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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	punishment_n	sin_n	wage_n	4,100	5	11.0461	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39241	The doctrine of passive obedience asserted in a sermon preach'd on January 30, 1684 / by James Ellesby ...	Ellesby, James, b. 1644 or 5.	1685 (1685)	Wing E537; ESTC R11960	23,468	38

Cruelty But God be praised none of these Considerations mov'd them They were acted by other-guess Maximes and Principles than the disaffected of this present Age We hear of no Attempts or Offers of Resistance amidst the greatest heats of Persecution and it is a mighty Credit to Christianity and Satisfaction to all good Christians that no such thing is recorded of them This argues the Goodness both of their Cause and Religion which upon that Account deservedly recommends it self to the especial Care and Protection of Princes as being the best Fence and Security to their Persons and Government § 4. Resistance against Lawful Authority is a Sin that doth most commonly meet with its Shame and Punishment even in this Life and hath evermore been Abhor'd by all Good Men notwithstanding the Success which for a time it may meet withall No Crime is judg'd more Wicked and Unnatural more Mischievous and Prejudicial to Humane Society than this and no greater Punishment assign'd to any than to this of Treason and Rebellion which is the plain English of all Violent Resistance when oppos'd to Lawful Authority it being of most dangerous Consequence to all States and no Government long Safe where this may be permitted or thought Lawful and therefore the Laws of all Nations under Heaven have strictly provided against this Sin and branded it with the greatest Reproach and Infamy in the World It forfeits not only the Life and Estate of the Party guilty thereof but Taints his Blood Ignobles his Posterity and is too oft the Ruine and Dishonour of many otherwise Splendid and Illustrious Families especially where the Prince is pleas'd to take the Forfeiture according to the utmost Rigour and Extremity of the Law Est enim tam grave Crimen ut vix permittatur Haeredibus quod vivant saith Bracton 't is so Vile and Infamous a piece of Guilt that the Law doth hardly allow Life to his Children and Posterity Had I time I might observe unto you out of all sorts of History and the Records of all Nations extant the Sore and Grievous Punishments which have overtaken those that have been given to Change and drawn into Open Rebellion or secret Conspiracy against their Lawful Prince and Governours which is a manifest token how much God and Man abhors this Sin and how dangerous it is to those that are Guilty thereof The Time would fail me to speak of the just Judgment of God pursuing Korah Dathan and Abiram who rose up against Moses Absalom Achitophel and Sheba who rebelled against David befalling Bigthan and Teresh which conspired against Ahasuerus Theudas and Judas of Galilee who made an Insurrection under the Romans overtaking the Murderers of Saul and Ishbosheth his Son and the Conspirators against the several Kings of Judah and Israel All which are recorded in Holy Writ to be like Lot's Wife when turn'd into a Pillar of Salt as so many standing Monuments to caution us against this horrid Guilt where unto I might add out of prophane Story the Murderers of Darius Alexander J. Caesar and an infinite more who have been all brought to a Shameful and Untimely End by this very Sin and Branded to Posterity for their detestable Treasons and Conspiracies against their Princes and Sovereigns § The whole Nation of the Jews who were very Peaceable and Quiet under both their former Captivities and upon that Account always far'd the better for it God himself inclining the Hearts of their Conquerours toward them and sometimes appearing in an Extraordinary manner for their Safety and Deliverance yet were at last utterly Ruin'd by this very Sin for by Rebelling against the Romans they became a dreadful Instance of God's Wrath and Severity first under Titus and afterward under Adrian by whom for their frequent Mutinies and Insurrections they were banish'd their Countrey forbid their City and every foot of Land taken from them which they could never recover from that time to this What shall I or can I say more the great Conscience which David made of Resisting Saul Injuring his Person or Attempting ought against his Government notwithstanding he was Chosen of God and Anointed by Samuel to the Succession as likewise his punishing the wicked Amalekite with Death for laying hands upon him tho in his Distress and at his Request to prevent his Fall into the Enemies hands All these Instances give us to understand if we will Understand any thing how Hateful and Abominable this Sin is both to God and Man and how much we should dread all Beginnings and Approches thereunto § I pray what have the Authours of the late Rebellion and in particular of this Days horrible Parricide what have they got thereby but besides the Forfeiture of their Lives and Estates a Stain upon their Memories a Reproach to their Religion and Cause of perpetual Jealousie and Suspicion from the Government The like may be affirm'd of all those who have been any ways Instrumental in carrying on the two late Horrid Conspiracies against the Life of our Present King whom I pray God long preserve what have they got hereby but as the Prophet saith Jer. 23.40 an Everlasting Reproach and a perpetual Blot which shall not be forgotten He therefore that takes the Sword into his hand to lift it up against his Brother much more against the Father of his Countrey doth in that very Act rescue it out of Gods hand and so may justly dread the Fatal Consequence of such a Presumption foretold by our Saviour when he said Matth. 26.52 They that take the Sword shall Perish with it which most Men have found true to their own Cost either first or last sooner or later Wherefore you ought to be Subject as the Apostle saith for Wrath sake that is for fear of the just Judgement of God overtaking you in this Life either immediately from his own hand or that of the Magistrate But this is not all there is something Worse than this yet behind wherefore § 5. God hath threatned to punish this Sin with Damnation Rom. 13.2 so the Text runs according to our Version The word indeed signifies Judgment but however according to the Analogy of Scripture it may refer to the Punishment of the Other Life as well as of This because Resistance is as you have heard the breach of a Divine Command the Transgression of the Law of God which the Apostle tells us is Sin Rom. 6.23 now the Wages of Sin is Death that is of all Sin and This among the rest and then what a woful Case must they be in who Live and Dye in this Sin unrepented of or whom the just Judgement of God doth overtake before they are brought to an Humble Sense and Acknowledgement thereof Now who would venture upon this Sin which carries Shame in the Front and Damnation in the Rear Who would hazard his Soul tho it were for the Conquest of the whole World much less for a small clod and parcel thereof Strangel that