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A87337	Reasons why this kingdom, as all others: and the Parliaments and people of this kingdom, as all others, whether Christian or heathen. And especially such as hould predestination ought to adhere to their kings, whether good or bad.	I. I., faithful subject to his King and welwisher to his Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing I7; Thomason E124_13; ESTC R5308	5,329	8

REASONS WHY THIS KINGDOM AS ALL OTHERS AND THE PARLIAMENTS And People of this KINGDOM As all Others Whether CHRISTIAN OR HEATHEN And especially such as hould Predestination ought to Adhere to their Kings Whether Good or Bad. Printed at York by Stephen Bulkley 1642. With Lisence Reasons why this Kingdom as all others and the Parliaments and People of this Kingdom as all others c. ought to adhere to their Kings whether good or bad FIrst because Kings are Elected and called of God in Christ before the Foundation of the World to the Office Dignity and Vocation of Kings to govern his Church Kingdom and People while the World endureth Nor can the wisdom or Power of Men make prevent or alter Kings or Times as appeareth by the Scriptures ensuing Thou shalt make him King over thee whom the Lord thy God shall chuse Deut. 17.15 I will send thee a Man out of the Land of Benjamen him shalt thou Annoynt 1 Sam. 7.16 See this is the Man of whom I spake to thee he shall rule my People vers 17. I will Rent out of the hands of Solomon and will give ten Tribes to thee 1 King 7.31 And Kings shall be thy nurcing Fathers and queens thy Narces Thou shalt know I am the Lord thy God Esay 49.23 It was the Ordinance of the Lord that he might performe his saying which he had spoken to Ahijah the Shunomite 1 King 12.15 The name of God be Praysed for ever and ever for wisedom and strength is his and he changeth the times and seasons he taketh away Kings he setteth up Kings Dan 2.20 Heare yee O Isles hearken yee People from far the Lord hath called me from the Wombe and made mention of my name from my Mothers belly Esay 49.1 He hath chosen me before Saul According to the foreknowledge of God the Father 1 Pet. 1.2 He hath chosen us in Christ before the Foundation of the World Ephes 1.4 That the purpose of God might remain according to Election Rom. 9.11 Secondly Because this Kingdom as all others and the power and glory thereof is the Right and Inheritance of God in chief as appeareth by the conclusion of the Lords Prayer And he only giveth the deputation thereof to those whom he hath Elected and called therunto and endued with gifts and graces suteable to that calling to rule and govern the same by which gifts they are made and known to be other Men then any other of any inferiour calling and such as to whom only God hath imparted and communicated not onely the Titles and Attributes of his own Prerogative as those of Kingdom Power Might Majesty Honour glory c. which he forbiddeth to be given to any other Creature and which holy Men and Angels have refused to accept or to give to any but Kings as examples to us to do the like without fear or suspition of Blasphemy or Idolatry but also the divine efficacy of His own Spirit Majesty and Presence That as the Devill is forced to feare and tremble at the voice and frownes of God so are proud and rebellious men though faire and ambitious as Absalom or wise and politique as Achitophell often astonied and confounded with the Speeches and Countenances of Kings Let the observer thereof that findeth his Reason already captivated consider the Scriptures ensuing The Kingdoms of the World are our Lords and his Christs and he shall raign for evermore Revel 11.15 He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords vers 16. Your God is a God of Gods and King of Kings Dan. 2.47 The most High beareth Rule over the Kingdom of Men he giveth it to whom he will Dan. 4.22 Hath not the Lord Annoynted thee to be Governour of His Inheritance 1 Sam. 10.1 Then the Spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee and thou shalt Prophecie with them and be turned to another Man 1 Sam. 10.11 Then the spirit of God came upon Saul and they that knew him wondred saying What is come to the Son of Kish● 1 Sam. 11.6 1 Sam 10.15 And Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and was departed from Saul 1 Sam. 18.12 Then Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David vers 28. I have said yee are gods and yee all are Children of the most High Psal 82.6 O King thou art a King of Kings for the God of Heaven hath given thee a Kingdome power strength and Glory Dan. 2.37 The most high God gave thy Father a Kingdom and Majesty and Honour and Glory And for the Majesty that he gave him all People Nations and Languages trembled and feared before him he put to death whom he would whom he would he set up and whom he would he put down Dan. 5 27. I Counsell thee keep the Kings command and that in respect of the Oath of God Eccles 8.2 Submit c. to the King as Supreme c. Feare God Honour the King 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Not onely for wrath but also for Conscience sake Rom. 13 5 Thirdly Because it is a damnable sinne proper to this later and most erring age to think much more to speak and much more then that to write and perswade others to speak and write evill of Kings or which is worse to slander them and worst of all to rebell or but to take defensive Arms against them though upon apparant force much more upon suggested feares and presumptions Wherefore let him that is so full of Reasons that he thinks it reasonable that if he should suspect his Wife when she deserveth not he may provoke her to sin when she would not consider what it is to distrust the Kings Justice or rather Gods providence and to provoke both or either to anger The Scriptures ensuing will partly tell him If thou hast thought evill of the King lay thine hand upon thy mouth Prov. 30.32 Thou shalt not speak evill of the Ruler of thy People Acts 23.5 Where the word of a King is there is power and who may say unto him what dost thou Eccles 8.4 Who therefore resisteth the power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. 13.1.2 But there shall be false teachers among you which privily shall bring in damnable Heresies and bring upon themselves swift damnation and many shall follow their destructions c. 2 Pet. 1.2 These filthy Dreamers despise Dominion and speak evill of Dignities Jude 8. They shall perish in the gain-saying of Core vers 11. Presumptuous are they self-willed and shall utterly perish in their own corruption 2 Pet. 2.10.12 My Sonne heare no more the Instructions that causeth to erre from the words of knowledge Prov. 19.27 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evill neither agree in a controversie to decline after many to overthrow the truth Exod. 23.2 The feare of a King is like the roaring of a Lyon he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soule Prov. 20.2 My Son

feare the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are seditious Prov. 24.21 As a Coale maketh burning Coales and wood a fire so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife Prov. 26.21 When the wicked are increased transgression increaseth but the Righteous shall see their fall Prov. 29.16 Fourthly Because the observers Reasons too weake to Jobs and the Parliaments wisdom too short of Solomons and all humane inventions put together will never serve to circumscribe Kings or to reforme them otherwise then God shall be pleased by his own providence and our Prayers to direct his Annoynted of whom he is never carelesse nor is it but arrogancy and folly in men especially Subjects and Servants to assume such wisedome or power as to attempt such designes as partly may appeare by the Scriptures ensuing The Lord is the strength he is the saving strength of his Annointed Psal 28.8 He is the tower of Salvation for his King and sheweth mercy to his Annointed 2 Sam. 24 51. I will beat down his foes before his Face and plague them that hate him his enemies will I cloath with shame but upon himselfe shall his Crown florish Psal 89.23 132.18 There is no man upon the Earth that can declare the Kings matter Dan. 2.10 The Heavens height and the Earth in deepnesse and the Kings heart can no man search out Prov. 25.3 The Kings heart is in the Hands of the Lord as the Rivers of Waters he turneth is whithersoever it pleaseth him Prov. 21. The secret which the King hath demanded can neither the wise c. declare to the King but there is a God in Heaven that revealeth secrets and sheweth the King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the later daies Dan. ● 27.28 As for me this secret is not shewed me for my wisedome that I have more then any other living but onely to shew the King the Interpretation and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine Heart vers 30. Hath not God made the wisedom of this World foolishnesse 1 Cor. 1.20 I will destroy the wisedome of the wise and will cast away the understanding of the prudent vers 29. I am counsell and wisedom I am understanding and I have strength by me Kings Raign and Princes decree Justice by me Princes Kule and all the Nobles and all the Judges of the Earth Prov. 8.14.15.16 The unthrifty man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth he maketh a signe with his eyes he signifieth with his feet he instructeth with his fingers Lewd things are in his heart he imagineth evill at all time and raiseth up contentions Prov. 6.12.13 But my Lord the King is as an Angell of God 2 Sam. 19.27 Fifthly Because to Rebell against the King or to desert him in things good or indifferent is to renounce God and his Ordinance Christ his Commandements and examples and the Apostles and Martyrs whose conquest were sufferings even the most ignominious and cruell deaths and to become the son of Beliall that is the Devill Gods first Rebell with whom Saint Paul asketh what agreement hath Christ c. and to perish with such as did so Such were they that said of Saul How shall he save us 1 Sam. 10.26 Such was She●… the son of B●chri that first said Every man to his Tent O Israel 2. Sam. 20.1 Such was Naball the rich foole of whom his servants said Evill will surely come upon our Master 1 Sam. 17.25 Such were they that followed Jeroboam whom I beleive the observer calleth his Israel and his Robbini whom he will not have called Round-heads but such David called Thornes that should be thrust away 2 Sam. 24.6 And so they proved Thorns to prick one another every sucessor King for the most part thrusting his Predicessor from his Throne by treason and rebellion untill God at last thrust them and their People under the Assirian captivity whence they never returned For God said I will no more have pitty upon the House of Israel but I will utterly take them away Hosea 1.6 Hereupon I wish such observing Israelites as put us so much and so often in mind with the deposition of King Richard the second to observe and remember also that though Samaria went under the name of Israel after their defection from Roboam untill their destruction in name and liberty under the Assirians It was but a nest of Hydra's and a stage of Rebellions treasons warres famines and all kinds of calamities all that while And so though England was Governed under the name of Plantagenett after the declension from King Richard the second till the redemption under King Henry the seventh it was but a Labyrinth of Divisions between the Families of York and Lancaster all that while from the like of which miseries O Lord save thy People and blesse thine Inheritance Sixthly and lastly Because this Kingdome ever did adheare to Kings And no Parliament as the observer saith truely in that point did ever desert them but did confide in them and hold themselves so bound by Gods Commandements and the Fundamentall Laws of England as appeareth by the few collections ensuing The King is a mixt Person because he hath both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall Jurisdiction Sir Edward Cook lib. de Jure Regis Ecclesiastico fol. 28. relating to 10. H. 7. 18. By an Act of Parliament made 24. H. 8. It is declared That whereas by divers old and authentick Histories and Chronicles It was manifestly declared and expressed that the Realm of England is an Empire and so hath been accepted in the World Governed by one supreame head and King having the dignity and Royall estate of the Imperiall Crown of the same unto whom a body po●●●ique compact of all sorts and degrees of People divided in tearmes and by names of Spirituality and Temporality been bound and ought to bear next to God a naturall and humble obedience he being also institute and furnished by the goodnesse and furtherance of Almighty God with plenary whole and entire power preheminence authority prerogative and Jurisdiction to render and yeeld Justice and finall determination to all manner of folks resiant within this Realme in all causes matters debates and contentions See the Statute at large The King who is the Vicar of the highest King is ordained to this end that he should govern and rule the Kingdom and People of the Land and above all things the holy Church and defend the same from wrong-doers and root out workers of mischiefe See King Edward the Confessor his Laws before the Conquest c. 19. The perswading or withdrawing the Subjects obedience from the King is Treason by Common-Law without controversie saith Sir Edward Cook in his said Book de Jur. Reg. Ecclesiastico fol. 38. a. It appears by the ancient Common-Laws of this Realme by the resolution and Judgement of the Judges and Sages of the Laws of England as by authority of many Acts of Parliaments ancient and of later times that the King is the onely supream governer as well over Ecclesiasticall Persons and in Ecclesiastical causes as Temporall within this Realm To the keeping of which Laws both the King and the Subjects are sworn Sir Edward Cook in the same Book fol. 40. b. The queens power within her Realms and Dominions is the highest power under God to whom all men in the same Realm and Dominions owe most Loyalty and Obedience afore and above all Potentates in Earth See queen Elizabeths Injunctions to her Clergy and Layitie Land Statute made the first of her Raign to that effect If any man imagine the death of the King Prince Princesse or any heare apparant to the Crown or kill the Kings Messenger in his Message or any one that rideth with men to ayd the King or if any man affirme by writing or other Act that the King is not supream head of the Church of England or if any imagine to deprive the King of his estate Royall or of the Titles of his Realme It is high Treason Robert Brook Serjeant at Law and Recorder of London in his Reading upon Magna Charta c. 17. see his Book in Print fol. 1. If any keep War against the King in his Realm is high Treason by Statude 25. Edw 2. Let us hear the end of all Fear God for this is the whole duty of man Eccl. 12.13 Collected by I.I. a faithful Subject to his King and welwisher to his Parliament to the use of all true Protestants FINIS