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A94139	The soveraignes desire peace: the subjectes dutie obedience. By Thomas Swadlin.	Swadlin, Thomas, 1600-1670.	1643 (1643)	Wing S6227; Thomason E88_22; ESTC R209873	38,143	43

our obedience to authoritie he that doth not he that will not wha●soever he talks of obeying God is no true Ch●ist●an bec●use he is a lye because he cannot obey God whom he hath not seene if he obey not the King wh●m he hath seene it holds as well ●n obedience as in love you se● the second duty you owe the King The third is subject on in case the King commands things unlawfull or does things unjust why even then where we cannot obedire obey there we must f●rre suffer not f●rir● resist It is storied of Theodosius when h● hea●d that his C●tizens had defaced the brazon Image of his wife Priscilla he was so incensed that he presently commanded his army to march with him and such that City the Citizens think not of resisting but dispatch an honest able man though a Monk Macedonius by name and he upon his knees speaks Sir we know you are our Emperour and have just cause to be angry with your Citizens for def●c●ng the Image in brasse of your wife but withall we beseech you to know you are a man and beare the image of God and so do yonder Citizens too and God will have a just cause to be angry with you if you deface his living images I say no more of this but God send us such Macedonius's in this age of feare of warre and God make them as successefull It is our duty so to pray and I pray God we may pray so that he may heare our prayers and put an end to these dayes of division by uniting the King to his great Councell in a gracious audience and them to him in a gracious obedience Or if this division must continue which God forbid but if it must I must yet pray every good Subject here to do his dutie and say God blesse King CHARLES Amen FINIS The third Sermon ROMANS 13.2 Whoesoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God c. AB ineraet extra ab infra et supra from within and without from above and beneath from heaven and from hell doth Saint Paul fetch arguments to perswade obedience to the higher powers What those higher powers are I shewed you the last time I appeared here Kings in primo gradiu as the supreme and other Governours sent by him what obedience we owe those higher powers I shewed you then too vi●● Honour in● 1 Thought 2. Word 3. Deed 2. Subjection in commands unlawfull 3. Obedience in commands lawfull and indiffe●●● In talibus non obedientes mortaliter peccant nisi foret illud quod ●●●●pitur contra praeceptum dei vel in salutis dispendium In all cases whatsoever where the Kings commands stand not in opposition to th●●aw of God he must be obeyed if they bee but persons or purses ●●●ommands obedience must be performed if the commands would 〈◊〉 the conscience yet then the power may not be resisted for to 〈◊〉 the power is a sinne second to none but sacriledge proximum sa●●●gio crimen quod Majestatis est dicitur saies Vlpian The highest 〈◊〉 against heaven is sacriledge and the next crime to this is rebellion against or disobedience unto the Majesty of earth and indeed Saint Paul seems here to joyne them saying whosoever therefore c. Therefore this word is illative and carries you backe and puts you to seek for a wherefore to this Therefore wherefore then is it a so dangerous sin to resist the higher powers why the powers that are are ordained of God and therfore they that resist the power resist the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation In which words you have observeable two eminencies Division two capitalls 1. An eminent a capitall sinne such is the resisting of power because it is a resisting of the ordinance of God and secondly an eminent a capitall punishment for such resisters shall receive to themselves damnation In the capitall criminall I shall enquire first quis quisquis who is meant by whosoever secondly quid opponere what is meant by resisting thirdly quare dei ordinationi qui potestati why or how hee resists Gods ordinance that relists the power In the capitall penall I shall inquire first quid ●ond mnatio what is meant by condemnation secondly quomodo ●●ferent how they shall receive it The first of these sets out the excellency of the King the other the deformity of the Rebell I begin with the first 〈◊〉 the capitall criminall the eminent sinne whosoever resisteth the power resists the ordinance of God All sinnes are not of an equall size like dogs some cry low and some cry loud some whisper and some trumpet in Gods eare some provoke him to anger some to indignation If all sinnes were equall all punishments would be a like but the former of these Parad. 3 equality of sinnes is Stoicall So Tully tells us in his paradoxes and the latter of these equality of punishment is Hereticall So Aquinas tells us in his summes ● 2. q. 73. and so the scripture tells us too first in respect of punishment it makes a great disparity some shall be beaten with few Zuk 12 Mat. 11. Mat. 7. and some with many stripes some shall have an easier others a greater damnation and secondly in respect of sinnes it makes as great a difference some sinnes are but motes the infirmities of our brethren others are beams our own hypocrisies some are lesser things of the law Mat. 13.23 〈◊〉 7.13 the tithing of Minte Annis Cumine others are greater things of the law Iudgment Mercy Faith is it a small matter to grieve man but that you wil greive God also sayes the Prophet Isaiah q.d. To greive man is a fault though but a small one but to greive God is a great fault and therefore that must needs bee a great fault which the committing of at once greives both God and man of this there are many sorts To resist the higher powers is not the least of those sorts because at once that man resists both God and the King whosoever he be which is my 1 a 1 ae Whosoever And who doth Saint Paul meane here by whosoever 1 a. 1. ae me ●●es he man woman childe layety clergy and the whole people yes he meanes them all all whosoever nay not so sayes the conclave of Rome the Miter is above the Crowne the Pope may excommunicate him and being excommunicated any man may kill him and so sayes the consistory of Amsterdam too the thistle is above the Cedar and the people may depose him and being deposed hee is but one of us Will ye give me leave a while to dwell here and shew you how Herod of Rome and Pilate of Amsterdam though mortal enemies and at deadly fend in all other things are yet sworne brothers in persecuting the Lords anointed twixt these two soveraignty is crucisied as Christ betwixt the two thieves these two like Sampson foxes though they looke contrary wayes yet are

THE Soveraignes DESIRE PEACE THE SUBIECTS DUTIE OBEDIENCE By Thomas Swadlin London Printed 1643. To the WORLD READER KNow who ever thou art that these lines following were Sermons preached the last Summer in St. Pauls and St. B. Algate London whether they containe any doctrine that is not Catholike and Orthodoxall they appeale to thee for judgment censure freely I beseech thee If praying for peace which is the Kings desire and subject of the former Sermons and preaching of obedience which is the subjects duty and subject of the latter Sermons be at all Malignity at least malignitie enough for the Authors imprisonment from Octo. 29. 1642. Vntill December 26. following now eight weekes and as yet unheard unseene Till now I was not informed of any other fault I stood guilty of But now it pleased the L. Major of Lond. upon my Letter to send for me and tell mee the cause of my Committement before whom when I appeared I found one Iohn Levet a Tallow-Chandler my Accuser upon whose information as I conceive his Lordship was pleased to say The cause of my commitment was because I am an enemy to sinceritie to which I answered all the sincerity that either his Lordship or my selfe had lay within our Breasts and not to be judged of by man But you have opposed the Parliaments proceedings replyed his Lordship to which I made answer againe It did not appeare so by my actions for I had beene and ever would be an humble Oratour to Heaven for the blessings of direction and successe upon their consultations and for mine owne particular I thought the Parliaments of England to be the supreamest Courts of Judicature in the world Yes quoth Master Levet So it seemes for just when the Parliament set forth their late Ordinances You preached a Sermon for Obedience to the higher powers I confessed it and promised a Copie of it and here it is To make me yet more guilty I but you pray for Bishops said the Lord Major To which againe I made answer Yes my Lord I had I doe and ever would untill it pleased the King and His Great Councell to alter the Common prayer Booke and then if I could not comply I could leave the kingdome Have you so and do you so and will you so reply'd the Lord Major And so long as you pray for Bishops so long you shall be a prisoner You see now upon what tearmes you may have your libertie To which once more I was thus bold My good Lord I humbly thanke you but I dare not venture a double Duckart to a single pennie Nature Wife Children doe all strongly sollicite me to accept of liberty upon a●● tearmes but God the Church the King mine own soule do all charge me to refuse it unlesse it be Christian an Act of Parliament besides and mine owne Oath lye upon me and untill the one bee repealed and the other dispensed I dare not leave praying for Bishops And when I had said this his Lordship as I conceived was moved with pittie for he said I perceive you are mistaken and I will now rectifie and better informe your understanding That Act of Parliament was made to confirme King Edwards Common Prayer Booke not this which is now extant for many prayers by the meanes of the wicked Hierarchie are crept into this which never were in that To which yet once more with his Lordships favour I thus addressed my Answer But the prayer for the Bishops my Lord is in King Edwards Common prayer Booke Well well Sir said his Lordship I am a Member of the House and know the Houses Intentions To which last on s and so I was remanded to Prison not where I was before Crossebie House but where I am now Gresham Colledge whence I adde these few words to the world my Judge Happily his Lordship hath done Right in my imprisonment for I have infirmities for I am a man but whether he hath done aright judge For for iniquity impurity or impiety more than what God and mine own soule are privie too I dare the world to taxe me for I and a Christian Protestant and feare not the Tryall summon mee when you will my name is Thomas Swadlin THE SOVERAIGNES DESIRE PSALME 122 6. Pray For the peace of Ierusalem IF ever Prayer were necessary to bee preached it is now now prayer Common prayer being so much preached downe by common preachers and spoke downe by common speakers If ever peace were necessary to bee prayed for it is now now peace being so much in feare by feares and jealousies If ever the peace of Ierusalem were necessary to be prayed for it is now now Ierusalem being so much preyed upon that it can scarce receive Tyth s or Offerings that it is now almost under another curse I hope none of Christs a stone scarce left upon a stone the superstructure of Epise pacie dis●onoured and the subterstructure of the Inferiour Clergie discountenanced And yet prayer is officium excellentissimum the most excellent duty God requires at our hands For it is his glory And yet peace is Donum excellentissimum the most excellent gift we receive at Gods hands For it is our safety And yet Jerusalem is Subjectum excellentissimum the most excellent Subject wee can pray for For it is the most excellent building of Gods hands It was like a City compact●d together and at unity in it selfe And yet Ierusalem that most excellent Subject as being the Church of God cannot have peace that most excellent gift of God without performing this most excellent duty prayer to God These are the p●rts of my Text and of these parts by Gods assistance and your patience I shall speake apart And when I have so done I shall give you the It is every good mans duty to pray for the peace of the Church And because they are three such excellencies I wish my selfe an Angels tongue that I might fasten them in their transcendency upon your hearts But alasse● I am the meanest of my Tribe and very conscious of mine own infirmities I shall though try my skill and God Almighty give the blessing I begin with t●e first Pray And it is a most excellent duty this prayer is No man denies it for it is necessary for it is p●ofitable there is a necessity of it Part 1 and there is an●●tility in it First it is Necessary For it is not only Documentum a lesson which wee may learne if we will but it is Iussum an Injunction that wee should obey whether we will or no. The vulgar Latine reads those words of Christ thus Orabitis ye shall pray and Trem●lius thus Orate pray both Mandatory Mat. 6. If it were but Ipse dixit He hath said it It were enough to binde our Obedience to it This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 though there were no more might stop al● oppositions with Pythagoras Schollers because hee hath said it It is true because hee hath said i● we must doe