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A07316	A nevv eight-fold probation of the Church of Englands divine constitution prooved by many pregnant arguments, to be much more complete then any Geneuian in the world against the contrary assertion of the fifty three petitioner-preachers of Scotland in their petition presented in the later Parliament to the Kings most excellent Maiesty. With a ten-folde probation of the same churches doctrine touching one of the most important points of our creede, which is of our sauiours descending into Hell. By Iames Maxvvell. Master of Artes, &c.	Maxwell, James, b. 1581.	1617 (1617)	STC 17704; ESTC S103373	82,870	119

and habitations doe not exclaime or giue out railing iudgement against Princes before the Lord though they see and know their wickednesse much better then men doe 2. Pet. 2.10 11 and that they be aboue them in dignitie power and place as the Aposlle S. Peter doth auouch and witnes then much lesse must the Angels of the Church on earth Romane or Geneuian from their earthly seats and pulpits Consistories or Presbyteries exclaime against Princes be they neuer so wicked or yet proclaime any railing iudgement against them seeing they are not only inferiour vnto the Angels in heauen which spare them but euen vnto the Princes themselues which are Gods by their place though in their persons they were neuer so prophane And I wish with all my heart that the great Angel that sitteth in S. Angel would now at last learne this Angelicall lesson of those Angelicall Doctors in heauen and of his owne supposed Euangelicall Predecessor Saint Peter who professeth in expresse words that it is one of the properties of false Prophets to despise Princes and to speake euill of them that are in dignitie and authoritie Iude. v. 8.9 10 Where as the Angels which are greater both in power and might giue not railing Iudgement against them and the same thing is said of Saint Iude. Fourtenthly if a most holy Angel yea euen Michael the highest Archangel durst not raile vpon the diuell who is all wickednesse nor blame him with cursed speaking when as he strone against him and disputed about the bodie of Moses as the holy Apostle Iude witnesseth how then dare subiects which be sinfull men themselues raile vpon the Prince or how dare either the Romane Archangel that sitteth in S. Angel or the Angelings of Geneua from their consist orie or presbyterie or yet from their pulpits pronounce any curse or excommunication against Princes or deliuer them vnto the diuell though they were liker little diuels then little Gods on earth by reason of their wicked liuing And if wee must not so much as raile vpon wicked Kings nor reuile and diffame them with our tongues much lesse must wee hurt them with our hands or offer their persons any violence If ye loue them which loue you saith our Sauiour and dee good to them which doe good to you what thanke haue yee or what reward Mat. 5.46 47 Luk. 6.32 33 doe not the Publicanes and sinners euen the same and the like may be said in this case if Christians loue and loyally obey such Princes as loue them and if they speake well of such gouernours as doe wel to them and submit themselues to such Princes as are vertuous godly and iust what thanke or what reward haue they or what singular worke doe they worthy of a singular reward doe not the heathen and infidels euen the same and as our Sauiour said to his Disciples Except your righteousnesse exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisies and not only of publicanes sinners Mat. 5.10 ye shall not enter into the kingdome of God So may it bee said to Christian subiects except your obedience subiection patience in the behalfe of your Princes and Rulers exceede the obedience subiection patience of heathen and vnbeleeuing subiects in the behalfe of their Soueraignes yee cannot bee subiects of the kingdome of heauen Fifteenthly Subiects ought to bee most tender and carefull of the saluation of their Soueraigne and therefore they ought not to seclude him from the vse of the ordinary meanes of his amendment his sanctification and saluation as from the hearing of the word the prayers of the Church and the receiuing of the Sacrament Sixteenthly a wicked Prince in receiuing the Sacrament either receiueth it worthily and penitently and so is pardoned or else vnworthily and impenitently and so is plagued of God according to that of the Apostle Hee that eateth and drinketh vnworthily 1. Cor. 11.28.29 eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he discerneth not the Lords body and so hee is either made better or worse if better then it should not haue beene well done to keep him from the Communion if worse then God himselfe hath punished and plagued him with his owne hand which is much more fit then that any of his owne Subiects should presume to punish him So that it is euery way more for the glory of God and the good of the Church that a Prince be admitted to the Sacrament then that hee be secluded there-fro for either Gods mercie is manifested when as receiuing it worthily and wel he amendeth his manners or his iustice is executed and notified when as receiuing it vnworthily he runneth into some greater sinne or incurreth some temporall or spiritual iudgement and both the wayes Gods glorie is more and more demonstrated and the Church edified by so notable an example Seuenteenthly and lastly our most blessed Sauiour when he exhorteth vs vnto perfection saith thus Loue your enemies Mat. 5.44 45 48. Luk. 6.27 28 35. blesse them that curse you doe good to them that hate you pray for them which hurt you wrongfully trouble and persecute you that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heauen who is kinde and good both vnto the good and the euill and the Apostle Saint Paul writing to the Romanes saith the same Blesse them which persecute you Blesse and curse not recompence to no man euill for euill auenge not your selues but rather giue place vnto wrath for it is written vengeance is mine Rom. 12.14 17 19 21. I will repay saith the Lord. Whereof it followeth that if Princes bee our foes which ought to bee our friends yea our fathers and so both hate vs and hurt vs which are their subiects yet wee ought to loue them and helpe them what wee can though they doe euill to vs yet wee ought to doe good to them though they oppresse and persecute vs yet wee ought to pray for them though they speake euill of vs yet wee ought to speake well of them though they grieue vs yet we ought not to grudge against them though they require too much of vs and more then we can well spare yet we ought not to refuse them much lesse to resist them or rebell against them though they haue many imperfections yet wee ought not to aggrauate them or blaze them abroad by slandrous wordes or infamous writes yea rather wee ought to extenuate and to lessen them hide them couer them and excuse them Finally though they seeke to kill both our bodies and our soules yet we ought to seeke the preseruation of their bodies and the saluation of their soules and in so doing we subiects shall be perfit as the children of the most high and our reward shall be great and inestimable in the heauens Sect. 15. The Church of England more Angelicall or Angel-like We haue shewed at large the perfection of the Church of England in regard of the diuine condition of the

hand execute Gods vengeance vpō himself thus he suffered Saul to slay himselfe and Zimri to burne himselfe And as he wil not employ a Princes owne subiects in such a businesse so he needeth not to vse the hand and power of any person whatsoeuer for God can drowne the wicked Prince in the water or sea with Pharaoh or hee can strike him with madnesse with Nebuchadnezzar or hee can burst him or breake his necke with Ahazias or can strike him with leprosie like Vzziah or Azariah The very elements and beasts of the field are at his beck and bidding the beasts to deuoure the fire to burne the aire to infect the water to drowne and the earth to swallow vp such Princes as God will be auenged on yea he hath armies of painefull and shamefull diseases of wormes of mice and of lice to consume and vexe wicked Kings with Dan. 4 10 11 12 13 14 22 23 28 29 30. 5.6 7 24 25 26 27 28 2. Micha 6.9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 28. And as the Angels of God which are his highest creatures smote Nebuchadnezzar with madnes droue him from amongst men to dwell with the beasts of the field and so depriued him of his kingdome for a time for those Noters and Geneuian Glossers are deceiued that doe thinke his owne subiects did depose him for tyrannie and as another Angel did write vpon the wall the sentence of King Belschazzars destruction so the wormes that are the Lords lowest creatures conspired to vexe the wicked tyrant Antiochus the cruell persecuter of the Iewes that he died miserably and both these creatures together the highest in heauen act 12.1 2 3 4 5 21 22 23 and the lowest on earth did at Gods appointment concurre to plague Herod the persecutor of the Christians who had vexed many of the faithfull killed Iames and imprisoned Peter for the Angel of the Lord smote him because he gaue not glory vnto God so that hee was eaten vp of wormes Thus we see how God getteth glory when he correcteth wicked Kings with his owne hands 1. Sam 13.9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 16 17 22 23 19 20 22 23 26 28 cap. 1. King 16.30 31 32 17 18 19 20 21 22 cap 2. King 21 1 2 3 4.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 2. Chron. 33.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. whereas he is robbed of his glorie by such subiects as dare take the rod as it were out of Gods hands and put it into their owne to scourge Kings with Fourthly the people of God vnder the old Testament did not imprison or depose their most wicked Princes such as were Saul Ahab and Manasses nor did the high Priests excommunicate them for their crueltie tyrannie apostasie and idolatrie persecution and seduction and therefore the people of God vnder the new Testament ought to doe the like in following the example of their pietie and patience in the behalfe of bad Princes otherwise Christians should come short of the Iewes in morall perfections which were absurd Fifthly the constitution and creation of Kings is of God and not not of man it is Gods hand only that can make a King according as he saith himselfe By me Kings raigne and as we haue prooued aboue in the first lesson and therefore the deposition of Kings Prouerb 8.15 and their coercion belongeth likewise to God and not to the Kings owne subiects for the power is equall in the one and the other And therefore wee see that the voice that deposed Nebuchadnezzer came from heauen Dan. 4.22 28 29. Thy kingdome is departed from thee like as the Angel and the Prophet doe both of them auouch that it is the most high that giueth the kingdome to whomsoeuer hee will Sixtly in the new Testament Christ and his appostles do oftentimes command subiects to giue vnto Kings but no where they bid take away or withhold any thing from Kings howsoeuer vnworthy neither tribute and liuing by detention nor libertie by incarceration nor Kingship by depriuation nor life by ciuil or rather vnciuill and sinnefull execution nor the benefits of the Church and kingdome of heauen by hellish excommunication Giue saith the King of Kings vnto Caesar the things which are Caesars like as he had commanded Peter his very prime Apostle to giue the Kings Receiuer poll money for them two Mat. 22 17 21 17 24 25 26 27 Mark 12 14 15 16 17. Mat. 10.1 2. 1. Pet. 2.17 Rom. 13 1 2 24. giue saith hee the twenty pence vnto them for me and thee and the same prime Apostle commandeth all subiects both spirituall and temporall persons euen as many as haue Soules for his fellow Saint Paul saith let euery soule besubiect to princes to feare God and honour the King Ergo subiects must not dishonour the King by coercion incarceration excommunication or depriuation Yea Saint Peters Successor himselfe if he hath any hath no power to dishonour the King whom God hath honoured with his crowne and throne let him be neuer so vnworthy in his conceite nor to expose him to the dishonour or danger of any of his subiects by his censure of excommunication or sentence of depriuation Our Sauiour bids giue to Kings Saint Peter gaue to Kings ' and bids giue them honour and so doth S. Paul saying Giue to all men their duty Rom. 13.7 tribute to whome yee owe tribute custome to whome cnstome feare to whome feare honour to whom yee owe houour And no where they bid take away any thing from Kings and therefore such men as take away from Kings their liuings libertie or life or the benefits of the Church Gods kingdome or their owne doe disobey God the father of Kings and obey the deuil the dishonourer debaser of kings Seuenthly wee doe not read in Gods word that euer a King was deliuered vnto Satan so that it wanteth example and as for precept the very formal words vsed in the institution of excommunication by our Lord do shew that it was neuer intended for Kings by the Spirit of God For besides they were not as yet within the bosome of the Church Mat. 18 15 16 17. by calling when it was ordained those words If thy brother trespasse against thee If thy brother hoare thee If thy brother heare thee not If thy brother refuse to heare the Church also do euidently and pregnantly euince that excommunication is a censure of an offending brother 1. Cor. 5.12 not of the father of the people And therefore the Apostle entreating of excommunication extendeth it no further then unto such a one as is called a brother If any that is called a brother saith he be a formcatour 2. Thess 3.13.14 15. or couetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such a one eate not neither companie together and againe And ye brethren be not wearie