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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91609	A brief treatise containing a full discovery 1. Of Cæsars politique state, or civill government, 2. Of the divine politique state, or kingdome of Christ Jesus, given him of his father. 3. Of the devilish politique state or kingdome of Antichrist. Laid open in the essentiall and main circumstantiall parts of each body or state by substantiall and fundamentall reasons and principles of policy both divine and humane, and confirmed by holy Scripture. Whereby the great and intolerable grievances of Christ Jesus and his subjects are made knowne: also how honourable magistracy and civill government is, and how farre it extends, without intrenching upon the prerogative of Christ, doth evidently appear in this treatise. Humbley presented to the serious consideration of the Kings most excellent Majesty, and the high court of Parliament now assembled. By Michael Quintine.	Quintyne, Michael.	1641 (1641)	Wing Q227; Thomason E163_7; ESTC R649	13,409	27

cf Administration of the head which in Divinity as in humanity are three to wit direction provision and protection and because humanity is inseparable from Christianity wisdom hath left civil protection to the head thereof but hath provided an Office of distribution for his subjects in necessity and tender attendance for the sicke and weake in body that his body may be as one in all things communicating according to occasion the gifts and graces which God hath given them for the building up and for divine and reasonable preservation of one another and this the holy Ghost testifieth Rom. 12.4 5 6 7 8. This also maketh it plain that the power of the disposing of Offices and execution of all Lawes and Ordinances truly Ecclesiasticall and belonging to this body of Christ which is the Church Col 1.24 is in the Church and derived from the Church as plainly witnesseth Matth 18.17 here is the state or manner of being of the house of God which is the Church 1 Tim. 3.15 of the body of parity whose members are all Kings and Priests Rev. 1.6 This is the state of the body not the body of the state which is the representation or expression of the current of the divine nature of the Church of Christ which is the expresse Image of the forme thereof and when that faileth members or Church cease to be and state all for this see the seven Churches mentioned in Rev. 2. 3. cl This circumstantiall part belonging to the being of this body declareth the matter and forme to be qualified as aforesaid The Lawes Statutes and Ordinances belonging to this body of Christ are transcending in nature those of humanity which prevent oppression and enjoyne equity and civil and reasonable use of mens persons and estates for these not onely allow the same but prevent oppression injoyne equity and command mercy and compassion yea doing good for evil in all cases belonging to soul and body thus Christ teacheth Christians Matth. 5.44 45 c. Thus the Spirit of Christ is exercised and against such there is no Law Gal. ● 22 23. In the performance of such is fulfilling the Law of Love established by the Son of God Iohn 13.34 These divine yea most heavenly Lawes c. manifestly discovereth the matter and forme of the body of Christ his Visible Church to be qualified as aforesaid to the bodies of such a constitution did the Apostles write their Epistles Devilish politique body false Ecclesiasticall state Visible Church of Antichrist or Kingdome to which belongeth the Charter bookes of humane Constitutions and Canons and all Records of Heathenish and Jewish nationall Traditions touching matters Ecclesiasticall and cases of Conscience Thou art the man of sin whose compleat image consisteth especially in the breach of the first Table of the Morall Law the fullest expression whereof is in taking Gods power from him and Christ his kingly Office from him sitting in the Temple of God which is Conscience for God dwelleth not in Temples made with hands as God and exalting thy selfe above all that is called God commanding the Conscience of mankinde in the way of politique which onely and property is publique worship for in no other sense can any sit in the Temple of God or exalt himselfe above all that is called God Thou art Babylon the great the mystery of iniquity who robbest God of his honour in usurping the Prerogative Royall of his Son for thou interposest with thy power Ecclesiasticall which snareth and captivateth all Nations in the liberties of their consciences persons personall and temporall estates thou art the City spiritually called Sodome and Egypt for no filthy person liveth that liveth not in thee and the height of thy power Egypt like opposeth God for who shall get out of thy mercilesse and more than inhumane murderous clutches thou committest sin by a Law and puttest a man to death for conscience sake thou art the devils master-peece the expresse image of devilish inhumanity Cain like spoiling the innocent and what thou canst not restore the earth cannot bear a fuller measure or pride craft and envie than thou art composed of the unlimited composition whereof is the devil himselfe thou art a body of confusion an hotch-potch without respect of good or bad rich or poor bond or free devillish humane or divine The subject or materiall part of this false Ecclesiasticall body or Kingdom of Antichrist is mankinde in generall without any respect of spiritual quality or Christian spirit and divine disposition onely with relation to an enforced and conjured profession of Christ which is of the devils putting on not Christs and being compelled it is the garment of Hypocrisie not of uprightnesse and in the fleest use is often made an Hypocrites cloak which is the very opposite quality of the material part of Christs Church but the speciall and chosen disposition of Antichrists which is justified by these Scriptures Matth. 24.5 2 Tim. 3.1 2 3 4 5. 2 Thess 2.10 11 12. Rev. 13.7 8. also verses 16 17. The formall part which is the politique power of the false Ecclesiasticall state or body of devilish policy is dragonish violent and compulsive commanding powers of death to seazon such as will not subject their consciences to it or rather be slavonized therein which is clean contrary to heavenly powers and is a starke enemy to humanity both personall and politique for there is none under heaven able to give light or peace or to deal for anothers conscience between God and him the contrary conceit whereof begotten by delusion and conceived by corruption of humane nature hath and will produce more unnaturall and unreasonable wars and plagues upon the earth than it can bear with a seeming to subsist that the quality of the formall part of the false Ecclesiasticall body is really such as is now proposed take these Scriptures for witnesse Rev. 13.2 and verse 7 8. also verse 15 16 17. This is the expresse image of the devil ruling in the generation of Cain and cursed seed of Adam to their utter ruine if it be not looked into in time The instrumentall meanes of the being of this body with the other main circumstantiall parts prove the quality of the forenamed essentiall parts to be as aforesaid For it is produced and effected by a compulsive powerfull proclamation conjured out of the civil powers of the earth by lying wonders and delusion Matth. 24.5 6 7. also verse 24. 2 Thess 2.8 9 10 11. Rev. 13.13 14. The state or manner of being of this body of devilish policy or which is falsely called Ecclesiasticall and divine it is most magnificently majesticall and tyrannicall full of offices of greatest superiority and highest authority Rev. 13.2 and are more for gain than administration of any good 2 Pet. 2.3 This circumstantiall part testifieth the matter and forme to be as aforesaid The Lawes Statutes and Ordinances Constitutions and Canons of this body of Antichrist are devilish and inhumane opposite to