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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B22970	An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.	1643 (1643)	Wing F987	36,794	40

destruction of the whole army whose number was as the sand which is on th● sea shore in multitude 1. Sam. 13. 5 and chap. 14. 4. 6. 14. 15. Vnarmed David upon the same ground that the Lord saveth not with sword and speare for the battel is the Lords assured himself that the Lord wou●d deliver mighty Goliah into his hands who had an helmet of brasse upon his head and was armed with a coate of male and the waight of the coate was 5000 sheckels of brasse And he had greaves of brasse upon his legs and a target of brasse between his shoulders And the staffe of his spear was like a weavers b●am and his spears head weighed 600 sheckels of Iron chap 17. 5. 6. 7 47. So Asa crying unto God and saying Lord it is nothing to thee to help whether with many or with th●m that have no powr Over●hrew Zerah and destroyed an cost of Ethiopians consisting of a thousand thousan● and three hundred charets 2. chr 14. 9. 11. 13. this carried Iehoiada the Priest aboue all defficu●ties against that bloudy usurping Queene Athal●ah 2. chr 24. This was the Churches confidence in Dauids time God is our refuge and strength Therfore will no● we feare though the earth be removed and though the mountaines be carried into the midst of the sea The Lord of hosts is with us Psal 46. 1. 2. 11. And with whom God is as without doubt he is was and ever will be with his church how can they at any time be accounted unable to resist in a just cause Doest thou respect multitude and is the Lord with the● Elisha or King Hezekiah will tell thre that there be more with thee then against thee 2. K. 6. 16. and 2 cor 32. 7. dost thou regard armyes the Lord breaketh the bow and cutteth the speare in sund●r he b●●neth the chariat in the fire Psal 46. 9. It is therefore apparant that if the children of God had had any warrant from Gods word by force to resist the wickednesse and cruelties of their lawf●ll Soueraignes they never wanted ability Ninthly Gods heavy judgments upon those who have taken up armes 9 Reason against their Prince though an Idolater and oppressour ought to be a warning unto us how we do the like Amon was an Idolater and his servants conspired against him and slew him but the p●ople of the Land detesting such horrible treason slew all them that had conspired against him 2. K. 21. 21. 22 23. 24. Nebuchadnezzar was an Idolater cruell Tyrant and type of Antichrist yet after that Iehoiakin had once yeelded up his faith and service unto Him whereby he became his lawfull Sovereign the Lord was so offended with his rebellion that he sent not only against him bands of enemies but also gave the land of Judah to destroy it and the Lord gave him into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar who buried him as an asse is buried drawne and cast forth without the gate of Jerusalem 2. K. 24. 1. 2. Ier. 12. 19 Dan. 1. 2. Neither was this a s●ffic●ent warning but Zedekiah did also rebell and was taken by Nebuc●a●nezzar who gave judgment upon him and they flew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him wi●h f●t●ers of brasse and carried him to Babyl●n Lastly To t●ke up armes against thy lawfull Sover●ign though he be an Idol●ter and ●ppres●●ur is contrary to the doctrine of the Church of England as it is delivered in the second part of the Booke of H●milies in the last Hom●l And also against the doctrine of the Fathers Martyrs and all holy men even from Chr●sts ●ime untill these last hundred yeers as you may s●e●t at large proved in the Booke intituled The subjests duty Bu● what t●u●li●s thereso cle●r which hath not met with some opposition Let the servant● do what they can he envious man will finde a time to sow tares among the wheat Matth. 13. 25. 28. Howbeit no point of doctrine hath been longer nor more generally received in Christs Church then this hath for no divine ever doubted thereof untill the wicked Iesuites began to flourish who have turned all Religion into policy and to maintaine their conspiracies treasons stabbing poysoning banishing deposing and murdring of Princes have by corrupting the Word of God endeavoured to prove That Subjects may and ought to take up armes against resist and slay their lawfull Sovereign if He be an heretike and oppressour But that which is most to be lamen●ed ●s that many learned men and otherwise great lights and pillars of the Protestant Church have through an over ho● and fiery Zeale runne into the same path with the Iesuites using the same arguments with them and alike countenancing sedition and rebellion to the ruine both of Church and state where they prevaile And since their arguments are by factious spirits enemies to all peace and government spread abroad in these unhappy times of publiqu● differences I shall therefore Reader for the full satisfaction o● thy Conscience set them downe in order and according to the Word of God render unto each a particular answer The first Objection David tooke up armes against Saul who causelesly sought his life 1 Sam. 22. 1 2. and chap. 24. 18. Therefore Subjects may lawfully take up armes against their Soveraigne The Answer To this I answer That it is falsely alledged that David tooke up armes against Saul For if we read the story of David 1 Sam. we shall alwaies finde him flying from one Town to another never resisting never sighting And when the Lord delivered Saul into his hand unawares in the Cave in the Wildernesse of En-gedi he did not lay hands on or doe the least hurt unto Saul nay he acknowledged he committed ●n ●ffence of high presumption and his heart smote him because he cut off Sauls skirt n●r would he suffer his men to rise against Saul but diswaded them saying The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lords anoint●d to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is anointed of the Lord chap. 24. Again when the Lord deli●●red Saul into his hands in the hill of Hachilah and Abishai would have smote him David forbad saying Destroy him not for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords anointed and be guiltlesse ch 26. So that Davids carriage towards Saul is worthy the imitation of all faithful and religious Subjects F●y we may from the causelesse wrath of the King but resist and take up a●mes against Him we may not David shews us no such example And it is also observable that though Saul maliciously and unjustly pursued David yet David continued in his duty towards Saul alwaies speaking most honourably of him And in testimony of his loyalty when Saul did but look● behind him David stooped with his face to the Earth and bowed himselfe and presently after protesteth that he never sinned against him 1 Sam. 24. 8 11. whose