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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04031	A sermon vpon the words of Saint Paul, Let euerie soule be subiect vnto the higher powers wherein the Popes soueraigntie ouer princes, amongst other errors, is briefly but sufficiently refuted, and the supremacie of the King, by cleare euidence and strong proofe auerred, to the silencing of the aduersarie, and satisfaction of the indifferent Christian, not blinded with partialitie and preiudicate opinion / by Thomas Ingmethorpe.	Ingmethorpe, Thomas.	1619 (1619)	STC 14088.5; ESTC S121083	20,575	38

they would neuer so confidently affie and repose themselues vppon the Popes dispensation in that case For he plainly auoucheth one where of the law of nature that it is vnchangeable and in another place of the commandements of the morall law of God that they are indispensable Now who knowes not that the dutie of a subiect towards his Prince is both deriued from the law of nature and also prescribed by the fift precept of the Decalogue So that by their owne Angelicall Doctors iudgment which I am sure they wil not for any good go about to impeach the subiects dutie toward his Prince is inuiolate and past dissoluing Do they beare themselues vpon the Popes excommunicating of the King That plaister is too narrow for the sore too For by that Ecclesiasticall censure a man is made but as an heathen Sicut Ethnicus Mat. 18. not worse then an heathen Now it is manifest that heathen Princes ought to haue obedience exhibited vnto them as the Apostles Peter and Paul do precisely enioyne therefore such as be excōmunicated ought not to be debarred of the same neither Besides it is a case ouerruled by the ioynt consent of their owne Doctors for the most part Excommunication is not auaileable to vnloose the naturall bond of duty which seruants children wiues do owe vnto their maisters fathers and husbands much lesse thē to breake that great knot and as it were adamantine chaine wherin subjects as the childrē of the great family which we call the common-wealth are linked indissolubly to their great father that by excommunicatiō neither the seruant nor the sonne nor the wife be discharged from the bond of dutie wherein they are seuerally tyed to their maister father and husband but the subiect doth owe the same if not more dutie to his Prince as who hath his life in his hands which neither the maister hath ouer his seruant nor father ouer his sonne nor the husband ouer his wife therfore the Popes excōmunication of the King were it currant as it is counterfeit blanke annullest is no sufficient discharge to acquite his subiects from their homage fealty towards him O that my voice were as loud shrill as a bell that I might righ these things in the deafe eares of that Adders brood that viperous generation our refractarie Papists who to restore the worthily ab●ndoned vsurpation of the Bishop of Rome care not how they vilifie the Maiestie and deface the authoritie of their soueraigne Lord the King counting it no breach of loyaltie but a most iust and honorable exploit nay a meritorious act before God for any brother of their confraternity by any meanes of open assault or priuie conspiracy to ruine him and his Estate whereas if euery haire of their head were a life they ought of right to affoord them at his command and in his defence In this diuellish and damned resolution equalling if not surpassing the very heathen which knew not God The Conclusion All this notwithstanding if there be any here so bankrupt of grace so destitute of the Spirit of God so bereft of reason and sense The vlcer of Babylon is incurable as to dwell still in the contrary opinion and persist to be the Popes deuoted vassals factious complices and traiterous heretiques I call heauen earth to record this day that I haue blowne the trumpet and giuen them faire warning I haue done what lieth in me to retire them from their wicked course their bloud be vpon their owne heads The authority wherwith God hath inuested Princes and the Popes vsurped power cannot stand together but as in a counter ballance the one scale mounting vp the other falleth downe so the more suppliant men are to the Pope the more inobedient they grow to their Prince For our selues my brethren that already haue shaken off the yoke of Popish seruitude let vs not like those Ifraelites who being in the way towards Canaan longed to be in Egypt againe make our selues thrall any more but let vs hold out without wauering and constantly proclaime all hatefulnesse and hostilitie against that Romane Pharaoh whose gouernment as our fathers to their cost and smart experimented is but tyranny his doctrine Antichristianitie his deuotion superstition his religion the seede of rebellion his discipline disorder and enormitie and his life iniquity Let vs I say abomine and abandon him as the sworne enemy of our State And let vs liue in all true subiection and Christian obsequiousnesse to the Kings most excellent Maiestie the Lords in dubitate Annointed ouer vs. He he is the father of our Country we the children let vs honor and obey him he the Lord we the seruants let vs feare reuerence him he the shepheard we the flocke let vs be guided by him he the foundation we the building let vs relye depend on him he the roote we the branches let vs maintaine him he the head we the members let vs defend him Let vs serue him in peace let vs second him in warre let vs with vniformitie of heart tongue pray for him in both that God would deliuer him from the hands of all his enemies bodily and ghostly secret and open forreine and domestical as frequently and in miraculous manner he preserued our late Soueraigne his most gracious handmaiden queene Elizabeth of famous memorie that he may long reigne a happy a godly and an ancient Father in Israel Let vs giue most humble and most heartie thanks vnto God for him by whose meanes we enioy so many so great so inestimable benefites that the Countries round about vs haue cause to repine at vs and to waxe pale for enuie and for felicitie and all humane happinesse this Iland of ours may worthily be reputed to be the peerlesse paragō of the whole world Finally continue good Lord continue the light of thy fatherly countenance toward him for euer and toward vs his subiects the children of thy couenant that we both here in the world to come may magnifie thy goodnesse and sing vnto thy Name with thy blessed seruants and elect Angels that melodious hymne and eucharisticall encomiasticke musicke Praise and glorie and wisedome and thanks and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen Amen To end as I began Let euery soule be subject to the higher powers