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A77739	A confutation of the Anabaptists, and all others who affect not civill government; proving the lawfullnesse of it: and a full answer to all their cavills, that are, or can be made against it. With a nut-cracker for an unnaturall nut, whose shell is as hard as the scales of Leviathan, and the kernell of his heart as hard as a piece of the nether mill-stone, Iob 41.15.24. yet the hammer of Gods word that breaketh in pieces the rocks, Ier. 23.29. will break this nut, that all may see the devillish kernell that is in it. Also arguments against the Anabaptists, proving that infants borne of Christian parents ought to be baptized: with a full answer to all their cavills that are (or can be) made against it. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1644 (1644)	Wing B530; Thomason E51_20; ESTC R209932	98,225	89

this divine law of God is despised by Libertines or as now they are more commonly called Antinomians and by Anabaptists Papists and prophane Protestants yet at this time I intend not to call them to an account for despising of that government alone as in it selfe but there is another kind of government despised of these men which is a humane government for the Apostle saith Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as supreame or unto governours sent by them 1 Pet. 2.13 14. This is that government which is so much despised especially by the Anabaptists to them I chiefly bend the drift of my disputation yet not conniving or sparing any other that shall dash against it or any way seem to undervalue it This humane or civill government is a state of superiority consisting in the power of commanding and in the power of the sword for the good of mankind that it is a state of superiority appeareth Rom. 13.1 Let every soule be subject to the higher power Again it consisteth in a double power 1. In commanding that is of making laws and edicts calling and conventing the second power is that of the sword and it may be comprehended under thesce 4. heads 1. In arresting 2. Imprisoning 3. In putting to death 4. In making warre in way of protection or otherwise The reason why this power of the sword is added is this to put a difference betweene the authority of the magistracy and the authority of the ministry Now this difference standeth in 3. things First the magistracy hath a power in it selfe whereby the civill Magistrate may command in his owne name but the Ministry hath power only to pronounce what God commandeth and in his name saying Thus saith the Lord none durst ever say from himselfe I say unto you but Christ alone Math. 5. Secondly the authority of the civill Magistrate is in himselfe but the authority of the Minister is not in himselfe but in Christ so then the civill Magistrate may command obedience to himselfe but the Minister commandeth it to God Thirdly the civill Magistrate hath power over the outward man but the Minister hath power only to counsell perswade and exhort So much of the difference between the Magistracy and the Ministry Secondly this power of the sword is added to distinguish the power of the magistracy from all private power as in Schooles and Families which have a power of commanding but not of the sword Lastly I adde for the common good of mankind Rom. 13.4 He is the Minister of God to thee for good or for thy wealth that is in procuring the welfare of soule and body which standeth in two things First true Religion Secondly civill justice both which are by the magistracy maintained Now here it may be demanded how farre the power of civill government reacheth I answer over all causes things and words of men whether Civil or Ecclesiasticall over Temporall things I know none that will make question of it but the Anabaptists who deny the very being of it but it also reacheth to the causes of the Church and this appeareth in that the Kings must have the booke of the Law before them when they sit upon the Throne of the Kingdome and it must be with them and they must read therein all the dayes of their lives that they may learne to feare the Lord their God and that they may keep all the words of this law and do them that their heart be not lifted up above their brethren Deut. 17.18.19.20 Secondly this we may see in many examples of holy Kings in Scripture Iosiah kept the Passeover and commanded others to keep it 2 Chron. 35.1.16 and K. Asa commanded Iudah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to doe the Law and the commandement and he took away the Altars of the strange Gods and the high places and brake down the images and cut down the groves 2 Chr. 14.3.4 And Manasseh repaired the Altar of the Lord and sacrificed thereon Peace-offerings and commanded Judah to serve the Lord Chap. 33.16 And Josiah tooke away all the abhominations out of all the Countreys that pertained to the children of Israel and he made all that was present to serve the Lord their God Cha. 34.33 Israel served the Lord all the dayes of Joshuah and all the dayes of the Elders that out-lived Jo●huah Iosh 24.31 And the Lord raised up unto them David to be their King to whom he gave testimony and said I have found David the s●nne of Jes●e a man after mine owne heart which shall fulfill all my will Acts 13.22 And so when he was King he did not only reform his own Family that no lyar should dwel in his house nor deceitfull person should tarry in his right and slanderers he would cut off and proud persons he would not suffer the faithfull should dwel with him but yet this is not all marke saith he I will early destroy all the wicked of the land and cut off wicked doers from the Citie of the Lord Psal 102. Thirdly the command of God goes down to the house of the King of Iudah and speake unto him this word and say heare the word of the Lord ô King of Judah that sittest upon the Thro●e of David execute judgment and righteousnesse and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor do no wrong nor violence to the stranger and fatherl●ss●● and the widow neither shed innocent blood in this place then if they do these things abundance of blessings are promised but if they do not these things fearfull judgments are threatned Jer. 22.3.4.5 21.11.12 And saith David Be wise ô Kings serve the Lord kisse the Sun lest he be angry Psal 2. Fourthly the Lord hath promised that Kings under the Gospell shall be nursing Fathers and Queenes nursing Mothers to his Church Isa 49.23 Yea Kings shall bring their honour and glory into it Revel 21.24 That is the honour and glory of their power and authority and riches also shall be all improved for the good and welfare of the Church they shall cast their Crownes before the Throne saying worthy art thou O Lord to receive glory and hoxour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are were created Revelat 4.10.11 And as they have given their power to the Beast so time will come the Lord hasten it that they will give all unto Christ for the good of his Church as David did 1 Chron. 29.11.12 But heare the Schisme of Brownie those independant people will set upon mee who tell us that Christian Princes and Magistrates have no more to doe in or about the Church then heathen Princes I answer but every faithfull Subject under a Christian Prince will acknowledge his place is to defend the saith I mean the Doctrine of faith all those truths which are necessary to be believed to salvation they are to defend that

lesse then most cruelly and unnaturally spilling the bloud of the people for their Impositions and Subsidies and other kind of tributes are but the supports of publique necessity Then to weary the poore Communalty without cause is tyrannicall extortion these things considered doe not encourage Princes to wastefull expence and ryot but rather it behoveth them with pure conscience before God to doe all that they are bound to dee lest by their wicked boldnesse they be despised of God and they must be raught by them to whom it belongs how much is lawfull for them neither is this Doctrine needlesse for private men they must not rashly and stubbornly give themselves leave to grudge at the expences of Princes although they exceed common and civill measure see Calvin Insti 4.20.13 Here it may be demanded by what rule Civill Government is to be regulated I answer by the Civill and positive Lawes of that Kingdome from which they receive their authority and dignity of civill Magistrates these Lawes are as strong sinewes of Common-weales or as Cicero calleth them the soules without which the Magistrate cannot stand neither have they without the Magistrate any force for the Law may be called a dumb Judge and the Magistrate a living Law Now the Jewes had three sorts of Lawes the Ceremoniall which was to them a darke Gospell shewing forth Christ to them in darke Types and shadows but blessed be God the vaile is taken away to us and Christ is more clearly set forth to us since the publication of the Gospell and Christ is come the substance of all those dark Types and shadowes Secondly they had the Judiciall Law which was the civill or positive Law of their Common-wealth so answerable to this wee have our positive Lawes of this Kingdome Thirdly they had the eternall Morall Law of God which commandeth simply without guile to worship God with pure faith and godly life Secondly it commandeth to imbrace man with unfained love it is the true and eternall rule of all righteous walking both to God and men and it is prescribed to men of all ages and times who are willing to frame their lives to the will of God for this is his eternall and unchangeable will that he himselfe should be worshipped of us all and that we should mutually love one another So then although the judiciall or positive Lawes of the Jewes be taken away yet the perpetuall duties of the Morall Law abide for ever Hence I gather that every Nation hath that liberty left them to make such Lawes as they shall foresee to be most profitable for them but they must be framed after the perpetuall rule of charity they must be grounded upon the same foundation although they may differ in the form-from other Nations Now the Law of God which we call morall is nothing else but a testimony of the naturall Law that was written in the heart of man by creation some reliques of it are still remaining in man this morall law must be the marke and end and rule of all Lawes then whatsoever lawes shall be framed according to that rule and directed to that mark and limited to that end there is no cause why we should disallow them although they differ from the Jewish Law or one Kingdome from another in the administration of it as for example the law of God forbiddeth stealing now the petialty of theft is set downe in the civill lawes of the Jewes to restore five oxen for an oxe and foure sheep for a sheep Exod. 22.1 Now other Nations punished theft with recompence of double the lawes that followed afterwards made difference between manifest theft and that which was not manifest and some proceeded to banishment some to whipping and some at last to the punishment of death Again for false witnessing among the Jewes was punished with recompence of equall paine Deut 19.18 In some places onely with great shame in some places with hanging in othersome with the crosse and for man-slaughter all lawes universally do revenge with bloud yet with divers kinds of death for adultery in some places were ordained great punishment and in some lesser yet we see for all this diversity all tend to the same end for they all agree togehter to punish those offences which the eternall law of God conde ones as man-slaughter thefts adulteries false w●●●essing c. But in the manner of punishment they agree not neither is it needfull that they should for in some Countries they must shew vigour with horrible examples against man slayers or else they will be immediately ruined with murders and robberies and sometimes punishments ought to be more severe then at other times as in the time of was all humanity would be cast away unlesse they then use unwonted fear of punishments and some Countreys are more addicted to some certaine vice which must be the more sharply punished to stop the spreading of it Hence we must not conceive that the eternall law of God is abrogated and new Lawes made and put in the place thereof and prefe red above it for they are not preferd above it simply but in respect of the times places and Nations neither was the Morall Law given by Moses but to Adam before he sinned and manifested in writing to Moses not for the Jewes only but for all Nations and to be the ground of all their positive Lawes Objections against our positive Law FIrst being the 14th in number they object against our lawes and Magistrates saying that they are of no use for Christians for we cannot lawfully crave their aid in any suite at law because they are forbidden to revenge or to have any controversie I answer Paul saith that he is the Minister of God for good and he is so ordained of God and for that very purpose attending continually upon this very thing Rom. 13.16 To defend us from the malice injuries of mischievous men therefore we ought to pray for those in authority that we may live a quiet a peaceable life but unlesse it be lawfull to use such helpe and benefit they were given to us in vaine from the Lord and saith Demetrius if any man have a matter against another the law is open and there are Deputies let them implead one another and if you enquire any thing concerning other matters it shal be determined in a lawfull assembly Acts 19 28 39. And saith Christ Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him lest thine adversary deliver thee to the Iudge and the Iudge deliver thee to the Sergeant and thou be cast into prison verily I say unto thee thou shalt not come out till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing Math. 5.25 26. Upon these words saith Mr. Perkins Christ here alloweth of the Magistrate and sear of judgement 1. Of his proceeding against the guilty in delivering him to the officer 2. Of the office of the Sergeant 3. Of casting guilty persons into prison 4. Of