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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77844	The magistrates commission from heaven. Declared in a sermon preached in Laurencejury, London, the 28. day of Sept. 1644. at the election of the Lord Major. / By Anthony Burgesse, sometimes fellow of Immanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now pastour of Sutton Coldfield in Warwick shire, and a member of the Assembly. Imprimatur Thomas Gataker.	Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664.	1644 (1644)	Wing B5650; Thomason E14_18a	18,261	25

no such inference can be made for the Apostle speakes generally we may as well prove that they that refuse the Parliaments warre resist the Ordinance of God for the Apostle speakes largely All power is of God And Parliamentary power being power is rightly of God therefore he that resists that power resists the Ordinance of God So that that makes nothing but the cleane contrary may be as well proved from thence As for the maine question it selfe that is so frequently agitated I need not insist on it wherefore I proceed The third Argument that he brings it is from the end of these they are not a terrour to good works but to evill facile est imperium in bonos the Government on those that are good it is easie And so he comes to this reason in my Text For he is the Minister of God to thee for good In which words observe First the Magistrate described by his Office or Nature he is a Minister Secondly by the Efficient Cause he is of God And thirdly by the end To thee for good 1. He is a Minister a Minister in what sense you heard Not a minister as Nebuchadnezzar was said to be a minister or as Attila was called flagellum Dei a scourge of God by way of Gods providence working such and such things no but he is a Minister by way of command and by way of approbation The Greek word is diaconos those words that are applyed now and appropriated to Ecclesiasticall Governours they were at first used of Civill as Episcopos the same is used by the Septuagint for one that hath an oversight or inspection in Civill matters And so Tully useth the word Episcopos for one that had an over-sight over some State commodities And thus diaconos here in the Text though it is used now Ecclesiastically yet at first it was taken largely for any one that did serve and so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the word afterward here used it is not as the Papists would have it only to be appropriated to sacrificing but is extended largely unto all kind of Service he is a Minister his power therefore is bounded And secondly He is said to be of God that is the Efficient Cause I shall speake more of that anon And thirdly You have the End First there is the finis cui the End for whom and that is for Thee for Thee a Christian though he be a Heathen Emperour And then the finis cujus gratia for what it is and that is for thy good For he is the minister of God to thee for thy good Thus you have the words explained Now the Doctrine that I will raise from the points shall be this That Magistracie or Government is appointed of God for the good of mankind In the handling of this First I shall show you how it is of God with the Attributes that the Scripture gives to the persons in it Secondly the End of it Thirdly the Extent of this power And fourthly the Qualifications of the person And the Reasons of it And so make Application not intending to be tedious Magistracie or Government it is appointed and ordained of God for the good of mankind First the Apostle here speakes not of persons but he speakes of the office and of the Government it selfe And then withall he speakes not of the abuse of the power and of the Office but he speakes of the use of it the right use of it Now I say Magistracie it is an Ordinance of God not only under the old Testament as Anabaptists would have it but also under the New Testament And that it is so it will appeare by places of Scripture that I shall bring only this you are to take notice of That Magistracy may be said to be of God partly because God is the God of order and so positively he commands it And then partly because he hath ingrafted it in the Law of Nature that there should be a Government and that there should be power Those two wayes it is of God But now in Magistracie or government there are these foure things considerable First there is the Nature and the formes or kinds of it As Government whether Monarchicall Aristocraticall or Democraticall now all these are of God one as well as the other And then in the second place You have the Designation or the Application of Government unto this or that man and this is of man And then thirdly You have the Extent of this power how farre their power shall reach and this also is of man And then lastly There is the use of this power and this also is of man though to use it well be of God So then you may see in what sense it is said That Magistracy or Governement is of God And that it is so appeares by these Arguments First Because the Apostle not only here to the Romans but likewise in the Epistle to Timothy and in the Ephesians doth diligently presse this duty of submitting unto Government now if it were a thing absolutely unlawfull if it were a thing that were absolutely a sin why then would the Apostle presse those duties And secondly You have Examples in the Scripture of those that did make use of the Magistrate As Paul when he was in danger of his life he makes use of the Magistrate for the saving of himselfe which how could he doe if it were a sin Thirdly The second Psalme and in the Prophet Isaiah you have prophecies and Psalmes by way of Exhortation and Instruction unto Magistrates that they should receive Christ and his Kingdome and order and worship and government now all these things could not be if the thing were unlawfull Yea it is so of God and so naturall that Divines doe thinke that Magistracy and government would have been in the state of Innocency for certainely there would have been paternall authority and filiall subjection and why when the World should have increased by time should there not have been subjection unto Magistrates not indeed by way of feare or by way of paine as it is now no more then a child would have been obedient to his parents on such termes but in a happy and in a blessed way and for order sake Thus you see it is of God and in what sence In the next place Consider the titles that the Scripture gives unto Magistrates which mightily sets forth their duty and their office As in Joh. 10.35 they are called Gods it is a place that is quoted out of the Psalme If he called them Gods to whom the word of God came Hensius would have it Against whom the word of God came and certainly if you consult with the Psalme That seemeth to be reprehensory and objurgatory to those that were Governours and our Saviours argument is stronger If he calls them against whom the word of God came came condemning of them and chiding of them and reprooving of them if he calls them Gods then is it any great