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B05943	The royall advocate. Or, An introduction to the magnificent and honourable laws of Jehovah the Lord Christ, now contaminated and despised by the present army-men of this nation. Asserting and controverting the holinesse, righteousness, perfectnesse, and universallity thereof, of divine right: in opposition to the heathenish, and antichristian laws, traditions, and vaine imaginations of the past and present, pretended Christian magistrates of this nation which they yet so much dote upon and endeavour to support, against the alone law giver, lord of heaven and earth, god of gods, king of kings, and lord of lords. / Published by John Spittle-house, now a prisoner for his testimony against the idolatry and tryanny of the present army men, priests, lawyers &c ...	Spittlehouse, John.	1655 (1655)	Wing S5014; ESTC R184541	66,921	80

by the Apostles of the Lord Jesus under the dispensation of the Gospel-state Proof The Characters of a right 5th monarchy man Gal. 5. 22. The fruits of the Spirit is Love Joy Peace long-suffering Gentlenesse Goodnesse faith Meeknesse Temperance Against which there is no Law And they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof if we live in the Spirit let us walk in the spirit Let us not be desirous of vain-glory provoking one another envying one another Jam. 2. 8. If ye fulfill the Royall Law according to the Scriptures Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self thou shalt do well But if ye have respect to persons ye commit sin and are convinced of the Law as transgressors for whosoever shall keep the whole Law and offend in one point He is guilty of all Reason For he which said Do not commit Adultery said also Do not kill Now if thou commit no Adultery yet if thou kill c. thou art become a transgressour of the Law 1. Pet. 1. 22 23. Seeing ye have purified your selves in obeying the tr●th through the Spirit unto unfained love of the brethren so that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently Cap. 3. 8. c. Be ye all of one mind having compassion one of another Love as brethren be pitifull be courteous not rendring railing for railing but contrary-wise blessing knowing that ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing For he that will love life and see good dayes let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that he speak no guile Let him eschew evil and do good let him seek peace and ensue it Read the following words 1 John 3. 14. We know we have passed from death to life because we love the Brethren v. 27. whoso hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth his bowels of compassion Bar Quakers in this particular towards him how dwelleth the love of God in him My little children let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth c. v. 33. And this is his Commandement that we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandement and he that keepeth his commandements dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us Cap. 4. 17. Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God he that loveth not knoweth not God For God is love c. Ecclesiastes 12. 13. Let us hear the con●lusion of the whole matter Fear God and keep his commandements For this is the whole duty of man c. Assert 5 V. That in processe of time these two generall Principles were branched by the alone Law-giver into ten Precepts or words commonly termed the Decalogue or Ten Commandements Exod. 20. 1. c. God spake all these words saying Proof I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt and out of the House of Bondage 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me 2. Thou shalt not make to thee any graven Image or any likenesse of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow thy self to them nor serve them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous Reason God visiting the iniquity of the Fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandements 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain For the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in Reason vain 4. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work thou nor thy son northy daughter thy Man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy strangers that are within thy ga●es For in six days the Lord made heaven Reason earth the sea all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it 5. Honour thy Father and Mother Reason That thy dayes may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shali not kil 7. Thou shalt not commit Adultery 8. Thou shalt not steal 9. Thou shalt not bear false witnesse against thy neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his Man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his Asse nor any thing that is thy neighbours Assert 6 VI. That the Lord Jesus came not to destroy this Law Proof Mat. 5. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfill for verily I say unto you till heaven and earth passe one jot or one tittle in no wise shall passe from the Law till all be fulfilled wherefore whosoever shall break one of these least Commandements and teach men so shall be called least in the Kingdome of heaven But whosoever shall do and teach them shall be also called great in the Kingdome of heaven Assert 7 VII That the Apostles of our blessed Saviour did establish this Law under the Gospel Proof Rom. 2. 11 12 c. For there is no respect of persons with All the world liable to be judged by Gods Law The Law not made void through faith God for as many as have sinned without Law shall perish without Law and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law Rom 3. 19. c. Is he the God of the Jews onely is he not also of the Gentiles yea of the Gentiles also seeing it is one God which shall justifie the Circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through faith Do we then make void the Law through faith God forbid Yea we establish the Law Assert 8 VIII That the Law which God gave unto Moses in Mount Sina were of three sorts i. e. the Moral the Judiciall and the ceremoniall Law The Contents of the Morall Law The Morall Law prescribeth a perfect Rule of righteousnesse discerning things that are Right and Just from the contrary both towards God and man both in reference to externall and internall duties requiring obedience under pain of everlasting death The Contents of the Judiciall Law The Judiciall Law belonged to the Civil State and were such Ordinances The Judiciall consists of Rules of Equity and Justice as contained rules of equity for the judging and deciding of civil controversies and questions decreeing punishments for the transgressions of the Morall and Ceremonial Lawes and consequently the very Bond of them Laws keeping the people in order and Obedience The Contents of the Ceremoniall Law The

shaken by them then consequently by others therefore a Government that may be shaken c. Argument A third Argument may be drawn from the Doctours own Assertions who saith that such Magistrates as are either tyed by Oath or other Compact to maintain either the whole or some part of the old Tower under the Right of Holy Church-Prelacy or the like by which word like he intendeth Presbytery as hath been shewed that such a Magistrate and Government is to be enumerated among Babylons Adherents and consequently to receive that final destruction and total amotion as afore mentioned But the present governors government of this nation doth provide for the maintenance of the Presbyterian Ministry of the nation which the Doctor looketh upon and judged as a part of Antichristian Hierarchy witnesse the terming them a Procrusts bed a heavy yoke c. Therefore the present Governours and Government of this Nation according to Mr. Owens Assertion is to be enumerated as aforesaid and likewise to suffer as aforesaid and thus I shall proceed to the third particular i. e. How or in what manner the Lord Christ will effect this final destruction and total amotion of all Politick or Humane Forms of Government and in this particular the Learned Rabby shall plead for me in that notable Simile which he hath culled out of the Scriptures to that very end and purpose i. e. Now as Sampson intending the Destruction Vide p. 27 upon Heb. 12. 17. of the Princes Lords and residue of the Philistines who were gathered together in their Idol-Temple he effected it by pulling away the Pillars whereby the building was supported whereupon the whole frame topled to the ground So the Lord intending the Ruine of that mighty Power whose top seems to reach Heaven will do it by pulling away the Pillars and Supporters of it after which it cannot stand one moment Sic transit gloria mundi Query Doctour this hath been a strange sort of Language and dangerous I will assure you I wish you be not called in question for it but what are the Pillars of that fatal building which must thus be ruinated with it Doct. Resp Are they not the Powers of the world as presently stated and framed implying they are Pull them away and alasse what is Antichrist It is the Glory of Kings put upon her that makes mens eyes dazle on that Roman Harlot otherwise she is but like the Egyptian Deities who silly worshippers through many glorious portlets and Frontispices were led to adore the Image of an ugly Ape Well Doct. Seeing you have in brief given me so full and ample satisfaction in this particular I shall proceed to the other i. e. The Persons by whom he will effect it To the knowledge of this particular the Holy Ghost doth plentifully inform us i. e. By the most despicable instrument as will appear by these following instances When the Israel of God must be delivered from the Egyptian bondage Moses must be preserved by an Ark of Bul-rushes and so bred up to that purpose Again when they were in great distresse by the Midianites the Lord made choyce of Gedeon a man of a poore Family in Manasseh and Gedeon the least or meanest of that Family Judg. 6. 15. c. After this David the son of Jesse must be brought from the flock to vanquish Goliah and the Army of the Philistines 1 Sam. 17. And thus the acting of Gods providence in carrying on of The Priestly interest of Chi●st how managed the interest of Christ as the Doctour saith will be exceedingly unsuited to the Reasonings and expectations of men in these dayes as it was in the laying of the foundations of the Gospel or Priestly Office of Christ where quite contrary to the expectations of the Jews who then expected outward Glory Beauty Deliverance Carnal Power and Dominion God inste●d thereof produceth a poore man that had not where to lay his head followed by a few Fishermen and simple women that had neither Form not Comelinesse that he should be deferred persecuted Mark 1. 16 19. and 2. 14. despised crucified from the beginning to the end quite another thing than they looked for and thus he laid the foundation of the Gospel in the person of his son by frustrating the expectations of the most of men The stone which the builders refused became the head of the corner Again seeing Salvation is of the Jews the rod of Christs strength to be out of Sion and that living waters were to flow The prophet 〈◊〉 inte●●st of Christ how ma●aged forth from Jerusalem the Gospel being from thence to be published through the world Who did the Lord chuse to do it Did he make use of the learned of the Nations the high Priests learned Scribes devout Pharises that might have won their Message some Repute and Credit in the World No but quite contrary John 14. 16. and 25. 26 27. Luk. 24. 48 49. Act. 1. 4 5. and 2. 1 2 3 4 c. to all the wisdome of the flesh he sendeth his Propheti●al Spirit upon a few ignorant weak unlearned Fishermen despisd upon all accounts and commits this great work to them and accordingly out they go friendlesse helplesse harbourlesse unto their imployments Acts 4. 13. 1 Cor. 1. 20. 26 27 28. The like instrument hath the Lord Christ also for the most part imployed in making an entrance upon the great work of casting down false worship and idolatry How the Kingly interest of Christ shall be brought into the world And now in reference to the bringing in of the Kingly interest of the Lord Jesus into the world which is to be accomplished in the ruine and destruction both of Pagan and Antichristian Babylon with all their adherents whether in reference to their Civil or Ecclesiastical governments as hath been plentifully treated of which must be done with might power and strength with Armies and Blood Rev. 19. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. where by the Iron Rod is meant the material sword yea even that material sword prophesied of Psal 2. 9. and 72. and 149. 6. Rev. 2. 27. who will now the Lord make use of will it be of Kings Potentates Nobles and Great ones of the earth no it is contrary even to common sence that he should for as the Doctor hath well observed it cannot be expected those men should take up the despised quarrel of the interest of Christ and that for these Reasons 1. Because they are such as have given their powers and states and strength unto the Beast or to maintain Idolatrous or false worship Rev 13. 1 2. and 17. 12 13 14 15 16 17. without which their Tyrannical Government cannot be keppt up 2. In that they have committed fornications with the Beast as also their Subjects Rev. 17. 1 2. 3. It is by them that she is supported at this day as hath been proved 4. For that it is declared by the Holy Ghost

that at the Ruine of Babylon the Kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived delitiously with her shall bewail her and lament for her Rev. 10. 9. 20. as also the Merchants of the earth as from v. 11. to v. 20. as also the Harpers mufitians pipers and Trumpeters of Babylon i. e. all her dependents and therefore it is contrary to common sence that they should be active in her destruction Rev. 6. 15 16 17. 5. In that this Supper of the Lamb or the day of Christs power the fowls that fly in the middest of heaven are invited to eat of the Flesh of Kings and the flesh of Captains and the Flesh of mighty men and the Flesh of Horses and them that sit on them and the Flesh of all men both free and bond small and great Therefore it is impossible that they should be instrumental for Christ against Babylon but contrary-wise antagonists thereunto which with the former Reasons given by the Doctor doth clearly hold forth that the Lord Jesus will not make use of any of the present authorities or powers of the world to bring this utter desolation upon Babylon for in so doing they should fight against themselves Object The Text saith peremptorily that the ten horns shall hate the Whore and make her desolate and naked and shall eat her Flesh and burn her with fire which manifestly implies that the horns shall continue till her destruction if not longer and that they shall be the notable instruments that God will make use of in her Ruine Resp The spirit of God in the Scriptures doth not clash against it self in this particular any more than where it saith we are justified by works and not by faith onely Jam. 1. 24 25. as also by faith without the deeds of the Law Rom. 3. 18. as also freely by grace v. 24 Tit 3. 7. the first being a visible or demonstrative Justification the second a Justification in a mans own Spirit and the third a Testification of the Spirit of God evidencing or witnessing the truth thereof wrought by Christ to that spirit of man Rom. 8 16. So in this particular where the ten horns are said shall hate the Whore c. I say is impossible it should be meant of these very horns that I have mentioned for those Reasons I have laid down and therefore it must unavoidably be meant of some other Horne viz. powers as by the Lords assistance I shall prove from Rev. cap. 17. in v. 12. of which chapter it is said The ten horns which thou sawest are ten Kings which have received no Kingdome as yet but receive power as Kings one houre with the beast these shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them Gedeons number from 32000 to 300. Read Judges 1. c. and see if you be Lappers for the Lord will save Israel by no other Such as have burning Lamps in their earthen pitchers in the earthly tabernacles of their fl●sh Reas For he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings and they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful c. Note 1. The three characters of the Lambs army least any presume to come to the Marriage Supper to eat the Flesh of Kings and Captains Rev. 19. 17 18. without a wedding garm●nt vide Luke 14. to this purpose from v. 15. to v. 25. Mat. 22. from v. 1. to v. 15 for many will be called but few chosen they must be such as will forsake all to follow the Lamb where ever he goeth you see what became of the Merchants Farmers and effeminate persons they must be such as if they have not a sword they must sell their coat and buy one Luk. 22. 36. they must be such as will leave the dead to bury their dead Mat. 8. 22. such as will beat their plow-shares into swords and their pruning hooks into spears such as of weak are made strong Joel 12. 3. c. but to the matter in hand I say that by the afore mentioned Scripture it doth clearly appear● that the Battel betwixt the Kings of the earth and the Lamb and his Army is to be fought before they are said to hate the Whore c. as in v. 16. untill which time God hath put it into their hearts to fulfill his will and to give their Kingdome unto the beast untill the word of God shall be fulfilled v. 17. So that I gather from hence That as the Conquest of the Lambs Army extends it self over the Dominions of the Beast and her supporters viz. The Civil Governours and Governments of the earth with their people and multitudes implyed by the waters on which the whore sitteth v. 15. 1. and that the Laws Statutes Judgements and Ordinances of Jehovah the Lord Christ is planted instead thereof by so much the said Nations or earthly powers shall be said to hate the whore and make her desolate and naked and eat her flesh and burn her with fire that is they shall see so much excellency in those Laws Statutes Judgements and Ordinances beyond all what they injoyed under their former Governments as that they shall abhor and det●st both their Governours and Governments whether Civil or Ecclesiastical the one surmounting the other as far as the light of the Moon excels the smallest star 1. When they shall have Judges as at the first and Rulers as at the beginning Isa 1. 26. Not the Arbitrary powers of the Kings of the Nations which were brought into the Common-wealth of Israel contrary to the mind of God 1 Sam. 8. as for Saul to take their sons and appoint them for himself for his Chariots and for his Horsemen and some to run before his Chariot or to make foot-boyes of free born Israelites to appoint Captains over thousands and Captains over fifties to eare his ground and to reap harvest and to make his instruments of war to take their daughters to be confectionaries and to be Cooks and to be Bakers to take their fields and their vineyards and their Olive-yards even the b●st of them and give them to his servants to take the tenths of their seed and of their vineyards and give them unto his Officers and to his servants c. No the Israelites knew no such servitude in Samuels dayes if they had Surely Samuel would not have set that Goverment before them as so strange a thing No honest Samuel who could say in the integrity of his heart whose ox have I taken or whose Asse have I taken or whom have Y defranded used no such Tyranny Good man he could govern the people without any of these Kickshaws neither do we read of any of the Judges of Israel that ever kept a standing Army notwithstanding they were invironed with enemies on every side but that when need required they unanimously joyned themselves together for the defence of each other and so freed themselves from expence in that kinde neither do I ever read of one Tax