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A26832
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Vulgar errors in divinity removed
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Battell, Ralph, 1649-1713.
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Wing B1150; ESTC R10796
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Prophet told him he would Why those that usurp the Sword as little know their own hearts as he and therefore are as little to be trusted For Argument sake let us suppose it just in the beginning yet to alter or change a Government men must be forc'd to take such violent courses as would render their actions unjust in the end though just at first But to resist thus the lawful power is to do evil that good may come on it and I am sure that is neither good nor just first or last Secondly To honour the King as the Father of our Country Suppose then any weakness in a Father should a Son discover any nakedness C ham was cursed for it it is a part of that honour we owe to a King to cover it when ever we find it not to curse him in our bed-chamber but always to speak honourably of him the taking away a Kings honour and esteem amongst his Subjects is but a preparative to the taking away of his life Thirdly To pray for him both in Publick and in Private it is a weighty matter to govern so as to serve so many interests and if any be not served they will be angry and waspish Moses complained he was not able to bear the burthen of Government and yet he was well-spirited for it by Almighty God He hath need enough of our Prayers and we have need enough to pray for him if but for our own sakes for in his peace we shall have peace and in his trouble we shall have trouble enough If God commanded the Jews to pray for the life of the King of Babylon and to seek the peace of that City whether they were carried Captive How much more should we pray for our own King and seek the peace of our Native Country Fourthly To pay Tribute without murmuring proportionably to our Estates most men mistake the Liberty of the Subject which is the true cause of complaining in this point 'T is not in having such a property in our goods as to exclude our Sovereign by Parliament from laying a Tax for our own defence but only in excluding any Forein Power or any fellow-Subject from invading our rights Should it consist in the former the Kingdom might sink for want of necessary support 'T is not enough for a man to labour to build his house but he must do something to defend his labours Now in regard a private man cannot defend himself against some mighty Nimrods he must be content to pay Tribute to those that can Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom c. Fifthly To obey him and his good Laws where Laws are good passive obedience is not enough for such as will not obey for Conscience sake but only for wrath bring an evil report upon his good Government for by suffering they shew what an opinion they have of his Laws and what they would have others think of them namely that they are not good and that godly men cannot live without persecution under his Government This must needs tend much to the dishonour of the King Some others will obey the King only provided he be a godly King that is in their sense of godliness one of their own Church But Temporal right to Dominion is not founded in grace The Scripture makes no such distinction of Kings but commands obedience to them whether Saul be King or David King whether Nero be Emperour or Constantine Emperour O King live for ever said Daniel to Darius who cast him into the Lions Den. If any thing be amiss in the Chief Magistrate Advice Prayers and Patience are the most Christian remedies for all Judges under him are but his Deputies and all the power his Lieutenants have of the Sword is the Kings and it can never stand with reason that his Authority should be used to depose his Person Nothing can bring tyranny sooner into a Kingdom than the taking of an ungodly course to keep it out Solomon says Against a King there is no rising up If objected It was so indeed in Israel but the Politick Laws of England differ from those of Israel My answer is We are not for that Arbitrary Government of a King mentioned in the eighth Chapter of the first Book of Samuel but where the Laws of England command and prescribe obedience there we may safely urge it upon the Conscience and there every Subject of England ought to yield obedience to it When the Law of the Land says It is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take up Arms against the King then we urge that of the Apostle Be subject to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether to the King as Supream and that of St. Paul Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God For although men set the bounds yet God curses those that remove the Land-marks and invade anothers rights And blessed be God that he hath even in our days overturned overturned all Rebels and Usurpers of Government till he came whose right it was to govern us and he hath given it him Now what remains but that we bless God that there is a King again in England and that every one doth not what is right in his own eyes that Ashur a stranger is not our King but a perfect Englishman lineally descended of so many famous Ancestors a nursing Father of the Church and a Defender of the Laws and Liberties of his People one that looks on us as David on the Tribe of Judah to be his own bone and his own flesh and that we earnestly pray that God would still long continue his gracious Reign over us that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty Vulgar Errors CONCERNING Gods House and his Worship in it Removed ALmighty God who according to his nature is infinite and incomprehensible dwells not in Temples made with hands as it is written Heaven is my Throne and Earth is my footstool yet this infinite God is pleased to condescend so low as to behold the things which are in Heaven and in Earth and to dwell with the Children of men and though he hath given us all that we have and all that we are yet he accepts of any thing we shall in way of gratitude give back again to him to honour his Holy Name and to make his praise to be glorious Jacob knowing this vowed a Vow when sent away by his Parents for fear of his Brother Esau Gen. 28.20 Saying if God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and rayment to put on so that I come again unto my Fathers house in peace then shall the Lord be my God and this stone which I have set for a Pillar shall be Gods house and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee We read of several Altars before but here