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A56917	A brief discovery of the three natures viz., humane, divine, devilish, the rootes or originals of the politike states of Caesar, Christ, Antichrist in relation to a former treatise discovering the said three states, and withall farther clearing the usefulnesse thereof : whereby also is laid open to humane reason the impossibility of compulsive ecclesiasticall government to be of divine institution, and that liberty of conscience is to be allowed by all unto all, holding the bounds of civility, fully confirmed by principles in nature and Holy Scripture : humbly presented to the serious consideration of the High Court of Parliament / by Michael Quintine.	Quintyne, Michael.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q226; ESTC R13006	12,945	21

who to confound mankinde in all wayes by his deluding feates and wiles hath brought in fashion in all parts of the earth violent and compulsive government of conscience knowing whilest that continueth humane race especially the most upright and innocent must to wracke for who in conscience can governe or be governed by humane power but for civilities sake except such men as can to gaine the world and present welfare of their flesh subject conscience to any thing excusing themselves upon the unjust demanded charge of others who for all their great takings upon them have as much to doe in that respect to give account for themselves as they the truth of this discovery is plaine enough by experience that the nature of the devill is infinite envie if men would looke into it but what shall I say if our first Parents in the time of innocencie were short sighted well may their posterity conceived in sinne and brought forth in iniquitie be blinde And that the nature spirit and disposition of the hellish rabble the whole company of devillish men and Angells is envie the same with the devills their spirituall Father See Ioh. 8.44 1 Ioh. 3.10 11 12. That the essence of man consisteth of a two-fold substance is formerly proved the nature of his humane part and the nature of his spirituall substance being derived from God or the devill together with the nature of them also is likewise set forth which three natures are also discovered to be the ground and roote of Policie The next thing intended and promised in this Treatise is to lay open how two natures are consisting in man without intermixtion and interposition of contraries which in any height of measure is the meanes of confusion in any creature By the way it falleth to my hand to speake of the excellencie of the constitution of humane nature in the first creation which was without sinne and whereunto all the creatures besides were made subiect and inferiour both in the nature of their constitutions government and use which humane constitution also was made serviceable being the subiect part of man to the right spirit which God breathed into him whereby man became that compleate creature in both parts the discription of whose nature in both respects is the Morrall Law of God whose lively or rather living Image was the onely begotten Son of God that quickning spirit Jesus Christ the Redeemer of what was lost in and by man in and for all the Elect and chosen seede of Adam but for brevitie sake I shall omit to speake any more of it and according to my purpose indeavour to shew how the essence of man consisteth of a two-fold substance without interposition of contrary natures Man considered as formerly created and fallen redeemed and under the curse the Law of Justice holds him liable to love and wrath salvation and reprobation and to be made a vessell of honour and dishonour without any wrong and injustice at all The consideration of man as created in righteousnesse as redeemed from all iniquitie Tit. 2.14 whereby righteousnesse is imputed and man becomes as made without sinne is both one if any difference be in case of priviledge redemption affords the greater making stronger the union by the meanes of reconciliation wherein the redeemed are indeered unto God Rom. 5. from vers 6. to 11. Rom. 8.32 c. And God is the like unto them 1 Pet. 1. from 13. to 20. The case standing thus betweene God and man by redemption whereby the humane part of man is made or become as at first a subiect or materiall vessell for a divine reasonable or living soule and although full of frailty and infirmity as all elementary and mortall bodies as also as earth and drosse it self in comparison of any divine spirituall substance which as it is in it self is void of any divin use yet such as God in his wisedome is pleased to make part of the essence of man which setteth forth the glory of redemption and the power of Christ in the work of salvation 2 Cor. 12.9 so man in his consistance of soul and body flesh spirit is imputed as in first creation without sin and said to be born of God not to commit sin as God accounts of his children through redemption 1 Joh. 3.9 10. And thus the two Natures Divine and Humane are consisting in man without intermixion of contraries though through infirmitie of the flesh subject to naturall corruption temptation of the devill and abuse of the men of the world against which they warre untill the perfection of the redemption of the body doe appeare even untill Mortality hath put on Immortality Man considered fallen and under the curse is a correspondent subject for the devill being both inclineable to confusion and the way of destruction as is set forth in their severall natures these are the enemies Tares which he sowed amongst the good seed these grow together in the world untill the harvest of God I need not stand to relate the meanes of their union nor the testimonies thereof the world in all parts every day yeelds plenty thereof what doth God reprobate but the devils own the union it selfe of the nature of man and of the spirituall substance which he receiveth from the devill as the father thereof is all one by way of infusion with that of God and man differing only in nature and substance and the end thereof Thus contrary to the two-fold consistence of the essence of the redeemed is this of the cursed without contrariety in nature of both parts but not without mans confusion because in this case the poore creature Man is made a slave unto the worst of creatures whereby his being and end becomes more vile and miserable than the most inferiour creature which God formed out of the earth This once more with my heart in my hand in the sight and discovery of natures the fountaines of Policy for the truths sake which is the way of all mans reall happinesse Must I speak unto this high Court which guideth the Raines of the power of all the State of this Land If the strength of the devils envy through delusion was too hard for you Parents in the time of Innocency in their nature and hath since their fall prevailed against divers of their posterity both by deceit and violence to the confusion of them in respect of matters spirituall and temporall Consider ye civill powers and yet children of Adam and Eve yea and since the curse are ye not as liable to be corrupted in your policy which is but the image of their nature both in the nature use and service thereof may not ye subscribe to devillish advise reaching after more and higher dominions than God hath given you and make what is your own an instrument of confusion in imploying it out of bounds to the destruction of innocent bodies which is worshipping the devill and an effect of the curse upon mankinde such

practise hath been the lot of many Nations and particular persons witnesse your own experience Why doe ye as parents of soules and spirits meddle in the command of conscience and support such as doe with sword and maintenance is it typicall as in the time and state of the Jewes or as if Christ were not risen from the dead or doe you thinke God accepts of more than he requires at your hands or will you make an intermixion one head of two bodies or two heads of one body which cannot be otherwise if Church and Common-wealth be all one or being as two under one head which nature and policy both deny in Scripture and common reason will ye work your own confusion in taking Gods work upon you in making worshippers in spirit and truth for such only God requires Ioh. 4.21 22 23 24. which by compulsion you must doe or make hypocrites can ye draw men to Christ in Spirit or Policy which is not in your power Ioh. 6.44 45 46. or will ye who should provide for the strength of the Law of humanity breake the Law of Charity belonging to conscience Rom. 14. This great spirituall State of jurisdiction now in fashion or any that is like to be of the constitution of compulsion which jumbleth and tumbleth together the finest natures and soulest worship Gods Divine and holy Ordinances with foulest and profanest natures which will one day cost confusion of soules and blood enough were it not for the great temporall revenewes entailed upon her shee would not in humane reason and common equity be so much stood upon and contended for for those that goe about to yoke others consciences would not bee served so themselves except they be devils incarnate and will become any thing in Religion to serve covetous ends Bondage of conscience is the grossest slavery and most devillish captivity upon earth from whence springeth the greatest treachery and most dangerous rebellion which the earth can afford yee may beleeve it when ye see it All liberty within bounds of civility incourage industry and begets a rich Nation hindereth not prevention of dotage and underhand conveighance of estate to forraigne Belly-gods who by flattery rob people stronger in zeale then knowledge of their bodily means of safeguard and load their soules with an increase of unnaturall slavery even to their destruction So hoping of the true effect of upright dealing with God and Man the sight of that liberty of truth which bringeth peace strength and safety to all Lands and people of Innocency I remaine Gods and Yours in all due service to my power M. Q. Now followes the Reasons and Motives that set me upon this Worke. NOt long since I commended to your Highnesse and the Parliament one Treatise containing an essentiall discovery of the States of Policie as they are distinct one from another And another since of the Natures likewise from whence they spring both which in effect binde both your Soveraignty and your chiefest Court of Councell to cast about for the preservation and defence of your Kingdomes and every subject thereof in the liberty of conscience keeping the bonds of civility and humanity but although at a farre distance I perceive the old course is still on foote making sides of Religion and yokes for conscience on all sides wherein hath a world of blood beene spilt already and much more will be if the same continue Covetousnesse pride and delusion must bring forth their fruits where they grow as doe all other things for any hurt which befalls mankinde let the pretence be what it will floweth from thence not from Christian Religion for neither Christ himselfe or any of his Disciples upon Record in the New Testament Apostles or Evangelists or others did in a warlike way either offend or defend themselves for their Religions sake From former passages expressed in both the said Treatises I have manifested sufficient ground of boldnesse for speaking to you Gods of the earth which to rehearse or inlarge is not improper and for these causes following I am constrained yet further to move your greatnesse and being reasonable therein if ye being as gods despise me I shall notwithstanding fulfill the will of the Lord of Lords in discovering the spirits of error though I perish in the Worke with the strength of his encouragement Mat. 10.32 The first cause is this I being by the Law of Humanity or the nature of man as deepely ingaged in the joy of the welfare and sorrow of the misery thereof though a nothing as having any interest in the power of enlargeing or preventing either am bound by the Law of the Spirit of Humanitie and Christianity to discover any thing or course tending to the accomplishment of both wherein is fulfilled the dutie of innocencie and uprightnesse without feare the roote of slavery and flattery according to Marke 4.22 and Mat. 10.27 28. The second cause is for that there are and shall be many false Christs false prophets and false Teachers as there be many Antichrists and false Churches according to the prophesies of the New Testament Matth. 24.4 5. also vers 24. 2 Pet. 2.1 1 Joh. 2.18 These are all one in spirit and in that respect are of the devill or as the devill himselfe working the misery and confusion of mankinde in the greatest measure that may be the being of the world reserved and that according to the working of Sathan also as in the beginning Serpent-like and as in the full strength of his Raigne Dragon and Lyon-like as is set forth 2 Thes 2.9 10. The Revelation sets forth at large the spirit of Antichrist or false Church in his full portracture in every part and member of the said body from the sixt Chapter to the latter end of the same booke Now although not in any measure invested in any power of suppressing any course of evill and lifting up or inlivening any of good yet as fully bound to discover both by Christian and naturall bonds as any if all sanctity and salvation both of soule and body be of the Spirit of God Christ and the Church or Kingdome of Christ then of necessity is all mischiefe of sinne and misery touching man of the spirit of the devill Antichrist and his Kingdome and in short consider each Kingdome is to be discerned by the Doctrine and Learning and the Discipline or Government of the Spirit thereof and so the Doctrine of the Gospell teacheth touching matters of the soule whose welfare is accomplished and inlarged by the freedome and peace of conscience Christians to beare one with another and the stronger to suffer for the weaker knowing that none is master of his owne light or anothers and in case of greatest gainsaying or persecution for conscience sake to suffer without resistance to doe good to all even our enemies in respect of that part of our well being the discipline therof is a government without Master or Lordship as hath been formerly set forth agreable