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No King but Jesus, or, The Walls of tyrannie razed and the foundations of unjust monarchy discovered to the view of all that desire to see it wherein is undeniably proved that no king is the Lords anointed but Jesus ... / by Henry Haggar.
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Haggar, Henry.
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againe they think it strange that we run not in the same excesse of riot with them and therefore speak they evil of us but let them know they shall give an account to him which is ready to jude the quick and dead 1 Pet. 4.3 4.5 Obj. But there are many Noble wise and prudent men in this Nation and most or all of the Kings and Princes of other Nations that take part with them and who dares say that they are such Answ. Most or all of the Kings Princes and nobles of the World are ignorant of the knowledge of God and of his great design and work that he hath to do upon the earth for had they known it saith Paul they would not have crucisied the Lord of glory 1 Cor. 22.8 And did those Princes and great men in our days know it they would not crucifie him in his members but as Christ saith These things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor me Joh. 16.2 3. And indeed the world by wisdom knew not God therefore saith Paul The wisdom of this world and of the Princes of the world comes all to nought 2 Cor. 2.6 But as for the wisdom of God that shall endure for ever he revealeth it to them that fear him and his Covenant is to give them understanding without respect of Persons Psal. 25.12.13 14 with James 1.5 And there is not many wise nor noble nor mighty that God hath chosen but he hath chosen the poor in this world rich in faith and heirs of his Kingdom James 2.5 and God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and weak thing of the world to confound the mighty and base things and things that are dispised hath God chosen to the end that no flesh should glory in his presence See 1 Cor. 1.26 27 28 29. Therefore saith Christ I thank thee Father Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight Luke 10.21 Thus having shown the reason why men salsly accuse us and speak evill of us as of evil doers I shall proceed to vindicate my self and others from the next reproach and slander namely that we are the false Prophets that shall arise in the last days and deceive many In answer to which I shall proceed in order thus First we will consider which are the last days in which they should arise Secondly how we may know a false Prophet from a true one And first I affirme that the last days in which the false Prophets should arise did begin in the time when Christ and his Apostles were upon the earth which is cleared by considering the world in its three Ages the first days of it being from the creation till the Flood and after till Moses by whom the Law was given the second days or middle age of the world being from Moses to Christ the last days from Christ to the end which days shall be shortned for the elects sake Now that the false Prophets did begin to arise when Christ was upon the earth and his Apostles is evident first from Mat. 24.4 5 where Christ warns his Disciples to take heed that no man deceive them 〈…〉 for many shall come in my name and say I am Christ and deceive many therefore those were the last days in which deceivers should come because he warned his Disciples then in the flesh not to be deceived Secondly that those were the last days in Scripture-Language appeareth Act. 2.16 17. in these words This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel that it should come to pass in the last days saith God I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh c. And this was then fulfilled Therefore these were the last days Thirdly the Apostle saith Heb. 1.1 2. God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake to our fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son c. Therefore those days in which Christ was in the flesh and spake to us the minde of his Father were the last days in which the false prophets should arise for saith Peter As there were false prophets among the people namely the people of Israel under Moses even so shall there be false teachers amongst you namely under the Gospel Fourthly that those were the last days in which false Prophets should arise and did arise is undeniable 1 Joh. 3.18 in these words where he speaks in the present time thus Little children it is the last time and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come even so now there are many Antichrists by which we know that it is the last time Therefore the false prophets and teachers did arise in those days and that out of the Church of Christ for saith the Apostle vers. 19. They went out from us and again saith Paul The mystery of iniquity doth already work 2 Thes. 2.7 And I know saith he that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you not sparing the flock And of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them Acts 20.29 30. Thus we see when the last days began and when the false prophets did arise and ever since that they have continued and increased in the world And without question the Pope may from hence well plead his antiquity and so his succession for I believe they might be in times past in the true Church at Rome for we see that false prophets and teachers had their rise out of the Apostolike Church in the Primitive times But there is another Prophecie to be fulfilled in these last days of all namely that Christ will consume and destroy them with the spirit of his mouth and the brightness of his coming 2 Thes. 28. this compared with Micah 4.1 2 3 4 5. in these words In the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it And many nations shall come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob and he shall teach us his ways and we will walk in his paths for the law shall go out of Zion c. And the Lord shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off and they shall break their swords into plough-shares and their spears into pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up a sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more But every man shall sit under his vine and under his fig-tree and none shall make them afraid For all people will walk every one in the name of his god and we will walk in the Name of the Lord our God for ever and ever These things shall come
NO KING But JESUS OR The walls of Tyrannie razed AND The foundation of unjust Monarchy discovered to the view of all that desire to see it Wherein is undeniably proved That no King is now the Lords Anointed but JESUS And the designe of God now upon the face of the earth is briefly laid open And the Rulers of the Nation with their present Power and Authority plainly proved to be of God and therefore ought to be honoured and obeyed by all men living under them Being considered in the following Particulars By Henry Haggar a servant of Christ and of the Commonwealth of England sometimes belonging to the Garison of Stafford Wo to the Crown of pride For the Lord of hosts hath purposed it to stain the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth Isai. 28.1 with 23.9 And behold a King shall reign in righteousness and princes shall rule in judgement Isa. 32.1 London Printed for Giles Calvert at the signe of the black Spread-Eagle at the west-end of Pauls 1652. To the READER Courteous Reader WHosoever thou art that lovest either peace or happiness here or hereafter To thee in all love I commend these ensuing lines with an earnest desire that thou mayst profit by them And to that end let me intreat thee to read and consider them impartially trie and measure them by that true Touch-stone and infallible Rule which is the Word of God ask him for wisdom to discern between things which differ and the Lord give thee understanding in all things The mark I chiefly aim at is to unfold the fraud and deceit of the man of sin and to lay open that mystery of iniquity in which he worketh by his instruments with all deceivableness of unrighteousness to deceive the hearts of the simple and to shew what Rights and Titles he doth falsly claim in these evil days and how grosly men mistake in giving him what is proper to God both in Church and Commonwealth I know thou canst not be ignorant of the great Change that God hath wrought in this nation in a few yeers for which cause many men do gnaw their tongues for anger and are ready to blaspheme the God of heaven being not afraid to speak evil of dignities and powers which are set up and established by God who pulleth down one and setteth up another whom he pleaseth And for want of knowledge in these things men perish as in the gainsaying of Korah being found fighters against God and are brought into the pit of destruction unawares to the ruine of body soul and goods Which things having been by me considered in some measure according to the understanding the Lord hath given me I finde my self in conscience bound and by love and pity constrained to speak what I know and am sure of to others having learnt it chiefly out of the Scriptures and somewhat by considering the times and the conditions of men in these days of danger and peril in which so many make shipwrack of faith and a good conscience I therefore am bold to present these lines to the view both of friends and enemies by which I shall discharge my duty towards God and man in some good measure and shall be at peace in my self when I know I have not hid my talent in a napkin nor kept back any thing that might be profitable to my country-men acquaintance amongst whom I live But it may be some will say that it is too weighty a piece of work for me to meddle with I should have left it to some wise and learned men that are better able to distinguish between things which differ To which I answer What I have done well was not too hard for me to do Secondly it hinders none of the wise and prudent of the nation that fear God from doing more Thirdly these are the days in which God is pleased to chuse and make use of foolish and weak instruments in the worlds account to confound the wisdom of the wise and to bring down the strength of the mighty and to bring to nought the understanding of the prudent and if God make choice let Men take heed how they refuse Therefore courteous Reader let not the weakness of the instrument cause thee to slight any thing that may be profitable but what is agreeable to truth and sound Reason receive in love and what is contrary reject And thus with my unfeigned love to all that wish themselves happiness I rest being ready to serve them in all things lawful and convenient to the utmost of my power Henry Haggar The EPISTLE To the SAINTS in the order of the Gospel with all that truly fear God Grace Mercy and Peace be multiplyed to you through the knowledge of God and our Lord and Savlour Jesus Christ Dearly Beloved SEeing it is the portion of the Saints and children of God living in this generation especially in this our Nation of England to partake of such great mercies from God our Father and from our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ as to live under such Rulers and that the Lord hath set over us such in Authority as are for the praise of them that do well and for the punishment of evil doers so that under them we may live a quiet life in all godliness and honesty It is therefore expedient that we and all that truly fear God should labour to walk worthy of these mercies and to shâ—w forth our thankfulness by our obedience both tawards God and those men whom he hath set over us that so the Lord may still delight in us and rejoyce over us to do us good and to bless us with all manner of blessings both spiritual and temporal that we being thus delivered from all our enemies may serve him that hath wrought this great deliverance for us without fear in holiness and righteousness all our days walking as his children blameless and harmless without rebuke in the midst of a crocked and perverse Nation shining as lights in the world holding forth the pure word of life Therefore I exhort you and every of you professing godliness in sincerity in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ and by the mercies that we have received from him and by him from God our Father that we may with all diligence labour and exercise our selves as our beloved brother Paul hath given us an example Act. 24.15 16. to have always Consciences void of offence both towards God and towards man And for as much as we believe with him the resurrection of the just and unjust and the eternal judgement that shall be at the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Iesus christ Seeing we look for such things let us consider what manner of persons we ought to be in all holy conversation and godliness looking for and making hast unto the coming of the day of God knowing that we which patiently continue in well doing shall then receive the reward of righteousness which