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A85688	Vox cœli, containing maxims of pious policy: wherein severall cases of conscience are briefly discussed; as I. In what subject the supream power of a nation doth reside. II. What is the extent of that power, and in what causes it doth appear, with the due restrictions and limitations thereof according to the Gospell. III. What obedience is due unto that power from all persons, superiour and inferiour, with other cases of great weight, very necessary to reconcile our late differences judiciously stated and impartially ballanced in the scale of the sanctuary. / By Enoch Grey minist	Grey, Enoch.	1649 (1649)	Wing G1968; Thomason E565_20; ESTC R202336	50,311	67

of the House to prevent them without honor they being acquainted by certain intelligence with the endeavours of forain Princes the highest resolutions deepest designes secret motions subtill intentions military provisions and martiall preparations of domestick and forain enemies the cabinet-counsell of the enemy being opened to Sir Hen. Mild●●● when to no other beside him who made as wise as faithfull improvement of his intelgence to the good of the whole in apparent perill as any one man in this Republick 2. Concerning Fortitude Resolution and Courage without which the honor of the day and the goodnesse or beauty of the way is lost I shall add a word or two Statesmen under the Gospell have higher precepts better presidents stronger reasons to stand up and ingage for the defence of their liberties then C●riu● S●ipio Cato among the Romans then Themistocles 〈◊〉 Aristi●●es among the Athenians a Roman Lace●em●●ian or Ath●ni●● may be very zealous for civill liberties as wee read in 〈◊〉 in Cicero and other authors what Livius what 〈◊〉 and many others acted and suffered for the obtaining of their civill 〈◊〉 with what resolution courage they resisted those who opposed yea but proposed such rules or counselled to such 〈◊〉 as ●ended to the infringement thereof deposing some banishing others putting others to death and confiscating the goods of all such as they reputed enemies Christians under the Gospell have as much reason having power and opportunity to preserve what God and Nature hath invested them with and being lost to restore those rights a● their native birth right Let prophane Esau's under-value their freedoms Paul a Roman will defend his priviledges and valiant Shammah his field of of ●●ntils who stands his ground when deserted by the people against an Army of the Philistims whom he conquers Joabs argument may put us upon higher Acts our liberties being superlative Be valiant saith he for our people and for the Cities of our God and let the Lord doe what i●. good in his owne sight Be valiant for the Lord and for his truth saith Jeremy When men have more valour for their civill then they have for divine liberties more resolution and courage in those causes which concerne themselves and the outward man then those which concerne the Lords honour their souls eternall welfare they act but at Heathens who did many heroick Acts but what singular thing doe yee the Acts of Christians should be performed with the greatest respect to God We will not lose civil immunities because the price of the bloud of our ancestors the inheritance of our fore-fathers Naboth would not therefore part with his vineyard no not to the King although he would have purchased it and given him to the full value thereof But Gospell liberties are transcendent to take from our children and posterities their glory y●a Gods glory to deprive them of that legacy and deed of gift bequeathed them by Christ in his last testament the price of his precious bloud is such sacriledge as there is no robbery like unto it under heaven and desperate is that State where all men are willing to captivate their souls for the freedome of their bodies to presse their consciences to death to save their goods The Apostle who perswadeth us to seek freedom● a● the hands of the Supreame Power doth also advise us so to use that liberty that it be not a cloak of malitiousness of pride of presumption of selfe-willednesse so to use it as not to abuse authority as not to pervert or inforce the supream power of a State to patronage our private and sinfull interests to own our violent attempts or unwarrantable engagements but to be as the servants of Christ for humility honour and affection towards all who have the Image of God upon them and in the feare of God to give the greatest civill respect to those in authority be they good be they bad Therefore the act of such who would diminish the divine authority of the Magistrate who endeavour to take that from him which God hath given him or would enforce him to give what is not his to give is so full of sinfull presumption and detestable usurpation that such cannot but feare to perish in the gaine-saying of Corah Also such who would perswade the Magistrate to part with his restrictive power in matters of religion invite him to give that sword given him by God into the hands of furious men who would destroy all government violate all bands both sacred and civill and with as much right and some will plead reason too who are against magistratical authority and would levell all into an equality these may desire his restrictive power in naturall and in civill acts yea with as much reason and right also they may abridge parents and masters of their restrictive authority over children and servants H●●●esco referens as they may deprive the Magistrate of his To gaine our owne liberty with the losse of Christs argueth want of resolution for were such willing to subject their wills and consciences to Gods word to obedience to his divine Will a● well by suffering as by acting when called thereunto they would not transgresse the bounds to adventure upon such preposterous courses Because former Representatives presumed too much shall future assume nothing no not a power of restraint v●●orum stupori qui non exhorrescunt True Resolution must be fetched from heaven through God we shall do valiantly that resolution which is accompanied with a dependance on our owne wisdome ●or strength is to rest upon an Arme of flesh is to make a lye our refuge To maintaine the strength of your resolution two considerations are worthy your observance 1 The consideration of the goodnesse of your ●●use every cause is good so farre forth as God is engaged therein Arise O Lord saith the Prophet plead thine owne cause The more you engage for God the more you engage God unto you You know that text and how it is applyed by Rehobeam against Jeroboam we keep the charge of the Lord our God but yee have forsaken him God himself is with us ●ight ye not against him for ye shall not prosper Yee know how H●z●kiah incouraged his Souldiers when they went forth against the Army of Senacherib be not afraid for all the multitude that is with him for there be moe with us with him is an arm of flesh but with us is the Lord our God to fight our battell● If the Lord be ingaged in a cause who dare appear against him to ingage therein without God procures but war and blood in Kingdom● lasting troubles continual miseries as we see in the cases of Asa Jehosap●at Josia● good Kings yet for some small miscarriages for comparatively they were not great they procured unto themselves and to their Kingdoms wrath The particular acts of publick persons are prejudiciall to the publick State to the whole Nation and when the Lord hath any

Member of Parliament or to any Person indempnified thereby for any demer it since this Session or to any receipts of mony out of the Publike Treasure A cause as much your Honours as mine 〈◊〉 Jesus Christs rather then either yours or mine 〈◊〉 might be finished in four houres time in a select C●●mittee if once appointed for Audience thereof which in 8 years space I never could obtain although some Honorable Members have expressed their deep se●s● of the extremity of my oppression that prejudice which I have sustained by this delay and therefore I beleeve it impossible that so just a cause should miscarry in the hands of so just a Parliament My earnest prayer for your Honours shall bee that the splendor of this Representative may by the highest Acts of sincere Reformation of Religion of impartiall Administration of Justice dazle the eyes of all Europe that your Power and greatnesse thereby may bee rendered formidable to all your adversaries Domestick and Forain by Sea and Land in England and Ireland that the people of these Nations by your Pious Prudent Righteous and Resolved indeavours may be assured ut Pacem summam obtinebimus in Patria cum ipso Deo nobis inter not ubi nullum erit bellum nulla contradictio which is the hearts desire of Your Honours in all humility devoted in the highest Services for the Gospell ENO GREY To his Excellency THOMAS Lord FAIRFAX Lord Generall of all the Parliaments Forces in England and Wales And the Right Honourable OLIVER CRUMWELL Lord Lievtenant of Ireland Commander in chief of all the Parliaments Forces there With the Generall Councell of Warre Grace Mercy and Peace be Multiplyed Right Honorable and Honorable THe hearts of such who truly fear the Lord in this our Israel cannot but be towards you who have jeoparded your lives to the death in the high places of the field what Titus acknowledged in his success against Jerusalem the same may we in yours De●s vobiscum in liberand● hoc regn● pugnavit he who hath called you unto fitted you for this service hath united your spirits mutually to affect to effect one end that you are ut manus ut mens Angli● as Hector Aen●● of Troy whereby the Publick hath gained much both Peace Liberty although your selves as yet little for magis mor●● quam mummorum causa doe you ingage England unworthy the affections of such Worthies this Generation much degenerating that should you respect the opinions of man concerning you more then the affection of God unto you who observes all men all things a heathen but a speach becomming a Christian you would repent of all that good afforded them But whatever is the estimation of the world you are the glory of God in his Churches apud deum major est qui melior ille melior qui in virtutib●● praestat The Crown of his Saints yea Sanctorum amor delici● Luther tells us there be Miracula Ocularia and Auricularia Ages to come will admire our mercies in such renowned instruments should we unworthily forget you or your acts which deserve to bee had in eternall 〈…〉 not wee of this Nation variable in our affections 〈…〉 in our judgements wee could not but honour 〈…〉 your Physicall Prescriptions upon the Prudenti●●● Observance of the Causes 〈◊〉 and P●ognost it is of the Malady of this State for spent by the Kings evill administred in the most desperate Paroxysm of our great Body Politick effectuall through the Lords blessing to the absolute cure of the Nation the Remedy being powerfull not only to remove what at present doth distemper this State but to prevent what in future may occasion a Perillous Relapse ut ●●hil defi●it quod ad salutem sufficit These acts of your doe publish your Honours your Humilities doe crown your Graces thereby you deserving rather then desiring the praise of your vertues your vertues And because your Prudence as well as your Courage the wise and Omnipotent God hath prospered to the healing of the Nations I shall humbly beseech you to improve both for the advance of Religion in the power and purity thereof and maintenance of Justice amongst us ●●●gal the evills threatning this Nation in the deformation of the one or in the Non or Mal-administration of the other may he prevented and removed The Lord beat your enemies as smal as the dust and stamps them as the mire of the street give you courage to pursue them and not to turn again untill you have consumed them the Lord be the shield of your help the Sword of your Excellency that by his strength you may run through a Troup by his help you may scale a wall that your feet may be 〈◊〉 Hinds feet and a how of Steel be broken by your Arms the Eternall God be your refuge and underneath you be his everlasting Arms that the Enemy may be thrust out from before you in England in Ireland that he may say destroy them that you may return from Ireland with as many victories by your Armies as good security to your persons as much rejoycing to your friends as great confusion to your Enemies as you did from Scotland that all there all here all elsewhere that do conspire agaist you even the multitudes of the great and ●ervible ones may be as chaffe that passeth away and perish●●● in an instant sodainly as the Lord hath said so prayeth Your Honours humble Servant in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ Eno. Grey To the Reader Courteous Reader THe Health of our Body Politick is preserved by our Laws the ligaments of all civill Societies when grounded upon the infallible Principells of Equity the intention of Parliament and Army in their late transactions I know many that feare the Lord and conscientious of their wayes are much dissatisfied in their judgements about the proceedings of both yet I fear self-love and self-interest perturbates the minds distempers the affections of too many who demurre and scruple against apparent reason unto publick prejudice Had wee a sense of the last years judgment in our punishment from Heaven by unseasonable weather the effects of which wee are like to feel many years upon the Land and cry of the People for a King we would now hold our peace at the presence of the great God and suffer our lips no longer to sin nor our mouths to speake foolishly It is our duty to stand upon our Watch-tower to observe the motions of Divine Providence in the mutati●●s it the 〈◊〉 in this last age wherein all promises and Prophecies shall be accomplished the integrity of Noah consisted in his sidelity in his Generation when degenerate and our sincerity is discerned by a pious temporizing I hate these who have lascivientia ingenia wanton wits and mercenary soules who Mancipate their judgements to the opinions and Errors of others because great in person and power As I would abhor to justifie the wicked so would I