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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	law_n	parent_n	4,009	5	8.7116	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79995	The civil magistrates povver in matters of religion modestly debated, impartially stated according to the bounds and grounds of scripture, and answer returned to those objections against the same which seem to have any weight in them. Together with A brief answer to a certain slanderous pamphlet called Ill news from New-England; or, a narrative of New-Englands persecution. By John Clark of Road-Island, physician. By Thomas Cobbet teacher of the church at Lynne in New-England. This treatise concerning the christian magistrates power, and the exerting thereof, in, and about matters of religion, written with much zeal and judgement by Mr. Cobbet of New-England, I doe allow to be printed; as being very profitable for these times. Feb. 7th. 1652. Obadiah Sedgwick.	Cobbet, Thomas, 1608-1685.	1653 (1653)	Wing C4776; Wing B4541; Thomason E687_2; Thomason E687_3; ESTC R206875	97,858	126

way it is according to the Mind and Word of God And this now sayd may help also to take off another Objection Obj. 2. Some object That then Heathen Kings as they are Civill Magistrates have right to make Laws about matters of Religion and of the Church although not able to doe it not knowing the Matters of God or of Churches and not Members of the Church and so not censurable by the Church which were to make a King-Pope to give out Laws to the Church and not to be censured by the Church Ans 1. We especially intend the Conclusion of a Magistrate regulated according to the rules of the Word of God whose Minister he is and so the Civill Magistrate is no Heathen or Ignorant of Religion or out of the Church If he be otherwise it is his sin that way See more pag. 48. 2. Although the Civill Magistrate fail in that part of his duty that he knoweth not the Lord who girdeth him with that Princely girdle yet that sin in that particular doth not wholly Is 45. 1. 4. 5. excuse another sin of omission of another duty namely Authoritatively to keep the first second third or fourth Commandement Rulers may be Ignorant of many matters of the second Table and disabled so far from making good coersive Laws about them yet both are sins of omission In both he hath a right essentially and actu primo but in respect to the execution of that Nomothetique right in reference to matters of the first or second Table he hath that power virtually onely 3. Heathen Kings not of the Church and not censurable by the Church may give out Laws to the Churches under their jurisdiction touching matters of Righteousness and Honesty yet that maketh them not King-Popes no more doth the other Nebuchadnezzar might as commendably make a coerfive Law upon civill penalty against the Jewish Church Officers or Members under his jurisdiction as execute any such corporall punishment upon them both for false Doctrines vented by them under pretence of Gods name a sin against the first Table as also for committing Adultery for a Law made that way doth leave the subject more inexcusable and had been no other than a politicall Legislative Sanction of the Laws of God whose Minister considered as a civill Magistrate he was the Lord himself by law having made such sins capitall Deut. 13. 5. Lev. 20. 10. Now that exemplary act of Justice in Nebuchadnezzar upon a member of the Jewish church under his jurisdiction as well for false Doctrine as for Adultery is renowned and a form of Imprecation thence borrowed Ier. 29. 22 23. The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab whom the King of Babylon rosted in the fire because they committed adultery with their neighbours wives and have spoken lying words in my name which I commanded them not even I know and am a witness saith the Lord. 4. When Heathen Kings come to know their duty in matters of the first or second Table and accordingly they establish Laws about Religion they doe it not now by any new right when Christians and knowing Christ no more than a Parent becoming Christian and knowing Christ giveth out parentall commands to his children with respect to bodily corrections if they do not such and such Religious duties doth this by any new Parentall right which he had not intrinsically when Pagan The case is alike in those Fathers of the Common-wealth 5. Heathen Kings whilst Heathen may and must make Laws about the matters of God and his Religion so far as their right guiding light extendeth else should they hold the truth of God in unrighteousness now it s certainer that they whilst Heathen have or may have much light so as to see into matters of the true God and of his Religion 1. By the light of Nature Heathens know and have known that there is a God that he is one God that he hath made all men as his Offspring that he is to be worshipped according to his spirituall nature that he is to be called upon that he is not to be blasphemed nor belyed nor called to witness in a false thing that images of him are not to be made that men are not to take his name in vain by rash or false Oaths that some time is to be set apart for his Worship and the like Rom. 2. 14 15. By the work of the Law within their hearts many things contained in the Law may be and have been done 2. The light of Gods Works both of Creation and Providence may help them much this way Rom. 1. 18 19 20. see more Ezek. 36. 23. 36. 38. 16. 39. 21. 28. The notable Providence of God rescuing by his Angel Shadrach Meshach and Abednego from Nebuchadnezzars fury for not worshiping his Idoll of gold made him make that coersive Law mentioned Dan. 3. 28 29. Therefore I make a Decree that whosoever shall speak amiss of the God of Shadrach c. shall he cut in pieces c. 3. They may have some common light of the Spirit that way communicated by means of some of their godly subjects whence such expressions of that Darius mentioned in Ezra 6. 10 12. and no wonder then he make that penall Decree ver 11. Also I have made a Decree that whosoever shall alter this word let timber be pulled down from his house and being set up let him be hanged thereon and let his house be made a Dunghill 4. None will deny to Pagan Princes a right of Authoritative praising and incouragement of such as doe well in regard of duties either of the first or second Table to which also God in speciall wise stirred up the spirit of Cyrus the first Ezra 1. 1 2 3 4. Though he knew not the Lord savingly then Isaiah 45. 4. 44. 28. compared And why shall not Heathen Rulers have a right with like latitude of respect to first or second Table to be a terror to evill doers by making coersive Laws for that end so far at least as their right guided light extendeth yea we have shewed before divers of them are in Scripture commended for this So that the truth hereby is further strengthened thus That which Heathen States Kings and Princes remaining Heathen have done and been commended in Scripture for doing it as Princes or higher Civill powers that must needs be essentiall to them as higher Civill powers and imitable by others in like Civill power but as hath been formerly declared such use of Legislative power by Heathen Higher powers as Higher powers making coercive Decrees in matters of the Religion of the true God hath been commended in Scripture therefore such use of the Civill Legislative power is essentiall even to Heathen Rulers and imitable by all others in like Civill power Obj. 3. God hath left others to Govern and Feed his Church 1 Cor. 12. 28. Eph. 4. 8 11 12 13. who must give an account of their soules And the