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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	government_n	king_n	monarchy_n	2,757	5	9.5091	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51425	The necessity of Christian subjection demonstrated, and proved by the doctrine of Christ, and the apostles, the practice of primitive Christians, the rules of religion, cases of conscience, and consent of latter Orthodox divines, that the power of the King is not of humane, but of divine right, and that God onely is the efficient cause thereof : whereunto is added, an appendix of all the chief objections that malice is selfe could lay upon His Majestie, with a full answer to every particular objection : also a tract intituled, Christvs Dei : wherein is proved that our Soveraign Lord the King is not onely major singulis, but major universis.	Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.	1643 (1643)	Wing M2842; ESTC R232334	18,967	25

indeed the speciall forme whereby he could resemble the image of God who is in Heaven as he made him upon Earth the sole unequalled Monarch from whom alone Quicquid est ab uno est est id quod est and therefore he is worthy to receive glory and honour and power for of him and for him and through him are all things Nor was it his intention that hee should onely governe the Beasts already created But also he made him to be the Monarch And confirmed his Authority lure naturali Potestate patriâ over all mankinde which should be propagated after him who as the Angels and those of Heaven had their beginning from God by Creation and therefore were subject to him so all the Armies upon earth were to deduce their off-spring from that one Adam by Generation and so to owe to him subjection whereas had not God intended to have Principality depended onely upon his own institution and not upon the subordinate Nobles nor the multitudes of popular election It had beene as easie for him to have Created a Company a Colony a Countrey a Nation a World of men upon earth with his own faciamus As it was and as he did so many Legions of Angels in the Heavens that so out of those choice Colonies themselves might have made choice of a Commander But he who found the Heavens not free from mutiny when he produced a multitude of inhabitants there although all were his off-spring would not give the least colour to contention for superiority or equality nor pretext of disobedience against his Monarch upon earth whilst he suffers no Subject to be set by him but such as owed the Subjection and duty of a Sonne in Descending from him Thereby teaching all posterity how the power of a Prince over his Subjects is and ought to bee acknowledged as naturall as the power of a Father is over his sonne yea and also thereby signifying That as Naturally there can bee but one Father of one Childe So Politiquely there should be but one Prince and Monarch of one People and Nation Whereupon God did not create two men no nor Eve but out of the rib of Adam that so from them all others should issue and they might rule promiscuously or that each of them should rule such as would make choice to be under his government rather then under the others although perhaps propagated of the other Nor that the mightiest Hunter he that could get most should governe most as afterwards it fell out in the degenerating dayes of Nymrod But he created onely one thereby to intimate How far Monarchicall government is to be preferred before any other Aristocraticall Democraticall Oligarchicall or the like This and this alone of man on earth being an Idea or resemblance of Gods government in Heaven and we pray daily that his will may bee done on earth as it is in heaven And how can it be so if we reject or resist that forme of government As also thereby he implies that all other lormes of government are against the course of nature different from the patterne of heaven diverse from divine institution and indeed punishments rather then blest governments If they be compared with Monarchie Which made the wisest of Kings affirme that many Princes are imposed for the transgression of a Land But that Realme onely indures long which is ruled by one man of understanding and knowledge Prov. 28. 2. Which Doctrine seemes to bee squared to Gods own practice throughout all ages whensoever he designed any government over his people the Jews after they were taken notice of for his peculiar although for a long time he retained the royall supreame Title of King to himselfe during which time he oft times immediately delivered his Regall mandates by Urim Thummim Visions Oracles Prophesies c. Yet hee appointed one Supreme Vicegerent over them and not many for as for the Sanhedrim they were but as Moses or the High priests Privie Councell Or as delegated Judges because of the multiplicity of businesses One I say and not many witnesse Moses 40. yeares betwixt Egypt and Canaan Ioshua neere 60. yeeres settling them in Canaan after them Iudah after him Othniell then Ehud then Shamgar then Deborah then Gideon then Tolah then Iair then Iephthah then Sampson But never above one at one time And how lamentable the times were when there was not one Supreame but the multitude tooke power into their own hands that hideous story of the licentious Danites and the ravished Levites wife and the revenge of one upon another may serve to astonish all posterity and affright them from affecting Anarchie yea when God afterthat he had in mercie looked upon their misery sent them new Judges Hely and Samuel successively and they not therewith satisfied would have a King like other Nations he doth not set several Kings over them as Ioshua found 31. over the land at their enterance but hee appointed them onely one King 1 Sam. 8. 22. As being safest for his people best resembling his government and most agreeable to his Ordinance Wherefore wee must needes bee subject to such form of government for it is the Ordinance of God Oh! how much therefore are those too blame who goe about to alter this forme of government and to introduce a new deformed device of their own ambitious invention wherein they are not agreed whether they shall be stiled 1. The States of England as some of their Preachers forgetting the King in their praiers have sycophantically phrased them 2. Or whether they shall be entituled The perpetuall Senate or Assessours of the kingdom as some have endeavoured to derive their stile as the Impresse of a Republick 3. Or whether they shall be dignified with the Princely Attribute of Gentlemen of the Crowne of England to which should be annexed the power of electing their King although hereditary as some of themselves have ambitiously expressed their affectation in assimilation to that of Poland onely to the end that themselves might be sharers in Supremacy A Government which admitting a Monarch whom yet they dare not deny is neither Monarchie Aristocracy Democracy nor Oligarchie and Anarchie I dare say they would not have it intituled A Government which if Aristotle himself were to sit in Councel at their close Committees he could not yet resolve what to cal it a government never grounded on the Ordinance of God nor practised in any established Common-weale And what fearfull effects must necessarily follow it Besides that it is to conjecture when men leave the fountaines of the living waters and take themselves to Cisterns of their own digging It may also be apparent to any indifferent understanding who reads or heares the story of Hen. 3. when there was an attempt of 24. Assessours and a trayterous appointing Les Douze Piers far short of this confused insolency what Robberies what Rapes what

Murthers what Burglaries what Extortions what Exactions followed every one shrouding himself under that Assessour which he followed yea and every one of the Assessours after a little time bandying himself against another either for their own faction or favouring of their followers is rather to be imagined then reported yet those times too really felt it and all must necessarily taste the like bitter fruit who wil plant nurse the tree of popular faction And alas how foolish and fond of flitting to use King Iames his Scottish Proverbe in another case are those people which will be bewitched to follow these many-headed Hydra's before the voice of the Lambe and never consider that old Adage Citius impletur unus saeceus quàm plures hath there been so much paines bestowed in vaine if it be in vain As the Apostle speaks in another case to bring this Kingdome from an Heptarchie to a Monarchie that now one part of this Island should be turned from a Monarchiy to a Roman Decemvirate a Venetian Senate a Low-countrey State nay to the government without a name God forbid Vi●●●ita fortior but a Kingdome divided cannot stand I beseech you therefore brethren marke them diligently which cause divisions amongst you and avoid them Rom. 16. 17. for those who at first cause divisions in Opinion in Doctrine and in Religion wil at the length attempt divisions in Government in Policie in Countries and Kingdomes Let us in the feare of God consider with our selves That if there be no power but of God even the punishing and persecuting power and if we must be subject even to that lest we should fight against God Oh howmuch more then where Kings are nursing fathers ought we to shew our subjection with all readinesse and chearfulnesse If Saint Paul inforce obedience to the Prince with so many forcible arguments when that Tyrant Nero who devoured Christians like a Lyon raigned and raged Oh how should we urge presse this point when a Constantine a Patron of the Church and pattern of piety is our president in religious exercises as well as president over us with righteous government for certainely They that resist Resist the Ordinance of God which is the third reason whereupon our Apostle grounds this inference Wherefore ye must needes be subject For as in his Church Christ gave some to be Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Teachers for the gathering together of the Saints and for the worke of the Ministery so God in the Common-weale appointed some to bee Kings {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} most eminent and excellent above all other some to be Governours under them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} sent by Commission from them Amongst whom some are Nobles some Judges Prov. 8. 16. some Priests for those howsoever some conceive of them were not incapable of government in the Common-weale yea some things there are which could not be decided without them Deu. 17. 8. to 12. some are Governours of Cities Deut. 21 3 4. some Rulers of thousands some of hundreds some of tens Exod. 18. 25 26. and some live meerely in subjection as the inferior poore servant c. whom Aristotle that Linceus of Nature affirmeth Nature it selfe framed onely to that use and every man bound in conscience by the law of God to abide in that state wherein God hath placed him and to be contented with his Vocation Degree and calling 1 Cor. 7. 20 21 22. unlesse hee will bee as guilty of confusion in the body politique or Ecclesiasticall as the members should bee in the body naturall if one should strive to usurpe anothers place The foote the head the eare the eye and unlesse we will be as guilty in resisting the ordinance of God as they should bee of deferming the act of his Creation Submit your selves therefore to all manner of ordinance of man for the Lords sake {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Take that which is thine own and goe thy way If thou beest a Ruler do it with diligence If an Officer wait on thy office If a Teacher attend to teaching If but a servant doe that without slothfulnesse Rom. 12. 7. to 11. If a Judge be learned Psal. 2. 11. yea and upright too Psal. 58. 1. If thou art to be judged be obedient or else thou must be cut off both for thine owne sin and also for others example Nor must thou be obedient onely when Superiours be good and courteous but even when they are cruel and froward Nor onely when they punish thee justly for ill doing but even when thou sufferest wrongfully yet must thou endure for conscience sake 1 Pet. 2. 18 19. which the Apostle confirmes by the example of our Saviour Christ to vers. 25. who when he suffered resisted not no nor so much as threatned vers. 23. although he could have had more then twelve Legions of Angels Mat. 26. 53. teaching us that we must not resist Authority although unjustly oppressing muchlesse iustly ruling although punishing First Neither offending it Mat. 17. 27 Secondly nor defending our selves against it Mat. 26. 52. what specious pretences soever we may make for it For who might have pretended fairer in that kinde than the Primitive Christians against Idolatrous Persecutors yet they professe that Arma sunt preces lachrimae so that nemo nostrum quando apprehenditur reluctatur nec se adversus injustam violentiam vestrum quamvis nimius copiosus noster sit populus ulciscitur Cyprian Who might have pretended more rightly the defence of himself of his fellow Disciples of his Master yea of Religion that Saint Peter Yet heare our Saviours mandate and his menace his mandate Put up thy sword into thy sheath His menace For all they which strike with the sword shall perish with the sword All whosoever Clergie or Laity strike against authority or without the licence of it in what case soever without exception of 1 Se defendendo or a Maintenance of a Covenant or 3. Defence of Religion And what manner of Christians those men are who dare resist their rightfull righteous religious Sovereigne Or what manner of Religion that is which they pretend gives priviledge to such rebellious practises I leave to every good Christian to consider Onely give me leave to tell you sure I am it is not such as was known to Primitive Christians It is not such as was allowed by our Saviour to his Apostles nor is it such as the Apostles taught the People of their times for they without any cloake Sub moderamine inculpatae tutelae which indeed never can be by Arms but onely by Laws Howsoever Pontificians and Consistorians conspire as Buchanan laboured to beguile his Nation and some of our Countrey-men have beguiled themselves and Jesuites would have beguiled the whole world and without any distinction so offensive and defensive disobedience the