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lord_n	earth_n	let_v	people_n	10,338	5	5.1151	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53312	The character of a good and bad subject, or, The duty of the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland manifestly proved by the word of God, wherein is made appear the fatal consequences of rebellious principles : in a sermon / preach'd by Constant Oates ...	Oates, Constant.	1682 (1682)	Wing O26; ESTC R17279	10,753	21

he exhorts them to this Duty especially pointing at Magistrates which to obey he counts a good work being ready saith he to every good work That is the first Text I shall give you to clear this point I need not stand to give more but however take one or two more for the further manifesting this Truth and this Text is very pertinent to our purpose 1 Pet. 2. 13. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be unto the King as Supreme or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him The Apostle has this duty two or three times in this Epistle as in verse 17. of the same chapter where he enjoyns this duty with the fear of God saying Fear God and honour the King and then surely there is subjection or ought to be to that Person whom with the fear of God we ought to honour Thus you see how clear this Doctrine is by the practice of the Apostles for the Apostles did so preach and teach this Doctrine and as they saw it was their duty who did it by Divine Inspiration then surely it is the duty of Ministers now so to teach but how few do thus teach I leave to God and their consciences For instead of preaching submission to Government we have such now-a-days which preach little else but Rebellion But farther one Text more for the clearing and confirming of this good Truth because I would have none reflect upon the Author for laying down every man's duty and say he hath taken that in hand which he cannot prove take Heb. 3. 17. Obey them that rule over you and submit your selves Thus you see this Doctrine clearly proved by the example of the Apostles who thus taught the people to be subject to those that had Rule and Authority over them and are not forgetful as some are of their duty to Principalities and Powers and therefore in the words of my Text the Apostle so Preacheth Let every Soul be subject to the Higher Powers Thus having prov'd the Doctrine by the example of the Apostles who were the immediate Ministers of Christ and spake by Divine Authority and immediate Revelation I hope none will stand to oppose the Author in this great Truth which is both for the benefit of themselves and Posterities the settlement of Affairs and the troubles they now bring upon themselves So much for the confirmation of the first Doctrine I shall now come to the second thing propounded which is this Why Ministers ought thus to Preach The first reason is because the eyes of the people are much upon their Teachers and are too apt to suck in ill principles which is plainly demonstrated by Achitophel who had no sooner councelled young Absalom to raise Rebellion against his Father David but presently the poor inconsiderate multitude began to Associate But thanks be to God the Councel of our modern Achitophel being defeated he is fled wherefore I would advise our Ministers not to go this way to work to raise feuds among their Hearers but on the contrary rather exhort them to Submission and Obedience to the Fear of God and to the Honour of the King and to perswade them from Rebellious Murmurings which is much for their Peace and Advantage but otherwise is unavoidable Destruction that is the first Reason A second Reason is this Ministers ought to teach people to obey Man especially Magistrates because they do duly teach people or at leastwise ought so to do their duty towards God And as there is a duty towards God so there is a duty towards Man and more especially to Government for they which will not obey man whom they see daily how shall they obey God whom they have not seen Besides God requires this duty of us and his word injoyns us to put people in mind of those that Rule over them this is a second Reason A third Reason is this Due subjection to Government produceth Peace Safety to a People and Nation pray what hath been the ill consequences of of non-submission in most parts but Destruction and Ruine both of Families Towns and Nations where Prince and People do not agree But I know who ought to submit Servant or Master Prince or People Reason tells us that Servants ought to obey for then surely People ought to submit to their Prince Therefore the Apostle saith Servants obey them that are your own Masters So much for the reasons of the Doctrin Now to the third thing propounded and that is the ill consequences of the neglect of this duty of thus teaching people their duty of being subject The ill consequences are these First it tends to the disquiet of the people whose minds are stirred up to Feuds and Animosities one amongst another for there are some turbulent Preachers abroad who instead of preaching Submission preach contrariwise instead of preaching from Texts which should humble people preach from those Texts that tend to nothing but stirring them up to Feuds and Fears and suggesting into their minds evil things against Government preaching from Texts which please their own fancies as Psal 149. ver 8. Let us bind their Kings in Chains and their Princes in Fetters of Iron and other Texts as Acts 4. ver 26. The Kings of the Earth stand up against the Lord and his Christ These Texts men are too apt to preach from which are of ill consequence and tend to nothing but strife as they handle them There be many let them take what Texts they will they will have a fling at the Government and incense people with one passage or other and will be sure to find fault with both Prince and Government which is of very ill consequence who instead of such preaching ought otherwise to preach and to preach from such Texts as tend to Peace as that of the Apostle which counsels to follow Peace with all men and Holiness without which no man shall see God Instead of railing against Government should support it which hath far better consequences in them 2dly The neglect of not teaching people this duty of subjection but on the contrary to unsettle the minds of people it hath this ill consequence in it as murthering one of another What were the consequences of our former Contentions in the late Times of Rebellion but murthering of one another Pray God keep us from it now in these our days and let not Rebellion that Sin of Witchcraft be sowed amongst us now as it was amongst those which our former good Prince had who took the Government by violence into their own hands Men which were very ill-minded that neither would obey God nor Man but would be all Masters and no Servants all Kings and no Subjects from which sort of Pretenders to Religion good Lord deliver us So much for the ill consequences which was the third thing propounded Now I come to the 4th and last thing which is the Application of this Doctrine in which I shall do these