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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63012	Disloyalty of language questioned and censured, or, A sermon preached aginst the licencious loosenesse of seditious tongues by Rich. Towgood ... ; with a brief corollarie now added, questioning and censuring rebellious actions.	Towgood, Richard, 1595?-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing T1976; ESTC R204856	20,207	68

have heard This ye know that he who receives an evill repor● against his Brother his Equall i● not fitly qualified to be reckoned among * Detrahere aut detrahentem audire quid horum damnabilius sit non facilè dixerim Bernard de Considerat lib. 2. prope f●●●m the Citizens of Zion Psal 15.1.3 how much lesse he that receives a reproach against his Superiour his Soveraign and therefore stop your eares take no delight in hearing such contumelies against Authority and surely this will be one means to further Peace It is to be feared in this great difference there are fomenters o● both sides There may be such on the Kings side and how they ●re censured that stir up the Kings of the earth to war ye may ●ee Revel 16.13 unclean spirits like unto Froggs Spirits because by Profession spirituall unclean Because of their unwarrantable Practise like Froggs because of their clamorous Loquacity such 〈◊〉 say there may be on the Kings side and it is too evident there are those that stir up the People on the other side and why they may not receive the same censure I know not but this I ●m sure of the withdrawing the ●are from such Preachers is the way to make contention cease Take away the fewell and the fire goeth out Prov. 26.20 Well this is the first thing concerning the people that they take no delight in hearing such discourses The second is that they take no liberty to vent concerning the King evill and dishonourabl● speeches themselves The argument in this case holds goo● also he that backbiteth h● equall shall be no Citizen o●● Zion Psal 15. how much le●● he that backbiteth or speake●● evill of his Prince A strang● pronesse there is in our corrup●● nature if we conceive our selve●● a little wronged or that we can not obtain things according 〈◊〉 our minde presently to let loo●● our tongues even against our betters and not to spare Suprea● Authority it self nay too ready hereunto some be though the●● be no cause given them such one was Shimei who railed so bitterly on King David Come out come out thou Bloudy man and the man of Belial 1 Sam. 16.7 Davi● had done no wrong to him onely he took advantage of the times which then did favour every on● that was Davids Enemy and some wrong he conceived had ●een done by David to his Cousin ●ing Saul but mark what became of this man that so inveigh●d against the King David 〈◊〉 deed pardoned him 2 Sam. 19. ●3 but by the just hand and Pro●●dence of God he was brought to 〈◊〉 Malefactours end 1 King 2. ●6 ye know that of the wise ●an The wrath of a King is as ●essengers of Death Prov. 16.14 ●●d whoso provoketh him to anger ●inneth against his own soul Prov. ●0 2 surely David had just cause to be wroth with Shimei for though he had unjustly shed some ●●nocent blood yet he ought not still and by every one to be up●raided with it and therefore ●hough David pardoned him yet God made that wrath which David had so just a cause to conceive to become as Messengers of death unto him and will not the Lord still make his own words good hath he said the wrath of a King is as Messengers o● Death and shall it not be so think upon that of our Saviour Heaven and earth shall passe away but my words shall not passe away Matth● 24.35 no not one jot or tittle 〈◊〉 it but shall all be fulfilled Matth● 5.18 and therefore delight no● to hear be not ready to spea● any evill of the King for a Brid of the aire shall carry the Voice and that which hath wings shall tell the matter Eccles 10.20 Such wa● their care in those dayes they durst not * As is implyed by forbidding it to be done in the thought or bed-chamber in that Eccles 10.20 openly speak evill o● the King But see strange way● the Lord hath to bring this sin t● light though it be never so secret and strange wayes also 〈◊〉 hath to bring it to punishment even when the King hath * As in that instance of Shimei pardoned it Well then to conclude let us all both of Clergy and Laity be carefull to observe that counsell and to practise that Duty commended to us by the Apostle Fear God Honour the King 1 Pet. 2.17 Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto God the things that are Gods saith our Saviour Matth. 22.21 Nay we render not unto God the things that are Gods unlesse for his sake we render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and therefore let Caesar have our honour and Reference yea though in every point perhaps he may not be such as we would have him to ●e Si Magistrorum vita jure re●rehenditur oportet ut cos subditi ●iam cum displicent venerentur ●reg Moral lib. 25. cap. 22. for Magistrorum put Magistratuum ●nd it will hold more strongly 〈◊〉 the life of the Magistrate deserve justly to be blamed yet ought he by his Subjects even when he please them not still to be honoured We justly cry out upon the Papists for abolishing the second upon the Libertines for nullifying the fourth let us take heed we be not guilty of the same sin in making void the fifth commandement Have there been any mistakes in our Dread Soveraign as there is no man living free from errours and yet be certain Relation of those that have well observed him he is a Pattern of Piety to those that are about him but I say have there been any are there yet any why yet do not thou falie like wise to do thy Duty Three things belong to thee in this Behalf 1. Pity him Though we may deceive our selves in our own mis-apprehensions too for who knows the Kings heart and the best construction that may be we ought to make of every mans actions much more of the Princes But be it so that there be indeed reall errours yet thy duty is to pity him not to revile him thou knowest not what strong temptations he hath to wrestle with * Drus Apoph lib. 1. socium tuum priusquam ad locum ejus adveneris ne judicato said Rabbi Hillel Censure not thy Brother much lesse thy Father till thou hast stood in his place and hast tryed the difficulties of his standing * The secret lets and difficulties which in publique proceedings are innumerable and inevitable they meaning the multitude have not ordinarily the judgement to consider Hooker ubi supra High places are slippery places and were it not sion an happy continuance o● severall gracious Princes and for many yeers we have lived under them in much happinesse and prosperity no● to be paralleld in other ages● or by other nations * Deut. 32.15 But I●● surun waxed fat and kicked ou● long peace and great plenty hath begot aboundance o● pride wantonnesse excesse security and other abominable

the Gibeonites he slew co●● trary to Publick Oath and 〈◊〉 lessE then fourscore and five o●● the Lords Priests did he cause 〈◊〉 one time barbarously to be m●● thered 1 Sam. 22.18 upon h●● servants did he bestow oth●● mens fields and vineyards 1 Sa●● 22.7 as it was foretold the 〈◊〉 raelites before hand should b●● fall them by the King who●● they desired to have over the●● 1 Sam. 8.14 he consulted wi●● Witches and many other 〈◊〉 besides was he guilty of for 〈◊〉 evill spirit was upon him and 〈◊〉 must needs go whom the De●● drives and yet notwithstanding all this in that Epitaph or Fun●● rall Elegie David doth not 〈◊〉 much as touch upon any one 〈◊〉 his vices onely he takes notice of the good things that were in him and commemorates the happinesse they enjoyed under him Look upon the very entrance of the Song and thus it begins The beauty of Israel is slain 2 Sam. 1.19 this glorious title he giveth unto Saul because he was King as bad as he was The Beauty of Israel after this he proceedeth to speak of his valour and other vertues the sword of Saul returned not empty c. ibid. vers 22 23. and then at length he comes to the happinesse the people lived in under his Government ye daughters of Israel weep over Saul who ●athed you in Scarlet with other ●●lights who put on ornaments of ●●ld upon your apparell vers 24. they for the generall did live happily under him though some few and endured hard measure from him and thus David ye see when he hath occasion unto the people to speak of their Soveraign he hides his vices h● commends unto them his vertues this becomes Prophets 〈◊〉 Let us take him for our pattern I meddle not with that unhappy Difference between H●● Majesty and * So it was then accounted among us His Parliament a businesse I tremble to think on●● onely my Prayers are that th●● Most High God the God o●● Peace who maketh War t●● cease when he pleaseth in all th●● world would of his great mer●● finde out some Reconciliation 〈◊〉 and cause this unnaturali War● cease and settle once again Pea●● in our Borders but this we ma●●● observe in the language of th●● Honourable House they are mo●● sparing of His Majesty then many particular men of mean cordition They charge His Majesties evill Counsellours they seldom ascend so high as to touch the Throne but however though * This was spoken not to justifie the one but to convince the other sometimes they do yet who knows not what a vast difference there is between that which goes for the whole representative Body of the Kingdom and one single private man tibi privato nè mutire quidem concessum est It is not lawfull for thee a private man so much as to open thy lips saith Cartwright on E cles 10.20 and he was wont to be of some esteem among us and therefore let that of Saint Iude forementioned ever be remembred by us that for Seducers and false-teachers by the Holy Ghost they are all esteemed that despise Dominion and speak evill of Dignities that is of the persons of those that are in authority as by the instance of Michael and the Devill in the next verse there extraordinary sins for he did that which was evill in the sight of the Lord his God and humble●● not himself before Jeremiah the Prophet speaking from the Mouth of the Lord and he also * He was not then the supream Magistrate but a Rebell against his Soveraign and had broken his oath of Allegiance Ezek. 17.15 16 18. rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear by God but he stiffened his neck and hardned his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel 2 Chron. 36.12 13. these were heinous sins and therefore was the Prophet Ezekiel extraordinarily stirred up by the Spirit of the Lord to give him such an unusuall sharp reproof 2. For the absence he was a state-Preacher and directed his Speech to the King and sent it from Babylon to Hierusalem by the Embassadours that were * Jer. 29.3 come thither from Zedekiah and so it was all one a●● if he had delivered it in presence before the King To the second concerning that of our Saviour to Herod I likewise answer 1. The Pharisees came to our Saviour like Foxes and abused Herods name as the Kings name is sometimes falsely pretended get thee out say they and depart hence for Herod will kill thee Luk. 13.31 this was a meer forgery of theirs for Herod had no such purpose he being glad as is mentioned afterward that he had an opportunity to see our Saviour whereof he had had a desire a long season Luk. 23.8 and therefore it is conceived by Theophylact and Euthymius that our Saviour directs his Speech to the Pharisees here present not to Herod and that so much the rather because our own and * He that goeth about to perswade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favourable heare●s Hooker Eccles Polit. lib. 1. the very first words nothing doth please better in these dayes then bitter invectives against miscarriages of Authority and I will shew you some reason for what I say 1. The great concourse and flocking to such Preachers from whom such discourses are expected 2. The diligent attention given to them while Christian Duties are Preached that tend to salvation of Souls how do some willingly give themselves to sleep how do others o● the female sex especially play with their Children but le● there be some Bitter discourse against Soveraign Authority how do they shake off all Drowsinesse not suffer their Children to Quap and lister with all the best attention that possibly they can afford 3. The applause that is given after such a discourse hath been heard An excellent man an admirable Sermon sweet matter would we might have more of it it was but too short c. I cannot here but remember that of * De Tranquill anim cap. 2. Seneca sunt ulcera quaedam quae nocituras manus appetunt Some kind of itching ulcers there are that love to be rubb'd when yet by the rubbing the disease is increased Such an itching ulcer there is in the eare of many hearers of this kinde they love to hear of the failings of superiour powers and the more they hear the worse they are the more doth disloyalty and forgetfulnesse of duty creep into their hearts But Beloved let me put you in minde of that of our Saviour Mark 4.24 Take heed what yee hear and Luk 8.18 Take heed how ye hear First be not desirous to hear that which is not fit to be spoken take heed what ye hear o● if unexpectedly ye do hear such things yet hear it not with delight Take heed how ye hear ye● shall give an acount of you●● hearing both what and how ye●