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The oath of allegeance defended by a sermon preached at a synode in the Metropoliticall Church of Yorke; by Thomas Ireland, Bachelour in Diuinitie.
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Ireland, Thomas, b. 1577 or 8.
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THE OATH OF ALLEGEANCE Defended by a Sermon preached at a Synode in the Metropoliticall Church of Yorke By THOMAS IRELAND Bachelour in Diuinitie 2. KING 11.17 And Iehoiada made a couenant betweene the Lord and the King and the people that they should be the Lords people likewise betweene the King and the people LONDON Printed by Nicholas Okes for Edward Aggas and are to be sold at his shop vpon Snore hill neere Holborne Conduit 1610. To the most reuerend Father in God Tobie Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke Primate and Metropolitane of England My most honorable good Lord. WHereas euery one is made not onely for himselfe but for the Common-wealth which in a Monarchy such as ours consisteth in the welfare of the KING the welfare of the KING consisteth in the loyall and louing hearts of his subiects their loue and loyalty may most appeare in taking or approuing of the Oath of Allegeance I thought it also my duty most reuerend in Christ and my very good Lord being a publicke Minister by a publicke authority commanded to gather and declare the proofes thereof out of the word of God The cause is publicke both for this and for all kingdomes the place where it was vttered was publicke being a Synode of the Clergie The fruit may be publick in satisfying the doubtfull which here may see that this concerneth not so much the Popes as Gods authority bestowed vpon our King our aduersaries are growne publick in their libels contradictions therfore this without ambition or vainglory may be publisht to the world Thus determining to come in publick the fauors I haue receiued of your Grace who both cōmanded me to preach on this theame then encouraged me to print this my Sermon makes me the more presume to dedicate it vnto your gracious patronage protection for although the matter doth not answere your iudicious expectation as a mean artificer often mars good stuffe with rude hādling but that the truth wil well enough defend it selfe with a bad weapon yet the matter cannot be but acceptable vnto your most religious loyal Care which with deare and deepe affection I know desires endeauors by doctrine discipline example the confusion of Antichrist the peace of Sion the safegard and honor of our blessed Soueraigne Whatsoeuer it is it is the profession of a cleare conscience which if I haue not wel exprest there are far stronger which vphold the state of this question many may succeed in this defence There is no true Christian-subiect but wold aduêture credit life in so great good a cause And therfore humbly beseeching your Grace fauorably to censure the first aduentures of a young scholler I most humbly beseech the God of Grace to multiply his graces on your head and hart vnto your honor in this and happines in a better world And so rest Your Graces most humble and deuoted Chapleine Thomas Ireland Iuramentum Fidelitatis authoritate publica nuper stabilitum iure diuino licitum est This oath of alleageance is lawfull by the word of God wherof here followes the true copy I A. B. doe truely and sincerely acknowledge professe testifie and declare in my conscience before God and the world that our Soueraigne Lord King Iames is lawfull King of this Realme and of all other his Maiesties dominions countries And that the Pope neither of himselfe nor by any authority of the Church or Sea of Rome or by any other with any other hath any power or authority to depose the King or to dispose of any of his Maisties dominions or Kingdomes or to authorize any foraigne Prince to inuade or annoy him or his countries or to discharge any of his subiects of their obedience and alleagance to his Maiestie or to giue licence or leaue to beare armes raise tumults or to offer any violence or hurt vnto his Maiesties royall person state or gouernement or to any of his Maiesties subiects within his Maiesties dominions Also I doe sweare from my heart that notwithstanding any declaration or sentence of excommunication or depriuation made or granted or to be made or granted by the Pope or his successors or by any authority deriued or pretended to be deriued from him or his Sea against the said King his heires or successors or any absolution of the said subiects from their obedience I will beare faith and true allegeance to his Maiestie his heires and successors and them will defend to the vttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoeuer which shall be made against his or their persons their crownes and dignities by reason or colour of any such sentence declaration or otherwise And I will doe my best endeauor to disclose or make knowne vnto his Maiestie his heires and successors all treasons and traiterous conspiracies which I shal know or heare of to be against him or any of them And I do further sweare that I do from my heart abhorre detest and abiure as impious and hereticall this damnable doctrine and position that Princes which be excommunicate or depriued by the Pope may be deposed or murthered by their subiects or any other whatsoeuer And I do beleeue and am in conscience resolued that neither the Pope nor any person whatsoeuer hath power to absolue me of this Oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and lawfull authoritie to be ministred vnto me and do renounce all pardons and dispensations to the contrarie And all these things I do plainely and sincerely acknowledge and sweare according to these expresse words by me spoken and according to the plaine and common sense and vnderstanding of these same words without any equiuocation or mentall euasion or secret reseruation whatsoeuer and I make this recognition and acknowledgement heartily willingly and truly vpon the faith of a true Christian So helpe me God ECCLES 8.2 I aduertise thee to take heed to the mouth of the King and the word of the oath of God THE Writer of these words was Salomon the wisest and most peaceable gouernour that euer was in Israel The time was in his ancient yeares when after long experience of both good and euill he saw and said what was befitting euery state and place The occasion it seemes was the flight and reuolt of Ieroboam and his complices The coherence is apparant how from the commendation of true wisedome in the first verse hee deriues this wise aduertisement in the second which hee proues in the sixe following and in the ninth verse concludes his owne and his equals miseries when a ruler whose loue and care deserueth loue reapes nought but hate and hurt of his owne people His purpose was he supposeth himselfe a lawfull King as being ordained of God appointed of Dauid and admitted of Israel and thereupon requires a reuerend estimation of his worth and words and that vpon their oathes then sworne to God on his behalfe The text is diuersly read of diuerse interpreters the vulgar Latine
it is not then from Saint Peter Much lesse from Christ Christ would haue no difference among the blessed Apostles nor haue them reigne as Kings of the nations he bad the Priests giue to Caesar the things that are Caesars as good giue them nothing as not obedience Christ was obedient before his birth when he trauelled for the taxe all his life had many lessons of obedience he paid tribut vnto Caesars customers was conuēted before his deputie confest his power was from aboue and ouer him What greater humility could there be then that the Son of God should submit himselfe vnto the son of man the Lord of heauen vnto a lumpe of earth and the King of Kings vnto the subiect of a King His death was the summe of all obedience he was obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse and learnt obedience in that he suffered the more he suffered he was willing to suffer more this hee neither needed nor deserued but that with his humility he would humble his followers vnder temporal authority Now looke vpon the Pope how faire he followes him far of Christ would not become a deuider betwixt brethren but the Pope diuides between Princes as Alexander did the East West Indies betweene Portingale and Spaine Christ would not aske his right albeit he were very neere vnto the crowne the Pope would haue many crownes albeit he hath no right in them Christ was a king yet would seeme none the Pope is none yet would seeme higher like the Romane Dictators they detest the title yet arrogate greater power to make their Senate of Cardinals as good as kings The Pope therefore is not the successor of Saint Peter but of Caesar which was neuer great Prinsquam pontificiam potestatemcum Caesarea coniunxisset before he ioyned the Priesthood and Empire in one person not the sole Vicar of Christ but of Satan which promised all kingdoms vnto those that would fall down and worship him not the God of men as their Glosse pretends but the man of sinne who sets himselfe aboue all that is called God on earth i. all ciuill powers There hath bene great contention betwixt the spirituall and the ciuill state and it hath fared with vs as Gedeons fleece when it rained on the fleece it rained not on the ground when on the ground not on the fleece when the Spiritualty was rich the Temporality was poore now the laity is rich the Spiritualty is poore I would to God as we might meete in faith we might in loue and both bee content one with anothers aduancement and prosperity the ciuill state should bee like a father to prouide for vs while the the spirituall as a Tutor doth instruct vs the ciuill as a good husband should care for such things as are abrode the spirituall as a good huswife tend that which is within our doores in our conscience the ciuill as our head to guide our outward motions the spiritual as our hearts for to direct our affections Both of them should be like Atrides 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the two Sheepheards of the people like Amarias and Zebadiah they should meet in one to consult vpon negotia Iehouae Regit Reipub. the businesse of God the King and Common-wealth like both our hands they should worke together for the whole body of the kingdome so that both be subiect vnto the king which in this is not mere laicus a meere Lay-man much lesse a Clerke but like the soule which does all in all yet is not any part like a center in whom the lines of all inferior powers do meete yet is no line like the Sun which works contraries by the same force yet feeles not the mixture of any such qualities Thus the Kings of Israel had potestatem directiuam and correctiuam ouer Priests and people Dauid as hee ruled these prudently with all his power hee set them likewise in their orders Salomon as he iudged betwixt harlots he deposed Abiathar and put Zadocke in his roome Iehosaphat as hee sent the Iudges hee sent the Priests and Leuites into the prouinces Let euery soule then saith Saint Paul the soule of the Priest saith Chrysostome as well as of the people euen the soule of Saint Peter which was one of the Romane Church be subiect vnto these higher powers To determine all in a word we may conclude the Pope as Blackwell saith hath ability to rule Princes when they be willing but the king hath authority to rule men whether they will or no the Pope may be Christs Vicar like other Priests when he preaches and ministers the Sacraments in steed of him but the king is Gods Vicegerent as Anastasius the Pope called Anastasius the Emperour and Eleutherius the Pope entituled Lucius king of Britaine to iudge and execute his iudgements vpon earth the Pope may barre the king from his Masses indulgences and his owne orisons and the king may barre the Pope from intermedling with his kingdomes Let them like Iacob Laban not passe this pillar towards one another for euill and all things else will quietly be composed But if by violence of his excommunications the Pope licence any to take armes he goes beyond his teddar and knowes not of what spirit he is for as Saint Bernard saith of Eugenius in criminibus non possessionibus potestas vestra praeuaricatores exclusura non possessores Your power consisteth not in expelling any from possession but in expelling sin from them the keyes of heauen were not giuen vnto such purposes the rod of Moses may bee turned into a Serpent but the rod of Aaron buddeth bodeth peace Dauid could not build the Temple being stained with bloud Paul protested he was pure from the bloud of all Gregory though he might haue kild the Gothes he woud not meddle in such bloudy matters shall the pillars of the Sanctuary the successors of S. Paul and Gregory fil their heartes and hands with such practizes Euer blessed bee the Right worthy Earle of Sarisbury Qui baculum fixit which hath set his rest on this that neuer any Protestant regular or vnconformitant did euer mingle their differences with bloudy massacres but it was excellently noted of the most noble learned Earle of Northampton that there was neuer any disturbance of the state without a Priest By their fruites then you shall know them Enuie strife and sedition is from a wisedome which is earthly sensuall and diuellish but the wisedome from aboue is pure and peaceable easie to be entreated the fruites of righteousnesse are sowne in peace of them which make peace Excommunication is not now worse then in the daies of Samuel when Saul had bene accurst of God so farre that he might not be praied or mourned for yet he could not be killed or depriued of Dauid the next annointed not worse then in the daies of Christ which would haue vs count excommunicates for heathens publicans yet himselfe would eate and ciuilly conuerse