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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36453	A sermon preached before the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of the city of London and the court of Aldermen at Bow-Church, on the feast of S. Michael, 1682 : the day for election of a Lord Mayor / by Henry Dove ...	Dove, Henry, 1640-1695.	1682 (1682)	Wing D2049; ESTC R31365	14,854	36

which was blasphemed among the Gentiles for their sakes This was the state of the Cretians in those early days of the Gospel when S. Paul commanded Titus to teach and exhort and rebuke 'em with all authority And if there be any in these last and perilous times to whom their character either in part or in the whole is suited sure we have so much the more reason now to warn the unruly and to animate the good Subject by how much the Government under which we live blessed be God for it is incomparably more easie just and good than that of the first Ages And therefore I beseech you to hearken with meekness while I speak the words that become sound doctrine not to exasperate or accuse any unless their own hearts condemn 'em but to shew the reasonableness and equity of our dutiful Obedience to the Establish'd Government And for so doing not only the Doctrine it self but the discretion of the choice is sufficiently warranted from this Apostolical Commission Put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates In which words we may observe three general parts I. Publick Authority presuppos'd Principalities and Powers II. Subjection and obedience enjoyn'd To be subject and to obey III. The duty of Ministers inculcated Put them in mind Of these briefly in their order as they plainly lie before us To which I shall add such reasons and motives as may endear the duty to us and then conclude with a word in season to the occasion that brought us hither 1. Publick Authority presuppos'd under the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Principalities and Powers For Magistrates are not expressed in the Original but seem to be added in our Translation to explain the other as by an usual Figure in Holy Writ The Power it self is put for the Persons endued with it the abstract for the concrete Luke 12. 11. Rom. 8. 38. And to save me the labour of Quotations it is twice together in one Verse Rom. 13. 3. For Rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil wilt thou then not be afraid of the Power do that which is good Where Rulers and Power interpret each other and by good and evil works is plainly meant the doers of such works To be subject therefore to the Power is to submit to the Persons invested with it as S. Peter also enjoyns in that known place 1 Pet. 2. 13. Submit your selves unto every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake to every humane creature so 't is literally translated though our Mother Tongue does scarce reach the importance of it For 't is an Idiom originally deriv'd from the Hebrew Language wherein 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or creature is often put for Man because he is the most excellent of all the visible Creation Mark 16. 15. And hence the Syriac renders it To all the sons of men that have the preeminence among you to all that excel in Dignity and Authority Subordinate or Supreme For so to put all out of doubt the Apostle interprets himself ver 14. Whether it be to the King as supreme or unto Governors as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well And this I note by the way because the Papists on one hand and the Sectaries on the other have made such a stir about this phrase and are glad of any appearance from Holy Writ that they may lessen or invalidate the Authority of Kings while one side would have 'em derive it from the Pope the other from the People and tho they manage the Argument by different mediums yet they both agree in the conclusion which is to bring 'em under or to pull 'em down as it best serves their turn For tho it be stiled here an Ordinance of man because it is ordain'd among men and chiefly respects them yet by S. Paul it is expresly called The Ordinance of God because it is deriv'd from him alone Rom. 13. 2. Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation And here again our submission to the King is required for the Lord's sake and why for his but because the Lord hath ordain'd him as his Vicegerent upon Earth for the administration of Publick Justice in dispensing Rewards and Punishments according to mens deserts And because he is God's Creature not only as he is a man but as he is a Magistrate Be obedient to him in well doing for so is the will of God that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ver 15. That you may stop the mouths of the Heathens who will judg of your Religion by your actions and think that no better than your selves for if you disturb the peace of the world reason it self will bid 'em conclude Surely that Religion is not from God which teaches men to break the Civil Peace and perverts the ends of Government There is no way to answer the Argument or avoid the Reproach but by your dutiful Obedience and therefore submit your selves for so is the will of God were it not his Ordinance he would never will it Which brings me to the second 2. Subjection and Obedience enjoyn'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The first imports Subjection and Subordination in a regular way where some are above and others gradually below The second denotes properly Obedience to the just Laws and Commands by which I mean such as do not interfere with Gods For in every publick and great Community there is of necessity a Supreme Power whether it be lodged in few or more and in every Kingdom where the Crown is Imperial a Supreme Governor next under God to whom all the rest are subject by Gods appointment There is a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on Gods part and an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on ours the Ordinance and Command is Gods the Submission and Obedience ours according to the will of God And the Rule of our Obedience is as plain as the Command is positive whether we respect Liberty or Conscience or both together which are the usual pleas against it If that pass into a Law which is not repugnant or inconsistent with the Laws of God we must needs obey it if it be repugnant we must needs submit under it tho we must not comply with it for here that antecedent Rule takes place To obey God rather than man The reason of which is unalterable and eternal because God is higher than the highest the Almighty Sovereign and Law-giver And this is implyed in the words immediately following the Text lest men should think the Apostle requires it right or wrong Put them in mind to obey Magistrates to be ready to every good work intimating to us that we must shew our Obedience by our ready complyance in good works for if the Magistrate command what is evil there is no obligation to