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A76378	Logoi apologetikoi. Foure apologicall tracts exhibited to the supreme, self-made authority, now erected in, under the Commons name of England. Wherein is proved, that their unparallel'd acts in beheading the most Christian King, nulling the regall office, disclaiming the knowne heire, Charles the II. and declaring it treason to refell their errours, are diametrically opposite to the Scriptures, the greatest opprobrie to Christianity that ever was in the world; and, without true repentance, will either make England not Christian, or no English nation. / By T.B. a conscientious and orthodox divine.	T. B., conscientious and orthodox divine.	1649 (1649)	Wing B186; Thomason E558_8; ESTC R5037	19,646	35

not ambition reign nor covetonsnesse any longer Who is your head for Christianities sake comply with in honour unto him Murmure not hate not envy not For the Lords sake submit ye TRACT III. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Submit THere is no difference in the translation of this word The Vulgar the Syriak Arias Montanus Erasmus Beza c. render it alike S●bditi or Subjecti estote that is acknowledge honour obey and pay all duties All not some and not others I know not what we possesse wherein Princes hold not a propriety Our fortunes are expended our lives laid downe in their service Who are next unto God next to him and for his sake we ought to leave all in obedience unto them Nor all Corpore tantùm outwardly onely but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 still according to the will of the Lord in and for him In and for any other respect is close Rebellion Ex animo then with the mind and inward affections Omnis anima every soule must doe it Rom. 13. 1. 'T is the soule makes all right Non ad oculum sed ex corde the same Apostle requires it not with eye-service but from the heart And with a single heart as unto Christ fearing God With good will too serving the Lord and not men Ephes 6. 6. Colos 3. 22. Nor thus including the inward man do I seclude any externall acts teach I do that without the internall the outward payments are not perfect They proceed either from the fear of punishment or from hypocrisie c. not from the love of justice How just then are ye the Grandees of this time Ye took O●thes made Vowes entred into Covenants to preserve the Honour of our late Kings Majesty yet gaining under that pretence an opportunity to make your selves high and mighty most 〈◊〉 ye but chered Him many of His Loyall Subjects also and politickly violently deadly pursue the sacred Relicts of that ever glorious and Blessed Martyr St. CHARLES God ye fear not and yet whom ye o●ey you would seeme to ●●te the Devill I beseech you give me leave to distribute absque 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 impartially the truth The whole man should goe and cheerfully or this submission is not right No not to our Enemies right The Christians ever thought so or else the Church had not so increased by the bloud of the Martyrs Witnesse Tertullian Magis damnati quam absoluti gaudemus Tertul. ad Se●p c. 1. who in the behalfe of the Christians declared to the persecuting powers that the whole man was so composed unto subjection that they rejoyced more being condemned then absolved St. Cyprian knew not Quo praconi● vocis exornare with what Cypr. Epist 9. Eloquence to set forth their couragious mindes as he writes unto the Martyrs Tolerastis durissima● qu●stionem you have endured a hard task even unto Glory Nor have ye yeeled unto torments S●d vobis potiùs supplicia cesseruns but the torments rather yeelded unto You. And St. Augustines counsell is that we especially should August de San Ser. 47. imitate God and the blessed Martyrs in humility and love toward our Enemies The reason of this St. Chrysostome renders thus Nunc vita abscondita est cum Christ● in Deo now our life is hid with Christ in God Our time of Honour is not Chrys●in Rom. 13. Ser. 23. now Or if you will because God doth accept of this as the best The best for us and for him the best For in Obedience was our Salvation perfected and through it his glory appeared in the full What Christ hath done for our sake we may not deny for his Unto full glory then our submission should be full Full in all the faculties of the soule and body The whole person enjoyned must performe it whole And so far ought this subjection to goe as there is commission to command Not to Civill Causes onely in the Second Table but to Religion also in the First To both that we may have a quiet Common-weale and a conformable Church For the Church is in Republi●● in within the Common-weale If there be perfidiousnesse in either the hazard is common Nor in all causes absolutely In all that are in analogie of the truth is our submission commanded When this rule is broken by any Over-power we have no autherity to obey Hic sanè contemne potestatem timendo potestatem In this case August de verb. Dom. in Mat. Ser. 6. by fearing the power of God feare not the power of Man saith Saint Augustine We see Degrees in Humane affaires The Curator commands and 't is done yet the Proconsul hath commanded the contrary The power here is not aviled a greater is observed Nor ought the inferiour to be offended because the superiour is preferred So if God prescribe one thing and the Emperour another what think ye Is not the Tribute paid whilst we are obsequious unto God Humane Ordinances have power in that our part which pertaines to this life Of our faith unto life eternall no power Duliam Tribute Reverence Love c. we give Latriam August in Rom. prop. 72. or Religious Worship wee doe not wee may not unto them Be they Pagans Hereticks c. and we by naturall or voluntary obligation or otherwise under them this civill obedience is their due To whom Christ gave the example in that we will follow him Object True in Temporall matters but in Ecclesiasticall what owe we Who know not the Truth shall our Obedience commend their Errours Solut. No I say not so Wherein their precepts may not be followed our obedience must be passive Daniel will goe into the Lions Den and the three Children endure the fiery Fornace Not that they wanted power to resist for they were very high in place and had great commands Da● 2. 48 49. 6. 2. Their conscience of obedience unto the King humbled them to such durance In what Records I pray find ye the Primitive Christians either brandishing the Sword or venting Obloquie against Superiours Your practice in these times cannot be derived thence Justin Martyr in an Apologie for the Christians earnestly beseecheth Iust Mar. Apol. 2. the Emperour Autoninus Pi●s Lucins Caesar and the Senate of Rome to under●ake their Cause Tùm quoad vitam tum quoad D●ctrinam as well for Doctrine as for Manners Athenagor●s in his Legation Petitions the like of M●reus Aurelins Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus Iust Apol. pro Christ Tertullian held it fit that the Rūlers of the Romane Empire Tert. in Apol. 3●0 Gent. c. 1. should publickly examine Quid sit liquidò in causa Christianor●● what was evident and might stand with Conscience in the Christian Cause Or else that the Truth should be permitted Occult● via ad aures pervenire to come unto their cares in the private way of close Letters And the Ancient Christian Church did implore Auxilium Adriani Imperatoris the assistance of an Ethnike Aarian the Emperour against

Samosate●u the Heretick who would not obey the Synod of Antioch 'T was otherwise with us Our King CHARLES the First of ever blessed Memory was the most zealous Defendour of the true Christian Faith Our Petitions had free passage unto Him and His Grants were larger then Ye at first could desire Not in temporals only but for a reformation in Ecclesiasticall also 'T was otherwise with us then 't is now and it might be now as it was if ye would in a sense of this distracted Kingdome call home and submit to Him who every way is His Fathers expresse CHARLES the Second I know not wherein we may complaine of them unlesse their sincere Religion tender Conscience care for the Glory of God Peace of the Kingdome Lawes of the Land Rights of the Parliament and Liberty of the Subject be grievous unto us If any of these excellencies flie 't is the impetuous disobedience of the Religious Atheists chaseth them away Object But suppose a Tyrant an Apostate c. were over us is there ●● remedy Solut. There is remedy very much and good Perswading Jer. 22. 2. Disswading 2 Sam. 24. 3. Reprehending 1 King 18. 18. Not thus much for every one for the Fathers of the Church and Nobles of the Kingdome there is 1 Sam. 24. 9. For every one enough meane or mighty may flie 1 Sam. 19. 10. Yet this and the other three may misse the aime For neither did Zedekiah regard Jeremiah 2 Chron. 36. 12. Nor David Jo●b 2 Sam. 24. 4. Nor Jeroboam the Prophet 1 King 13. 33. Nor could Vrijah escape Jehoiakim Jerem. 26. 23. Never-failing helps there be and none debarred them Preces lachrymae Prayers and Repentance are the weapons of the Church The Old Israelites knew no other Exod. 3. 7 8 9. nor other the Prophets Mic● 7. 7. 9. The Apostles and Martyrs used these as the onely prevalent Iust Mar. Apol. 2. Ter● Apol. 37. Aug. Psal 124. Cyp. ad Dam. Ambros cont Au●ent Greg. Naz. Orat. in Iul. Bern. Epist 21. the Primitive Fathers cryed them up and no Orthodox Christians ever held the Sword lawfully drawne against their Prince With Prayers and Tears we must Aliter nec debeo nec possu●● resist●re I may no other way resist said St. Ambrose 'T is sinne in causeth an evill raigne over us Expurge we that by contrition and when our petitions are preferr'd God will either turne such a Kings heart or take us from him or him from us or indue us with such patience that for his Glory our Suffering shall be as nothing I doe not utterly with the Martionits Tertulli●nists and Old Anabaptists condemne all War or use of the Sword The use thereof in the hands of the New Anabaptists and other Sectaries against our lawfull King I doe Who denyed the Authority of Magistrates in matters of Religion were Donatist●●● and those that will have the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church determined by a Laike party are B●o●●nists Who can take and leave or regard superiority no longer then inferiours scorne them I reckon among the Helcesaits Who deny Marty●●ome for the Name of God are Basilidians N●stickes and who commend Martyrdome but will not undergoe it are Heracleonits or cold Protestants Who combined to maintaine them against our late most gracious Soveraigne and persist still against his lawfull Successour are with the evill one in association against God Nor shall I cease to be so minded toward such men till it be manifest that God did ever prosper Rebellion or in the end not not oriously punish Rebels Wherein I have been brought up in that sound doctrine of Obedience I by the helpe of God am for the Lords sa●e resolved to die Blessed Saviour I confesse that my sinnes in this inundation of transgressions have swelled high Yet I know that one drop of thy bloed is sufficient to purge so many worlds of sinners as there be sinners in the world Not despairing therefore of thy mercie I pray that where sinne doth so abound thy grace may superabound to thy glory Humble me more and more and all thy people by true repentance Remit all that is past and give us assistance to be cautious for the future From evill and from everlasting damnation good Lord deliver us True Christians to the powers ordained of God acknowledge obedience due Their first Service payd unto him they faile not in performance of the next Outwardly inwardly their whole man is active in sincere Allegiance unto the King If his Supremacy or any set up by him presse commands contrary to the divine precepts observing these they 'l patiently endure the wrath of the other Reviling Imprisonment losse of Goods of life too whatever happen whose mindes are humble their shoulders will beare the burden And stoutly without wearinesse without murmuring They can kisse the rod because it is Gods to their amendment or for the tryall of their faith But dare not entertaine an evill thought much lesse extend their hands against the Lords Anointed Be he cruell as Herod or an Apostate like Julian they disciplined in the Kingdome of Christ will never sinke under his Crosse Submissive they and faithfull still Yet who are in fittest place Fathers of the Church and Peeres of the Kingdome will exhort dehort rebuke reverently judiciously closely If neither doe prevaile they and who cannot be so bold may escape by flying These used produce not alwayes their desired event Other Armes there are Prayers and Teares with them they conquer ever Such be their oppositions and onely such because the lawfull onely Who have gone beyond these are in Scripture made examples of ire Contend then against the evill the right way with Gods blessing not with violent hands for fear of condemnation Who first rebelled his reward was hell Hell ye would not and will any of you rebell Who dares not come neere the Devill in the one abhors to be like him in the other If therefore ye have any regard of your soules for the Lords sake submit ye to every humane ordinance TRACT IV. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 T● every humane ordinance THe Vulgar reads Omni and Erasmus Cuivis human● treaturae to every humane creature On this Translation Beza hath set prorsus absurdè as if they had done it very absurdly Observe that note for the present that when you meet with it ne●t you may know it the better The Syriack Omnibus hominum siliis to all the sons of men Whereby is intimated a sweet carriage in love and humility toward every one superiour equall and inferiour Beza and others Cuivis bun●anae ordinationi which we translate To every humane ordi●●●e The words are full and what o●th one holds would be seene Klio●s usually signifies a creature Mar. 13. 19. Sometimes creation Mar. 10. 6. Sometimes an order of men or a Nation Mar. 16. 15. Here that Civill constitution quares hominum conservantur whereby men are preserved in the quiet and well managing of their affaires

briefe Pe● me Reges r●gnant sayes Wisdome by me doe Kings Raigne Prov. 8. 15. Christ by their persons they by his power And Solomon had ' great reason to say so For if the people could make a King it had not been King Solomon but Adonij●● the King Because the faces of all Israel were on him that he should raign 1 King 2. 15. Solomon there excludes all Pope Presbytery States People Commons None share with Wisdome in the Creation of Kings who shared not with the Word in the Creation of things Irenaeus saith Cujus jussu nascuntur homines hujus jussu Reges Irenae adv Haeres l. 5. c. 20. constituuntur God who ereated Men constituted Kings Tertullian affirmes the like Iudè potestas undè Spiritus Tert. in Apol. cont Gent. c. 30 Athan. Se● de beat Virg. whence the Soul is Soveraigoty is thence St. Athan●sius holds us to it Christ receiving the throne of David Transtulit dedit sacris Christianorum Regibus transferred and gave it to the sacred Kings of the Christians So doth S. Augustine Quia solus verus Deus ipse dat regna urrena bonis malu because God is the only true God he gives earthly Kingdomes to good and bad As if we might so well deny him to be the only true God as rob him of this prerogative 'T was usuall for holy Bishops writing unto Emperours or Kings to wish them grace health happinesse In ●o per quem regesregnant in him by whom Kings Raign Were all the Fathers in the severall Counsels adduced no believing Christian would ever bring humane Act or humane Vote or humane Power to justle the sec●et and sole disposing of God in the supremacy of a King All this while the Text is not wrested no singular sense introduced The Object remaines still humane as executed by an humane instrument and upon an Object humane God hath his due Cesar his The King is acknowledged and from God the King Humane His person His power Divine Whos 's Anointed He is I 'le hold Him sacred as his And if this be Treason I shall live and die a Traitour and so will true Christians all Nor am I a Court-parasite herein The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Popish Independents Presbyterian and Parochian Soveraignes shall shall never justifie me I grant the people no more then a capacitie and desire to be Governed Passively in submission they set up but may create no power actively The Opinion of the Manichees totally subverting the humane Ordinance of God I utterly renounce as diametrically opposite to the truth Not any State can ever be wel conditioned for peace and safety where is no Union with an actuall Government by and in one Supreme So doe I the Romanists Puritans Bucananists Brownists that interpose the people betwixt God and the King As if they were the Kings Origen and His power lasted but ad placitum whil●● he pleaseth them or they affect him As I keep no correspondence with those I abhor Nich●laitan community and Anabaptisticall parity Both destructive to the Order of the Church and State both And though these Humours swell high in this Kingdome yet I am confident that who invested the King will not suffer his power to be alwayes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in vaine Not thriving unto the first properity it may at last appeare to the comfort of the Loyall and terrour of the Rebels I find no ground for despaire The Spirit of God tells that according to the curse of Jotham after three years were expired a fire from Abimelech devoured Sichem and a fire from Sichem devoured Abimelech Iudg. 9. So let them who ever make head and will persist against my Lord the King soone perish by the Head they make and their Head with and by them Blessed S●viour indue me and every one under this persecuti●n with sufficient grace to possesse our soules in patience Not leaving our works to be done let us leave thy worke unto thy selfe In the race th●● hast set before us uphold us running as is prescribed and we have that for example Whether we live or not to see a peaceable Kingdome here enable us to keep thy peace initiated in us Doe thy will on us whatever it be and that we may enjoy eternall peace in thy Kingdome of glory we beseech thee to heare us good Lord. True Christians in obscure and equivocall phrases observing the general truth permit not their Expositions to swerve thee from analogy thereof Knowing obedience morall and Princes Gods derivatives dare not straine a Text to maintaine a falling thence If S. Peter call S. Pauls higher power ordained of God an humane Ordinance they search for a reason of the variation Who are not of ability to reach that will yet grant no contradiction because one is the Spirit that inspired both More peircing eyes looking far and neer determine it Divinely given and humanely received Apprehending God the Donor they conclude the Ordinance his Yet what he so bestowes as collated on man for the Government of men makes his Ordinance humane The cumulative or communicative power of the people is usurpation so is the reductive and coercive That neither of them may be inferred hence is their thesis Nor doe they say that soveraignty is by extraordinary revelation no humane act intervening immediately from God The designation of an individuall person by lawfull way manifested election succession conquest c. is not denyed men The conferring and joyning of power on and to the subject they hold primarily from God He the constituent and no other Nor this in one and not another in all and every one What S. Paul and S. Peter speak universally they fear not to affirme of good and bad Whence it is that neither the infidelity nor the tyranny of a King can force them from their allegeance Wherein the Heathen as Darius Cyrus Artaxerxes command agreeable to the Law of God they shall be so we●l as Constantinus Valentinianus Theodosius by them obeyed They stand to this and doubt not For who will overthrow it must produce a new Bible Persisting therein they are bold and zealous for the blessing Because the Apostle accurseth him who preacheth the contrary Doctrine Heed this every one who have offended betimes amend your fault Though vengeance comes with leaden feet yet not without iron hands The Lord will tear and tear the disobedient in pieces For the Angels sake repent that they may rejoyce For the Saints sake repent that their bloud may not cry For your Soules sake repent that they may not live in eternall death For the Gospels sake repent that it may not be longer evill spoken of If ye be of Christs Kingdome appear as his Subjects Submit ye to every humane Ordinance for the Lords sake I have discharged my Conscience for the Lords sake if I perish I perish for the Lords sake 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉