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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07819	A sermon preached before the Kings most excellent Majestie, in the cathedrall church of Durham Upon Sunday, being the fifth day of May. 1639. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Duresme. Published by his Majesties speciall command.	Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.	1639 (1639)	STC 18196; ESTC S112915	18,792	48

A SERMON PREACHED Before the KINGS most Excellent MAJESTIE in the Cathedrall Church of DURHAM Upon Sunday being the fifth day of May. 1639. By the Right Reverend Father in God THOMAS Lord Bishop of DURESME Published by his Majesties speciall command ¶ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL 1639. ROM XIII I. Let every soul be subject to the higher POWERS c. THis argument of Subjection is the subject matter of the Epistle read this day 1. Pet. 2. which I have transferred to this Text of S. Paul only for more apt method and manifestation sake which how seasonable it is for the occasions of this unseasonable and dismall time alas it is too evident a Time I say wherein the seditious Faction professeth forcible Resistance against Soveraignty for defence of Religion Now therefore this text being a divine Canon of Christian Subjection it will be easie hereby through Gods assistance to pull off the vizard of pretence of Religion from the visage and face of Rebellion it self I propound to my self this Theme to be discussed to wit That arms are not to be taken up by Subjects for defence of Religion for the Canon it self teacheth us 1. Who is the Subject Let EVERIE SOVL be Subject 2. To whom To the higher POWERS 3. The why For there is no power but of GOD and the powers that be are of GOD. Next because Contraries being compared together illustrate each other the Apostle useth this art for having prescribed Subjection he delivereth the Contrary which he calleth Resistance Whosoever resisteth This he sheweth what it is both in the heinousnesse of the Crime He resisteth the Ordinance of GOD and also in the dreadfulnesse of the Iudgement He shall receive to himself DAMNATION These are the five stages of our future proceeding which I therefore so name because my purpose is God willing to hasten thorow them with all convenient speed I. Part Who Every soul EVery soul By Soul understanding by a Senechdoche as all know the whole person of man as often else-where in holy Writ But what Every soul subject Not I saith the Pope and so all Popes of after-times for we have power over all Powers be they Emperours themselves to kick off their Crowns with our feet to depose their persons and to dispose of their kingdoms Nor we say the Popish Clergy for our function is spirituall and therfore doth in it self in all cases challenge Exemption Nor we say the seditious Conspirators in the case of defence of our religion I have therefore joyned the Romish and these other Factious together that it may be known that although the Romish and the Church of Scotland whereof these Conspirators would be members do dissent in Religion no lesse then Antiquity and Novelty for those points whereof the new Romane Church have made a new Creed of mo then XII new Articles of Faith and differ also as much in some parts of Gods worship as Religious from Superstitious and Idolatrous notwithstanding they agree in this one Conclusion of professing violent Resistance for defence of Religion and in the most Principles conducing thereunto insomuch that the Conspirators who otherwise hate our Church Ceremonies albeit most Indifferent and in use Laudable even because they seem to them Papisticall do neverthelesse for confirming their seditious Conclusions alledge saying in these very termes The Papists are witnesses c. Howbeit this Canon doth in effect give them both the lie because the word Soul signifieth the whole man and seeing there is no man either so Spirituall or Secular but he hath an immortall Soul incorporate in a mortall body it must follow that every man is obliged both body and soul to subject himself to the Higher Powers And what Powers these are the Context pointeth out by their Symbol and Ensigne namely of him that carrieth the sword even the temporall Magistrate And that this doctrine was both professed and practised thorowout the whole Christian Church for above 600. yeers is manifoldly manifested by Evidences registred in all Ecclesiasticall Records whether they concern the Greek or Romane Church But we at this present may content our selves with two kindes one from the Greeks even in their Commentaries upon this Text Let every soule c. That is say they Every Apostle Evangelist Prophet c If every apostle must be subject then Peter then his Successor every Pope then every Popish Ecclesiastick As for the Secular it followeth in Chrysostome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Every other whosoever c. Which is an acknowledged truth even of their own Espensaeus saying What Greek authors did not hold that the apostle hereby taught that all the faithfull were to be subject to worldly Governours II. Concerning the Romane Church what need more then the epistles of ancient Popes yet extant which they writ to the Emperours of their severall ages for above 700 yeers all agreeable to the stile of Pope Gregory the first sirnamed the Great in his Epistle unto the Emperour Mauritius one somewhat vexatious unto him after this tenour Ego indignus famulus tuus Jussioni tuae subjectus i. I your unworthy servant am subject to your command Here you hear his profession will you see it in his practise The same holy Pope being commanded by the same Emperour to proclaim an Edict which although Gregory thought it to be unlawfull in it self yet held it necessary for himself to publish it thorowout his Diocesse that done he rendreth the Emperour this his account Serenissimis Iussionibus tuis obedientiam praebui i. I have obeyed your Majesties commands As for the other Romane both People and Clergie one would think that the dedication of this Epistle To the Romanes might instruct them to know their duties thus To all that are at Rome beloved of God called Saints What even this Canon as well as any of the Epistle els Let every soul be subject to the higher Powers Thus Then but contrarily Now and therefore so much is the Church of Rome in point of Subjection degenerated from it self so farre as that divers hundred yeers after this Pope Gregory when the Archbishop of Sens in France challenged the priviledge of Immunitie from all subjection to the King he was encountered by S. Bernard and arrested by vertue of this Canon of Omnis ●●ima saying Forget you what is written Let every soule be subject to the higher powers Qui te tentat excipere 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 decip●re i. He that seeks to exempt doth but labour to delude and seduce you Finally whenas the Pastors of the Church Catholike performed Subjection themselves for more then ●00 yeers after Christ it can be no question but they catechised their people in the same Canon and Article of Christian loyalty This case being so plain that any man may understand the necessitiy of subjection in Everyman our next Quaere