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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77739	A confutation of the Anabaptists, and all others who affect not civill government; proving the lawfullnesse of it: and a full answer to all their cavills, that are, or can be made against it. With a nut-cracker for an unnaturall nut, whose shell is as hard as the scales of Leviathan, and the kernell of his heart as hard as a piece of the nether mill-stone, Iob 41.15.24. yet the hammer of Gods word that breaketh in pieces the rocks, Ier. 23.29. will break this nut, that all may see the devillish kernell that is in it. Also arguments against the Anabaptists, proving that infants borne of Christian parents ought to be baptized: with a full answer to all their cavills that are (or can be) made against it. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1644 (1644)	Wing B530; Thomason E51_20; ESTC R209932	98,225	89

peace the protector of righteousnesse and the avenger of innocency then he is unworthy to live in a Common-wealth that is an enemy to such government But here some will object that Princes in all ages some have been carelesse of their charge committed to them to foresee dangers to prevent them giving themselves to earthly delights and slothfully minding nothing else and others addict themselves to their game and so set to sale all lawes and priviledges judgments and grants other some spoyle the poore communalty of money to spend it wastefully and prodigally other some exercise more robberies pillaging of houses deflouring of Virgins murdering of Innocents so that no image of God is seen upon them that ought to shine in Magistrates nor no token of the Minister of God is seene in him which was given for prayse to the good and for vengeance to the evill Now men naturally abhor tyrants and love their lawful Kings then what shal poore subjects do in such a case I answer Inferiours are to submit to the governement of such Princes although Pinces do not that which pertaineth to them but they goe beyond those bounds which the Lord hath set them yet it will not follow that we may sin against them because that they sin against God saith Peter Fear God and honour the King And ye servants be subject to your Masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thanke-worthy if a man for conscience towards God endure griefe suffering wrongfully 1 Pet. 2.17 18.19 Wee ought to observe the providence of God who disposeth of all Kingdomes and setteth up Kings as it pleaseth him see Dan. 2.21 Although Nebuchadnezar was a wicked man yet saith Daniel the God of heaven hath given thee a Kingdom vers 37. And saith the Lord I will give Nebuchadnezar the land of Aegypt for his good service and the spoile thereof shal be the wages of his Army Ezek. 29.19 20. And King Saul was a cruell tyrant see 1 Sam. 8.12 Yet the people are not freed of their obedience to him and saith the Lord I have given the earth to whom it seemed meet unto me and the Lord hath power to do what pleaseth him Psal 115.3 And he made the earth and man and beasts upon it then it followes I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezar King of Babylon and all Nations shall serve him Jer. 27.5 6 7. Thus you see God will have this tyrant to be honoured And David said to Abishai concerning the King destroy him not for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anoynted and be guiltlesse and another time saith he God forbid that I should do this thing unto my Master the Lords Anoynted so David stayed his servants with these words suffered them not to rise against Saul 1 Sam. 24.6 7.26.9 And we ought to have a reverent esteeme of them as wives to their husbands and as children to their parents for the King is worth ten thousand of us 2 Sam. 18.3 The breath of our ●ostrils is the Lords Anoynted Lam. 4.20 Then they that curse the King bu● in their thought a bird of the ayre shall carry the voyce and that which hath wings shall tell the matter Eccl. 10.20 Then are we unmercifully tormented by a cruell Prince or are our goods spoyled by a covetous and a ryotous Prince and are we neglected by a slothful Prince and are we vexed for a godly life by a wicked Prince then our duty must be to call to remembrance our sins which are scourged by that scourge of the Lord and by humility bridle our impatience and let us call to mind that it belongs not to us to remedy such evills it is only our duty to crave help of the Lord in whose hands are the hearts of Kings and the bowing of Kingdomes to his will He is a God who standeth in the assembly of Gods and judgeth among the Gods Psalm 82.1 And all Kings shall fall before him and all the Iudges of the earth shal be dashed in peaces like a potters vessell that will not submit to the Lord and kisse his Anoynted Psal 2.9.12 Yea woe be to them that decree unrighteous decrees and that turne aside the needy from judgment Isa 10.1.2 God reproved Kings for his peoples sake and suffered none to doe them wrong Psal 105.14 Yea he hath broken the bloody Scepters of proud Kings and overturned their intolerable government yet I say although God may justly correct their unbridled government by his owne revenging hand yet let us not think that we may do so which have no commandement given us but to obey and suffer this I speake concerning private persons Now it may be demanded of some that in case the chiefe Magistrate shall thus tyrannize over his people whether other Magistrates may not defend them and withstand this tyrant in the Cause of God I answer with Master Calvin Instit 4.20.31 If there be at this time any Magistrates for the behoofe of the people such as in old time were the Ephori that were set against the Kings in Lacedemonia or the Tribunes of the people against the Roman Consuls or the Demarchi against the Senate of Athens or as it is with us the three Estates in Parliament holding the principall Assemblies saith he I am so far from forbidding these to withstand the outrageing licentiousnesse of Kings that I affirme that if they winke at Kings wilfully rageing over and treading down the poore Communalty that their dissembling is not without wicked breach of faith because they deceitfully betray the liberty of the people whereof they know themselves to be appointed protectors by the ordinance of God And saith he in the 8. Section no kinde of governement is more blessed then this where liberty is framed with such a moderation as it ought to be and is orderly established for continuance and so I count them most blessed that may enjoy this estate and if they stoutly and constantly trav●ll in preserving and retaining it do nothing against their duty yea the Magistrates ought with most great d●ligence to bend themselves hereunto that they suffer not the liberty of the people of which they are appointed governours to be in any part diminished much lesse to be dissolved but if they be negligent and carelesse therein they are faith-breakers and false in their office and betrayers of their Countrey and the very thinking to bring in any other change of government is not only foolish and superstitious but also very hurtfull Then would any bring in Monarchical government let me tell them that it is seldome seene that Kings so temper themselves that they will never swerve from that which is just and right Again they are not alwaies furnished with so great a sharpnesse of judgment and wisedome that every one seeth so much as is sufficient for every thing therefore the wants that are in single persons are cause sufficient

this divine law of God is despised by Libertines or as now they are more commonly called Antinomians and by Anabaptists Papists and prophane Protestants yet at this time I intend not to call them to an account for despising of that government alone as in it selfe but there is another kind of government despised of these men which is a humane government for the Apostle saith Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as supreame or unto governours sent by them 1 Pet. 2.13 14. This is that government which is so much despised especially by the Anabaptists to them I chiefly bend the drift of my disputation yet not conniving or sparing any other that shall dash against it or any way seem to undervalue it This humane or civill government is a state of superiority consisting in the power of commanding and in the power of the sword for the good of mankind that it is a state of superiority appeareth Rom. 13.1 Let every soule be subject to the higher power Again it consisteth in a double power 1. In commanding that is of making laws and edicts calling and conventing the second power is that of the sword and it may be comprehended under thesce 4. heads 1. In arresting 2. Imprisoning 3. In putting to death 4. In making warre in way of protection or otherwise The reason why this power of the sword is added is this to put a difference betweene the authority of the magistracy and the authority of the ministry Now this difference standeth in 3. things First the magistracy hath a power in it selfe whereby the civill Magistrate may command in his owne name but the Ministry hath power only to pronounce what God commandeth and in his name saying Thus saith the Lord none durst ever say from himselfe I say unto you but Christ alone Math. 5. Secondly the authority of the civill Magistrate is in himselfe but the authority of the Minister is not in himselfe but in Christ so then the civill Magistrate may command obedience to himselfe but the Minister commandeth it to God Thirdly the civill Magistrate hath power over the outward man but the Minister hath power only to counsell perswade and exhort So much of the difference between the Magistracy and the Ministry Secondly this power of the sword is added to distinguish the power of the magistracy from all private power as in Schooles and Families which have a power of commanding but not of the sword Lastly I adde for the common good of mankind Rom. 13.4 He is the Minister of God to thee for good or for thy wealth that is in procuring the welfare of soule and body which standeth in two things First true Religion Secondly civill justice both which are by the magistracy maintained Now here it may be demanded how farre the power of civill government reacheth I answer over all causes things and words of men whether Civil or Ecclesiasticall over Temporall things I know none that will make question of it but the Anabaptists who deny the very being of it but it also reacheth to the causes of the Church and this appeareth in that the Kings must have the booke of the Law before them when they sit upon the Throne of the Kingdome and it must be with them and they must read therein all the dayes of their lives that they may learne to feare the Lord their God and that they may keep all the words of this law and do them that their heart be not lifted up above their brethren Deut. 17.18.19.20 Secondly this we may see in many examples of holy Kings in Scripture Iosiah kept the Passeover and commanded others to keep it 2 Chron. 35.1.16 and K. Asa commanded Iudah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to doe the Law and the commandement and he took away the Altars of the strange Gods and the high places and brake down the images and cut down the groves 2 Chr. 14.3.4 And Manasseh repaired the Altar of the Lord and sacrificed thereon Peace-offerings and commanded Judah to serve the Lord Chap. 33.16 And Josiah tooke away all the abhominations out of all the Countreys that pertained to the children of Israel and he made all that was present to serve the Lord their God Cha. 34.33 Israel served the Lord all the dayes of Joshuah and all the dayes of the Elders that out-lived Jo●huah Iosh 24.31 And the Lord raised up unto them David to be their King to whom he gave testimony and said I have found David the s●nne of Jes●e a man after mine owne heart which shall fulfill all my will Acts 13.22 And so when he was King he did not only reform his own Family that no lyar should dwel in his house nor deceitfull person should tarry in his right and slanderers he would cut off and proud persons he would not suffer the faithfull should dwel with him but yet this is not all marke saith he I will early destroy all the wicked of the land and cut off wicked doers from the Citie of the Lord Psal 102. Thirdly the command of God goes down to the house of the King of Iudah and speake unto him this word and say heare the word of the Lord ô King of Judah that sittest upon the Thro●e of David execute judgment and righteousnesse and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor do no wrong nor violence to the stranger and fatherl●ss●● and the widow neither shed innocent blood in this place then if they do these things abundance of blessings are promised but if they do not these things fearfull judgments are threatned Jer. 22.3.4.5 21.11.12 And saith David Be wise ô Kings serve the Lord kisse the Sun lest he be angry Psal 2. Fourthly the Lord hath promised that Kings under the Gospell shall be nursing Fathers and Queenes nursing Mothers to his Church Isa 49.23 Yea Kings shall bring their honour and glory into it Revel 21.24 That is the honour and glory of their power and authority and riches also shall be all improved for the good and welfare of the Church they shall cast their Crownes before the Throne saying worthy art thou O Lord to receive glory and hoxour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are were created Revelat 4.10.11 And as they have given their power to the Beast so time will come the Lord hasten it that they will give all unto Christ for the good of his Church as David did 1 Chron. 29.11.12 But heare the Schisme of Brownie those independant people will set upon mee who tell us that Christian Princes and Magistrates have no more to doe in or about the Church then heathen Princes I answer but every faithfull Subject under a Christian Prince will acknowledge his place is to defend the saith I mean the Doctrine of faith all those truths which are necessary to be believed to salvation they are to defend that