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A23775	The whole duty of man laid down in a plain way for the use of the meanest reader divided into XVII chapters : one whereof being read every Lords day, the whole may be read over, thrice in the year, necessary for all families : with private devotions.; Whole duty of man	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.; Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, d. 1679.	1659 (1659)	Wing A1170_PARTIAL; Wing A1161_PARTIAL; ESTC R22026	270,427	508

is the common Father of all those that are under his authority The duty we owe to this Parent is first Honour and Reverence looking on him as upon one on whom god hath stamped much of his own power and authority and therefore paying him all honour and esteem never daring upon any pretence whatsoever to speak evil of the Ruler of our people Acts 23. 5. 3. Secondly Paying Tribute This is expresly commanded by the Apostle Rom. 13. 6. Pay ye Tribute also for they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing God has set them apart as Ministers for the common good of the people and therefore 't is all justice they should be maintained and supported by them And indeed when it is considered what are the cares and troubles of that high calling how many thorns are platted in every Crown we have very little reason to envie them these dues and it may truly be said there is none of their poor labouring subjects that earns their living so hardly 4. Thirdly We are to pray for them this is also expresly commanded by the Apostle 1 Tim. 2. 2. to be done for Kings and for all that are in authority The businesses of that calling are so weighty the dangers and hazards of it so great that they of all others need prayers for Gods direction assistance and blessing and the prayers that are thus poured out for them will return into our own bosomes for the blessings they receive from God tend to the good of the people to their living a quiet and peaceable life as it is in the close of the verse forementioned 5. Fourthly We are to pay them Obedience This is likewise strictly charged by the Apostle 1 Peter 2. 13. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as Supream or unto Governours as those that are sent by him We owe such an obedience to the supream power that whoever is authorized by him we are ●o submit to and S. Paul likewise is most full to this purpose Romans 13. 1. Let every soul be subject to the higher powers And again Ver. 2. Wh●soever resisteth the powers resisteth the Ordinance of God And 't is observable that these precepts were given at a time when those powers were Heathens and cruel persecutors of Christianity to shew us that no pretence of the wickedness of our Rulers can free us of this duty An obedience we must pay either Active or Passive the Active in the case of all lawful commands That is when ever the Magistrate commands something which is not contrary to some command of God we are then bound to act according to that command of the Magistrate to do the things he requires But when he enjoyns any thing contrary to what God hath commanded we are not then to pay him this active obedience we may nay we must refuse thus to act yet here we must be very well assured that the thing is so contrary and not pretend conscience for a cloak of stubbornness we are in that case to obey God rather then man But even this is a season for the Passive obedience we must patiently suffer what he inflicts on us for such refusal and not to secure our selves rise up against him For who can stretch his hand against the Lords anointed and be guiltless sayes David to Abishai 1 Samuel 26. 9. and that at a time when David was under a great persecution from Saul nay had also the assurance of the Kingdom after him and St. Pauls sentence in this case is most heavie Rom. 13. 2. They that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Here is very small encouragement to any to rise up against the lawful Magistrate for though they should so far prosper here as to secure themselves from him by this means yet there is a King of Kings from whom no power can shelter them and this damnation in the close will prove a sad prize of their victories What is on the other side the duty of the Magistrate to the people will be vain to mention here none of that rank being like to read this Treatise and it being very useless for the people to inquire what is the duty of their Supream wherein the most are already much better read then in their own it may suffice them to know that whatsoever his duty is or however performed he is accountable to none but God and no failing of his part can warrant them to fail of theirs 6. The second sort of Parents are the spiritual That is the Ministers of the Word whether such as be Governours in the Church or others under them who are to perform the same offices to our Souls that our natural parents do to our bodies Thus S. Paul tells the Co●inthians that in Christ Jesus he had begotten them through the Gospel 1 Cor. 4. 15. and the Galatians Chap. 4. 19. that he travels in birth of them till Christ be formed in them And again 1 Cor. 3. 2. He had fed them with Milk that is such Doctrines as were agreeable to that infant state of Christianity they were then in but he had stronger meat for them of full age Heb. 5. 14. All these are the Offices of a Parent and therefore they that perform them to us may well be accounted as such 7. Our duty to these is first to love them to bear them that kindness which belongs to those who do us the greatest benefits This is required by S. Paul 1 Thess. 5. 13. I beseech you brethren mark them which labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and esteem them very highly in love for their works sake The work is such as ought in all reason to procure them love it being of the highest advantage to us 8. Secondly 'T is our duty to value and esteem them as we see in the text now mentioned and surely this is most reasonable if we consider either the nature of their work or who it is that imployes them The nature of their work is of all others the most excellent we use to value other professions proportionably to the dignity and worth of the things they deal in Now surely there is no Merchandize of equal worth with a Soul and this is their Traffick rescuing precious Souls from perdition And if we consider further who it is that imployes them it yet addes to the reverence due to them They are Ambassadours for Christ 2 Cor. 5. 20. and Ambassadours are by the Lawes of all Nations to be used with a respect answerable to the quality of those that send them Therefore Christ tells his disciples when he sends them out to preach He that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me Luke 10. 16. It seems there is more depends on the despising of Ministers then men ordinarily consider 't is the despising of God and Christ