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A96624	The thrice welcome, and happy inauguration of our most gracious, and religious sovereign, King Charles II. To the crown and kingdoms of Great-Brittain and Ireland. Containing, in the first place, the authors most humble supplication to the King's most excellent Majesty, in order to the reformation of religion, in six particulars. In the second part, the subjects duty to their sovereign, in sundry heads, and divers particulars very usefull for these times: together with a recommendation of the work to the Kings Majesties subjects. By Geo. Willington, of the city of Bristoll.	Willington, George.	1660 (1660)	Wing W2803; Thomason E1030_1; ESTC R208910	29,981	46

to come 5. The Rewards that they shall be made partakers of both here and hereafter that are loyal Subjects Finally I shall endeavour to shew wherein this loyalty doth consist or which comes all to one what the Subjects Duty is to their Sovereign or subordinate Governors And then having made a recommendation hereof to several degrees of persons I shall make a Conclusion For the first viz. The Author Authority and benefit of Government and Governors though I might and did intend so to do prove it from some Meditations and Collections of my own yet considering how distastful a point it is to the distemper'd pallats of many brainsick persons and how hardly they can digest it I shall suspend my own and prove the matter omitting Scripture testimonies also by the consent of all the Protestant Churches in Christendome in the harmony of Confession as I finde it collected by a very reverend * Dr. Featley in his Book entituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pag. 169. c. Divine of our English Church now with God that so it may be the more convincing except to those who are enemies to the Protestant Religion Concerning the Author Office and Authority of the Civil Magistrate understand it both of the King as Supream and ‖ 1 Pet. 2.13 14. also Governors sent by him thus we read Helvetica posterior cap. 30. Helvetian Confession Magistratus omnis generis ab ipso Deo est institutus ad generis humani pacem ac tranquilitatem ac ita ut primum in mundo locum obtineat c. Englished thus The Magistrate of what kind soever is ordained of God for the peace and quietnesse of Mankinde and he ought to have the first place in the world And a little afterwards God doth work the safety of his People by the Magistrate whom he hath given to be as a Father to the World so all Subjects are commanded to acknowledge this benefit of God in the Magistrate let them therefore honour and reverence him as the Minister of God love him and pray for him as their Father obey him in all his just and righteous Commands the care of Religion chiefly appertains to a godly Magistrate let him therefore draw his Sword against all Malefactors Murtherers Thieves and blasphemous Hereticks c. Damnamus igitur Anabaptistas qui ut Christianum negant fungi posse officio Magistratus ita etiam negant quenquam à Magistratu juste occidi We condemn therefore say they the Anabaptists who as they deny that a Christian may execute the office of a Magistrate so also they deny that any man may be put to death by him The Bohemian Confession Chap. 16. Ex sacris literis docetur Politicum Magistratum esse ordinationem Divinam à Deo constitutum qui à Deo originem suam ducat efficacitate praesentiae auxilii bujus perpetui conservetur ad gubernandum populum in iis rebus quae ad hanc in terris corporis hujus vitam pertinent universi singuli in omnibus quae Deo tantum non sunt contraria eminenti potestati subjectionem praestent Primum Regiae Majestati postea vero omnibus Magistratibus qui cum potestate sunt * Nota. sive ipsi per se boni viri sunt sive mali Thus Englished From the holy Scriptures it is taught That the Civil Magistrate is the Ordinance of God and appointed by God who both taketh his original from God to whose power all and every one ought to be subject in those things that are not contrary to God First to the Kings Majesty then to all the Magistrates and such as in Authority under him whether they be of themselves * Note this well good men or evil The French Confession Credemus Deum velle mundum legibus Gallica Confess Art 39. politia gubernari ut aliqua sint fraena quibus immoderate mundi cupiditates coerceantur idioque constituisse Regna respublicas reliquas principatum species * Nota sive haereditario jure obveniant sive minus c. Englished We believe that God would have the world governed civilly and by Law that there may be certain Bridles whereby the desires of men may be restrained and that therefore he hath appointed Kingdomes Commonwealths and other kindes of Principalities whether ‖ Note this they come by * As our Gracious King's doth inheritance or otherwise and because he is the Author of this Order we must not onely suffer them to rule whom he hath set over us but also yield unto them all honour and reverence as to Deputies and Ministers assigned by him to execute their lawfull and holy Function into their hands God hath put a Sword to punish all breaches as well of the first Table as of the second Gladium in Magistratum manus tradidit reprimendis nimirum delictis non modo contra secundam tabulam sed etiam contra primam commissis The Low Dutch Confession Credimus Deum optimum maxim Bel. Conf. Art 36. ob generis humani corruptelam atque depravationem Reges Princeps Magistratus constituisse veleque ut mundus lic legibus ac certa politia gubernetur ad coercenda hominum vitia ut omnia inter homines recto ordine gerantur Idcerco Magistratus ipsos gladio armavit ut malos quidem plectant paenis probos vero tueantur c. Englished We believe that Almighty God by reason of the corruption and depravation of Mankinde did appoint Kings Princes and Magistrates and that it is his will this world should be governed by Laws and civil government and to this end he hath armed Magistrates with a sword to punish the wicked and defend the good To these it appertaineth of duty not only watchfully to defend the civil state but also to endeavour that the holy Ministry of the Word be maintained all Idolatry and false-worship removed the Kingdom of Antichrist pulled down and the Kingdom of Christ propagated Quamobrem Anabaptistas turbulentos omnes detestantur c. Wherefore we detest all Anabaptists and * Mark the Connexion seditious persons who cast away all Government and Magistracy pervert Judgements and overthrow all mens Rights make all mens goods common and lastly abolish and confound all orders and degrees appointed by God among men for honesty and comlinesse sake The High-Dutch Confession at Ansperge Legitimae ordinationes civiles Augustand Confess Art 16 sunt bona opera ordinationes Dei sicut Paulus testatur Rom. 13.1 damnat Anabaptistas qui interdicunt haec civilia officia Christianis c. Englished Civil Governments and constitutions are good works and Ordinances of God as S. Paul testifieth they condemn therefore the Anabaptists who forbid civil offices to Christians they condemn also those who place Evangelical perfection in abandoning all civil affaires whereas Evangelical perfection is spiritual consistat motibus cordis in timore fide dilectione obedientia and consisteth