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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88972	An answer by letter to a worthy gentleman who desired of a divine some reasons by which it might appeare how inconsistent presbyteriall government is with monarchy. In which the platforme of that government is briefly delineated, with the tenents and suitable practices thereof. And withall it is demonstrated, that it is inconsistent with any government whatsoever; is full of faction, sedition and treason; an enemy to all peace, domesticall, neighbourly, brotherly, &c. against soveraigne authority, authority of all iudges, and iudicatories, entrenching upon all so farre, as there can be no liberty of person, trade, commerce or propriety, but at their pleasure who bear sway therein.	Maxwell, John, 1590?-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing M1377; Thomason E53_13; ESTC R20000	49,076	82

Ambassodors The Magistrats of Edenburgh proudly contemne the command of the supream spirituall powers and out of carnall affection feast the King the French Ambassadors Royally Nobly on Monday when the Ministers the good Christians of Edenburgh fast the King the Ambassadors and Magistrates of Edenburgh feast ô facinus horrendum But to avert Gods judgement from the Land the Major and Aldermen were cited and convented here was some favour that the King and Ambassadors were not but I will tell you it was partiality and corruption for some of the Ministers were the Kings Pensioners and this kept the King free to be censured for their high Scandall in contemning so solemne a Fast There was much work but the King who was the chiefe and almost sole transgressor with interposed delayes and much sollicitation and prudence took off the edge of their zeale and the pursuit ceased 4. That this Assembly is Soveraigne in all Spiritualls admits no Coordinate or Coequall power farre lesse a superior is cleer in this That if any Preacher be charged before King or Councell for any offence to be punished if they in any case can cloath it with a spirituall respect or circumstantiate it so that it may be qualified for the Spirltuall High Sanhedrim the party cited and convented may and ought to appeale to the Generall Assembly as to the Iudge competent Mr Andrew Melvil if I be not deceived was the first Spirituall Councellor of Law that taught this way It is certain that what they Preach in Pulpit is not censurable by King Parliament nor Councell or any Iudge or Iudicatory else There be two reasons for it one is that Spiritus Prophetarum subjecti prophetis the spirit of the Prophets are subject to the Prophets onely 1. Cor. 14. the t'other is whilst men are there in that infallible pulpit they are ruled by some superior good spirit and they dare not blame or condemne them least they should offend and sinne against the Spirit and so although a man Preach downright Treason if it be in this place he is priviledged It is known and I hope yet remembred that after King Iames of blessed memory anno 1584. made many good Lawes to curbe the Insolency of Ministers did by Statute and Act of Parliament declare His Supremacy over Ecclesiasticall Persons and causes condemne all Iudicatories in use which were not by his own authority established He meaned the Presbyteriall That the Ministers then did importune the King to repeale them and when that would not doe did they not fall at last into open railing against him in pulpit as an enemy to Christ and his Kingdom they dispersed through the Kingdom infamous libells against his Person and Royall Honour they branded him as an Apostate from the truth and reviled him as an ofspring of the cruell and bloody house of Guise This forced the King to put out a Declaration anno 1585. in Print yet extant to vindicate himselfe and his Honour from that unchristian and more then disloyall calumnies At or about the very same time some fugitive Ministers out of Scotland pretending they were persecuted did in the Pulpits of London with their fowle mouths raile against His Majesty the wisest and learnedst of Kings so that the Scottish Ambassador was forced to complaine to Queen Elizabeth of it Her Majesty gave present order to the Lord Bishop of London then to silence all the Scottish Preachersthere Now that this Sanhedrim is only competent Iudge in Spiritualibus and that one convented before King and Councell may decline his and the Councel's authority although he hath Preached Treason appeareth cleerly 1. First if this had not been an ordinary practice before this time what needeth the making of that Act of Parliament anno 1584. declaring it Treason in all time to come to decline the Power and Iurisdiction of the King and His Councell 2. Secondly has not Iames Gibsonne Minister at Pencaitland witnessed for or against himselfe rather in this case in Print who publiquely in his Preachings compared His Majesty unto Ieroboam told him He should be the last of His Race reproached him as a Persecutor and much more of this zealous stuffe who being convented before the King and Councell and accused of those pious crimes He with that boldnesse becometh His Order justified all saying to His Majesty As long as you maintain these cursed acts of 1584. the tyranny of Bishops you are a Persecutor And addes that as Jeroboam for the leading of the people of Israell from the Lawes of the house of Iudah and from the true worship of God was rooted out he and all his posterity so should the King if He continued in that wicked course maintaining those wicked acts against God be rooted out and conclude the race much more to the like purpose was said if any look upon the Privy Councell Books of the Kingdom of Scotland he will find this a truth He was convented 27. December anno 1585. This man was an Oracle consulted and gave his answer in Coppinger Arthington and Hacket's extraordinary motion which storie you know better then I. Mr Black Minister of St Andrew's was convented too before the King and Councell about the same time who appealed from King and Councell to the Presbytery or Generall Assembly this last had spoken against both King and Queen There was a great businesse for the two mens appeales their brethren sided so much with them that the King had too much to doe At last out of more then warrantable indulgence His Majesty was content to insist no farther against them before His Councell but to remit their censure to the Generall Assembly it selfe before which it was cleerly proved that in pulpit they had spoken reproachfull and Treasonable speeches yet could the King by no power or entreaty obtain of them to inflict any punishment upon them because said they They knew not with what Spirit they were overruled I will shut up this poynt with one instance more then sufficient to make the truth of what I say to appeare Before King Iames came to the Crowne of England it was ordinary in Scotland to have a Generall Assembly once a yeare and oftner pro re natâ upon any great exigent The last which was kept during His Majesties abode there was Anno 1602. in the close of which the next ensuing was appoynted to be at Aberdine Anno 1603. in the interim the King succeeding to Q. Elizabeth and being in England He was so much taken up with the affaires of the Kingdom that He was necessitated to lay aside those concerned Scotland and for this reason His Majesty thought it fit to adjourne the Assembly unto which he had a speciall eye knowing their turbulent disposition and experienced in it whilest he was present amongst them to the next Summer in Anno 1604. When the time appoynted was come His Majesties more weighty affaires not suffering him to think upon the Assemblies businesse He gave