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A85584	Great Britans [sic] vote: or, God save King Charles. A treatise seasonably published this 27th. day of March, the happy inauguration of his sacred (though now despised and imprisoned) Maiesty. Wherein is proved by many plaine texts of Scripture, that the resisting, imprisoning, or deposing our King, under what specious pretences soever couched, is not onely unlawfull but damnable.		1648 (1648)	Wing G1670; Thomason E431_26; ESTC R202345	36,900	55

and to endue him from above with the gifts of Knowledge Prudence Iustice Temp●rance Patience Fortitude Clemency with fervent zeale of Gods glo y love to the Gospell and never-ceasing car● f r the generall well-fare of his publike charge Let as spend our spirits day and night in these Prayers that a gracious blessing may bee evermore upon our Soveraigne and his Seed to prolong his dayes with Health and Honour on earth and with immortall Happinesse in Heaven Amen Amen CHAP. V. THe second generall duty of all subjects is Obedience and that bef●re God a S●● 15.22 is better than Sacrifice b C●●g●● ●5 〈◊〉 The Enemy opposite to Obedience is Rebellion compared by c 1 Sam. 15.23 Samuel to the sinne of Witchcraft the very Chaos of Confusion containing nothing else but mischiefe and murder discord and desolation As Rebellion is most odious and detestable so is Obedience commendable and acceptable and this is of three sorts First obey God by man Secondly Obey God and man Thirdly Obey God rather than man We need not write how God is to be obeyed before all and ●bove all Gods Precepts may not be countermanded by mans Ordinances nor Gods Ordinances prejudiced by mans Precepts God is to be obe●e● in every thing simpliciter man is to bee ob yed secundum qu●d respectively so farre as his commands be consonant to Gods Lawes Saint Austin gives all a good rule for obedience willingly and wittingly obey not good men in the performance of ill nor disobey il●men commanding things good but God himself commands obedience to his d breathing Images whom hee himselfe stileth e Gods the mortall Pictures of the immortall God the right fingers of that be ve●●ly ●and which ru●● 〈◊〉 ●●ctantius saith Kings 〈◊〉 men before G●● a●● Gods 〈◊〉 m●● 〈…〉 gl●r● of that God who makes these G●●● A●s●●● T●●t●●●●ian ●aith The Emperor is greater in dign●●● th●●●●ll ●●rtall m●n onely inter●●● to t●e i●m●rtall God a 〈◊〉 Cyrillus w●●●es to Theo●o●us the y●unger N●n e●●e●●● st●te equall to your Excellence or as ● 〈…〉 2 〈…〉 A 〈…〉 Ba●●●●● o●●● T●●● lib. ad Scapulum ● Epist ad ●h●● p●●●●na lib. a● vers ●u●●an 1 Paraenet num 21 ●●●b 3. contra ●●rmen Agapitus to 〈…〉 Iusti●●● None on the earth higher than he 〈◊〉 ●ptatus ●●ove the Em●eror is none bu● only G●● 〈◊〉 ●●●e Emperor or as St Chrysostome l H●m 3. ad po● An●●● speaki●g o● t●e Emperor Theo●●sius Hee hath no eq●a●● upon earth the supre●me ●ead over al●m●● o●e●●th ●o now you P●p●● a 〈◊〉 Cardinalls of Rome and Lords and Commons ass●nding at Westminster what can you answer to t●e●e clouds of witnesses But if these may bee objected against what say you to a rule of Scripture is not the Word of God of more truth and therefore to bee obeyed rather than your Decretalls or Ordinances What! is St Pauls Precept out of Date with you Rom. 13.1 Let every Soule be subject unto the higher Powers Which is not meant of you ye Vsurpers of the Regall Throne but of a King of our King in whom God hath ordained and placed power both in Church and Common-wealth and in testimony that that is the meaning of the Holy Ghost in the fourth verse those higher Powers are thrice mentioned in the singular number as intimating that Precept commanded subjection unto one the King m P●● 13 ●1 1 Greg 〈…〉 33 ●● and forbade all resisting that one Hee is Gods Minister Hee beares not the sw●ra in vaine he is the Minister of God to thee for thy good if thou resist not but obey But a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evill Oh ye Lords specially proud C mmons surely ye have rejected this Scripture or do● 〈◊〉 it as Apochryphall other wis● ye would 〈…〉 thrust your Sickl● 〈…〉 ●mon 〈…〉 Religion and Law usurpe a preheminence above your King Have you forgot Saint Peters Rule I wi●l put you in minde of it 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit your selves to all manner of Ordinance of man for the Lord sake unto the King as unto the Superiour c. Submit your selves unto temporall Lords for the eternall Lords sake unto your King on earth for the King of Kings sake in heaven as Augustine very excellently Aug. in Psal 124. Which that ye may see yee are all bound to doe looke but upon that Scripture seriously without prejudice or partiality and you shall plainly discover it propounding and holding forth these certaine and undenyable arguments to enforce so much First Vide Pisc anal in locum for the Lords sake that so we may honour God who hath commanded this obedience Secondly that wee may avoid the punishments of disobedience to the Magistrate sent for the punishment of ill-doers v. 14. Thirdly that we may get praise and protection against the wicked by our obedience v. 14. to the praise of them a Rom 13.3 that doe well To the same purpose also looke with the same candid judgment upon that generall and substantiall foundation for obedience laid downe by the great Apostle of the Gentiles Rom. 13. and the first and I am confident that you will with me conclude that that excludes or exempts as neither Pope nor Priest so neither Lords nor Commons from obedience but absolutely damns indefinitely all in general and every one in particular that resist the King Let every soule c. Saint Chrysostome upon that place saith though an Apostle an Evangelist or a Prophet yet let him be subject to the higher Powers which Augustine Chrysostome and the best Ancients confesse and affirme to bee the King and so acknowledged by the Iesuite b Disp 10. in Rom 13. v. 1. Goran in locù Pererius and the Apostle enforceth all to this obedience by three Reasons First drawn from the efficient or procreant cause of government For there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God verse 1. Secondly drawne from the pernicious effect of disobedience Whosoever resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves condemnation or judgement v. 2. Third taken A beneficio from the benefit or profitable effect of obedience For hee is the Minister of God for thy wealth v. 4. Concluding that obedience is necessary v 5. Not onely for feare but for Conscience sake So againe the Apostle d Tit. 3.1 Paul layes downe his Apostolicall lesson to his s●nne Titus Put them in remembrance or admonish them that they bee subject to Princes or Principalities and powers and that they be obedient c. Nay indeed it is e The Beasts obey the Lion the birds the Eagle the fishes the Whale c. Cyprian de vanit Idol The Cranes have their Captain Natures theame to obey Princes and of this theame Grace is the Hypothesis Look upon the silly Bees the best emblemes of obedient Cr●atures painfull in their labour dutifull in

venerable name and great good of our Nation if not abused as it is now a Parliament Doe you ever hope to enjoy the joy and desire of each good Christians heart Truth and Peace under those who are enemies to both For if they were not enemies to the first they would not countenance such lying at best but equivocating double-sence bearing Treatises and Pamphlets to be published and stifle all other the writings of such honest men as would answer such false Propositions overthrow such principles and make the truth in Iesus Christ appear to the satisfaction of the whole world how your judgements are abused by these Imposters juglings If they were not enemies to Peace also would they hold up the sword still meerely to support thereby Rebellion-acquired Power over you their fellow subjects and to hold the King in his present Captivity contrary to the Law of Nature of Nations of this Kingdome yea of God himselfe who forbids resisting as you have heard proved much more restraining or imprisoning Kings Object Ah but you will say we have seen their late Declaration in which they satisfie us with the Reasons of their proceedings w●th the King and labour to possesse us with a beliefe that they are able to prove against him many soule Crimes before his comming to the Crowne and many tyrannous practises and oppressive enormities during his reigne Answ It is true indeed that they have beene very carefull that their Declarations should come to your hands for so they know they shall blinde you so that you shall not see their blasphemous Forgeries against a vertuous Prince and one as free from those crimes with which they seeme to charge him as the Sun●e is from darknesse or their owne s ules from hellish darknesse Were their accusations not false and malitious they would never suppresse imprison and declare those faithfull dispensers of the truth Traitors who desire to write in his vindication and take such speciall care that as few of such Books as discover their falsities shal come to sight but never to answer any of them for indeed they are unanswerable but by those their common Arguments the Axe the Halter the Goale or banishment If they would satisfie the world of the lawfulnesse of their proceedings let them if they can answer Dr. Ferne his Summary answer concerning Conscience satisfied of the unlawfulnesse and damnablenesse of their resisting and since imprisoning and deposing the King and disposing his Kingdome without yea against him Iudge Ienkins his Remonstrance the Plea for the Lords and Dr Huttons Divine Right of Government and if you my deluded Countrey-men desire rightly to satisfie your Consciences buy and read those Books and I beseech you as you desire not to bee more seduced and deceived read none of their licenced Books unlesse you are first satisfied that a free liberty is granted to any man that will to answer them for they are spells cast abroad to bewitch you into Rebellion and venemous principles prescribed by the State Mountebanks Walker Martin and others to poison your obedience and Loyalty If they would bee believed to have any reall charge against his Majesty Let them answer Master Simons his Vindication of the King or permit his Majesty to answer for himselfe by the assistance of such Secretaries and others that shall be needfull to helpe his memory and to do him such other service as shall bee requisite therein and let the writings and answers of the one side bee as freely published and perused as the Declarations Papers or Pamphlets of the other side in a word let the plaine letter of the Law decide the Controversie not the swo d and their wilfull Votes for what just sentence can be expected when they will be Iu●ges and yet are parties in the same matter If they shall deny this I have just cause to conclude that that Declaration of theirs and all other B●oks licenced by them have more venome in them to poyson the yet Loyall hearted and dis-unite the hearts of the Kingdome from his Majesty than vertue to salve up the breaches of this distracted Nation And my discreet Countrey-men will you betray so much levity and easinesse of beliefe as to receive that for solid matter which dares not endure the examination and tryall of a just reply No let it b●●sh all other impressions thereof from y●u but of hatred u●to such unrighteous practises and looke upon it as the bone and poyson of Aspes spot abroad to envenome your soules resolving never to believe more therein than themselves dare speake or utter● 〈◊〉 meane concerning the death of the King his Father and yet speake much more tha● they are able to prove Now if you desire to be armed with unmoveable resolutions and sufficiently fortified against the dangerous poyson and deadly venome of that their Declaration and all other their Pamphlets take next your heart the Antidote prescribed against the infectious Aire therof or a short Reply unto the Declaration of the 11th of Febr. 1647. But least you should not know how to furnish your selves with so Soverai●ne a Cordiall it being very hard to be got and yet not wholly un●urn●sh'd therof I have made bold for which I crave that worthy Authors and the wel-wishers pardon to transcribe so much of that Epitome of true hearted Loyalty as shall serve to our present purpose set forth in our Title Page A Briefe of the briefe Reply to the Declaration of the House of Commons We have read your Declaration and have thought good to give you this short account of those impressions that it hath left with us The death of the late King is we con●ess a matter indeed of a very high nature and though you are loath to express your selves therein yet it is not hard to discerne what thoughts you would thereby commend unto us But if you can clearely make good what you intend ●hy did you not speak it plainly If you cannot why do ●ou go about by malicious art to insinuate that which you ●e not able to make good Men that are under the power of others use indeed sometimes to speak timerous verities But where men armed with greatnesse and strength speake fearfully there the truth is in danger Can you thinke to perswade us that the honour of so great a King or his just power and Rights are to be layd u●derfoot upon surmises and uncertain conjectures whose grounds and foundations are rather in the apprehensions of men variable according to the va●iety of their affections then in the reallity of things or actions When events are liable to divers causes and those that have their residence within the breasts of men to fixe them upon one without any sound reason for the choice but because it appears mo t serviceable to our purposes is a fallacy of too open a collusion That wee should trust our judgements with it in so great a matter and therefore since you have proved nothing against his Majesty in