Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	ordinance_n	power_n	resist_v	4,907	5	10.4011	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07368	Religion and alegiance [sic] in two sermons preached before the Kings Maiestie, the one on the fourth of Iuly, anno 1627. at Oatlands, the other on the 29. of Iuly the same yeere, at Alderton / by Roger Maynwaring ... ; by His Maiesties speciall command.	Maynwaring, Roger, 1590-1653.	1627 (1627)	STC 17751.5; ESTC S123212	43,779	94

and for this doe the people render as due to them againe by naturall and originall Iustice tribute to whom tribute custome to whom custome appertaineth The second point was Mandatum Regis the Commandement of the King Now a Mandate or Commaund is a signification of his will who hath power to send it forth Fiue seuerall Intimations of the will are obserued by the Diuines 1. Either when a man doth vndertake the transacting and doing of any thing himselfe and that is a cleere intimation of his will by reason that all actions rise from the will whose proper sway is to set on worke all the powers of the soule and parts of the body Or 2. when some Counsell is giuen for ought to be dispatched by which the Will and Pleasure of him who giues the Counsell is signified and that which is counselled is shewne possible to be done and that in reason it ought not to be left vndone 3. The Permitting also of any thing to be done where there is power to hinder it is a cleere intimation at least of a kinde of resolution to haue it done But 4. the Resolute and Mandatory forbidding Or 5. commanding of any thing is the most vndoubted and expresse declaration of his will who hath Power and Iurisdiction so to deriue his pleasure Now then a Commandement is an act descending from three most eminent faculties of the humane soule First from the Vnderstanding finding out by exact discourse aduice and counsell what is to be done by which extensions of reason the Intellectuall part drawes to practise Secondly from the Iudgement decreeing and resoluing what is the meetest to bee done amongst many particulars And lastly from the Imperiall sway of the Will which fastens a Command on all other powers to doe their parts for the dispatch of such designes as Reason hath found out and Iudgement thought meete or necessary to be done To draw then towards some conclusion of the point in hand All the significations of a Royall pleasure are and ought to be to all Loyall Subiects in the nature and force of a Command As well for that none may nor can search into the high discourse and deepe Counsells of Kings seeing their hearts are so deepe by reason of their distance from common men euen as the heauens are in respect of the earth Therefore said he who was wise in heart and deepe in Counsell The heauens for height and the earth for depth and the heart of a King is vnsearchable As also for that none may dare to call in question the Iudgement of a King because the heart of a King is in the hand of God and hee turneth it which way hee pleaseth Who then may question that which God doth proclaime from heauen to bee in his hands and at his guidance And for his Soueraigne will which giues a binding force to all his Royall Edicts concluded out of the Reasons of State and depth of Counsell who may dare resist it without incurable waste and breach of Conscience seeing the Apostle speakes vnder termes of so great terrour that he who resists commits a sinne done with an high hand for he resists the ordinance of God and so contracts an hainous guilt and incurres likewise the heauiest punishment for to his owne soule doth he receiue Damnation Nay though any King in the world should command flatly against the Law of God yet were his Power no otherwise at all to be resisted but for the not doing of His will in that which is cleerely vnlawfull to indure with patience whatsoeuer penalty His pleasure should inflict vpon them who in this case would desire rather to obey God then Man By which patient and meeke suffering of their Soueraignes pleasure they should become glorious Martyrs whereas by resisting of His will they should for euer endure the paine and staine of odious Traitors and impious Malefactors But on the other side if any King shall command that which stands not in any opposition to the originall Lawes of God Nature Nations and the Gospell though it be not correspondent in euery circumstance to Lawes Nationall and Municipall no Subiect may without hazard of his own Damnation in rebelling against God question or disobey the will and pleasure of his Soueraigne For as a Father of the Countrey hee commands what his pleasure is out of counsell and iudgement As a King of Subiects he inioynes it As a Lord ouer Gods inheritance hee exacts it As a Supreame head of the body he aduiseth it As a Defendour of the Faith hee requires it as their homage As a Protectour of their persons liues and states he deserues it And as the Soueraigne procurer of all the happinesse peace and welfare which they enioy who are vnder him hee doth most iustly claime it at their hands To Kings therefore in all these respects nothing can be denyed without manifest and sinfull violation of Law and Conscience that may answer their Royall state and Excellency that may further the supply of their Vrgent Necessities that may be for the security of their Royall persons whose liues are worth milliōs of others that may serue for the Protection of their Kingdomes Territories and Dominions that may enable them to yeeld Reliefe ayde and succour to their deere Royall Confederates Allyes or that may be for the defence and Propagation of that sacred and pretious Truth the publique profession whereof They doe maintaine by their Lawes and Prerogatiues Royall The third point is Obedience Obedience is a willing and Vnderstanding act of an Inferiour done at the command and to the honour of a Superiour Reasonable then and Willing must it be Violenced-duties forced and extorted actions are not within the compasse of true Obedience Voluntary seruice is that which pleaseth God and Man And so well doth this sute with the nature of God to whom all things ought to yeeld most willing obedience that hee pronounceth it better then sacrifice and to hearken better then the fat of Rammes Euery will therefore and Inclination that is in the Creature is charged with the dutie of Obedience toward the Maker of it To this end God hath planted a double Capacity and possibility in the Creature to submit to his pleasure The one is Naturall by which the Creature in all yts actions that follow and flow from yts forme doth actually and perpetually serue the Creatour as the Heauens in mouing the Earth in standing still the Fire in burning the Ayre and Water in refreshing cooling and flowing The other capacity is call'd Obedientiall whereby the Creature is euer ready to doe that which is contrary to yts owne Nature if the Makers pleasure bee to command it so And with this Obedience did the Earth fearefully shrinke and fali asunder to swallow vp those Rebells against God and the King so to giue them a suddaine and ready passage into hell by a direct