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A51425	The necessity of Christian subjection demonstrated, and proved by the doctrine of Christ, and the apostles, the practice of primitive Christians, the rules of religion, cases of conscience, and consent of latter Orthodox divines, that the power of the King is not of humane, but of divine right, and that God onely is the efficient cause thereof : whereunto is added, an appendix of all the chief objections that malice is selfe could lay upon His Majestie, with a full answer to every particular objection : also a tract intituled, Christvs Dei : wherein is proved that our Soveraign Lord the King is not onely major singulis, but major universis.	Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.	1643 (1643)	Wing M2842; ESTC R232334	18,967	25

indeed the speciall forme whereby he could resemble the image of God who is in Heaven as he made him upon Earth the sole unequalled Monarch from whom alone Quicquid est ab uno est est id quod est and therefore he is worthy to receive glory and honour and power for of him and for him and through him are all things Nor was it his intention that hee should onely governe the Beasts already created But also he made him to be the Monarch And confirmed his Authority lure naturali Potestate patriâ over all mankinde which should be propagated after him who as the Angels and those of Heaven had their beginning from God by Creation and therefore were subject to him so all the Armies upon earth were to deduce their off-spring from that one Adam by Generation and so to owe to him subjection whereas had not God intended to have Principality depended onely upon his own institution and not upon the subordinate Nobles nor the multitudes of popular election It had beene as easie for him to have Created a Company a Colony a Countrey a Nation a World of men upon earth with his own faciamus As it was and as he did so many Legions of Angels in the Heavens that so out of those choice Colonies themselves might have made choice of a Commander But he who found the Heavens not free from mutiny when he produced a multitude of inhabitants there although all were his off-spring would not give the least colour to contention for superiority or equality nor pretext of disobedience against his Monarch upon earth whilst he suffers no Subject to be set by him but such as owed the Subjection and duty of a Sonne in Descending from him Thereby teaching all posterity how the power of a Prince over his Subjects is and ought to bee acknowledged as naturall as the power of a Father is over his sonne yea and also thereby signifying That as Naturally there can bee but one Father of one Childe So Politiquely there should be but one Prince and Monarch of one People and Nation Whereupon God did not create two men no nor Eve but out of the rib of Adam that so from them all others should issue and they might rule promiscuously or that each of them should rule such as would make choice to be under his government rather then under the others although perhaps propagated of the other Nor that the mightiest Hunter he that could get most should governe most as afterwards it fell out in the degenerating dayes of Nymrod But he created onely one thereby to intimate How far Monarchicall government is to be preferred before any other Aristocraticall Democraticall Oligarchicall or the like This and this alone of man on earth being an Idea or resemblance of Gods government in Heaven and we pray daily that his will may bee done on earth as it is in heaven And how can it be so if we reject or resist that forme of government As also thereby he implies that all other lormes of government are against the course of nature different from the patterne of heaven diverse from divine institution and indeed punishments rather then blest governments If they be compared with Monarchie Which made the wisest of Kings affirme that many Princes are imposed for the transgression of a Land But that Realme onely indures long which is ruled by one man of understanding and knowledge Prov. 28. 2. Which Doctrine seemes to bee squared to Gods own practice throughout all ages whensoever he designed any government over his people the Jews after they were taken notice of for his peculiar although for a long time he retained the royall supreame Title of King to himselfe during which time he oft times immediately delivered his Regall mandates by Urim Thummim Visions Oracles Prophesies c. Yet hee appointed one Supreme Vicegerent over them and not many for as for the Sanhedrim they were but as Moses or the High priests Privie Councell Or as delegated Judges because of the multiplicity of businesses One I say and not many witnesse Moses 40. yeares betwixt Egypt and Canaan Ioshua neere 60. yeeres settling them in Canaan after them Iudah after him Othniell then Ehud then Shamgar then Deborah then Gideon then Tolah then Iair then Iephthah then Sampson But never above one at one time And how lamentable the times were when there was not one Supreame but the multitude tooke power into their own hands that hideous story of the licentious Danites and the ravished Levites wife and the revenge of one upon another may serve to astonish all posterity and affright them from affecting Anarchie yea when God afterthat he had in mercie looked upon their misery sent them new Judges Hely and Samuel successively and they not therewith satisfied would have a King like other Nations he doth not set several Kings over them as Ioshua found 31. over the land at their enterance but hee appointed them onely one King 1 Sam. 8. 22. As being safest for his people best resembling his government and most agreeable to his Ordinance Wherefore wee must needes bee subject to such form of government for it is the Ordinance of God Oh! how much therefore are those too blame who goe about to alter this forme of government and to introduce a new deformed device of their own ambitious invention wherein they are not agreed whether they shall be stiled 1. The States of England as some of their Preachers forgetting the King in their praiers have sycophantically phrased them 2. Or whether they shall be entituled The perpetuall Senate or Assessours of the kingdom as some have endeavoured to derive their stile as the Impresse of a Republick 3. Or whether they shall be dignified with the Princely Attribute of Gentlemen of the Crowne of England to which should be annexed the power of electing their King although hereditary as some of themselves have ambitiously expressed their affectation in assimilation to that of Poland onely to the end that themselves might be sharers in Supremacy A Government which admitting a Monarch whom yet they dare not deny is neither Monarchie Aristocracy Democracy nor Oligarchie and Anarchie I dare say they would not have it intituled A Government which if Aristotle himself were to sit in Councel at their close Committees he could not yet resolve what to cal it a government never grounded on the Ordinance of God nor practised in any established Common-weale And what fearfull effects must necessarily follow it Besides that it is to conjecture when men leave the fountaines of the living waters and take themselves to Cisterns of their own digging It may also be apparent to any indifferent understanding who reads or heares the story of Hen. 3. when there was an attempt of 24. Assessours and a trayterous appointing Les Douze Piers far short of this confused insolency what Robberies what Rapes what

Apostles taught the Church of God That he which resists be it how it will resists the Ordinance of God And he that resists purchaseth to himself damnation which is the fourth reason to inforce this Wherefore c. and beares a threefold reading 1. Iudicium Judgement Tremel 2. Condemnationem Condemnation Beza Tompson 3. Damnationem Damnation Vulgar Kings Bible All which are but the Graduations of the punishments implied by the originall {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for not onely {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Matth. 5. 22. they shall be in danger of the judgement of censure and condemnation of the censorious Although this be a punishment which an ingenious spirit would willingly escape which made David pray Psal. 39. 8. Let me not be made a rebuke unto the foolish whilest they censure reprove condemne my actions in their Assemblies much more a man that is shot through the head with popularity as His Majestie saith of the then revolted Rolloc as indeed all factious persons in Church and Common-weale are especially if they aspire by or adhere to the popular faction For such like the Camelion which turnes to all colours save white lives onely by the aire and delights rather in breath then other Ac si mallet coctam quam crudam so they who apply to popularity and suit themselves to all company saving the innocent can live no longer at least not with delight then they sucke the breath of applause from the multitude But behold not onely those which sit in the gate the Rulers speak against such disobedient persons but if they escape the songs of the Drunkards who perhaps may whoop on their sides yet shall very babes and sucklings chant their disloyalty and the Vipers tongue shall slay them Iob. 20. 16. Thus an evil condemnation shall fall upon them whereby their name shall rot and their memoriall shall stinck even {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} under the censure of those who are as censorious as themselves Nor onely so but {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} They shall receive Judgement and Condemnation 1. Both Judgement before the Tribunall of men where the sentence of guiltinesse shall proceed against them and when sentence is given upon them they shall be condemned for such ungodly persons shall not be able to stand in Judgement neither these sinners in the Congregation of the righteous 2. And also they shall receive Condemnation from the Justice of God who stands in the Congregation of Princes as to survey so to assist and is a Judge amongst the earthly gods yea even of those whom they sometimes cannot come by to judge according to their deservings who when he shal arise as he will arise to judge the earth he will recompence such wicked persons after their deservings he will reprove them and set before them even in Order the things that they have done As first their Pride next their Covetousnesse to maintaine it after that their rebellion to declare it then their Hypocrisie and counterfeiting Religion to vaile and defend it at the length he will bring Death hastily upon them and they shall go down into hell sithence such wickednesse is in their dwellings and amongst them and is not this a fearefull Judgement and Condemnation so fearefull as what can be conceived to be added And yet behold 3. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Rom. 14. 23. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Judgment Condemnation yea Damnation of an accusing conscience shall consummate their misery even such as drave Iudas to be his own Executioner upon earth This shall do continuall execution of Gods just judgement upon them in hell by that worme that never dies and that fire which never shall be quenched where their rebellious carkasses shall be an abhorring to all flesh wherefore for the escaping such fearfull 1. Judgement 2. Condemnation 3. Damnation here and hereafter from God and man We must needs be subject 2. Subject Which is the duty That as the Devil overcame man by his disobedience to God so man may return to God and overcome the Devil by obedience to man for the Lords sake Christianity is a Schoole of Humnity and we must not look every one upon our own excellencies but upon other mens having the same minde in us which was in Christ Jesus in giving not in taking honour preferring one before another {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} humbling our selves as little children As they submit to their Parents so must we be subject to our Prince for he is the Person to whom principally the Apostle presseth this subjection as Aquin. Dion Carth. Bruno and Claud. glosse it The subjection to others being for his sake as the subjection to him is for the Lords sake which that we may performe aright let us consider these three particulars 1. Qualibus To what manner of Princes we must be subject 2. In quibus In what things we must be subject 3. Quomodo How we must expresse our subjection 1. Qualibus To what manner of Princes we must be subject As the Apostle injoynes Servants concerning obedience to their Masters so say I to Subjects concerning their Soveraignes Let as many as are under the yoke count their Governours worthy of all honour Sive fideles sive infideles whether they be gentle or whether they be cruell that the name of God and his Doctrine be not ill spoken of 1. And if they be believing let us not despise them because they are faithfull and beloved and partakers of the benefit to wit redemption 2. Or if they be unbelievers let us not rebell nor resist them because although 1. Quidam illorum dantur ad timorem poenam increpationem Some of them are sent meerely for a terrour and a punishment 2. Yea Quidam ad illusionem contumeliam superbiam Some of them set up themselves in pride meerely to contemne and scorne and scofte at their Subjects as the persecuting Emperours did when they exposed the Christians naked to fight with beasts and beastly Heathens 3. Aswell as Quidam ad correctionem utilitatem subjectorum conservationem Iustitiae For a fatherly reformation of offendors a loveing protection of the obedient and the preservation of Justice for both Yet we must consider and confesse that Ad utilitatem Gentilium terrenum Regnum positum est à Deo non à Diab●lo qui nunquam omnino quietus est Imo qui nec ipsas quidem gentes vult in tranquill● agere ut timentes regnum humanum Earthly Kingdomes are erected by God not by the Divel who as he is never quiet himself so would he not have the people live in peace as appeares by his late practices which government is the meanes to procure and preserve preventing men from devouring those that are more righteous then themselves And for