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A65716	Three sermons preach'd at Salisbury the first, A.D. 1680, and again before the militia, at their going against the late Duke of Monmouth ... the second preach'd before the Right Reverend Father in God, Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum, A.D. 1681 ... the third, preach'd A.D. 1683, at the election of the mayor ... / by Daniel Whitby.	Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726.	1685 (1685)	Wing W1737; ESTC R28389	88,809	79

off the Skirt of Saul's Robe but his Heart smote him for it When Providence seemed twice to have delivered Saul into his Hands and Abishai offered to smite him to the Earth his Answer to Abishai was Destroy him not ch 26.9 for who can stretch forth his Hand against the Lord 's Anointed and be guiltless And lastly when the Amalakite did at Saul's own Request when he was mortally wounded and ready to be seiz'd by his Enemies stretch forth his Hand against him David revenged that Action by the Death of the Amalakite nor is he ever charged in Scripture with Murther or In justice for that Act so that no Provocations no Advantages no Colour or Pretence of Right from God or Failure on the part of Saul could prevail with him to one Rebellious Attempt against the Lord 's Anointed Now that which made it thus unlawful to rise up against him could only be that he received his Authority from God since then all other lawful Sovereigns are by St. Paul declared to be the Ordinance and Ministers of God it must be as unlawful in such Cases to rise up against them Object Now if to these things you oppose the Example of Jeroboam and the ten Tribes who openly revolted from Rehoboam who being Heir to Solomon was legally their King Answ I answer 1. That this Action of the ten Tribes is by God called a Rebellion for the People having said 1 Kings 12.19 What Portion have we in David neither have we Inheritance in the Son of Jesse and it follows So Israel rebelled against the House of David to this Day Now what the God of Truth doth style Rebellion that is the rising up against that Person to whom they owe Allegiance must certainly deserve that Character so that God by calling that which the ten Tribes did a Rebellion doth thereby declare that Rehoboam was still their lawful Sovereign for otherwise their renouncing of him and setting up another in his stead would not have been a Rebellion And therefore when God declares that this thing was from him we must thus understand it that it was permissively from him that he left Rehoboam thus to his own Pride he suffered Satan to encline him to hearken to the Counsel of his Young-men and to despise the sage Advice of the Elders and also to alienate the Hearts of Israel from him that so he might fulfil his Threatnings against Solomon for his Idolatry which he pronounced in these Words Forasmuch as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept my Covenant and my Statutes 1 Kings 11.11 12. which I have commanded thee I will surely rend the Kingdom from thee and will give it to thy Servant notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it but I will rend it out of thy Sons hand I will for this afflict the Seed of David v. 39. Now what is thus from God may yet be Sin in him or them unto an high degree who are the Executioners of his Punishments and do accomplish his Decrees as in the Instance of those Heathen Kings who vexed Israel tho God permitted them to do so for his Peoples Punishment for God delivered them up into the hands of the Spoilers that spoiled them Judg. 2.14 and sold them into the hands of their Enemies round about and yet he was resolved to punish all that oppressed them Jer. 30.20 2 Sam. 24. In the Case of David whom the Lord moved to say Go number Israel and Judah because his Wrath was kindled against Israel and yet he doth severely punish him on that Account and in the instance of our Saviour's Passion for the People of Israel and the Gentiles did only to him what God's Hand and Counsel determined before to be done Act. 4.28 and yet they suffer severely for it to this day If it be still objected That God by his Prophet Ahijah promised that he would rend the Kingdom out of the hands of Solomon 1 Kings 11.31 35. and give ten Tribes to Jeroboam and again that he would take the Kingdom out of his Sons hands and give it unto him 〈◊〉 37 38. even ten Tribes and said I will take thee and thou shalt reign according to all that thy Soul desireth and shalt be King over Israel and that this must of necessity be done during the Reign of one of the Posterity and Seed of David to whom the Government of these ten Tribes belonged by Right of Succession God having promised that to his Son he would give one Tribe 1 Kin. 11. ●● ●● that David his Servant might have a Light before him always in Jerusalem and again I will not take the whole Kingdom out of his hand And therefore that this could not be Rebellion in Jeroboam to take the Government of these ten Tribes upon him whilst there was still surviving any Heir of David and Solomon since otherwise he never could have had it and so God's Promise could not have been fulfilled And again for the same reason that it could not be Rebellion in the ten Tribes to quit the Government of Rehoboam and embrace that of Jeroboam because that Rehoboam was the Legal Heir of Solomon since God had promised that he should have a Legal Heir for ever and so they never could have submitted to Jeroboam without Rebellion and so God's Promise could not have been fulfill'd And lastly if it be objected that had this been Rebellion on the foresaid Account they must have been under a constant Obligation to revolt from Jeroboam and his Posterity to the House of David which yet God never calleth them to do nor condemneth them for not doing and then the Gift God promised and performed to Jeroboam must be a Gift he was obliged in Conscience not to receive because he could not do it without keeping another man's Subjects from that Allegiance they owed unto him and therefore being instrumental to their continual Sin I say if it be thus objected to confess ingeniously quo me vertam nescio I find it very difficult to avoid the strength of these Objections which make some rather chuse to say this Action tho very peccant upon various Accounts was yet not formally Rebellion because performed by a special Commission from God who gave to Jeroboam these ten Tribes and by so doing transferred their Duty of Allegiance from Rehoboam unto him which he might with good reason do seeing he is the King of Kings from whom all carthly Powers hold their Dominions Durante ejus beneplacito Dan. 4.17 who ruleth in the Kingdoms of Men and giveth them to whomsoever he will and seeing secondly he was the Judge and Governour of Rehoboam who had a Right to punish him and his Fore-fathers how and by whom and unto what Degree he pleased and therefore to the deprivation of all or of the greater part of his whole Kingdom if he pleased But then to argue That because this Great Sovereign may do it to

the only true Religion then in being that he would not allow the Exercise thereof at Rome but did inflict great Penalties on the Professors of it under his Government the Images of Caesar were brought into Jerusalem by Pilate as an Affront to their Religion and the Treasures of the Temple were seiz'd upon He by his President did crucifie the Holy Jesus and killed with the Sword St. James the first of Christian Bishops there so great an Adversary was he to the Christian Faith and yet our Saviour owns that his Authority even against himself was from above John 19.11 and that it was not lawful in defence of his own Person to take up the Sword against him Claudius was a debauched and vicious Person and barbarously cruel Suetonius declares that he was a very Prodigy of Lust that he was of a most salvage c. 33 34 37. c. 25. bloody Temper he was so great an Enemy to the right Worship of the only true God that under the Name of Jews he banished the Christians from Rome Suet. c. 16. Tacit. l. 15. p. 363. At the Command of Nero the Christians were exposed to the most exquisite Punishments saith Tacitus they were torn in pieces of Dogs and nailed to the Cross or being roul'd in Pitch were so committed to the Flames and made to serve the use of Torches in the Night These were the Persons which the Christians of that Age in Scripture are forbidden to resist and were commanded to obey in all things lawful to be done So that from hence these two Conclusions will arise First That Christians must be subject to their Civil Magistrates and in no Cases are allowed or authorised forcibly to resist or to bear Arms against them Secondly That in all lawful Matters they stand bound to yield active Obedience to the Commands of their Superiours And First That Christians must be subject to their Civil Magistrates and in no Cases are allowed or authorised forcibly to resist or take up Arms against them may be evident 1. From those Expressions of the Old Testament which reprehend and positively condemn all evil Speeches of the Higher Powers which say Thou shalt not revile the Gods Exod. 22.28 nor speak Evil of the Ruler of thy People against which Text St. Paul confesseth he offended when he said to the High-Priest God shall smite thee thou whited Wall altho that High-Priest even then commanded that St. Paul should be smitten contrary to the Law Acts 23.3 and so was an unrighteous Judge And seeing by occasion of the Misgovernment of evil Princes Men through impatience of Spirit might be apt to break forth into disloyal Thoughts and undutiful Affections to them even when Fear restrains them from seditious Speeches or rebellious Practices the Wise-man strictly doth prohibit even these Risings of the Heart against them saying Eccles 10.20 Curse not the King no not in thy Thoughts do not wish any Evil to his Person Crown or Government no not in thy most secret and inward Thoughts Now hence I argue thus If we may not speak Evil of the Ruler of the People much less may we act Evil against him if we may not revile him with the Tongue we may not smite him with the Fist if we may not say unto him thou art wicked Job 34.18 we cannot surely judge or pass the Sentence on him as a wicked Person and much less may we punish him as such if we may not have an undutiful or disloyal Thought of him much less may we do an undutiful or disloyal Act towards him 2. This will be farther evident from the Deportment of the Man after God's own Heart towards King Saul for God himself had stablished this Law Deut. 17.15 Thou shalt in any wise set him King over thee whom the Lord thy God shall chuse he also had rejected Saul and his whole Family from ruling over Israel 1 Sam. 15.26.16.12 The Lord hath rejected thee saith Samuel to Saul from being King he hath rent the Kingdom from thee and hath given it to a Neighbour of thine that is better than thou he saith not that hereafter he would rend it from him 1 Sam. 15.28 30. but more expresly this day the Lord hath done it All this is said by the same Prophet in the Name of the same God who chose Saul King and before all the People Again God saith to Samuel not only that he had rejected Saul from reigning over Israel but also that he had provided for himself another King whom instantly he sends him to anoint without any Expressions of Reservation for the Life of Saul and instantly upon this Unction the Spirit of the Lord the Spirit of Wisdom 1 Sam. 16.13 14. Counsel and Government came upon David from that day forward and departed from Saul He also was accepted in the sight of all the People and what more plausible Pretences could be offered of Failure on the part of Saul or of the actual investing of David in the Kingly Government After all this Saul persecutes him out of his Dominions and drove him out from abiding in the Inheritance of the Lord saying Go serve other Gods 1 Sam. ●6 19 ch 18.11 ch 19.11 ch 20.31 ch 24.11 Ibid. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He casts a Javelin at him to smite him to the Wall sends Messengers to his House to watch him and slay him in the Morning He declares that he shall surely die and in pursuance of that bloody Resolution he hunted him as a Partridge in the Wilderness and pursued his Life to take it away all this he did against him tho there was neither Evil nor Transgression nor Rebellion in his hand So that no subject in the World could have a better Plea for self-defence or taking up the Sword on the Account of the tyrannical Deportment of a King than he had against Saul and yet behold with what * This is an Instance on which the Fathers much insist and often urge for the Suppression of all Rebellious Attempts and Practices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost Hom. 1. in David Soul to 8. p. 16. lin 27 38. Basil of Sileucia introduces David speaking thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orat. 16. Optatus makes him speak thus Sine causa me victoria provo●●s frustra me occasio in triumphos invitas volebam hostem vincere sed prius est divina praecepta servare non inquit mittam manus in unctum domini repressit cum gladio manum dum timuit oleum servavit inimicum adv Parmen l. 2. p. 60. Abhorrence and Detestation he looks upon the stretching forth his hand against him Chalilah li Mejehovah 1 Sa. 24.6 Abomination will be charged upon me from the Lord if I stretch forth my Hand against the Lord 's Anointed and again ch 26.11 ch 24.5 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth my Hand against the Lord 's Anointed yea no sooner had he cut