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A46818	The prerogative of primogeniture shewing that the right of succession to an hereditary crown, depends not upon grace, religion, &c., but onely upon birth-right and primogeniture, and that the chief cause of all or most rebellions in Christendom, is a fanatical belief that temporal dominion is founded in grace / by David Jenner ...	Jenner, David, d. 1691.	1685 (1685)	Wing J661; ESTC R17940	69,745	218

is to be noted that whilst Julian was living and was the undoubted Right Heir to the Throne no body opposed his Succession notwithstanding many Enormities committed by him before he was Crowned Emperour And all the time that Julian Reigned the aforesaid Gregory Nazianzen lived quietly and peaceably under his Government and never wrote one syllable as we know of against him But on the contrary Gregory did upon all occasions shew the said Julian when living due Honour and Reverence Greg. Naz. Orat. 9. And when Gregory Nazianzen had occasion to reflect upon Julian's miscarriages He did modestly Vail all over with a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let us Bury them in silence Though it is too true and must be acknowledged in our opinion as a great fault in so good a Man as was Gregory Nazianzen That after Julian the Apostate was dead he did too undutifully not to say too inhumanely expose His Dread Sovereign's Nakedness to the whole World Orat. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. in worse Language than ever Michael the Arch-Angel brought against the Devil when he disputed about the Body of Moses Jud. Ep. v. 9. But yet this is to be said for Gregory as was hinted before that he wrote his Invective against Julian not as an Orator whilst Julian was Living but rather as a Passionate Historian after he was Dead St. Augustine pleading for Obedience to Kings and Emperours Answers the Grand Question scil Quest Whether a Christian may Lawfully obey an Heathen Emperour and may harmlesly Fight under his Banner Ans He determines the Controversie in the Affirmative contrary to Origen and declares That it is the Christian Souldiers bounden Duty to Obey his Lawfull Prince although he be an Heathen and to fight faithfully and couragiously under his Command yea this the Christian ought to doe although the Grounds and Occasion of the said War be probably unjust on (a) C●m ergò Vir justus si fortè sub Rege homine etiam sacrilego militet rectè possit illo jubente bellare civicae pacis ordinem servans Cui quod jubetur vel non esse contra Dei praeceptum certum est vel utrum sit certum non est it a ut reum Regem faciat iniquit as imperandi innocentem autem Militem ostendat ordo imperandi Aug. contr Faust Manich. l. 21. c. 75. the King's side And his Reason for it is this scil Because God will punish the King or Emperour for Commencing an unjust War but He will amply reward the innocent and dutifull Souldier for his hearty and sincere Obedience unto his Lord the King And elsewhere St. Augustine adds Rex semper Honorandus si non propter se attamen propter Ordinem c. St. Aug. quaest 35. Vet. Nor. Test That a King is always to be Honoured if not for his own personal Excellencies yet for his Kingly Order and Dignity And in his most Incomparable Book de Civ Dei He informs the People That although Nero was a Tyrant and the worst of men as to his Personal Immoralities Cujus fuit tanta Luxuries ut nihil ab eo putaretur virile metuendum c. Yet because Divine Providence * Talibus tamen dominandi potestas non datur nisi summi Dei Providentiâ c. Civ Dei l. 5. c. 19. had raised up the said Nero and made him to be Caesar their King and Governour therefore the People ought to Obey Him And St. Augustine glancing on the Question scil Whether Dominion be founded onely in Grace He says that in Heaven it is so for no man can inherit a Throne of Glory but onely He that is truly Gratious and Holy But on Earth it is not so for Regnum Terrenum Ibid. c. 21. piis impiis sicut ei placet cui nihil injustè placet God disposes of these Earthly Kingdoms to Good and Bad according to his own pleasure for Reasons best known to himself And therefore the Subjects are obliged in Duty to obey Nero as well as (a) Qui Regnum dedit Augusto ipse Neroni qui Vespasianis vel Patri vel Filio suavissimis Imperatoribus ipse Dimitiano crudelissimo qui Constantino Christiano ipse Apostatae Juliano Aug. Civ Dei l. 5. c. 21. Augustus Cruel Domitian as well as Kind and Mercifull Vespasian the Apostate and Idolatrous Julian as well as the Pious and Orthodox Constantine for the one as well as the other is God's Vicegerent and the Subjects Lawfull Prince and Sovereign Optatus the Famous Bishop of Milevis taught the same Doctrine of Loyalty and Obedience declaring that all Kings are to be obeyed And although Kings should sometimes Command things which are in themselves unlawfull to be Commanded yet it may be Lawfull for the Subjects in many cases actively to perform the said unlawfull Commands of their said Kings For thus The pious Jews when peremptorily Commanded by Antiochus to surrender up their Bibles to be burnt by the Officers They though with great grief of heart readily obeyed And the aforesaid Optatus blames very much the Emperour for imposing so ungodly a Command but he highly (a) Feccatum imperantis minantis non populi cum dolore tremore secundantis c. Optat. l. 7. applauds the Obedience of the said dutifull and Loyal Jews It is most certain that the Popes of Rome before they became Rebellious to the Secular Powers humbly and peaceably obeyed their Emperours and that not onely in things Lawfull or Indifferent nor onely in things Secular and Civil but also in things that have seemed in the Popes own judgment to be in their own Nature unlawfull and which is more the Pope of Rome has obeyed the Emperour in things Spiritual and Ecclesiastical as well as Temporal As for Instance When Mauritius the Emperour had made a Decree that no Souldiers should be admitted into any Monastery and sent the said Edict unto Pope Gregory surnamed the Great to be forthwith published by Him and his Clergy The said Pope obeyed the Emperour's Commands and immediately caused the same to be dispersed throughout all his Di●cese and Ecclesiastick Dominions And the said Pope Gregory gave this Reason for his so doing to wit * Gregor Magn. l. 2. Epist 61. Quia erat Subjectus ejus Jussionibus c. Because He though Pope ought to be subject and obedient unto the Emperour's Commands though in his own judgment He conceived the said Edict to be in it self unlawfull and prejudicial unto many persons Heyl. in Vit. Laud. p. 311. as well in reference to their Spiritual as their Temporal Benefit SECT V. Modern Authours for Obedience to Princes Of two sorts 1. Some Conditionally as All Recusants 2. Some Absolutely as All Protestants I. Modern Authours who are for Conditional Obedience AMong our Modern Writers we find none who deny the King's Supremacy and by so doing Declare themselves to be Recusants and No Protestants Among

they be evil not onely for Fear but also for Conscience-sake c. Our Saviour Christ himself and his Apostles received many and divers injuries of the unfaithfull and wicked men in Authority yet we never reade that they or any of them caused any Sedition or Rebellion against Authority we reade oft that they patiently suffered all troubles vexations slanders pangs and pains and Death it self obediently without Tumult or Resistence They knew that the Authority of the Powers was God's Ordinance and therefore both in their Words and Deeds they taught ever Obedience to it and never taught nor did the contrary c. We may not obey King Magistrates or any other though they be our own Fathers if they would Command us to doe any thing contrary to God's Commandments Ibid. p. 74. In such a case we ought to say with the Apostle We must rather obey God than Man But nevertheless in that case we may not in any-wise withstand violently or Rebell against Rulers or make any Insurrection Sedition or Tumults either by force of Arms or otherwise against the Anointed of the Lord or any of his Officers But we must in such cases patiently suffer all wrongs and injuries p. 75. referring the judgment of our Cause onely to God And elsewhere our Church says What shall Subjects doe then Serm. against Rebellion 1 Part. shall they obey valiant stout wise and good Princes and condemn disobey and rebell against Children being their Princes or against undiscreet and evil Governours God forbid For what a Perillous thing were it to commit unto the Subjects the judgment which Prince is Wise and Godly and his Government good and which is otherwise as though the Foot must judge of the Head And enterprize very heinous and must needs breed Rebellion Serm. against Wilfull Rebellion 1st Part. p. 279. This is you see the Pious and Loyal Doctrine of the Protestant Church of England which she received from Christ and his Apostles and from the Primitive Christians concerning the Subjects absolute Obedience to Kings and All in Authority whether Good or Evil. And the said Loyal Doctrine was ever preached and practised by the Protestants in England we mean those who owned the King's Supremacy in opposition unto Popery and Fanaticism for there never was nor are any other * Beausrons c. 1. Protestants in the World but such who protest for and defend the King's Supremacy This Doctrine of absolute Obedience was practised as well as preached by the Bishops Martyred in Queen Mary's days and by the most Reverend Jo. Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury and by the most Reverend William Laud late Archbishop of Canterbury who suffered Death by the late Rebels for nothing more than for maintaining this Primitive Doctrine of absolute Obedience to the King And since it has been urged upon the Peoples practice by several Learned Men of this our Church particularly by Dr. Faulkner in his Christian Loyalty And by the Right Reverend Seth Lord Bishop of Sarum in his most Learned Sermon before the King on Nov. 5.1661 against Resistence of Lawfull Powers Some of his Lordships words are these If harsh Administration of Power will exempt Men from Obedience p. 60. at that time when Claudius or Nero was Roman Emperour why should the Holy Ghost move St. Paul to write to the Romans scil Rom. 13.2 They that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation And p. 67. that other pretence scil That after a Lawfull Sovereign is established Ibid. p. 67 68. the Power still remains in the People in the dissused Body of them or their Representatives to alter the Government as they please it is in respect of Policy and Government what the sin against the Holy Ghost is to Religion it destroys the foundations of the peace and safety of men and makes that to be the Artifice of Man which is the Ordinance of God How much God abhorred this pretence will appear in the case of Corah and his Company The Reverend Dr. Tillotson Dean of Canterbury in his Letter to the late Lord Russel has these expressions to wit That the Christian Religion doth plainly forbid the Resistence of Authority That though our Religion be established by Law yet in the same Law which establishes our Religion it is declared That it is not Lawfull upon any pretence whatsoever to take up Arms c. Besides that there is a particular Law declaring the Power of the Militia to be solely in the King and that ties the hands of Subjects though the Law of Nature and the General Rules of Scripture had left us at liberty which I believe they do not because the Government and Peace of Humane Society could not well subsist upon those Terms As thus these abovementioned Persons so indeed all the learned Men of the Church of England who have wrote any thing largely of the Subjects Duty towards their Prince have unanimously declared contrary to the Factious Authour of Julian the Apostate scil That all Lawfull Kings and their Lawfull Heirs by Primogeniture of what Religion or Manners soever Good or Bad they be ought successively to Reign and Govern and to be honoured and obeyed by all their Subjects either Actively by chearfully doing whatever they shall Command or Passively by humbly and peaceably submitting to whatever punishment their said Princes shall think fit to inflict upon them for not obeying their Royal Commands Actively And if any Prince should after he is seated in the Throne prove Tyrannical we may not Rebell nor plot his Deposition But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nazian Orat 1. c. Our onely Remedy is what was Nazianzen's and the Christians in the Reign of Julian the Apostate to wit Prayers Fastings and Tears This was the practice of the Primitive Christians and ever has been the Profession and Practice of the Protestant Church of England And therefore whoever lives in Rebellion against his Lawfull Prince and dies in and for the same without publick and hearty Repentance Acknowledgment and Confession to God and to Man of that his Rebellion or secret plotting of Rebellion Neither does such a man live nor any true way can he be said to dye in Communion with the Protestant Church of England But as he lived So he dies either a Popish or a Fanatick Recusant And No Protestant And thus died most of the late Fanatical Associatours and Rebels inasmuch as most of them died without the least expression of their sorrow and penitence for and without humble and publick Confession of their Horrible Plot and Treason for which they were Condemned As appears by their own Papers given to the Sheriffs and Published by Authority And here it will be requisite that we as far as we are able undeceive the people and tell the Naked Truth to wit That the abovementioned Persons abused the World and imposed upon the ignorant people a notorious falsity when at their Executions they declared they died Protestants and in