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law_n	abraham_n	covenant_n	promise_n	5,643	5	7.5395	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77289	The authority of God over men, in the law cleared, shewing that its no persecution for the magistrate as Jehovah's deputy, in Jehovah's name, to enforce it on the people, but that he is bound to do the same. Written by an unworthy witness to the law and government of God, John Brayne.	Brayne, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing B4318; Thomason E725_17; ESTC R206773	12,890	15

THE Authority of GOD over MEN In the LAW CLEARED Shewing that it s no persecution for the Magistrate as JEHOVAH'S Deputy in JEHOVAH'S Name to enforce it on the people but that he is bound to do the same Written by an unworthy witness to the Law and government of God JOHN BRAYNE LONDON Printed for Rich. Moone and are to be sold at the seven stars in Pauls Church-yard neer the great north door 1653. To the Supreme Authority of the Nation The Parliament of the Commonwealth of England Right Honourable THe fear of God and love of your souls makes me set before you the words of Moses Deut. 27.27 Cursed be he confirmeth not all the words of this Law to do them and all the people shall say Amen which signifies that God will stir up the people against men for not confirming the Law all the Law and that there is a curse follows the not confirming of it I have out of desire of your satisfaction and encouragement answered some objections which may beget high thoughts exalting themselves against God the Lord I hope will remove the hinderances cause delay in his work and make the way plain before yee and deliver you from reasoning with flesh and blood about prudential honors profit and pleasure of the world and the Lord answer all your Questions according to his counsel upon your Consciences And first the Lord season your thoughts with that of God when the people would be under humane Authority as the Gentiles 1 Sam. 8.7 they have not rejected thee but me signifying that if men would set up Gods Law by humane Authority they yet reject God from reigning over them the divine Law administred by humane Authority since the types of Christ as the Kings of Iudah were are past and he come is abomination and worse then Deut. 22.9 sowing the field with divers seeds ver 10. or plowing with an Oxe and an Ass ver 11. or wearing a garment of linnen and woolen O consider Magistracy ruling under God is higher and more honorable then that that is of it self without God But let us see what are the hinderances that God should not reign over us From the Soak neer Winton October 1653. The Authority of GOD over MEN in the LAW cleered Question I. THe first Question is whether the now Magistrate may enjoyn the people under his power to Covenant with God in the Law as the Jews did To the answering whereof I shall premise these Queries it 's not whether men may but 1 It s whether God may not inforce a people to Covenant with him and whether since the fall all people before they can be a people to God are not to submit to his enforcement 2 Whether God in giving the Law hath not made use of this enforcement as well on the Gentiles as the Jews Rom. 3.29 7.1 Paul writes to the Romans Gentiles shewing that the Law had dominion over them whiles they lived as a husband over a wife and the Reason because they knew the Law the knowledge of it actually enjoyns obedience to it in Gentiles as well as Jews Gal. 3.13 who are Gentiles are said to be under the rule of the Law v. 23. he saith They were kept under the Law until Faith came v. 24. and was their school master to bring them to Christ Eph. 2.12 the evil estate of the Gentiles was set out in this not onely that they were without Christ but that as we this day they were Aliens from the Commonweal of Israel that is the government of God in the Law judicial And strangers from the Covenants 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not the Covenant as of the Gospel-Covenant onely but Covenants of Law and Gospel Gal. 4.24 Abrams two sons are the two Covenants the one Ismael by Hagar which is Sinai in Arabia the law-Law-Covenant the other the gospel-Gospel-Covenant which is Isaac by the free woman Sarah which is Jerusalem from above Now these Covenants are the Covenants of promise the promises of the Law being onely made to the people under the law-Law-Covenant and those of the Gospel to the people under the Gospel-Covenant because by the Covenants they are Gods and God is so theirs as the tenor of the Covenant reveals him Lastly hence as we are without the Covenant this day so we are without God in the world that is in the world estate and as without God therein so without hope which is no less true in English mens estate now then in the Ephesians when they were Gentiles c. Again writing to Timothy whose father was a Greek 1 Tim. 1.9 the Law was made for men without Law viz. the Heathens as well as Jews 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for disobedient Command 5. for the ungodly Command 1. for the unholy and prophane Command 3. for murderers and manslayers Command 6. for whoremongers and them that defile themselves with mankinde Command 7. for men-stealers Command 8. for perjured persons Command 3. for Lyars Command 9. Now that he speaks of the Law and its rule is cleer in that he applies himself to the making of the Law which was for judgement and rule of the Jewish Nation and in them of all that know and own the Law for Gods Again he goeth but to the ninth Command as being onely punishable by the Judge the tenth being reserved to God to judge the transgressions thereof at last That that is remarkable in this Text is this 1 That he saith indefinitely it was made for such even for such Gentile sinners as well as Jews and no more for the one then for the other for God is no respecter of persons 2 Such offences are committed among us and such offenders are abiding with us and the Law was made for them not onely to shew them their sin and let them al●ne in it but to punish them for it and judge them by it 3 By the Law cleerly the Apostle understands not the ten commands onely but the whole judicial Law its Statutes and judgements Quest 2. Whether God having thus laid the Law on all that know it it be not the duty of the Magistrate who is Gods vicegerent to see the people under his power to submit to the same As the Law and Covenant enjoyn 1 Not doing it as an act of his own but as Gods Minister Rom 13.4 2 Not subjecting the people to himself but Gods obedience Judges 8.22 23. 3 Not respecting his own will but Gods command Rom. 13.5 if ever now men ought to be subject to such a Magistrate for Conscience and he that will not in such a work let him suffer the execution of Gods wrath he bears not the sword in vain to suffer men to stand out in sin against God and his Law 4 Shall any plead Conscience whether they will submit to the Law of God in the outward man as to a rule of life or whether they will be Gods people or whether they will own the true God under so much knowledge of