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An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.
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Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.
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Seducer shall not excuse him who is seduced If the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the pit Matth. 15. 14. The soule that sinneth it shall die Ezek 18. 4. And remember S. Pauls curse Gal. 1. 8. Though we saith he or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel unto you then that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed The third Evasion But thou wilt say If Subjects may never resist then may the Prince governe according to his own will and pleasure and so may bring his Subjects into bondage slavery and all evils and inconveniences whatsoever which is contrary to nature and reason to admit The Answer If we may deny or reject a truth delivered in Gods Word because of evils and inconveniences which might hereby happen unto us then the whole frame of Divinity will be soon overturned We know That the doctrine of God eternall free and unchangeable decree of reprobation has brought many into the sin of despaire The doctrine that true repentance is never too late has led many into the sin of presumption The doctrine of assurance of salvation has bred in some a pâ—oud self-conceitednesse and contempt of their brethren The doctrine of justification by faith onely and not by workes has drawne many into a neglect of Almes-giving And what hath been may be yet we neither doe nor must reject the foresaid doctrines though indeed if we respect the evils and inconveniences they ought so much the rather to be rejected by how much the greater and more dangerous are the evils for these evils are spirituall and tend to the destruction both of soule and body for ever whereas the doctrine of not resisting the King can onely expose us if we offend God to evils temporall and momentany But O man who art thou that repliest against God shall the thing formed say to him that formed it why hast thou made me thus Rom. 9. 20. Has not God power over thine eternall estate to dispose thereof according to his will and dost thou gâ—udge him to dispose of thy temporall estate thy goods thy Lands thy life or what is most deare Wilt thou reject the Word of God because it seemes inconvenient to thee darest thou say the way of the Lord is not equall Ezek. 18. 25. God commands thy obedience unto thy Soveraigne though he be wicked and unjust and wilâ— thou plead dangers evils and inconveniences against Gods command Ohllet not arrogancy come out of thy mouth for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by Him actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2. 3. Cease from thine own wisdome Prov. 23. 4. Advise not with nature For the naturall man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of GOD for they are foolishnesse unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 2. 14. Thou must deny thy selfe and take up thy crosse if thou wilt follow Christ Matth. 16. 24. And if thy reason cannot perswade thee yet let the reward invite thee For every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or Lands for my Names sake saith our Saviour shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Mat. 19. 29. Neverthelesse the King is not left at liberty to do what he pleaseth to make his will the rule of his actions No he is the Lords Shepheard and Isa 44. 28. the Lord hath appointed unto him his charge and duty When God set Ioshua over the Congregation Moses gave him a charge in their fight Num 27. 16 19. And of David it is said Psal 78. 70 71 72. He chose Davia his servant and tooke him from the sheepfolds from following the Ewes great with young He brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance So he fed them therefore the King ought to provide for and cherish his people acording to the integrity of his heart therefore the King ought to be faithfull to his people and guided them therefore the King ought to be carefull and vigilant over his people by the skilfulnesse therefore the King ought to counsell his people of his hand therefore the King ought to defend his people And when the Prophet Ahijah told Ieroboam that God would give ten Tribes of Israel unto him he withall tels him his duty and the conditions upon which God gave them If thou wilt hearken unto all that I the Lord command thee and wilt walkâ— in my waies and doe that is right in my sight to keep my Statutes and my Commandements as David my servant did then will I be with thee and build thee a sure house 1 Kings 11. 30 31 38. And at that time when the Lord chose Saul to be King Samuel told the people the manner of the Kingdom and wrote it in a booke 1 Sam. 10. 25. whereby it is evident that Saul might not rule as he listed for that God had prescribed the form or manner of the government or Kingdome And what that was you may read in Deut. 17. It shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his Kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this Law that is the Deuteronomy in a book out of that which is before the Priests and Levites And it shall be with him and he shall reade therein all the daies of his life that he may learn to feare the Lord his God to keep all the words of this Law and these Statutes to do them That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren therefore the King ought not to insult and tyrannize over his people and that he turn not aside from the Commandement to the right hand or to the left to the end that he may prolong his daies in his Kingdome he and his children in the midst of Israel If then the King shall desire the preservation of himselfe and the continuance of his Kingdome unto his posterity he must carefully observe the Commandement of the Lord and the execution of justice He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the feare of God 2 Sam. 23. 3. It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednesse for the Throne is established by righteousnesse Prov. 16. 12. The King by judgement establisheth the Land Prov. 22. 4. 'T is true the King is Gods vicegerent and therefore accountable to God onely for his actions Which David implied in confessing those his crying sins of murther and adultery to be only against God Against thee thee onely have I sinned Psal 51. 4. And even reason requireth that the members should not judge the head because they are under the head nor can they take away the head because thereby they cease to be members yet if Princes do seriously take it into consideration they shall finde little encouragement from hence to give way to their own lusts For besides the eternall vengeance of God which without repentance they shall most certainly feel after this life