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enemy_n	david_n	great_a	saul_n	1,241	5	9.2078	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03639	A sermon preached before the Kinges Maiestie, by I. Hopkins, one of his highnesse chaplaines	Hopkins, John, fl. 1604-1609.	1604 (1604)	STC 13767; ESTC S116562	17,384	47

to be obeyed as Gods Vicegerentes and Liuetenantes on earth to whose Maiestie they owe their allegiance and to no earthly creature to whom the Lord hath giuen an authoritie immediate from himselfe whose authoritie who so resisteth resisteth the ordinance of God Rom. 13. as sayth the Apostle This duetie Christ practised his Apostles euen when as euill and tirannous Princes ruled Tiberius Nero. as euer commaunded on earth From the breach of this the primatiue Church euer freed themselues in all their practises and apologes and the contempt of Magistracy hath the Lord seueerely punished as may appeare in Absolom Zimri most famous in the example of Zedechia for his rebellion against the king of Babel as doth appeare in the history and particularly in the 17. of the Prophet Ezechiel where the breaking of this oath though made to a heathē prince is so oftē vrged against him But in these wordes the Rings law there is a farther thing to be considered for by this Law heere mentioned is especially meant the edict for the finishing of the Temple and setting vp the seruice of the Lord heing in deed the decree of God himselfe which the King calleth also his law because he hath ratified it by his authority So as heere is an example for all Christian Princes to make Gods law their law Gods cause their cause Gods wrong their wrong Gods honour their honour and Gods enemies their enemies Such holy zeale hath often been seene in religious Princes who haue so highly esteemed of Gods honour that they haue made their dignity to stand or fall with it and this is a speciall end of the aduauncements of Princes by Almighty God into his throane to raigne as Kings in his stead as the Queene of Saba speaketh to Salomon to cause obedience to be giuen to him 2. Chro. 9 and to see that his law be not contemned heere on earth And how needfull this is our dayly experience teacheth vs. For be the word neuer so faythfully preached if good lawes want there is still disorder and rebellion against God Hitherto we haue heard of the offendors who they are now followes the iudgment that should be executed vpon them in which the action to be done is generlly set downe and afterward distributed into particulars with the generall there are two circumstances annexed of the persons and of the time the persons whosoeuer the time without delay This execution of Iudgement is the bond of all the life and edge of the Law without which it is a dead letter For lawes though neuer so good without due execution are like Iupiters Blocke throwne among the Frogges at the first feared for his greatnesse and afterward despised for his stilnesse like Shot without Bullet like a Scar-crow or like the Sword of Goliah wrapt in a cloth and layde behinde the Ephod The want of execution of iustice giues encouragement to the euill doers This the first argument the wicked vse to perswade others to ioyne with them we will do it say they freely or without punishment and as it is in the fiftie Psalme I helde my peace and thou thoughtest I was like vnto thee Impunitas magna est pecandi illecebra No such tentation to euill as impunitie the best are drawen to vertue by loue but the most must be compelled by feare Oderunt peccare mali formidine poenae The two chiefe bands to keepe men in is either feare of God or feare of Law but where conscience is not nor law executed of all such it may be sayd as Abraham sayd of the house of Abimilech Gen. 20. The feare of God is not in this place and they may kill me for my wiues sake If the Magistrate punish not he beares his Sworde in vaine The Magistrates Sword is defensiue to the good and offensiue to the ill and it is iust that they that will offende the Law should be offended by the Law The doing execution vpon the wicked dooth establish the Princes throane as Salomon sayth Take away the wicked from the King his Throane shall be establisht in iustice and therfore a wise King scattereth the wicked and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them Doing of iustice on the wicked putteth the rest in feare that they dare not offende as it is in the 17. of Deut. They shall heare and feare and do no more presumptuously And this execution o● iustice is not crueltie as wicked licentious persons affirme no more then in a Surgion to dissect and cut off an incurable member which being let alone would endanger the life of the whole body or the killing of noysome and hurtfull beastes cutting off vnprofitable branches or plucking vp weedes that would choake and destroy the good corne Exod. 32. Moses the mildest man that euer was on earth yet did Moses commaund the Leuites to do execution on their brethren that had committed Idolatrie 1. Sam. 15. 2. Sam 12. Samuel a good man yet did he heaw Agag in peeces Dauid a good King yet did he put the enemies of God vnder Sawes and vnder yron Harrowes and vnder Axes of yron Nay it is crueltie to the innocent when their oppressours be suffered vnpunished and it is therfore called crudelis miserecordia and contrariwise God is sayd to be mercifull in doing execution on his enemies Psalm He slew mighty Kinges for his mercie endureth for euer for there is misericordia puniens et crudelitas parcens punishing mercy and sparing crueltie Neither do I thinke it lesse worthy commendation in Salomon to put Schimei to death though he was the first of all the house of Iemini that met his Father then for Dauid to shew kindnesse to the house of Berselay the Gileadite that releeued him in his extremitie For as want of recompence doth many times loose a friende so want of punishment encourageth an enemie yea doing iustice vpon euill persons procureth oftentimes as much loue as the aduauncing those that are good the regarde whereof who so neglecteth will neither be loued of his friendes nor feared of his enemies Nay which is greater the wrath of God is many times kindled for not doing iustice as in the examples of Saul and Ahab did appeare and pacified by the execution thereof as the putting to death of Achan hanging vp of Saules sonnes throwing Ionah into the Sea doth confirme I graunt this extremitie of doing iustice is not allwayes to be vsed Micha 6. and that louing of mercie is as needfull and behoouefull as the doing of iustice and that Summum ius is summa iniuria difference therefore is to be made in the offendours and as it is else where worthily sayd The former and by-past behauiour of the party is especially to be considered For some offende of weakenesse as did Aaron in making the golden Calfe some of ignorance as did Ionathan when he tasted the Hony contrary to his fathers rash vow some by too much cleauing to those they loue as