circumspection care counsell and continuall vigilancy they are preserved in peace and prosper in plenty and whether we did not enjoy all blessings which Subjects could hope for under His Majesties reign before this Parliament set themselves to pull him downe I leave all English men that are not prepossessed with prejudice to Monarchy and partiality to a side to judge what a condition we have been since in too sad experience can testifie Oh then my deare Countrey-men let no Theudas herein deceive you or any Iudas of Galile who in the dayes of the Tribute drew away much people as a Acts 5.37 Gamaliel speaks delude you for hee perished and all that obeyed him and as our Saviour said of them so I may say of this Nation in this matter except ye repent of this sinne you shall all likewise perish b Aug. in lib. iâ— Rom proposit 7 2 Augustine saith If any one thinke Imposts Tribute and Honour ought not to bee paid to the King hee falls into a great errour c B Aretii Com. in 13 Rom. v 7. Aretius saith We owe them by right if we doe not pay them we offend against the rule of Iustice Nay to pay them is necessary for all as the same Aretius there unlesse they would be deprived of their Fortunes Wealth and Wellfare Therefore pay it truely and doe it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men not grudgingly as if compelled by necessity but cheerefully and voluntarily in humble testimony of your hearty fidelity love and loyalty But to them that challenge immunity from the performance of these publique Debts of Tributary duties to their Liege Lords and Kings I may say as Dioclesian to the Philosopher Thy Profession differs from thy Petition thy Profession teaches thee to give Caesar his due and not to robbe him of his right Bishop Latimer calls such Theeves that rob the King of his due debt Subsidies Tribute or Taxes Rather imitate that d Ambros con ra Auxâ—◠〈◊〉 quaest 1. Can si tribistum Ambrose the famous Bishop of Millan who teacheth thee a better Lesson If the Emperour demand Tribute wee doe not deny it the fields of our Church shall pay Tribute If the Emperor demand the fields hee hath power to challenge them let him take them I neither give them nor deny them in no case arguing obedience in ordinary or extraordinary exactions agreeing fully with Luther e Luth. in Matt 22.21 If thy substance body or life should be taken from thee by the Magistrate thou maist say thus I doe willingly yeeld them unto you and acknowledge you for ruler over mee I will obey you but whether you use your Power and Authoritie well or ill see you to that For Kings must one day give account of all their workes to the King of Kings and if they have abused their Power by Tyranny Cruelty or any bad Government an hard judgement f Wisd 6.5.8 shall such have that beare such Rule for then abides the sorer Triall as the Sonne of Wisedome speaks The power is from God the abuse of it from themselves and they will finde it when God and it calls them to reckon The Chain of gold is not made the worse because an Harlot weares it about her neck it is g Luth. in Mat 2â— 21 Luthers comparison in this case so still Kings must be obeyed for Conscience sake if not commanding contrarie to Gods Commandements Let us with these follow the steppes of faithfull Fabricius of whose fidelity Pyrrhus boldly speakes Difficilius Fabricius a legalitate quà m sol a suo cursu verti possit Let the Sunne first turne from her Course than we from the course of Loyall Obedience and Allegiance alwayes remembring that Christian saying of that martyr h Ignarepiâ—â—â— 2. d Magnâ—sianos a Ignatius No man ever lived unpunished which lifted up himselfe against his betters superiours his Princes disobedience brings Infamy disgrace death yea hatred after death that the sorrowfull Sonne may say of his treacherous Sire i Gen. 3â— 30 Yee have troubled me and made me stinke among the Inhabitants of the Land as Iacob said of Simeon and Levi And whether we of this Kingdome have not too just cause to say of those two Brothers in iniquity the factious Party of the Lords and Commons sitting in Parliament you have made us by your proceedings stinke in the Nostrills of all neighbour Nations and rendred us the scorne and contempt of the whole World I leave it to the experience of Travellers To conclude lâ—t us alwayes from the bottome of our hearts 1 Prayer pray so the Kings safety Corporally for his salvation Spiritually and preservation Politically Let us obey him because he is the Lords Anointed 2 Obedience appointed by God to be his Vicegerent representing the person on earth of the King of Kings in heaven 3 Honour Let us honour him not with lips only but with hearts truely because he is the Father of our Countrey the constant Defender of the Faith and so worthy of double Honour 4 Service Let us bee ready to performe at his Command our best Service being his native and naturall Subjects born and bound by Allegiance to all Christian duties of Subjection Let us be willing to pay Tribute 5 Tribute a publike Purse must helpe the publike Peace Multorum manibus grande levatur onus Yea let us pay him his duty Tribute to him for we owe him Tribute Custome to him for we owe him Custome Feare Honour Obedience Service and all other loyall services and performances of Duties belonging to good Subjects in their severall degrees and places humbly to tender them and render them unto our Gracious and high Soveraigne Lord the King whose Sword Crowne Scepter Throne and Person justly requires all these duties the Sword exacts obedience Crown commands honour Scepter service Throne tribute and Person prayer alwayes powring forth to God this Prayer and Petition God save King CHARLES Let us be in Pace Lepores but in Praelio Leones in Peace like Hares timerous to offâ—nd his Majesty in any way of disobedience but like Lions when opportunity shall be offered fight for his freedome and re-establishment in his Throne and Power against all the enemies thereof with unwearied courage undaunted magnanimity joyning with our fighting hands our fervent prayers like faithfull Israelites against all rebelling Amalekites continually let us pray with David Psalme 20.9 Domine salvum fac Regem Lord save the King send him an happy Deliverance out of all his troubles visit him with much comfort now after the time that thou hast afflicted him and the yeares wherein he hath suffered such great adversity Lord keep him as the Apple of thine owne eye and hide him under the shadow of thy wings oh turne not thy face away from thine Anointed but let him be refreshed with the joy of thy Countenance Make his dayes as the dayes of heaven before thee and grant
tidings wee should not doe well should wee hold our peace the very stones in the streets will reprove us and the timber out of the wall upbraid our silence by their acclamations exciting our dull affections to shoute for joy and pray God save King Charles CHAP. IV. ANd truly there are five things to name no more which all good subjects owe unto their Soveraigne â—â—is Prayer 2 Obedience 3. Honour 4. Service 5. Tribute And if any Subject deny any one of these the King may take him by the throat and say a Matth. 18.28 Solve quod debes Pay that thou owest 1. First is Prayer to pray for the Kings preservation on earth and salvation in Heaven The heathen Chaldeans may learn Christians this lesson who cryed to their King b Dan. 3.9 Nebuchadrezar O King live for ever As King c 1 Kin. 8.34.36 Solomon prayed for his people so ought his people to pray for him s ying of their Lord the King as King David speakes of the Lord of Israel Blessed d Psal 106.48 be the Lord God of Jsrael for ever and ever and let all the people say Amen saying to the King as Amasa and his company said to David e 1 Chron. 12.18 Thine are we O David and with thee O son of Ishai peace peace be unto thee and peace be unto thy helpers and the Lord thy God in his good time be thy helper That tongue that will not pray for his Majesties present liberty from prison and honourable re-establishment in his lawfull Throne and Kingdome and for the future Peace Prosperity and preservation of so vertuous a Prince and their anointed Soveraigne is such a tongue as the Apostle Iames f Iam. 3.6 speakes of fire and a world of wickednesse and is set on fire of hell for saith Austin the just man never ceases to pray unlesse he cease to be just much lesse should he cease to poure forth fervent and faithfull supplications for the King that under him wee may lead a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty Such ungodly and undutifull subjects as will not unloose the strings of their tongues to pray for the safety and felicity of the King we wish that they were like the men at the river Ganges who it wee credit the report of Strabe have no tongues g Mâ—â—â—â— 2â— better is it to enter into the kingdome of Heaven losing a member then having such an ungodly member to be cast into hell fiâ—â— But herein many times the tongue is mâ—re officiâ—us then the heart with tongue they cry Hosanna h but in heart like Iewes wish crucifige with a verbâ—â— service many abound crying and â—ringing vivat Rex but withall store it hoc Parliamentum and that will never make a good prayer A King had need call to his subjects as God to his servants i 〈◊〉 2â— â—â— give me thy heart the world is full of faire tongues but false hearts none but the great searcher of the heart hath a window in the heart to see who honour with lippes and their hearts farre from him So that Kings had need examine their subjects as k 〈◊〉 2â— â—5 Christ did Peter thrice dost thou love me The world hath bred so many protestors of the Romish and so many professors of the Sectaries doctrine of devillish equivocation and Parliamentiz'd creatures profound in the art of dissâ—mulation that many men are like Godâ— in Sands in dubio pelagi terâ—â—ve doubtfull whether to belong to sea or land tempoâ—â—â—ers or neuters like the l Râ—â— 3.15 Church of Laodicea neither hot â—â—r cold either Prince or Pope Parliament or Levellers please them Monarchy Aristocracy Democracy yea Anâ—â—chy all alike to them As for Religion Protestanisme â—opâ—ry Put iâ—aâ—â—sme Anabaptisme Turkisme Heathenisme Atheisme oâ— whâ—tever the grand Councell shall countenaâ—ce is equally received by them These like the Camelâ—on assume any shape fashionable to the time to whom yet I doubt not but God will one day say Because ye are luke-warm professâ—â—s neither hot nor cold I will spue ye out of my moâ—th Rev 3.16 Such as these study Machiavell more then the Gospel m Mâ—â—◠〈…〉 c. 3. â—ashion themselves to the favourâ—ble fortune of the time and thinke themselves happy as n Maâ—◠〈…〉 he counts those Princes happy whose counsels are successively correspondent to the condition of the times The prayers of such temporizers whose tongues may flame but their hearts are as cold as a stone are abhominable in the sight of God Esto religiosu in Deum quiâ—â—ir ilâ—um Imperatoriâ—sse propitium saith Tertullian n Tâ—â—t Aâ—oc c. 34. The Lord is far off the wicked but hee neareth the prayers of the righteous saith o 〈◊〉 v. 15. â—â— Salâ—mâ—n God will not beâ—â—e the prayers of these Church-neaâ—ers yea Chuâ—â—h-haters nâ— more then the idolatrâ—â—us Iâ—wes p Ezech. 8.18 Thâ—ugh they cry in any eares with a loud voice yet will not I heare them And therefore that we may performe our first bounden duty unto the King acceptable to the King of Kings in making hearty and humble prayers for the freedome restauration protection and preservatiâ—n of his Majesty let all the people in his Realm from â—igh to low from great to small doe this comfortable and Christian service fervently feelingly and â—aithfully unto the Lord night and day crying and craving God save the King The Lord hath commanded this duty to pray not onâ—â—r good Kings but even for bad Kings When Paul gave that Apostolicall counsell 1 Timothy 2.1 2. to pray for for Kings Caligula Claudius or Nero most bloody Pagan Emperours then raigned q Baruc. 1. â—â—â— Ier. 29.7 So Abraham prayed for K. Abâ—mâ—lech Gen. 20.27 So â—â—ob Hâ—ssâ—d Kinâ— Pharoah Gen. 47.10 Pray for the life of Nebuchadnezar King of Babylon and for the life of Balthasar his sonne that their dayes might bee on earth as the dayes of heaven So the Lord commanded the Iewes to pray for the peace of the City of Babylon where Nebuchadnezar raigned If then the Lord charg and command to pray for such Governours as were Pagans Persecutors Idolaters Infidels how devoutely and deeply are all loyall subjects â—ound to pray and to praise God for the blessed government of Zealous and Christian Kings Especially how more ought we to pray for so religious and gracious a King and to beseech God with prostrate soules to visit and set him at liberty now after the time he hath afflicted him and permitted his restraint and comfort him with joy and gladnesse for the yeares wherein hee hath suffered adversity and for the future to defend him and his from all the treacherous traines and rebellious plots whether of forraine foes or home hatcht parricides whether corner creeping Iesuits of the Romish party or house-preaching Iudasses of Schismaticall faction To deliver from and strengthen him against whom let us we doe implore the hand of heaven to Sentinell ovâ—â— him
Iudge Ienkins clearly holds forth unto us in his last Remonstrance at the barre of the House of Commons To conclude this point this second duty of Obedience to Kings is by all true subiects faithfully and loyally to be performed being a duty necessary for two respects 1. Necessitate praecepti 2. Necessitate finis First God by manifold precepts commanded Obedience to bee given to Rulers and Kings Secondly by the benefit Government affords without which all Common-wealths were mothers of common woes and would become the very shambles and slaughter-houses of Christian blood if that obedience were not given to Rulers that beare the sword The kingdom of hell which is the kingdom of confusion cannot stand * Mar. 3.22 26. being divided wanting Belzebub their Prince but should presently as one day it shall most certainly come to desolation Seeing therefore obedience to Kings is a duty so necessary for al subjects and acceptable unto God profitable unto our selves without which Kings or Kingdoms cannot stand Church or Common-weale cannot long continue Let us performe and practise this duty of obedience with a pure conscience which for conscience sake must be performed evermore honouring and obeying our dread Soveraigne the golden head of great Britane beseeching God to restore him to his glory and to pierce with sharp arrows the hearts of his enemies as the Psalmist of Solomons Psal 45.5 evermore obeying and praying God save King Charles CHAP. VI. THere are three other dutyes which are to be performed by subiects to the King honour faithful service tribute three as essentiall flowers of the crown as the former two as I could easily prove and shall if any be so bold as to deny it but at this time I respite to speak so largly of them as I might because I do not affect prolixity nor would bee tedious to my Reader of each of them then a word or two only The first is Honor Saint a 1 Pet. 2.17 Peter commands all Subjects Fear God Honour the King Saint b Rom. 13.7 Paul exhorting all to submit themselves to the higher powers concludeth Give honour to whom ye owe honour so the Lord himselfe in the fifth Commandement chargeth all to honor Father and Mother in which precept as most old and new writers well observe Kings and Magistrates are understood being politicall Fathers Fathers of the Common-wealth c Esay 49.23 Nursing Fathers of Gods Church and people And this duty to honor the King obligeth all by a three fold bond Ex Praecepto By Commandement Ex Maledicto By Punishment Ex Praxi By Practise Math. 21.21 d First by Precept God in his law hath commanded it Secondly by Punishment for God hath put a sword in their hands to cut off such as dishonor them Thirdly by Practise our Lord and Saviour with his Disciples did preach and practise obedience honor and reverence evermore to bee given to Kings and Potentates And this word honor signifieth all that duty whereby the renown dignity reverence and high estimation of the King may be preserved and unblemished and it reacheth unto our thoughts words and works 1 To honour him in our hearts and thoughts curse not the King no not in thy thought for the fowles of the heaven shall carry thy voice and that which hath wings shall discover the matter saith d Eccle. 10.20 Solomon 2 Honour him in thy words seeke not by bad and wicked speeches to disesteeme the dignity of their sacred persons for they are Gods Deputies and he that despiseth the Deputy despiseth him that appointed the Deputy wherefore God made an expresse Precept e Exod. 22.28 Thou shalt not speake evill of the Ruler of thy people And St. f Iude 8 Iude hath marked those for filthy dreamers who despise Governement and speak evill of them that are in authority 3 Honour the King in all thy actions to be ready to defend the honour and renowne of our gracious Soveraigne both by word and sword And indeed all good people did ever honour their anointed Soveraignes David Solomon Nâ—xt God we must honour those who are in the place of God with the rest of the Kings of Israel how honourable and glorious ever accounted in the eyes of their Subjects Ierome saith where honour is absent there contempt is present and to contemne these regall children k Psalme 81.6 of the most High is to contemne the most High himselfe Thinke then of this ye flattering Pseudoli of the Papall Myter and ye Parasiticall Sycophants of the two Houses at Westminster you that would have the Regall Scepter stoop to the Popes Myter or Parliaments Mace you that every way both by your pen and your prate labour to disparage the Sacred persons of Kings diminish their Regall Rights and encroach upon their Prerogatives substituting all to a Papall Supremacy or a Parliament Priviledge and make all good by armes not arts by blood not the Bible ye Machiavells of the Conclave and worse of the close Committee learn of God himselfe with what Honourable Titles and High Prerogatives in his Sacred word Kings stand possessed there they are called l Ps 82.6 Gods and Children of the most High the m 1 Chr. 4.18 Lords Anointed the Angels n â— Sâ—â— 1.20 of God the o â— Sâ—â— 2â— 17 Light of Israel p 〈◊〉 3.1 sitting in Gods Throne q Râ—m 1â— â— 4. the Higher Powers the Ministers of God r â—â—kâ— 2â— 25 the Kings of Nâ—tions that beare rule every where with variety of such high and stately Titles great Prerogatives commanding every Å¿ Rom. 13.1 Soule to be subject to them that he who should go about to empaire their honour must first infringe the Book of God Vnworthy is that Creature to breath the Ayre which denies honour to the breathing Image of God his anointed Soveraigne or with unreverent Action or Elocution enterprize to debase their Soveraignety Such tongues are worthy with Dives to be tormented or with Progne to be cut out or w th Nicaenors to be divided in crummes for Birds that will not honour with tongues and reverence with hearts their anointed and appointed Kings the earthly Pictures of the King of Kings And not to travel so far as forraigne climates to teach them to honour Kings let our speech be bounded within the circumference of his Highnesse Countries People above all other Nations bound to honour and obey our gracious Soveraigne We are blest with a King of incomparable vertues Rex natus ad regna natus descended of bloud royall t Eccles 10.17 A blessednesse to a K ngdome when a King is the Sonne of Nobles and much more of noble vertues A trusty defender of the true faith by pen pike and prison ready to defend Religion against both superstition and this Ages prophanenesse I am unable and unfit to draw the map of our Kings perfections De ipso ipsi loquuntur Antipodes not any Zone habâ—table
who are full of such fraud believe them as the People of Rome beleeved Carbon make a Covenant never to believe them hereafter They are like to Polypus have various shapes changing themselves into Angels of Light but malus ubi se bonum simulat tunc est pessimus a bad man when he counterfetteth to be good is worst August in Psal 63. Simulata sanctitas duplex est iniquitas counterfeit holinesse being a two-fold wickednesse of which whether they who call themselves a Parliament bee not guilty I leave it to all who have eyes in their heads to judge But be they what they will Let every good Christian and Loyall Subject according to his place performe faithfull hearty and trusty Service to our dread Sveraigne and though the wicked labour to darken with a Cloud of slander our faire and faithfull Service yet at last that Eclipse of envy will vanish of it selfe and our own innocency and fidelity will animate us like that Roman Marius who being accused by the Senate of Treason in a passion teares his Garments and in sight of them all shews them his wounds received in the service and defence of the Emperor and his Countrey saying Quid opus est verbis ubi vulnera clamant What need of words our wounds declare our bloud was shed for his well-fare Faithfull service is laudable before men and acceptable before God it may bee by the wicked sometimes blamed but it cannot be shamed though it be not alwayes rewarded on earth it shall be sure to finde rewards in Heaven yea vertue is a reward to it selfe bonorum laborum gloriosus fructus the service of the * Ecclus 35.7 righteous is accepted and the remembrance thereof shall never be forgotten CHAP. VIII THe fifth duty of Subjects to be duely and truely payed and performed to their sacred and dread Soveraigns is Tribute which is as Vlpian saith Nervus reip The strong sinew of the Common-wealth without which King nor Kingdome cannot stand And therefore our Saviour first by a Christ paid Tribute to Tyberius Caesar Matth. 17.27 president paid Tribute yea rather than it should be unpaid he wrought a miracle and also by precept resolving the Disciples of the Pharisees demanding whether it was lawfull to give Tribute unto Caesar or no told them peremptorily b Mat. 22 21. that they must give unto Caesar that which was Caesars Piscator saith upon that place Tribute Honour and Obedience is to bee given to the Magistrate in all things not repugnant to the word of GOD for this cause saith c Rom. 13 4 6. Saint Paul ye pay Tribute because the King is the Minister of God d Theoph. in Lucam c. 20. The money which thou hast thou hast from him and therefore not give but pay not a gift but a debt which all subjects owe to him Beucer saith We doe not give but pay that which of duty wee owe Tributes Subsidies Taxes c. are not gifts but debts which of necessity they must and ought to pay e Verbo redden de significat dibitum quod inexcusabile subditis imâ—â—situm est Theoâ—â—i in 13 Rom. v. 7. Hiperius saith This doe the Scriptures allow of writing there of the payment of Tributes this doe the Civill Lawes with the common consent of all Nations accept and approve The same f Hip. in Rom 13 Hiperius saith the law and right of paying Tribute among all Nations hath ever been accustomed And therefore g In Rom. 13 6. Calvin writes wel that Tributes and Taxes are the lawfull revenewes of Princes h Calv. in instit lib. 4 c. 20. This duty of paying Tribute Subsides Taxes c. by the subjects to the Soveraigne is by the law of God and lawes of men and common customes of most nations commanded and approved and that for four principall causes First to mainetaine that royall estate which God hath given to Kings the glorious patterns of Kings magnificence may be fully seen in royall Solomon Look but upon his Throne 2 Chr. 9.17 and you may judge of all the rest of his royalty 2dly to defend the Common-wealth both from forraign invasions and home-bred rebellions which requires a great Treasury A great Bird had need of a great neast That high Head which cares for all the politicke body and night and day studyes to preserve their welfare must participate of their wealth without which the publike peace and security cannot be effected for it is Status insolidus qui caret solidis Thirdly to contestate and acknowledge their homage and subjection to their Soveraigne for say the Canonists i Extra de exactâ— cens c. 1. quaest 8. can Tributum To pay Tribute is to bee subject to the Emperour and a signe of servitude confessing all duty and loyalty to be due to their Soveraigne who hath power to command them their * Nehem. 9.37 goods * Nehem. 9.37 lands and lives for the service of the Kings and countries preservation Looke upon the Israelites when King Saul was dead comming to elect and anoynt David in Hebron to be King over Israel * 1 Câ—ro 11.1 Behold we are thy bones and thy flesh meaning as take it that their lives and all were at his service and commandement for Tribute is not only of money but sudor sanguis populi The sweat and blood of the people if such need require to defend their King and Countrey is a Tribute due from them willing and ready to adventure their lives and lâ—mbs to give repulse and resistance to forraigne or domesticall violence Fourthly to testifie their gratefull affections to their gracious Priâ—ces in thankefullnesse for the great benefits by their prudent provident and politicke Government reaped and received So David in lamenting Sauls death remembers the benefits his subjects received by him in his life time k 2 Sam. 1.14 Yee daughters of Israel weepe for Saul which cloathed you in scarlet with pleasures and hanged ornaments of gold upon your apparel So l Lament 4.20 Jeremiah oâ— the good King Iosiah lamenting his death The breath of our nostrels the Anoynted of the Lord was taken in their nets of whom we said under his shadow wee shall be preserved among the Heathen A good King brings many blessings and benefits unto his people and therefore when such as are in authority be righteous the people rejoyce saith m Prov. 29.2 Solomon n 4. A King by judgement maintaines the country By a man of understanding and knowledge a Realme endureth long saith the same o Prov. 28.2 Solomon yea as wise Plato wel said Beatas fore resp cum ant Philosophentur reges aut regnent Philosophi When as Kings were Philosophers or Philosophers Kings then such Common-wealths should be happy And indeed all earthly happinesse which is derived to the members proceeds from the Head next under God the primary Author of all good things by whose direction discretion