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A91279	The signal loyalty and devotion of God's true saints and pious Christians, especially in this our island towards their kings: (as also of some idolatrous pagans) Both before, and under the law and gospel; expressed by their private and publick prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, well-wishes for the health, safety, long life, prosperity, temporal, spiritual, eternal felicity of the kings and emperours under whom they lived, whether pagan or Christian, bad or good, heterodox or orthodox, Papists or Protestants, persecutors or protectors of them: and likewise for their royal issue, posterity realms; and by their dutiful conscientious obedience and subjection to them; with the true reasons thereof from scripture and policy. Evidenced by presidents and testimonies in all ages, worthy the knowledg, imitation, and serious consideration of our present degenerated disloyal, antimonarchical generation. In two parts. By William Prynne Esq; late bencher, and reader of Lincolns-In; Signal loyalty and devotion of Gods true saints and pious Christians, towards their kings. Parts 1 and 2.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1680 (1680)	Wing P4082A; ESTC R229902	277,267	460

a Quaker apprehended by a company of Souldiers and kept Prisoner for a time only for praying in general for all Christian Kings Princes and Governors according to this Text when George Whitehead and George Fox two Quakers blasphemously railed and disputed against Jesus Christ the two other Persons the blessed Trinity and the word of God an whole hour together in the Maiors presence and sundry others without check or punishment such are the atheistical antimonarchical times wherein we live In this text consider 1. The Pen-man of it by divine inspiration S. Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ specially delegated by him to the Gentiles uncircumcision to open their cies to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God And to bear Christs name before the Gentiles and Kings Acts 9. 15. c. 26. 16 17 18. Gal. 2. 2 7 8 9. Eph. 3. 1 to 12. Acts 13. 46 47. c. 15. 7. c. 18. 6. c. 21. 19 20. c. 22 21. c. 28. 28. Rom. 11. 13. c. 15. 15 to 25. Col. 1. 27 28. 2 Tim. 1. 11. c. 4. 17. Therefore these Duties are specially recommended and prescribed to them 2ly The person to whom this Epistle and exhortation was principally particularly directed even Timothy his dearly beloved Son and Fellow Minister in preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles then residing at Ephesus 1 Tim. 1 3. a City and Church of the Gentiles where he exercised his Ministry and was to perform these Duties publickly in his own person as a Minister to excite all others thereunto Therefore these Duties of making publick Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Thanksgivings for Kings both in publick and private do principally belong and are carefully to be performed by all Ministers and Preachers of the Gospel to and amongst the Gentiles 3ly The manner of pressing these Duties the Apostle doth most earnestly and zealously urge their performance as the words I exhort or earnestly desire import Exhortings being the most passionate pathetical fervent pressing of men to duties Lu. 3. 18. Act. 11. 23. c. 13. 15. c. 2. 40. c. 15. 32. c. 20. 2. Rom. 12. 8. 1 Thes 2. 11 12. c. 4. 1. c. 5. 14. 2 Thes 3. 12. 1 Tim. 4. 13. c. 6. 2. 2 Tim. 4. 2. Tit. 1. 9. c. 2. 6 15. Heb. 3. 13. c. 12. 5. c. 13. 22. 1 Pet. 5. 1. Jude 3. 4ly The grounds of his enforcing these Duties so earnestly implyed in the word therefore relating to the close of the precedent Chapter v. 18 19 20. This charge I commit unto thee Son Timothy according to the Prophecies that went before on thee that thou by them mightest war a good warfare holding Faith and a good Conscience which he could not do or perform unless he discharged these Duties he thus exhorted him to being a part of his spiritual good warfare and both a means and evidence of his holding Faith and a good Conscience and his neglect or contempt of them a ready way to make shipwrack of them as Hymeneus and Alexander had done whom he had dilivered to Satan Antimonarchical and Antimagistratical Ministers or Christians will soon turn Apostates and Blasphemers yea put away and make shipwrack of their Faith and good Conscience towards God when they became disloyal and rebellious to their Kings and give over Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Thanksgivings for them as we have found by late sad experiments 5ly The primacy and excellency of these Duties before all others expressed in the clause I exhort therefore that first of all that is in the first place before and above all other Duties parts of Ministry or Christianity they are carefully conscienciously cordially to be performed without the least omission or neglect 6ly The variety of the Duties set forth by these various expressions That Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Thanksgivings all in the plural number be made for Kings Which pluralities imply 1. A universality of their several kinds to wit That all sorts of Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Thanksgivings whatsoever ought to be made for them 2ly A multiplicity of each of them not a single Supplication Prayer Intercession Thanksgiving and no more but many and manifold Supplications Prayers and Thanksgivings 3ly A frequency fervency constancy perpetuity in the performance of them both in publick and private all our lives long without ceasing or flagging as the marginal Scriptures evidence 4ly An universality in respect of persons and places thus expressed in the verse following I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands 5ly An universality of things Mercies Blessings c. for which Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Thanksgivings ought at any time ordinarily or extraordinarily publickly or privately to be made to God in behalf of Kings 6ly Supplications for the pardon and remission of all their sins errors miscariages frailties iniquities whatsoever for converting diverting or keeping them from all evil and destructive waies errors counsels designs undertakings whatsoever dishonourable to God scandalous to Religion hurtfull to the Church fatal to their Kingdoms People Royal persons families and posteritie and for removing all inflicted threatned or feared judgements evils from their Persons Families Kingdoms Relations Prayers for all sorts of corporal temporal spiritual eternal Blessings Mercies which they at any time stand in need of and the continuance increase and sanctified use of all they doe enjoy for themselves their Families Kingdoms Counsellors Officers People Allies Intercessions against all machinations dangers conspiracies of spiritual or temporal Enemies Traytors Conspirators against their precious souls bodies lives Crowns Kingdoms Posterities Forces publike undertakings Councils to divert Gods wrath and judgements from and impetrate his gracious love and favour to them upon all occasions Thanksgivings for their births coronations health lives wisdom power justice graces preservations issues posterity all sorts of mercies blessings favors victories successes deliverances from evils sicknesses dangers enemies conspiracies of all kinde conferred on them their Kingdoms Families Posterities Relations for all blessings received from or enjoyed under them and their Government as the free use exercise enjoyment of the Word Sacraments with all other parts of Gods Worship Peace Health Wealth Safety Liberty Prosperity Laws Privileges Parliaments exemptions from Oppressions Rapines Murders Rapes extortions Illegal Taxes Excises Executions Imprisonments banishments wars for all particular benefits and royal favors conferred by them on their own persons or relations All these and what ever else are or may be included in Supplications prayers intercessions thanksgivings are here prescribed to all Ministers and Christians under the Gospel in behalf of their Kings 7ly The primacy and precedence of Kings above all other Governors and persons in authority both in all our supplications prayers intercessions thanksgivings and likewise in their Civil dignity and Authority For although the Apostle to avoid all suspition of flatterie as the Fathers observe exhorts in the first place that Prayers c. should be made for

all men in general yet when he comes to the particular enumeration of them he placeth Kings in the front before all others being ranked before them all by the Apostle in these words For Kings and all that are in Authority and more particularly by the Apostle Peter 1 Pet. 13 14. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether to the King as supreme or unto Governors as to those who are sent by him c. 8ly The plurality and universallity of the word KINGS in the plural not singular number and that without any restriction of their personal qualifications extending universally to all Kings and excluding none though Pagans Idolaters Hereticks Schismaticks Tyrants Oppressors Persecutors Murderers Wicked Prophane Vitious Flagitious in any kinde for which many might doubt whether they ought to pray which the Apostle fully clears by this general expression as well as for the most Christian Pious Just Righteous Virtuous Kings for which all will grant Christians ought to make supplications prayers intercessions thanksgivings without dispute This I shall clear by 5. undeniable Arguments 1. Because all Kings Emperors Princes throughout the world when this Epistle was written and for above 500 years after but Lucius were Pagans Idolaters and for the most part bitter persecutors of the Saints Church of Christ and some transcendently impious flagitious especially Caligula Claudius and Nero under whom Paul lived and suffered Martyrdom with others of the Apostles and many hundreds of Christians yet even St. Paul himself exhorts first of all that supplications intercessions prayers and thanksgivings should be made for them by Timothy all other Christians then living under them 2ly Because the Apostles precedent and subsequent exhortation is universal for all Men for Kings and All that are in Authority If then we must make supplications prayers intercessions thanksgivings for all men good or bad then certainly for all Kings though the Apostle had not named Kings because all Kings are men and included in the general all men and if for all that are in Authority or Eminent place then certainly for all Kings being in supremest Authority and Eminency and included by name between those two universals All men All in Authority 3ly Because the subsequent words that under them we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty And who will have all men to be saved and to come to the know●edge of the truth implies that the Kings and all in Authority at that time for whom they are exhorted to make supplications c. were persecutors under whom they had no present rest nor quietnesse and unconverted to the knowledge of the truth and means of salvation 4ly Because St. Pauls precept Rom. 12. 14. Blesse them which persecute you bless and curse not compared with v. 20 21. Rom. 13. 1 to 10. Titus 3. 1 2 3. paralleld with our Saviours own reiterated precept Mat. 5. 44 45. Luke 6. 27 28 29. But I say unto you love your Enemies Bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer him also the other and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also that you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh his Sun to rise to the evil and to the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust Which precept relates principally to Kings and Rulers before whom they should be brought persecuted and put to death Mat. 10. 18 to 38. Lu. 21. 12 c. 5ly Because he never exhorted commanded encouraged in the least degree any Christians to curse or pray against their Kings though Pagans Tyrants Persecuters much lesse to rebell against depose or dethrone behead execute them If Christians then be thus exhorted obliged by the Apostle to make prayers supplications intercessions and thanksgivings even for their Persecuting Tyrannical Pagan wicked Kings not to depose murder execute them in High Courts of Justice or to extirpate their royal posterity Kingship and alter their form of Government which they are professedly prohibited to do for conscience sak under pain of damnation in direct terms Rom. 13. 1 to 7. Tit. 3. 1. and 1 Pet. 2. 13 14. Then certainly they are much more obliged to make supplications prayers intercessions thanksgivings for their hereditary Christian Protestant Orthodox rightfull Kings and not to dethrone murder execute them in any strange High Courts of Justice nor to extirpate their royal issue Kingship and change their whole frame of Government from which they are expresly prohibited by these Gospel Texts and restrained by their Solemn Oathes of Allegeance Fealty Supremacy Protestation Vow League Covenant under pain of eternal damnation and the guilt of highest Perjury Treachery Rebellion It was Sedulius his Apostrophe to Herod who feared our Saviour Christ would have deprived him of his earthly Crown Herodes hostis impie Christum venire quid times Non abripit mortalia Qui Regna dat coelestia Why wicked Herod do'st thou fear and at Christs coming frown The mortal he takes not away who gives the heavenly Crown Which Claudius thus seconds That King which is born cometh not to overcome Kings by fighting but to subdue them after a wonderful manner by dying c. for he is come not that he may destroy alive but that he may triumph being slain How then any Servants can be greater wiser powerfuller than their Lord King Jesus who came not to dethrone uncrown any earthly Kings and reign alive in their steads but to conquer and triumph over them only by his death though King of Kings and Lord of Lords in daring to ravish not only the Crowns but Lives Kingdoms hereditary Lands Revenues Powers Kingships of their Christian Soveraigns instead of making Supplications Prayers Intercessions Thanksgivings for them and their Royal posterity let their own Consciences resolve them and all others who preach the Gospel wherein there is neither Precept nor President for such Antichristian Jesuitical practices 9ly The end reason why Ministers Christians and other Subjects should make Supplications Prayers Intercessions Thanksgivings for their very persecuting tyrannizing oppressing Pagan KINGS Governours and yielding patient loyal Subjection under them is because it is the most effectual means prescribed by God whereby to reclaim convert save them by overcomming their evil with goodness Rom. 12. 20 21. the most probable ready prevalent course by which they themselves may lead a quiet and peaceable life under them in all godliness and honesty and recover enjoy both their invaded civil and Christian Liberties not their mutinous Rebellions or taking up Arms against them forcibly to reform or dethrone them which would but increase their troubles pressures persecutions interrupt their peace quietness yea make shipwrack of their godliness honesty loyalty faith and good Consciences which we