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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79865	The wise taken in their craftiness, and their wisdom made manifest to be foolishness with God; and their actions discovered to be contrary to the pure law of righteousness given forth by the pure law-giver, Christ Jesus the light; by which light some one judge, or judges of this nation are made manifest, how he, or they have acted contrary to the law of God, and the law of this nation; and contrary to all the kings, rulers, and judges, spoken of in Scripture; by setting fines upon men, and sending them to prison till payment of the same, for not putting off their hats, and stand bare-headed before them in their court of assises, and goal-delivery. Also, here is shewed, that it is no sin for a man to stand with his hat on his head, before any emperor, king, ruler, judge, justice, or other magistrate, either alone, or in open court; neither is the putting the hat off, and standing, bare-headed before them, the honour that is due unto magistrates, which the Scripture speaks of. / VVritten by, me who am known by the name of Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing C4459; Thomason E882_3; ESTC R207280	20,416	20

Cubits high and six cubit broad and he set it up in the plain of Dura in the Province of Babylon then the King sent and gathered together the Princes the Governors and the Captains the Iudges the Counsellers the Treasurers the Sheriffs and all the Rulers of the Provinces to the dedication of the Image which the King had set up and there they sate and took counsel together and made their invented decree to burn men in the invented fiery furnace and caused it to be proclaimed aloud by the Harold that whatsoever People Nations or Languages did not fall down and worship the Golden Image when they heard the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sackbut Psaltery Dulcemer and all kinds of Musick should be the same hour cast into the midst of the fiery burning furnace then certain of the Caldeans accused the Iewes for not falling down according to the Kings decree to worship the Golden Image which the King had set up then the King in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach M●shech and Abedigo before him and when they were brought before him they told the King they were not careful to answer him in that matter For said they Be it known unto thee O King that we will not serve thy Gods Read the 3d. chap. of Daniel nor worship the golden Image which thou hast set up behold our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace and he will deliver us out of thy hand O King then was the King full of fury and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach Meshech and Obednigo and he commanded the fiery furnace to be heated seventimes hotter then it was wont to be heat and he commanded the most mighty men of his Army to binde Shadrach Meshech and Abednigo and cast them into the fiery furnace therefore because the Kings commandment was urgent and the furnace exceeding hot those men Shadrach M sh●ch and Abednigo were bound in their coats their hosen their hats their other garments and were cast into the midst of the Fery burning Fornace Here you may see how mischief was invented and wickedness acted by a Law of the King the Princes the Judges the Counsellors ond the Sheriffs and all the Rulers of the Provinces yea and put in execution in the Kings rage and fury when the form of his visage was changed but the most high and mighty God who confounds the wisdom of the wise and makes the Judges fools suffered not the fire to have power over the bodies of his servants that feared and trusted in his Name for he sent his Angel and delivered them sa● the hair of their heads was not singed neither was their coats changed nor th● sm●ll ●f the fi●e pass●d on ●hem M●● 26 3 4 14 ●5 1● Ma●k ●4 1.10 11. Lu● 22.2 3 4 5 6. And again the ch●●● Priests and the Scribes with Iudas sought out ●n their invert on how to kill Christ the Son of the living God for they ●ea●●d the pe●ple Then Iudas went out from Christ the Light and Satan entred into him and he fell into the transgression And Iudas he went unto the ch●ef Priests and he communed with them and the Captains how he migh● betray Christ unto them and they were glad and covenanted with him for thirty p●eces of silver Here you may likewise see the chief Priests the Scribes the Captains and Iudas how they sate in c●unsel together and plotted against the just yea and invented mischief against the Lord and against his anoynted Jesus Christ From that time Iudas in his invention sought opportunity how to betray Chris● unto them conveniently in the absence of the multitude Joh. 18.1 2 3 12 13. Mat. 26.5 6. Then Judas having received a band of men and officers from the chief Priests and Pharisees cometh with Lanthornes and Torches and Weapons into the Garden where Jesus and his Disciples were which was over the Brook Ch●dron and there the Captain the Officers and the Band took Christ Iesus the Son of God and bound him and led him away to the High Priest Mar. 14 53 Mar. 14.55 56 37. Joh. 19.7 and with him were assembled all the chief Priests the Elders and Scribes and the chief Priests and all the counsel in their inventions sought for witnesses against Iesus that they might put him to death for said the Iews We have a Law and by our Law he ought to dye because said they he made himself the Son of God they began to accuse him before Pilate saying we have found this fellow perverting the Nation Luk. 23.1 2. Mat. 26.59 60 61. Mat. 27.22.25 Luk. 23.18 23 24. and forbidding to give Tribute to Cesar saying that he himself is Christ a King and many bore false witness against him but their witness agreed not together and so found none And at last came two false witnesses and said This fellow said I am able to destroy the Temple of God and to build it in three days and the Iews said unto Pilate Away with this man let him be crucified and let his blood be upon us and upon our children and Pilate gave Sentence as they required and they crucified him and parted his Garments and cast lots for them And thus you may see that they were the wise men so called and the learned Rabbies the high Priests the chief Priests the Judges Counsellors and Captains that gathered themselves together and sate in counsel and upon judgement as they called it against the Lords Christ his annoynted 1 Cor. 3.19 but their wisdom is made manifest to be foolishness with God to after Generations Judas hanged himself and the Jews were scattered abroad in all Nations And as it was then so it was in after generations that wicked men imagined and invented mischief against the servants of God how to afflict and destroy them some were slain with the Sword some had their heads cut off some sawn asunder some tortured and stretched upon Racks some cast into Lyons Dens and amongst other wilde beasts to be devoured Some put into boyling Caldrons some stoned some whipt and others hanged and some burned with fire and if you wil read the History of the ten Persecutions in the first volume of the Book of Martyrs ye may read of more filthy cruel wicked inventions that they had and did destroy the people of God with then I write of And now to come to King Henry the fourth's dayes you may see by a Statute called the Statute Ex officio what a Law the learned and wise men so called the Bishop and the Clergy his brethren the Suffragans and Assistants had in their inventions got the King and the House of Lords to make to burn openly all those people that would not in those dayes worship the cross the crucifix with other images and pictures which in their inventions and imaginations they had set up to be worshipped or that should declare