee ..
would endure his government, becatzfe our {ins have deferved fuch-

' aGoycrnor. Even fuch aPrince ought not to be reﬁlled by vio-
lence‘,but endured by patience and prayer. (Mo/c! brought many
plagues-upon Pbaraob,whofe heart God had hard ned,but it was by
prayer and the lifting up‘ his hands to heaven. And 8.7M»! renni-

. reth prayers to be made for all men, for Kin s and luch as are in au-
_.,,,_; thority : which Kings were neither Cat ohkes nor Chriflians.
"t, 3511553115 from the mouth of the Prophetj'ercm}, wrote unto the l

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ao- Thedat} ofiSubjee‘it.
Iews ,' which were captives unto the King of 346710», that they
muff pray for the life of Nabxchm‘neemr the King ofBaéjlon, and
3 it Le o a Baltbaur his (on, that their dayes-in earth may be as the d ayes of
P ‘ ' J Heaven,ée.S.Paul teacheth why we ought to pray for evill Kings-
namely, that under themwe may lead a quiet life..It'would becom
an Apollolike man , to follow the Apolllescloétrin : it Were'pro--
pheticall to follow the Prophetﬁ'e. Thm far tings): their Epiﬁle
Apologetiu/l. ’
m'uHeM, He that wrote the life of this Emperor Henry the 43am auntient,
. quoﬁ‘l’m atmodell, and an impartiall relator ofﬁtch occurrents as happened
in his time, declateth his dillike ofthe-Popes praéliﬁsnnd the Car‘-
mine: tumults againl't their {aid Soveraigne Lord. magnum mun-
da doeumntum datm eﬁ. . A great inltruétion was given to the
Warld ,that no man {hould rife againfl his mailer. For the hand
ofRodolpb being cut off. lhewed a molt full puniﬂtment of perju—
ty 3 he feared not to violate his ﬁdelity [worn to the King, and His
3‘. right hand was punifhed,as if other wounds had not beene fufﬁcx-
‘ em to bring him to his death,that by the plague of the rebellious,
the fault of rebellion might be perceived. Thus far he. ' ‘ ‘

T be ﬁxt/J' Chapter provetb tlteﬂtmeéy t/fe teﬂimonj of {116‘ .
Writer: ﬂow the t ado jeans dam/mad. .

I Will for conelufion produce Otba Friﬁugenﬁe, Thaquxime,‘
Gratiamaﬂ’bilip tbefu're King ofFranee, the Parliament of 8m.
gland, in the time oi Edwtrd the I, Vincentita and e/Enetu Silt/{M
that afterward was Pope,by the name of Pi»: Seeunlm. '
0“,” Ff 1‘ Otbo Fri-’m en/i: hath an excellent laying in his Epillle dedicate-s
f." .m h" ry to F rederic Barbareﬂle, Cum ”II/L1 per/End mndixlir t'n'vexidtm‘
,.pt(lle de‘ . . . .
dieatory qu wand; Legtbm xen/uﬁpeeae,&c. Although no earthly man can-
bcforc his be found, that is not lubjeet- to the Laws of the World, and in re-
Ch'mi‘k- fpeét of fubjeétion. liable to correé’tion: Kings as it were placed
over Laws, are not rel‘trained by them, but reﬁned to the exami-
nation of God, according to the words of the .King and Prophet,
Nah; 1.1. Agaiecf? the: only have I ﬁnned. It becommeth therfore a King,bot'h
in refpeﬁ ol the noble dilpofition of his mind, and the {pirituall ilo

lamination of his foule,to have God, the King of Kings, and Lord .

of Lords,ever in his mind ,and by all meanes pofiiblc to take heed , .
that he fals not into the hands ofGod, feeing it is (as the Apoille
ﬁrth) a featefull thing to lall into thehauds of the livingGod. it 1'3.

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The Eur} afSubjeﬁt. . at
more fearefull for Kings, than for any other; 'becaufe Kings have
none but God bimﬁlfe above them,whom they need (care. It {hall 4..
be in much more horrible for them, by how much they may. oﬁnd i
more freelythan Other men. So far 01/40. - ' ' ' ~
Thoma: Again“, (if the ttaﬂate d: Regimin’e Principmn be his) Aquin: a’c
maketh three forts of Kings ; Kings by Eleﬁion, Kings by 83607; 76g???
diutioa, and Kings by Sucre/ﬂan. £123.61 “‘
- For the‘ﬁrit, he faith,that they which did eﬂabliih,may aboliih. P. °
.. "For the fecond, we muﬂ: have our rccourfe to him-that did-fur-
rogate the {ubordinate King : as the Iews did to Ceﬂzr againﬂ He-
rod .- for the lafl, his reiolution is, Recurrendum eﬂl' ad uranium Re-
' gem Dmm,that we muﬁ ﬂy to God,the King of all Kings,in whofe
only power it is to moliﬁe the cruell heart of a Tyrant. And that , f -...
men may obtaine this at the hands ofGod , they muit ceaie from i
' ﬁn .;' for wicked Princes, by Divine permiﬂion are exalted to pu-
niih the ﬁns oi the people, tollm‘da eﬂ igimr cxlpa at ceﬂ‘at gramm-
rnmplaga, we muft therefore remove out fins, that God may take
away his punifhment. Thus far Thoma;
fgrats‘anm,which compiled the Decrees,is very peremptory.that
the Bifhop oi Rome ought not to medic with the temporall (word.
the Rate ofCommon-wealths, or the change of Princes. He faith
nothing indeed d: Regm‘ ordiuiém , which in his time, and a 100
years after him , never dreamed of any {uch authority. Cam Pe-
trm quiprimm Apojfolomm 4‘ ‘Domi'nofmrut eleﬁmmatcrialemg la.
diam exerceret : When Peter whom thclord had ﬁtﬁ choﬁn of all
the Apoitles,d rew the material fword,to defend his Mailer fro the
injuries oFtheIews,he was commanded to {heath his {word :Far 41/ Ma: 25. 5:
that take thefword, [baﬂperi/b b} :bcfword. As if Chriﬂ {hould have
laid , Hitherto it was lawﬁill for thee and thine aurycei‘tors to [)6th-
cute Gods enemies with the temporall (word, hereafter thou muﬂ:
put up that {word into his place,and draw the {word of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God, to flay the old man : whofoever beﬁd e (Pilaf-13-
the Prince, and without his authority, that hath la wfull powe r, 7W"’- P“
and as the Apoflle teacheth,.£'earetb m the fmrd in vain, to whom 15%;; x 3.“
every foule Inuit be ﬁtbfeﬂ. 'whofoeverv (I fay) without or beﬁde . ' ’A
the Princes anthorit'ybeareth the fwordﬁxall perifh by the fword. 0 ~' 5 .4 7 r <1 fj‘
Thus Far gratian. _- ' ~ ‘ - ' ,-
4' About the yeag‘ 1 300 began a mm} between Boniface- &and
Pbilipm Pulcbcr‘ ‘ ,fmcb :King; 5 the collation of Beneﬁces,
Prebends and rather ‘ﬁccieﬁaﬁ'ieall promotions. Whereupon the
Pope more unto the waiting, at fella weth: mufﬂe: Bilbop.
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Philip.
Pultlreri

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n. - ' T/Je duhﬂubjaﬂnL '

the fer-vent of Gods Servants, to his well-beloved San Philip, . by

Gods grace King of France, greeting and blelliag Apofiolica-l'l‘.~

Feare God and keep: his Law: Wegive thee-to underitand that
thou art fu‘aieft to us bothin Spiritui'll things,and Tempo rall,an{d.

. that no gift of'beneﬁcesor prebends belongeth to thee. If thou have ,
I in “W hand any. vacant, keep the proﬁts of them to the Succeil'ors

and if thou hi i bellowed a 1y, we-decreethe collation ”voide, and~

recall it,how far foeirerit hath proceeded.Wnofoever beleeveth o - '
' tbcrwife, we ace unit. him a foole : Dated at Lamar: the Fourth of -.

the Calends ofD'n-ember, andiin the 6.yeare of our Papacy. King
Philip rezutned his hautineffe, a correl'pondent anlwcr, Map/imp;

by the grace of God, King omeuce, to qupiface hearin g himfelfe;

for P0 pe, 5411mm medium. 512: nu/lmSciat ma maxima famita. Lit-
tle health or none at all.Let thy great foolefhi p knowithat in rem-
porall things we are fuhiet‘t to no man. And that thegifts ,ofpre-
bends and Eccleﬁalticali promotions, made and to be made by us,r
were and lhall be Lawfull, both in time paft and in time to come.
For {uch collations belong to us in the right of our Cro Wu: Where-.
fore, we will manfully defend the poﬂ‘eﬂ'ours of the ﬂuid dignities,
and . do judge them that thinke otherWife fooles-and mad men;
Given at ’Paria the Wed neiday after [andlmaﬁe, 13.0 I . Quelti.
onleﬂe this King that did to fcornefully re j e& the Popes chalenge:
gtetended from Chrilt, would little regard the claime of theN o-
les,derived but from the people; ‘ « _ ,,
The fame buﬁe Baniflce, of whom lome write,that he came in;
like a Fox: craftely, raigned like a Lion cru‘clly, and dyed like a
‘Dog miferably', would take upon him the decifion ofa co ntrovcr-.
lie between the Kings of England and Scotland, and commanded:
King Edward of England either to ceaie his claim-e, or to fend [his .
procurators to the Apoltolike {ea,to {ltew his right,an'd to receive.

fuch order from the Pope,as juﬂice and equity would require. The .

Lords and Commons then aﬂembled in Parliament at Lincoln:,
(but Boniface this aniwer in the Kings behalle. Whereas our molt
dread Lord Edwndby the grace of God, the Noble King of €ng~
laud,cau{ed your Lettersto be read openly before us,touching cer~
taine occurrents of Rate betweenhimand the King of-Scotland,wez
did not a little marvaile at the contents thereof, fol’trange and.-
wonderfull, as the like hath never ban heard 0 Wek’now. (molt '
holy father ) and it is wellzknown in thisR e,-. and alfo-to an.
ther nations, that the King ol'En landought not to make ‘anfwer
for his right before any. judge Ecc ialtimlL-Ot feculai: : by reafoné
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The duty o/Subjet‘h. a 3

of the free ellate of his Royall dignity, and cullome, without Parliament
breach. at all times unviolably obferv‘ed ', Whereforealter treaty ,at Limlm'
had and diligent deliberation, this was our refolution, that our qu°ied b
{aid King ought not totanfwer in judgement, nor ﬁnd procura- '4;th
, tOrs or melléngers to your court: feeing that tendeth manilel‘tly to '
i the dili’nheriting of the right of the Crown,the overthrow of the
{late of the Kingdome, and the breach of the Liberties, Cufiomes,
and Lawes of our ~Fathersfor the keeping whereof, we are bound :
by the duty of an oath, and will (by Gods help) maintain: and de- ”'7"
lend with all our power and ﬁrength,&c. Datedat Liﬁcal'ne Am.
Dam I get .cﬁi mm, E dwardi primi 2 9; This wasthen the refolution
ofthe (late of this land :il our late lee‘taries Pepi/7; or Puritanpring
in any other Doﬁrine, we may not leave the cawfey ol truth and
obedience, whereon our forefathers walked to their commenda—
tion, to follow thefe new guides, in their by-paths onride,difo- r. .
bed ience,and contemnt ofauthority,to our dellruc'tion. .
Vincemim in his Speculo Htﬂariali hath a notable place to dill --
ade from (edition and perjury. '0: pm omnium bonamm dixerim; 1,3,5, ‘34.
hec/éla‘noz/itad (ne diam here/5:) mo dam: é mundum cmm-femtlhat:
Imay fpeake with the favour of all good mrn, this meere novelty
( if nor herelic) was not {prong up in the world,that Preilts ﬁiould
teach Subjeﬁs, that they owe ‘no. fubjeetion to twicked Kings, and
albeit the have-given-an oath of fidelity unto them, they are not
bound to-zeep it:.Nay they that'obey. an evil'l Prince,are to be held
as excommunicated, and all fuch as- rebell againlt him, are free.
from the guilt of the crime of rjury. So far he. ‘
I will end this Chapter With Emu Sileim, ‘ who dyed in them: 241:
yeare 1 4643i: tandemﬁmL: litium, Let there be an end oieontenti- arm “.9' cu"
on, and one principall head:todetermineallTemporall matters :th-WPW
let the occaﬁon- of perpetuall debate be taken away, let men ac- “9“3‘
knowledgfhemlelvs fubjea to their Prince, and give reverence to
him,whom God hath made his vicegerent on earth.A‘s that which
God commandeth mull-be obeyed without contradiction, {o the
Temporall Commandments of Cefar,may not be reﬁlled . But let
the Kings themlavs beware that they opreﬂe no man un’julllymor
give their people cattle to cry to-Gpd againli them, for the earth :8 .
the Lords and the fulnelTe thereof: he willnot. forget thecryof
the [more :and forth; ﬁn. of the Prince he'tranﬂateth theGovern-
‘ ment- fromone Nationzto.another. There isnothing more oﬂen-
ﬁve to the oreatel} God the King and Creator of Heaven and
Earthghen t ncglcﬂ .ofihlticeﬁnd theroyprefﬁon of the poore :.
, . i D 3 x 33'-

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as the Pfalmiﬁ faith, The poore [hall not elm] heforgotten, emithe
patient (hiding of the ”my [hall not perifh for ever.So fat: Sil‘l/lm.

The Seventh Chapter ﬂveweth the concordofl’opiﬂ and Pa rite»
for the depo/ition of K ing:, and their doicord ahout the
mane: andperjom to he imployed in the execution ‘
of their “De/ignemcntt.

CHilelzrick was depoled, and Tipiae crowned King ol‘Fram‘e
about the yeare 750. The truth of which Hil‘tory is this: C hi1-
derickvoyd of all Princely gravity, gave himfelfe over to pleafure
and wantonnefl'e, leaving the burthen of the State to Pipinm, that
was his Lord Mar/hall : Who conlpired with the Nobles, to ad-
vance him,felfe,by the deﬁtion of the King his mailer. To let a bet-
ter colour on the matter, Pipine lent his Chaplain: to Pope Z ache-
re'e,to have his anl‘wer to this (Qeﬁion : Whether lhould he It’ixg,
he the: hare the name and did nothing, or he he that grtzerned the King.
done?Thc Pope gave fentcncc with the Marfhall againl‘t the King,
whereupon , Childorickwas made a [home Monke , and 7’ipim a
crowned King.

It is a wonder to [ca how thcfe oppofite kﬂariesdo inﬁll upon
this £216! of the French-men, to )‘ul‘tiﬁc their dangerous Doé’rrine,
and {editions confpiracics againit Princes.As Card. Bel/amine do
pontiff. lih. 2. cap. I 7. Thoma Harding again?! the Apologie of the
Church of E N G 1. A N. n fol. l 81 . Franc. Fwardemim in
his Commentary-on Hefl‘er page 85. Rancher, alia Reynold: doj”-

ﬂa tholicatione Henricig lib. 3.cap. 14.1%]an dejeere wagiﬂmtam

fol. 30. AlexanderCea'erim pun/ink“ dc poteﬂate Papa, lab. 2 cape,
D.(/’Vl4rt4 de temporali @‘ﬁzin'mali pontoﬁcte oteﬂate, lih. I .cap, 2 3,
and Dolmen in hie conference tmhin [acceﬂgn parts. ,1. up. 34mg:
48.And alfo thcfe‘Pxn'tmt, (‘loriﬂop Goodman it! hie treaty} «fo-
6eelt'me,’435 3. george Buchanan dejure Regal apnd Scotcrqnggw, _
Datum de politiu Chriﬂiau lih. ;.rn,.6.petg.2zz, TBrutm: Gelta ole
jm nagtjlratmw pg. 286. Philnélphm din/o!» 2, pg. 65. Franc.
Hartman”: in his Frmogallia up. I 2. and Speculum 9217:»le
We")? Rm? m. 27. ‘ A

Dehontiﬁ - .Cardimll‘Pellmioethe gm-mdkrOQContmvetﬁes, cam
1ib.:.,c. :7. not: endure to been. that ”this depoﬁtiontwas done by any Other

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'_ ‘ (”Mumbﬂiﬂv (ML-ﬁrm: Duane) when?!”

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mam; aszibjefts. t,

' this monkeBa/lamim contendeth that Cbillerickwas lawfully de-
. pofed by Pope Zachariah {trangera Priell,no Magiltrate, but (in
this refpeﬁ) a private perlon, though he were Bilhop of Kama. Refp. D,
Will he ever be able to prove or defend his allertion ? Can Zacba- naei adBel-
rie have authority in France, being a ﬁranger ? Can he d epofe the “Bl-I'M?
publike Magil’trate, being but a private perfon P ortrausl‘erre that ”49'3“"
principality to Pipin that he hath no right unto? and commit fo-
many {acriledges and impieties, ftealing from Chi/derick, and gi-
ving to 'Pipin another mans right P authoriling {ubjeé‘ts to violate
their oaths, which they had lworn to their King ? tranfporting
Kingdomes from one manto another, wheras it dorh only belong +-
toGod to depofe Kings, and difpofe of Kingdoms ? Thou maill ﬁe
(Beﬂarminﬂiow many outrages this thy Zachary hath committed,
belid e that he did thrul’c his fickle into another mans harveft, and
meddled with the Cobler beyond his Lai’r, in‘ that, being but a
“ Priell, he took upon him the deciﬁOn of the right of‘Kingdomem Dan 22m
' Thus far Dam“, who is not lo violent againlt the \Pope, as he is p91.Cbr'iﬂ,l. 4
.virulent lot the depoﬁng power of Peeres, or States'of‘ the King- 6 c.; peg.
dome. 4 1-!-
Men cannot fay (as his in the Proverb) nimiam alrercanz’o ve-
n‘m amzttiturfeeing that in this oppoﬁtion, the truth is not loll,
but divided among them. For their premiﬂ'es, brought together, .
will unavoidably conclude,that this depoﬁng power, is neither in
the Pope,the Peeres,nor the People. Though it were, thereafon of
the {editions Papiﬂrand Puritam, ifaﬂo, adjw, .is {0 phiﬁicall in .
' ' theSchooles, where nothing can be concluded ex man's particulari-
ém, ofmeere particular inlltances. Abfurd in Law, q-uia Icgiém mm-
cxempltls vivimr, {hr men mull do as the Law requireth, not as o-
ther men praé’tife. Erroneous in Divinity, non idea qaia faﬂum ore.-
a’immfaciendum credamw, n: violemm pmcepmm dnmﬁ’ﬁamur ex—
emplum: We may not do that,which hath been done by other men,
lealt we break the Law of God, in following the example of'man.
And dangerous in policy, as my Lord of Northampton, the ornag-
ment of learning obfcrveth- “ The Hy {faith that noble Earle ) fet-
“ ting on the cart whele, mi ght as well wonder at the dull raifed
“ in the way, as gregar} or Z ‘achmy , draw CounlEll to power, and
“make that faét their own which was hammered in the Forge of
“ ambition,contenanced with the colour oineccﬂityﬁnd executed
“ hy I’épin, a mimfler, that being weary oflubordiriation,‘reiblved‘
“ by this trick, when the mantis were'ﬁtted and prepared to the ‘
' f"plot,to makehimfelfc abfolute, The cafe of Kings. were pitifull,

N.,—-._

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if exfnm! ﬂﬂgﬂldfiémdt were lawfull to drawleaden rules intheir «

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difgrace. Thus. fat the Earle.

Tb: eiglzt Clan ten/7mm]? the danger of this Doﬁrinc, and the
. ' Origin/ill affine Puritan poﬁtion, concerning the power of ‘
' , ﬂatcjﬁnen to [Dani/banal depofo Prince: in M0‘ '
g. ' nan/2m. .

. Heﬁ: deiperate attempts, fuggelled by the‘Dev ill, executed by

“z” __ the people, encouraged by the State, and approved by,the

Pope, muft fe‘rve as ad monitions to Princes, to humble themfclves

before God : “231' non daéit 847x210: fun: in captionenc dextiém comm,

who will not give his Saints for a pray to their teeth. For it is not

Law of heard ( as our great King remembreth) Tlmt 472} Prince forgetetb

Monarch; bimﬁlfé' in ha duty to w, or in his vacation ? But God witb tit/agree;-
pag.6o. ' neﬂe oft/J: plague revenget/a tbegreatnefe o/bét ingmtimde.

Thefe praﬂifes therefore muft be no preﬁdent {or Peers or Peo-
ple to follow, becaufe God hath forbidden Chriﬁian {hbjeéls tore-
ﬁft, though Kings raignc as Tyrants; and commanded them to en-
dure with patience, though they {uﬂ'etf as Innocents. And 81E): bC‘
caufe that in [lead of rclccving the Commonwealth out of diﬁreﬂe,

. which is ever the pretence of {editions practitioners, they ,thall

-t" heap: mtfchief on it, and defolation on themfelves: as (aﬂqm'nm)
if he be the Anthor oi the book dc regim. principum,/ﬂ1eweth ma— .

dc regprin. nifcﬁly. Eﬂ‘ct mnltitndini pcricnlofum @- ejm reﬂoriéw : It were

low-6v dangerous to {objects and governors, that any {hould atttmpt to

' take away the life of Princes,though they were Tyrants : for com-

‘monly, not the well dilpofed, but the ill affected men, do thrul't

themfelves into that danger. 'And the government ofgt od Kings,

‘is as odious to bad men , as the rule of Tyrants to good people.

Wherefore the Kingd ome, by this prefumption would be rather

' ‘~ -in danger to forgo a good Prince, than a wicked Tyrant. So far

Thoma. . ‘ ‘

. They that are the authors or abettors offedition, can neither a-

. voyd (harm in Earth, nor cfcape ett rnall damnation. Though God
~~ - .- '5 a the great Iudge do fometime permit Rebels, in his quliCe to pre-
7 r . ~ vaile againfl Kings for their contempt of the Law of the highell,

. L. , W- m, and the neglect of their own duty; The reward of Rebellion {hall
‘ ‘ be no better than the reeompenee of Sat who is the inﬂrument
of the Lords Wrath for the puniihment " all dilobedience. It is.

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‘ - . Tbeﬁdztion ofSeftarz'es. 2.7
molt truethat as ﬁeknien, neer their death,have many idle fancies, Chryfoﬁ'
fo the World before the end thereof {hall bee troubled with ‘ma- ‘
ny errours. In thefe declining dayes of tie World , many '
Countreys, Cities and Cantons, renounced their old government,
and fubmitted 'themielves‘to fuch a new regiment as they teﬁ liked:
for confirmation of which prac‘tifes,there wanted not politike Di-
vines,(what wine is to [cure that form hed gegtaps will not yeeld)
to inveft the people and Nobles with the power over Kings,to di-
tpofe of their Kingdomes- »

Marﬁlim Pata'vimu faith, the depoﬁtion ofa King , and. thcin- Marﬁl'us
ftitution of another in his place, belongeth not to the Bifhop oi pmm’de
NW,” any Prieftmr to the Coiled ge oi Prielis,but to the univer- nanjlaz.
{all multitude of the Sub jeéts. So far he. ._' ' 1122110155556
From thefe,the Puritan: have learned their error, of the power of

States-mm over Kings, then which,no opinion can be more dange-
rous : where the Nobility are as ready to praétife, as the Puritan
preachers are to prefcribe. What prefumption is it in men, to paﬂ'e
the bounds which God hath fet them, to controll the wildome of
the Lord,and his unfpeakable goodneﬂ‘e, when he maketh tryallof

‘ the patience of his Saints, by the out-rage'and tyranny oi cruel!
Kings, that they which are found patient in trouble, coni’rant in
truth and loyall in lubjeétionmay be crowned with glory. Were ,
_we perfwaded, that the low": of King: are in God: hand, that the ”-3. Wt?! r‘ ”32
haires of our head are num bred ,and that no afﬂiétirm can befall us, ’

"’ which God d 0th not difpoﬁ: to the exercife of our Faith, the tryall
of our conﬂancy, or the punifhment of our ﬁn, we would as well

‘ admire the lattice of God,in' permitting Tyrants,that our {ins may
be judged, and puniihed in this world, as praife his mercy and fa-
vour,in giving relt to his iervants, under the proteétion of godly
and gracious Princes. '

The ”I'm/1 Cbaptor [boom/7 tbegemrgz/l conﬂnt of the Modem Pt!-
ritam tom/7mg tbe coercion, depo ztion, and killing of K ings,
whom the] cal Tyrants.

THe Citizens ofGeneva,cbanged the Government fr om a Wo-

nan-h] to a Dmocritj,in the year effort]? 1 536 In the which
.yearejobn (‘ 4101'» came into that City,to v ifit his friend Fare/1m ; ‘

And was choien the publike reader of Divinity. At his ﬂirt} com-r

22 ' ming thither,hc publiihcd his Te'ologica/l Inﬂimtiom' ; Wherein he

‘10:}! 151 leatnedl‘yband Chrlﬁtanly mtreat oi the authorityof f 77

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Princes,and the duty of SubieétsDne only place is hat-{inanddané
gerous : delivered in oblcure and doubtfull tearm'es,to excufe(as I
Conceive) the outrage oi the Citizens againlttheir foveraigne Ma-
giﬁrates. His words are thcie, St qm'fmu papnldre: Magiﬂratm, ad
moderandam rcpt»; Iiéidinm conﬂimti.

('bnﬂopber goodman publifhed a Treatife of obedience at Geneva,
not without the very good liking and approbation of the belt lear-
ned in that City, 1' 5 5 7, Wherein he afﬁrmeth, That if Magif’tratcs
tranfgteﬂe Gods Law themielves, and command others to do the
like,they lofe that honor,and obedience which otherwife is dueun-
to them : and ought no more to be taken for Magil’trates : but to
be examined and ptmiihed as private tranfgrellors. So Far gaodmi.

r s 77, Came forth the Viadicic contra Damonwith this reiolu6

~ tion,That Princes are chofen by God,e[’cablifhed by the people; e-

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very privat man is {ubjeét to the Prince;the Multitude and-the Of-
ﬁcers of State which reptefent the Multitude, are Superiors to the
Prince, yea they may judge his aﬁions, and if he make reﬁﬁance,
punilh him by forcible meanes So far he. -

Anna I5 88, Hermanm Rancher»: publifhcd obfcrvations upon
the l Pfalm,wherin he inveﬂeth the Tmh‘ter} with all the Tape:

rerogatives. Concerning the Preréirm’an pawrr over Kings, this _
15 his norable annotation: God (faith he) hath ordained the Civill
Magiﬂrate for the good of the Eccleﬁallicall order, therefore the '
Eccleliaiticall State is the higheft throne of Gods earthly King-
dome,the fupreame Seate of all excellency, and the chiefel‘t Court
wherein God himfelfe is preﬁdent, to diltributeeternall gifts to
his krvants. Whereas the politicall Empire is but as it were an in-
ferior bench,wherein Inl'tice is adminillred according to the pre-
ﬁription of the Eccleliaﬁicall loveraignty.Thus far Renccherm.

I will make an end with William Barnum, whofe book was pu«
blifhed at the requeil and with the approbation ofBeza and Gow-
limiw,maine pillars of'the Church cigar-2'24, 16oz. Trey. (faith
Baum: )which have any part ofOFﬁc; in the publike ad miniﬁra-
tion of the Common-wealth, as the Orretleers, Senators, Conf'uls,
Peercs, or Tribunes, may. rel‘traine the infolency ofevill Kings.
Thus far he. . ‘

This Puritan danger“: errar, is direﬂly repugnant to the Law,
the Gofpell, the precepts oftho Apoﬂles, the praﬁile of Martyrs,
and the doﬂrine of the Fathers, Counccls, and other C'aﬁcall
Writers,as[ have proved in the6 Former Chapters,wherin the ho-

ly Texts of Scripture, which the Paris andl’rm‘um do damngblY- A - ,

Puritan fe/uiti/me. 1.9

. abufe agai‘nﬁ the Eccleﬁaﬂical and Civil authority of Kingsﬁ‘hal b‘e

aniWered by the godly Prote‘ttants : whofe labour God uled to re-

form: his Church time the yeare ofour Lord, 1517. and by the g ‘
ancient Fathers and Orthodoxall Writers in every age of‘the »

Church. '

Inferiour Magil‘trates (faith Iokanne: 'Baptiffzz Fir-klerm) are the De jury

defenders and proteé‘tours of the LaWes and Rights of the State, magiMola.

and have aurhority (if need require) to correé‘t and punith the fu-
preame King.$o far Firkferm. ' . -
An Euglith fugitive, whichWas theAu thor of the book: dejn-
ﬂa aédimrione Henrici T:rtij,aﬂirmeth, That all the Ma ﬁfty of the
Kingdome, is in the aﬂémblyol Statefmen, to whom it belongeth
to makeCovenants with God,to difpole or the affaires of' the King-

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dome, to appoint matters pertaining to war and peace, to bridle 55.; 6,8.

the Kingly po wer,and fettle all things that belong to publiltc ,Go‘
vernment.So far he. . ' .

And ihe moii: feditious Dalemon faith, that all humane Law and pan. “M.

_ order Naturall,Nationall, and. Poﬁtive, dath teach, that the Com- pagaz.

mon- wealth, which gave Kings their authority for the common
good, may reltraine or take the fame from them if they abufe it to
the common ill: ' {0 far D‘oleman : and of this opinion are many 0-

’ther as may appeare by D.Mortou by whOm they are difcovered

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and refuted. ‘
How' far this gangrene will extend, I know not.The Kings of
Chril’tendOme are dayly cruciﬁed, (as Chrilt their Lord was )be-
tween twotbeeves ; l meane the Tapiﬂ and Parimn, which have
prepared this deadly poyfon for P rinces,whom they in their own
irreligious and traiterous hearts, {hall condemne for tyranny. I
hope neither Peeres nor People will be fo fond to beleeve them,
or wicked to Followthem,which pretend the Reformation of Re-
ligion, and defend the {ubverﬁon ofChriliian States. I! inferiour
ofﬁcers,or the publikeallembly of all States, will claime this pow-

. er,it {tandeth them upon, ( as they will avoyd everlafting damna-

ition)not to derivea title from Rom:,Lacedemon,or Athem, (as (14!-
win doth, whom the reit follow) but from the hill ot‘Sion, and to
plead their intereﬂ from’the Law or the Golpell. Si mandate»: mm
eﬁpmfnmptioﬂﬁ' adpaenam proﬁcrct, non 41' premium : quia ad contu-
me/iam pertinet tot-difaril,ﬂt cantmpto Domino culmzrur ﬁroi,c§»fprc-
to Imperatoreﬂdorenrur C‘omiter. If their oppoﬁtion againlt Kings
be not commanded otGod,it.is prr.lump?i0rx againit God a For it is

-_ arconrumely againi‘t Go; the Creator of all traits,t9 defpile Lords

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th Salomonyéare god and the K ing,4nd meddle not with the/Edit};

abfolute authority under God on Earth, not becauie all thingsare

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Soveraignty: but becaufe all perfons, Within their Dominions,
frand bound in Law, allegiance,and confeience,to obey their plea-

-+" litre, or to abide their punifhment. And Kings themfelves, are no. . ‘

way {ubjeét to the controule,cen{ure,or punilhment ofany earthly
man. but refewed by fpeciall prerogative to the mo& fearful-l and
righteous judgement of God, with whom there is no refpeé't of
, perlonsHe whofe {Ettvants they are,m'll éeat them with a rod of iron,
”and beak; them inpeéce: [HQ- apotter: wﬂéﬂ, it they abufe that great,
and foueraigne power, (which God hath endued them withall,)to
fu‘pport error,to fuppreﬂe truth,and to o preﬂe the innocent.God,
.0 his great mercy grant us the fpirit o truth, todireét us in all
,loyaltyﬁhat we being not ﬁduced by thekkditious Soﬁaries, may
grow in graceﬁand {aft in obediencctembrace love; Follow peace
and encrealé more and more in the knowledgedf our-Lerd" Icfus
Chril’cLTo whom be all praife, poWer, and dominion now and for
ever. Amen. 1 M c ~' = ' ' ' ’ " '

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