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A63550	The True loyalist wherein is discovered, First, the falsehood and deceipt of the solemn league and covenant, Secondly, that there is no salvation out of Christ, Thirdly, that the pope is the Anti-Christ, the man of sin, or the son of perdition, cum multis alias, &c. / by a true loyalist.	True loyalist.	1683 (1683)	Wing T2756; ESTC R31985	66,689	159

I will that I will or as in the English I am that I am h Exod. 3.14 to shew the Soveraignty of his authority and the incontroulableness of his will and power So in like manner hath he given to earthly Monarchs power too i Rom. 13.1 John 19.11 over his Church or people in their particular Dominions in proportion to their Vicegerency under him as their Master and Lord paramount The Lord is absolute both in power and supremacy he is higher than the highest k Ecclesiastes 5.8 Ps 89.27 and who shall say unto him What dost thou l Job 9.12 Isa 45.9 Dan. 4.35 and the King is next him he hath no superiour but the * The very Heathens by the light of nature did acknowledge this Doctrine Marcus Aurelius says in Dion Cassius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Imperial Authority God only may be Judge In excerptis Dionis Cassii vid. Herodotum l. 3. c. Lord himself to whom he is bound to give an account he doth whatsoever pleaseth him Where the word of a King is there is power and who but God may say unto him What dost thou * Ecclesiastes 8.3 4. And therefore King David said unto God Against thee thee only have I sinned Ps 51.4 3. As the Lord and the King are very fitly and wisely joyned together in regard of their headship prerogatives Supremacy and power c. so also in regard of their Election to their Kingship The Lord to demonstrate his absolute Power and Supremacy will be the Author both of his own Election and his Vicegerents too 1. Of his own he Elected himself King over n 1 Sam. 12.12 Israel The Israelites were Gods own chosen inheritance o Deut. 9.26 Ps 105.43 and therefore he chose to be their King to govern all their affairs both in Church and State in a special manner 'T is true he had even then his Viceroys under him but they did not rule like the Kings of other Nations the Lord himself did by them rule his peculiar people after a peculiar manner as their King till the days of Samuel where all the Elders of Israel gathered themselves together and by a wilful saucy Traiterous Rebellious Disloyal ungrateful and obstinate demand of a King to judge them like all the Nations p 1 Sam. 8.5 19. rejected him from ruling over them q 1 Sam. 10.19 For though in that wicked Act they cast off Samuel also r 1 Sam. 8.8 as being their Judge and the Lords Prophet and Viceroy yet it was the Lord indeed that therein was chiefly rejected as being their only King and Soveraign as well as the Lord their God As Samuel told them before to stop them if he could from being obstinate in desiring a change and the Lord himself confirms it when he said to Samuel they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them f 1 Sam. 8.7 For which cause that they might perceive and see that their wickedness was great which they had done in the sight of the Lord in asking them a King Samuel called unto the Lord and the Lord sent such terrible thunder and rain upon their Harvest that they were afraid it would have destroyed even them themselves And therefore all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy Servants unto the Lord thy God that we die not for we have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a King t 1 Sam. 12.17 18 19. This you see without repentance is the love God hath for them who fear not him nor his Viceroy u 1 Sam. 12.18 but desire a Change Yet since their mind was still for Monarchy which all the Nations about them had chosen by the light of nature the Lord granted them a King according to their Petition w 1 Sam. 8.7 but only he would not grant them the liberty of Electing him themselves The people cannot remove Kings and set up Kings without usurping the Lords Prerogative Dan. 2.21 for that is a Prerogative so annexed to his Headship that he could not possibly do it without intrenching upon his own Royalty and Supremacy as he is King of Kings We should think it very unreasonable if any should desire without our appointment to have the choice of him that is to be our servant how much more then is it unreasonable for any to desire to have the choice of him that is to be Gods Deputy and Viceroy Whenas the distance between God and man is so great that it is beyond Comparison Therefore the Lord would not suffer his King to be the peoples Elect but as at first he was the Author of his own Election so now 2. He would be the Author of his Vicegerents too For though it be said Behold the King whom ye have chosen x 1 Sam. 12.13 Yet that choice was only in regard of their wills to have a King and the Election of him if they could and therefore it is added in the same Verse and whom ye have desired For behold the Lord himself chose him y 1 Sam. 10.24 and appointed Samuel to anoint Saul for their King z 1 Sam. 10.1 12.1 13. But though the Lord chose them a King yet he was such a King as might be a Curse to them for their desiring a Change as is expressed in the manner of his Reigning over them a 1 Sam. 8.11 c. And indeed though they might foolishly imagine that if they had had a King of their own Election as they also wickedly desired he might be the more plyable to their humors it belonging to them with as much right to remove him when they pleased yet since they went so unadvisedly to work in asking a King under the pretext of Samuels old age and the male administration of his Sons b 1 Sam. 8.5 without desiring Gods choice and consent they could not expect if they had believed God that their King should prove any better than a Tyrant c 1 Sam. 8.18 for God foretold them by his servant Moses thus When thou art come into the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee and shalt possess it and shalt dwell therein and shalt say I will set a King over me like as all the nations that are about me Thou shalt in any wise set him King over thee whom the Lord thy God shall choose that is in the sense of the Targum of Ben. Vzziel Ye shall seek instruction of the Lord and after that ye shall set a King over you One from among thy Brethren shalt thou set King over thee Thou mayest not set a stranger over thee which is not thy Brother Deut. 17.14 15. But to this precept you see they had no regard they would not take Gods choice and advice nor stay his time and pleasure till David had changed his Sheephook into a Scepter who being a man after Gods

Oath and had scorned to conform he knew he should but increase his shame and dishonour and that not only temporal but eternal too for Christ himself saith that as he that confesses him before men shall be confessed of him before his Father which is in Heaven So he that denies or is ashamed of him and of his words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also will he be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy Angels i Mat. 10.32 33. Mark 8.38 The True Loyalist considering this sticks to his Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy the more stedfastly and in regard thereof is the more afraid to break his Kings commandment because it is made not for man and his lusts sake but for the Lord and his sake k 2 Chron. 19.6 Therefore as Saint Peter hath exhorted him he freely submits himself to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake Whether it be to the King as Supreme or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well yet he willingly submits himself either actively or passively because so is the will of God that with well doing he may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men l 1 Pet. 2.13 14 15. 1. Actively by obeying his King not only in such things which are already commanded by the Lord in his word but also in all other things which are not contrary to it Let things be never so indifferent in themselves neither made simply good or bad by the command or prohibition of God but hang meerly upon the State of times and the various customs and manners of Nations yet when they are once commanded and made the Laws of the Land he pays obedience to them as to things not indifferent because otherwise his Kings Power and Prerogative would in effect be nullified contrary to the Law of God and destructive to Christian Government and Magistracy Wherefore left in the very act he should disobey not man but God himself m 1 Thes 4.8 He is necessarily subject not only for wrath but also for Conscience sake n Rom. 13 5● And indeed those things which in themselves are indifferent must needs become good and necessary when they are once made the Laws of the Land because therein they also tend to our good and welfare both in Church and State 1. In the State if there were no Laws there would be no living the weakest then would always go to the Wall Yea men would then be like fish in the Sea the greater would evermore devour the less the strongest arm and the longest Sword would always carry it the passions of men would then set them in as great a combustion as when Phaeton rode the Sun happy therefore is that Nation that hath binding Laws in it to curb our corrupt and irregular passions but thrice happy is that Nation that hath Governours in it endued with such a spirit as makes them willing to execute those Laws for otherwise were there never so good Laws and the King or Supreme Governour should have never so great a desire to have them executed yet seeing with other eyes and handling with other hands than his own he cannot always have his will fulfilled excepting only in Supreme causes where he sits as immediate Judge himself without the concurrent help of inferiour Governours For which cause though the Israelites in the Wilderness were a more collective body than other Nations yet Jethro Moses Father-in-Law seeing how he toiled in judging them alone advised him to chuse inferiour Governours to judge the smaller matters and to bring the greater unto him and not only so but such men too as were rightly qualified for their Office able men such as fear God men of truth hating Covetousness o Exod. 18. 2. In the Church if there were no ordinances there would be no order and if no order no unity in Gods service nor stedfastness in the Faith p Col. 2.5 Yea though there must be Heresies or Sects among us as our Apostle speaks q 1 Cor. 11.19 yet if men should have no Ordinances to contain them in order but be permitted to live as they list themselves as they were when there was no King in England like as when there was no King in Israel r Jud. 17.6 There would be so many the more Divisions and Confusions in the Church whereby the more Tumults and Troubles would be raised in the State For the welfare of the State is imbarked in the welfare of the Church no Christian State can possibly be sound and well when the Chuch is sick and shattered into Schisms any more than Hippocrates's Twins can live or die asunder This hath been too evident in all ages of the Church especially in these latter times now so many false Prophets have risen among us and love which is the bond of Peace is waxen so cold that iniquity doth abound and get the upper hand ſ Mat. 24.12 particularly in our Independent Congregations and other Schismatical and Heretical Assemblies among us who under pretence of serving God in their private Meetings have many times and often made secret Conspiracies and Treacherous Combinations against the State that they may the better serve themselves and ruin the Church Wherefore Authority being warned by their former mischief hath since most prudently especially in times of apparent danger took order for the suppression of Conventicles and divisions in the Church that there may be no more such evil consequences in the State but that all things being rightly ordered according to Gods prescription t 1 Cor. 14. ult we may have only peace which God is the Author and approver of as in all the Churches of the Saints u ver 33. 2. Passively by suffering his Kings will to be done on him if it be unlawful and may not be done by him For the true Loyalist knows that as obedience to God must be preferred before obedience to man w Act. 4.19 so he is commanded to be subject to the higher powers x Rom. 13.1 which in such a case cannot be without suffering and therefore he is obedient not only Actively by doing his Kings Commandment when it is for the truth but also Passively by enduring it patiently when it is against the truth as is evident in the example of Shadrach Meshech and Abednego who did obey King Nebuchadezzar not only actively when he had given them Rule over the Province of Babylon but also passively without the least shew of Rebellion when he commanded them to fall down and worship the Golden Image which he had set up y Dan. 3. And indeed where did you ever read of any Godly Martyrs or Martyr that when he might not obey his King actively yet refused to submit himself to him passively I am sure the examples of the Apostles will teach you

under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved e Acts 4.12 And St. John saith He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the Wrath of God abideth on him f John 3.36 17.3 Heb. 2.3 1 John 5.10 O therefore as you tender your everlasting Peace delay no longer to kiss the Son of God Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour g Psal 2.12 not with a Judas's kiss to betray him h Mat. 26.48 but with the mouth of Faith and obedience in token of homage i 1 Sam. 10.1 that he was Anointed to be your Lord and King by God the Father k Psa 89.27 Revel 1.5 Phil. 2.8 9. lest by your infidelity ye perish from the Way the Truth and the Life l John 14.6 And you O Christian Kings that are already established in the Faith and imbrace Christ and his Gospel the only means of your Salvation accomplish ye the end of your Ordination be ye true defenders of the Faith and Nursing Fathers to the Church that Christ may defend you from your enemies and nurse you in your Kingdoms manifest your wisdom by scattering the wicked in judgment and bringing the Wheel over the ungodly that the Lord may establish your Thrones in righteousness m Pro. 20.8 26. 25.5 Let Christ rule in your hearts by Faith n Ephes 3.17 Col. 3.15 that you may rule his people the more faithfully Pay ye True Loyalty and subjection to Christ your Lord and Master that your Subjects may the more chearfully pay you yours In a word have a care of increasing your accounts by negligence in your charge o Luk. 12.48 But crown your Sacred Office with Christian examples that at last you may exchange your corruptible Crowns for Crowns of glory But Lastly we must not forget that if a King should be wanting in his duty to fear the Lord yet our duty is nevertheless to fear the King let him be what he will that can be no excuse to us we must not forsake the Lord for his sake but still be subject unto him for the Lords sake Wickedness in a King may bring destruction upon himself but we know from what hath been said before that it can be no plea for Rebellion Yea suppose a King should be a notorious enemy not only to the Lord but to our selves too yet for all that we must not Rebel but still be subject and obedient David a man after Gods own heart when he was a Subject to King Saul that remarkable Tyrant and Rebel against God gives us in this a very fair example for when the evil spirit of King Saul rose up against him and that so violently that he sought to smite him even to the Wall with his Javelin and though afterwards he declared his malice to be as great as Davids innocency both by hunting him from place to place like a Partridge upon the Mountains and devising all the ways he could besides to take away his life p 1 Sam. 19.9 10 c. yet when he had him at his mercy even at such times when he came to attach him q 1 Sam. 24. c. 26. he would by no means Rebel lift up his hand or his heel against him no nor suffer those that were about him to do it though they much incited him thereunto alledging that the day was come in the which the Lord said he would deliver his enemy into his hand But alas they savoured not the things that be of God r Mat. 16.23 the Lord delivered him into his hand not that he should kill him but only to try his Loyalty whether he would kill him or not and so the words following interpret it that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee Å¿ 1 Sam. 24.4 5. And so accordingly he proved himself a True Loyalist indeed the more he feared the Lord the more he feared the King he cut off but the skirt of Sauls Robe and his heart smote him much less durst he kill him t Psal 4.4 Satan for all his great policy could not prevail with him to do that he said unto hismen The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my Master the Lords anointed to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is the Anointed of the Lord With these words David staid his servants and suffered them not to rise against Saul u 1 Sam. 24.5 6 7. And when Abishai for the same reason would have killed him in the Wilderness of Ziph David was astonished at his boldness and impudency and forbad him with great indignation saying Who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anointed and be guiltless w 1 Sam. 26. But behold instead of satisfying a revengeful nature upon his enemy he so pacified his wrath by yielding that he even inforced tears from his eyes x 1 Sam. 24.16 17 c. made him promise him that he would do him no more harm yea confess his own folly and bless him y 1 Sam. 26.21 c. This is so exactly according to what his Son Solomon hath taught us Ecclesiastes 10.4 that he may seem to have borrowed his Wisdom and Counsel therein from this very story the words are these If the Spirit of the Ruler rise up against thee leave not thy place for yielding pacifieth great offences If the Spirit of thy Ruler rise up against thee let it be for what cause it will yet for all that thou must not leave thy place and rebel to make him yield by constraint but keep thy order and station still z 1 Cor. 7.20 24. and endeavour to pacifie him by yielding This is the duty of us all how great then is the sin of them that leave their places and rise up against their Ruler when his spirit is calm and sedate and by their Rebellion inforce him aftewards to rise up against them and yet refuse to pacifie him by yielding though themselves have been the cause of his provocation Fanaticks themselves may be Judge but withal let them repent lest by their pride and obstinacy they also provoke Gods anger against them And in a word let us all be as careful always to discharge out duty to the Lord and the King that we may not make our selves for ever miserable by Rebellion but that as Kings on Earth dye like men so we in heaven may live like Kings a Psal 82.7 Revel 5.10 Part II. NOw Secondly that we may obtain this heavenly and Royal inheritance of the True Loyalist and avoid the everlasting perdition of Rebels Solomon also gives us a seasonable caution to meddle not with them that are given to change for by Changers here are meant Rebels such as neither fear the Lord nor the King but under an hypocritical pretence of being great Zelots in Religion pride themselves in nothing more