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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29628	The original of plotts, or, Some seasonable reflections upon the late horrid fanatick conspiracy in a sermon preached at St. Maries in Dover, on Sunday September 23, 1683 / by James Brome ...	Brome, James, d. 1719.	1684 (1684)	Wing B4859; ESTC R37479	17,435	30

rebuking St. Peter for rashly using the Sword was a plain discountenancing such unevangelical principles the sufferings of all the Apostles and primitive Martyrs are a sufficient comment upon the doctrine of our Saviour in this particular and in short Erasmus was much in the right when he lays down this for one of the greatest of Truths Nulla haeresis perniciosior c. No heresy is more pernitious then this doctrine of Resistance the whole Stream of Apostolical Men running quite counter to it both in their principles and practises So that till men learn to be more peaceable and quiet more submissive and obedient less mutinous and refractory less censorious and seditious till they leave off pleading conscience for not doing that which a Gospel-conscience tells them they are obliged to do and never take up Arms raise any insurrections or confederate in any private leagues or associations against their Governours let them list themselves in what Congregations and Church themselves in what Assemblies and pretend to what measures of Saintshipp they please I darr assure them if the Gospel be true that they are not yet enroll'd in the Catalogue of Gods true Saints who never as yet held up one hand in adoration to God Almighty and with the other rebell'd against and endeavoured to murder his Anointed Thirdly nothing is more destructive to the peace and wellfare of all humane Society then such damnable Plotts and Conspiracies against Government With what pleasure do men enjoy all the Fruits of their labour and live with the greatest satisfaction under their Vines and their Figg-trees where these common Incendiaries do not set Kingdoms in Flames On the other side where these get the upper hand what Massacres and Murders what Blood and Rapine what Ravages and Sacrilege do immediatly ensue No respect then to Persons no reverence to Gray Hairs no tenderness for Children no piety for Infants no compassion to the most lovely and charming Flowers of beautifull youth it self The Streets shall be fill'd with the dreadfull Spectacle of mangled Carcasses and the Skyes rent in sunder with the bitter cryes and Ejaculations of poor Widows and Orphans whose dearest Relations have falln Sacrifices to revenge and cruelty the Rivers shall be Dyed with Purple Gore and the Air become infected with the contagion of the slain the most stately Cities shall be disrob'd of all their glory and the very Woods and Mountains of the Countrey shall want caves and receptacles for wandring Exiles and Pilgrims Nobility is then no barr against oppression and Birth and Family do but at that time make the condition more deplorable nor will Sacred places meet with better usage then any other and will prove but very weak Asylum's and insignificant Sanctuaries to those that have been employed therein 't is no news then to behold the abomination of desolation standing in the most holy place and the House of Prayer made in the most literal sense a Den of Thieves and it will be less matter of wonder for a fat Benefice to become a crime and witness too against its Incumbent and he to be voted unorthodox that is worth the plundring That this is all Romance or but barely speculation I wish our late unhappy times did not fully contradict but alass we then so dearly experienc'd the mischiefs of Sedition and what direfull consequences ensued when the Rebels were in the Saddle that the least apprehension of such dismal revolutions may reasonably affect as at the greatest dread and horrour and the burnt Child may justly fear the Fire a second time Fourthly All Plotters are to be reckoned the very worst sort of sinners they are the wicked with an Emphasis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by way of Eminency Hence the sins of rebellion and stubborness are by God himself rank'd in the same File with those horrid and crying sins of Witch-craft and Idolatry Nay they are rather the worse of the two because they who are guilty of them feldom or never blush for that guilt and have any inward Checks or remorse of conscience for the commission of such crimes they can swear without perjury because an Oath obligeth not in the Imposers sense but in the Takers they can Rebell without Treason because Kings being only the Peoples Creatures 't is lawful to unmake what themselves Created and they can Kill without Murder because what the Word cannot the Sword may lawfully do For there is such a strange kind of bewitching infatuation in Rebellion that it many times so far imposeth upon their Reason as to make them believe themselves innocent when they are Devils Incarnate or hellish Agents walking in humane shapes This was very evident in the Regicides that suffered for the Barberous Murder of that Glorious Martyr Charles the first their eyes were so blinded even to the very last that they could not see their Errour but justified what they had done with so much boldness and pertinacity as if they had seen a Vision of Christ holding forth to them a Crown of Glory for their perseverance in their Villany and the Scotch Rebells were so far from being sorry for their Crimes that they cry up that Rising for a very meritorious Act and Canonize the chief Ring-leaders at Pentland-Hills for Martyrs And it is to be heartily wish'd that they who lately suffered for their too apparent Treasons had died with a deeper sense of them then they are apprehended to have done Again Rebellion and Disobedience are much the worse sins because as it hath been truely observed by a Reverend and Learned Divine they are Luciferian Crimes sins which can never attend men to Heaven having brought down the Angels of Heaven to Hell There are some sort of sins such as Drunkenness and Whoredom however Damning that the Devil cannot possible commit but Envy and Malice Shism and Sacrilege Hypocricy and Rebellion and Intoxicating Pride are peculiar to him and they are the Devils sins so properly that they are properly called Devilish in men or Christians where ever found And as these of all sins are the most diabolicall so they are the most damning which is very evident from the terrible emphasis and force St. Peter puts upon the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2. 9. saying of them who despise Government that they are chiefly or more especially reserv'd by the Lord unto the day of Judgment to be punish'd And certainly then it will be to great a hazard for a Christian to be so fool-hardy as to venture his immortal Soul in the point of Resistance upon the bare assurance of Mr. Bridges or any of his Frye that St. Pauls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 13. 2. signifies only a Temporal Mulet and not Eternal damnation without Repentance Let none then who know themselves guilty of these damning sins value themselves a rush the more because they can boast with the proud Pharisee I am no Extortioner Adulterer Drunkard or the like for as Rebellion is a sin

have been promoting the true interest and wellfair of the Nation These are the men who with lift up Eyes and sanctified Lips call God a Thousand times to witness the Integrity of their Hearts and the Loyalty of their Intentions whilst upon pain and perill of another Meroz-Course they were secretly calling out the People to the help of the Lord to the help of the Lord against the Mighty Nay whilst they were solemnly protesting with the most bitter Asceverations both in their Pamphlets and Discourses against all Protestant-Plotts and Associations against the Government they were even at that time more eager and hott upon the Sent of it Thus whilst they were wheadling us into a good Opinion of their Actions they were then at work with the most Hellish Contrivances and the Saints in the Conventicle prou'd Devils in the Caball For King and People were there appointed as Sheep for the Slaughter and Church and State both design'd a Sacrifice to their Cruelty and Revenge And what Malice so implacable what Rage so inexorable as Fanatick Rage Nunc Cinna pius Cinna Sylla Marius and Catiline were men of Mercy to these Maugre all their Republican Principles and Massacres at Rome and even Turks and Infidels had these mens villanys succeeded would have abhorr'd their very memories as the prodigies of Humane Nature and a shame to all Mankind But God who sets bounds to the Tempestuous Waves of the Sea and saith Hither shall ye go and no further hath put a Hook into the Nostrils of our Republican Leviathan's and hath as yet stopp'd them in their Career by discovering their Conspiracy and though the Wicked plotteth against the Just and gnasheth upon him with his Teeth yet God who sitteth in the Heavens shall Laugh him to Scorn for he seeth that his day is Coming The Greek word in the Septuagint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which we translate plotteth is more significantly rendred by the Latins Contra jus fas superstitiose observat which implies an illegal and unlawful or any overcurious and even superstitious observing and taking notice of and misconstruing the Actions of another to his detriment and prejudice a prying so far into them as to be able to Obviate and Countermine them and hinder them from pursuing those ends to which they were directed So that the malicious design of the wicked against the just which David seems to decipher is this That he is still making it his business privately to do the Righteous Man the greatest mischief by misrepresenting his Actions to the Publick by taking such malicious Courses and Methods against him as may render his life very Dangerous and Vneasy And from the Words thus explain'd I shall branch out my Discourse into three Heads First To shew you that it hath ever been the fate of all Virtuous and good Men to be Exposed to the malitious Plots and Contrivance of wicked Miscreants Secondly I shall consider from what Grounds and Causes such Plots and Contrivances doe most usually proceed And Thirdly I shall deduce such practical conclusions as may bee sufficient to deterr men from such vile and infamous practises First For good and virtuous men to be exposed to the Malitious Plots and Contrivances of those that are wicked hath ever been an hard fate which hath attended them in the World 'T is no new thing for Religion to meet with opposition from such Persons whose passions and interests are inconsistent with it Christian Religion wee know is the most Rational and Excellent Institution that can be imagined it lays a great restraint upon the passions and bridles all irregular and disorderly affections it limits mens unbounded and extravigant desires and puts them off from all base and unworthy projects and pursuits it teacheth them to be just and honest simple and open candied and upright in all their Actions and would have them to be as innocent as Doves though it allows them likewise the wisdom of Serpents and where these are not the visible effects of its Holy Doctrine and Precepts it meets with a very strange Reception and Entertainment in the World For where men once give up themselves to the conduct of their passions and indulge themselves entirely in all the common prejudice of Humanity where they Sacrifice to their interest as the greatest of all Deitys and measure all Religion by complying with such a party or adhering to such a faction or espousing such an interest if Religion do in such cases exert its vigour and zeal to beat down such palpable Irregularitys amongst such People it shall be sure to be censured and dealt withall as an enemy because it is resolved so fairly to tell them the Truth And hence arise evil thoughts and false surmizes and wrangling debates and perverse disputings by men of corrupt minds who turn Faith into Faction and Religion into Rebellion and all Government must bee Abolish'd that is not of their Mold and all Humane Appointments Abrogated that are not stamp'd with their Mark and if Governours will not be huff'd out of their Authority by their demands then all their Actions must be immediately misrepresented to the Croud and the People must be forthwith harangu'd into mutiny and sedition and Plots and Arms must be the last refuge of the Saints to set up Christ's Kingdom in opposition to Caesars That these have been the proceedings for some years in this Kingdom I think none so great a Recluse to be ignorant of at this day for who ever more persecuted by seditious Boutefeus then our most Gracious King What ever more harast'd by Factious Spirits then our Apostolical Church Was not our Sovereigns Restauration very wonderfull and Miraculous and hath not God attested his care and protection over him ever since that time by such a series of Deliverances as might convince his Enemies one would think that he is above the reach of their malice and the very darling and favourite of Heaven it self And yet for all this have they not taken all advantages to stuff the Pillow of his Crown with Thorns and to make the Throne totter and become uneasie to his Majesty Did not an ungratefull Absalom endeavour to steal away the Hearts of his People from him whilst a false and trecharous Achitophel did form and marshall them into Clubbs and partys against him Did not the railing Shimeis and bawling Rabshakah's of the party endeavour to blast his reputation with his Subjects whilst the canting Sheba's by blowing the Trumpet of sedition did Alarum them all into another Holy Warr And whilst they were conjuring up such Hurricanes against the King was not the Church to be involv'd in the same general calamity and both his and the Churches Friends doom'd to the same portion of sufferings under which for so many years together they had once so foundly smarted Alass these tender-hearted and purely conscientious Persons could by no means away with the harmless Rites of the Church but were preparing their Swallows again for its