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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30816	The necessity of subjection asserted in an assise-sermon preached in the Cathedral Church at Sarum, July 17, 1681 / by John Byrom ...	Byrom, John.	1681 (1681)	Wing B6408; ESTC R2657	11,598	34

be thought as averse in their Principles as the never-to-be-united Poles of Heaven shall we therefore Exalt moving dirt for man is no better to the Soveraignty of God and vest it with a power which is the sole prerogative of Omnipotence God as he is the Creator and Preserver of men hath a just and unquestionable Dominion over them and this his Dominion he in part transfers to Soveraign Princes that order might be preserved in the world and that the Inhabitants thereof might lead a quiet and peaceable life in all Godliness and Honesty 1 Tim. 2.2 The Crowns which encompass their royal heads are the entire gift and donative of Him who is encircled for ever with an eternal Crown of glory and this is most plain from our Apostles words which alone confound these Babel-builders and break in pieces all their Arguments There is no power says he at ver 2. of this Chapter but of God the powers that be are ordained of God whoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and again v. 4. He beareth not the Sword in vain for he is the Minister of God And inasmuch as Corah and his Seditious followers rebel'd against their lawful Governour it is said by the Holy Ghost that they were gathered together against the Lord Numb 16.11 which plainly intimates that Dominion is founded and established by God he accounting this Faction against Moses his Representative as form'd against Himself and it is further confirm'd by that Heavenly wisdom which cannot err Prov. 8.15 16. By me Kings Reign and Princes decree Justice by me Princes rule and Nobles even all the Judges of the earth Seeing then the Authority of the lawful Magistrate descends from the Soveraign Lord of all things how can the Violators and Opposers thereof be excused from the monstrous crime of lifting up the head against him that gave it and making an assault upon the very Godhead do they not in effect rebel against Heaven it self who rebel against Him whom Heaven has set up the anointed of the Lord is not Magistracy according to our Apostle's express words an Ordinance of God and therefore sacred and inviolable not to be blasted by venemous breath or to be touch'd by the unhallowed arms of Sedition If the sons of Faction and Disloyalty would weigh and ponder this if they would consider as they ought the Divine original of Government they would soon discern the necessity of Subjection Opposition against the lawful Powers upon earth for from Him their Authority proceeds being level'd at a distance against the greater one in Heaven II. The necessity of Subjection will further appear from the Doctrine and Practice of Christ and his Apostles although the Holy Jesus is the great and everlasting God God blessed for ever yet like the meanest of humane Race he subjected Himself to the Dominion of men although he had the immortal Scepter of Heaven and an immarcessible Crown of endless Glory yet he yielded submission to the frail Scepters and the fading Crowns of the earth witness the whole course of his life which he led with so much Meekness and Obedience that his implacable enemies the Jews could not find whereof to accuse him The Pharisees in particular endeavoured to ensnare Him in this matter and therefore as flatteringly as insidiously say Master we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in Truth neither carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the person of men St. Matt. 22.16 Thus by giving him the specious Title of Master and such soft and pleasing words which in their opinion might be grateful unto him they thought to induce him to speak as they would have him i. e. Factiously for under this fair Covert disguising a black and villanous Design they demanded of him whether it was lawful to pay tribute to the Roman Emperour unto which having seen a peny which by their confession was stamp'd with Caesars Image he gave this unexpected but loyal reply Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto God the things that are Gods St. Matt. 22.21 But to make the matter unquestionable when himself was demanded Tribute the imposition whereof is an evident token of Soveraign Authority and the payment as evident a token of Subjection he refused it not but wrought even a miracle to do it at last drawing nigh to his mournful death the Sun of Righteousness being to set in blood he gave a never-dying instance of his peaceable Submission the occasion was this he being apprehended by a multitude of People which Judas brought a multitude armed with Swords and sharper Revenge St. Peter in the heat of his Passion drew and with an unhappy success cut off the High Priests servant's ear the Holy Jesus resented this unlawful action so much that he sharply and severely rebuked him for it and plainly told him that they who without deriving any Authority from him that bears the Sword will yet presume to use it shall find it fatal to their own ease and quiet they shall fall themselves by it and further continues he Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father and he will presently give me more than ten Legions of Angels St. Matt. 26.53 Cherubim and Seraphim and all the mighty host of Heaven were entirely at his Devotion and Command and yet that He might give no colour or umbrage of opposition he called them not to his Assistance and so being brought before Pontius Pilate he neither disclaim'd nor opposed his Authority but was obedient in the highest degree obedient to the painful and infamous death of the Cross. Now our Saviour that was thus submissive hath left these commands upon Record Learn of me St. Matt. 11.29 and very often follow me St. Matt. 4.19 St. Luke 5.27 from whence there is an indispensable necessity to follow his example and he being obedient to the supream Magistrate the same indispensable necessity lies upon us to be obedient also In his steps did his Primitive followers afterwards tread as is evident from what is Recorded of them by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles and by Ecclesiastical Writers I shall instance at present but in one namely St. Paul both because he was the Penman of my Text and likewise brought up in a Religion that discountenanced 't is true all manner of Rebellion but it was of a warm Spirit He as it is recorded in Acts 9. was Converted to Christianity by the miraculous appearance of the Blessed Jesus his journey to Damascus becoming to him the way to Heaven after which his happy Conversion he gained many Proselytes to the Christian Faith confounding the obstinacy of the stubborn Jew the Philosophy of the learned Greek and the strength of the powerful Roman but amongst all that he acted or spoke in order to bring them to the obedience of God he never utter'd a syllable that countenanced their disobedience to man For an orderly subjection to the Powers on earth