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A46815	Cain's mark and murder, K. Charls the I his martyrdom delivered in a sermon on January the thirtieth / by David Jenner, B.D. ...	Jenner, David, d. 1691.	1681 (1681)	Wing J659; ESTC R16585	20,487	39

last their sin found them out the impartial hand of justice laid hold upon them and brought them all to condign punishment For the Court of Judicatory after a fair and legal Tryal gave the Sentence of Death upon them And as Cain so many of them had a Reprieve after Sentence For such was the unparalel'd Clemency of our present Leige Lord and Sovereign CHARLES the second as that several of the Regicides had the Execution of their fatal Sentence suspended and some of them are alive unto this very Day But to conclude As Cain's Mark spake two things unto the Spectators and standers by to wit First That they and all persons which saw Cain should mourn and pray for him should bewail that his so great and so lamentable a Fall Secondly that his miscarriage should caution them and all men from ever committing presumptuously the same or any other Sin So in the Day two Duties are plainly hinted to us First That we all hang 〈◊〉 harps and Musical Instruments upon the Willowes and lay our hands upon our Mouths and our Mouthes in the dust Lament and Mourn for the detestable wickedness and Murder of the Day And pray Almighty God of his infinite Mercy to forget and forgive the same For otherwise if we though possibly not born in 48 yet if we should fail in this Duty we shall contract to our selves the Guilt of the Day and shall make our selves Accessory to the Murther thereof For by the Law of God and Man that Man is deemed an Accessory who knows of a Murther and does not confess and discover it Here is plainly a Murther committed yea the most malicious and most Barbarous one that ever was except that of Christs And it is as plain and true that we all know of it But if we in our hearts perfidiously conceal This Murther and will not upon our bended Knees confess and seriously bewail it before God we then make our selves coplotters and partakers of the Guilt of this days sin Wherefore be we all entreated of what perswasion so ever we be in other Matters herein to Unite and with one Heart with one Mouth to lament the Wicked and Anti-Christian Fact of the Day and say Psal 51.14 Deliver us from Blood-Guiltiness O God thou God of our Salvation and our Tongues shall sing aloud of thy Righteousness Secondly from hence aliena pericula cautos be we cautioned not to Split upon the same Rock nor to run into the like nor into any other kind of Disloyalty whatsoever least the same stroke of Vengeance reach us as did Those of the Day For Rebellion if not timely and humbly confessed if not heartily and sincerely repented of never went unpunished And although some Delinquents have ended their days in peace upon Earth yet Guilt has pursued them beyond the Grave even into the confines of another World and there is great Reason for it because as God sev●●ely punishes all Rebellion committed immediatly and directly against himself So unless he will derogate from his own Glory and Prerogative he must also severely punish all Disloyalty and Rebellion against his proper Vice gerent the King And the Reason of the Assertion is this scil Because who ever presumptuously disobeys the King and the Higher Powers lawfully set over him in truth and reality Disobeys God himself For God is struck at through the Loynes and Sides of his Representative by the Hand and Sword of Rebellion And this is no other Doctrine than what St. Paul taught the Church of Rome to Practice Rom. 13.1 Let every Soul be subject unto the Higher Powers for v. 3. Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and the Apostle enforceth the Duty with a cogent Argument taken ab incommede from the evil and direful consequence that will certainly ensue upon Presumptive Disobedience to and audacious Resisting of the Higher Powers to wit no less then utter Damnation for They that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation v. 2. c. Q. If it be asked how far and in what things we are to Obey our King and Prince Ans In all things that are either in themselves Lawful or in themselves indifferent before Commanded We believe none but Enthusiasts and Anti-Monarchical or Fifth-Monarch-Men will deny their Obedience as to things in themselves Lawful The only difficulty is as to things indifferent before Commanded For some will plead they have a Christian Liberty to Obey or not to Obey as their own Reason and private Judgment shall direct in things indifferent As to this Objection we freely grant the Assertion to wit that we have a Christian Liberty in things indifferent before Commanded to do or not to do pro re natâ as prudence shall direct But the Case is altered in our present Dispute For nothing is any longer indifferent to be done or not to be done when once Lawfully Commanded If you demand the Reason for which a thing indifferent before Commanded ceases any longer to be so after Commanded by Lawful Authority it is this because otherwise the Regal Power and Prerogative would be Nullified and instead of it an Unbounded and Anti-Christian Libertisme would be introduced destructive of and pernicious to all Christian Government and Magistracy which evil to prevent God has given the King and Supreme Magistrate an absolute Power to make Laws and to impose by Law upon his Subjects not only things in themselves Lawful But also things indifferent as in His Royal Wisdom he shall think most Conducing to the Glory of God to the Honor and Preservation of His own Person and to the Safety and Welfare of the Church and State Both which are under God immediately Committed to His are and Protection For otherwise if every private Man had a Power and Liberty in things indifferent to Obey or not to Obey when lawfully Commanded then as was said before the Kings Prerogative in matters Civil and Ecclesiastick would be invaded and the King would cease any longer to be the Defender of the Faith He would be only King in Complement in Name and Title but the Quarrelling and Disputing Subject will be King in Truth and Reality And in our apprehension nothing can be more Diametrically opposite to Kingly Government and to true Christianity then this Disloyal Principle and Practice of disobeying the King in things indifferent when once lawfully Commanded We are sure Christ did not Clip the Wings of Regal Power but strictly Commanded his Disciples Apostles and all Men to give unto God the things which were Gods and to Caesar the things which were Caesars and to show Honor to whom Honor is due R● 13 7.1 Pet. 2.13.17 Obedience to whom Obedience is due And St. Paul and St. Peter do require our Obedience in all things Lawful and Expedient unto Kings and unto all that are put in Authority over us and that not only for Wrath but for Conscience sake Q. And if you further Query what you ought to do in case the Higher Powers should Command your Obedience in things absolntely unlawful Ans In this Case although you must not Actively do what is Commanded but you must Obey God rather than Man as did the Apostles Act. 4.19 Stil for all this although you may not Actively Obey your Prince by doing what is Commanded Yet you must not rebel nor take up Arms against your Prince but in this Case you must obey Passively by patiently and peaceably submitting to what Punishment soever the Supreme Magistrate shall think fit to inflict upon you Yea though it be Death it self For by so doing and by so doing only you will suffer as a good Christian as a Martyr for the Truth as a Loyal and Obedient Subject to you Prince And if in any case a Frail Creature can you in this case will deserve and merit a Crown of Glory But in all other Cases when either a thing lawful in it self or a thing indifferent in it self is Commanded then if you Obey Passively and not Actively you render your self Rebellious to your Prince And if your Passive Obedience should be unto Death then you become a Self-Murderer in that you wilfully threw away your Life which you ought to have preserved by dying for Obeying your King only Passively when in Conscience you ought to have Obeyed him Actively But although we take this Freedom to argue with you yet we hope better things of you and are perswaded that as we have diligently Preached Loyalty so you will as Conscienciously practice it And will in your Hearts in your Words and in all your Actions publick and private express your Fear of God and your Honour of the King God Save the KING AMEN

as in him lay the stain of his Blood-guiltiness in the Tears of Godly sorrow of unfeigned Contrition and hearty Repentance It being an unexpressible Mercy to have a Moment of time to repent in and to sue for a pardon but God be praised this was Cain's good hap whereas many like Zimri and Cozbi are cut off by the Hand of Justice in the very Instant and Act of sin Thus far we have heard how this Mark concerned Cain's own person It follows that we enquire wherein it concerns us and All men The which it does In as much as it is a Mark of Caution and Warning unto all men that they do not presume to commit the same or any other sin St. Chrysos Hom. 19. in Gen 3. least God visit the sins of the Fathers upon the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate him and that will not keep his Commandments And although Cain found Mercy yet it is a great question whether any who shall dare presumptuously to commit the like Transgression shall find the least Mercy and that because posteriorum peccata semper sunt graviora second sins are always the worst not only in their Nature but also in their dreadful consequences and effects 2. This was a Mark of Instruction unto others that they should not without special Commission from God and lawful Authority Kill any Man no though he were a Cain a Murtherer and this is St. Chrysostomes note on the place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Seeing all Vengeance belongs unto God and unto his Vice-Gerents i. e. the Higher Powers upon Earth it is not lawful for any private Man what ever to take upon him the Executing of the Law nor to Kill any Man though never so criminal without a particular Warrant from lawful Authority Non licere privato cuique vel paricidam occidere c. It being (a) Grot de jure belli pacis contrary to the very Law of Nature for one person-to Kill another though he be never so Peccant And although we read of private persons Killing of others as of Ehuds stabbing of Egglon and of Phine as his running thorow Zimri and Cozbi yet they either had a special command from God or were commissioned by Lawful Authority to do the same THE PARALLEL OR K. Charles the I. HIS MARTYRDOM HAving done with the Text and it s Context It is requisite that we make Application of the Premises as far as they concern the Solemnity of the Day And to this purpose we will briefly run The Parallel between them And consider That As in the Context We have an Holy and Innocent Abel who is in Sacred Writ styled The Beloved or Accepted of God as also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Just and Righteous Man Heb. 11.4 So in the Day we have a Pious and Religious CHARLES the Etymologie of whose very Name if taken from the Latin and Hebrew speaks him to be Charus-El one Dear to and Beloved of God Or if taken from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one always wishing his People joy and happiness Or else from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one that ever was the Grace and Glory of his People And which is infinitely more he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Anointed of God and represented the Divine Majesty it self And further that he was like Ahel also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Just and Righteous Man is evident in that rather than he would be unjust and unfaithful to his Trust he chose to exchange a Corruptible Crown on Earth for an Immarcessible One in Glory and rather than he would wound his own Conscience or wittingly wrong and injure his People by betraying their Rights and Priviledges he chose Death before Life and resolved to part with all the endearments of this Life though attended with never so great an affluence of Worldly Honor and Pleasure then to forfeit his Interest in Heaven And as in the Context Divine Providence declared that Virtue and Goodness being Caelitùs Natae Heaven born are no proper Inhabitants of this lower sinful World But Astraea like are Commissioned only for a while to View it and then to withdraw behind the Canopy being the proper place of their Residence was the glorious and highest Heavens And therefore God in order to the Exaltation of his Devout Servant Abel unto his promised Mansion of ever lasting kest did permit wicked and envious Cain to give him an Exit hence by treacherously and forcibly dislodging his Immortal Soul out of its Terrestrial and Fleshly Tabernacle So in the Day The All-wise God who superintends all Affairs and Transactions was pleased as on this Day to loosen the Reins of Government and to give Liberty unto Licentious Wicked Men Sons of Belial to vent their Spleen and Malice in Assassinating the Sacred Person of our Dread Soveraign King CHARLES the 1. who was too good to Associate any longer with sinful Mortals that so he might the sooner be Translated from these inferiour Regions of Sin and Misery unto a perfect state of endless Bliss and Happiness In the Text You have a Notorious and Aecursed Fratricide In the Day A most Malicious and Pernicious Regicide In the Former You have the true Cause of Abels Death and Murther to wit his hearty Devotion and sincere Piety towards God 1 John c. 3. v. 12. In this Latter You have the Chief if not the only occasion of King CHARLES his being so Barbarcusly and Cruelly Murdered to be His Pious and Heroick Resolution to maintain the True Protestant Religion in which he had been Educated and brought up which highly incensed the Papists As also his unalterable Resolution to preserve inviolably the wholsome Laws of the Realm together with the just Rights and Priviledges of the Episcopal-Protestant Church which hugely enflamed the Dissenters and made them miscall his firm Perseverance in true Virtue and Honesty a Stubborness of Will and a Pertinacious Obstinacy This was the prime Cause for which Jesuitical Papists and Deluded Furious Dissenters so unanimously Conspired the Ruin of that so excellent a Prince And therefore as Abel must die because he would not like Cain dissemble with nor be false to his Maker 1 John c. 3. v. 12. as St. John informs us in the fore-mentioned Epistle So must King CHARLES die not by the hand of Justice but of Treachery and all Because he would not be perjured in violating his Coronation Oath nor become Fedisragous and false to God and his Country And as faithful Abel would not to save his Life swerve from the Rule of Righteousness nor from the Rubrick of Gods Word and Command nor would he Innovate by offering up false Fire and Incense upon the Holy Altar nor would he present God with the Sacrifices of Fools but gave him the best of his Flock and did Worship him in Spirit and in Truth and did maintain the Orthodox Religion in its Power and Purity and for so doing both His Person and