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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

practise hath been the lot of many Nations and particular persons witnesse your own experience Why doe ye as parents of soules and spirits meddle in the command of conscience and support such as doe with sword and maintenance is it typicall as in the time and state of the Jewes or as if Christ were not risen from the dead or doe you thinke God accepts of more than he requires at your hands or will you make an intermixion one head of two bodies or two heads of one body which cannot be otherwise if Church and Common-wealth be all one or being as two under one head which nature and policy both deny in Scripture and common reason will ye work your own confusion in taking Gods work upon you in making worshippers in spirit and truth for such only God requires Ioh. 4.21 22 23 24. which by compulsion you must doe or make hypocrites can ye draw men to Christ in Spirit or Policy which is not in your power Ioh. 6.44 45 46. or will ye who should provide for the strength of the Law of humanity breake the Law of Charity belonging to conscience Rom. 14. This great spirituall State of jurisdiction now in fashion or any that is like to be of the constitution of compulsion which jumbleth and tumbleth together the finest natures and soulest worship Gods Divine and holy Ordinances with foulest and profanest natures which will one day cost confusion of soules and blood enough were it not for the great temporall revenewes entailed upon her shee would not in humane reason and common equity be so much stood upon and contended for for those that goe about to yoke others consciences would not bee served so themselves except they be devils incarnate and will become any thing in Religion to serve covetous ends Bondage of conscience is the grossest slavery and most devillish captivity upon earth from whence springeth the greatest treachery and most dangerous rebellion which the earth can afford yee may beleeve it when ye see it All liberty within bounds of civility incourage industry and begets a rich Nation hindereth not prevention of dotage and underhand conveighance of estate to forraigne Belly-gods who by flattery rob people stronger in zeale then knowledge of their bodily means of safeguard and load their soules with an increase of unnaturall slavery even to their destruction So hoping of the true effect of upright dealing with God and Man the sight of that liberty of truth which bringeth peace strength and safety to all Lands and people of Innocency I remaine Gods and Yours in all due service to my power M. Q. Now followes the Reasons and Motives that set me upon this Worke. NOt long since I commended to your Highnesse and the Parliament one Treatise containing an essentiall discovery of the States of Policie as they are distinct one from another And another since of the Natures likewise from whence they spring both which in effect binde both your Soveraignty and your chiefest Court of Councell to cast about for the preservation and defence of your Kingdomes and every subject thereof in the liberty of conscience keeping the bonds of civility and humanity but although at a farre distance I perceive the old course is still on foote making sides of Religion and yokes for conscience on all sides wherein hath a world of blood beene spilt already and much more will be if the same continue Covetousnesse pride and delusion must bring forth their fruits where they grow as doe all other things for any hurt which befalls mankinde let the pretence be what it will floweth from thence not from Christian Religion for neither Christ himselfe or any of his Disciples upon Record in the New Testament Apostles or Evangelists or others did in a warlike way either offend or defend themselves for their Religions sake From former passages expressed in both the said Treatises I have manifested sufficient ground of boldnesse for speaking to you Gods of the earth which to rehearse or inlarge is not improper and for these causes following I am constrained yet further to move your greatnesse and being reasonable therein if ye being as gods despise me I shall notwithstanding fulfill the will of the Lord of Lords in discovering the spirits of error though I perish in the Worke with the strength of his encouragement Mat. 10.32 The first cause is this I being by the Law of Humanity or the nature of man as deepely ingaged in the joy of the welfare and sorrow of the misery thereof though a nothing as having any interest in the power of enlargeing or preventing either am bound by the Law of the Spirit of Humanitie and Christianity to discover any thing or course tending to the accomplishment of both wherein is fulfilled the dutie of innocencie and uprightnesse without feare the roote of slavery and flattery according to Marke 4.22 and Mat. 10.27 28. The second cause is for that there are and shall be many false Christs false prophets and false Teachers as there be many Antichrists and false Churches according to the prophesies of the New Testament Matth. 24.4 5. also vers 24. 2 Pet. 2.1 1 Joh. 2.18 These are all one in spirit and in that respect are of the devill or as the devill himselfe working the misery and confusion of mankinde in the greatest measure that may be the being of the world reserved and that according to the working of Sathan also as in the beginning Serpent-like and as in the full strength of his Raigne Dragon and Lyon-like as is set forth 2 Thes 2.9 10. The Revelation sets forth at large the spirit of Antichrist or false Church in his full portracture in every part and member of the said body from the sixt Chapter to the latter end of the same booke Now although not in any measure invested in any power of suppressing any course of evill and lifting up or inlivening any of good yet as fully bound to discover both by Christian and naturall bonds as any if all sanctity and salvation both of soule and body be of the Spirit of God Christ and the Church or Kingdome of Christ then of necessity is all mischiefe of sinne and misery touching man of the spirit of the devill Antichrist and his Kingdome and in short consider each Kingdome is to be discerned by the Doctrine and Learning and the Discipline or Government of the Spirit thereof and so the Doctrine of the Gospell teacheth touching matters of the soule whose welfare is accomplished and inlarged by the freedome and peace of conscience Christians to beare one with another and the stronger to suffer for the weaker knowing that none is master of his owne light or anothers and in case of greatest gainsaying or persecution for conscience sake to suffer without resistance to doe good to all even our enemies in respect of that part of our well being the discipline therof is a government without Master or Lordship as hath been formerly set forth agreable