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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	authority_n	court_n	king_n	3,221	5	4.2292	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10151	The right of Kings conteyning a defence of their supremacy, over all persons and in all causes, as well ecclesiasticall as civill, within their severall dominions : herewithall is proved by testimony of Holy Scripture, that Christian Kinges are to haue such dignity, and execute such office in the Christian church, as Gods kinges had exercised in the church under the lawe : which part of the mysterie of Gods will, as it hath been wickedly under poperie shut up from men, so it is in our tymes right needfull that the same be opened to all Christian nations.	Procter, Thomas.	1621 (1621)	STC 20410; ESTC S1281	21,909	36

their manifold actions both in restoring true Doctrine and ordering the Priests and Levites to their severall offices as also in ordering the divine service and other like plentifully declare What therefore God hath commanded or ordayned whether for matter of faith necessarie to salvation to be beleeved or for matter of Ecclesiasticall government or the like that is the King to see done as well by Priests as People and to punish the negligent for euil doers aswel Priests as others Thus having written of the first things proceed we to the second That Gods word is given to the King as to a Iudge and not as to one who must doe after the judgement of the Priest onely may appeare Psal 82.1 where we thus reade He iudgeth among Gods How long will ye iudge uniustly and accept the persons of the wicked Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse doe iustice to the poore and needie save them from the hands of the wicked Here you see that Princes of whom our Lord testifies as before I have shewen that they are called Gods are also Iudges therefore the word given to them is given to them as Iudges And whereby then should they be directed in their iudging if not by the word given by God unto them The Pope of Rome would have them to reward the good punish evill doers after he and his Cleargy hath judged them good or evill but they are not to bee directed by an others judgment seeing God hath made them Iudges and given them his word to direct their iudgement As therefore their office stretcheth to reforme Doctrine to order Ecclesiasticall Officers to see to their executing their offices according to Gods ordinance to order the Divine worship and to cause people to live as Gods word commandeth for all this did the good Kings in the Church under the Law so they are to Iudge also in all these things what is to be done what not what well what evilly done If any will say that now I sow the seeds of grievous tribulation to Gods Church seeing I make Kings or Princes who are apt to maintain every conceipt of theirs by the sword Iudges of Doctrine Ecclesiasticall offices ordering Divine Service and of Manners then I answer If the Apostle taught this Doctrine of them implied in his declaring that God accepted them for his ministers even whilst as yet they were Infidels would not be directed by the word of God should we deny Kings this power and office when they are Christians Therfore let us in these dayes as the Apostle in those acknowledge unto Princes their Right and Power yea though they execute not their Ministery rightly but persecute rather the Saints and Church of God for it becommeth Christians to acknowledge their right yea when they doe not according to right but are rather enemies as yet and persecuters Let us feare even then to doe evill because if even then they punish us for evill their punishment is Gods seeing they are the Ministers of God But if wee suffer for well doing they being negligent to read the word or to judge us by it let us take to us the comfort of the Apostle Peter where 1. Pet. 2-20 he sayth If when ye doe well ye suffer wrong and take it patiently this is acceptable to God This gracious consolation against the afflictions layd vpon us by misguided or mis-judging Princes should bee our refuge as it was the refuge of Gods Saints in those times of the Apostles Yet here I think fit to put men in minde that wherein Gods word preserved doth not speak for us there we who suffer beare our owne burthen and hurt for wee ought to preferre the judgement of Gods Iudges before ours though we preferre justly Gods word it selfe to their erring in the use made of it For Gods word which is plaine or indeed truely collected let us suffer if our Kings erring will persecute us for our faith and ordering of things according thereto but let us not suffer for maintenance of our owne judgment onely opposed to the iudgement of Gods Minister True it is that Kings and Princes may and in fact have erred and this also in things wherein they think themselves free to doe with their owne what they will therfore Princes may doe well in such things to admit of wholesome counsell rather then to goe on in doing evill through error Some Princes thinking themselves free to Honour Priests as they will have in way of honour to them left all iudging of Doctrines of faith and all ordering of Ecclesiasticall matters to them onely not daring to bee themselves Iudges in these things but such honouring is not acceptable to God seeing themselves neglect the office of Iudging which God hath intrusted to them as well as to Priests Others have in way of Honour freed the Cleargie from being subiect to be judged and punished by themselues unlesse by the Pope or other chiefe among the Cleargie they bee given up to the secular power but this kind of honouring also is evill inasmuch as Princes exercise not that power and authoritie to judge and punish the Cleargie for evill doing as Gods Kings in the Church under the Law did Others againe by way of honour to Priests have imployed them so in civill Courts of Iustice as that they have not yea have not been able thenceforth to performe the true duties of the Bishops office but haue left the same to the performance of others substituted under them but this kinde of honouring also is evill inasmuch as Gods Ministers of his word who should be diligent Preachers of the same content themselves to busie themselves in civill judgements and to preach the word once in a Lent time onely or upon some solemne time onely Others againe as for a greater honour to Bishops have made them Ministers of the Sword but God having appointed Kings for the ministration of the Sword the other Ministers must not be ministers thereof for God having put a difference between Ordinance and Ordinance Office and Office Power and power appointing one to one Minister the other to another Minister what is it but a confusion and an inversion of the ordinance of God to make one Minister Minister of both It hath been an evill collection made by some that what Gods Priests under the Law did that the Ministers of the Gospell may doe even as Kings under the Gospell may doe what Gods Kings under the Law did for the Ordinance of God concerning the Ministers under the gospell permits us not to make such collection concerning Priests and their imployment and actions In all these things Princes have erred and easily may againe erre to the great hurt of the Church of God and inversion of his holy Ordinances therfore if they suffer wholsome advice counsel in such things they shall the better please God by a true ministration of their office Surely whatsoever Princes doe to Bishops or Priests which necessarily occasions their not