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A81982	Davids three mighties: or Sovereignties three champions: being the three prime reformers of the Protestant religion, Luther, Calvin, Tindal. Faithfully cited, and affectionately presented to all the misled people of England, for their instruction and direction, how to deport themselves in the unhappy division betwixt the King and them. That yet at the last by the light of these three glorious professors of the Gospel, they may the better discern both their owne errors, and the impostures of their false teachers. Other renowned worthies since the Reformation have done honourably in the defence of sovereignty, howbeit they attained not unto the first three, 2 Sam. 23. v.18.23.		1644 (1644)	Wing D378; Thomason E42_1; ESTC R11742	28,856	41

remaineth that noble and divine power which the Lord hath by his word given to the Ministers of his righteousnesse and judgement and therefore that hee ought of his Subjects to be had in as great reverence and estimation so much as pertaineth to publicke obedience as they would have the best King if he were given them Sect. 26. First I would have the readers to perceive and diligently marke that providence and singular doings of God which is in the Scripture not without cause so oft rehearsed unto us in distributing of Kingdomes and making Kings whom it pleaseth him in Daniel 2.21 it is said The Lord changeth times and courses of times he casteth away and maketh Kings Again that ●he living may know that the Highest is mighty in the Kingdom ●f men and he shall give it to whom he will with which manner of sentences whereas the whole Scripture aboundeth yet the same Prophesie of Daniel specially swarmeth full now what manner of King was Nebuchadnezzar he that conquered J●●usalem it is sufficiently knowne namely a strange invader and destroyer of other Yet in Ezekel 29 19. the Lord affirmeth that he gave him the land of Egypt for the service that he had d me to him in wasting it And Daniel said to him Dan. 2.37 Thou King of Kings to whom the King of Heavens hath given a mighty and strong and glorious Kingdome to thee I say he hath given it and all the lands where dwell the children of men the beasts of the wood and foules of the aire he hath delivered them into thy hand hath made thee beare rule over them Again he said to his son Belsasar Dan. 5.18 The Highest God hath given to Nebuchadnezer thy fathers Kingdome and Royalty honour and glory and by reason of the royalty that he gave him all peoples tribes and languages were trembling and fearfull at his sight when we heare that a King is ordained of God let us therefore call to remembrance those heavenly warnings concerning the honour and fearing of a King then we shall not doubt to account a most wicked Tyrant in the same place wherein the Lord hath vouchsafed to set him Samuel when he gave warning to the people of Israel 1 Sam. 8.12 what manner of things they should suffer at the hands of their Kings said This shall be the right of the King that shall reign over you he shall take your sonnes and put them to his chariot to make them his horsemen and to plow his land and reap his crop and to make instruments of war He shall take your daughters that they may be his dressers of oyntments his Cookes and Bakers your lands your vineyards and your best olive plants he shall take away and give to his bondservants he shall take tithes of your seeds and vineyards and shall give them to his Eunuches and bondservants he shall take away your bondmen your bondwomen and your asses and set them to his work yea and he shall take tythes of you flocks and ye shall be his bondservants Verily Kings should not have done this or right whom the Law did very well instruct to all continuance but it was called a right over the people which it behooved them of necessity to obey and they might not resist it as if Samuel had said the wilfulnesse of Kings shall run to such licentiousnesse which it shall not be your part to resist to whom this onely thing shall be left to obey their commandements and hearken to their words Sect. 27. But chiefly there is in Jeremy a notable place and worthy to be remembred which although it be somewhat long yet I will be content to rehearse because it most plainly determineth this whole question Jerm 27.3 I have made the earth and men saith the Lord and the living creatures that are on the face of the earth in my great strength and stretched out arme and I will deliver it to him whom it pleaseth in mine eyes and now therefore I have given al these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezar my Servant and all Nations and great Kings shall serve him till the time shall come of that land and it shall be that a Nation and a Kingdome that hath not served the King of Babel I will visit that Nation in sword famine and pestilence wherefore serve ye the King of Babel and live We see with how great obedience the Lord willed that cruell and proud Tyrant to be honoured for no other reason but because he possessed the Kingdome and the same was by the heavenly decree that he was set in the Throne of the Kingdome and taken up into Kingly Majesty which it was unlawfull to violate If we have this continually before our mindes and eyes that even the worst Kings are ordained by the same decree by which the authority of Kings is stablished the seditious thoughts shall never come into our minde that a King is to be handled according to his deservings and that it is not meet that we should shew our selves Subjects to him that doth not on his behalfe shew himselfe a King to us Sect. 28. In vaine shall any man object that this was a peculiar commandement to the Israelites for it is to be noted with what reason the Lord confirmeth it I have given saith he the Kingdome to Nebuchadnezzar wherefore serve yee him and live To whomsoever therefore it shall be certaine that the Kingdome is gi●en let us not doubt that he is to be obeyed and so soone as the Lord advanceth any man to the royall Estate he therein declareth his will to us that he will have him reigne for thereof are generall testimonies of the Scripture Solomon in the 28. Chap. Many Princes are because of the wickednesse of the people Againe Job in the 12. Chapter He taketh away subjection from Kings and girdeth them againe with the girdle But this being confessed there remaineth nothing but that we must serve and live There is also in Jeremy the Prophet another commandement of the Lord wherein he commanded his people to seeke the peace of Babylon whither they had been led away captive ●nd to pray to him for it because in the peace of it should bee their peace Behold the Israelites being spoyled of their goods plucked out of their houses led away into exile and cast into miserable bondage are commanded to pray for the safety of the Conquerer not as in o her places we are commanded to pray for our persecuters but that the Kingdome may be preserved to himselfe and quiet that they themselves may live prosperously under him So David being already appointed King by the ordinance of God and anointed with his holy oyle when he was without any his deserving unworthyly persecuted of Saul yet the head of him that laid wait for his life he esteemed holy which the Lord hath hallowed with the honour of Kingdome far be it from me said he that I should before the Lord doe this thing to my Lord the

were no defence of the common peoples liberty to be made and no other protection to be subministred but by force of Armes or other violence They that are but smatterers in our Lawes are able to cite many cases wherein Tuters and Guardians are allowed if not commanded to maintaine defend the rights and liberties of those who are under their tuition and protection and yet may not do either by force and violence but only in that way and course which the Law prescribes Nay our last so much violated and abused Protestation wherein we promise vow and protest every man in particular to maintaine and defend with our life power and estate the true reformed Protestant Religion c. with this restriction as far as lawfully we may doe yeeld us this as granted that the greatest bond or obligation wherein any man stands bound to maintaine and defend another be it thing or person obligeth him to no other maintenance and defence then is lawfull makes not any maintenanc● defence to be lawfull that he that is so obliged either is able or thinks fit to attempt And therefore Calvins affirming some to be protecters or defenders of the peoples liberty does not give liberty to any to make such defence and protection thereof as they shall thinke good as suppose by Armes or other violence but does only allow that protection and defence of their liberty to be good which the Laws of God and man approve to be lawfull I have been the larger in clearing this latter part of this testimony because I am verily perswaded that the mistaking thereof hath induced divers pious and loyall Protestants with whom this Worthies authority hath been alwayes prevalent to yeeld more in this case of defending the liberty of the people against the outragious licentiousnesse of Kings and sovereigne Princes then otherwise they would have granted Many other excellent places full of loyalty are to be found in Calvin but I must remember what I promised in my Epistle or without doubt the poore man will chalenge me for the forfeiture I passe therefore to the third and last testimony MAster William Tindal a faithfull Minister and constant Martyr of Christ first strangled at the stake and then burnt at Filford in Fland●rs anno 1536. A man that for his extraordinary paines in translating the Scripture especially the new Testament into English which till then had been concealed and hid from the people of ●his Nation in an unknown tongue well d●s●rved the name of the English Evangelist or as Mr. Fox Act. mon. anno 1536 p. 1053. for that and some other reasons stiles him an Apostle of England the most honourable title that can be given to a Minister of the Gospel In his book intituled The obedience of a Christian man printed at London 1573. p. 111. having spoken briefly of Davids carriage towards Saul when God had twice delivered him into his hands 1 Sam. c. 24 c. 26 he thus proceeds Why did not David slay Saul seeing he was so wicked not in persecuting David only but in disobeying Gods Commandments and in tha● he had sl●ine 85. of Gods Priests w●ongfully Verily for it was not lawfull for if he had done it he must have sinned against God for God hath made the King in every Realme Judge over all and over him there is no Judge He that judgeth the King judgeth God and he that layeth hands on the King layeth hands on God and he that resisteth th● King resisteth God and damneth Gods Law and Ordinance If the Subjects sin they must be brought to the Kings judgement if the King sin he must be brought unto the judgement wrath and vengeance of God And as it is to resist the King so it is to resist his Officer which is set or se●t to execute the Kings commandment and in the first Chapter of the s●cond book of Kings David commanded the young man to be sl●ine which b●ought unto him the Crowne and Bracelet of Saul and said to please David withall That he himselfe had slaine Saul and in the 4. Chapter of the same booke David commanded those two to be slaine which brought unto him the head of Ishbosheth Sauls sonne by whose meanes yet the whole Kingdome returne unto David according unto the promise of the Lord. And Luke 13. when they shewed Christ of the Galileans whose bloud P●late mingled with their own sacrifice He answered Suppose ye That these Galileans were sinners above all other Galileans because they suffered such punishment I tell you nay but except ye repent ye shall likewise perish This was told C●rist no doubt of such an intent as they asked him Matth. 22. Whether it were lawfull to give tribute unto Caesar For they thought it was no sin to resist an heathen Prince as few of us would think if we were under the Turke that it were sin to rise against him and to rid our selves from under his Dominion so sore have our Bishops robbed us of the true Doctrine of Christ but Christ condemned their deeds and also the secret thoughts of all other that consented thereunto saying Except ye repent ye shall likewise perish as who should say I know that ye are within your hearts such as they were outward in their deeds and are under the same damnation except therefore ye repent betimes ye shall break out at the last into the like deeds and likewise perish as it came afterwards to passe Hereby seest thou that the King is in this world without Law and may as his lust doe right or wrong and shall give accounts but to God only And page 112. upon these words of the Apostle He is the Minister of God to thee for thy good Rom. 13. he rendereth it for thy wealth Though the King be the greatest Tyrant in the world yet he is unto thee a great benefit of God and a thing wherefore thou oughtest to thanke God highly for it is better to have somew●at then to be cleane stript out of altogether it is better to pay the tenth then to lose all it is better to suffer one Tyrant then ma●y and to suffer wrong of one then of every man Page 118. Heads and Governours are ordained of God and are even the gift of God whether they be good or bad and whatsoever is done unto as by them that doth God be it good or bad If they be evill why are they evill Verily for our wickednesse sake are they evill because that when they were good we would not receive that goodnesse of the hand of God and be thankfull submitting our selves unto his Lawes and Ordinances but abused the goodnesse of God unto our sensuall and beastly lusts therefore doth God make his scourge of them and turne them into wilde beasts contrary to the nature of their n●mes and offices even into Lions Beares Foxes and unclean swine to avenge himselfe of our unnaturall and blinde unkindnesse and of ●u●re●t lious disobedience This ●●sition he proves from