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ambros._n aug._n l._n 2â—_z cont._n faust_n c._n 75._o his_o majesty_n proclamation_n and_o declaration_n etc._n etc._n 4._o large_a declaration_n p._n 25._o 405._o ps._n 69._o 12._o prov._n 10._o 7_o ps._n 41._o 8._o ps._n 109._o 6._o ps._n 1._o 15._o ps._n 82._o 1._o verse_n 8._o ps_n 50._o 21._o ps._n 55._o 16._o matth._n 27._o 3_o 4_o 5._o isaiah_n 66._o 24._o matth._n 20._o 27_o 28._o philip_n 2._o 4_o verse_n 5._o to_o 9_o rom._n 12._o 10._o matth._n 18._o 2._o 1_o 1_o 1._o hab._n 1._o 13._o 14._o 1._o tim._n 6._o 3_o 4_o 5._o scorpiae_fw-la act._n 4._o 19_o gloss_n interlin_n tertul._n ubi_fw-la supr._n his_o majesty_n declaration_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la in_o matth._n 22._o 21._o ephes._n 6._o 1._o rom._n 14._o ambros._n to_o 3._o epis._n l._n 5._o orat._n li._n tit._n 3._o 1_o 2._o citat_fw-la josh._n 1._o 16_o 17._o apoc._n 13._o 10._o calv._n in_o ver._n 6._o 2_o sam._n 8._o 11_o 12._o et_fw-fr 10._o 26._o 2_o sam._n 2._o 2_o sam._n 11._o 11._o matth._n 21._o 3._o luke_n 10._o 42._o dion_n carth_n calv._n inst._n â—_z 4._o c._n 20._o buchan_n theophylact_n lombard_n lib._n 1._o and_o parmon_n c._n 7._o prov._n 20._o 2._o amos_n 3._o 8._o ambros._n theophylact_n calv._n 1_o sam._n 25._o 37._o act._n 24._o 2._o josep_n antiq._n judai_n l._n 18._o c._n 1._o and_o l._n 20._o c_o 6._o sallust_n conjurat_fw-la catiline_n speed_n hollinshed_n rich._n 2._o p._n 429._o grafton_n p._n 330_o 331._o l._n 2._o de_fw-la bello_fw-la judaic_n c._n 16._o naucler_fw-mi prov._n 24._o 21_o 22._o
a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o his_o majesty_n at_o christchurch_n in_o oxford_n on_o the_o 3._o of_o novemb._n 1644._o after_o his_o return_n from_o cornwall_n by_o john_n berkenhead_n fellow_n of_o all-souls_n college_n oxford_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1644._o to_o the_o most_o illustrious_a prince_n charles_n prince_n of_o wales_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n and_o earl_n of_o chester_n sir_n it_o have_v please_v your_o highness_n to_o command_v this_o sermon_n to_o the_o press_n and_o i_o to_o be_v your_o servant_n what_o you_o have_v observe_v from_o either_o that_o may_v incline_v you_o to_o so_o much_o grace_n and_o favour_n i_o know_v not_o unless_o it_o be_v my_o plain_a deal_n with_o the_o time_n this_o indeed_o your_o highness_n mention_v with_o a_o deep_a sense_n and_o relish_n will_v god_n the_o mad_a world_n know_v it_o certain_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o stop_v the_o foul_a mouth_n of_o some_o enough_o to_o warm_v the_o honest_a heart_n of_o other_o god_n almighty_a so_o compose_v the_o present_a trouble_n of_o this_o state_n that_o the_o government_n thereof_o may_v stand_v the_o sure_a for_o this_o shake_n and_o continue_v and_o increase_v his_o grace_n in_o you_o for_o the_o glorious_a support_n thereof_o when_o it_o shall_v please_v he_o to_o lay_v it_o upon_o your_o shoulder_n thus_o pray_v your_o highness_n most_o oblige_v humble_a servant_n john_n berkenhead_n the_o necessity_n of_o christian_a subjection_n rom._n 13._o 5._o wherefore_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a not_o only_o for_o wrath_n but_o also_o for_o conscience_n sake_n will_v man_n but_o meditate_v or_o be_v they_o persuade_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o prophet_n speech_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 22._o 23._o behold_v to_o obey_v be_v better_a than_o sacrifice_n and_o to_o harken_v then_o the_o fat_a of_o ram_n for_o rebellion_n be_v as_o the_o sin_n of_o witchcraft_n and_o stubbornness_n be_v as_o iniquity_n and_o idolatry_n be_v they_o i_o say_v persuade_v of_o this_o truth_n there_o will_v not_o be_v so_o little_a harken_n to_o the_o command_n of_o authority_n nor_o so_o little_a obey_v what_o they_o hear_v nor_o will_v man_n run_v so_o fierce_o into_o the_o fearful_a sin_n of_o rebellion_n only_o to_o maintain_v and_o justify_v their_o own_o sacrifice_n of_o fool_n which_o be_v indeed_o no_o other_o than_o their_o foolish_a imagination_n have_v devise_v and_o their_o vain_a thought_n have_v loc._n set_v up_o as_o a_o idol_n to_o themselves_o or_o be_v we_o not_o fall_v into_o those_o last_o and_o worst_a of_o time_n prophesy_v of_o by_o the_o apostle_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 1._o 5._o wherein_o man_n that_o make_v show_v of_o godliness_n yea_o many_o that_o most_o show_n of_o it_o have_v only_o a_o show_n but_o deny_v the_o power_n of_o it_o be_v proud_a curse_a speaker_n disobedient_a to_o parent_n proud_a indeed_o when_o they_o dare_v exalt_v themselves_o against_o god_n vicegerent_n curse_a speaker_n when_o they_o dare_v libel_n and_o slander_n prince_n and_o etc._n prelate_n disobedient_a to_o parent_n natural_a ecclesiastical_a and_o political_a be_v we_o not_o i_o say_v fall_v into_o such_o time_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o urge_v the_o apostle_n inference_n which_o the_o unseasonable_a sin_n of_o these_o season_n make_v so_o seasonable_a wherefore_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a etc._n etc._n in_o which_o word_n infert_fw-la conclusionem_fw-la principaliter_fw-la intentam_fw-la aq._n wherein_o concludit_fw-la paraenesin_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la ejusque_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la rol._n show_v that_o we_o must_v obey_v the_o magistrate_n not_o only_o for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n but_o much_o more_o because_o that_o although_o the_o magistrate_n have_v no_o power_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n yet_o see_v he_o be_v god_n minister_n he_o can_v be_v resist_v by_o any_o good_a conscience_n gen_n note_n ex_fw-la calv_fw-la and_o bez._n in_fw-la qua_fw-la duas_fw-la potissimum_fw-la urget_fw-la causas_fw-la ob_fw-la quas_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la necessariò_fw-la obediendum_fw-la marlor_n first_o their_o power_n to_o cause_n fear_n of_o wrath_n second_o our_o conscience_n to_o obey_v god_n ordinance_n in_o respect_n of_o both_o which_o we_o must_v be_v subject_a not_o only_o for_o wrath_n but_o also_o for_o conscience_n sake_n wherein_o i_o shall_v consider_v these_o 5_o particular_n 1._o the_o illation_n wherhfore_n 2._o the_o duty_n subject_a 3._o the_o necessity_n must_v needs_o 4._o the_o person_n oblige_v you_o 5._o the_o reason_n persuade_v and_o those_o twofold_a 1._o from_o fear_n of_o wrath_n although_o not_o only_o for_o wrath_n 2._o for_o conscience_n but_o also_o for_o conscience_n sake_n 1._o the_o illation_n and_o inference_n in_o this_o word_n wherhfore_n be_v rolloc_n a_o conclusion_n wherein_o quod_fw-la initio_fw-la praeceperat_fw-la de_fw-la praestandâ_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la nunc_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la collectionis_fw-la repetit_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la expositione_fw-la calv._n it_o will_v be_v convenient_a for_o conceive_v full_o the_o apostle_n meaning_n and_o the_o force_n of_o his_o argument_n and_o the_o drift_n of_o this_o conclusion_n that_o we_o reflict_v back_o as_o far_o as_o the_o beginning_n of_o this_o chapter_n where_o beside_o those_o two_o mention_v verse_n 4._o of_o 1._o terror_n to_o the_o ill_a which_o i_o reserve_v to_o be_v handle_v under_o that_o of_o wrath_n 2._o and_o reward_n to_o the_o good_a which_o i_o refer_v to_o that_o of_o conscience_n we_o shall_v find_v four_o reason_n premise_v to_o enforce_v this_o conclusion_n wherefore_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a etc._n etc._n 1._o first_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o v._n 1._o for_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n how_o much_o soever_o we_o may_v perhaps_o dislike_v they_o and_o how_o ill_a soever_o they_o may_v sometime_o use_v their_o power_n as_o pilate_n do_v he_o in_o crucify_v he_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v loose_v and_o 26._o loose_v he_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v crucify_v yet_o our_o saviour_n himselfacknowledge_v that_o eventhis_n abuse_v power_n be_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o give_v he_o from_o above_o ioh._n 19_o 11._o for_o misery_n come_v not_o out_o of_o the_o dust_n neither_o do_v affliction_n spring_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n iob._n 5._o 6._o but_o as_o omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la desuper_fw-la every_o good_a gift_n be_v from_o 21._o above_o iam._n 1._o 17._o so_o be_v there_o no_o evil_a in_o the_o city_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o do_v it_o amos_n 3._o 6._o i._n e._n majum_fw-la poena_fw-la no_o evil_a of_o punishment_n per_fw-la me_fw-la reges_fw-la regnant_a by_o i_o king_n reign_v be_v the_o general_a ground_n of_o the_o charter_n both_o of_o good_a and_o evil_a prince_n and_o noble_n and_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o earth_n prov._n 8._o 15._o 16._o he_o it_o be_v that_o raise_v unto_o david_n a_o righteous_a branch_n a_o king_n who_o shall_v reign_v and_o prosper_v and_o execute_v judgement_n and_o justice_n upon_o the_o earth_n in_o 11._o who_o day_n the_o people_n shall_v be_v safe_a and_o he_o it_o be_v that_o give_v a_o evil_a king_n in_o his_o anger_n and_o take_v a_o good_a king_n away_o in_o his_o wrath_n qui_fw-la regnare_fw-la facit_fw-la hominem_fw-la hypocritam_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la populi_fw-la iob._n 34._o 30._o vulg._n so_o that_o whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o evil_a we_o must_v be_v subject_a sithence_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o lest_o we_o will_v be_v find_v fighter_n against_o god_n who_o power_n none_o 39_o be_v able_a to_o resist_v whether_o it_o be_v for_o protect_v or_o for_o punish_v wherefore_o we_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a 2._o second_o they_o be_v not_o only_o not_o without_o god_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o citat_fw-la and_o so_o of_o he_o permissiuè_fw-la but_o they_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n himself_o and_o so_o of_o he_o positiuè_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o ordain_v of_o god_n v._n 1._o whereupon_o they_o worthy_o use_v in_o their_o stile_n not_o only_o permissione_fw-la divinâ_fw-la or_o providentiâ_fw-la divinâ_fw-la although_o those_o be_v good_a title_n take_v in_o a_o good_a sense_n yet_o they_o imply_v some_o intermediate_a mean_n betwixt_o god_n and_o those_o who_o bear_v they_o but_o prince_n write_v dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la for_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n no_o favour_n of_o man_n they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v so_o that_o i_o may_v say_v of_o their_o government_n as_o saint_n paul_n say_v of_o his_o apostleship_n it_o be_v not_o of_o man_n nor_o by_o man_n but_o by_o 1._o jesus_n christ_n and_o god_n the_o father_n for_o cujus_fw-la jussu_fw-la homines_fw-la nascuntar_fw-la huius_fw-la jussu_fw-la et_fw-la reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la apti_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la in_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la regantur_fw-la iren._n lib_n 5_o cap._n 24._o which_o