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A91938 To his excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell. A few proposals, relating to civil government. / Humbly offered by John Rogers an unworthy servant of Christ, and preacher of the Gospel now at Tho. Apostles London. Rogers, John, 1627-1665? 1653 (1653) Wing R1816; Thomason 669.f.16[97]; ESTC R211692 3,761 1

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TO HIS Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell A few Proposals relating to Civil Government Humbly offered by John Rogers an unworthy servant of Christ and Preacher of the Gospel now at Tho. Apostles London RIGHT HONOURABLE WHilst my soul is boyling over into earnest prayers to the great Jehovah for VVisdome Counsel and Courage for you in this exigency of importance as the great Deliverer of his people through Gods grace out of the house of Aegypt I am visited with that word in Exod. 12. 42. It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out of Aegypt This is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the Children of Israel in their Generations So this is the day viz. April 20. 1653. to be much observed or in Hebr. full of observations and the rather for that in the revolution of times the changes will run their round out and then the Lord will come to reigne For at as first Israel had no Governour but God and next to him Generals as Moses Joshua c. with their Officers and after that Judges and Synedrions or Parliaments over them and then Kings So now the change is to go back again from Kings to Parliaments from Parliaments to Generals until we have Governours as at the beginning Isa 1. 26. and till Christ come But my Lord my heart is full with humble thankfulnesse and resentment of the hopes you have put us all unto and to your Honour indeed I am pressed in spirit and so are many others after a solemne meeting of prayers with hundreds of this City at Tho. Apostles London about this change and to seek God for you to present you with these following Proposals I. That your Excellency do choose the men that must governe this Commonwealth being that it is the judgement of many faithful discerning Ministers and others that you are called thereunto of God So Moses did choose able men to be Rulers in Exod. 18. Propos I 25 26. And they judged the people at all seasons but the hard causes they brought to Moses So that Moses gave them their charges to doe righteously without respect of persons Deut. 1. 16 17. And Joshua the next General with 's Officers commanded the people Josh 3. 2. and the Lord said to Joshua though in another case ch 4. 2. Take you twelve men out of the people one of a Tribe c. and sayes the text Vers 14. that very day that Joshua did so the Lord magnified him in the sight of all Israel and they seared him as they feared Moses before him So it is upon our hearts Right Honourable that God will make you hereby Right Honourable indeed in the sight of all his Israel After this Gideon the General of that little Army of three Bands that destroyed the huge host of the Midianites was offered by the Israelites the Government Judg. 8. 22. for hee had won it And Nehemtah chap. 7. 2. gave Commissions out to men fearing God to governe And so all the Governours that ever were victorious in the word were either Rulers themselves or else chosen to be such or else chose such wherefore we say as Ezra 7. 25. And thou after the wisdome of thy God that is in thine hand set Magistrates and Judges which may judge all the people that are beyond the River all such as know the Laws of thy God and teach thou them that know not The second Proposal as to number of persons that shall Governe I humbly propose either a Synedrin Parliament or Councel of seventy or else one of a County For that in the Commonwealth of Israel which is our best patterne they had three sorts of Courts the Upper Propos II Court or Synedrin which consisted of seventy able fit men joyned with Moses Numb 11. 16 17. And the Lord said to Moses Gather before me or in my Name seventy worthy men of the Elders of Israel whom thou knowest to be the Elders and Officers over them For I will come down and talk with thee and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and I will put it upon them and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee c. This number answers to the seventy which at first went into Aegypt Gen. 46. 27. Exod. 1. 5. Deut. 10. 22 and to the seventy Elders which went up Mount Sinai Exod. 24. 1. 9. Now in this first great Senate they sat in forme of an halfe Circle round so that the Nasi or Abbeth-Din chiefe or father of the house sat as the Speaker in Parliament doth to see all before him The second sort of Synedrin was called the Lower Court c. they were under a great Senate and consisted of three and twenty persons who sate in the City gates as Amos 5. 5. which Christ implies when he promises the Gates of hell Councels and strength shall not prevail against his Church So Deut. 16. 18. And the third Court consisted but of three Judges in smal Cities But Secondly or else choose one of a County representing that County as one of a Tribe did represent the Tribe in Num. 1. 4. And with you there shall be a man of every Tribe and Vers 16. These were the renowned i. e. famous for abilities and qualifications called to be States-men or to consult about matters of State Num. 7. 2. and 16. 2. But if the present juncture of affairs requires a quicker dispatch that in the interim twelve Worthies may be chosen as present Governours Josh 4. 1. 2. Numb 14. Deut. 16. 18. Ezra 7. 15. like to Israels twelve Judges The third Proposal As to their Qualifications they must be menfearing God Nehem. 7. 2. Exod. 18. 21. lovers of Truth and Justice Propos III Deut. 16. 18. hating bribes and covetousnesse which corrupt Justice Deut. 16. 19. Exod. 28. 21. not respecters of persons Deut. 1. 17. and 16. 19. Wise though not politick and Understanding in the times and seasons Deut. 1. 13. Searching Gods word Dan. 1. 4. and 9. 2. As the Jewes Cachami wisemen or Magistrates doe at this day they must be able active men Exod. 10. 21. Gen. 47. 6. 1 Chron. 26. 6. in the things of God and at all seasons ready to hear and helpe the oppressed Exod. 18. 19 22. the Greeke is at every houre who were wont to sit from the daily sacrifice in the morning till the daily sacrifice in the evening so that they began and ended with Sacrifices every day And then they must be Easers of the people as Numb 11. 17. Exod 18. 22. hence the word Rulers Nasi is so named of lifting up or easing the burthens of the people And they must govern as the Servants of Jesus Christ Isa 60. 2 10 17. Rev. 21. 24. But not as Lords over Christ Rev. 4. 10 11. least the Nobles be like Oreb Judg. 7. 25. and Zeeb and the Princes as Zebah and Zalmunna that take the houses of God i.e. Christs Government