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A31245	The truth and excellence of the Christian religion, with the corruptions and additions of the Romish Church a discourse, wherein the pre-eminence of Christianity is demonstrated above the religion of Jews or heathens, and the contradiction of popery to its main articles : and that religion prov'd in many instances to be a mixture of heathenish superstitions, and Jewish ceremonies : with a short vindication of Christian loyalty, and a brief historical account of Romish treasons and usurpations, since the Reformation / by a hearty professor of Reformed Catholick Christianity.	S. C.	1685 (1685)	Wing C126; ESTC R22983	60,383	154

and instead of bringing them news of the Kingdom of Heaven he would have brought the more welcome tidings of that Kingdom on Earth they expected Then they would have gladIy receiv'd him as the promis'd Messiah the Son of God But seeing he imploy'd his power another way they misrepresent his Doctrine slander his Person Persecute him to death as an enemy to Cesar and accuse his followers as disloyal persons and Authors of Rebellion But that the Christian Religion is no sriend to disloyalty a very little search will quickly determine for obedience to Magistrates is very much urg'd and Rebellion severely reprehended in the Gospel The great design of Christs coming into the world was peace To reconcile God to man and men to one another To subdue our passions and calm our discontents To pull down our pride and abate our selfishness To polish the roughness of our natures and take away all those impediments which would hinder our paying a due observance to superiors None of his Doctrines did ever infringe the Magistrates Power but he perswaded men to be subject not only for wrath and fear of punishment but out of a principle of conscience and duty Tho he was Universal King of the whole Creation yet his Kingdom was no way destructive of the just rights of Cesar Tho he challeng'd Subjection to him from all his followers yet he press'd both by precept and example a due subjection to their Emperor also The same mouth that commands to pay unto God the things that are Gods requires us Mark 12. 17. also to pay unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's He works a Miracle to pay the tribute-penny which was either a tax impos'd by the Romans or rather requir'd by the Sanhedrim for the use of the Temple Either way he declares his subjection to the Civil or Ecclesiastical Government He commands his Disciples to pray for their persecutors not to curse and damn them and gives them leave to fly from their rage but not to oppose and resist it He hid himself from the People when they would have made him a King and check'd his Disciples when they vainly contested about priority in that Earthly Kingdom they fondly expected He Rebuk'd Peters forward zeal for his Master when he cut off Malchus's Ear and to prevent the Slanders of his Enemies miraculously cur'd the injur'd person Tho he could have commanded twelve Legions of Angels to his rescue yet he chose rather to imploy them in messages of peace and tho with those Majestick words of I am he He could have struck the Souldiers dead as well as down to the earth yet did he meekly submit without any resistance he went as a Sheep to the Slaughter and as a Lamb he was dumb and open'd not his mouth Tho his adversaries bare manifest false-witness against him yet was he meek and compassionate and the sharpness of his pain extorted no passionate exclamations against the injury they had done him But on the contrary he forgot not his own precepts but breath'd out that admirable prayer for them Father forgive them they know not what they do And his Disciples did exactly imitate their Lord. And tho they liv'd among his enemies and their own and met with injuries enough to have inflam'd their Spirits yet they give us the same lessons of peaceable subjection to the higher powers Saint Paul that is here accus'd commands the Romans tho living under Nero an Heathen a Tyrant a Persecutor and one of the most infamous Monsters in Nature To be subject to the higher powers and render fear honour tribute custom to them Nor was this submission only constrain'd through Rom. 13. the necessity of those times wherein they had not power to resist For says he we must needs be subject not only for wrath but for conscience sake and be that resists shall receive to himself damnation And because perhaps some seeds of Rebellion might begin in those early days to be sow'd by some Hereticks the Apostle exhorts Titus to put his converts Tit. 3. 1. in mind of their duty of subjection to principalities and powers The same doctrine is urg'd by Saint Peter Submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord sake Indeed the Christian Religion is the best security to governours of the obedience of their subjects A disloyal Christian is a perfect contradiction He can be no true friend to Christ his supreme King who rebels against his deputies and vicegerents True undissembled Loyalty is the very complexion of a Christian and the best Christians are always the most I had almost said the only Loyal Subjects The Apostles therefore did not deny but inforce subjection to Magistrates Indeed where the commands of God and their Prince interfer'd in this case they resolv'd to be faithful to God and dar'd to do what he commanded rho Cesar forbid it They did not deify their Emperor but pay'd him all that reverence that was due to a Crowned Head They accounted Princes Gods Subjects and thought Rebellion against him a greater crime than against the highest Monarch In this case they appeal'd to their adversaries themselves whether Acts 4. 19. reason was not on their side couragiously saying whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God judge ye But tho they could not actually obey the unjust Command of their Magistrates yet then they made no violent resistance but passively submitted to the exacted punishment As they profess'd a lowly Subjection to Christ their King in Heaven so they paid a respectful Obedience to his Lieutenants and Representatives on Earth They testifi'd their Loyalty to Christ by the respect they gave to the Commands of his Deputies These Jews therefore had no reason to accuse the Apostles as encouragers of Rebellion and in either of these senses the Apostles were not blameable turners of the World upside down They were wholly innocent in this latter sense and de●serv'd Commendation for disturbing the World in the former sense and would to God the whole Christian World at this day might be as easily defended as Christ ' and his Holy Apostles And this leads me to the saddest part of my Subject III. Quest Whether any professed Christians at this day are guilty of turning the World upside down Ans A very little inquiry will present to our consideration a potent Faction that proudly Usurps the name of the Catholick Church whose Principles and Practises do clearly overturn the whole design of Christianity and are pernicious to Governours who have sheltred Heathenish Superstitions in Christian Temples after the Power of God had chas'd them away and dug up some Limbs of the Ceremonial Law out of the Grave after Divine Wisdom had rung her Knell and proclaim'd her Funeral I know what an invidious task it is to accuse a whole Body of men and certainly he that hath any Love to God or his Redeemer cannot account it a delightful office to satisfie his

in upon us at those wide breaches we have made for them By our Divisions we become accessary to our own ruin and have great reason to fear lest we do that with our own hands which all the Policies of Rome have not hitherto been able to effect By our Divisions we may provoke God to suffer our enemies to prevail and by fiery trials to scourge us into Love and Unity Then we shall too late repent of our violence and bitterness And when we sadly look back and reflect how happy once we might have been this will be no mean aggravation of our misery And when we remember we brought our afflictions upon our selves we shall have cause to say with sad hearts and tears in our eyes Oh that we had known the things that belong to our Peace Let us now therefore be intreated to lay aside prejudice and passion and have greater regard to the common good than the interest of any particular Party Let us more impartially weigh the differences among our selves and resolve that nothing but sin shall hinder a full agreement And by mutual compliances 't is no impossible thing to be reconcil'd But if that be too great a blessing for such a sinful People and there must be differences among us Oh that we could once learn to differ in judgment without any alienation of affections That we could once learn that the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink consists not in such little things as are the matters of our difference But in Righteteouness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost And he that leads an holy Life shall be accepted by God tho he worship not him after our particular mode and prehaps be guilty of some mistakes Are not our differences much of the same nature with those St. Paul mentions Rom. 14. And why should not his directions be carefully observ'd Why should we aggravate every little difference or heighten every small mistake or censoriously condemn one another as Hypocrites because tho we agree in all the substantials of Religion we cannot be all of a mind in some particular forms and modes and ceremonies Are not we all fallible creatures and shall we be angry at our brethren for that which is the common condition of Men May not the error be on our own side as well as our Brothers And is this becoming a Christian or an ingenuous man to condemn another for that wherein perhaps I may be guilty my self We cannot gratify the Papists more than by these unhappy disputes Let us therefore by the friendship we bear to the Protestant Interest by the concern we have for our Religion and just hatred we bear to the Romish Faith be perswaded either wholly to lay aside or at least to be more moderate and calm in our differences Let us labour after Healing Uniting Spirits imploy our zeal about the great Duties of Religion strive which shall be the best Christians and the best Subjects and leave the Disputes about lesser things to those who know not how better to imploy their time Then we need not fear the attempts of our enemies And as God hath hitherto so we may hope he will still be our great defender But as one says very well till we are as zealous against the Antichrists in our own breasts as Pride Anger Malice and Bitterness as against him that sits in the Roman Chair and learn heartily to love one another we have little reason to hope with Agag that the bitterness of Death is past but have too much cause to dread the Romish Yoak 4. Let us never Apostatize to the Romish Religion A Religion which perfectly overturns Christianity and absolutely overthrows all Civil Government A Religion which destroys our duty to our Heavenly and dissolves our obligation to our Earthly Sovereign A Religion that takes away that fear of God which Christianity obliges us to and denies that honour to the King which the Law of Nature and the Light of Revelation binds upon us If we would perform a more reasonable service than Heathens offer let us not return to the sorceries and charms of Rome If we have any respect to the Commands of God or dread Divine threatnings let us not deny him that Spiritual Worship he requires nor fall down before Graven Images Except we can be content with a Catechism without the Second Commandment a Sacrament without the Cup and a Bible which we cannot understand Except we will Worship we know not what Pray unto those that cannot hear us and trust in those that cannot help us Except we can be content with a Faith without knowledg● a Hope without foundation and a Charity that damns all the World but our selves Till we can be perswaded That there may be Devotion without understanding Repentance without amendment and Salvation without any labour or great industry to obtain it Till we can be satisfi'd in these and all the other particulars I have mention'd we cannot be thorow Papists And if these things are not prejudice enough against that Church it 's a sign we little understand what Religion means Let us therefore seriously reflect on these particulars that our abhorrence of Popery may not meerly be because we were educated in the Protestant Faith and 't is a fashionable thing to rail against the Church of Rome but it may be establish'd upon firm and stable principles such as may endure a storm and fiery trial which God knows whether we may not be visited with That we may never run such hazards of our Salvation as we shall incur if we Apostatize to that Church For how far the depths of Gods mercy may reach and his sovereign goodness may save a Natural Born Papist I know not how far their ignorance and prejudice may excuse them is not for me to dispute But this I will say If any who have been educated in the Protestant Faith and well understood the Grounds of that Religion shall turn Papist he must have a great measure of charity who can think such an one in any near probability of Salvation Let us therefore hold fast our Religion and strictly comply with its excellent commands let our professions be sincere and our lives obedient then tho our enemies do plot our ruin the God of Heaven will appear on our side and his never-slumbring Providence defeat their designs Tho these who have turn'd the world upside down should come hither yet their policies shall not prevail But only give fresh occasion to us to glorify God the Author of our Deliverance FINIS Books Printed for and Sold by John Gellibrand at the Golden Ball in St. Pauls Church Yard Folio BOnetti Sepulchretum sive Anatomia Practica 2 Vol. Mercurius competalitius sive index Medico-Practicus Medicina Septentrionalis Collatitia Baudrandi Geographia Ordina litterarum disposita 2 Vol. Quarto Z●diacus Medico-Gallicus 3 Vol. pro 3 Annis Binchii Mellificium Theologicum Theses Salmurienses 2 Vol. Sedanenses 2 Vol. Octavo Sir John Temples Irish Rebellion Sir Willian Temples Observations on the united Netherlands Miscellanea Plutarch's Morals Translated from the Greek by several hands in 3 Vol. Bishp Wilkins of Prayer and Preaching 2 Vol. Sermons and Beauty of Providence World in the Moon and Earth a Planet Mathematical Magick Dr. Fords Exposition upon the Church Catechism Dr. Jacomb's Personal and Domestick Dedication Duodecimo Herles Wisdoms Tripos Garbut on the Resurrection Virgil cum notis Minellii Florus cum notis Minellii Tentamen Medicum de Varioris Old Mr. Dods sayings in one large Sheet