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A66598	Conscience satisfied in a cordial and loyal submitting to the present government of William and Mary in three discourses justifying the Williamites against the Jacobites : the first being animadversions on a book intitutled The doctrine of non-resistance, or, Passive obedience no way concerned in the controversies now depending between the Williamites and the Jacobites, the second on I Sam. 23.30 ... the third on Dan. 5.20 ... / by Tim. Wilson, rector of Kingsnoth in Kent.	Wilson, Timothy, 1642-1705.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2949; ESTC R38313	57,754	74

Land of Judah Then David departed and came into the Forest of Hareth where were many secret places v. 5. And Abiathar the Priest who escaped Saul's cruelty fled to David and joyned with him v. 20 c. Which still justifies Self-defence in case of Oppression He had the Ephod in his hand Whether this were by chance as some Expositors say or by choice he light upon the High Priest's Ephod saith Mr. Trappe that had the Vrim and Thummim in it It was surely a sweet Providence of God for the comfort of his poor Servant David Hence God answered not Saul by Urim and Thummim 1 Sam. 28.8 For it was now with David not with Saul This Ephod thus brought saith one was more than if many thousand Souldiers had come to David After his departure from Keilah David abode in the wilderness in strong holds and remained in the Mountains in the wilderness of Ziph and God still preserved him v. 14. of this Chapter of our Text. Ziph belonged to the Tribe of Judah and the Mountains of this Region were craggy and full of clefts of Rocks and therefore places of good shelter and defence Yea David's cause was so plain and good that Jonathan Saul's Son would not joyn with his Father agianst David but made a League with him v. 18. Again v. 29. David dwelt in strong holds at Engedi He would not trust Saul For he knew the disposition of Saul his inconstant mind and unbridled violence especially since an evil Spirit had troubled him Again 1 Sam. 24.2 Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats What need Saul have three thousand men if David did not defend himself And v. 22. David and his men gat them up into the hold He would not trust Saul who had so often promised and broke his word And verily in Matters of so great concernment Credulity argues great Folly Tr. Saul was faithless and David had no reason to believe him And 1 Chron. 12.8 the men of might and the men of war forsook Saul and joyned themselves to David The Tribe of Gad was near to Moab and in a desert place through which David wandred and therefore they joyned with him And v. 17. David went out to meet them and answered and said unto them If ye be come peaceably to me to help me my heart shall be knit to you but if ye be come to betray me to mine Enemies seeing there is no wrong in my hand the God of our Fathers look thereon and rebuke it Did not David tho' yet a Subject to Saul take up Arms and make forcible Resistance It is said expresly v. 18 19. Then David received them and made them Captains of bands And there fell some of Manasseh to David when he came with the Philistins against Saul to Battel And when ever Amasai uttered those words v. 18. whether before or after David had the Kingdom I need not dispute it is evident that they argue the goodness of David's cause The Spirit came upon Amasai who was chief of the Companies and he said Thine are we David and on thy side thou Son of Jesse Peace Peace be unto thee and Peace be to thy helpers for thy God helpeth thee It was a Form of Salutation familiar with the Jews when they wished prosperity and good success to any person And the Ingemination shews their Zeal And the whole demonstrates that for the Innocent to defend themselves even by force of Arms is very pleasing to God Thus I have demonstrated that it may be deduced from this Text That it is lawful for Subjects to defend themselves by force of Arms against the oppression and violence of their Kings I shall now enter upon the second Question Whether it may be deduced from any other Grounds I am for the Affirmative of this Question It may be deduced from Scripture or Reason That it is lawful for Subjects to defend themselves c. And here it will be convenient to set down what is agreed upon on both sides First That all Governours in their several Dominions and Places are to be honoured according to their several Dignities and Titles with due homage and Allegiance of all their Subjects We must render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's Honour to whom Honour is due Fear to whom Fear Tribute to whom Tribute And this out of Conscience and for the Lord's sake who hath made them his Ministers Secondly It is a most hainous Sin a Crime of a deep dye by thought word or deed to derogate from the honour of our Governours or to indeavour to raise Factions and Discontents among their Subjects He that any way despiseth Dominion or speaketh evil of Dignities is a vile Transgressor Thirdly To resist Governours when they rule according to Law is to oppose God's own Ordinance And therefore Rebels ought to be most severely punished by Governours themselves and shall certainly indure God's wrath without Repentance and receive Damnation Fourthly Every Subject is bound by all good means to assist his Governours in the due Execution of Law and Justice and to hazard Life it self upon his Lawful Commands and to discover all Conspiracies Treasons or Violence offered or intended to be offered to his Person Fifthly Every Christian Subject living under the Government of a Prince of an idolatrous heathenish or false Religion is not therefore loosed from the Bond of his Allegiance But he must readily yield Active Obedience to all lawful Commands of his Governours and Passive Obedience so called that is He must quietly and meekly suffer when the Laws of his Governours Command that which is against the Laws of his God and his Saviour whom he ought to fear in the first place Sixthly Every Governour is bound in Conscience to defend and protect his Subjects in their lawful Rights and Liberties and not to Command any thing that God hath forbidden And if he doth oppress them by illegal Impositions or punish them for a good Conscience he is guilty before God and must expect the vengeance of God who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords Seventhly Every Oppression or Corruption in Government is not presently sufficient to defend our selves by force But it must be such Oppression as tends to the Dissolution of the Government to the Destruction of Liberty to the Ruin of the Subjects or to the Change of Religion by Law Established And in this Case also Defensive Arms are not Lawful till Petitions and all other good means which may prevail with our Governours be used and yet fail of their end Thus as I conceive I have impartially represented both parts And I know no man of Worth Piety or Learning who will not easily assent to these Conclusions I shall now confirm my Opinion that it is lawful for Subjects to defend themselves by force of Arms against the Oppression and Violence of their Kings First Because God never gave

I go on to the second general part of the Text Nebuchadnezzars Correction and Judgment He was deposed from his kingly Throne and they took his glory from him Here I shall shew these three things 1. By whom he was deposed 2. Why he was deposed 3. That it was just 1. By whom Nebuchadnezzar was deposed 1. By God 2. By his Subjects 1. He was deposed by God Tho' God is not the Author of the evil of sin yet he is the principal Efficient in the evil of punishment Now this was the punishment of the King for his Pride Oppression and Impiety And the Prophet tells Psal 75.6 7. Promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor from the South But God is the Judge he putteth down one and setteth up another This the King acknowledgeth c. 4. v. 2 3. I thought it good to shew the signs and the wonders that the high God hath wrought towards me How great are his signs and how mighty are his wonders his Kingdom is everlasting and his Dominion is from generation to generation And v. 17. This matter is by the Decree of the Watchers and the Demand by the word of the holy ones The Watchers that is the Angels of God who are God's Instruments and Servants in punishing the evil and rewarding the good See v. 31 32. God who gives grace to the humble resists or fights against the proud This may comfort those that are oppressed God is the Avenger of all such I even I am he that comforteth you saith God by the Prophet Isa 51.12 13. Who art thou that thou shouldst be afraid of a man that shall die and of the Son of man who shall be made as grass And forgettest the Lord thy Maker that hath stretched forth the Heavens and laid the foundations of the Earth And hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the Oppressor as if he were ready to destroy and where is the fury of the Oppressor 2. Nebuchadnezzar was deposed by his own Subjects They shall drive thee from men c. 4. v. 25. And if any say this is spoken neutrally Thou shalt be driven yet still here is the person understood be it spoken neutrally or impersonally Some body must do it And v. 33. He was driven from men By whom I answer He was either driven out by Tumult as it often happens to Tyrants or by the Conspiracy of the Nobles and Commons or by his Son Evilmerodach who as the Hebrews report affected the Kingdom while his Father lived Some think that he had oppressed and tyrannically used the Chaldeans Magicians and Wise-men of his Kingdom because they could not tell his dream See c. 2. v. 5. where he threatens that they should be cut in pieces and their houses should be made as a dunghill This Tyranny over their Liberties Properties and Lives ingaged them to depose the King according to the Law of Nature And this leads me to the second Why he was deposed 1. Because he was in a deep Melancholy and so unable to rule 2. Because he was a Tyrant and Oppressor and so his Subjects would not trust him with their Liberties and Lives 1. He was in a deep Melancholy and so unable to Rule See c. 4. v. 33. He was driven from men and did eat grass as the Ox and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven till his hairs were grown like Eagles feathers and his nails like Birds claws The sense is that his hair beard and nails were very much grown out because there was no body to cut them and he himself did not think of cutting them loving the likeness of beasts thro' black Choler or Melancholy His heart was changed from mans and he had a beasts heart given to him v. 16. He was not truly transformed into a beast as I believe but because his imagination was corrupt and his reason eclipsed thro' this adust humor he seemed to himself a beast And the most learned Physicians speak of this kind of Melancholy And our own Experience may confirm it in some of our own Age that have been troubled with Hypochondriack Passions and Melancholy He remained a man truly but Humane Sense and Reason as to the Exercise was taken from him 2. He was deposed because he was a Tyrant and Oppressor and so his Subjects would not trust him with their Liberties and Lives His severe and cruel Edict against the Magicians and Wise-men was intolerable and they could not but resent it See c. 2. Nebuchadnezzar dreamed and forgat his dream and yet would imperiously and tyrannically force his Magicians to tell the dream and the interpretation They make humble supplication to the King and tell him that no Ruler ever asked such a thing of any Magician or Astrologer or Chaldean None but God could reveal such secrets But notwithstanding the King was angry and very furious and commanded to destroy them This cruelty as it is thought stuck in their minds they treasured it up in their hearts and as soon as opportunity served were glad to throw off his tyrannical Yoke The word Magician to tell you that by the way among the Persians and other Eastern Countries at first was used in a good sense for a wise and understanding man for a Philosopher who spends his days in contemplation and meditation These were Astronomers and Astrologers or Mathematicians who by the influence of Stars and calculating Nativities foretold many strange things And for my part I believe there is much Truth and Innocence in this Art at least I am far from condemning so many wise men of all Ages But as for Sorcerers Diviners c. they are deluders of the People full of Imposture and Superstition And this sort of Diabolick creatures were forbidden by Moses Law Levit. 19.31 Regard not them that have familiar Spirits neither seek after Wizards to be defiled by them And Deut. 18.10 11. There shall not be found among you any one that makes his Son or his Daughter to pass through the fire or that useth Divination or an Observer of times or an Inchanter or a Witch or a Charmer or a Consulter with familiar Spirits or a Wizard or a Necromancer But to return This Demand and Decree of the King in it self was unjust for man though most skilful and most wise Lap. cannot reveal secret dreams especially already past much less their signification But some who write of Oneirocriticks do own that great Conjectures may be made from some certain and unwonted dreams A learned Author saith That the Chief Priests of the Chaldeans were addicted to Astrology And you will easily believe that Priests do not love to be oppressed and murdered without cause This was saith Synop. out of Calvin a beastly rage of the King because he demanded that which was above the power of man and that which the Chaldeans never arrogated to themselves Yet this was a reward of their arrogance because they assumed to themselves more than was meet 3.