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A65716	Three sermons preach'd at Salisbury the first, A.D. 1680, and again before the militia, at their going against the late Duke of Monmouth ... the second preach'd before the Right Reverend Father in God, Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum, A.D. 1681 ... the third, preach'd A.D. 1683, at the election of the mayor ... / by Daniel Whitby.	Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726.	1685 (1685)	Wing W1737; ESTC R28389	88,809	79

Our Saviour also seems to intimate that they did frequently repeat the same Expressions using Battology after the manner of the Heathens to signifie the Vehemence and Ardour of their Prayers They fasted often saith St. Matthew They fasted twice a Week saith Luke and they continued their Fastings * Leightf in locum till the Sun went down and in these days of Fasting they employed themselves in publick † Leightf in 9. Matt. 14. reading of the Law And lastly they were somewhat costly and expensive in their Service for they would beautifie and garnish the Sepulchres of the Prophets Mat. 23.29 to testifie their great Respect to him who sent them and yet these Pharisees are charged by our Lord with gross Hytocrisie he plainly tells them Luke 18.14 That all their Fastings would not justifie them and their long Prayers would only add to their Damnation 2. Men may be frequently possess'd with a great Zeal for God for the Concernments of his Glory the Purity of his Worship the Observation of his Day and of his Ordinances they may be zealous and stiff Contenders for what they call the Truth and by so doing may demonstrate that they have a form of Godliness that in appearance they are great Promoters of his Glory and strict Observers of his Will and yet these very Men may want the Power of Godliness and be the greatest Violaters of those Laws they seem so zealous to maintain St. Paul professeth That it was Zeal which moved him to persecute the Church of Christ Philip. 3.6 and that he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Zealot for his God when he bound imprisoned and persecuted to the Death his dearest Servants Acts 22.3.9.1 and breath'd forth Threatnings and Slaughters against the Disciples of the Lord. When above measure he did persecute the Church and waste it Gal. 1.14 Act. 26.9 10 11. then was he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 superlatively zealous when he shut Christians up in Prison compell'd them to blaspheme persecuted them to strange Cities and by his Testimony against them did procure their Death he only did what he conceived himself in Conscience bound to do against the Name of Jesus and yet on the account of this his Zeal he stiles himself the chiefest of Sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 1 Cor. 15.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 26.11 Rom. 10.2 Acts 22.3 and the least of the Apostles He calls his Zeal excess of Madness and saith that he obtained Pardon of so great a Crime only because he did it ignorantly And of the unbelieving Jews in general the same Apostle testifieth that they had a Zeal for God that they were all zealous for God as he was that they were zealous for the Law and stiffly did contend for Moses and could not hear with Patience that any one should teach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 21.21 Apostacy from Moses and yet these Zealots as he himself declares Rom. 11.8 were given up by God unto the Spirit of Slumber and though they boasted of the Law yet they blasphem'd the Name of God by frequent Violations of it they Rom. 2.23 notwithstanding all their Zeal for God were by himself rejected from being any more his People and Wrath came upon them to the uttermost and though they did profess the greatest Reverence for Moses John 5.45 yet did they not believe his Words Their Zeal against the Christian Faith caus'd them to send some chosen Men throughout the World to blaspheme Justin Mar. p. 234 335. Idem Dial. cum Tryph. p. 235. Ibid. p. 234 323 335. and represent Christianity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as a wicked Atheistick Sect and from these Men saith Justin Martyr all those vile Stories took their rise which Heathens did object against the Christians Their Zeal provok'd them in their Synagogues to curse all that believed in Jesus and add unto their other Prayers one for the * Leight Harm part 3. p. 217. destruction of the Hereticks for so after the Romish Mode they called Christians They had a Sect of Zealots who in their Writings are stiled good Men possess'd with a Zeal for God who took upon them Leightf in Joh. 16.2 in imitation of the Zeal of Phinehas to kill all such as they esteem'd Transgressors who deserved Death without judicial Sencence pass'd upon them and these Men did employ their Zeal in killing Christians as often as they had opportunity to do it Just Mar. 16. p. 234. 363. Apol. p. 72. John 16.2 and in so doing they conceived that they offer'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the most acceptable Service to God The Pharisees were of all Jews the greatest Zealots they were possess'd with this Opinion That no Man could be saved who owned not their Religion and therefore to promote their Faith Matt. 23.15 and make one Proselyte unto it they compass'd Sea and Land Pocock Not. Miscel p. 354. Among the seven kinds of Pharisees they had one stiled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Pharisee who serv'd God purely out of Love as they pretended but then this Love was only Rashi ibid. saith another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Love of Reward or Reputation among others So careful were they to have God's Laws observ'd that they by their Traditions made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Hedge unto the Law Leightf Harm part 3. p. 216. i. e. They would do more that so they might be sure to do as much as God required Mark 7.2 They were so zealous for the Observation of the Sabbath-day that they would not permit our Saviour to do the greatest Works of Charity or Mercy Matt. 12.2 or his Disciples to satisfie their Hunger on that day and yet our Lord declares that notwithstanding all this Zeal they were but gilded Hypocrites Matt. 23.33 a Generation of Vipers who could not possibly escape Damnation Sciant omnes socii speciali voto se adstringi ita ut quicquid Modernus alii R. Pontifices pro tempore existentes jusserint ad profectum animarum fidei propagationem pertinens sine ulla tergiversatione aut excusatione illico quantum in nobis fuerit exequl teneamur sive nos miserit ad Turcas sive ad quoscunque alios Infideles sive ad quoscunque Haereticos Paul 3. const 25. § 6. Bullar R. to 1. p. 739. Voveant singuli se in omnibus quae ad Regulae hujus nostrae observationem faciunt obedientes fore societatis praeposito § 8. ed. A. D. 1540. vid. Jul. tertium const 9. ed. A. D. 1550. § 5 7 8. Greg. 13. const 89. ed. A. D. 1584. § 12. to 2. p. 472. I could proceed to tell you of some Men amongst us whose Circumcellian Zeal hath prompted them to murther Bishops and of some Scotish Zealots Scots Declaration put upon the Market Cross at Rugland who in their printed Declarations profess to have turn'd Rebels out of pure Zeal for

tantum legis observatoribus prodesse oportet Haereticos autem atque Schismaticos non tantum ab his privilegiis alienos esse volumus sed etiam diversis muneribus constringi subjici Imperator Constantinus A. ad Drucilianum Cod. Theodos l. 16. Tit. 5. l. 1. Privileges He granted to the Clergy should belong only to the Catholicks not to the Hereticks or Schismaticks i. e. the Arians or Meletians 2. 'T is also evident that notwithstanding all these Edicts the Arian Emperors did often persecute the Orthodox Professors of the Faith For (e) Socr. Eccl. Hist l. 2. c. 7.13 Soz. l. 3. c. 4 7. Constantius expelled Paulus Bishop of Constantinople and appointed Eusebius Bishop of Nicomedia to succeed him yea he afterwards (f) Socr. l. 2. c. 16. banished him and placed Macedonius in his room He threatned (g) Socr. l. 2. c. 17. Soz. l. 3. c. 9. death to Athanasius and when both Paul and Athanasius were restored to their Sees by the Council of Sardica though whilst his Brother Constans lived he durst not gainsay that Decree after his death He (h) Socr. l. 2. c. 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ib. c. 27. again expelled them He was saith Socrates perswaded by Macedonius to assist him in wasting of the Churches at least as (i) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Soz. l. 4. c. 20. Sozomen informs us Macedonius pretended his Commission so to do whereupon all the Oratories of the (k) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Soz. l. 4 c. 20. Catholicks were taken away and they were expelled both from their Churches and their Cities who held the (l) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Socr. lib. 2. c. 27. Son to be of the same Substance with the Father and were persecuted in like manner as the Heathen Emperors had persecuted Christians and with equal cruelty These Persecutions did prevail (m) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ibid. c. 28 throughout the East in Alexandria also in Egypt and in both the Libya's some of the Bishops were exiled some manacled and others did by (n) Socr. l. 2. c. 28. slight endeavour to consult their fafety all this was done before the Council of Ariminum and so before any Decree was made for the establishment of the Faith there propounded The next Emperors infected with the Arian Heresy were Valens and Valentinian who as (o) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eccl. Hist l 4. c. 8. Theodoret informs us at first asserted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Consubstantial Trinity and by their Edict commanded all men to profess it and by so doing made that to be the Established Religion of the Empire But afterwards we learn from (p) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 4. c. 1. Socrates that Valens did grievously treat those who consented not unto the Arians that he raised an (q) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 2. implacable War against the Orthodox that he (r) Socr. l. 4. c. 3. persecuted them in the East and (ſ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 6. shewed his inclinations that all Christians should arianize that he (t) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Soz. l. 6. c. 9. persecuted the Novatians because they were Orthodox and deprived them and others of the like judgment with them of their Churches that the (u) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Socr. l. 4. c. 15. Arians did beat reproach imprison and committed intolerable outrages upon them and these or at least many of these things were done before any new Edict was set forth for the establishment of the faith taught by the Council of Ariminum or for reversing of the forementioned Decree 3. The Christians who lived under these Arian Emperors and suffered so much by them did constantly declare They thought themselves obliged in Conscience to be subject to them that they could not lawfully resist them and therefore were content to suffer Martyrdom thus when Constantius the Emperor did persecute the Christians of Alexandria Pop. Alex. protestuo apud Athan. Tom. 1. p. 868. they never thought of fighting for the established Religion but only of patient suffering for it for say they if it be the Emperors Command we should be persecuted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we are all in a readiness to suffer Martyrdom so well instructed in that Doctrine of passive obedience were the Ancient Christians which this late Author doth Burlesque And though * Socr. l. 2. c. 25. Vetranio Magnentius and Gallus rebelled against Constantius and † Socr. l. 4. c. 5. Soz. l. 6. c. 8. Procopius against Valens none of them were assisted or countenanced by the Orthodox Professors but they were still reputed by them Tyrants and Rebellious persons Sixthly Consider the Absurdities which do attend this Doctrine It makes that Treason and Damnation after an humane constitution a Law or Act of Parliament which before was a Christian Duty for surely insurrections are never things indifferent they never can be lawful but when they by some Law of God or nature become necessary and they are wanting in their duty who do not rebel Now though a Humane Law or Act of Parliament may make that sinful in its exercise which was before indifferent it is not easie to conceive how it should turn a necessary duty into the worst of sins and transform the Glorious Martyr into the damned Rebel 2. What Conviction so ever any Prince may have that the established Religion is New and Schismatical or justly charged with Superstition and Idolatry he cannot by this Doctrine attempt to change it and to establish true Religion in its place by any penalties imposed upon the Superstitious or Schismatical but he must be in danger of an Insurrection and by this very Act must authorize his Subjects to enquire with Sword and Pistol in their hand By what law must we suffer for professing the established Religion 3. This strange Assertion justifies those Rebels who endeavoured to hinder Queen Mary whose inclinations and disaffection to the then established Religion they well knew from coming to the Crown and it condemns the Reformation both in this and in all other Kingdoms as being that by which the Roman Catholicks did suffer in their estates and Persons for professing of the established Religion if then this be sufficient Ground for any Subjects to rebel against their lawful Soveraign that their Religion is established by Law and they are like to suffer by his attempt to change it Jul. p. 69. and that 't will be too late for them to help themselves should they be quiet till there Reformers strengthen their Innovations by a Law there must have been sufficient cause for the Rebellion of Roman Catholicks in all those Countries and if the introduction of the Reformation by which they suffered could warrant their Rebellion the Reformation must be an evil thing that being evil with a Witness which can make Rebellion good So evident is it that this Doctrine tends more to turn a