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A70625 A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, November 5, 1667 by ... George Lords Bishop of Winton ... Morley, George, 1597-1684. 1683 (1683) Wing M2796; ESTC R12589 21,545 39

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People may be incouraged either to despise the one or to resist the other And this indeed is the peculiar Glory of the Church of England that she and no other Church but she hath plainly and positively declared unto the World without Iffs or And 's or any other clause or words of exception or reservation that It is not lawful for Subjects severally or joyntly or in any capacity whatsoever to take up Arms or to joyn with any that do take up Arms either offensive or defensive against Sovereign Authority or without Commission from Sovereign Authority in any case for any cause or upon any either pretended or real provocation and least of all upon the account of Religion because that were in terminis or in plain terms to contradict the Apostle in my Text by making God the Author of Confusion and not of Peace For what Peace could there be among Christians if it were lawful for Subjects to rise up or to conspire against their Sovereigns for defending or introducing of that which they call or think to be the true Religion For every man and Sect of men takes their own Religion to be the truest otherwise they would not nay they could not in earnest be of it themselves so that if it were lawful for Subjects to take Arms or to attempt any thing against the State or present Government for that which they think to be the true Religion all States and Kingdoms must needs be always embroyled in Civil Wars because there is no State or Kingdom but it hath some I am sure ours hath many of several Religions in it who might all as well as any take Arms upon this account against their Sovereign who can be but of one Religion himself If it be replied that though the Sovereign can be but of one Religion himself yet there may be a Toleration given of all the rest I confess there may be so but not without extreme hazard as I humbly conceive both to the Religion and Person of the Sovereign 'T is true that all of all Religions cry out for Liberty of Conscience until they themselves are in possession of the Sovereign power and then they will give none to others Witness the practise of those of the Church of Rome during Queen Maries Reign here in England and at this day in Spain and Italy and wheresoever else the Romish Religion is in its full power Witness likewise the practise of the several Sectaries in their several turns of governing in the late Changes here at home when there was none of them that did not or would not have suppressed all other Sects but their own as much as they did if it had been in their power The best and safest way therefore for Prince State and People is to profess protect cherish and allow of that Religion and that only which allows of no rising up against or resisting Sovereign Power no not in its own defence nor upon any other account whatsoever which most Christian and most Orthodox Profession if those of the Romish and those of other Perswafions that live among us but are not of us would make as frankly and as ingenuously and as sincerely as we do though it would not presently reconcile all other Differences betwixt us and them yet it would perhaps be enough to make us live peaceably and charitably and securely together without Fear or Jealousie of one another which would be a good step towards an Accommodation of all other Controversies betwixt us in time also which is all that I have to say at this time upon this Occasion only let me intreat you all to joyn with me in this short Prayer to God the Father That all who are called by the name of his Son all Christians may through the powerful inspiration and operation of his Holy Spirit be brought to agree in the Truth of his Holy Word and to live together in Unity and Godly Love That there be no more Heresies nor no more Schisms no more Sects nor no more Factions no more Controversies nor no more Scandals nor no more Wars Seditions Conspiracies or Rebellions amongst Christians but that all of us in our several Places and Stations may indeavour to adorn our holy Profession by an holy Life and Conversation that so we may be no longer Christians in name only but in deed Amen FINIS The Occasion The Sense or Meaning The Scope or Intention Obj. Answ. The Application Use 1. * Bell. de Concil lib. 2. c. 17. * August Steuch Anton de Rosellis Convenit inter omnes posse Pontif. Max. Haereticos Principes jure deponere Tort. Tort. p. 325. Quòd Reges possunt deponi à Subditis ob multas causas Bellar de Pontif lib. 5. c. 10. Bellarm. in Recog lib. 3. Quaest. de Laicis Regis Jacoli monitio ad Principes Christianos p. 333. Tortura Torti p. 11. Use II. Use III.