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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33531	English-law, or, A summary survey of the houshold of God on earth and that both before and under the law, and that both of Moses and the Lord Jesus : historically opening the purity and apostacy of believers in the successions of ages, to this present : together with an essay of Christian government under the regiment of our Lord and King, the one immortal, invisible, infinite, eternal, universal prince, the Prince of Peace, Emmanuel.	Cock, Charles George.	1651 (1651)	Wing C4789; ESTC R37185	322,702	228

converted Thus you see the devils beginning he presently raises up controversies in the Church and also persecution without the Apostles are imprisoned but for magnifying Christ one condemned to death as a traytor an enemy to Caesar See it was the doctrine of Righteousness was opposed but Treason is charged how many Christians have played fast and loose for this cause with Christ for could they have suffered as Martyrs and had the point of Controversie been the main of their charge they would have stood it out to the last but that being but by the by and Treason or Disobedience to Powers the chief they faltered but the Apostles and Disciples through good report and evil report went on in the Work and great wonders were every day done confirming the believer and astonishing the opposer so that now in the greatest Cities of Asia Greece and Italy the Gospel is preached wherein the believers of all sorts have the same rules laid down which Christ delivered to his Apostles clearing still the righteousness of the Law but not placing Salvation in obedience to it as is manifest in all the writings of the Apostles and by them as by our Saviour urged by the Letter of the old Testament declared by the Prophets against unnatural lust idolatry coveteousness maliciousness envy murder debate deceit frowardness extortion pride boasting idleness haters of any good doers of any wrong inventors of any evil disobedience to any power ignorance breakers of Covenant without naturall affection unappeaseable merciless and that these are worthy of death he appeals to the Laws which if he meant of nature to the unconverted Gentile whose morall strictness was most admirable then surely to the converted he much more intended the Law of God given by Moses unto his people according to an everlasting Covenant being of generall necessity and convenience under the Gospel as during the Law and by those Laws he saith the offender deserved death and surely that particular cruelty was universal mercy and in and through all the writings of Scripture there is urged not onely a necessity of having but of obedience to the Law but for civil benefit not as saving but as found general in those whom God had elected as St. Paul argues strongly in shewing the nature of the Covenant with Abraham to be universal to all believers so that it was a Covenant of Faith and if I be not mistaken it is plain the Covenant is though called double yet not liable to that distinction of Works and Faith but that which was through the veil which was then upon the profession of the Law placed in the obedience onely to the Law and so called of Works was now unveiled and declared to be onely by Faith but withall evidenced that that faith which was not still working was dead and the testimony of our faith to the Church was our works and I see not but that the outward promises or promises of outward blessings are still the rewards of legal obedience and for the reward of faith I see no promises but of eternal bliss and though the faithful keep the Law yet they rest not now upon the promises of the Law but the glad tidings of the Gospel sound in their ears and they are fixed upon the Allelujahs of eternity Out of all which we may gather That the Law not only Moral but Judicial being not absolutely and necessarliy proper to the Jew onely as being either Ccermonial or alluding some way thereto was the obligation of common or civil and also of Christian equity to the whole Church believing in Christ whether Jew or Gentile which is plainly manifested through both the Testaments but now all the Ceremonial Law being Typical of Christ that was abolished so that as the shadow vanishes when the substance appeareth the proper Priestly function service sacrifice rites and all are buried and will God now leave no Rule of Faith no worship no day no order no government no maintenance Let us see the way for this First Christ taught then his Disciples then each Christian instructed one the other and upon this ariseth Sects and Divisions even in the Apostles times some were of Paul some of Apollos some of Cephas so that now what was the Church of or in a Province was or might be divided into several Congregations and that either differing in a Circumstance yet holding all the head in one Communitie of worship upon occasion and so onely a Sect or differing in opinion in things not plain but doubtful or else in matters which were counted of such value or so nighly concerning the principal points of faith that they did as it were rent from the Head and would not admit admixtion which were the producers of Schism and this was or ought to be as was at first supposed onely in heresie things or opinions inconsistent with the rules of Christianity which either did appear or it was declared would appear in Pauls time Now how doth Paul deal with these Truly what power he had concealed that he either used not or pretended not unto is not possible to judge of but what he used was according to the nature of the Covenant explained which was of faith for the works of the Law in literal obedience man may enforce obedience but Grace is the onely gift of God and therefore he onely useth the sword of the Spirit which was the Word powerful indeed in a right and skilful hand and no other he informs and labors to enlighten them that Christ was the head and if a member were divided from the Head it was no longer a member and tells them plainly that Christ was the foundation and who ever laid other however wise in the sight of the world whether of worshipping of Angels mediation by Saints abstaining from meats forbidding to marry observing of daies and all such like though they had a shew of wisdome in voluntary humility and beating down the flesh yet they were will worship the gate for Sathan to enter by and by carnal seeming wisdom to build with hay and stubble and daube with untempered morter yea to change the truth of God into a lye through the decieveableness of the flesh for these precepts of men being admitted first as explaining the will of God were then accompted helps then necessary then matter of faith and this prophesie who is so blind that hath not seen fullfilled therefore he advises to beware of vain humane wisdome or philosophy which was bewitching and tells that this mystery of iniquity began to work and would work and that there would spring Heresies yea that it was necessary but from the Gospel no one must depart no not though preached by an Angel from heaven and least the people of God should be discomforted by the afflictions and persecutions of the Apostles and other disciples and professors it is often plainly declared they must look to tread the trace which their blessed Saviour had done who was the high Priest of

binding to the Jew but from the equity of it was and is the pure principle of obedience to the supream powers Obey God for where that is not or ceases the other is little observed so that some which it was thought believed no God yet professed many by that superstition to inforce a reverence and from thence obedience Moses now not only gives but administers law also unto the people in the next place looks to setling of civill judicatures in the stablishment of Judges and giving rules for the choice of Judges and administration of justice wherein it is worth observation that the advice Moses receiveth herein though not from the mouth of Almighty God but of Jethro his Father in law yet being agreeable to good reason I say no more he yields enquires not of God nor did God alter it after because not coming immediatly from himself nor made any declaration by himself or Moses that it came from him either to get the glory to himself or to enforce with greater authority the acceptation of the same Nor yet disallows of it after but approves it and it was an establisht Law for the great judicatory of that Nation for ever accordingly The next thing was the Act of Almighty God in giving the laws whereby the people should be judged which were summarily comprehended and written in two Tables of Stone it may be to signifie their long or everlasting duration which were delivered by Gods own hand according to our natural expression unto Moses and by him unto the children of Israel Gods people which Laws were of two sorts the first concerning God written in one Table the other concerning man written in the other now these being as we say general laws and difficultly could all sins and offences by the common people be reduced to their proper Commandment so that they would have pleaded ignorance in excuse of their sin Therefore God gives particular Laws and Rules for all emergent sins and sets forth particularly the whole frame and order of the worship and service he expected from his people yea every circumstance requirable therein upon which the whole Law of God or which God gave to the Jew was or is thus distinguished into morall and ceremoniall relating from man to God in his worship and service of him And into morall and judicial relating from man to man which later must be thus opened The Laws of the two Tables were and still are by many supposed to be absolutely morall or perpetual and that as well to the Christian now as to the Jew then but the judicial not so but of this more in convenient place and time Now these judicial laws commonly called Moses judicials did respect both body and goods all which stand upon such order as is most agreeable to natural equity to the well being of a Common wealth and that both in peace and war To a mans self and also towards his neighbour superior and inferior yea in all things tending thereto which laws as the Jew received them from the hand of Moses as their cheif and governor so did they live accordingly giving obedience to them all the daies of Moses after whom not Moses son or sons ruled Israel neither by his their or the peoples seeking was any such thing once mentioned but the government most especial gifts and graces testifying his divine vocation shewing forth themselves in him was given unto Joshua but no new law divulged but the division of inheritances to the several Tribes in their respective conquests was as the Lord had commanded Moses and he gave forth as a law to the people And having through Gods goodness given possessions and in peace to Israel before his death he calls for all Israel or their elders heads judges and officers and from Gods former and present mercies promise and threatnings perswades them to obedience to these laws which for some time they observed under their particular heads of Tribes without any particular Prince and won great victories against their enemies which although I find in history to be ascribed to be done under the command of Phineas the Preist yet I wave it and only prosecute the order of Scripture The next successor in government there given to them is Othniel then Ehud Shamgar Deborah and Barak then Gideon these were by a special spirit of God raised up for the deliverance and saving Israel from the hand of those enemies into whose hand for sin their God had delivered them But they still departing from him that is from his Laws not giving either any or not due obedience God as it seems intending to chastise them yet more as the stroaks or contentions of friends are most bitter suffers Abimelech the son of Gideon by unjust and unused waies to seek not only the government but a kingdom yet after his death whose ambition was also punished together with the peoples sin for the people were Gods avengers on him as he was of the people now arises a new succession of Judges of several Tribes and as it seems also by the special hand of their God upon them as Tola Jari Jeptha Sampson after whose time there was as it were an interregnum no King no Judge in Israel and the manifestation of the will of God by a special spirit to any chief of Israel ceased and so for defect of worthy noble vertuous spirits the government was conferred upon Eli the Preist in whose time there was no manifest vision And though Samuel the last had it yet it continued not after him if it ceased not to work at sometimes in him who as it seems rather out of fatherly indulgence although he had seen the judgements of God upon Eli his Master and his family for such weaknesses are evident often in Gods dearest children then by divine appointment makes his sons Judges but they turning aside after lucre and taking bribes perverted judgement Whereupon all the Elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah and said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy waies that is righteously now therefore make us a King to judge us like all Nations Where we may see error in government and governors causeth desires of change of government But the Lord commands Samuel to listen to the peoples voyce but declaring to Samuel who it seems was also a little sensible of the peoples neglect towards him though most for God that this choice of man was their rejection of God Whence mark in the purity or purest of times Gods Church was governed as a Common-wealth in the declining daies it grew to a kingdom The next thing to be considered of is to see the King settled in his Throne wherein I shall first seek out how they came to have a King that is whether of divine appointment or of their own election t is truth that it seems both concurred 1 Sam. 8. 5. compared with 1 Sam. 9. 15. but then the question is