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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	ephes_n	parent_n	1,205	5	9.1418	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08779	Christs confession and complaint concering his kingdom and seruants; conuincing Iewes of obstinacie, Romish Catholickes of conspiracie, seducers of sedition, Arminians of apostacie, and diuers others of coldnes, schisme, treachery & hypocrisie. By J.P.	I. P., fl. 1629.	1629 (1629)	STC 19069; ESTC S102324	96,442	116

enioine subiection to Princes Christs Kingdō stablisheth Caesars then Gods Kingdom ratifieth and establisheth Cesars Kingdom and Christ the Word who ruleth for God ruleth people in this point and maketh them more obedient then otherwise they would be for there is noe greater tie of subiection in subiects to Princes in children to Parents in wiues to husbands in servants to Maisters then the bond of religion because theese and all others that owe subiection to any shall finde theire duties commanded in the Word * 1. Pet. 2.13.17.18 c. Ephes 6.1.5 Rom 13.1 as they are often so that if either Princes Parents or Maisters doe not finde them selues duly obeied let them confes that it is because they seeke not Gods Kingdom they doe not carefully cause theire subiects children and seruants to heare and reuerence the Word which enioineth subiection in all theese and namely in subiects to Princes and Magistrates while he who is the Word of God saith Giue unto Cesar the things that are Cesars Viz. tribute subiection honour c. and after by his Apostle Let euery Soule be subiect to the higher powers c. for this cause pay ye tribute also c. to the like effect in diuers others places whereof more in the sequel Therfore not only to Pilates questiō but also against the accusations suggestions of the Iewes all others he saith * Audite Iudaei Gentes audi circumcisio praeputium audite omniae regna terrena non impedio dominationem vestram in hoc mundo regnū enim meum non est de hoe mundo Aug. in Ioan. Tract 115. Regnum se Christus habere concedit sed non qui alios expellat Tol. in 10.18 My Kingdom is not of this world as if he saide mine accusers pretend loue and true allegiance to Cesar in haueing greate care of his right that I should not vsurpe nor disturbe his Kingdō nor any part of his gouerment nor did I euer for my Kingdō is not of this world The Kingdoms of this world often endamage endanger one another by worldly polecies secret practises opē hostilities whereby the greatnes of one Kingdom oftē rises out of the ruins of another and imbred rebels somtime accheiue theire Soueraignes throne by clandestine practises and crafty insinuations but there were noe such deuices vsed by Christ he did not as Absolon 1. Sam. 15.2.3 who rose early and stood by the way of the gate and when he saw any man that had a controuersie to come before the Kinge for iudgment he called him and with insinuating speeches inueighed against the gouernment and wished himselfe a Iudge to helpe them but on the contrarie when one came to Christ saying Maister cause my Brother to diuide the inheritance he answered Who made me a Iudge or a diuider so far was he from seeking any worldly gouernment Luk. 22.24 Neither did his doctrine allow but expresly forbid it in his Disciples For when there was a strife among them which of them should be gratest He saide the Kings of the Gentiles excercise Lordship ouer them and they that exercise authority ouer them are called Benefactors But ye shall not be so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is cheife as he that doth serue 1. Pet. 5.3 Where whatsoeuer the Papists say to the contrarie he would haue among them noe supremacie or dominion as Lords one ouer another like as in the Kingdoms of this World but he that was greatest among them by reason of his age or beeing first called which is all the greatnes or Prioritie Christ would here acknowledge he should be as the younger that did serue in some kinde Rightly therefore doth he say against the suggestions of his Accusers my Kingdom is not of this world thereby shewing that his Kingdom hath noe worldly or pompeous dominion so doth nothing hinder nor hurt Caesars as euen Pilate himselfe foūd testified whē after examinatiō had of the matter He went out vnto the Iewes Io● 18.38 and saith vnto thē I finde in him noe fault at all Chap. 19.12 Which thinge he affirmed twise or thrise yet for all this his aduersaries enuying hating his doctrine and fame Cry out saying If thou let this man goe thou art not Cesars freind whosoeuer maketh himselfe a King speaketh against Caesar As if they saide Cesar is King here In this land wee haue noe Kinge but Caesar He therefore that makes himselfe a Kinge here speakes against the right and prerogatiue of Cesar whose Kingdom can not be in safety while this man is suffered to preach his doctrine draweth them to the obedience of another King and it standeth not with the safety and polecie of a Kingdom to suffer it for when Pilate saide he found not that fault in him Luk. 23.5 this is all the proose they bringe of peruerting the Nation saying He stirreth vp the people teaching thorowout all Iury. His teaching is that which they will needes account dangerous This is that which they and other obstinate enemies of the Truth did euer pretend that the Kingdom of God Iewes account Christs preaching dangerous to the Nation viz. the preaching of the Word disturbeth and hindreth the peace of Kingdoms and endangereth theire beeing at least theire well beeing First because they wilfully perswade themselues that the Neighbouring Kingdoms which are of contrarie religions will the sooner inuade and spoile them Secondly because they also will needes be perswaded that the daily preaching of the Word makes the hearers stout stuborne against theire Kings and Gouernours For the first They say that it would cause an inuation this was the wilfull opinion of the cheise Preists and Pharises that if Christs doctrine were suffered to be preached and followed the heathen who were otherwise affected would inuade and ruin them therefore vpon report of that greate myracle of raising Lazarus they say What doe we for this man doth many miracles If wee let him thus alone all men will beleeue on him Ioh. 11.42 and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation therefore die he must What doe we as if they saide what sluggish Gouernours are wee how dull how sleepie how negligent in our offices how careles of our countries safety how improuident in preuenting foraigne inuasion that wee suffer this doctrine to carrie so many away after it to incense the Romans that worship other Gods and that are so zealous of theire honour that they brooke not to see any more honoured then theire owne idols and that if a few follow him it must needes vexe them but if wee let him thus alone thus to worke myracles for confirmation of his Doctrine all men will beleeue in him it can not be auoided and then the greate and iuuincible nation the most puislant Romans must of necessitie be much more ptouoked to Ielousie enuie and wrath