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Englands satisfaction in eight queries; concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.
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who as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so doe these also resist the truth Men of corrupt minds reprobates concerning the faith but they shall proceed no farther for their folly shall be manifest unto all men as Jannes and Jambres By which warre if the King get the better these wofull advisers will advise him that then he need not submit to the legall power according to his Covenant and Oath but may rule by that unwarranted unlawfull forbidden and often punished regall power of his owne will both in Church State and Common-wealth and so have all his Subjects to be his slaves as all tyrannicall Kings have that so doe as in prevention in a foretelling way of such an evill in these latter dayes wise propheticall Solomon as a remedy against such an evill and to make knowne the lawfulnesse of a violent power against such sayes in a high and commanding language Pro. 25. 5. Take away such wicked Counsellors from before the King and his throne by new and stronger Covenants and better Counsellors shall be established in righteousnesse vers the 4. take away these drossie hearts from the Kings silver godly heart and there shall come forth a vessell for the finer who is the Lord to make thereof a vessell of honour for his own glory to doe his owne worke which is Revel 17. 5. And upon her forehead was written a name Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth this mystery is ver 8. The beast which thou sawest was to ascend out of the bottomlesse pit and is not because shee shall goe into perdition ver 9. here is the minde that hath wisedome or the minde of Gods intentions who is the God of wisdome the seven heads are seven mountaines on which the woman or whore or Antichrist sitteth ver 12. and the ten hornes which thou sawest are ten Kings or Kingdomes ver 17. whom God hath stirred up or put in their hearts and as one man to agree ver 13. and have one minde ver 16. to hate the whore the Pope of Rome and Antichrist of the earth and shall make her desolate and naked to shew her filthinesse and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire even the fire of Gods wrath that shee may never take roote to appeare againe or any more Chap. 13. 18. Here is wisdome from heaven let him that hath spirituall understanding count the number of the Beast or the time of her desolation which shall be fulfilled in the yeare of Christ 1666. in Christ Col. 2. 3. are hid all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge and therefore are revealed to none but such as are in Christ and so a mystery to others for it is the number of a man by computation of mans nature which is 66. or a Prince or the prime Prince of the ten Kingdomes his age shall agree with 1666. and make up that number being added to 1600 for 1600. having 66. added unto it makes up 1666. Charles the first now King of England Scotland and Ireland his age doth agree to make up and to fulfill this prophesie who is the King of Englands Lyon the King of Beasts of Scotlands Unicorne the chiefe soveraigne expeller of all poyson of Popery and of Irelands Dragon the chiefe of all poysoning fierce Serpents and now have cause to be the most fierce in this worke because the whore Antichrist hath sucked out Irelands bloud in abundance these three Kingdomes are three of the ten Kingdomes and his Majestie a treble or three comprised lawfull King is to be the Lord Christs chiefest instrument to the destruction of the great whore or Antichrist the Pope who unjustly usurpingly and unlawfully weares the treble Crowne Now this worke of the Lord to destroy Antichrist must be done by the members of Jesus Christ which formerly have been of Antichrist of whom Peter saith in his first Epistle Chap. 2. ver 10. In time past were not a people and without mercie because yee were of Antichrist but now are the people of God and have obtained mercie because yee have forsaken Antichrist and are now the members of Jesus Christ therefore as now all things stand the Parliament or representative body of the Land as by the Lords providence are lawfully called by the Kings Writs thereby laying aside his regall power and the Commons voyces wholly committing all things unto them have power lawfully according to Solomons tenent by if need require a violent force even from before or out of the Kings presence Pro. 25. 5. To take away these forenamed evill Counsellors from the King that his throne in righteousnesse may be established unto him and then as in the 4. ver the Lords refining worke of seperation by a thorow reformation in taking the Atheisticall and Papisticall drosse from the silver members of Iesus Christ quite out of these Dominions but as Paul saith 2 Thes 2. 3. 7 8 9 10. Let no man deceive you by any meanes for the mystery of iniquitie doth alreadie worke onely he who now letteth will let untill he be taken out of the way who are the Kings evill Counsellors Papists Atheists traytors and all such as is before mentioned therefore away with them and then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth even him the Pope Antichrist whose comming is after the working of Sathan devillish with all deceivablenesse of unrighteousnesse in them that perish for want of the knowledge and love of the truth in Christ that they might be saved and when such wicked ones are taken from his Majestie then as Jethro Exod. 18. 21 22. Counselled Moses so doe yee his Majestie to provide out of all the people able men such as feare God men of truth hating covetousnesse making such Rulers and Iudges and State Counsellors as it is Deut. 16. 18 19. that thereby both King and people may all as one man goe on amaine in the Lords refining worke of Reformation in these three Kingdomes by turning out of them all Antichristian drosse that nothing of it may remaine ever any more to defile the silver truths doctrines or members of Iesus Christ who must be first reformed from errors and then be informed in the truths of Iesus Christ for without a true knowledge there can be no good obedient practice and then the Lords second worke of actuall destruction will goe on the better against that Beast Antichrist to the glory of God in their destruction the Iewes conversion and Gentiles further information and confirmation FINIS
restore it saith Samuel Then they said thou hast done us no wrong nor hurt us neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand Then Samuel said the Lord and your Anointed is witnesse this day that yee have found nought in my hands And they answered he is witnes so the Lord in his anger Hosea 13. 11. gave them a King who was no blessing but a curse unto them as will appeare Secondly In respect of man because Israel would have a man to be their King and forsake the Lord their God peremptorily notwithstanding all before mentioned Israel must know that a mortall man one of their brethren to be exalted to the dignitie of the Lords throne of Majestie unto which belongs such a regall power and royall prerogative that was not fit for any sinfull mortall man because the wayes power and wisdome of man cannot as the Lord exercise such a power but either on the right hand or on the left they will transgresse against God or man in disobeying the Commandement of the Lord and this is the cause of the Lords anger and therefore for a punishment Israel must although their Kings should will unlawfull things 1 Sam. 8. 17. yeeld in obedience and serve their Kings accordingly and therefore the Lord Chap. 12.17 sent them in judgement even in wheat harvest such a thunder and raine to convince and to shew them their great wickednesse in asking of a King that ver 19. all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God they durst not say our God that wee dye not for we have sinned in asking us a King Chap. 8. 20. to judge us and goe out before us and fight our battles the first whereof was against the Philistims where Saul Chap. 13. 12. was bold to offer a burnt offering for which Samuel vers 13 14. told Saul thou hast done foolishly for because thou hast not kept the Commandement of the Lord thy God thy Kingdome shall not continue for the Lord hath sought him a man after his owne heart and the Lord hath commanded him to governe his people Another battell against the Amalekites Chapt. 15. 9. who against the Commandement of the Lord spared Agag and the best things of the Amalekites for which Samuel told Saul vers 22 23. Obedience is better then sacrifice and to heare the Word of the Lord better then the fat of Rammes that rebellion is as the sinne of witch-craft and stubbornnesse as iniquitie and idolatry because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord he hath rejected thee from being King ver 28. The Lord hath rent the Kingdome of Israel from thee this day and given it to thy neighbour that is better then thou therefore Kings though Anointed of the Lord and sit in the Lords throne may not exercise this regall power to doe their owne wills against the Commandements of the Lord no not by duties of burnt offering or sacrifice even Kings are to be as subject to the Commandement of the Lord as well as other men none may doe evill for good to come of it for with the Lord there is no respect of persons and Kings must know as they are but men That Pro. 28. 15. as a roaring Lyon and a hungry Beare so is a wicked Ruler over the poore people therefore thus saith the Lord Ezek. 45. 9. Let it suffice you O Princes of Israel leave off crueltie and oppression and execute Judgement and Justice and take away your exactions from my people Thus saith the Lord Jere. 21. 12. O house of David execute Judgement in the morning and doe not delay and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor Chap. 22. 2 3. O King of Judah that sittest in the throne of David execute yee judgement and righteousnesse And Pro. 25. 5. Take away the wicked Counsellors from the King and his throne shall be established in righteousnesse for Chap. 29. 14. A King that Judgeth the poore in truth according to Gods Word his throne shall be established for ever for Chap. 22. 23. The Lord will defend his cause and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them Chap. 19. 21. Many devices are in a mans heart but the counsell of the Lord standeth Chap. 14. 26. In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his Children shall have hope therefore know O Kings Princes and Rulers that Chap. 21.30 there is no wisdome neither understanding nor counsell against the Lord who saith Mat. 5. 3. Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heaven Luke 6. 20. Blessed be yee poore for yours is the kingdome of God that feare the Lord and unto salvation beleeve in Jesus Christ for Mat. 11. 5. The poore receive the Gospel Luke 4 18 19. The spirit of the Lord is upon me that I should preach the Gospel to the poore and heale the broken-hearted and preach deliverance to the captives and set at libertie them that are bruised and preach the acceptable yeare of the Lord. And Isa 61. 3. To give unto them beautie for ashes the oyle of joy for mourning the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heavinesse that they may be called trees of righteousnesse the planting of the Lord. Jer. 22. 2 3. O King of Iudah vex not the stranger the fatherlesse nor the widdow doe no violence nor shed innocent bloud in this place where such of the Lords dwell although Kings thinke they have a regall power to doe their owne wills they are mistaken 3. Quest What is the true and onely right place office and power of a King according to the Word of God Answ First the true and onely right place of a King is from amongst above and over all the people alone to sit in the Lords throne of Majestie Secondly The true and onely right office of a King is Rom. 13. 4. to be the Minister of God for the wealth or good of the people over whom he is set doing the will according unto the Lawes Statutes and Ordinances of him in whose throne he sits vers 1. Let every soule be subject to the higher power for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordeined of God therefore Kings are not to make any Statute Law or Ordinance destructive or contradictory unto them that were made by God before he made any King so that even Kings are to be as subject to the Lord as men to Kings and so as one intrusted by God as the Lords Vicegerent or Lievtenant over the Lords people betwixt God and man to see and looke unto it that God may be honoured glorified and served by himselfe and all the people and to see and looke to and preserve the people from all enemies perils and dangers both from abroad and at home Thirdly The true and onely right power of a King is as the Minister of God Rom. 13 4. to beare the sword of Justice to take vengeance on or execute