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B04938
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A poem on the test dedicated to His Royal Highnes the Duke of Albanie.
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Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.
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1683
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Wing P701A; ESTC R181526
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City Province Nation And from his Loyns Because the race did spring The Father of the Familie was King And Priest too in one Person which at death Joyntlie to his first borne he did bequeath So for two thousand years the World did see The Priest-hood joyn'd with Soveraignty So Numa so Augustus King and Priest So all the Kings of Malabar in th' East Which tho that God among the Jews divided Yet were all causes by their Kings decided Which did concerne the Church not State alone By Ezekia David Solomon Jehu Jehosophat Josia holy Whose power in Church was Legislative whollie To shew that this belongs in each respect Unto the ancient Mishpat-Hamelek Melchisedeck expresly is nam'd King Before he is cal'd Priest which very thing The Gallicks against Boniface do show His Crown he to the Priest-hood did not owe. Moses King in Iesurum too their type The Trumpets and the Tables both did keep And what to him pertain'd GOD doeth allowe To every other Monarch as his due This argument Eusebius doeth repeat From Moses unto Constantin the great As consequent about the convocation Of the Nice Council and its Confirmation The Law of Ceremonies as behests Moses not Aaron gave unto the Priests Long after that to shew it was in force David did constitute each Priest in 's course And Solomon that was both wise and just Did Abiathar from the Priest-hood thrust This pow'r continued till the Virgins birth When GOD was seen in flesh upon the Earth Of which authority he nee'r bereft it But as he found the Government he left it And so the Ecclesiastick Jurisdiction Of Princes is by nature not by fiction Founded on reason practice and consent Unalterable as the Firmament And this our Saviour did suppose to be Ane uncontrolable and firme decree Wherefore St. Paul to Caesar makes appeal To shew this Iurisdiction cannot faile Thus Kings doe reign as Scriptures doe confess As for our Honestie so Godliness If it be said why did our Saviour Bequeath not by his testament such a power Our Saviour lived under these ye know That did imploy their power to overthrow His Church and followers and therefore why Should he give them Commission to destroy He only to the subject did injoyn Meekness and Patience and Subjection But in no-wayes either in weight or measure Determines he the rights belong to Caesar Only according to Ius Gentium Render to Caesar what is due to him The Jurisdiction of the Magistrate In Church affaires bears a far higher date Then our blist Saviours birth Coercive power By nature lodgeth in the Governour Yea Christ and his Apostles acted then In the Capacitie of private men And left it only in the Soveraignes hand Which he forbad all subjects to command And therefore at his very dying hour He did reject all Secularie power But when the Kings grew Christian Constantine Did act in that capacitie again Which he with faith and Courage too did shew When he the Coventickles overthrew Of the Curst Donatists and stoutly he Dispell'd the mists of Arian heresie Nor was he singular in these each one Of his Successors that same way have gone 〈◊〉 the whole bodie of the civil Lawes Do shew anent th'Ecclesiastick cause And should a Monarch would ye think it meet When he turns Christian his power abate Nay word by word the Apostle he averrs Our Kings as Kings Liturgick Officers Prince of the Kings of th' Earth our Saviour is Then sure by right all Christian Kings are his This was in force until St. Peters chaire Did sleily rob this power from the Empire But at the Reformation we exprest it In our Confessions the Pope unjustly wrest it And yet there is a Spiritual exercise Of preaching Sacraments and of the Keys Which is peculiar to the Priest alone Saul that did this mistake he lost his throne All which who darr deny he needs no more Of arguments But O what hellebore VI. May not Heretical Erronious Oppressing Princes and Idolatrous Resisted be or otherwayes Religion Shall go to wrack and all shall be undone Yes if for wiser men ye needs must pass Then Moses or th' inspired Prophets was Or if your selves more holy men ye call Then Christ or yet St. Peter or St. Paul Six hundred thousand and four thousand more Under their Chiftain Moses weapons bore All men of valour on Nil's fertile plaines Whose Inundation serves in stead of raines Yet nothing's done without express consent Of Pharoah then who had the Government Tho tyrant and oppressor both And so Shadrach and Mesach and Abednego Were thrown in flamms yet not a word we hear Of stirring people to take sword or speir And Daniel cast into the Lyons den Yet praying for the King Darius then Yea with a miracles expence Our LORD Did tribut to Tiberius afford To Herod Pilat and the Sanhedrim He did submit although they sentenc't him Unto ane unjust and accursed death His Doctrine too did meek submission breath Give unto Caesar what is Caesars due And pray for those hes persecuted you And Pilats power he from above confest Iohn 19 11. And Challeng'd Peter for his furious hast Charging his Champion with that dreadful word Who takes the Sword shall Perish with the Sword And for the Apostles none amongst them all Taught to resist St. Peter or St. Paul St. Peter sayes directly contrare it To every ordinance of man submit These that dispise dominion or defame Authority Iudgement will follow them And good St. Paul obey them that you rule For Conscience sake be Subject every Soul Resisters on themselves Damnation bring Ane Item sad to Traitors to the King This Doctrine with their blood they sealing Died Paul was beheaded Peter Crucified In Julian the vile Apostats reign The Christians only tears for armes did bring They were not able to resist they 'l say Tertullian tells in his Apologie The Christians then they were in number more Then drops of raine or sands upon the Shore Cities and Countreys both they fill in swarmes They every where abound in peace and armes Yet they Submission unto armes preferr Under a Tyrant and Idolater Six thousand and six hundred sixty six In the Thebean Legion never sticks For to submit to Decimation Of Maximinian for Religion Then Traitors is' t a sport to you or laughter First to be hanged here then damn'd hereafter VII Courage Great Prince and make rogues stand in awe It 's Execution that 's the Life of Law Wherefore hes truth it self call'd Princes GODS But that they 'r Masters of rewards and rods But that they can with Majesty command Or break in pieces who doe them withstand Princes do shew how they deserve their Crowns By gracious favours or by aw-full frownes Courage and Wisdom both a Prince maintaines Undaunton'd valour must have breast and braines Your Highness still makes good your Saviours words These that are mighty are call'd bounteous Lords Patern of vertues Patron of all artes Who conquer'd Armies