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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47052	Nonconformity not inconsistent with loyality, or, Protestant-dissenters no seditious or disloyal sectaries evidenc'd in a sober discourse upon those statutes, by which the Protestant-dissenters are prosecuted at this day : humbly offered to the candid consideration of all Protestants, whether conformists or nonconformists / by James Jones ...	Jones, James, fl. 1683-1684.	1684 (1684)	Wing J958; ESTC R17214	32,964	24

ready way to make the Kingdom swim in Blood by reason of these Distractions that would attend such a bloody action Besides the greatness of the Sin in the sight of that God who will make inquisition for Blood And therefore though persons of contrary minds to the Government in matters of Religion may be greatly oppressed because of Laws made against them yet it is their duty to walk by these Following Rules 1. To be subject to the Higher Powers Rom. 13.1 2. To Render to all their Dues viz. Tribute Custom Fear and Honour Rom 13.7 3. To be patient in Tribulation Rom. 12.12 4. To Recompence to no man Evil for Evil Rom. 12.17 5. To Pray for them that Persecute them and despitefully use them Mat. 5.44 6. If it be possible as much as in them lieth to live peaceably with all men Rom. 12.11 7. Not to be overcome of Evil but to overcome Evil with Good Rom. 12.21 JAMES JONES A Table of the Principal Things contained in this Book 1. OF Government in General Page 1. 2. OF the Government of England in particular Page 2. 3. An Answer to those that object against the Protestant Dissenters because Venners Insurrection Page 3. 4. A Discourse upon the Statute of 1 Eliz. 2. concerning the Penalty of Twelve-pence for not coming to some Church or Chappel to hear Common-Prayer every Sunday and Holy-day P. 4 5. 5. A Discourse upon the Statute of 23. Eliz. concerning the Penalty of Twenty Pounds a Month for not Repairing to some Church or Chappel or usual Place of Common-Prayer p. 6. 6. A Discourse upon the Statute of 29. Eliz. and the third of King James concerning the same Offence page 7 8. 7. A Discourse of the Statute of the 35th of Queen Elizabeth commonly called the Abjuration Act. page 9 10 11. 8. A Discourse upon the Oath of Allegiance page 12 13. 9. The Oath of Allegiance it self and King James his Exposition of it page 14 15. 10. The Oath of Supremacy and Queen Elizabeths Exposition of it and the Act of Parliament Confirming the said Queens Exposition page 15 16. 11. The Statute of 17. Car. 2. chap. 2. considered Intituled An Act for Restraining Nonconformists from Inhabiting Corporations commonly called the Five-Mile Act page 16 17 12. Considerations upon the Statute of 22. Car. 2. chap. 1. Intituled An Act to suppress Seditious Conventicles c. Page 17 18 19. 13. An Acoount of the Proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Courts for not coming to Church and Receiving the Sacrament Page 19. 20. 14. The several ways of obtaining Absolution from the Sentence of Excommunication Ibid. 15. Reasons why Protestant Dissenters cannot Conform Ibid. 16. The Conclusion Ibid. NONCONFORMITY Not Inconsistent WITH LOYALTY OR Protestant-Dissenters no Seditious or Disloyal Sectaries Evidenc'd in A Sober Discourse upon all those Statutes by which the Protestant-Dissenters are Prosecuted at this Day I. GOvernment in Nations and Kingdoms is the Glory of this World for thereby things of all sorts and Persons of all Degrees are Regularly managed and disposed of and though some Governments are far better then others yet that Government that is not so good as it ought to be is far better then no Government at all for without Government there is nothing but dreadful Confusion each party striving to have his own Lust a Law for others Therefore it is far better for Common Good to be under a Government by setled Laws though in some things bad then to be under the Will and Pleasure of any particular Person or any Number of Persons whose Proceedings may be according to that Power and Might in a way of force as they are able to Exercise over each other and so as there may be an Uncertainty of Commanding there must needs be an Uncertainty of Obeying and so an Uncertainty of any Safety II. The Government of Nations doth very much differ from each other in the particular forms thereof some being governed by Kings and some by States and some by other Governours but tho there is a Difference in forms of Government and in the Titles of Governours yet they all agree in the Substantials of Government viz. To maintain a Publick Peace amongst themselves and to be so United unto each other as to defend themselves against Forreign Foes and to punish such as are Offenders in offering any kind of Violence to the Persons or Power of their Governours or to the Persons Priviledges and Properties of each other And in these and such like things those that differ in matters of Religion from what may be the Established Worship of the Countrey where they are Inhabitants yet they ought to behave themselves in all peaceable manner with Subjection to those that are in Authority For the People of God in the Primitive Times though in Religious matters they differ'd from those Countreys where they were Inhabitants yet they were taught by the Doctrine of the Apostles to maintain the Welfare and Grandure of the Government See Rom. 13.7 Render therefore to all their Dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custom to whom Custom Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour And also to lead a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty under Authority see 1 Tim. 2.2 III. And it may be truly said that England is most happy in its Government as it consisteth of King Lords and Commons by whom Laws are made for the whole Kingdom And the Law-makers are also under the Power of the Laws they make And this is most excellent that each Party of the Law-makers considered as King Lords and Commons cannot impose any thing as a Law upon the Subjects in General nor upon each other without a mutual Consent viz. The King cannot impose a Law upon the Peers The Peers cannot impose a Law upon the King The King and Peers cannot impose a Law upon the Commons The Commons cannot impose a Law upon the King and Peers but King Peers and Commons by a joint Consent do make Laws IV. And each Party who have matters one against another cannot Determine or Issue their Case according to their own Minds and Wills and at their own Pleasures but the Determination of all matters must be in a Legal Way being tryed before the Honourable Judges of the Realm who are Required by Law that they shall not deny nor delay Justice the whole Issue of matters in Controversy must be determined by a Jury of the Neighbourhood viz. Twelve men of Honesty and Wisdom that so the Kings Subjects may receive no Wrong by Knaves or Fools and in some great Criminal Cases the Prisoner or Accused Party is allowed by Law to except against a great Number of the Persons who are Summoned to be of his Jury without shewing any Reason but only because he doth not like them and may after that Number is Expired except against many others upon such Reasons as the Court can justly approve of So tender is the Law of mens Lives that good