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A89550	Rebellion unmasked or A sermon preached at Poplar in the parish of Stepney (in the new chappel there lately erected by the Honourable Society of the East-Indie-Company) upon occasion of the late rebellious insurrection in London. Wherein is opened the resemblances between rebellion and the sins of witchcraft and idolatry, as also the pretences for rebellion answered. By Thomas Marriot, M.A. of Kath. H. in Cambridge, and chaplain to the East-Indie-Company.	Mariott, Thomas, d. 1708?	1661 (1661)	Wing M717; Thomason E1055_21; ESTC R208031	23,841	39

13. Rom. 1. V. 5. the same God that made us is he that hath commanded allegiance obedience to them and that for Conscience sake 13. Rom. 5. to rebell against the King is not only contempt to the person of an earthly King but high contempt to God the King of the world Rebellion more peculiarly a Devilish sin by whose appointment it is that Kings reign And thus Rebellion is as the sins of Witchcraft and Idolatry Thirdly Witchcraft and Idolatry are sins desperately and more peculiarly above other sins Devilish and Diabolicall They are sins that smell more of Hell then other sins do As for Witches it is known by their own confessions that they are in compact with the Devil he hath them in speciall bonds above other sinners of other ranks and degrees And so for Idolaters they have more immediate relation to the Devil then others and the Teraphim were Images in which the Devil spake and by which they consulted with the Devil as hath bin shewed before Thus is Rebellion as the sin of Witchcraft and Idolatry it being nothing else but an instigation of the Devil who to his power is as much for murder and confusion as God is for love and for order Rebellion is a sin that doth more smell of Hell then other sins as Witches and Idolaters are most like unto the Devil so are such as rebell against their King and Magistrates and indeavour to throw down civil and Ecclesiastical Government The first Rebell against his King was the Devil Who rebelled against his God and King this was the Devils sin as Witches and Idolaters drive a peculiar trade with Hell so do Rebels the same Rebellion is a special Trade driven with Hell and is a sin eminently transforming persons into the likenesse of the Devil himself Thus Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft and Idolatry Fourthly Rebellion a plague as well as fin Witchcraft and Idolatry are not onely sins but extraordinary plagues too Witches and Idolaters are the very plagues of a Nation thus is Rebellion as Witchcraft and Idolatry Rebels are the woful plagues of a Nation What greater plague can light upon a Nation then the plague of Sedition and Rebellion a plague which strickes immediately at the very life and Vitals of Church and State Like as it is in the members of the body naturall a man may loose an arme an eye a legge c. and yet the body live but the head cannot be struck off without present death It was not without good advise that the Israelites preferred the life of David their King above ten thousand of their own lives 2 Sam. 18.13 ten thousand of them might loose their lives and yet the life of the body politick continue if inferiour members be cut off the body may live and doe indifferently well but if the head be taken off if the King through Rebellion be laid aside if Magistrates and Governours in Church State laid aside actum est de Republica actum est de Ecclesia That Church and State cannot long stand thus Rebellion is as the sins of Witchcraft and Idolatry 5. Rebellion a spreading sin Witchcraft and Idolatry are sins of an exceeding spreading nature all sins are spreading but above others these sins are spreading and infectious one Witch will make a great many as hath been experienced and confessed and as for Idolatry we see through the word of God in many examples of what a spreading nature it is How soon were thousands of the Israelites infected with Idolatry when Moses was in the Mount How soon did this spread over the ten tribes of Israel and how is it at this day spread over great part of the Christian World it were easy to enlarge upon it in this Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft and Idolatry Odious and abominable to God as these sins are How suddenly will seeds of sedition and Rebellion spring up How soon will a few Rebell 's increase and cover a whole Nation Num. 6 Particularly one Corah with a Rebellious design soon draws in two hundred and fifty into his Rebellious Conspiracy Secondly I come now to shew you more particularly and distinctly wherein this sin of Rebellion is as the sins of Witchcraft and Idolatry And first wherein Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft Rebellion as Witchcraft now Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft in three particulars First in the cause of it Secondly in the natural effects of it Thirdly in the prognostick of it First In the cause or ground of it In the cause the cause or ground of Witchcraft for the most part is extraordinary spleene malice inveterate Envy and irreconcileable hatred conceived against a person This upon experience hath been found true and been confessed by several that have been Witches and Wizards and have dealt in this vile unnatural way with the Divel when they have been asked how they came to be Witches they have confessed that they had upon injury received c. conceived implacable malice and hatred against some person on whom they sought Revenge but had not power to accomplish it on which occasion Sathan hath appeared unto them and hath upon conditions and Contract between them to satisfie their envious and malicious humour given them his assistance Now in respect of the cause and ground of this sin Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft the cause and ground of it being Ambition and Envy stirring up inveterate hatred and malice and so seeking of revenge on those persons whom they have thus hated see this in those notorious Rebell 's you read of in the Numb 16. Num. 16 where you read of Corah Dathan and Abiram and their adherents for it seems they had made a considerable party to carry on their Rebellion Two things at present I shall touch concerning this design first their design and project secondly the cause and ground of it First Their design and project was Rebellion against their Superious and Governours their Magistrates and Ministers Vers 3. Vers 3. They gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron Moses was their Magistrate Gods Vicegerent he that under God did Rule and Govern the Civil State Aaron was their Priest and chief Minister now these persons lay a Rebellions design they gather together and rise up against Moses and Aaron their magistrates and Ministers as our late Rebell 's against the King their lawful Magistrate and against the Ministry and Rulers of the Church Secondly And what was the ground of this Rebellion against their Governours in Church and State the cause and ground of this was the very same as the ground of Witchcraft Envy they saw how Moses and Aaron were honoured by the people because they were above and themselves below because they moved in the higher Orbe of Government and themselves in the lower Orbe of Subjection hereupon they Envyed them for that state of Superiority wherein God had set them

and hence their Rebellious design and practises All their fault was God had advanced Moses and Aaron not that they had opposed God or hurt Israel so that indeed the trouble of the Rebells was not the badness of their Governnours but the goodness of God this you have clearly expressed Psal 106.16 Psalm 106.16 They Envyed Moses in the Camp and Aaron the Saint of God Thus is Rebellion as the sin of Witchcraft in respect of the cause and ground of it Secondly Effects Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft in respect of the proper effects of it what is the proper work business of Witches are they not altogether bent upon mischief Casting away of Ships making away their neighbours cattel murdering their neighbours against whom they have conceived spleene and hatred these are the natural and proper effects of the sin of Witchcraft in which respect Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft for what is the work of Rebell 's their natural and proper work but to fire and kill slay murder massacre and to do all manner of Hellish wickedness Thirdly Inrespect of its Prognostick Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft in regard of the prognostick Witchcraft of any sin next that against the Holy Ghost is the brand of a vild reprobate Wretch given over to destruction and Damnation Gods power is infinite but scace in an age that you hear of a Witch converted so near is the Conjunction between Witches and the Devil that it is hardly to be found where any of them are convinced of their sin reduced converted In this respect also is Rebellion as the sin of Witchcraft it is a wofull Prognostick of a Reprobate wretch and firebrand of Hell one destined to Damnation when given up to the sin of Rebellion stubbornness Mistake me not I undertake not positively to determine of the eternal State of every one that hath a finger in Rebellious designes and actions nor any way dare I undertake to limit God as if he were not able to make a Traytor a good Subject and a Rebel to become Loyal he that is Almighty can do all things yet I know not through the Scriptures many more dangerous Prognosticks of a firebrand of Hell and one given up to a Reprobate sense then for one to be a Rebell against God and his King against Governours of Church and state 1 Io. 3.15 Rom. 13.2 Thus you see more particularly how Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft I now come to shew distinctly how this sin of Rebellion and stubborness is as the sin of Idolatry Rebellion as Idolatry Rebellion looks like Religion now this will eminently and evidently appear in this one particular for I shall forbear lanching out farther into these resemblances least I be prevented in what I have further to deliver Superstition and Idolatry of all sins is a sin that carries the fairest Varnish of Religion upon it in so much that many are deceived take Superstition and Idolatry for true Religion and Piety as I doubt not many may be deluded to take Rebellion for Religion Idolatry I say is a sin that carries a brave varnish and high pretences of Religion upon its and so doth this sin of Rebellion it is a sin for the most part Varnished with Religion it is an old trick of the Devil to varnish over the vilest actions with Religion faire glozing words Saint like words and pretences to carry on his Hellish designes In nomine Domini incipit omne malum but especially this evil of Sedition and Rebellion you know how it is with the Papists those Idolatrous Rebels who will kill Kings and tell you they doe God good service murder Magistrates and all under a notion of Religion Cambd. Eliz. It is observed by Cambden concerning Parsons that Arch Traitor and Rebell when he was hatching mischief against his King and Country set forth as if he had bin wholly made up of devotion an excellent piece of Christian Resolution and now for Zions sake I will not hold my tongue saith one so saith another so a third Zion at the tipp of the tongue and Babel at the root of the heart Religion without Rebellion within so Num. 16.3 those Rebels before mentioned Numb 16.3 their design was fowle but their pretence was faire yea take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them Wherefore lift you up your selves against the Congregation of the Lord See here how Religion is the cloke for their Rebellion against Moses and Aaron Religion was all the Cry but Rebellion was all the designe This was the Snake under the grass Idolatry is a sin that carries a fair show of Religion upon it thus Rebellion comes under the mask of Religion and holinesse Thus you see the first thing promised sc How Rebellion is as Witchcraft and Idolatry by which you may see what a hainous and odious sin the sin of Rebellion is I now come to the second thing promised and that is to give answer unto the severall pretences under which many in the world carry on their Rebellious designes and practises to the ruine of King and Country Church and State as much as in them lyes 1. Pretence for Rebellion wickedness of Governours Which I mention and answer not so much for the strength of their Arguments as for the weakness of many Christians who are deluded and cheated by these fair pretences I shall particularly speak to four And first the first pretence for Rebellion is usually the naughtiness of the person or persons governing in Church or State A Generation there are that take upon them to whisper into the Eares of one another as if our * Like that of the Donatists vid. apud Aug. cont petil l. 2. c. 92. p. 174.175.176 in 8. whom S. Aug. answers at large Answer King were a wicked King and as if our Bishops that are now to govern the Church were wicked men and therefore they look upon it as their duty to remove such Governours as these are Now I shall say some thing particularly to this pretence and show you the falshood of it and the unwarrantableness of this ground to raise sedition and to Rebell against our King and Governours Civil or Ecclesiastical I shall chiefly speak to this as Relating to our Sacred Soveraign If a private person and neighbour be prejudiced we are bound in our places to vindicate him when but his private good name is taken away much more when there are such wicked suspicions and whisperings concerning our King are we bound to vindicate him these tending to the prejudice of the whole Church and State And first for any thus to speak or whisper directly or indirectly concerning his Majesty thereby to stir up sedition or Rebellion is highly uncharitable usurping the place of God who alone is able to search or judge the heart of any no man is able to reach