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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86277	The idea of the lavv charactered from Moses to King Charles. Whereunto is added the idea of government and tyranny. / By John Herdon Gent. Philonomos.	Heydon, John, b. 1629.	1660 (1660)	Wing H1671; Thomason E1916_2; ESTC R210015	93,195	282

raised up to be Lawgivers to their charge Though in process of time the Nations that were at first under the Government of good Angels by their lewdness and disobedience might make themselves obnoxious to the power and delusion of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tyrannical devile But this is but a digression that which I would briefly have intimated is how Lawes were received and how Politickly they are now used And that the great Lawgiver of the Jews was a man instructed of God himself to Prudence and true Policy 8. And therefore I make account if we will but with diligence search we may surely finde the Footsteps of unsophisticate Policy in all the Passages of the whole Pentateuch And here in the very entrance it will offer it self unto our view where Moses shews himself such as that noble spirit Plato desires all Governers of Commonwealths should be who has in his Epistle to Dion and his friends foretold That mankinde will never cease to be miserable till such time as either true and Right Philosophers rule in the Common-wealth or those that do rule apply themselves to true and sound Philosophy And what is Moses his Bereshith but a fair invitation thereto it comprehendeth at least the whole Fabrick of Nature and conspicuous Furniture of the visible world As if he dare appeal unto the whole Assembly of Gods Creation to the voice of the great Universe if what he propounds to his people over whom God hath set him be not righteous and true And that by acting according to his Precepts they would but approve themselves Cosmopolitas True Citizens of the world and Loyal Servants of God and Secretaries of nature It is Mr. Thomas Heydon his Interpretation upon the place which how true it is in Moses vailed I will not here dispute That it is most true in Moses unvailed Christ our Lord is true without all Dispute and Controversie And whosoever follows him followes a Law justified by God and the whole Creature they speaking in several Dialects the minde of their Maker It is a truth and life that is the safety of all Nations and the earnest expectation of the ends of the earth Christ the same yesterday to day and for ever whose Dominion and Law neither time nor place doth exclude as you shall finde anon But to return to Moses 9. The Lawes and Ordinances which he gave to the Israelites were given by him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. as Statutes received from God And therefore the great Argument and Incitement to Obedience should lie in this first and highest Lawgiver God himself the great Jehovah whose wisdome power and goodness could not better be set out then by ascribing the Creation of the whole visible World unto him So that for his power he might be feared admired for his prudence and finally for his goodness be loved adored and Deified That as he was truly in himself the most High God so he should be acknowledged of the people to be so 10. For certainly there is nothing that doth so win away nay ravish or carry captive the mindes of poor Mankinde as Bounty and Munificence all men loving themselves most affectionately and most of all the meanest and basest spirits whose soules are so far from being a little rais'd and releas'd from themselves that they do impotently and impetuously cleave and cling to their dear carkases hence have they out of the strong relish and favour of the pleasures and conveniences thereof made no scruple of honouring them for Gods who have by their Industry or by good Planets produced any thing that might conduce for the improvement of the happiness and comefort of the body And thus Moses received his Lawes from God Josuah from Moses c. 11. Now Christ teacheth us other Lawes as for example when the Pharisees came to him and asked Is it lawfull for a man to put away his Wife tempting him And he answered and said unto them What did Moses command you 12. And they said Moses suffer'd to write a Bill of Divorcement and and to put her away 13. And Jesus answered and said unto them For the hardness of your hearts Moses wrote this Precept 14. But From the begining of the Creation God made them male and female 15. For this cause shall a man leave his Father and his Mother and shall cleave unto his wife 16. And they twain shall be one flesh 17. What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder Mark 10. 18. Wherefore dare any of you having a Matter against another go to Law before the unjust and not before the Saints 19. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judg the World And if the Saints shall be judged by you are ye unworthy to judg the smallest matters 20. Know ye not that we shall judg Angels How much more things that partain to this life Brother goeth to Law with brother and that before the Unbelievers 21. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you because ye go to Law one with another Why do ye not rather take wrong Why do not you rather suffer your selves to be defrauded 22. Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren But I say unto you Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you Mat. 5. 23. Wherefore then serveth the Law It was given because of Transgressions till the seed should come to whome the Promise was made and it was ordained by Angels in the hand of a Mediator 24. Wherefore the Law was our School-Master to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by Faith Gal. 3. 25. Now let every Soul be subject unto the Higher Powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God 26. Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God And they that resist receive to themselves Damnation 27. For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evil Will ye then be afraid of the Power Do that which is good and you shall have praise of the same 28. For they are the Ministers of God to you for good But if you do that which is evil be afraid for they bear not the sword in vain for they are the Ministers of God and Revengers to execute wrath upon him that doth evil 29. Wherefore ye must needs be Subjects not only for wrath but also for conscience sake 30. For this cause pay you Tribute also For they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing 31. Render therefore to all their Dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custome to whom Custome is due Fear to whom fear Honor to whom honor 32. Owe no man any thing but to love one another For they that love one another have fulfilled the Law 33. For this Thou shalt not commit Adultery thou shalt not Kill thou shalt not Steal thou shalt not bear

appear On each side of us without being there I might commend this Learned Work of thine Which proves thy Pen and Fancy all Divine But my dull stock of Learning cannot aid Me to the Tythe of prayses might be paid Unto your Skil for this your Idea The form and figure of all Mundane Law Let learned Lawyers beat the better Brains And fix Encomiums on you for your pains That may be fit so quaint a Subject Let True Poets pay their sharper Verses that Are your just right That like a General Your Book may march in Equipage ' mong'st all With its due State and Train That it may ride Whil'st other Law Books Lac'quey by it's side Let Cook and Littleton give place their dayes Have long enough continued let the Bayes Be given to those deserve it better and Let Shepherd know That Heydon may command The Lawyers Lawreat as his proper due For this choyce treasury so learn'd so true And let it not your greater-Lawyers grieve To Retrograde themselves whilst they receive Another into Honour for you know Lord Mayors of London once a year do so John Gadbury 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In Johannis Heydoni viri doctissimi Ideam Legis IDeam Legis monstras Heidone nec illan Commonstras solum sed bonus arte doces Tempora distinguis mores critico ungue rebelles Indicat carpit pagina docta tua Sic Legis formam dum tu monstrasque doc esq Doctoris faelix nomen omen habes Macte piâ virtute precor nec desine pensum Inque annos multos te rogo vive vale The Laws-Idea learned Heydon shows And open-brested teacheth all he knows Twixt times distinguishing and what is bad Wisely both shewes and taxeth Thus is had The Laws true form plainly both shew'd and taught In teaching which I find omitted nought Go on Learn'd Sir and finish this your Task Live long and happily is all I ask George Starkey Eirenaeus Philoponus Philalethes THE IDEA OF THE LAW 1. WHen GOD had made the Heavens and the Earth the Mundus vitae the World of Life and Formes or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And thus compleated his work in the Senary comprehending the whole Creation in Six Orders of things He ceased from ever creating any thing more either in the outward Material World or in the World of Life But his Creative power retyring into himself he enjoyed his own eternal Rest which is his immutable and indefatigable Nature that with ease oversees all the whole Compass of Beings and continues Essence Life and Activity to them and the better rectifies the worse and all are better rectifies the worse and all are guided by his eternal Word and Spirit but nothing New hath ever been Created since the Six Dayes Production nor shall ever be hereafter 2. Then man fell after all was perfect into disobedience by his Feminine Faculties and the Pride of the Serpent And being in this sinfull Estate his First-born Cain killed his brother Abel and therefore had the mark 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thau set in his Forehead it was done by God and according to his Promise instead of Death he was enabled to walk and live securely among the wildest of Terestrial Creatures 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. A sword could not enter him fire could not burn him water could not drown him the air could not blast him nor any thunder or lightning could strike him c. 3. And afterwards Lawes were given to men to be executed One not to oppress another but to fear God do his Statutes and keep his Judgments 4. And thus God forgave Cain and saved his life which I cannot account a downright Punishment but indulged by the mercy of God and necessary to the multiplication of Mankinde c. So Lawes were established amongst men before Moses 5. And I look upon Moses mainly in reference to the publick Inducement in which after this a few generations he appeared admirable viz. As a Politician or Lawgiver In which his skill was so great that even in the Judgment of Heathen Writers he had the preheminence above all the rest the Rosie-Crucians place him in the head of their Infallible Axiomata of the most Famous Law-givers under the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if Eugenius Theodidactus be not mistaken or if he be at least he bears them company that are reputed the best reserv'd for the last and most notable Instance of those that entituled their Lawes Divine and made themselves spokemen betwixt God and the people This Mneues is said to receive his Lawes from Mercury as Minos from Jupiter Licurgus from Apollo St. Chrystopher Heydon from his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his good Genius As Moses from Jao that is Jehovah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But they speak like meer Hystorians in the business that say so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the word which they boldly abuse to the diminution of all their Authorities promiscuously It is said they feigned they received Lawes from these Deities And Aristotle adds the reason of it too but like an errant Statesman or an incredulous Philosopher 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Whether it be saies he that they judged it an admirable and plainly Divine Project that redounded unto the Profit of a multitude or whether they conceived that hereby the people looking upon the greatness and Supereminence of their Law-givers would be more obedient to their Lawes Pretorian or Censorian That saying in the Schools is not so trivial as true Quicquid recipitur recipitur admodum recipientis Every thing is as it is taken or at least appears to be so The tincture of our own natures stains the appearance of all objects 6. But to leave Aristotle to his Ethnicism and incredulity As for us that ought to believe Scripture and obey the Lawes of our Land established in the Gospel of Jesus Christ being a President for all Lawes and Statutes 7. And first if we will not gainsay the authority of the Greek Text we shall not only be fully perswaded of Moses his receiving of Laws from Gods own mouth but have some hints to believe that something Analogical to it may have come to pass in other Lawgivers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Deut. 32. When the most High divided the Nations when he separated the Sonnes of Adam he set the bounds of the Nations according to the number of the Angels of God but Jacob was the portion of Jehovah that is Jao c. So that it is not improbable but that as the great Angel of the Covenant he whom I in my Book named The Wisemans Crown and in another entituled A new Method of Rosie Crucian Physick call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. The eldest of Angels the Archangel the Word the Beginning the name of God which is Jehovah I say that as he gave Lawes to his charge so the titular Angels of other Nations might be Instructors of those that they