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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43670	A sermon preached before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, at Bow-church on the 30th, of January, 1681/2 by George Hickes.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.	1682 (1682)	Wing H1864; ESTC R12553	30,557	44

to pass that the Roman Governours suspected the Christians to have a design upon the Empire from the false notion the Jews had given them of Christ's Kingdome insomuch that Justin † p. 58 59. told the Emperour and Senate in his second Apology That if the Kingdome which the Christians expected were of this World they would renounce their Religion rather than die and certainly endeavour by flight or absconding to save themselves for what they expected to enjoy Afterwards to justifie the Christians from all possible slanders and suspicions of being enemies to Caesar and his Government he proceeds to give them an account of the Doctrines of their Master Jesus concerning † p. 61 62 63 64. Patience under sufferings and obedience and submission unto Caesar and all that are put in autority under him In like manner Tertullian to vindicate the Christians from the envious imputation of being * Hostes principum Romanorum Tertul Ap. enemies to the Emperors because they would not swear by their Geniuses nor give them divine adorations shews from their principles and practices that this aspersion was † Vnde Cassii Nigri Albini unde qui inter duas laurus obsident Caesarem unde qui faucibus ejus exprimendis palaestricum exercent unde qui armati Palatium irrumpunt omnibus tot Sigeriis ac Parthenicis audaciores de Romanis ni fallor id est de non Christianis Apol. circa Majestatem Imperatoris infamamur tamen nunquam Albiniani vel Nigriani vel Cassiani inveniri potuerunt Christiani ad Scapul false of the Christians but most true of the Heathens who had rebelled against some and murthered other Caesars and therefore in imitation of such great examples I shall proceeed to enlarge their several Apologies in this particular under the second division of this discourse wherein I undertook to shew II. That this invidious charge of the Jews against the primitive Christians of being enemies to Caesar and disturbers of his Government was most malicious and unjust And this will easily appear if we consider the utter inconsistency of it with the Gospel-doctrines which they so strictly practised the doctrine of obedience and Submission the doctrine of Peace and Quietness and the doctrine of Patience and Suffering under lawfull powers commonly called Passive Obedience All which the Christian Religion taught and the primitive Teachers and Professors of it practised to the astonishment and * Just Mart. Apol. 1.50 Euseb L. 4.8 conversion of the Heathen world I shall begin with the precepts of Obedience and Submission which are such as these * Rom. 13.1 2 3. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the powers resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Therefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but conscience sake Submit your selves to every ordinance of man * 1 Ep. 2.13 saith St. Peter for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreme or unto Governors as those that are sent by him for so is the will of God And St. Paul in his Ep. to † Ch. 3.1 Titus hath made it the duty of Ministers to remember the people of this and to put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers amd to obey magistrates From whence I proceed to the doctrines of Peace and Quietness which are such as these Study to be quiet and to doe your own business be humble and gentle and as much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men put away strife and clamour and evil-speaking and follow after the things which make for peace The doctrine of Meekness and Humility is comprehended in such precepts as these Learn of me saith our Saviour for I am meek and lowly The fruits of the Spirit are Meekness Peace and Gentleness And saith the Apostle to the Colossians put on as the Elect of God humbleness of mind meekness and long-suffering It was impossible for Caesar to suffer by a Religion which obliged its professors under the pain of damnation to be so obedient peaceable and humble as these precepts oblige all Christians to be and more impossible yet if we consider the doctrines of Patience and Suffering which are as plainly and copiously laid down in the Gospel as any other doctrines that are taught in the School of Christ This is thank-worthy saith St. * 1 Ep. 2.19 c. Peter if a man for conscience-sake towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully for what glory is it if when you are buffetted for your faults you take it patiently but if when you doe well you shall take it patiently and suffer for it this is acceptable to God For even hereunto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow his steps Who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered threatned not but was led like a lamb to the slaughter and like a sheep that is dumb before his shearers he opened not his mouth And rejoice saith he in as much as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings For if you are reproached for the name of Christ happy are ye and if any man suffer as a Christian let him glorifie God on that behalf According to which saith the Apostle to the Hebrews in a time of persecution Let us look unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith let us consider him who endured such contradiction of sinners lest we be wearied and faint in our minds and consider also that you have not yet resisted unto bloud The Gospel is a suffering Religion and promiseth special rewards to those who will leave houses and lands and wives and children and lay down their lives for Christ's sake It teacheth us that Christ the captain of our Salvation was made perfect through sufferings that we are baptized into his death and that as many of us as shall be partakers of his sufferings shall also be partakers of his glory who when he had endured the Cross and despised the shame thereof was set down at the right hand of the Majesty on high Therefore saith St. Paul I endure all things that I may obtain the Salvation which is in Jesus Christ for if we suffer with him we shall reign with him Thou therefore Son Timothy endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ Accordingly it puts no great value nor looks upon any Christian to be a true and † 1 Cor. 26.13 Eph. 6.10 11 12 13. 2 Tim. 2.3 4. Epist Ignat. ad Rom. Cyprian ad Thibarit Ep. de Lapsis compleat disciple of Christ who cannot when he is called thereunto take up his Cross drink of his cup and be baptized with his baptism neither doth it prescribe any remedy but flight against the persecutions of the lawfull Magistrate allowing of no other