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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29628	The original of plotts, or, Some seasonable reflections upon the late horrid fanatick conspiracy in a sermon preached at St. Maries in Dover, on Sunday September 23, 1683 / by James Brome ...	Brome, James, d. 1719.	1684 (1684)	Wing B4859; ESTC R37479	17,435	30

rebuking St. Peter for rashly using the Sword was a plain discountenancing such unevangelical principles the sufferings of all the Apostles and primitive Martyrs are a sufficient comment upon the doctrine of our Saviour in this particular and in short Erasmus was much in the right when he lays down this for one of the greatest of Truths Nulla haeresis perniciosior c. No heresy is more pernitious then this doctrine of Resistance the whole Stream of Apostolical Men running quite counter to it both in their principles and practises So that till men learn to be more peaceable and quiet more submissive and obedient less mutinous and refractory less censorious and seditious till they leave off pleading conscience for not doing that which a Gospel-conscience tells them they are obliged to do and never take up Arms raise any insurrections or confederate in any private leagues or associations against their Governours let them list themselves in what Congregations and Church themselves in what Assemblies and pretend to what measures of Saintshipp they please I darr assure them if the Gospel be true that they are not yet enroll'd in the Catalogue of Gods true Saints who never as yet held up one hand in adoration to God Almighty and with the other rebell'd against and endeavoured to murder his Anointed Thirdly nothing is more destructive to the peace and wellfare of all humane Society then such damnable Plotts and Conspiracies against Government With what pleasure do men enjoy all the Fruits of their labour and live with the greatest satisfaction under their Vines and their Figg-trees where these common Incendiaries do not set Kingdoms in Flames On the other side where these get the upper hand what Massacres and Murders what Blood and Rapine what Ravages and Sacrilege do immediatly ensue No respect then to Persons no reverence to Gray Hairs no tenderness for Children no piety for Infants no compassion to the most lovely and charming Flowers of beautifull youth it self The Streets shall be fill'd with the dreadfull Spectacle of mangled Carcasses and the Skyes rent in sunder with the bitter cryes and Ejaculations of poor Widows and Orphans whose dearest Relations have falln Sacrifices to revenge and cruelty the Rivers shall be Dyed with Purple Gore and the Air become infected with the contagion of the slain the most stately Cities shall be disrob'd of all their glory and the very Woods and Mountains of the Countrey shall want caves and receptacles for wandring Exiles and Pilgrims Nobility is then no barr against oppression and Birth and Family do but at that time make the condition more deplorable nor will Sacred places meet with better usage then any other and will prove but very weak Asylum's and insignificant Sanctuaries to those that have been employed therein 't is no news then to behold the abomination of desolation standing in the most holy place and the House of Prayer made in the most literal sense a Den of Thieves and it will be less matter of wonder for a fat Benefice to become a crime and witness too against its Incumbent and he to be voted unorthodox that is worth the plundring That this is all Romance or but barely speculation I wish our late unhappy times did not fully contradict but alass we then so dearly experienc'd the mischiefs of Sedition and what direfull consequences ensued when the Rebels were in the Saddle that the least apprehension of such dismal revolutions may reasonably affect as at the greatest dread and horrour and the burnt Child may justly fear the Fire a second time Fourthly All Plotters are to be reckoned the very worst sort of sinners they are the wicked with an Emphasis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by way of Eminency Hence the sins of rebellion and stubborness are by God himself rank'd in the same File with those horrid and crying sins of Witch-craft and Idolatry Nay they are rather the worse of the two because they who are guilty of them feldom or never blush for that guilt and have any inward Checks or remorse of conscience for the commission of such crimes they can swear without perjury because an Oath obligeth not in the Imposers sense but in the Takers they can Rebell without Treason because Kings being only the Peoples Creatures 't is lawful to unmake what themselves Created and they can Kill without Murder because what the Word cannot the Sword may lawfully do For there is such a strange kind of bewitching infatuation in Rebellion that it many times so far imposeth upon their Reason as to make them believe themselves innocent when they are Devils Incarnate or hellish Agents walking in humane shapes This was very evident in the Regicides that suffered for the Barberous Murder of that Glorious Martyr Charles the first their eyes were so blinded even to the very last that they could not see their Errour but justified what they had done with so much boldness and pertinacity as if they had seen a Vision of Christ holding forth to them a Crown of Glory for their perseverance in their Villany and the Scotch Rebells were so far from being sorry for their Crimes that they cry up that Rising for a very meritorious Act and Canonize the chief Ring-leaders at Pentland-Hills for Martyrs And it is to be heartily wish'd that they who lately suffered for their too apparent Treasons had died with a deeper sense of them then they are apprehended to have done Again Rebellion and Disobedience are much the worse sins because as it hath been truely observed by a Reverend and Learned Divine they are Luciferian Crimes sins which can never attend men to Heaven having brought down the Angels of Heaven to Hell There are some sort of sins such as Drunkenness and Whoredom however Damning that the Devil cannot possible commit but Envy and Malice Shism and Sacrilege Hypocricy and Rebellion and Intoxicating Pride are peculiar to him and they are the Devils sins so properly that they are properly called Devilish in men or Christians where ever found And as these of all sins are the most diabolicall so they are the most damning which is very evident from the terrible emphasis and force St. Peter puts upon the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2. 9. saying of them who despise Government that they are chiefly or more especially reserv'd by the Lord unto the day of Judgment to be punish'd And certainly then it will be to great a hazard for a Christian to be so fool-hardy as to venture his immortal Soul in the point of Resistance upon the bare assurance of Mr. Bridges or any of his Frye that St. Pauls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 13. 2. signifies only a Temporal Mulet and not Eternal damnation without Repentance Let none then who know themselves guilty of these damning sins value themselves a rush the more because they can boast with the proud Pharisee I am no Extortioner Adulterer Drunkard or the like for as Rebellion is a sin