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A05460	A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1638 (1638)	STC 15591; ESTC S103338	13,640	22

as Realie as wee Heare and obey the King by stooping and submitting to a Constable who sees not this These haue each of them proper and severall lawes statutes ordinances and administrations for their severall officers to attend vpon The Civill State Sixtly In this state or in these Citties are the lawes and ordinances of men that the saints must obey in the Lord for though in the time of Christ and his Apostels there were no Christian Kings yet the Churches of the Saints were commanded to obey their Lawes Religious Lawes they could not bee Because the Magistrates were all infidells therefore the Apostle Peter distingusheth them from the Divine by calling them the Ordinances of men due vnto Caesar as divine obedience is unto God The true Ecclesiastcall State Even so this Cittie of God with 〈◊〉 officers are to obserue whatsoever Christ hath commanded them Math. 28.20 the Church of Corinth kept them 1 Cor. 11.2 and Paulls Charge to Timothy is to teach the Church to obserue all without prefering one before another as he would answer it before Christ Iesus and his Elect Angells These divine things are due to Christ Iesus and to him to him onely belongs this visible worship Ioh. 4 21.22.23 The false Ecclesiasticall State The Lawes administrations of this whorish Church are partly their owne Inventions contained in the Bookes formerly named with some divine truthes which vsurped they injoy which truthes they vse as a help to set a glose vpon their inventions that they may passe with a better acceptation but both Divine and devised are consecrated dedicated by the Beast and are administred by his Officers and power Seauentlhy All these three haue their subjects or people which their pollitique Bodies consist of The Civill State Lastly this State hath Subjects which are the Kings alleiged people and are bound to him their Head by the Oath of alleigence as any of them do purchase a Charter from him to become a Cittie or Corporation they are bound by vertue of their Charters to walke submissiuely to him their pollitique head and in that relation are by duty bound to keepe the Lawes of their Charters in his name power which is their pollitique obedience This Ciuill State is Gods Ordinance and is here borrowed to Jllustrate manifest and set forth the other two in the former perticuler and soe we leaue it The true Ecclesiasticall State Soe in the last place the Subjects of this State are only Saints noe other that is such as by the Rule of the word are to be Judged one of another to be in Christ otherwise they haue no right to this Kingdome 1 Cor. 4.20 Chapt. 5.13 But are intruders Iud. 4. verse and soe not of the Kingdome though in the Kingdome 1 Iohn 2.19 and the Saints are out of their places till they come within this Holy Citty To this State all Gods people are Called both out of this world and all false Churches especially from this Regiment of darkenesse there discribed 2. Cor. 6.17 Rev. 18.4 The False Ecclesiasticall State Lastly the Subjects of this Kingdome of darkenes are all the Inhabitans of the Earth Kings subjects Rev. 13.16 Chap. 18.3 Yea it hath a commanding power bond and free to receive a mark of subjection and servitude there is none soe bad but will serve his turne if any proue too good bee casts them out kills and destroys Rev. 11.7 This is the State and Kingdome of darkenes with which the Devill hath deluded all nations from which all Gods people Servants are bound in duty to seperate that soe they may bee free from that wrath of God which shall fall upon the Kingdome of the beast to the Ruine ouerthrow thereof Rev. 18.4.5 19.20 14.9.10,11 Leaving the premises let every one note these ensuing differences or disproportions that are betwene the ● Ecclesiasticall States for thir different natures The true Ecclesiasticall State The First disproportion betweene the true and False State is in the Originall from whence they arise The true State came from Heaven and is the house of wisdomes building Pro. 9.1 wherin the sonne of God the wisedome of his Father Heb. 1.3 hath beene as faithfull as was Moses in the former Heb. 3.2.6 is that Heaven discribed Rev. 12.1 and that Citty said to come downe from Heaven Rev. 21 and is an habitation for God to dwell in and for all his people to come into to dwell with God their Saviour for the name of the Citty is the Lord is there Ezec. last Chap. and last ver The False Ecclesiasticall State Likewise it is no hard Mistery to know the Originall of this False Ecclesiastical State for the Clargie as Goodwins Catologue of Bishops Fox his Booke of martyrs Rev. 9. 13 ch by their Preaching writing hath taught vs plainly that Antichrist the man of linne the sonne of perdition is seated in Rome the same Clergy doth also teach us that their Ministery Goverments of Bishops Arch Bb. successiuely proceedes from thence for our confirmation herein we read that Gregory the first of that name Pope of Rome about 1000 yeares since sent Austin the Monke into England consecrated him first Arch B. of Canterbury and he consecrated the rest of the Bb. and established the Ecclesiastical state which state platforme remaines vn-altered to this day notwithstanding the Head thereof be changed This state then being the man of sinne it is said to arise out of the Bottomles pitt Rev. 9.1 is called the King of the Locusts Rev. 9.11 is said to come by the effectuall working of Sathan 2 Thess 2.9 and as he is the sonne of perdition v. 3. and the Mistery of Iniquity v. 7. so shall he come to confusion by the mouth of the Lord v. 8. go to perdition Rev. 17.8 as the sonne heire thereof he shall haue the company of his Fatther the great Dragon the Devill and Satan with the yonger Brother the False Prophet that deceiued them that worshipped him these three shall dwell in the tormenting lake of Gods wrath forever and evermore Rev. 19.20 20 10. And thus wee see Originally from whence hee came and whither he must goe The true Ecclesiasticall State A Second disproportion is betweene the true power and the false The true power which Christ our King hath received of his Father Math. 28.18 and hath comunicated to his Saints 1 Cor. 5.4,12 and Psal 119. and to them onely This is that Dominion that the Antient of dayes hath giuen to his Saints Dan. 7..14 compared with ver 22 27 and with Revel 5.10 being lost hee will recover it againe vnto them as Daniell speakes in the New Testament is giuen to every Particuler visible Church or Assembly of Saints Math. 18.17.19.20 and 1 Cor. 5.12 In which point of Power we are to note two things First the Subject or place where it doth recide that is