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A25358	Religion and loyalty maintained against all modern opposers in a treatise on the 29th of May 1681, being Trinity-Sunday and anniversary day of His Majesties happy birth and King and kingdoms restauration / by Henry Anderson.	Anderson, Henry.	1684 (1684)	Wing A3092; ESTC R27731	74,714	137

sway the Royal Scepter so also to yield Protection for the King is Custos utriusque Tabúlae Defender of the Faith and a Nursing Father to the Church And the Princely Power and Soveraign Authority with God's Blessing may still preserve the true and ancient Constitution both of Church and State from Anarchy and Disorder from Popish Superstition and Fanatical Faction For the King has his Authority over us from Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Lord sets up Kings saith the Father And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Kings are from God says the Heathen Therefore I must be subject purely out of Conscience for the Lord's sake The Religion of the Church of Rome like the Laws of Draco are written in Blood and advanced by Policy and propagated by Violence their Vow of Poverty is such as to covet Kingdoms their Humility is such that they tread upon the necks of Emperours their Charity is such as to kill Kings making black TREASON a glorious Act and to merit the brightest Crown of Immortality and highest Seat in Heaven Whereas Christianity never used the Sword the Kingdom of Heaven is another kind of Warfare Christianity came attired into the World with the white of meekness 2 Cor. 10.4 humility and patience Christ the Prince of Peace never pull'd the Crown from any Prince's head but commands the payment of all Duties to Caesar and acknowledgeth Pilate's power to be from above Nay when our blessed Lord had power with his Ego sum to strike all his Adversaries to the ground or caused Legions of Angels to have stood in his just defence to revenge the injury of the People the violence of the Souldiers Mat. 26.53 Joh. 19.15 Mat. 27.27 28 29. Luke 23.11 Mark 15 15. the scorn of Herod the judgment of Pilate yet he yielded himself patiently to suffer to teach all his Disciples that resistance is an affront to Divine Authority This was the Spirit of the great Exemplar of our Religion this was the Genius of his Doctrine and his practice Nor did any of his Followers ever rebel against their Prince usurp the State or disturb the Government and though it was their unhappy Fate at first to be accused as Factious and Seditious yet none were better Subjects nor testified their Allegiance more to Authority S. Paul in the days of Heathen Persecution and Tyranny lays down this Hypothesis There is no Power but of God the Powers that be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are ordained of God If Religion be pretended an Heathen must not be resisted If Tyranny 't is damnation to oppose a Nero. They that resist shall receive Rom. 13.1 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the wrath and judgment of God saith the Apostle This made the Primitive Christians those noble Spirits where they could not comply to suffer and thought it the greatest piece of devotion to be patient under all oppositions They were so far from conspiring into tumultuous Combinations that they freely offered themselves to the fury of their Enemies and quietly suffered all extremities of death and torment chusing rather to be crown'd Martyrs for Religion than be punished as Traitors for Rebellion It was not disability * Si hostes exertos agere ●●llemus non deesset nobis vis ●●merorum copiarum Vestra omnia implevimus urbes insulas castella municipia conciliabula castra ipsa tribus decurias palatium senatum sorum Cui bello idonei non prom●ti suissemus etiam impares copiis qui tam libenter trucidamur Si non apud istam disciplinam magis occidiliceret quàm occidere Tertul. but duty not want of money or Martial prowess but a reverend regard to Imperial Majesty as commanded by God caused them not to avenge themselves The ancient Martyrs in saddest days as Tertullian tells us in his Apologetical Defence of Christians had courage to say to their greatest Adversaries Cruciate torquete damnate atterite probatio est innocentiae nostrae iniquitas vestra Rack us torture us do with us what you will or what you can your iniquity is but the proof of our innocency you think to weary out the Saints of the most High Dan. 7.25 by inventing of greater torments but the Sect ‖ Exquisitior quaeque crudelitas vestra illecebra est magis sectae nostrae plures efficimur quoties morimur Tertul. Apol. of Christians is the strangest Sect that you ever read of it is allured by those miseries whereby others are terrified S. Cyprian writing to Demetrianus the Governour of Africa and Christian Persecutor God saith he is the revenger of his Servants when they are annoyed therefore none of us resists nor avengeth * Nemo nostrûm quando apprehenditur nec se adversus injuriam vestram quamvis nimius copiosus sit noster populus ulciscitur Odisse non licet nobis sic Deo placemus dum nullam pro injuria vicem reddimus S. Cypr. ad Demetr himself of your unjust violence though our people are numerous and able to do it The innocent rest content with their undeserved punishments and tortures and thus we please God the more whilst we retaliate no injury ‖ Euseh Eccles Hist l. 8. c. 9. Eusebius tells us That in the Dioclesian Persecution in Thebais which was none of the greatest Countries of Africa were slain by various methods of cruel death so many that the Executioners were tired out In the time of Trajan also Tiberius the President of Palestine gives this relation in his Letter to the Emperor I am weary with punishing and destroying the Galilaeans who are called Christians according to your Majesties Command It was the inspired patience and courage of these great † The World admires the Lacedaemonians and Romans and they that had courage in any Age or place to dye for their Country they were so esteem'd by the Heathens that they had Statues erected Pictures ingraven Titles of Honour inscribed the World doing what it could to make their Names immortal how much better to suffer for Christ What Soul would not desire to have his Name inrolled in that Catalogue among the Cloud of Witnesses who wander'd up and down destitute afflicted tormented were stoned slain with the Sword sawn asunder yet not accepting deliverance on unworthy terms because they looked for a better resurrection Heb. 11.35 37. Heroes that blunted the very edge of Persecution to tire as the hands so the wits of their Tormentors to turn their pity at their suffering into envy at their patience to hug their Stakes as so many horns of the Altar letting fall * Magni animi est injurias despicere Sen. de Ira l. 2. c. 32. Absit itaque à servo Christi tale inquinamentum ut patientia majoribus tentationibus praeparata in frivolis excidat Tertul. de bon pat not so much as a tear lest it might quench some sparkle of that fire wherein they were with Elijah to ride to Heaven as in a Chariot ignis