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A28212	A sermon preached before his Majestie at Christ-Church in Oxford on the 3. of Novemb. 1644. after his returne from Cornwall. By John Berkenhead, fellow of All-Soules Colledge.	Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679.	1644 (1644)	Wing B2971; ESTC R210016	19,101	26

Kingdomes are erected by God not by the Divel who as he is never quiet himself so would he not have the people live in peace as appeares by his late practices which government is the meanes to procure and preserve preventing men from devouring those that are more righteous then themselves And for being like the fishes of the Sea or the creeping things who have no Ruler over them for Per legum positiones repercutiant multiplicem gentilium injustitiam Kings and Princes by their Laws restraine and bridle the fury and violence of our naturall corruptions yea and the worst of Princes is never worse then Quemadmodum populidigni sunt Dei justo judicio in omnibus aliqualiter superveniente Iren. l. 5. c. 24. such as the people have provoked God to set to afflict them whose just judgement alwayes interposeth it self in such weighty cases Although sometimes we know it not oft-times we will not acknowledge it which being so may oblige every one of us to be subject to all powers of all qualities conditions dispositions tempers religions under whom the Lord hath placed us Sive 1. Nutriciis sive 2. Hypocritis sive 3. Haereticis sive 4. Tyrannis Whether they be noursing fathers for whom we must praise God or dissembling Hypocrites or obstinate Heretickes or bloudy Tyrants for all which we must pray to God Whatsoever Sanders Allen Stapleton Parsons Mariana Boucherius Santarellus c. on the Romish part And Knoxe Buchanan Gilbey Goodman and Daneus on the other extreame have formerly taught Calderwood hath followed and some too fiery spirits of late have seditiously and scandalously put in practice of whom I may say in the Apostles language If any man teach other wise then what I have affirmed he consenteth not to the wholsome words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the Doctrine which is according to godlinesse but is puffed up knoweth nothing as he ought to know but doateth about questions and strife of words whereof commeth envy strife rallings evil surmiseings froward disputations of men of corrupt mindes and destitute of the truth which think that gaine is godlinesse howsoever they pretend godlinesse rather then gaine from such separate thy selfe For howsoever we must performe active obedience to such Princes onely so far as lawfully we may Calv. Bez. Marl. Roloc. Genev. usque adaras so long as Cum Deo non comparabuntur they are not set in competition with God Tertul. Yet we must performe passive obedience and absolute subjection suffering without resistance being subject without rebellion even if they should command the most unjust superstitious idolatrous prophane or irreligious things which can be imagined yet I say we must not rebell unlesse we will renounce Christianity but we must let this be Probatio subjectionis the touch-stone of our subjection even our patient and constant sufferings For Quae passos Apostolos scimus manifestae est Doctrina The truth of this Doctrine is sealed by the Apostles sufferings who indured of Heathen Princes and for not renouncing Christianity Carceres Vincula Flagella Saxa Gladios Impetus Iudaeorum Coetus Nationum Tribunorum Elogia Regum auditoria proconsulum Tribunalia Caesaris nomen interpretem non habent Imprisonment Bonds Stripes Stoning Wounds Violence of the Jews Conventing before the Gentiles Questioning in the Courts of Tribunes Examinations and Answers before Kings Arraignments at the Tribunals of Proconsuls yea and could not find an Appeale to the Emperour any protection for their innocencie yet they not onely submitted themselves and possessed their own soules with patience but also taught all pious people so to doe as here our Apostle makes it apparent and Titus 3. 1 2. presseth it to all posterity Put them in remembrance for indeed we are too apt to forget that they be subject to the Principalities Powers and that they be obedient ready to every good work that they speak evill of no man much lesse of Princes and Prelates as some of late have done That they be no fighters much lesse Armed Rebels but soft lowly gentle shewing all meeknesse to all men much more to Rulers yea and such effect did this Doctrine produce that Sanguis Martyrem semen Ecclesiae Cypr. The blood of the Martyrs was the seed of the Church The bloud not the sword that were too Turkish And however Circa majestatem Imperatoris infamemur Tert. ad Scap. l. 2. They were slandred as disloyall to the Emperour yet Nunquam Albiniani vel Nigriani vel Cassiani inveniri potuerunt Christiani Never any Nigrian who made Religion the stalking-horse for Rebellion Nor never any Cassian who assaulted his Soveraign by Assassination could be found amongst the Christians Christianus nullus est is uimirum Imperatoris quem sciens à Deo suo constitui necesse est ut ipsum diligat revereatur honoret salvum velit cum toto Romano Imperio quousque seculum stabit tam diu enim stabit Colimus ergo Imperatorem sic quomodo nobis licet ipsi expedit ut hominem à Deo secundum quicquid est à Deo consecutum solo Deo minorem For no true Christian can be an enemie to his King or Emperour whom he knows to be placed over him by God and therefore upon necessity must love him reverence him honour him pray for him and desire and indeavour his safety as the safety of the Kingdome as being next to God lesser onely then God and endowed with the power which he hath from God over all the men in his Dominions Hereupon was it that the Christians fought so many valiant battels and obtained so many glorious victories even for Heathen and persecuting Emperours yea even for Iulian the Apostata himselfe but never did they fight any battel pitched any Field arrayed any Army armed any Legions or so much as entred into consultation against their Emperour And thus you see Qualibus to what manner of Princes we must be subject And I think all will willingly conclude Si parendum est magistratui prophane certè multo magis obedire oportet Sancto Christiano Bez. If Heathens were thus obeyed much more should Christians If persecuting much more pious Princes such as our Gracious Soveraigne whose clemencie may challenge our love as wel as his power command our duty whom God preserve and prosper long over us in honour and felicity and give us the grace and gratitude to be subject not onely for feare but even for conscience sake And so I come to consider 2. In Quibus In what things we must be subject Wherein the true stating of the Question is much differenced from the mistaken and mistaking Tenents of many of these times who conceive and would beare the world in hand 1. That they are bound no further to Subjection then with a Rightly Regulated Conscience they may performe Active Obedience to all their Superiours