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A66600	God, the King, and the countrey, united in the justification of this present revolution containing also animadversions on Dr. William Sherlock's book intituled, The case of allegiance due to soveraign powers, stated and resolved, according to scripture and reason, and the principles of the Church and England / by Tim. Wilson ...	Wilson, Timothy, 1642-1705.	1691 (1691)	Wing W2950; ESTC R8407	46,572	49

the World and of Eternal Damnation in the World to come And verily Resisting Governours is not less unbecoming the Reason of a man than the Patience and Humility of a Christian For the Officer is armed with Authority but the contumacious Opposer hath nothing to defend or plead for him but Arbitrary Power wilful Perverseness and stubborn Humour which in cold blood or sober consideration must be acknowledged far more dangerous than the evil the Resistant pretended to remedy And here if ye demand the manner of this Subjection I answer True Christian Subjects bear to the King such a Submission as Children to their Parents Not a terrifying and amazing but a respectful and reverential Subjection The King is the Father of his Countrey and all his Loving and Loyal Subjects are as so many Children to him This Subjection also doth imply 1. A real and eminent Love of the King Gods own People Israel said of King David Thou art worth ten thousand of us 2 Sam. 18.3 Hence the King is called The breath of our nostrils Lam. 4.20 2. This Subjection doth imply Fidelity and adhering to the King at all times and in all conditions The King and his Subjects are united in their Political capacity as the Head and the Body Their welfare is conjoyned and cannot be separated And this Fidelity is most excellent when it comes from a touch of Gods finger from the Grace of his holy Spirit As we read there went with Saul a band of men whose hearts God had touched 1 Sam. 10.26 But such as clave not to him are stigmatized for Children of Belial who despised their King v. 27. For Fidelity also we have the example of Davids Servants Behold thy Servants are ready to do whatsoever my Lord the King shall appoint 2 Sam. 15. v. 15. And Ittai that Loyal heart that noble and constant spirit said to the King when David went to perswade him to go back and to take care of his own safety As the Lord liveth and as my Lord the King liveth surely in what place my Lord the King shall be whether in death or life even there also will thy Servant be v. 21. Here was a faithful Servant and Loyal Subject indeed and herein he evidenced himself no less obedient to the Law of God by which we are bound in Conscience to help the King against his Enemies And thus to adhere to the King by being faithful in the Trust reposed in us in being just in our places and ready to help in all difficulties is a right and sure way to make a Kingdom invincible and terrible to Enemies Divisions Conspiracies and Combinations in a State expose it to forreign Enemies A Kingdom divided against it self cannot stand saith the wise Counsellor the Son of God But Unity of heart and affections between Subjects and their Sovereign renders a Kingdom prosperous at home and formidable abroad 3. Prayer to God for him Our Religion the Law of our God our Christianity as well as our Fidelity Loyalty and Affection call for this at our hands The blessed Apostle St. Paul exhorts Timothy to this duty 1 Tim. 2.1 c. And I think that the Collects of our Church for the King and Queen are both wise and Christian 4. Thanksgiving to God for any mercy to the King I exhort that Thanksgivings be made saith the Apostle The Infinite Majesty of Heaven is the Ocean from which flow all blessings that we mortals receive It is he that giveth great Deliverance to his King and sheweth mercy to his Anointed to David and to his seed for evermore Psal 18.49 50. Therefore should we give thanks unto the Lord and sing praises to his holy Name Especially let us praise God for the wonderful and happy Deliverance of this Church and Nation by our Joshua who hath by the Divine favour and blessing saved us and put a stop to the Malice and Cruelty of all the Churches Enemies This is the Lords doing and it is marvelous in our eyes And as great a mercy as ever this Nation and Church enjoyed Tho' through an unnatural Principle the Prejudices of many wise and pious men have made them ungrateful to your Majesties who are in truth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Benefactors not only to all English Protestants but to all the Reformed Churches And that these Prejudices may be removed and that all your Subjects may give God and your Majesties thanks hath been my constant desire and labour And tho' I know that the multitude are prone to Innovations and Changes and too apt to be seduced yet in this Revolution they are to be justified so far as they defended their Religion Laws and Liberties And I challenge any learned and conscientious Divine to dispute the Case in Print before God and the World And therefore I humbly beg your Sacred Majesties pardon while I make Animadversions on the Reverend Dr. William Sherlocks Book intituled The Case of Allegiance due to Sovereign Powers stated and resolved according to Scripture and Reason and the Principles of the Church of England I cannot believe that false Principles in Government conduce to your Majesties service And for this reason among others I think it my duty to oppose them I do believe that the Reverend Dr. acts according to the present perswasion of his Conscience as he speaks in the beginning of his Preface and I do not take him either for a dishonest man or a fool But as he saith he may be mistaken and so may any body else tho' never so wise and honest And he saith ingenuously that if any man can shew him that the Principles he acts on are false uncertain or precarious and such as cannot reasonably satisfie an honest and unbiassed mind he will confess that his desire of satisfaction secretly and insensibly distorted his Judgment tho he took all possible care that it should not I do as I would be done by and I believe that many have refused the Oaths upon Principles of Conscience tho' I believe their Consciences erroneous And I hope to make it evident if as the Dr's phrase is they will deliver themselves from the Tyranny of Prepossession and Prejudice § 2. p. 10. Animadversion on Section 1. The Dr. saith That which hath perplexed this Controversie is the intermixing the Dispute of Right with the Duty of Obedience or making the Legal Right of Princes to their Thrones the only Reason and Foundation of the Allegiance of Subjects A. I cannot imagine that any Obedience is due but to him only who hath Right If he hath no Right why should I pay him Obedience The Scripture saith Fear to whom fear honour to whom honour I must know therefore to whom it is due The Scripture supposeth all Subjects to know some other way to whom Obedience Fear and Honour is due For I take it for granted and as that which all Learned men will own that the Scripture is not a Rule of Policy or Political Government any more than

GOD THE KING AND THE COUNTREY United in the Justification of this Present Revolution Containing also Animadversions on Dr. William Sherlock's Book Intituled The Case of Allegiance Due to Soveraign Powers stated and resolved according to Scripture and Reason and the Principles of the Church of England By TIM WILSON M. A. and Rector of Great Mongeham in Kent Licensed Jan. 29. 1691. LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers Chapel 1691. To the Sacred Majesties of King William and Queen Mary by the Grace of God King and Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith c. May it please Your Majesties THE Divine Providence that disposeth all things to the emolument and advantage of those that love God hath sent Your Majesties to be our Saviours and Deliverers from Popery and Slavery to the Joy of all sound Protestants not wholly sunk and buried in prejudice And we see the Prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled Kings shall be your Nursing Fathers and Queens your Nursing Mothers But the Government of Moses whom God sent into Egypt to deliver his people was not without some Murmurers and men of a revolting spirit who looked back towards Egypt Victorious David had that crafty Politician Achitophel his Adversary and Absolom who stole away the hearts of this people and Sheba a Mover of Sedition The Reign of Solomon had some who complained of Grievances and Oppressions tho' he honoured God by building a Magnificent Temple The most excellent Deborah tho' she had some that jeoparded their lives unto death with her yet she had others who for their Divisions caused great thoughts of heart It is my affection to the Protestant Cause and Your Majesties Government that moves me thus resolutely to rush into your Sacred Presence I am very sensible that false Principles will create Practices correspondent to them And therefore I have examined some new and strange Notions of Gods Providence and Humane Governments of late asserted by some Doctors To say That a Prince hath Gods Authority tho' he hath no Humane and Legal Right and that there is another Person who hath Legal Right is dismal to consider in the consequences thereof If this Poison creeps into the Church I tremble to reflect upon the Effects of it It is good for nothing but to produce Insincerity and to make men swear to live peaceably when they have War in their hearts I am confident of Your Majesties Protection for I have acted in this Affair with a full satisfaction of Conscience and the greatest Evidence of Reason And no History can exceed if parallel so great valour and courage mixed with so much grace and clemency as hath shined in King William This is to be like God who is Almighty and yet slow to wrath whose Power is irresistible and yet he delights in Mercy Go on and prosper most victorious Prince and may the God of Heaven bless you with success by Sea and Land against that proud and persecuting Monarch who hath been the Ruine of so many Innocent Protestants in his own Dominions May God give Your Majesties the Necks of your Enemies and may they all tast of Your Forgiveness and Bounty but never forsake Your first Friends who ran all hazards with Your Majesty I pray with Tertullian who saith We Christians pray for our Emperors 1. That they may have a long Life which contains Health Joy and Prosperity 2. A constant safe and secure Government 3. Faithful and Trusty Domestick Servants free from Treachery and secret Conspiracy 4. A strong and valiant Army 5. A faithful Senate Council or Parliament 6. Obedient Submissive and Loyal People 7. A quiet and peaceable Reign In a word whatsoever can be the desire of Caesar God inspire Your Majesties with heavenly Grace and Wisdom and sound Knowledge and good Vnderstanding to go in and out before this great People and moreover give you Victory and Peace and Length of Days and at last may Angels convey Your Souls into Abraham's bosom This is the constant prayer of Your Maiesties Most Humble most Loyal and most Devoted Subject and Servant Tim. Wilson The Apostle asserts in the 13th Chap. of the Epistle to the Romans That all Emperors Kings Princes and Governors receive their Power from God And that the Right of the Sword is delivered to the Magistrate by God And therefore all are obliged to be subject to the Higher Powers and not to resist And whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and shall receive damnation FOR the right understanding whereof I shall premise these Principles 1. All Dominion is Gods 2. God gives Dominion and Power to some persons over others 3. The Law of Nature which is the Divine Law unwritten is a Rule by which all Nations should walk 4. This Law of Nature teacheth all Inferiours to honour their Superiours and Subjects to pay Tribute honorary Gifts c. to their Kings 5. The same Law of Nature secures every mans Propriety so that there can be no Alienation without consent explicite or implicite There is saith Aristotle Rhet. b. 1. c. 13. as all divine by Nature a common just and unjust though there be no mutual communication nor compact 6. The holy Scriptures do not contradict the Law of Nature but inform mankind more plainly what is duty Lastly The sacred Historian Moses and other holy Writers leave Positive and Political Laws to be practised according to the Usage of several Countries I suppose as the known truth is that God Created Adam and Eve And Adam begat Cain and Abel Now what Land or what substance and goods Adam gave Abel he had Right to by the Law of Nature as well as what he got by his own industry and labour Neither could Adam or Cain take any of Abels Flock without sinning against God tho' there had been no Agreement between them For this Law was written in Adams heart Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy Neighbours There is a Natural Right and there is a Civil Right Natural Right is by the Law of Nature Meum and Tuum were before there was any written Law Civil Right is that which the Municipal Laws of every Countrey gives And if good and consonant to Reason they are but confirmations or explications of the Law of Nature or conclusions drawn from it or securities of mens Lives Goods and Possessions from wicked men who would use no conscience We know saith St. Paul 1 Tim. 1.8 9 10. that the Law is good if a man use it lawfully knowing this that the Law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient c. Government as Government agreeth to Heathens Jews Turks and Christians all alike It is man as man who is the object thereof The Nature and Definition and Properties are the same The holy Scriptures intend not to teach us to be Politicians no more than to be Philosophers but to be Christians and