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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19411	A treatise against traitors Meete for all faithfull subiects in these dangerous dayes. Taken out of the 40. chapter of Ieremye, the 13, 14, 15, 16. verses, and 41. 1, 2, 3, 4. Made and published for the benefite of the Church and common wealth of England: by Samuell Cottesford Minister and publique preacher of the woord of God.	Cottesford, Samuel.	1591 (1591)	STC 5840; ESTC S116422	48,076	146

further then it shall concerne the matter in hande I holde it here needelesse A little to examine the reason of the wise man who affirmeth that the foules of the heauen will disclayme thee and thy thoughts shall be discouered by them A reason of great weight to mooue men to take heed of treasons and concealements of them making especially against the life of the Lordes annoynted wherein if men doe but considerately marke the way that God hath taken of disclosing bloud and bloudie purposes in causing against order of nature dum senselesse creatures to rise vp as proclaymers of these villanies how closely soeuer don how priuily so euer attempted one or all the earth it selfe shall disclose Cains murther vpon his brother rather then righteous Abels bloud shall goe vnpunished as is to see Gen. 4. 10. And the rather if we doe consider the excellencie and the high prerogatiue that God hath giuen to Princes aboue other mē who herein doe goe farre beyonde all others in that together with others they do not onely beare the image of God but that more is they do beare vpon them the very glorious image of his Maiesty here on earth yea this may be sayde of very Tyrants that are and possesse the throne of Iustice as is Psal 82. 6. Dixi Dii quidem est is filii excelsi vos omnes I haue say de ye are Gods and the sons of the most high that is I haue put vpon you my sacred person which you are to resemble vpon earth whilest ye rule amongest the sonnes of men If this be so that a man hath not freedom of thought against a ruler of the people how much then are they giltie of capitall crime before God and men who do proceed not to disclosing but to counsell giuing not to opening cōspiracies but to open practising of them not to stopping a monstrous course of the shedding of the bloud that of a Prince but to consenting agreeing plats laying and ioyning hand in hand with the ringleaders in such an euill saying as Salomon chap. 1. describing sinners Come with vs we will laye waight for bloud c. This is not with Iohanan to discouer betimes the treason of false hearted Jshmaell But yet to make this matter more playne by examples out of holy Scriptures First then let vs consider howe God himselfe who could myraculously and vppon the instant haue deliuered Joseph yet hee that hath ordeyned meanes for the preseruation of his seruauntes would not without the meanes of discouerie the daunger of Joseph by the handes of his Angell as it is in the second Chapter of S. Mathewes gospell Behold the Angell of the Lorde appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame saying arise and take the Babe and his mother and flee into Egypt and be there till I bring thee worde for Herod will seeke the Babe to destroy him Wherein wee see the Lorde preuenteth by foretelling Ioseph the daunger hee stoode in the crueltie of Herod the King that notwithstanding his rage exceeded to the distruction of so many innocents being babes and children yet God in dispight of him against whome neyther counsell nor wisedome nor strength preuaileth prouided that the Messias promised could not possibly by him be found out but was mightily preserued to the glorie of God and the redemption of all Gods chosen by his bloud And as God vsed the ministery of a heauenly minister euen his Angell whome to this ende God had ordeyned to the seruice of his sonne in the discouerie of Herods pretended euill to stoppe it so likewise he sayth by the meanes of his Prophetes in former times discouered euill pretended and platformes layde for the ouerthrowe of his people that his glorie and power might be seene in their deliuerance That I may remember vnto you first the entire loue of Ionathan to Dauid when Saule oftentimes pretended his death Sed Ionathan filius Saulis delectabatur Dauide valde 1. But Ionathan the sonne of Saule had a great fauour to Dauid 2. And Ionathan tolde Dauid saying Saule my father goeth about to slay thee Nowe therefore J pray thee take heede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning and abide in a secret place and hide thy selfe 3. And I will goe out and stande by my father in the field where thou art and wil commune with my father of thee J wil see what he saith and J will tell thee And again in the 20. Chap. the discouerie of Saules minde being too ill towardes Dauid was made by Jonathan by the shooting of three arrowes beyonde Dauid where hee warned him to stande to receiue the intelligence which afterward fel out as in the 38. ver of that chapter is mentioned Now by the way if it should be obiected against Ionathan that he did ill in bewraying his father and his Princes secrets neyther did hee therein shewe anye loyaltie it may be answered that there was no want of dutie on Jonathans part to Saule in the Lorde because the obedience of children to parentes hath his limitation as Paule Fphes 6. 1. Children obey your Parentes in the Lorde for this is right And this act of Saule Ionathan knewe was agaynst the lawe of GOD and could not bee warranted by the lawe of man Besides hee did not commit any disloyaltie to Saule as hee was King for the discouerie of the acte to Dauid because it neyther was preiudiciall to the state of the King nor Countrey anye way And againe Ionathan knewe that Dauid sought the good of Saule his father and not the euill and agayne Jonathan knewe that Saule was ledde with a spirite of malice and enuie and not with any regarde of iustice in pursuing Dauid as a malefactour finally the Lorde was betweene Ionathan and Dauid in the league of friendshippe couenaunted betweene them and GOD it was who raysed vppe Ionathan a speciall instrument for Dauids deliueraunce from Saules frenticke furie Nay had hee not stayed Saules rage and discouered it to Dauid hee had doubtlesse exceedingly sinned against the Lorde and his Church But to proceede wee reade in the holy Historie in the seconde of the Kinges the 6. Chapter howe it pleased GOD to deale mercifully with his people Israell when the King of Aram warred against it There could not be taken any counsell against Israell by the King of Syria but the Lorde made it knowne to his Prophet Elisha to the ouerthrowe of the King of Arams purposes as the text maketh it playne 8. verse Then the King of Aram warred against Jsraell and tooke counsell with his seruauntes and sayde in such and such a place shall be my Campe. 9. Therefore the man of God sent vnto the King of Jsraell saying Beware thou goe not ouer to such a place for there the Aramytes are come downe These meanes of the discouerie of practises against Prince or Countrey God hath ratified and ordeyned as presidentes for all people to laye vp in their heartes and