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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14660	The English pharise, or religious ape Being the weekes worke of a poore vnlearned professor of the gospell of Christ, zealously and truely checking the counterfeit professor, but open persecutor of Christs true doctrine and disicpline. By Iohn Walker, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	Walker, John, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	1616 (1616)	STC 24962; ESTC S102097	38,058	238

ordinance is quoted in some Bibles onely of ciuill gouernement but I appeale vnto the iudicial censure of the learned whether that Caesar hath his whole right herein or not I hope there is not any that hath the Spirit of God but they wil confesse that our gracious King is as well supreme Head and Gouernor ouer all causes Ecclesiasticall as Ciuill Now this word ordinance being guarded with these two words all manner I see no reason in my iudgement of any lesse importance then both spirituall and temporall and I thinke I haue also the spirit of God But now to the point our gracious King hauing commanded many things to bee obserued in this Church of England and yet as Saint Paul saith nothing but that which is agreeable vnto the Word of God being both decent and comely I would very gladly know thy reason why thou shouldest shew thy selfe thus disobedient Salomon saith A diuine sentence shall be in the lippes of the King his mouth shall not transgresse in iudgement Prou. 16. 10. Brother heere thou standest in thy owne conceit and thinkest that no King in the world is so wise as thy selfe Ergo thou wilt refuse gouernment which doth inferre that thou despisest the Gouernour Wilt thou see a samiliar example by a plaine cōparison how contrary thou art to Christs command who saith Giue vnto Caesar that which is Caesars Mat. 22. 21 Amongst the temporall Lawes of this Land it is commanded that the poore therein shall bee k●…pt maintained within their seuerall Parishes Now som sturdy beggers there be which will not submit themselues vnto this command but being guided by their own conceit wander abroad making themselues no better then Rogues by the Statute of which sort Saint Paul saith If they will not worke they must not eate 2. Thes. 3. 10. Brother what sayst thou of this disobedient begger or how likest thou of Saint Pauls prescription of this sturdy Rogues diet or what dost thou thinke of this example by thy s●…lfe Thou canst not deny how disobedient thou art vnto the Lawes and ordinances which our gracious King hath command●…d thee therfore as this sturdie begger is become a rogue by the statute of this land so thou being a conceited obstinate hast made thy selfe by the statute of God no better as S. Iude saith then a wandering starre whose dyet without repentance S. Paul hath likewise set downe in the 13. to the Rom. and 2. verse If thou bee put to silence as to be feared thou art not then thou beginn●…st to cry out as the conceited Iewes did The Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord Ier. 7. 4. Thou criest the Lords anointed Anointed of the Lord. Now this is such a crie as may become a wonder vnto the world who seeth thee in the very height of disobedience shall a father command his childe that thing which he may very easily doe without any danger at all and shal this childe refuse his fathers command pleade not worthie correction because hee is his childe this thou wilt confesse is very absurd how canst thou then excuse thy selfe dost thou think that thy disobedience vnto our gracious King being contrary vnto CHRIST himself his command to pleade the Lords anointed because thou preachest Christ therfore worthy no correction nor punishment why this is too absurd nay Brother flatter not thy selfe for before we part I feare me that thou wilt proou●… no better a Preacher then as Saint Paul saith of enuie and strife Phi. 1. 15. Therfore bee aduised by the Prophet Ieremy Amend your waies and your workes and no doubt as he saith there ye may dwel in this place Ier. 7. 3. Otherwise what may bee expected but a casting away of your selues as of the whole seede of Ephraim Ier. 7. 15 If our gracious King had denied vs any fundamentall point of Religion the which thou wilt confesse he doth not or decr●…d any thing which as the Prophet Esay saith had been grieuous in keeping backe the poore from iudgement or any such like things which wicked Kings doe Esai 10 1 2. then mightest thou haue had iust cause to complaine and we al cause to lament But seeing hee is so merciful and so louing vnto all his subiects commāding nothing but that which is agreeable vnto the word of God who art thou and what a contradicted spirit art thou of that in stead of loyall dutie and loue art become thus disobedient vnto so louing and gracious a King But alas what hast thou done Hast thou not with all those disobedient spirits in the old Testament transgressed most fearefully against both God and good men nay further thou hast swerued from the cōmandement of Christ Matth. 22. 21. and as Saint Paul saith resisted the ordinance ordained of God Rom. 13. 2. striuing against principalities and powers Titus 3. 1. speaking as S. Peter saith against dignities 2. Peter 2. 10. despising dominion lude the 8. verse boasting thy selfe as Salomon saith before the King Pro. 25. 6. in a word thou hast in the very height of pride transcended thy selfe aboue all power exalting thy selte aboue measure And now what may be expected thinkest thou without a speedie and sodain repentance but such a most fearefull fall for this thy disobedience as Saint Iude hath alreadie prescribed euen blacknesse and darknesse for euer Iude the 13. verse Brother I will shew thee such an ensample of obedience that if there be but one spark of grace in thee thou wilt neuer deny to follow him For behold our blessed Sauiour himselfe although a free-man frō all Subsidies or Taxes or what else which was due vnto Caesar by strangers yet rather then he would seeme to disturbe a common peace or become an example of offence in the least degree he commanded Peter to cast his angle into the water and the first Fish saith hee thou takest open his mouth wherein thou shalt finde a piece of Siluer of twenty pence take it and pay for mee and thee Mat. 17. 25 26. verses Thou seest heere how willing and ready our blessed Sauiour was in Obedience in his owne person thou seest him pay tribute vnto Caesar although a free-man nay further rather then hee would becom an ensāple of the least offence thou maist perceiue him yeelding vnto a base Publican Now if our Sauiour Christ did not think that ciuill policie was taken away by the Gospell what may the whole world thinke of thee in denving obedience refusing but rites and ceremonies which are seemly in the Church beeing lawfully commanded I am sory to see thee moūt thy selfe into this verie height of pride thou art become little inferiour vnto those disobedient spirits that for their pride fell from Heauen to Hel. Thou hast as the Prophet D●…uid saith banded and io●…ned thy selfe with the wicked of this world against the Lord and his Anointed Psal. 2. 2. Nay thou hast done much more then I haue yet spoken of For thou hast