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A87515	Obedience active and passive due to the supream povver, by the word of God, reason, and the consent of divers moderne and orthodox divines; written not out of faction, but conscience, and with desire to informe the ignorant, and undeceive the seduced: by W.J. a welwiller to peace and truth.	W. J., welwiller to peace and truth.	1643 (1643)	Wing J52; Thomason E90_19; ESTC R19937	23,430	31

of love lest he be againe endangered we should with the Men of David at the same verse say unto him Thou shalt goe no more out with us to battaile that thou quench not the light of Israel that is lest if thou perish in the battaile we loose thee who art not onely the Ioy and the glory but also the Light of Israel where by the way we may observe the great estimation a people should have of their King viz. to esteeme him as their Light and withall that when the Light of Israel is quenched that is when we loose a good King who is the Ioy and the Glory of his people we are then rightly said to be in darkenesse and so exposed to danger as wanting a Light to guide us Eleavently We must not withhold his due from him for our Saviour wills us Mat. 22.21 to Give to Caesar the things that are Caesars and S. Paul Rom. 13.7 to render to all their dues tribute to whom tribute c. Now because Kings are the Ministers of God for our good Rom. 13 ● for the good of Peace Protection Iustice Religion c. attending continually upon this very thing therefore for this cause we pay tribute Rom. 13.6 And truly in regard of their Care over us we must not dare but as our Saviour saith Reddere Caesari quae sua sunt That is because they keep our Tillage safe they must have Tribute out of our Lands and because they keep the Sea safe they must have vectigal Custume and Censum Subsidy out of our goods and therefore it is very remarkeable That our Saviour never did any Miracle about Honor or Money except that one which we read of Mat. 17.27 about giving Tribute to Caesar where although nothing was due as may appeare by the two former verses yet saith Christ to Peter Lest we should offend goe thou to the Sea and cast an hooke and take up the fish that first commeth up and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt find a peece of mony that take and give unto them for thee and me Lastly We must be subject to them and obey them for as Dion Cassius hath well observed Naturâ quipe id necessarium hominibus salutare ut alij quidem imperent alij vero pareant And therefore S. Paul wills Titus Tit. 3.1 to put the people in minde that they be subject to principalities and powers and that they be obedient And againe because Christians should not suppose they were exempted from obedience to the Heathen Governors therfore the same Apostle writing to the Roman Christians who though they lived under cruell Nero that Persecutor of the Church and Infamy of his Age and under his wicked substitutes yet saith he Rom. 13.1 Let every soule be subject to the higher powers and why because the powers that be are ordained of God and he that resists the power resists the ordinance of God and therefore be obedient Now our subjection and obedience to the Kings and Governours who are set over us and who are the Powers that are of God is to permit their will to be done aut a nobis aut de nobis that is either of us or on us of us when they command for Truth on us not by us when they command against the Truth to wit Gods Truth Word as we see by the axample of the Hebrew Midwives whom the King of Egypt commanded that when a Son was born to the Hebrew women they should kill him Exod. 1.16 But the Midwives feared God and did not as the King of Aegypt commanded them but saved the men children alive vers 17. for had they they had beene guilty of murder and therefore because the Midwives feared God He dealt well with them and made them houses verses 20.21 Also by the example of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego Dan. 3.18 Who would not worship the golden Jmage set up by Nebuchadnezzar yet permitted his will to be done on them by casting them into the fiery furnace verses 20.21 and therefore God preserved them so that they had no harme as we read in the same Chapter And so Daniel who though he was interdiced by King Darius Dan. 6.9 Yet ceased not to pray unto God three times a day verse 13. yet he permitted the Kings will to be done on him for he signed the decree by casting him into the Den of Lyons verse 16. So it appeareth that we must be patients or Agents Agents when he is good and godly patients when he is tyranous and wicked and then as S. Peter saith 1 Pet. 2.19 It is thankworthy if a man for Conscience towards God endure griefe suffering wrongfully and unto a patient bearing of the Crosse we know we are called for Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow his steps as S. Peter there tells us at verse 21. Wherefore we must needs be obedient because all powers is of God because they bring with them the good of order because it is a sinne to disobey because judgement temporall and eternall accompany the sinne of Rebellion and disobedience because governement is the meane of our weale because Kings are as it were hired by tribute to serve their Servants and take care for their subjects Besides it is necessary that we should obey both ex necessitate finis pracepti for hereby we shall doe that which is acceptable to God and profitable to our selves acceptable to God enjoyning obedience profitable to our selves as thereby enjoyning the good of government That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlynes honesty as S Paul saith 1 Tim 2.2 see Doctor Boys on the Epistle for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany And thus we see That we are taught to obey Kings by the Word though they rule not alwayes by the Word but what of that As the neglect of their duty cannot excuse the neglect of ours so neither can the breach of their Oath absolve us before God from our duties of Allegeance and Obedience to them as Calvin Aretius and Marlorate informe us For we are bound to obey as the person so chiefly the power because it is of God Nor must we only preforme this duty to good Kings and Governours but as S. Peter saith to servants concerning their Masters 1 Pet. 2.18 Be subject to your Masters with all feare not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward so may we lawfully say to subjects concerning their Soveraignes Be ye subject and obedient not only to Good Kings but also to the froward and wicked as Hugo Grotius aptly applying that text So also devine Seneca though an Heathen wills us saying Aequum atque Iniquum Regis Imperium feras for we must consider acknowledge with S. Chrisostom That Reges quod sunt a Deo sunt and therefore that every King is either Gods golden Scepter and so the Mirrour of his goodnesse when we enjoy peace and plenty and prosperity

appeares that what Saint Paul saith Rom. 13.1 is very true That there is no power but of God and the powers that bee are ordained of God And therefore in that very place hee willeth and enjoyneth That every Soule be subject to the higher powers And writing unto Titus hee willeth him Tit. 3.1 To put the people in mind that they be subject to principalities and powers and that they be obedient in which places by subjection hee includes a necessity of not resisting For such who shall either dis-respect the person or disobey the just power of the King resist the Ordinance of God and shall receive to themselves condemnation as our Old but damnation as our New translation renders Rom. 13.2 Philo the Iew in his booke de vita Moysis thus speakes of the office of Kings Regis officium est jubere quae oportet fi●ri votare à quibus abstinere decet caeterum jussio faciendorum interdictio cavendorum propriè ad legem pertinet atque ita consequitur quod Rex animata lex sit lex vero sit Rex justissimus And our most gratious Soveraigne not onely performes that good office but withall admits of that rule and for his peoples satisfaction hath further protested before almighty God not to governe them by any Arbitrary power of his owne but to admit and propose the knowne lawes of this Realme for his guide and the exact rule of his government unto which I suppose every good Christian will adhibite faith and unto whom I hope every loyall subject will yeild due obedience and therefore how great a cause have wee to prayse God whose gratiousnesse is pleased to set such over us as do set him in all their wayes before them and how great cause have wee in all respects to honour him who ruling us in goodnesse doth also rule himselfe by goodnesse Long may hee live among us ever may he raigne by himselfe and royall posterity over us in glory and renoune Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as Supreame c. saith Saint Peter 1 Epist 2.13 Not that Kings are ordained by men or that men invented that government for the powers that bee are ordained of God Rom. 13.1 and that Kings are is plainely manifested before as also by 1 Sam. 15.11 where God complaineth saying It repenteth mee not that the people but that I have set up Saul to be King But he cals Kingly Government an ordinance of man as Calvin Beza Marlorate Aretius Piscator Bucanus Gerardus and Weemse have observed upon that text because the power that is conferr'd by God upon men is proper to men exercised by men and towards men it is called an humane ordinance subjective because men are the subject of it and objective because it handles humane affaires and lastly in respect of the end being instituted for the good of man and the conservation of humane society So it appeareth by what hath beene said That Kings and Supreame Magistrates are not politique institutions of men nor at first ordained by men nor the power they are invested with committed to them from men but from God And therefore let every soule bee subject to them and as omnis anima so ex omni animo which shewes the manner not with the body onely but the mind also not in shew alone but indeed and in truth withall and that to all just commands yea and to their unjust demands if not contradictory to the will or word of God by our Saviours example Matth. 17.27 who payed Tribute to the Polegatherers for quietnesse sake rather then offend or resist although nothing was due but if their commands and demands bee contrary to Gods then Deo potius quàm hominibus better obey God then man by the example of Saint Peter and Saint Iohn Acts 4.19 Yet so bee they bee not dissonant or discrepant from Gods then Scripture wils us to yeild obedience thereto not onely as Saint Peter exhorts 1 Pet. 2.13 for the Lords sake that so hee may bee honoured who hath ordained Kings and powers and would that we should bee obedient to them as Aretius Piscator and Lucas Osiander observe in their Comments upon that text but withall as Saint Paul enjoynes us for conscience sake also Rom. 13.5 That so wee may retaine a good conscience which wee must keepe voyd of offence both towards God and towards Men. Acts 24.16 That it may witnesse for us that wee have not resisted Authority for no man with a good conscience can resist him to whose power God hath made him subject as the same Piscator and Osiander together with Calvin and Bucanus have noted upon that text of Saint Paul Rom. 3.5 And therefore because wee must bee subject both for the Lords sake and for Conscience sake too it will not bee amisse to consider what a subjects duty to his Soveraigne is and in what particulars it consists And first wee must honour him Give honour to whom honour is due saith Saint Paul Rom. 13.7 and honour the King saith Saint Peter 1 Pet. 2.17 and that must be by a reverend esteeme of him and an acknowledgement of him for our Superiour by giving him due respect in our behaviour and Titles of reverence in our words as David did to Saul 1 Sam. 24.8 he stooped with his face toward the earth and bowed himselfe and said My Lord the King And as Arauna did to David 2 Sam. 24.20.21 and Nathan to David 1 Kings 23.24 and Bathsheba to David at the 31. verse of that Chapter Who bowed her face to the earth and did reverence to the King and said Let my Lord King David live for ever Secondly We must pray and give thanks to God for him as S. Paul exhorts 1 Tim. 2.1.2 I exhort therefore that first of all Prayers Supplications and Thankesgiving be made for all men for Kings c. and that as the Psalmist Psal 80.17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand upon the sonne of man whom thou madest strong for thy selfe that is O Lord let thy hand of Providence Power and Mercy be upon the man of thy right hand and thine annoynted the King ever redily and mightily to defend preserve and protect him and upon him whom though thou reckonest among the Gods of the Earth Psal 82.1 and 6. yet indeed is but the son of man whom thou hast made strong by Majestie and power for thy selfe to governe thy people as thy Vicegerant or as our owne Liturgie teacheth us That God would be pleased to be his defender and keeper and give him the victory over all his enemies that God would so dispose governe and rule the heart of our Gracious King and Governour that he might evermore have affiance in him and in all his thoughts words and works ever seeke Gods honour and glory and study to preserve the people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godlinesse and finally