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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15494	A loyal subiects looking-glasse, or A good subiects direction necessary and requisite for euery good Christian, liuing within any ciuill regiment or politique state, to view, behold, and examine himselfe in, that he may the better frame the course of his life, according to the true grounds of the duties of an honest and obedient subiect to his king, and to arme himselfe against all future syren songs, and alluring intisements of subtill, disloyall, dissembling, and vnnaturall conspirators, traitors, and rebels. Collected for the most part out of both olde and later writers, whose names are in the next page set downe. Wherevnto are brieflie added sixe speciall causes of vndutifull subiects disloyaltie. By William Willymat.	Willymat, William, d. 1615.	1604 (1604)	STC 25761; ESTC S120179	57,436	78

in this case of obedience behaued themselues whose examples in this tempestuous and blustering world may serue as they were anckers or staues to stay and as it were firmely to stablish wauering minded subiects by and also examples of the worst sort of subiects whese ambitious aspiring mindes and enuious rebelling heads haue procured both their owne and their posterities most miserable ruine and vtter ouerthrowe that such like affected subiects as they were might by their precedent falles learne in time and beware and stoppe the beginnings of all disobedient rebellious and seditious practises For the better sort of subiects Tvvo of the best examples of obedient and dutifull subiects let Dauid his behauiour whiles he was yet a subiect out of the olde Testament and Christ Iesus his behauiour when he yet in his manhood wandred for a time and conuersed with vs here on earth out of the new Testament be set before our eyes to view and consider of for our learning and instruction in the steed name of all the rest as most fitte and liuely paternes for all good loyall and true hearted subiects to shape fashion and frame their duties by whereof Dauid when God had deliuered his bitter persecuting enemie King Saul into his hands in a Caue where Dauid and his men had hid themselues from the presence of Saul 1. Sam. 24.4.5.6 when and where Dauid wanted neither fit occasions nor exasperating counsaile to haue kild his aduersatie the King being so neare him that he had cut off the lap of his garment yet he abstained from so vndutifull a fact praying the Lord to keepe him from doing any such thing vnto his maister the Lords annoynted and with earnest entreatie ouercame his seruants that they should not arise against their King 1. Sam. 26 The like also fell out an other time not long after when Dauid and Abishai entred King Sauls camp both the King himselfe and all his hoast being cast on a deepe sleepe and came so neare the kings body that Abishai carnestly prayed Dauid to giue him leaue to smite the king with his owne speare affirming that he would lay it on so soundly that one stroake should serue to make him sure for euer yet Dauid would not consent vnto this Learne of Dauid not to yeeld to bad counsaile although it seeme neuer so good and necessarie but prayed the Lords as before to keepe him from laying his hands on the Lords annoynted Many examples before this had Dauid shewed of his prompt and ready obedience to his Soueraigne Lord and maister King Saul yea euen to the often hazerding of his bloud and life against the Kings enemies the Philistins as the bookes of Samuel in diuers chapters do testifie And here now in these two examples of sparing the Kings life being so straunglie deliuered into his hands he setteth forth a generall rule and lesson for all subiects in the world among all posterities What Dauids example doth teach not in any wise to resist higher powers nor by their owne priuate authoritie to take the sword in hand nor to consent to the taking of the sword in hand to kill or hurt any King or other supreme ruler and gouernour no not although it lye in their power neuer so easilie without any bloud shedding tumults or great broyles to effect the same This good subiect Dauid was so louing and kinde yea euen vnto a bad King his vndeserued enemie and euery where hunting after and thirsting for his innocent bloud that at the very last cast of King Saul when an Amalekite by his consent and request had slaine him and brought the first tidings thereof to Dauid supposing to haue receiued some great reward at Dauids hands for his newes vpon the knowledge there of Dauid after he had a while mourned and lamented the death of Saul he asked the messenger whether he were not affraide to laye hands on the Lords annoynted to destroy him and presently commanded one of his seruants to kill him for that act by his owne mouth confessed O Dauid Dauid thou most worthy mirrour of obedience and dutifulnesse to Gods substitutes here on earth what if thou were aliue in these our dayes Thou that didst so readilie obay so reuerently vse so paciently forbeare so sorrowfully mourne and weepe for the death and so willingly reuenge the death of a wicked King that had beene so disobedient to God and whom God had therefore vtterly cast off with what reproachfull termes and irefull words wouldst thou not exclaime vpon and reuile yea with what tortures and torments of most shamefull death wouldst thou not destroy such forlorne diuelish bloudie hel-hounds such desperate treacherous conspiratours and viperous rebels as most naughtilie vnkindly and vnnaturally against Gods Church their natiue countrie the Kings Maiesties person and estate will attempt to hazard the liues of so many thousands of men women and children by deposing or murthering so kinde naturall and louing a King as is now our most noble Soueraigne Lord King IAMES Concerning King Iames and his lurking aduersaries so gratious a King so carefull and prouident for the good and welfare euen of his worst subiects such a mainteiner of blessed peace and quietnesse not only at home but also with forraine nations and neighbour countries round about such a fauourer of all humanitie and learning such a Mecoenas of the learned most bountifull to all goodmen yea though to his owne priuate losse hinderance and charges and so necessarie a head for the whole body and state of all his realmes kingdomes and dominions Let this one notable example of Dauid that good and obedient subiect serue in this place for all other out of the old Testament Out of the new Testament what more excellent and worthy example can be produced to be considered or meditated vpon The most vvorthy example of Christ Iesus for obedience to magistrates Mat. 22.21 Mar. 12.17 Luk. 20.25 Rom. 13. and carefully to be imitated of all good Christian subiects then that of Christ Iesus himselfe who all the time that he wandred vp and downe on earth in our flesh though he were very God as well as man yet he neuer disdained to reuerence and obey such as were in authoritie in his time he neuer behaued himselfe seditioustie nor rebelliouslie but rather taught and commaunded to giue vnto Caesar the things which vnto him belonged openly he taught the Iewes to pay tribute vnto the Romane Emperours openly for himselfe and his Apostles he payed tribute yea when he wanted money Mat. 17.27 rather then he would faile in paiments due and accustomed to the higher power he miraculouslie caused a Fish to bring him xx pence to discharge such duties for himselfe and his companie And he himselfe and his Apostles receiued many and diuerse iniuties at the hands of wicked and faithlesse magistrates yet neither he nor any of them euer moued nor stirred vp any sedition or rebellion against any gouernours

no wise brooke it to be at commaund and to submit himselfe willingly according to Gods ordinance and appoyntment to the obedience of magistrates rulers and gouernours be they neuer so well worthy of the place Pride and hautinesse of stomack in great mē vvhat vvork they make Herehence it oftentimes commeth to passe that Dukes Earles Lords Knights and such like being once possessed with this pride vpon neuer so light occasions nay rather taking offences then tarying vntill offences be iustly giuen will contenine disdaine and vnreuerently and dishonorablie vse yea and oftentimes also conspire against take vp armes and seeke the life and bloud or at leastwise the deposing of the Lords annointed their supreme heads ordeined and placed in such roomes by God himselfe and herehence likewise it falleth out that many priuate persons among the common people will not stick to vilipend disdaine and contemptuously to abuse the inferiour subordinate magistrates thinking themselues in the pride of their owne hearts The deuilles craft and subtilty to insnare men through pride and to bring them therby to conspiracie rebellion described by a similitude of a fisher blinding deceiuing the poor● fishes farre better men more worthy to command and rule then to be by others whom they thinke to be worse men then themselues commaunded and ruled It is the manner of fishers who vse to take fish with standing nets in running waters that looke where they choose a fit place to plant their net in there round about their net will they first blunder and muddle the waters so that thereby their net cannot easily be seene by the fish then will they goe somewhat higher into the riuer and with their long poulleringe staues will they beate and dash in the streame and driue downe the fish towardes their net into the which the silly deceaued fish soone shooteth it selfe and so at vnwares is insnared by reason that the net could not be seene the water about it being before thickened and blundered by raysing vp of the mudde Euen this is the case of many subiects in the worlde The cunning crafty deuill is the fisher he sets the net of disobedience to magistrates within the circuite and walke of such as he meanes to catch therin then he blindes their hearts with pride so that they therewith hauing their senses and reason darkened rush forward headlong the d●uill forcing them on a pace in their madde moode into the nett which they silye soules neuer perceiue nor consider of till they be surely snared past all helpe of retyring back againe and so are they cast away ere they be aware A caueat O subiects subiects of what estate soeuer you be noble or ignoble high or low rich or poore looke to it in time beware of this net take heed of this pride the deuills owne engine To handle euery particuler poynt of pride would make a larger discourse then here now I purpose let this suffice therfore for so much concerning pride being the first cause of vndutifulnes as it doth or may preiudice loyall subiects duties to higher powers CHAP. II. Concerning Ambition the second cause of vndutifulnesse of subiects AN auncient Latine christian diuine hath written Hugo Victorinus li. 1 de anima that Pride riding in a coach hath her coach drawen with foure horses the forehorse is Ambition the second Vaine-glory the third Contempt and the fourth Disobedience Ambition therefore an attending seruaunt on dame Pride may I not vnaptly here set downe in degree next vnto Pride for the second cause of subiects vndutifulnes And this ambition may well be defined to be a most vehement What ambition is strong disordered and an vnreasonable desire of glory an insatiable anvnbrideled greedines to rule It is a vice of excesse fighting full but against modesty which is a part of temperance for a modest man as Aristotle saith desireth honor as he ought and as becommeth him Who is ambitious but he that desireth otherwise then he ought by vnlawfull meanes is ambitious and car●ed away with a perturbation of intemperance Of such as these there are many examples which may serue to instruct and warne loyall subiects both in sacred and prophane histories amongst whom commeth here to my remembrance the notable story of Korah that seditious headed and ambitious minded Isralite whose rebelliō Moses at large setteth down Num. 16.1.2.3 c. with his bad successe and strange punishment In which ambitious man like as it commonly falleth out with all such as are infected with that vice there was first a male contentment of mind who not contented with that honor calling and office wherein he was placed raised vp disquietnesse disturbance and tumults among the people Psal 106.16.17 Secondly there was in him an enuious affection whereby he disdeined that Moses and Aron should haue any power ouer him Thirdly like vnto our vile Anabaptistes he went about to suppresse gouernment and magistracie and would haue all the people to be of equall authority power and condition which is the confusion of all states of people Fourthly he raysed vp opē sedition and rebellion among the people against gouernors appointed of God Fiftly he went about to haue brought the high priesthood from Aron vnto himselfe although he found fault with others for the same Full of the like ambitious humours was also Absol●n sonne of king Dauid of whome I surcease to speake heere because I haue described him somewhat at large before in the first chapter concerning Obedience whither I referre the reader and vnto the second booke of Samuel where he may haue his history at the full Let all loyall true meaning subiects in time beware that they do not in any wise yeeld vnto this pestiferous humor of ambition then the which there cannot lightly be a greater enemie to all boundē duties of good subiects Looke into and consider but a while either auncient or later Chronicles and histories and see where there euer was any great plagues any subuersions and ouerthrowes of either flourishing monarchies common wealths or cities but they were wrought by ambitious men refusing dutifull submission to higher powers and desirous to commaund and to be preferred before others Who but ambitious men are wont to kindle and stir vp the fire of domesticall diuisions ciuill warres and dissentions making no reckoning and taking no thought what will be the issue of such damnable enterprices so they might make away to effect their owne deuised platformes What did procure the ruine of Graecia florishing in armes and sciences Ambition What wrought the decay and confusion of the common wealths of the Lacedemonians and Athenians the one being maisters of the Sea the other of the Land The great falles and ouerthrowes that ambition hath brought vpon many Ambition What stirred vp Caesar and Pompey Marius and Sylla Octauius Antonius Lepidius by force of armes to put their countrie to sword and fire and so most vnnaturally