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A25459	Dualitas, or, A two-fold subject displayed and opened conducible to godliness and peace in order, I. Lex loquens, the honour and dignity of magistracy with the duties thereupon depending and reverence thereunto due, II. Duorum unitas, the agreement of magistracy and ministry, at the election of the honourable magistrates of Edinburgh and the opening of a diocesan synod of the reverend clergy there / by Will. Annand.	Annand, William, 1633-1689.	1674 (1674)	Wing A3217; ESTC R27190	51,279	83

he himself had tansgressed before therefore the Lord made a Breach then and now a Covenant for peace Is not Aaron the Levite thy Brother said the Lord to Moses Behold he cometh forth to meet thee and when he seeth thee He will be glad in his heart And when he met him he kissed him Exod. 4. 14. And where shal love be if not in these two titles Thou shalt be to him in stead of GOD and He shal be to thee in stead of a Mouth that is Moses shal be to Aarona King and Aaron to Moses a Lord Chancellour Ex. 4. 16. Will not God love his Priest and shall not the Priest love his God Call him Lucifer among the Sons of the Church that exalteth himself above or equal to any who are called gods let that Minister be ashamed of his Office that sayes not in this sense Let GOD live let Magistracy flourish and that God again blush at his Deity that will not have respect unto his Priest his Preacher for he having as Moses an impediment in his speech hath given him as Aaron the Minister for an Orator without whom his lisping his stammering Tongue shall in the Tricks Beh●viour Jears and Mocks of the Vain of the more Serious be dismissed without State Reverence and Respect We have no certain Record how or by what accident Moses had his slowness of Speech which he urged for an excuse against going to Pharaoh Exod. 4. 10. But that reason seems too ridiculous which some Rabbins teach that Pharaoh putting his Crown on the Child Moses his head who spurning it away was by his Magicians advised to dest●oy him that Ominating he should prove the overthrow of the Kingdom but his Daughter pleading Innocence and Childishness Pharaoh for a tryal b●ought a Golden Apple and one of Hote Iron this last the Child putting to his Mouth had the Nerves of his Tongue drawn in It is certain that he had an impedim●nt 〈◊〉 his Speaking and so his want of Elocution is supplied by the Oratory and Fluency of Aaron as Moses was so all M●gistrats are shal be found of no perswading u●terance to dispat●h the Almighties affairs until as Colleagues they have their Preachers in their hand So deare were these two Levites Moses and Aaron that Moses getting a Commission from GOD to go to Pharaoh and that Commission sealed in Cast down thy Rod c. told the Miracle and shewed all to Aaron who as High Chancellour to King Moses eloquently delivers Moses mind to the people and works the wonders before them Exod. 4. 30 Each of them endearing other so much that both might be respected by the p●ople who seeing this might say Moses could not want his Aaron nor Aaron his Moses m●re then a Man could want the power of Conception and that Conception want a Tongue for Expression the One readily aiding the Imperfections of the other Moses's st●pping in his spe●ch being not heeded because he ha● the Power to rule Aarons's asisting to Moses not exposing him to Contempt because he had the utterance both for this end of leading forth the people In the matters concerning the Lord and also of the King they of Levies Tribe were Overseers 1. Chron. 26. 30. The Priest and the Judge in matters of Blood stroak and stroak plea and plea God thought it uncomely not to have his Priest advised with as well as the Judge and a threatning upon him who neglected the Sentence given by the Priest Deut. 17. 8. Equally as that of the Judge It is not good if David want his Abiathar And Zadock will be● nay must be at Solomons Coronation shall I call it Unction It being proper usual for the Priest to crown the Prince When can Aaron want his Moses and again when can Moses want his Aaron that is the King his Priest I mean never never nay not at Death for before Aaron died Moses by Command stripped Aaron of his Garments the Badge of his Priesthood and put them upon Eleazer his Son And Aaron died Numb 20. 28 Moses and Eleazar his Nephew now his Priest c●me down from the Mount a vacuum in the Priesthood to God to a Godly Moses being even for an i●stant hated And mark it such whose boldness or who●● sloathfulness can come down to that is converse with the people to rule the Tabernacle without a Son of Aaron though he should talk with God shall have Sauls event when he attempted to ●ffer a burnt-offering whereon his Ruine fearfully was bottomed Samuel assuring him he had done fo●lishly for but for that his Kingdom had been established for ever all other evils ●alling upon him flowed from that attempt made upon the Priestly Function 1 Sam. 13. Though he pleaded a nec●ssity and was truly in an amazing strait 1 Sam. 13. 13. Samuel being absent and the Philistins present Victory over all Adversaries is not many miles distant when the Sword of the Lord a●d of Gideon enters the field together yea this freed the Kingdom from Tyrrany when Jehojadah the High Priest was married to Jehoshabeath King I●h●tam● Daughter whose Heir and Prince All others being slain was s●cured in the ●ouse of the Lord by his Uncle the P●●●st 〈◊〉 a c●●veni●nt time ●thalia was slain with the Sword and h●w p●e●ty a sight and P●ognostick of future good to any but Traitors wer● it to see that which th●n was s●en viz. The King by a pillar of the house of the Lord and the Priests round about him and the people rejoycing to see both 2 King 11. 19. This will enhance the Dearne●s when you may re●●em●er that ordinarily the Jews keeped within their T●i●es yet here for l●ve Levi marries with the house of David and not far for d●arness again the Kings of Judah had thei● Palace so near the House of the Lord and Temple t●at there was b●t a st●p or a court betwixt them And how seemly was it to see th● Pr●phet the great Preacher Isai●h preach in the Cou●t being by the Hebrews Grandchild to King ●m Zia and to have behold him advising Figs for the recovery of Hezekia who according to the same Teachers was both his King and Son in Law marrying his Daughter Hephzib● s●mewhat is in this also that Churches are oft in Records called Basilica i. e. the Palaces of Kings And the great Hermes of Egypt was called Trismegistus i. e. ter Maximus thrice great being the greatest Philosopher Priest and King of his Age and spake about if not before the time of Moses Aaron of the Trinity of a three-fold world of a three-fold Knowledge c. Queen Elizabeth in a progress rejoyced exceedingly to meet some Country Justices of the Peace each one having his Minister with him concluding tha● Co●ntry well governed But that of Scotlands Crown by Fames Trumpet should be known to all the world that in our late Rebellion from Dunnotter Castle then besiedged by the English the Wife of Mr. Granger M●nister of Kineffe secured b●th

King-like both to begin business and industriously to end them yea end them so as being prepared for a fresh Sally without transport perplexity or amazement For when in Symbols we see an Asses Head affixed or joyned to a Humane Body by the Masters of that Art we are to understand a Doltish Blocked Dull and Heavy-pated Ruler James the third of this Ancient Kingdom presented himself in a Medal under a Crown as a Hen brooding over her Chickens with this Device Non Dormit qui Custodit Magistrates are not sleepy though asleep keeping their Subjects warm and spying dangers within their Circle contriving methods of deliverance and escapes to those under their wings in excessive colds or apparent hazards This made Solomon in a dream to act the Wise man beautifying his Throne grandizing his Peasants making the Boot a Noble-man and the Noble-man a King himself as it were a god by peace wealth and Religion all issuing from a sublimated fore-sight of and careful plodding upon the weight of his Affairs even in the visions of the night A Judge as he should set himself to know Wisdom and Folly beholding not only the Noon-day of Righteousness of a person in full and ample Declamations of his innocence but also the Twi-light or Star-light of another in his incongruous or incoherent defences Never failing if better cannot be to light the Candle of his own perception by Interrogatories and Demurs making Scrutiny into the darkest Crevice and blindest Corner of a petulant Accuser detecting his malevolence in the pursuit and his revenge in clamouring for a Sentence In which Festus was an unjust Judge for leaving Paul bound to procure to himself the favour of malicious Jews Acts 24. And whoever followeth him affronteth the Guards that attend them A Magistrate being therefore encompass'd with Partizans and Halberts that all may know he is purposed truly to discern the face of all Affairs and immediatly both ready to punish Malversation and protect the Regular in their well principled behaviour The 3. Observation of Providence is when by a Cluster of antecedent Affairs compared with the present in a prudent way of Arguing Conclusions are drawn touching what may afterward occur Absaloms Murther being pardoned gave life to a more unnatural Rebellion and since no man did the unreasonable Mu●e hang'd the disloyal Traitor This is not to reflect upon David but my Lord to mind you and your Honourable Assistants that very often it is no favour to let the smallest sinner go free from what hath been seen a Reproof a pair of Stocks one hours uneasie Lodging or a lash with a Whip may save both the expence and shame of a Halter I am prone to think that Moses severity against Dathan and Abiram had this in its eye the people having often murmured and apt to complain but until then never offered to attatch the Priesthood apprehending therefore there might still be in the Camp incroachments made upon the Sacred Office he cursed them from the common death of all men if I may call it a curse to deter hereafter Sacrilegious thoughts from the bosoms of any how holy soever and remove them from attempting to touch that Holy Ground of the Lords Priest-hood Upon the same Bottom it may be conjectured Peter founded his strictness upon Sacrilegious Annanias that none after him upon their peril should presume to make offer of somewhat to the Lords service with both hands willingly yet sordidly to clinch their finger for detaining a part he saying in that bloodless slaughter to Annanias Sons Give all unto or say you give but half unto the Lords House that is for the use of his Servants and his Temple But Sacriledge is none of my Province this is proper that it is good to be warry And as upon one of your Tolbooths or New-gate there is written Justitia alit Pacem Peace is Daughter unto Justice so Justice this night in a small degree may procure great peace some years from the offender whereas Impunity rankleth to a greater disgrace and the old Proverb for a Judges Chair may be a Motto Foolish pity spoils a City If these things from Sacred and Humane Authorities were heeded every where in Courts of Judicature called Christian how universally disposed should all Judges be to perform what is the next end of Ezrah's installing Judges for and that is 2. Teaching inducing a care of propagating and countenancing of Religion This the Persian King Dichotomizes branching it into two Forms or Classes 1. Such as know the Law of the Lord and 2. Such as know it not There had been before liberty given to all the Priests Levits and the People to go up to Jerusalem it might then be supposed in regard of the Captivity the Law was either in whole or in part forgotten or which is more charitably judged that the Jews did know the Law whereas Strangers of other Nations might go with Ezrah or be in Canaan and so being Heathen or their Religion being mixed with Heathenism might not be perfect in the Law of the Lord and both these he was to teach Ezrah was a ready Scribe in the Law of Moses having it as we say upon his finger ends for which eminent endowment is he by his now Soveraign made Archbishop or if that offend the great Superintendent of the Kingdom of Israel and also as a Civilian hath Authority to appoint Judges a favour shewn him by the Bounty-Royal of a Prince and such as Ezrah not only courteously but thankfully accepts yet now there are some that would condemn him for neglecting his Priestly Office in receiving a Commission for setting up Magistrates and Judges but this is all we sh●ll say that they that condemneth Church-men for this duplicate Authority are not so ready Scribes in the Book of the Law as he was for if they were they would with him understand both Law and Church and people would be bettered by those Judges he set up or then Almighty GOD had never in his Law so joyned Magistrate and Minister together Nay their Necessity Nature Reason Experience or all moved that from Tully when he said that if any thought that the Attick Re-publick can be well governed without the Coucil of the Areopagites he may as well say that the world may be governed without the provide●ce of the gods i. e. Church-mens Courts The Civil ●ffice being no more impeded by his Judges teaching then his Spiritual Office was by his ordaining Judges obstructed both Priest-hood and Princedom here uniting for dignifying each other as from the beginning hath been and as yet it doth and shall in Christ whose Laws never divorced what his Father had in all Generations joyned together There is a twofold teach●ng 1. Regal 2. Sacerdotale And again 1. Private 2. Publick And again 1. By Countenancing it before others 2. Performing it in their own persons A Magistrate may and ought to teach all these first ways A Levit or a Priest is to teach all the

it the Scepter and the Sword under her husbands Pulpit He and She now and then taki●g them up to secure them from rust and though gre●t summs by Proclamation were offered for discovery yet was th● Pulpit its Sanctuary untill again it was brought in calmer times before the Throne in Parliament Of which single though National Act let the pulpit of Kineffe boast and again let the Crown glory that no Money no Sword but a Pulpit secured that Ancient that Noble that unravished Crown from the head not only of an Usurper but of a Stranger who was not of the house nor heir of Scotland O ● had our Pulpit● of late so far reg●rded themselves as to have remembred this their interest in the Court and to its Master the Ene●y had not casten up so high a Tr●nch about both to the batt●ring defacing and d●stroying of both But that God had left us a remenant as a naile in a sure place they had become as dung Our King Our Princes being and reckoned among the Gentiles Lam. 29. Our Taberna●le took away and our Priests despised v. 6. c. How much better the old and sober Egyptians whose King in the morning being to repair to the Temple and Sacrifice after his Offering the chief Prelate told the People what vertues were in the King what Religion toward the gods and after other such like Doctrine all went about their affairs and why not For what could hinder prosperity and peace when Kings respected Church-men and Church-men honoured Kings and both in sig●t of the People R. B. Let me say in the words of our Master to that Question about Neighbour-hood lest we fall amongst Theeves go and do ye likewise Luk. 10. 37. remembering that in Rebellion Zadok ●nd all the Levites chused to follow David both in Person and in Counsel 2 Sam. 15. 29. These two are not only lovely in their lives but in their deaths they are not divided for look after the Monuments of Judahs Princes see the Sepulchres of the Sons of David and you shal see in the throng a Son of Aaron a Divine chapla●nizing in Death to those dead Hero's as if these goodly Worthies were not honoured sufficiently by their curious Dormitories untill the dust of a Priest graced their sleep they served the same God Jehojadah did they did much good to the Kingdom so did Jehojadah they died as he so did he as they they lye in state and lamented by the people so does he and so was he keeping the Churches priviledge always being near the King 2 Ch. 24. 16. whereas one King Jehojakim is cast forth with the burial of an Ass● for despising the Lords Priests c●v●a●ing all against disrespecting of the Lords House wherein by both Honour unto both is to be upheld or both will be contemned At Augustine the Monkes first coming to England the King of Kent the first Christian King Ethelbert gave him liberty to build o● repair Houses for Christian Worship in process of time being made Arch-Bishop of Canterbury He and the King He the first Christian King in the world He the first Arch-bishop of B●itain lived so in Honor and Love and Plenty together that a●ter leave given the Bishop builded a Monastry yet called Augustins for a burial-place to the Kings and for the Arch-bishops of that See Let none look with an evil eye upon this n●ar●esse but rather thank the Arch-bishop for untill his time and untill this Act the Kings themselves had no care for nor had that is read of any certain burial place but afterward had walled about with the Reverend Clergy forming a greater awe in those who presumed to tread the ground where their Civil and Spiritual Guides lay by mutual consent for question not the Kings pleasure therein he giving it as it is in the Charter D●o in horem S. Petri aliquam partem Terrae juris mei c. And being a Royal Sepulchre a Reverend Channel ground Ex authoritate s●il Apostolica hinc ad aeternam-glor●am resuscit and a c. whence their bodies might arise together to that heavenly glory whereunto they by their Bishops were exhorted all this about Ann● Dom. 6●0 It is evident that God thus marshalling Moses and Aaron in their several Offices had c●re to protect the we●kest side with strongest Walls and Barrs for since Aaron the Elder Brother ha● the Sword took out of his h●●d●y D●cree and in stead thereof ge●ting a S●crifi●ing knife yet observe it that knife is put into his hand by a 〈◊〉 statu●e and to the house of Aaron wh●reas Moses Sword able in a great measure to defend it self is left in the hand of Providence to fi●d out th●s and that Josu●h th●s and that Sampson this and that Sam●●l The unce●tainty whereof creats genuinly a Reveren●e to the certain and constant Priest-hood the only great secure way the Sword hath a Moses hath even now to keep it self long in his and his Sons hands for its honourable bearing As is visible all the dayes of Moses Joshuah and the Judges where so●etimes in an Extraordinary way the Judge is Priest but at the Unction of the Son of Jesse the Regal P●wer being se●led in a Familie and Thrones of Judgeme●t set for the house of David Psal. 122. then it was Blesse the Lord O House of Isra●l Bless the Lord O house of Aaron Bless the Lord O hous● of Levi Psal. 139. These runing by Law assunder yet together I mean David and Aaron near each other smiling and j●yning hands together both having the same enemies the same smiles of Providence they march parallel together untill again as at the first they meet in the first begotten of the Father in that Son of David Jesus Christ both King and Priest unto his Church and by Birth-right and Blood that is in respect of his Humane Nature allieed both to Moses and Aaron being a Branch of the two great Houses of Judah and Levi. The Holy Virgin Mary being of the House of David and her godly Cousin Elizabeth of the Levitical Tribe Thence it cometh that who o despiseth one of those Loyal Levits and rebelleth against any of these true Princes are proclaimed Enemies to both Families united in the Corner-stone of our blessed Saviour Upon which account it is that Rebells and Traitours usually pretend both good to Church and State to be thought good Christians and also true Subjects Be wise therefore O Kings Be instructed ye Judges of the Earth Take not too much upon you ye Sons of Levi 〈◊〉 Judges when ascending the Judgement Seat become like Melchisedet having neither Father nor Mother by Impartiality and let all Aarons Sons as true L●vits in the case of the Golden Calf become like the Sons of that Priest their Grand-father Saying to their Fathers and their Mothers I have not seen them when countenancing Rebellion Deut. 33. 9. For unless your Children use this Speech in the Land Cities of our Judah The Lord