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A28212	A sermon preached before his Majestie at Christ-Church in Oxford on the 3. of Novemb. 1644. after his returne from Cornwall. By John Berkenhead, fellow of All-Soules Colledge.	Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679.	1644 (1644)	Wing B2971; ESTC R210016	19,101	26

Edicts and Commands 2. That they are not bound to Active Obedience where they have a doubting conscience although not fully informed by the right rule of Reason or expresse authority of Gods word 3. That the Supreame Magistrate must have expresse affirmative warrant in the word of God for all his injunctions or else the Subject needs not obey them Whereas the truth is 1. Concerning the first That although Active Obedience binds onely in the Lord yet absolute subjection is due without any resistance for the Lords sake {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} To humane Ordinances 1 Pet. 2. 13. Even when man ordaines not the Load 1 Cor. 7. 12. yet such a man as is ordained of the Lord and so presumed to ordain according to the Lord wee may not in any wise resist 2. And as concerning the second Although when man is left to his own liberty The rule is to be observed Quod dubitas ne feceris because he that doubteth is condemned of his own Conscience yet when we are Commanded by Authority and wee onely doubt in our selves whether that bee good and lawfull which is comanded or not The Rule of Saint Augustine must be observed Si dubitas feceris If you onely doubt doe it except you have expresse warrant out of Gods word or the Analogie of faith and undeniable necessary Consequence to the contrary Authority must turne the scale of thy doubting conscience and weigh downe thy Judgement to Active obedience so that 3. The Magistrate is not bound to expresse Text for warrant of each of his particular edicts It is sufficient that it is contained in his generall Commission Dixi Dii estis I have said ye are Gods Psal. 82. 6. and therefore have committed my delegated power to you Per me Reges Regnant By me Kings Raigne Pro. 8. 15. And therefore by my authority may lay injunctions upon their Subjects and they are obliged to Active Obedience except they can produce a negative Act of Parliament out of the high Court of Heaven for Princes are not onely instead of God by representation Exodus 4. 16. but they have the power of God over those to whom they have commission Exod. 7. 1. I have made thee Pharoahs God yea and put case the Subject could produce a contradictory command of God to that of his King yet is not his passive obedience dispensed withall nor any part of his absolute subjection dissolved or cancelled But wee must needes be Subject at least by suffering if not by doing in all things even against the dictate of a doubting yea or a discerning conscience 3. But then in the next place it remains to be resolved by what meanes or in what manner this subjection is to be expressed which must be by these seven meanes following where there are not Iura Regni by mutuall consent of Prince and people to supersede them or dispence with any of them 1. First by praying for them 1 Tim. 2. 1. 10. 4. I exhort therefore that first of all Supplications Prayers Intercessions and giving of thankes be made for all men for Kings and all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour who wil have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth Where observe we must pray 1. To the end that we may live godly and peaceably when we did not live so before 2. That they may come to the knowledg of the truth when they knew it not before 3. And that they may be saved when they were not in that state before None so bad then to and for whom we are not to expresse our subjection by this duty 2. Secondly we must speake no evill of them Exod. 22. 28. Thou shalt not revile the Gods nor curse the ruler of the people Is it fit to say to a King thou art wicked and to Priuces ye are ungodly Iob. 34. 18 No certainly nothing lesse and therefore follow the counsel of Martialis who lived in the Primitive times learned of the Apostles and taught to succession A murmuratione custodite corda vestra Keepe not onely your hands from mutiny and your tongues from muttering but even your hearts from repining 3. Thirdly we must not dispute their Commands for where the word of a King is there is power and who may say unto him what doest thou Eccles. 8. 4. i. e. Not publikely and illegally to raise opposition against him onely we may privately informe our own judgement to prepare as peaceably either for active obedience or for Martyrdome 4. Fourthly we must expresse our subjection by doing all their commands which are not directly against God resolving with the Israelites All that thou commandest us we wil do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will goe onely the Lord thy God be with thee Fiftly we must expresse it by suffering all punishments patiently without any resistance for those things which we dare not do when they command them because they appeare not seem to be directly against God as hath been before demonstrated imitating S. Chrysostome Epist. ad Cyriacum Cum à civitate fugarer dicebam intra meipsum si quidem vult Regina me exulem agere agat in exilium Domini est Terra plenitudo ejus si vult secare secet idem passus est Isaias c. Et si substantiam auferre auferat nudus exivi ex utero matris meae nudus etiam revertar If the Queene will have me go into banishment let her banish me The earth is the Lords and all that therein is If she will have me sawen in sunder I submit my self Isaias suffered so before me If she will confiscate my goods I am contented Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked must I returne again Behold this must be the patience of the Saints Sixtly by supplying meanes Ad necessaria secundum status sui conditionem Lyr. paying due tribute to our Princes for this is the manner Quomodo velit te subjici protestatibus redere jubens cui Tributum Tributum cui Vectigal Vectigal i. e. quae sunt Caesaris Caesari quae Dei Deo Tertul. Which tribute must be paid without limitation of the quantity before or accompt of the disposing of it after payment Gloss Ordinar If Calvin understand it aright which I dare not assure nor will I dispute for Neque nostrum est vel Principibus praescribere quantum in res singulas impendant vel eos ad calculum vocare We have no power to prescribe to Princes what they shall expend upon occasions nor to call them to accompt for their imployment of what is expended which I conceive to be intended where there are not Pacta inter Principem Populum nor fundamentall Lawes of the Land to the contrary Seaventhly we must