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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56917	A brief discovery of the three natures viz., humane, divine, devilish, the rootes or originals of the politike states of Caesar, Christ, Antichrist in relation to a former treatise discovering the said three states, and withall farther clearing the usefulnesse thereof : whereby also is laid open to humane reason the impossibility of compulsive ecclesiasticall government to be of divine institution, and that liberty of conscience is to be allowed by all unto all, holding the bounds of civility, fully confirmed by principles in nature and Holy Scripture : humbly presented to the serious consideration of the High Court of Parliament / by Michael Quintine.	Quintyne, Michael.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q226; ESTC R13006	12,945	21

eternity of evill and misery the humane nature being thus subjected under the power of justice God is free in the compassion of his love to bestow his Spirit and redemption where he please and in his wrath and displeasure to reject and cast away whom he will who and what shall contend with his Maker Rom. 9.20 21. The nature of the spirituall substance the immortall soule the formall part of the essence of man it issueth from God or the devill and is one of the said two Fathers or Fountaines of Spirits and it will be sufficiently set forth in the discovery of their natures But that the soule of man receives his being and participateth in nature as aforesaid take a few proofes from principles in Nature and Positive truth of Divine Writt Man begets a Sonne in his owne likenesse in the nature of his materiall substance but the often contrarietie in the spirits of parents and children as godly parents and wicked children wicked parents and godly children the unlikenesse in that part proveth them no soule Parents Likewise in case Parents should beget soules when as often times the father and mother are contrary in nature of spirit what shall be their Off-spring in that respect The Scripture sheweth plainely that the children of God in respect of their soules and the nature of them are said to be borne of God Joh. 1.13 Joh. 3.6 God is called the Father of them in respect of that part of their essence Matth. 5.16 and ver 48. Luke 12.32 Christ cleareth this point to the full discovering the Fountaine or Father of the spirit of the Jewes who went about to kill him Joh. 8.42 and 44. and in Heb. 12.9 the Holy Ghost tearmes our naturall parents Fathers of our flesh and God the Father of Spirits The divine nature spirit qualitie or disposition of God which most specially of any part of his essence sets him forth to be what he is the onely and absolute good Matth. 19.17 is infinite love every part of the whole creation doth testifie the truth thereof which he made not to supply his owne want the continuall supply of the sundry wants of the whole earth doth the same the great mountainous worke of love never to be forgotten by the sonnes of men the giving of the price of Redemption his onely begotten sonne his expresse Image who laid downe his life for his people fulfilling the will of his Father Ioh. 3.16 17. A testimony without exception proving the nature of God to be infinite and matchlesse love Rom. 5.8 The nature and qualitie of all things is the most eminent part of their essence and so it is the most pernicious part by which God is made knowne to the sonnes of men for his nature or spirits sake which is love hee is called love 1 Ioh. 4.16 for a testimony hereof alwayes to stoppe the mouthes of lyers and their father whose envie would cloud all the favour of God towards poore men besides the state of humane Policy God hath from Adam unto this day from time to time instituted a state of Divine policy in publike testimony and visible acknowledgement of the fellowship which he hath with his redeemed ones and now according to the fulnesse of time manifesting the fulnesse of his love in paying downe the full price of Redemption the perfection and full accomplishment of the worke of salvation of his divine Nature which is perfect love and goodnesse he hath instituted a visible state of divine Policy for the sonne of his Love the Captaine of salvation and his people of Love here upon earth which is composed of love not onely for matter and forme but also in respect of state and platforme and the Lawes and Ordinances thereof upon what can man thinke or looke and not see the tender mercies of God over all his workes Psal 145.9 And that the Nature Spirit or disposition of the whole Hoast of God both men and Angels is Love the Word of God cleareth it experimentally by the ministring of the Angells and by the Morrall Law of God both Tables written in the hearts of men which are made partakers of the divine nature for by love is the same fulfilled Rom. 10.13 The nature Spirit or disposition of the Divell from whom every base spirit deriveth his measure of unnaturall lewdnesse both men and Angels of the devilish broode is infinite envie Loves opposite the first Act that ever the devill did unto mankinde proveth the truth thereof for in his hopelesse desperate fallen estate without any expectation of reliefe to himselfe he treacherously deceived man in the time of his innocencie and by delusion and flattery through rebellion against his Maker drew him into the thraldome of sinne and misery notwithstanding it could be no abatement to his owne Gen. 3. and ever since man hath subsisted in an hope of redemption from time to time and in sundry ways hath the nature of the devill beene largely expressed to be envie her selfe which is alwayes so ready to worke mischiefe that she pines at the good of any witnesse the case of Adam Abel and Iob yea all of note for uprightnesse upon record in Scripture from age to age farther testimony hereof is 1 Chron. 21.1 1 Pet. 5.8 The severall states of Policy which God did opportunely institute in the world for the good and comfort of men the upright in speciall against which none but the nature of the devill boundlesse envie could except or vilifie them yet the chiefest of them hath she undervalued and by delusion hath drawne the chiefe of the earth in the state of civility and the greatest part of temporizing subjects thereof likewise to tread the same under foote and all that apparantly incline thereunto and hath caused the earth the great ones greatest part therof to set up countenance and support a state of Tyranny in matters of conscience wherein is disorderly forced together with violence divine and civill things to the confusion of both the service he willeth and delighteth in even the utter undoing of the whole earth In the time of the state of the Jewes which God ordained as a great light to shew the world that he had visible fellowship with such as feare him and to preserve them in holinesse then and therein how did the envie of the devill and his crew shelter such oppression and grosse abuse of Gods holy things which grew to such an height of hipocrisie that they were not ashamed without Law or Reason yea contrary to both to put to death equity yea Love himselfe the very Sonne of God whom none could convince of sinne which effected the confusion of their house Matth. 23. and since the desolation thereof and Gods election of the Kingdome of his Sonne in the state of love composed of matter and forme of love Subiects won by love Volunteers worshipers in spirit and truth Joh. 4.23 24. How hath matchlesse envie beene palpably manifested to be the nature of the devill

A BRIEFE DISCOVERY OF THE THREE NATVRES viz. Humane The rootes or originals of the Politike States of Caesar Divine The rootes or originals of the Politike States of Christ Dev●●●●sh The rootes or originals of the Politike States of Antichrist ●●…clation 〈◊〉 a former Treatise discovering the said three States and withall farther clearing the ●●●…nesse thereof ●●ereby also is laid op●n to humane reason the im●●●●●bility of compulsive Ecclesiasticall Govern●●●● to be of Divine Institution 〈◊〉 that Liberty of 〈◊〉 is to be allowed by 〈◊〉 unto all holding the bounds of Civility 〈◊〉 confirmed by principles in Nature and Holy Scripture Humbly presented to the serious consideration of the High Court of Parliament By Michael Quintine Gen. 3.15 I will put enmity between thee and the 〈◊〉 and thy seed and her seed Iam. 2.12 So speak yee and so doe as they that shall 〈◊〉 by the Law of Liberty London Printed 1642. TO THE HIGH COURT Of Parliament now assembled within his Majesties Realme of England be all rightness of spirit the root of irreproveable designs and prosperous correspondent successe in all matters pertaining to godliness State Common-wealth in every respect I Formerly committed to the consideration of this most Honourable Assembly a Treatise containing a briefe discovery of the Civill true Ecclesiasticall and false Ecclesiasticall States in the essentiall and maine circumstantiall parts of each body or state being the most exact way to discover and rectifie grievances in any State of Policy whereby God and Caesar may have their due for the accomplishment whereof and further clearing the usefulnesse of what is therein contained I doe humbly begge your impartiall Examination of the ensuing passages evidently manifesting from whence these said severall Policies do spring or arise and confirming withall what is already proved by the said Treatise touching the great abuses done to the Church of Christ and Civill State by the false Ecclesiasticall State or Kingdome of Antichrist All things have their begining and ending from God as the Primary cause of them Rom. 11.36 Also all things have their being through Secondary Naturall or instrumentall causes Matth. 7.16 17 18.19 20. The roote and ground of Policie is Nature Divine Humane or Devillish it is properly of use to none but such creatures as participate of an immortall spirituall substance All things under the degree of humane nature are uncapable thereof and all other immortall spirits are invisible witnesse the whole Creation in all ages past present and to come Mankinde or humane nature in the condition she now standeth under the curse being thereby made liable through mercy of redemption unto salvation and through wrath of reprobation unto damnation is subject unto a threefold Politicke Government viz. 1. Humane or Civill Government or the Policie of Magistracie which concernes men in ordering of their bodies and estates which ariseth from the Law of the nature of man in man towards man in the state of Innocency 2. True Ecclesiasticall State or Kingdome of the Gospell the visible government of Jesus Christ who sitteth upon the Throne of David in Divine Policy which issueth from the Law of the divine nature which is perfect love as is testified in the Sonne of Love the salvation of Mankinde 3. And false Ecclesiasticall State or Kingdome of Antichrist devilesh or visible Government of the sonne of pride which in spirituall politique jurisdiction exalteth himselfe above all that is called God or said to be of God in matter of policy sitting in the Temple of God which is conscience as God subjecting or ruling over the same by compulsion the portion of fooles and unreasonable men for it loves opposite and preventeth any course of nature which floweth from the Law of the spirit of envy the nature of the devill the father of lies all mischiefe and confusion These three States of Policy of which I have formerly treated more at large the holy Scripture and common or humane reason shew forth in a lively manner issuing from the three natures namely Humane Divine and Devillish To the true and substantiall discovery of the which three natures the rootes of Policie and how they are joyntly consisting in man without intermixion and interposition of contraries I shall in this Treatise most chiefely and briefely addresse my selfe Humane nature or the nature of mans body his elementary or fleshly part of his essence which essence consisteth of flesh and spirit Rom. 7.22.23 Thou art considerable and likewise the whole man in a two-fold State and condition As created or redeemed as fallen and under the curse The nature of the sprituall part of mans essence will be discovered in setting forth the divine and divillish nature spirit or disposition The nature of mans humane part in the created state as the Morrall Law of God and the person of Christ doe witnesse was without sinne made righteous according to the Image of God Gen. 1.17 And according to the disposition or nature then in man towards man out of the law thereof which is the ordinary meanes through Gods favour and mercy of the generall preservation of mankinde springeth civill Government or Magistracie Rom. 13. But ever since Adam and Eve were snared with an ambitious temptation and would be wise without allowance they drew a curse upon their humane nature themselves and throughout all their posterity even to the end of the world and ever since they tasted of the tree of Knowledge of good and evill which was forbidden they and theirs in the humane part have alwayes loved evill more then good which is an infallible testimony of a cursed change in the nature of humanity Therefore Humane nature Take notice that thou art now since thy fall in thy Elimentary constitution cursed mischievous and averse to any good inclining to the nature of the Angells who left their first estate and art become pleased in nothing more than the exercise of pride deceit and envie an Humorist seeking thy selfe although to the destruction of thy selfe and all that have or may have any relation unto thee thus much hath the whole race of mankinde except the Sonne of God himselfe manifested plainely expressing an undeniable effect of the curse the unruly and exceeding predomination of one element or other in the said nature this is the nature of the humane or bodily part of man no civill calling but redemption exempted any man in any measure common experience is witnesse enough besides holy Scriptures confirmeth the truth thereof Rom. 3.10 to ver 19. Psal 51.5 Rom. 7.18 Notable proofe also hereof is the Scripture discovering the throne of affections the principle part in the body of man and may well be taken for the whole man Gen. 6.5 Jer. 17.9 Matth. 15.19 had not God out of his love in generall to man given the State of Magistracie which was for restraint of the unrulinesse of mans humane nature Rom. 13.3.4.1 Tim. 1.9.10 what difference would there appeare betweene earth and hell only in case of