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cause_n	bear_v	truth_n	witness_n	3,073	5	8.6773	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56257	Of the nature and qualification of religion in reference to civil society written by Samuel Puffendorff ... ; which may serve as an appendix to the author's Duty of men ; translated from the original.; De habitu religionis Christianae ad vitam civilem. English	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.; Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?; Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694. De officio hominis et civis.	1698 (1698)	Wing P4180; ESTC R6881	106,116	202

me And in this one point only Christ exercised his Regal Power as well as his Office of Teaching when he promised great and ample Rewards to all such as should receive his Doctrine threatening with Eternal Damnation all those that should refuse to hearken to it He that believed not is condemned John 3 18. already are his Words quite contrary as it is with other speculative Sciences the Ignorance of which makes no body ●able to Punishments And in this Sense is to be taken what is related of our Saviour by St. John The reason why the Jews were so bent to the Destruction of 18. 37 Christ was because they abominated his Doctrine nor would they acknowledge him for the same Messias which was promised so long before But ba●ing at that time no Criminal Jurisdiction belonging to themselves they were 〈◊〉 to forge Treason and Rebellion against him as it his design was to make himself King of the Jews Jesus therefore being examined by Pilate concerning this Accusation did not deny it but witnessed a good Confession viz. That his Kingdom was not of this 1 Tim. 6. 13. World which is as much as to say His Kingdom was not like those of Temporal Princes who exercise Acts of Sovereignty over their Subjects For if he had pretended to the same Prerogatives he might have commanded his Servants not his timerous Disciples but those strong Legions of Angels who always stand ready to his Command to protect their Lord from falling into the Hands of Pilate And when Pilate replied That he then professed himself to be a King he answered That he was Joh. 18. 37. King but a King of Truth and that for this cause he came into the World that he should bear witness unto Truth Pilate by what Christ had professed soon understood that this matter did not fall under his Cognizance and therefore answered What is Truth As if he would have said if nothing else can be obj●cted against you but that you make profession of Truth I have no further business with you for Truth is not subject to any Temporal Jurisdiction Neither did the Laws of the Roman Empire wherein so many Nations were comprehended take any Cognizance at that time of the various Opinions of their Subjects in matters of Religion 16. 14 15 24 29. 26 31 ●2 as it plainly appears out of the Acts and out of the Apology of Athenagoras It was for this reason that Pilate would have discharged him if he had not at last thought it more convenient to appease the rage of the Jews by Sacrificing him though Innocent to their Fury But after Christ had once made this open Confession he refused to make any further answer to Pilate being sensible that Pilate was not d●sirous to be instructed in this Truth The Kingdom of Chri●t therefore is a Kingdom of Truth where he o● the force of Truth brings over our So●ls to his Obedience and this Truth has such powerful Charms that the Kingdom of Christ needs not to be maintained by the same forcible means and Rules by which Subjects must be kept in Obedience to the Civil Powers And for the same reason it is that th●re need not be established a particular State in order to propagate and preserve Truth no more than it is necessary to set up a separate Common-wealth where Philosophy and other Sciences are to be taught For it is the true Genius of Truth and such her intrinsick vertue as to be convincing in it self provided she be but ●e presented in her genuine Shape and the fruits which she produces for the benefit of Mankind be dexterously proposed to the view of the World But the divine Truth has beyond all others this particular prerogative that by vertue and with the assistance of God's Grace our Minds are insensibly drawn into a Belief of those things that otherwise seem to surpass human Understanding § 18. Christ after having withdrawn him●●●● T●● Apostles 〈…〉 of Christ from Human Conversation did Substitute in this Kingdom of Truth his Apostles but not in the same Rank with himself not as Kings but as Ministers and Heralds to publish his Doctrine As my Father said he had sent me over so send I you But how Joh. 20. 21. ●a● 61. 1. S. Luk. 4. 18. had the Father sent him viz. To preach the Gospel to the Poor to heal the broken Hearted to preach Deliverance to the Captives as it is expressed by Isaiah and St. Luke So that the Title of King of Truth was a peculiar Title appeartaining to Christ alone He tells them Mat 23. 10 Mat. 28. 20. Be you not called Masters for one is your Master Christ And their Calling was to Teach all Nations to observe all things whatsoever Christ had Commanded St. Paul called his Function a Ministry which he had received of the Lord J●su● to testifie the Gospel of the Grace of God The Apostles had the first Rank among Christ's Followers but the word Apostle 〈◊〉 ●0 2● 〈…〉 implies as much as a Missionary or one that is sent by another So that they had no other Power or Authority from themselves to Teach their Doctrine but to Instruct others in what they had received from Christ And when after the Death of our Saviour they were quite dejected and put into a panick Fear He by sending the Holy Ghost did so comfort and strengthen them that they appeared in Publick and inspite of the Jews and all the Danger that threatned them preached the Doctrine of the Gospel But the diversity of Languages being a main obstacle 1 Cor. 1● ● towar●● the spreading abroad of any Doctrine the Apostles were by the Foly Ghost upon Whitsunday Endowed with the Gift of speaking various Langua●es to enable them to bring the Nations into on● Union of Faith It being otherwise a Maxim of State received by those that intend to ●ay the Foundation of a new Commonwealth to take care that no more than one Language b● used among their Subjects It is also worth our taking Notice of that among those Languages which the Apostles spoke there were Languages of some Nations that were then Subjects to the Parthian Empire which was at that time in the same degree of Enmity and Hatred with the Romans as may now a-days be observed betwixt the Germans and Tu●ks Notwithstanding this mortal Hatred betwixt these several Nations and the difficulties which were to be surmounted in keeping a Correspondence betwixt them which could not but be a main Obstacle to their being ever united under one Head or Government the Union of Faith was introduced among them under the Kingdom of Truth The Apostl●s 〈…〉 their Power of ●e●ching from God al●ne with●●t any dependence from any T●mpor●l Power § 19. The Apostles had nevertheless much more Authority for the exercising of their Function than others who profess human Sciences or Doctrines For these cannot pretend to any lawful Authority of Teaching in