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A86729	Digitus testium, or A dreadful alarm to the vvhole kingdom, especially the Lord Major, the aldermen, and the Common-Councel of the City of London. Or a short discourse of the excellency of Englands lawes and religion. Together, with the antiquity of both, and the famous Kings that England hath had to defend both the religion and the laws against the heathen Romish emperours, and against the Romish power, under Popes. With the several plots the Popes of Rome have used against the Kings of England, to throwe them down, and how of late he hath prevailed against the magistracy and ministery of England, his new designes, and manner of progress: together, with a serious view of the new oath or ingagement, with 22. queries upon the same. And also objections made against the non-subscribers thereof answered. Let the ingenuous reader take so much pains, as to read that incomparable peece of vindication of a treatise of monarchy by way of discovery of three main points thereof.	Hall, Henry, d. 1680, attributed name.; Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687, attributed name.	1651 (1651)	Wing H339A; Thomason E621_13; ESTC R206419	34,005	37

in so doing whether we do not approve of their cutting off the King throwing down the House of Lords and casting out all the Covenant-keeping Commons with the rest of the Covenant keeping Officers in the Kingdom hereby contracting the guilt of Blood Treason and other foul Enormities to our selves by being partaker in other mens sins which David Psal. 1. bids us neither to sit with nor stand with nor walk with not to have the least communion with Object But is objected by the ablest of them from Rom. 13. 1 2. That that the Powers that be are to be obeyed let them be what they will be if they are in being they are to be obeyed because they are the Ordinance of God Ans. The Apostle layeth this Command upon Subjects not to rebel against the visible Supream Authority this the Engagers hold to be the sence of the Apostle if so then hence we draw this Argument Whatsoever subiects shal Rebel against a visible supream Authority they resist the Ordinance of God But an Army and other subiects in contradicting the Votes of the two Houses cutting off the King and pulling down the house of Lords Rebel against the Supream Authoritie Ergo Here is an Argument ad hominem so that the Apostle seems to tell us that usurping powers are not the Ordinance of God but the resisters of the Ordinance of God and therefore by their own Arguments the present power is rather to be dealt with as resisters of the visible Supream Authority then obeyed or acknowledged for Supream As for that of Christs acknowledging Caesar 't is well known the Case is far different from ours for the Roman Emperors had conquered Iudea many years before and the whole Nation became Tributary to the Romans the Supream Authority of the Iews acknowledged Caesar to be their King We have no King but Caesar and they had for a certain Tribute compounded with Caesar which Tribute money Christ forbids them not but commands them to pay if the Iews will Covenant with Caesar Christ bids them not break Covenant with Caesar and this is all and how far is this from our Case Iesus Christ is a great enemy to usurpation and so much abhors that Christians should subject unto it especially under the Gospel that he cals it Devil worship Revel 13. 4. Subjecting to a Tyrannicall Government is called the worshiping of the Devil Verse 1 2. the beast arising out of the Sea i. e. the Ecclesiastical State meaning the Pope the great Independant or the world verse 2. to whom the Devil the Dragon gave his seat and power and great authority The Dragons seat before Constantine was the Emperial Throne seated at Rome this the Devil gave the Pope and why is it said the Devil gave him his power and seat but because he got it in the Devils way by lying Covenant-breaking Rebellion against their Leige Masters the Emperors and his murthering and dethroning of them and usurping their authority This usurped power of the Pope verse 3 the world wondered after that is yeelded subjection unto acknowledged his soveraignty and Verse 4. and they worshiped the Dragon how so the next words tell you he gave power to the Beast The Romans did not and the Roman Catholiques did never absolutely professe themselves worshipers of the Devil but in as much as they worshiped an usurped Power a Power gotten by Treachery Rebellion murther and deceit they worshiped the Devil This Text holds out two clear Truths 1. That there are Powers which are not of Gods setting up out of the Devils setting up 2. To subject to such usurped power is subjection to the Devil and as odious in the sight of Christ as worshiping of the Devil Object Kings were ordained in wrath and God was angry with Israel for desiring a King Ergo Kings are not the government approved by God Sol. To this we answer in a word to the Engagers who upon this ground reject the government of Kings 1. God did not give the office of a King but the person of a King in wrath for when God took away the person he continued the office 2. He promised to Abraham that Kings should come of him 3. He that denyes the office of a king denyes Christ who is a King and denyes the established Government in the form of it by God in the Church since Adam 2. God was not angry with them simply for seeking a king but 1. for their manner of seeking a king they would seek one in the pride of their heart onely to be like other Nations 1 Sam. 8. 5. their hearts were hankering after not only to be like other Nations government but their Religion ● For that they sought a king inordinately they could not be content with a government that was over them but had an itching discontented humor against the present visible government They made a remonstrance that their Judges were unjust therfore they would be no longer subject to them v. 5. this God is angry at For Subjects to reject or indeavour to change the government of a kingdom or to overthrow the visible lawfull Authority upon dislike of the Government is a God-provoking sin let the Ingagers look to it The supreme Powers are onely disposed of by God Doubtlesse they might have prayed to God in his due time to fulfill his promise Gen. 16. of giving them a king for Israel never came to the high noon of Reformation and glory till kings were set over and that was in Solomon at which time the Church and State of the Jews flourished beyond all things before or since so that in praying for a king in order to the glory of God the accomplishment of his promises and the good of his Church it had been no sin but for the people of their own heads mutinously and in opposition to a visible Authority to desire a king this was a great sin Ob. If Gods providence order such things we must submit to providence and revealed decrees of God lest we be found fighters against God Sol. To this we answer there are the decrees of God and the commands of God we speak of them now as contra-distinct things quo ad nos The precepts or revealed commands of God in his word are the unquestionable rules of Christians at all times whereby to regulate all their actions against which no providence nor necessity can prevail so as to dispense with those Laws or precepts we mean morall precepts such as are naturally moral not morall barely by institution for such a morall differs nothing from ceremoniall except in duration such morall precepts in extremâ necessitate may be dispensed withall as to help an ox out of a pit on the Sabbath day which is a labour and toil and simply a breach of the Sabbath yet in regard of the necessity it gives a dispensation or rather the Law dispenseth with it But as for morall commands which are such by nature they are indispensible rules except in the case