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B21048 A discourse about civil government in a new plantation whose design is religion written many years since by that reverend and worthy minister of the Gospel John Cotton ; and now published by some undertakers of a new plantation for general direction and information. Davenport, John, 1597-1670. 1663 (1663) Wing D358 18,893 30

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Lord in some measure through fellowship with Christ to serve God and men in holiness and righteousness all the dayes of their lives 2. That these Saints by calling being in Church-Order according to Christ's appointment are in Covenant with God and one with another whereby they are most strictly bound to do faithfully whatsoever they do to God or men 3. That by virtue of this Order they are bound to mutual helpfulness in Watching over one another Instructing Admonishing and Exhorting one another to prevent sin or to recover such as are faln or to encourage one another and strengthen them in well-doing Thus are they bound in a threefold Cable unto all Faithfulness in all things to God and Man The like assurance cannot be had in any other way if this course be neglected Argum. 6 The sixth Argument with which I will conclude that I may not weary you with Reading as I have wearied my self with Writing shall be taken from The Danger of devolving this Power upon those that are not in Church-Order From whence the Apostle would have men to be affrighted 1 Cor. 6.1 Dare any of you having business against another be judged under the unjust and not under the Saints The Danger therefore that is to be feared in reference to the Chrrch is The disturbance of the Churches Peace when Power shall be put into their hands who being of worldly spirits hate the Saints and their Communion and being of the seed of the Serpent John 15.18 Gen. 3.15 Zech. 3.1 Revel 12.7 are at enmity against the seed of the Woman and being Satans instruments who is the God of this World are resisting and fighting against Christ his Kingdome and Government in the Church 2. Adde hereunto The Danger of corrupting Church-Order either by compelling them to receive into fellowship unsutable ones or by imposing upon them Ordinances of men and worldly Rudiments Col. 2.22 23. or by establishing Idolatrous Worship or by strengthning Hereticks in subverting the common Faith as those Arrian Emperours and Idolatrous Kings and States have done of which we reade so many instances Secondly the Danger to be feared in reference to the Civil State is 1. The raising of Factions to the disturbance of Publick Peace whil'st some Magistrates out of the Church watch their seasons to strengthen themselves against those that are in the Church till they have wrought them out of Office and Power in the Civil State and in the mean time what other can be expected from such unequal mixture in State Dan. 2.42 43. but that they should be as the toes of the fe●t of Nebuchadnezzar's image which were part of iron and part of clay they should be partly broken and partly strong and not comfortably joyn one with another as iron cannot be mixed with clay The second Danger to the Civil State will be A perverting of Justice by Magistrates of worldly spirits through Bribery respect of persons unacquaintance with the Law of God and injuriousness to the servants of God But I must break off lest I grow too tedious How easily might I adde the Consent of all Nations to this Truth in some proportion who generally practise accordingly In our Native Countrey none are intrusted with managing of Publick Affairs but Members of the Church of England as they call them In Holland when the Arminian Party had many Burgomasters on their side Grave Maurice came into divers of their Cities with Troops of Souldiers by Order from the States Generall and put those Arminian Magistrates out of Office and caused them to chuse onely such as were of the Dutch Churches And in Roterdam and I think it is so in other Towns the Vrentscap who are all of them of the Dutch Church and free Burgers do out of their own company chuse the Burgomaster and other Magistrates and Officers In all Popish Countreys and Plantations they observe it strictly to intrust none with the managing of Publick Civil Affairs but such as are Catholicks as they speak and of the Roman Church Yea in Turky it self they are careful that none but a man devoted to Mahomet bear publick Office Yea these very Indians that Worship the Devil will not be under the Government of any Sagamores but such as joyn with them in Observance of their Pawawes and Idolatries That it seems to be a Principle imprinted in the mindes and hearts of all men in the equity of it That such a Form of Government as best serveth to Establish their Religion should by the consent of all be Established in the Civil State Other things I might adde but I hope enough hath been said for Defence and Confirmation of what I have affirmed touching this matter If you remain unsatisfied I shall desire that you will placidly and lovingly and impartially weigh the Grounds of my judgement and communicate yours if any remain against it in writing For though much writing be wearisome unto me yet I finde it the safer way for me Now the God of Peace and Truth lead us into all wayes of Peace and Truth to the Praise of his Grace through the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Way the Truth and the Life To whom be in all things the Preheminence and Glory and Praise Amen FINIS ERRATA Page 8. line 17. for the State read that estate Ibid. for that read and. p. 11. l. 27. read and having