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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B22970	An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.	1643 (1643)	Wing F987	36,794	40

destruction of the whole army whose number was as the sand which is on th● sea shore in multitude 1. Sam. 13. 5 and chap. 14. 4. 6. 14. 15. Vnarmed David upon the same ground that the Lord saveth not with sword and speare for the battel is the Lords assured himself that the Lord wou●d deliver mighty Goliah into his hands who had an helmet of brasse upon his head and was armed with a coate of male and the waight of the coate was 5000 sheckels of brasse And he had greaves of brasse upon his legs and a target of brasse between his shoulders And the staffe of his spear was like a weavers b●am and his spears head weighed 600 sheckels of Iron chap 17. 5. 6. 7 47. So Asa crying unto God and saying Lord it is nothing to thee to help whether with many or with th●m that have no powr Over●hrew Zerah and destroyed an cost of Ethiopians consisting of a thousand thousan● and three hundred charets 2. chr 14. 9. 11. 13. this carried Iehoiada the Priest aboue all defficu●ties against that bloudy usurping Queene Athal●ah 2. chr 24. This was the Churches confidence in Dauids time God is our refuge and strength Therfore will no● we feare though the earth be removed and though the mountaines be carried into the midst of the sea The Lord of hosts is with us Psal 46. 1. 2. 11. And with whom God is as without doubt he is was and ever will be with his church how can they at any time be accounted unable to resist in a just cause Doest thou respect multitude and is the Lord with the● Elisha or King Hezekiah will tell thre that there be more with thee then against thee 2. K. 6. 16. and 2 cor 32. 7. dost thou regard armyes the Lord breaketh the bow and cutteth the speare in sund●r he b●●neth the chariat in the fire Psal 46. 9. It is therefore apparant that if the children of God had had any warrant from Gods word by force to resist the wickednesse and cruelties of their lawf●ll Soueraignes they never wanted ability Ninthly Gods heavy judgments upon those who have taken up armes 9 Reason against their Prince though an Idolater and oppressour ought to be a warning unto us how we do the like Amon was an Idolater and his servants conspired against him and slew him but the p●ople of the Land detesting such horrible treason slew all them that had conspired against him 2. K. 21. 21. 22 23. 24. Nebuchadnezzar was an Idolater cruell Tyrant and type of Antichrist yet after that Iehoiakin had once yeelded up his faith and service unto Him whereby he became his lawfull Sovereign the Lord was so offended with his rebellion that he sent not only against him bands of enemies but also gave the land of Judah to destroy it and the Lord gave him into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar who buried him as an asse is buried drawne and cast forth without the gate of Jerusalem 2. K. 24. 1. 2. Ier. 12. 19 Dan. 1. 2. Neither was this a s●ffic●ent warning but Zedekiah did also rebell and was taken by Nebuc●a●nezzar who gave judgment upon him and they flew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him wi●h f●t●ers of brasse and carried him to Babyl●n Lastly To t●ke up armes against thy lawfull Sover●ign though he be an Idol●ter and ●ppres●●ur is contrary to the doctrine of the Church of England as it is delivered in the second part of the Booke of H●milies in the last Hom●l And also against the doctrine of the Fathers Martyrs and all holy men even from Chr●sts ●ime untill these last hundred yeers as you may s●e●t at large proved in the Booke intituled The subjests duty Bu● what t●u●li●s thereso cle●r which hath not met with some opposition Let the servant● do what they can he envious man will finde a time to sow tares among the wheat Matth. 13. 25. 28. Howbeit no point of doctrine hath been longer nor more generally received in Christs Church then this hath for no divine ever doubted thereof untill the wicked Iesuites began to flourish who have turned all Religion into policy and to maintaine their conspiracies treasons stabbing poysoning banishing deposing and murdring of Princes have by corrupting the Word of God endeavoured to prove That Subjects may and ought to take up armes against resist and slay their lawfull Sovereign if He be an heretike and oppressour But that which is most to be lamen●ed ●s that many learned men and otherwise great lights and pillars of the Protestant Church have through an over ho● and fiery Zeale runne into the same path with the Iesuites using the same arguments with them and alike countenancing sedition and rebellion to the ruine both of Church and state where they prevaile And since their arguments are by factious spirits enemies to all peace and government spread abroad in these unhappy times of publiqu● differences I shall therefore Reader for the full satisfaction o● thy Conscience set them downe in order and according to the Word of God render unto each a particular answer The first Objection David tooke up armes against Saul who causelesly sought his life 1 Sam. 22. 1 2. and chap. 24. 18. Therefore Subjects may lawfully take up armes against their Soveraigne The Answer To this I answer That it is falsely alledged that David tooke up armes against Saul For if we read the story of David 1 Sam. we shall alwaies finde him flying from one Town to another never resisting never sighting And when the Lord delivered Saul into his hand unawares in the Cave in the Wildernesse of En-gedi he did not lay hands on or doe the least hurt unto Saul nay he acknowledged he committed ●n ●ffence of high presumption and his heart smote him because he cut off Sauls skirt n●r would he suffer his men to rise against Saul but diswaded them saying The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lords anoint●d to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is anointed of the Lord chap. 24. Again when the Lord deli●●red Saul into his hands in the hill of Hachilah and Abishai would have smote him David forbad saying Destroy him not for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords anointed and be guiltlesse ch 26. So that Davids carriage towards Saul is worthy the imitation of all faithful and religious Subjects F●y we may from the causelesse wrath of the King but resist and take up a●mes against Him we may not David shews us no such example And it is also observable that though Saul maliciously and unjustly pursued David yet David continued in his duty towards Saul alwaies speaking most honourably of him And in testimony of his loyalty when Saul did but look● behind him David stooped with his face to the Earth and bowed himselfe and presently after protesteth that he never sinned against him 1 Sam. 24. 8 11. whose

loyalty unto Saul is further cleared 2 Sam. 1. For when the Amalekite brought him word that he had slain Saul he tooke hold on his clothes and rent them and mourned and wept and fasted untill even with bitter lamentation over Saul And commanded the Amalekite to be sl●in and said How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hands to destroy the Lords anointed Wherefore David cannot be made a pattern for 1 Sam. 16. 13. 16. disloyalty and rebellion yet he was anointed King before Saul knew him The second Objection When Saul answered God do so and more also for thou shalt surely die J●nathan The people said unto Saul As the Lord liveth there shall not one haire of of his head fall to the ground So the people rescued Ionathan that he died not 1 Sam. 14. 44 45. Therefore Subjects may resist their Soveraigne The answer To answer this objection it is necessary to observe the story as it is set down 1 Sam. 14. Where Saul charged the people with an oath saying Cursed be the man that eateth any food untill evening And what then followed Certainly an example of singular obedience in the people for the Text saith That though they were pressed with hunger yet none of the people tasted any food And further When the people were c●me into the wood behold the hony dropped but no man put his hand ●o his mouth for the people feared the oath onely Jonathan unwittingly dipt the end of his r●d in an honey-comb and put his hand to his mouth Presently one of the people told Ionathan ●● his fathers charge and in effect that he had broken it And the Lord himselfe because of this sinne refused to answer Saul when he drew neere to him for counsell v. 36 37 38. Then Saul called all the chief of the people together to know by whom this sin was done and the people like obedient subjects sai● as before in the 36 vers Doe what seemeth good unto thee The lot then fell upon Ionathan Io●athan confesseth and in confessing excuseth his fault saying I did but taste a little honey with the end of my rod and loe I must die Saul answers thou shalt sur●ly die Ionathan Then the people began to meditate and said unto Saul shal Jonathan dy As if they should say shall thy son die thy son Ionathan whom thou lovest ●o dearely v 39. shall he die he who heard not when thou didst charge the p●ople with the oath v. 27. he who hath wrought this day great salvation in Israel God forbid Let God hinder thee from ●his deed God in whose power onely it is let him forbid thee as the Lord liveth that is most certainly most assuredly God shall so turn Liberav●runt Hieron redemerunt Jun. Trem. vide Greg. ● ag in Reg. cap. 14. thy heart that there shall not one haire of his head fall to the ground for he hath wrought with God this day So the people by their mediation and intreaty rescued or freed or redeemed or delivered Ionathan that he died not Here is nothing but obedience to Sauls commands nothing but loyalty And therefore thou abusest the Scriptures to alleadge this place for rebellion and taking up Armes against thy Soveraigne The third Objection The ten Tribes of Israel rebelled against Rehoboam and set up a King amongst themselves because he refused to ease them of the heavy yoke which 1 K. 12. his father Sol●mon had laid upon them And when Rehoboam had raised an army to reduce them unto obedience the Lord forbad him saying Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel return every one to his house f●r this thing is from me Where the Lord does approve thereof Therefore Subjects may lawfully rebell against their Soveraigne if he be an oppressor The Answer It is true the ten Tribes of Israel rebelled and made Ieroboam their King and t is true the Lord forbad Rehoboam to fight against them saying Ye shal not fight against your brethren for this thing is from me But in what sence Thou must consider herein two things First the Action Secondly the evill in that action The Action was the making of Ieroboam King and this action was good and was from the Lord 1 K. 11. 31. And in respect of this Ieroboam was their lawfull King But the evill in that action which was their falling off and withdrawing their obedience from Rehoboam and rebellion was from themselves their proud and corrupt natures And i● respect of this Ieroboam was an usurper as he confesseth himselfe 1 K. 12. 27. If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at J●●usalem then shal the heart of this people return again unto their Lord even to Rehoboam But you will reply the Scriptures say not that this action onely of making A doubt the King was from the Lord but this thing that is the whole businesse was from the Lord. And therefore the withdrawing of their obedience and rebellion was also from the Lord. I answer 't is true their rebellion may also be said to be from the Lord Resolved but how Non voluntate Deiefficiente sed permittente not that this was wrought or approved by the Lord but because this as all other sins are was permitted and suffered by the Lord who gave them up to uncleannesse through the lusts of their own flesh Rom. 1. 24. And marke what followed They left all the Commandements of the Lord their God and made them molten images even two Calves and made a grove and worshipped all the host of Heaven and served Baal And they caused their sons and their daughters to passe through the fire and used divination and inchantments and sold themselves to do evill in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight there was none left but the T●ibe of Judah onely And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of spoilers untill he had cast them out of his sight The prime cause and reason of all which is here given For He re●t Israel from the house of David and they made J●roboam the son of Nebat King and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord and made them sin a great sin For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did they departed not from them untill the Lord removed Israel out of his sight So was Israel carried away out of their own Land to Assyria unto this day 2 K. 17. See here an example of rebellion and what a dreadfull and unparaleld judgement followed They were rent from the people of God given up to their own corruptions cast out of Gods sight delivered into the hands of spoilers and at length carried into p●rpetuall captivity Grant O Lord th●● by thy judgments the inhabitants of