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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58782	An abstract (with remarks) of Dr. Scot's sermon preached at Chelmsford assizes, Aug. 31, 1685 wherein the doctor prophetically gives his opinion of the consequences of the late revolution, concluding with an excellent character of King James the Second.	Scott, John, 1639-1695.; Philalethes.	1693 (1693)	Wing S2037; ESTC R8554	10,340	15

AN ABSTRACT With REMARKS OF Dr. Scot's Sermon PREACHED At Chelmsford Assizes Aug. 31. 1685. WHEREIN The Doctor prophetically gives his Opinion of the Consequences of the late Revolution concluding with an excellent Character of King IAMES the Second 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 St. Luke 19. 22. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first Works or else c. Rev. 2. 5. London Printed in the Year 1693 To the Gentlemen of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Gentlemen THis little Piece is dedicated to you by a true Lover of your Souls being an Abstract with Remarks of an excellent Sermon formerly preached by your now Reverend Doctor as a Test of whose Veracity this is presented to you And as it is hoped you will be careful to examine the Doctrines of your Preachers by the Word of God the holy Scriptures which is the prime and chief Rule to try the Doctrines of Men by like the noble Bereans who search'd the Scriptures whether those things were so i. e. Whether the Doctrines of the Apostles did agree with that Rule and Standard so likewise that you will consult as a subordinate Rule the Books and Writings of your said Reverend Doctor to whose Conduct you have resign'd your Souls which he made and wrote before these Backsliding and Apostate Times wherein Men have learn'd to prevaricate and prefer their Interest to their Duty your Spiritual Guides themselves having stumbled and fallen that you may be the better able to judg whether he gives you the true Interpretation of the holy Text according to the Analogy of Gospel Faith and Manners or preaches 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 another Gospel which will Anathematize an Apostle or an Angel it being your Duty to hold fast the Form of sound Words and to be Followers of Men as far as they are of Christ. You 'll pardon this Address coming from one who seeks not yours but you and who is Gentlemen Your humble Servant and sincere and faithful Monitor Philalethes Nov. 6. 1693. ADVERTISEMENT SOme Envious Man designing totally to suppress and rob the World of the Benefit of it having bought up all the Copies that he could meet with of Dr. Scot's excellent and famous Sermon preached at Chelmsford Assizes I have thought fit and that out of an honest and charitable Design for the publick Good to make this Abstract of the most remarkable Passages in it And I pray God to use the Author's Words in his Epistle Dedicatory with a little Alteration it may answer my honest Intention which is to do Good to the World by it to open the Eyes of those miserable misled Souls that in numerous Droves have been seduced into Faction and Disloyalty and to direct their wandering Steps into the Paths of Righteousness Peace and Obedience An Abstract with Remarks of Dr. Scot's Sermon preached at Chelmford Assizes on Rom. 13. 1. Let every Soul be subject to the Higher Powers c. HEre is the Extent of this Duty it is to every Soul that is to every Man of what Order or Degree or Quality soever whether he be High or Low Rich or Poor Spiritual or Secular none are exempted Let every Soul be subject without any exception either of St. Peter and his Successors or of the Body of the People for the Reason extends equally to both because the Powers that are are ordained of God they are by God's Commission and rule by his Authority and therefore neither the Bishop of Rome nor the Majority of the People can claim exemption from this Duty of Subjection without arrogating to themselves an Authority superiour to Gods You have here the Matter of this Duty and that is to be subject in which comprehensive Phrase is included the whole Duty of Subjects to their Princes and Governours honouring their Persons reverencing their Authority assisting them against their Enemies defending the Rights of their Government and conscientiously rendering to them their Customs and Tribute but more especially and particularly it includes our free and ready Submission to them in yielding a chearful Obedience to their Commands so far as we can innocently and consistently with our Duty to God and where we cannot in patiently undergoing all those Pains and Penalties they shall think meet to inflict on us for our Disobedience in suffering their unjust Persecutions without murmuring or clamour without disturbing their Government or resisting their Authority or endeavoring to repel their Force with Force but meekly submitting our Cause to God who is the Patron and Protestor of oppressed Innocence This Duty of Subjection to our Superiors implies our meek and patient Submission to the Penalties of their Laws when upon a full Perswasion of the unlawfulness of them we cannot actually comply with them for when the Commands of our Prince do interfere with the Commands of God it is an undoubted Rule That we must obey God rather than Man But then at the same time that our Allegiance to the Throne of Heaven obliges us to refuse Active Obedience to our temporal Prince it indispensably obliges us to render Passive and not to use any Violence against him though it be in the Defence of our Estates or Liberties or Lives or which ought to be dearer than all our Religion for the just use of Violence is founded in a just Authority over the Person upon whom it is exercised and supposes a Right in him that uses it to call the Person to account against whom he uses it and punish him according to his demerit without which Right the use of Violence is an injurious Outrage and Oppression but Sovereign Princes are in their several Dominions next to and immediate under God the most high Sovereign of the World and therefore having no Authority but his above them are accountable only at his Tribunal so that for Subjects in any Case whatsoever to offer Violence to their Prince is to usurp the Throne and invade his Sovereign Tribunal for in offering Violence to them we claim a Superiority over them and in so doing impiously trespass upon the Peculiar of the Almighty and arrogate his Divine Prerogative of being King of Kings and Lord of Lords For since God alone is placed above them as being the sole King of Sovereign Kings how can we assume Superiority over them without setting our selves in the Place of God Unless therefore we will render our selves guilty of the highest Affront to and Prophanation of the Divine Majesty we have no other Remedy when ever we are reduced to that Extremity as that we cannot obey our Prince without disobeying God but to discharge our Duty couragiously and faithfully and meekly and quietly to submit to the unjust Persecutions of our Prince referring our Cause to that Sovereign Tribunal before which Princes and Peasants must one day give Account together for every unjust and unrighteous Action And though this may seem a hard Chapter