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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05943	The royall advocate. Or, An introduction to the magnificent and honourable laws of Jehovah the Lord Christ, now contaminated and despised by the present army-men of this nation. Asserting and controverting the holinesse, righteousness, perfectnesse, and universallity thereof, of divine right: in opposition to the heathenish, and antichristian laws, traditions, and vaine imaginations of the past and present, pretended Christian magistrates of this nation which they yet so much dote upon and endeavour to support, against the alone law giver, lord of heaven and earth, god of gods, king of kings, and lord of lords. / Published by John Spittle-house, now a prisoner for his testimony against the idolatry and tryanny of the present army men, priests, lawyers &c ...	Spittlehouse, John.	1655 (1655)	Wing S5014; ESTC R184541	66,921	80

Law bring to this Nation what freedome from expence from unjust imprisonment of mens persons from being deceived in their causes and from being overborn in their Judg●ments by delay of Justice whereby potent adversaries have great advantage given them to corrupt Judges hinder Justice and get false witnesse many guilty persons by this means scaping unpunished and many innocent persons undone by imprisonments in their estates families and repute among men which would not be done had we but Judges as at the first and Rulers as at the beginning of the Common-wealth of Israel i. e. Men fearing God and hating covetousnesse and valiant for the truth to put this Holy Just and Perfect Law in execution not fearing the face of any knowing that the Judgement is the Lords the accomplishment whereof that the Lord would in much mercy hasten is the earnest desire of him who is now a prisoner at Lambeth for the Testimony of the truth as it is in Jesus which he is ready to vindicate with all that is near or dear unto him John Spittlehouse Errata REader the Authour not having had a sight of this printed Copy before it was wrought off throu●h the Correctours negligence these following Errors have hapned which are not onely very many but some also very grosse the matter being left out in some places so that without correcting thereof with thy pen before thou readest it will be troublesome to understand what is printed Page 3 line 15. read See and in the Margent r. be p. 8. l. 29. r. covet p. 10 l. 2. r. heard l. 4. r. commending and in marg r. were l. 26. r. hence p. 11. l. 11. r. hence p. 11. l 12. r. Restauration and for commanded r. commended l. 16. r. hence and in margent against l. 25. place figure 4. p. 12. l. 3. r. Jam. p. 14. l. 24. r. whether l. 31. r. denounced p. 15. l. 2. r. that they l. 5. betwixt saying and in r. he hath and betwixt term and that r. affirmed l 8. r. Civil l. 3. betwixt many and after r. wise p. 17. l. 5. r. enemy l. 27. r. over all 31. r. careth l 32. r. then p. 18. against l. 31. place figure 4 in marg p. 22. l. 1. r. declined p. 23. l. 20 r. those l. 28. r. their p. 24. l. 14. r. quiet p. 29. l. 36. dele● by p. 32. l. 14. r. it l. 27. betwixt at and bringing r. the p 39. l. 8. r. thence p. 40. l 35. r. contrivers p. 43. l 2. r. a●pectable l. 28. ●novel p 49. l. 29. r. intended p. 56. l. 1. r. such l. 15. betwixt of and Nation r. this l. 36. r judgeth and betwixt of and Antichrist r. the l. 37. r. his p. 58. l. 13. r. desired p. 62. and l. 31. r. and not that it is THE Royall Advocate c. Asserting Assert 1 I. That the Contents of the Royall Law of Jehovah the Lord Christ was planted in Mankinde by Nature Proof ALbeit our first Parents were created in the Image of God which consisteth in Righteousnes * Gen. 1. 26 27. Ephes 4. 24 and true holinesse yet were not they thereby made Lawlesse Persons as appeareth from the Testimony of the Apostle Paul Rom. 2. 14 15. where he saith The Gentiles which have not the Law do by Nature the things contained in the Law these having * viz. the written law not the Law are a Law unto themselves which shew the work * Or operation or effects of the law of the Law written in their Hearts their Conscience also bearing them witnesse and their thoughts in the mean while accusing or excusing one another And hence the Apostle saith I have lived in all good Conscience before God Act. 23. 1. vid. 24. 16. 2 Cor. 1. 12. 1 Tim. 1. 5. 19. 2. Tim. 1. 3. Heb. 13. 18. 1 Pet. 3. 16. 21. From which I Argue that seeing Mankinde in The conscience is as a thousand witnesses their adulterate and depraved estate had the operations of the Royall Law of Jehovah written in their hearts by Nature as also a Conscience accusing or excusing them in point of obedience or disobedience thereunto It must needs be that they had the same much more in their Virgin and pure estate when they were in their Innocency and Integrity before their fall And this doth clearly appear from Gen. 3. 6 7 8. Where no sooner had our first Parents violated the divine precept by means of the suggestions and delusions of Satan but immediately their eyes are said to be opened and that they saw their nakednesse and went and sowed fig-leaves together to make themselves Aprons As also in that assoon as they heard the voice of the Lord in the Garden they went to hide themselves among the Trees of the Garden All which doth clearly denote unto us that their Consciences had testified unto them their disobedience as also condemned them for what they had done and therefore they are said to be afraid as in v. 10. If our Conscience condemn us God is greater than our Conscience and he shall much more condemn us Vid. Heb. 9. 14. Assert 2 II. That this Royall Law so planted in mankind by Nature is comprehended in two grand Principles i. e. 1. To love God above all 2. To love our neighbour as our self Proof Deut. 6. 4 5. Hear O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might Deut. 10. 12. And now O Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God to walk in all his wayes and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul c. Lev. 19. 17 18. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer fin upon him Thou shalt not avenge or bear grudge against the children of thy people but Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord. Assert 3 III. That this Doctrine was ratified by Jesus Christ Proof Mark 12. 28. Then one of the Scribes that was a Lawyer Mat. 22. 35. coming unto him and asking him which was the first Commandement or great Commandement in the Law Mat. 22. 36. of all Jesus answered him The first of all the Commandements or the Great Commandement in the Law Mat. 22. 38 is Hear O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength This is the first and Great Comm●ndement And the second is like unto it namely this Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self There are no other Commandments that are greater than these Mat. 22. 40. On these Commandements hang all the Law and the Prophets Assert 4 IV. That this Doctrine was taught