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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43842	Pithanelogia, or, A perswasive to conformity by way of a letter to the dissenting brethren / by a country minister.	Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695.	1670 (1670)	Wing H2047; ESTC R29478	103,888	196

lawful And some usurpers have been brought to condign punishment therefore the same course is to be taken with lawful and legitimate Kings because Lybnah is said to have revolted frm the King of Judah because he had forsaken the Lord therefore if Kings fall off from God 2 Chron. ●1 20 their Subjects may fall off from them Although the genuine sense is this God punish'd the King of Judah with the revolt of his people yet that revolt in the people was a sin Whether the Prince be good or bad it matters not as to our duty of obedience 'T is true when Kings are good our obedience is the more cheerful and willing Eccles 10.17 Blessed art thou O Land when thy King is the son of Nobles and thy Princes eat in due season for strength and not for drunkenness Yet where Princes are oppressors and ungodly our obedience may be the more heavy and clogg'd with discouragements but such obedience in things lawful is the more acceptable to God As the subjection of servants even to froward Masters commends them more than though they were good and gentle Pet. 2.18 Many of the first Emperours were Heathens and after they were converted to Christianity they were Arrian Hereticks yet they were faithfully obey'd by Orthodox Christians Had God set no better guard about Kings than to have lest them to the censures and judgment of the people whether they ought to be obey'd or not who would not rather spurn than court a Crown well might the Vine and Figtree in Jothams parable refuse that office They would be but ridiculous Gods who are at the mercy of their votaries God never put the Image of his own power upon them to be raz'd out at the pleasure of the people Therefore 't is observed that God hath signally plagued those wrongs which have been done to his vicegerents Funestus fuit ille Armus that was an unlucky time accompanied with a deluge of miseries when the power of Kings was taken away in Rome and Consuls set up And in our own Annals we read that after R. 2. Austin do Civit. dei l. 3. c. 16. was depos'd their followed a War wherein an hundred thousand English Men were slain Such progedies portend black and cloudy events Certe violata potestas Invenit ista does numerous sacrifices must fall to expiate the blood of one King who being alive was worth ten thousand of us We must pray for Kings that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives Our happiness is wrapt up in theirs A King is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the very foundation of the people carrying all his Subjects upon his back The Persians after the death of their Prince forbare some few dayes to enthrone another that the confusion and anarchy which was too evident in that interval might make them love their King the better all his reign We have no cause to disquiet Kings by envying their Grandure especially if we consider their great care and sleepless nights for our good Cyrus thought the life of an Herdsman better than of a King and that it was easier to govern brute-Beasts than men And Tiberius in Sueton told his friends they little knew Quanta bellua esset imperium what a terrible Behemoth an Empire was Aeneae fidus Achates Achates ●●om 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 grief let 's not requite our King who was a King of as many joys as he was of prayers and sorrows with such unkindness as not to renounce the lawfulness of taking up Arms against him and altering the Government of Church and State establish'd by and under him So we shall but renew his former labours and rub upon that wound which was so lately healed Lib. 10. P● 16. This is to turn our Hosanna's into Crucifiges For my part what Lactantius said of Constantine the same shall I say of our Soveraigns restauration Ille dies felicissimus or bi illuxit quo illum Deus summus ad beati imperij culmen evexit That was the happiest day which ever shone upon our Olbion Salva Roma Salva patrio Sal vus est Germanicus when this Sun brake forth out of those Clouds wherein it was mantled I pray my Brethren beare a part with me in this following Author Salva Anglia salva patria Salvus est Carolus I cannot chuse but recount with sadness of of heart the subjects of some conferences I have had with persons of no ordinary quality who were engaged in the late War When I told them I have no other Divinity warranted from Scripture but prayers and tears And that Whatever the King commands me which is not contrary to the great Charter of the Word of God I am bound in Conscience to obey If be command any thing repugnant to Gods revealed will I must obey him still though not actively in doing what he commands yet passively in submitting to those penalties which he shall inflict upon me they told me they had been acquainted with other doctrine And who were the preachers you may easily guess I do even tremble to consider that any should profane the pulpit poyson the air or which is worse the hearts of men with such seditious and devilish doctrine Such Sermons go down smoothly This is to swim with the tide of mens corrupted hearts 't is no wonder that Watt Tylar and Jack Straw gathered together such an incredible rout against R. 2. since they had John Ball an excommunicate Priest to be their Chaplain who threw the fi●●rands of rebellion amongst the people who are prepared like tinder or Gunpowder to catch at such wild-fire Just so those two Doctors Sha and Pincher quickly rais'd and excited R. 3. against H. 5. Mens ears are too open to receive any Tragical complaints concerning their Governours Sheba's Trumpet is pleasant musick to that great beast the common people They hearken with both ears to detractions and calumnies against their Governours That they are tyrannical Bishops are Antichristian Popery is comming on apace The Gospel is adulterated Justice is obstructed Profaneness is countenane'd What Hurricanes will these beasts raise men are sick of things present and long for change there fore they have a forward saith and affection 〈◊〉 what conduces unto variety It is easter to 〈◊〉 turn and destroy more in a day than can be built in an age Such tares are so connatural to the ordinary soyle that they will start up in a moment therefore upon this account Mahumetanism and Popery grew so fast because they were commensurate to mens carnal hearts 't is grace alone which must check and choke these luxuriant weeds and season men with better principles For as natural men are prone to approve of Plato's Common-Wealth or the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which God hates in suffering their lusts to run riot in a promiscuous and exorbitant manner without any inclosure or distinction of persons So such as are sensual who never had the wind of Gods spirit winnowing them