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A43842
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Pithanelogia, or, A perswasive to conformity by way of a letter to the dissenting brethren / by a country minister.
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Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695.
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Wing H2047; ESTC R29478
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Dathan and Abiram If the King went an hunting or kept a feast when they thought it fitting to fast the Pulpit must convey their ill resentment to the people and when some advised the King to let them alone for so they would soon render themselves odious True said he so I would had I a mind to ruine the Church Thus that most reverend and impartial Spotswood But from the beginning it was not so Tertul. p. 43. The primitive Christians look'd upon their Emperours as subject only to the power of God a quo sunt secundi p. 91. Ibid. post quem primi ante omnes super omnes deus And again Christianus nullius est Hostis nedum imperatoris Go and search the prisons sayes the same Author whet her any traiterous Chistians are there and this I take to be the main reason why Cristianity did increase so fast in those dayes because Christians were so obedient and peaceable that they were permitted to reside in any Kingdom Valentinian told his Army penes vos fuit miliâ—es committere mihi habenas imperij Theodit Hâ—st Ecâ—l l. 4. cum nondum essem imperator sed in possessione imperij cum sim non vestrum sed meum fuerit gerere reipcuram And Grotius tells us De Jure Belli p. 57. That the Kings of Egypt though they violated their promises to their Subjects yet Accusari vivi non poterant sed mortuis abjudicabatur solemnis sepultura Saint Austin gives the reason Qui regnum Auguste ipsi Neroni commissit De Civit. dei lib. 5. Qui Constantino Christiano Juliano Apostatae Regnandi dedit potestatem Optatus observes p. 63. that 't is said The Lord repented him that he had annointed Saul to be King God sayes he could have taken from him that Oylwhich he had bestowed upon him sed cum voluit docere non debere contingi oleum etiam in peccatore ipse qui dederat poenitentiam egit I know no sin against the second Table set forth in more bloody colours than this of disobedience 't is compounded of Homicide Parricide Christicide and Deicide And 't is compared to the sin of witchcraft where the party indents and covenants with the deyil himself Who more fit to teach men the black Art of this sin than he that practis'd it himself in aspiring to be as God as if he would have dethron'd the Almighty We may see something of his practising upon Adam how he tempted him to take the same course he had done before him And indeed every sin he sollicites men unto hath a vein of rebellion running in it David well knew that there was much of guilt in this sin when he said How can I lift up my hands against the Lords anointed and be guiltless Therefore he commanded the Amalekite who had an hand in Sauls death to be slain before his eyes Sheba blowing a Trumpet against David is stiled the son of Belial Jerom gives the reason Speed p. 630. because he was sine jugo without any yoke of obedience Those Assasini which were sent against Princes at the command of their superiours were an odious sect among the Sarazens What made Jeroboam so infamous in Scripture so that he is said so often to have made Israel to sin 1 Kings 11. 26. But because he lift up his hands against the Kings as well asset up Calves at Dan and Bethel What more hateful or hurtful creature than the Locust yet they only are observed to have no King An irreverend or wry word against the King is in Scripture called blasphemy Thoushalt not blaspheme the Gods Prov. 30 27. And Naboth was accus'd in that he did blaspheme God and the King God will not suffer such words to go undiscovered Curse not the King no not in thy thoughts for a bird of the Air shall carry the voice Therefore God himself expostulates so sharply Numb 12. S. with Aaron and Miriam even for whispering against Moses Were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses Nay they must not be told of their faults like other men lest their Authority should be weakned and their Majesty sullied Is it fit to say to a King thou art wicked Job 34.18 and to Princes ye are ungodly It may be good advise and better prudence sometimes not to Prophesie at Bethel where it is the Kings Chappel and the Kings Court. In the New Testament that theif who was crucifi'd with Christ Votum pro pace p. 124. is thought by Grotius to be such an one as had taken up arms against the King and therefore he was condemned to that shamful and painful death however this be disputable 2 Tim. 3.4 yet sure I am that such as are Traitours Heady c are left for the last and worst of times That plain text Rom. 13. Those that resist shall receive damnation hath been so tortur'd and dislocated in the late times by some patrons of disobedience that I have wondered and wonder I shall until 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I shall go down into the slimy vally where all things are forgotten Job 38.2 how it was possible to darken such clear counsel by words without knowlegde how men should raise such a mist at noon-day making darkness their Pavilion round about them with dark waters and thick clouds of the Skies As if with the fish Sepia ready to be taken they could at their pleasure vomit forth such an inky humour that they may escape thorow their own shades and glide away thorough that water which they themselves have mudded As the Valentinians of old wrapt up the poyson of their heresie in their Aeones and other intricate and obscure terms that they might first amuse and then captivate their followers How was the name of God taken in vain in our remembrance by the abusing of Scripture to prove the lawfulness of Arms Because Jonathan was rescued from the hands of Saul and Elisha shut the doors against the Kings Messengers 1 Sam. 14. thence it was inferr'd that Kings might be resisted 2 Chr. 6.33 and Armies raised against them Whereas the rescuing of Jonathan was nothing else but by a loving violence and importunity whereby the execution of a passionate and unlawful command was prevented as if a servant should snatch away a child from an inraged father when he is about to whip him upon a false suggestion And Elisha did but ward off the blow of a sudden and rash assault Now to argue from hence a lawfulness of fighting against Kings or disobeying their deliberate and just commands would be but harsh logick especially if reduc'd into practise in their own families If servants shrinking from their masters blows might also draw their swords or maintain bellum servile against them Other inconveniences of like nature have been too rife Some Sacrilegious persons in some cases have de facto affronted Princes therefore it hath been concluded de jure that 't is