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A07368	Religion and alegiance [sic] in two sermons preached before the Kings Maiestie, the one on the fourth of Iuly, anno 1627. at Oatlands, the other on the 29. of Iuly the same yeere, at Alderton / by Roger Maynwaring ... ; by His Maiesties speciall command.	Maynwaring, Roger, 1590-1653.	1627 (1627)	STC 17751.5; ESTC S123212	43,779	94

should bee glorious from East to West Secondly They did obiect That Christian Religion was the Mother of Impurities And for This they may thanke a certaine Sect of foule and Nasty Hereticks who stil'd themselues by the name of Gnosticks from the skill they● did professe as the onely knowing men aliue There was saith Epiphanius in the Liues and Mysteries of these Monsters who did notwithstanding arrogate vnto themselues the Christian Name such vnspeakeable wickednesse as did send forth that noisome Sauour which did Inuolue the whole Christian Name in Infamy Tertullian calls them the Ouerthrowers of Candlesticks and thereupon committing in the darke most detestable and vnspeakeable Polutions which in their Putride Language they termed The Paying of that due debt they owed vnto the flesh which common Modesty can find no Art to expresse without doing violence to Chaste and Christian Eares Of this foule Staine caused by these odious Hereticks to the Professors of the Gospell the Authors speake in effect thus much The Flagitious and hainous Liues of such Miscreants masking vnder the Christian Name did open the petulant and vnbridled mouthes of Heathen men to stampe the note of perpetuall shame vpon the Christian Religion and to make the world beleeue as if She had beene the Mother of incomparable and vnspeakable Impurities Which vgly blot once laid vpon the Christian Name soone fled both farre and wide Till at last the splendor of the Christian Liues and inuincible verity of their Doctrine did so preuaile and triumph so victoriously ouer the Liues and Tongues of all her Enemies that no man ever after durst so much as barke or hisse at our Profession The third Imputation That Christan Religion was a seditious Doctrine and did containe dangerous Principles and such as were aduerse to the Imperiall Crownes and dignities of Kings and Princes And this the Deuill did Intending thereby to defeat that famous Prophesie of Esay where it is said Kings shall be thy Nursing-Fathers and Queenes thy Nursing-Mothers And also to Incense and Irritate that Power which is best able to Suppresse or to aduance it knowing right well himselfe being a Prince of the Aire and a King ouer all the Children of Pride the iust and naturall Ielousie that is in Earthly Potentates ouer their Roiall Dignities and Prerogatiues and that their Sacred Spirits are auer ready to be raised against al that shall lift it selfe vp against their Irresistable Power This weapon was first framed and sharpned too against the Lord himselfe Him haue we found say the Iewes subuerting the Nation and forbidding to pay Tribute to Caesar And likewise in that Intangling Question and Tempting Probleme Is it lawfull to pay Tribute to Caesar But Hee cleered the Point and that most fully with his owne Deed and Doctrine both By his Doctrine when he said Reddite quae Caesaris Caesari For by naturall Iustice hath Caesar a Right vnto and a Portion in that which beares his Image and Superscription and which from his Authority alone receiues Price and Valuation So by his owne Deed when he sent the Apostle Saint Peter to the Sea to fetch Money by Miracle out of the Mint of the Fishes mouth rather then He would giue offence or let Caesar bee scanted of his Right And this our Blessed Lord did with that Readinesse not expecting any Parliament at Rome or in Iudea to bee first assembled Nor had Caesar at this time any Warres in hand the whole world being then at Peace Remarkeable it is That Christ Iesus our Lord who might and that iustly haue arraied himselfe with the Glory of all the Kingdoms in the world Taken all thei● did nor would doe The habit of all Regency was in him the Exercise hee would not haue So vnmeet a thing He thought it was for Him who came to this end to bestow vpon them heauenly to take from Kings their earthly Crownes Tribute therefore receiue He would not but Pay he would And no sooner was He demanded but to make himselfe exemplary to all his Race Pay hee did And for denying so to doe his pleasure cleerely was That neither Himselfe nor His should euer suffer And therefore Pay it he saith for Me and Thee Briefly then to finish this Point we may resolue That Christian Religion was neuer the cause of any dangerous Sequale Crosse or Calamitie to any Common-wealth nor was it euer preiudiciall but aduantageous to all States and Kingdomes while it had all due Reuerence done vnto it But if the Arke be irreuerently handled it may bring a Plague vpon the Philistims Christian Religion neuer taught any Vntruth or perswaded any Impuritie or vncleane thing but the Contrary For by it are Men called not to Vncleanesse but to Holinesse And that Grace which came downe from heauen teacheth to deny all Vngodlinesse and worldly Lusts and to keepe themselues vnspotted of the world and that vnder the Paine of that eternall Losse of Heauen and of that intollerable Sense of Hell-fire For no Whore monger nor Adulterer nor any vncleane person shall haue any Inheritance in the Kingdome of God or of Christ For without shall be Dogges and Sorcerers and Idolaters and whatsoeuer loueth or maketh a Lye Nor did Christian Religion euer teach Men to bee Wolues within and Sheepe without to be Deuils within and Angels without Noe to Hypocrisie it giues a Portion where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth To Vaine-glory no better Recompence then the Praise of Men for Amen dico vobis saith our Lord They haue their Reward All they shall haue they haue alreadie It is that they Loued and looked for they haue it and though it be as much as nothing yet let them expect no other Christian Religion neuer taught any Soule that thought it selfe tied by This Oath of God to deny Subiection or Obedience to any lawfull Soueraine But euen to the most Impious Infidell and Idola●rous Princes such as were Nero Iulian Dioclesian yea to such as pursued as well their Persons as Profession with implacable Rage and intolerable Torments Christian Religion euer taught Christian men euer performed and beleeued themselues euer tyed by this Oath of God so to doe most willing Obedience notwithstanding all the bitter and Inuectiue Eloquence of her most learned and subtile Enemies to perswade the contrary For this learned they from Christ the head of their Race who taught it with his owne Mouth Did it his in owne Person when he said Giue that for Mee and Thee Thus did his Followers as they had learned of him and so they Taught Saint Peter that was sent to teach the Iewes 1 Pet. 2. 13. Saint Paul who was inioyned to preach vnto the Gentiles Rom. 13 not only preacheth this Point but presseth it with Arguments fetch'd from Gods Ordinance from Mans Conscience from Imperiall Wrath Vengeance from that

conceiue That where the reason of Perswasion is more sacred there the Transgression is more vile and finfull TO fall then vpon the Text God is the Author of all Power of the Being of the deriuing therof vnto Men of the Care and Prouidence ouer it of the Obedience done vnto it This Care is manifested in his Word his Word is the seed of all Religion Religion the Root of all rightly informed Conscience Conscience the Mother of Allegeance Allegeance the Mistresse of Obedience Obedience the Way of Life saith Saint Gregory For no sooner are we rendred to the Paths of our Obedience but we are set vpon the Borders of Eternall Life That God therefore who by Religion brings vs to Obey them that Raigne ouer vs by Obedience shall bring vs also to a Crowne if with Conscience to his Commandement wee performe the same And that in regard of the Oath of God And that in regard of the Oath of God THe Interpreters on this Text are diuided into two Regiments 1 Some say That here is meant the Oath of Religion 2 Others the Oath of Allegeance Both are great and Sacred And first If the Oath of Religion bee here meant then God is a Partie and so it is Iuramentum Dei not onely a great Oath as Omnia Dei magna for so all Oathes are Iuramenta Dei But for that God is the most high and Sacred Person to whom we by solemne protestation impledge our selues Secondly If the Oath of Allegeance be vnderstood there God is a Witnesse and an Vndertaker both And so this is the Oath of God too and a great Oath wherein God becomes a Witnesse that we haue Sworne and an Vndertaker for vs that wee shall performe Faith and true Allegiance to his Anointed King Howeuer we take it It is a Reason and t●e Reason is Religion and religiously to be obserued Obedience therefore is the Conclusion intended and Religion the Reason represented to draw on the Conclusion The whole matter of this Part of the Text may be resolued into foure Points First to consider what Religion is and wherein it doth consist Secondly what Power and Property it hath to perswade Obedience to God and the King For as a Reason it ought to Perswade men as a Vertue Morall men as a Religious Vow Religious and Deuout men to Obedience Thirdly what Obiections haue beene framed against her and what Aspersions haue beene cast vpon this Queene of Graces by a world of Enemies whose endeuour hath euer beene not onely to Traduce her Fame but to suppresse her very Being Fourthly what Regard All in whom there is as yet any Impression of this Vertue of Religion ought to haue that they cause not the Name of God to bee blasphemed nor the way of Truth to bee euill-spoken off by pretending Religion as a Reason to perswade Rebellion or Disobedience in any wise to Supreme Authority FIrst What Religion is God who by his Will Goodnes and Power is the Author and Cause of all Things the same God by his Prouidence is the End for which they were Created For he Created all things for himselfe This Prouidence is two-fold The first is termed Naturall which some euen of the wiser Gentiles did acknowledge One of them saith That impossible it is that so huge a Frame as this Worlds compasse is should stand without some speciall Guardian to protect and ouer-looke it And that Nature saith another which workes vnder the command and moues at the instance of the First and most Vnderstanding Agent driues at some End which it desires and labours to attaine and vnto which it is secretly and vndiscernably guided by that Supreme Mouer who sets all the world on wheeles Saint Augustine calls this kinde of Prouidence a close and hidden Gouernment of Things in Heauen aboue and Earth beneath For by This saith he The Night exchangeth with the Daie The Sunne by daie the Moone and Stars by night doe take their turne By this the Earth as Center stands the Waters flow vpon the Surface of the Earth the Ayre like oyle doth flote vpon the waters By This all Liuing things doe breed increase decay and fall to dust againe By This doe Angells flie to doe his will and Man doth haste vnto his worke By This the Fields are till'd and bles't with fruitfull increase Arts and Sciences are learned and Cities Nations and Societies of men are setled and preserued in Peace and Order The Second kinde of Prouidence is that which is called Morall distinctly guiding Reasonables both Men and Angels ●o such seuerall Ends as their deliberate and willing Actions may with Iustice bring them to Which Prouidence morall doth mainely depend vpon the dispensation of diuine Graces and those Supernatur all Motions Eleuations and Directions heauenly that may render Men to their last End and chiefest good Of all which Religion is the maine For it is not onely a Sacred and diuine impression whereby the Vnderstanding Part is possessed with most high and peerelesse Thoughts of God and the Part affectiue rapt with Admiration of that Glory and Excellency that shines in him But also a Binder that Ties and Confederates our Soules to God For though nothing that we can Doe or Say Promise or Sweare Vow or Protest addes any farther Right giues any other Title vnto God whereby to challenge other Soueraignty ouer vs then what originally he hath Yet doe our Religious Vowes and Oathes adde and that very much to our Obligation vnto him Religion is the Belt or Girdle that doth claspe the Soule to God And many waies doth this Religion tie vs. In Baptisme by a Vow whereby at our first Entrance we doe in expresse and solemne manner Impledge our Soules to God and voluntarily resigne and sweare our selues to his Seruice with a Protestation to renounce all contrary Powers In the Sacrament of the Altar are we tyed by a diuine Indenture sealed with the Bloud of Christ. To his Word are wee tyed by Faith To his Promises by Hope And by Loue are we ingaged to his infinite Goodnesse By Gratitude to his Benefits By Fidelity to his Couenant And by Iustice to that excellent Glory that shines in him And not only doth our Religion bind vs vnto God But from many other things are we Tedered by this Oath of God Humane Lawes Shame Disgrace and Feare of Punishment the hope of obtaining our wished Desires may tye and often doe manacle our Externall Actions But to the very secret Thoughts and most inward Cogitations Religion is a Curbe The Hands it tyes from Violence the Tongue from speaking the Eare from hearing Blasphemy Slander or Detraction the Eyes from beholding Vanity the Heart from euill Thoughts the Head from wicked Imaginations the Feet from running swift to vile Excesse On all these Religion laies a most sweet and easie yoake And beside all these Religion praies it Adores and falls low before his Footstoole