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act_n	king_n	parliament_n	sovereign_a	3,527	5	9.3552	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91256	A revindication of the anoynting and priviledges of faithfull subjects. Or, A briefe reply to an idle pamphlet, intituled, An answer and confutation of that groundlesse vindication of Psal. 105. 15. (touch not mine anoynted, and do my prophets no harme) from some trayterous exposition of schismaticks: declaring to the world, that this was spoken principally and peculiarly of kings, and not of inferiour subjects, &c. Wherein the insufficiency and ridiculousnesse this Answerers no-answer, is briefly demonstrated, the Vindication justified, and the text of Rom. 13. cleared from some misconstructions (against subjects taking up meere defensive armes in any cases) which the Answerer (out of Dr. Fernes Resolution of conscience, for want of matter of his own) hath thrust upon it, to delude some scrupulous consciences. With a briefe exhortation to peace, with truth, righteousnesse, and holinesse.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4053; Thomason E244_40; ESTC R212568	15,035	8

213. 214. King James his answer to Cardinall Perron Fox Acts and Monuments Ed. 3. fol. 1. p. 88. to Mr. Goodwins Anti-cavalarisme M. Burroughs his Glorious name of God the Lord of Hosts newly published and others who have amply handled this controversie which I pray and wish from my very soule we may have no more occasion to debate And to that notable ancient resolution of the most excellent heathen Emperour Trajan who * Ecclesiasticae Hist. l. 3. c. 23. Speed hist. p. 9● as Nicephorus Calistus records was so studious of law and justice and so far estranged from dishonesty that upon a time be gave a sword to a governour of the City in the publique view of all saying take this sword and if I shall govern the Empire well use it for me sin aliter CONTRA ME if otherwise USE IT AGAINST ME. A pregnant evidence that this best of all the heathnish Roman Emperours who upon his election sent an * Op●…us opus Chr 〈…〉 Edict to the his command was of this Judgment that no● only an inferiour King but even the Roman Emperour himself the greatest and most absolute Monarch might be lawfully resisted with force of armes by the Governour of Rome much more then by the Roman Senate it selfe which not onely elected 〈◊〉 con firmed but oft times exercised a judiciary power over their Emperours to coerti●n deprivation and death it self as the * Suetonius Eu●ropius ●●p●scus Her●●ian Sabellicus Opme●rus and Grimston in the ●ives of Nero Domi●ian Nerva A●rian Commodus Didius Iu●ianus Heliogaba●●is Maxi●inus Gallienus Philip Iovinianus Tacitus Probus and others Roman Histories manifest against Dr. Fernes mistake though the Christians used no force against them being then but private men not the Senate and their religion quite contrary to the religion lawes and government of the Empire in which case whiles these lawes were in force and they no Senators they might onely fly or suffer and resist onely with prayers teares and passive disobedience not with force of armes prohibited in such cases by this text which no waies resembles the case now in question All I shal say to this text of the Romans and to this case of conscience shal be briefly comprised in these subsequent propositions which I hope wil rectifie all extremities and mistakes on both sides First that this text expressely commands subjection and obedience to all civil Magistrates whatsoever whose Soveraignties and powers are either ordained or approved of God in all their lawful commands and penal executions extending as fully to all Governors Rulers and subordinate Magistrates as to Kings themselves as is evident by the expresse words of the text and by Tit. 3. 1. 1 Tim. 2. 2. 1 Pet. 2● 13 14. Heb. 13. 17. Ephes 6. 1. 5. Col. 3. 18 20 23. 1 Tim. 6. 1 2. Josh 1. 16 17 18. Ezra 7. 25 26. Therefore to the Parliament the highest Court as wel as to the King Secondly that it enjoynes subjection obedience and prohibits resistance to higher powers and rulers only so far forth as they are Gods Ordinance and as they are * Concil Paris●a An. 829. l. 2. c. 8. lawfully executed for the common good of the people the praise and incouragement of wel doers and the just punishment of malefactors as is evident by v. 3. 4. 6 For Rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil wilt thou not then be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same For he is the Minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is evill be affraid for he beareth not the sword in vain For he is the Minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil c. For they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing compared with 1 Pet. 2. 13 14. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as to the supream or unto the Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evill doers the praise of them that do wel And with Esa 32. 1 2. c. 56. 1 2. c. 9. 7. c. 16. 5. 2 Sam. 23. 3. 2 Chr. 9. 8. Ezek. 44. 15 16 17. c. 45. 8 9. Deut. 17. 15. to the end Ps 78. 72 73. 74. 1 Tim. 2. 2 3. Prov. 1. 3. c. 21. 3. c. 20. 8. 26. c. 29. 4. 14. Psal 101. 2. to the end 1 Sam. 8. 20. 2 Sam. 8. 15. Ier. 22. 15. Amo. 5. 15. 1 King 3. 9. 28. c. 10. 9. Ps 97. 2. Ps 122. 5. Mich. 3. 1 2 3. Thirdly that subjects are no waies obliged by this text to obey or not resist the higher powers as they are either abused or perverted by unjust or wicked Magistrates to oppression injustice rapine subversion of religion lawes liberties state people or when as they command unlawfull things contrary to the laws of God or the states they govern but in such cases as these quite out of this Scriptures verge and intention they may must be disobeyed and in some cases not only passively but actually resisted as is evident by Exod. 1. 15. to 20. Num. 22. 12. 13. 18. 22. 34. 35. c. 23. 7 8. 11. 12. 13. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. c. 24. 1. to 15. 1 Sam. 14. 38. to 46. c. 22. 17. 18. c. 12. to 27. 1 King 11. 20. to 25. 2 King 1. 9. to 16. c. 6. 31 32. 2 Chro. 11. 4. c. 26. 17. to 22. Esther 3. 2. 3 4. 1 King 21. 2. 3. 4. Dan. 3. 8. to 29. c. 7. 4. to 15. Ioh. 7. 33. to 46. Act. 4. 19 20. c. 5. 28. 29. 40. 52. 2 Kin. 11. 4. to 17. Ezek. 21. 25. 25. 26. 27. 2 Kin. 18. 7. By the * Rex à rectè agend● vocatur si ●ustè piè ●●isericorditer regit 〈◊〉 Rex appellatur si his caruorit non Rex sed ●yrannus est Concil Pa●is An. 829 l. 2. c. 1 2. practice and resolution of all the protestant Churches in Germany Bohemia France Scotland Holland Switzerland approved yea assisted in their defensive wars against their popish Soveraignes both by * See Selidā Hist l. 8. 18 22. Bishop Bilson his true difference c. part 3. 509 to 522. K. Iames his answer to Perron Qu. Elizabeth our learned K. Iames and our present Soveraigne K. Charles with the consent of their Parliaments and people and by the expresse resolution not only of our King and present Parliament in their late Act of pacification and oblivion but of 4. ancient Parliaments more in these 4. several Kings raignes namely 15. E. 2. in the Act intituled Exilium Hugonis de spencer c. 1 E. 3. c. 1. 2. 3. 11. R. 2. c. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1 H. 4. c. 2. 3 4. which you may read at large and find the very case of resistance now in question resolved in them to be lawful and in the