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A77739	A confutation of the Anabaptists, and all others who affect not civill government; proving the lawfullnesse of it: and a full answer to all their cavills, that are, or can be made against it. With a nut-cracker for an unnaturall nut, whose shell is as hard as the scales of Leviathan, and the kernell of his heart as hard as a piece of the nether mill-stone, Iob 41.15.24. yet the hammer of Gods word that breaketh in pieces the rocks, Ier. 23.29. will break this nut, that all may see the devillish kernell that is in it. Also arguments against the Anabaptists, proving that infants borne of Christian parents ought to be baptized: with a full answer to all their cavills that are (or can be) made against it. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1644 (1644)	Wing B530; Thomason E51_20; ESTC R209932	98,225	89

peace the protector of righteousnesse and the avenger of innocency then he is unworthy to live in a Common-wealth that is an enemy to such government But here some will object that Princes in all ages some have been carelesse of their charge committed to them to foresee dangers to prevent them giving themselves to earthly delights and slothfully minding nothing else and others addict themselves to their game and so set to sale all lawes and priviledges judgments and grants other some spoyle the poore communalty of money to spend it wastefully and prodigally other some exercise more robberies pillaging of houses deflouring of Virgins murdering of Innocents so that no image of God is seen upon them that ought to shine in Magistrates nor no token of the Minister of God is seene in him which was given for prayse to the good and for vengeance to the evill Now men naturally abhor tyrants and love their lawful Kings then what shal poore subjects do in such a case I answer Inferiours are to submit to the governement of such Princes although Pinces do not that which pertaineth to them but they goe beyond those bounds which the Lord hath set them yet it will not follow that we may sin against them because that they sin against God saith Peter Fear God and honour the King And ye servants be subject to your Masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thanke-worthy if a man for conscience towards God endure griefe suffering wrongfully 1 Pet. 2.17 18.19 Wee ought to observe the providence of God who disposeth of all Kingdomes and setteth up Kings as it pleaseth him see Dan. 2.21 Although Nebuchadnezar was a wicked man yet saith Daniel the God of heaven hath given thee a Kingdom vers 37. And saith the Lord I will give Nebuchadnezar the land of Aegypt for his good service and the spoile thereof shal be the wages of his Army Ezek. 29.19 20. And King Saul was a cruell tyrant see 1 Sam. 8.12 Yet the people are not freed of their obedience to him and saith the Lord I have given the earth to whom it seemed meet unto me and the Lord hath power to do what pleaseth him Psal 115.3 And he made the earth and man and beasts upon it then it followes I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezar King of Babylon and all Nations shall serve him Jer. 27.5 6 7. Thus you see God will have this tyrant to be honoured And David said to Abishai concerning the King destroy him not for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anoynted and be guiltlesse and another time saith he God forbid that I should do this thing unto my Master the Lords Anoynted so David stayed his servants with these words suffered them not to rise against Saul 1 Sam. 24.6 7.26.9 And we ought to have a reverent esteeme of them as wives to their husbands and as children to their parents for the King is worth ten thousand of us 2 Sam. 18.3 The breath of our ●ostrils is the Lords Anoynted Lam. 4.20 Then they that curse the King bu● in their thought a bird of the ayre shall carry the voyce and that which hath wings shall tell the matter Eccl. 10.20 Then are we unmercifully tormented by a cruell Prince or are our goods spoyled by a covetous and a ryotous Prince and are we neglected by a slothful Prince and are we vexed for a godly life by a wicked Prince then our duty must be to call to remembrance our sins which are scourged by that scourge of the Lord and by humility bridle our impatience and let us call to mind that it belongs not to us to remedy such evills it is only our duty to crave help of the Lord in whose hands are the hearts of Kings and the bowing of Kingdomes to his will He is a God who standeth in the assembly of Gods and judgeth among the Gods Psalm 82.1 And all Kings shall fall before him and all the Iudges of the earth shal be dashed in peaces like a potters vessell that will not submit to the Lord and kisse his Anoynted Psal 2.9.12 Yea woe be to them that decree unrighteous decrees and that turne aside the needy from judgment Isa 10.1.2 God reproved Kings for his peoples sake and suffered none to doe them wrong Psal 105.14 Yea he hath broken the bloody Scepters of proud Kings and overturned their intolerable government yet I say although God may justly correct their unbridled government by his owne revenging hand yet let us not think that we may do so which have no commandement given us but to obey and suffer this I speake concerning private persons Now it may be demanded of some that in case the chiefe Magistrate shall thus tyrannize over his people whether other Magistrates may not defend them and withstand this tyrant in the Cause of God I answer with Master Calvin Instit 4.20.31 If there be at this time any Magistrates for the behoofe of the people such as in old time were the Ephori that were set against the Kings in Lacedemonia or the Tribunes of the people against the Roman Consuls or the Demarchi against the Senate of Athens or as it is with us the three Estates in Parliament holding the principall Assemblies saith he I am so far from forbidding these to withstand the outrageing licentiousnesse of Kings that I affirme that if they winke at Kings wilfully rageing over and treading down the poore Communalty that their dissembling is not without wicked breach of faith because they deceitfully betray the liberty of the people whereof they know themselves to be appointed protectors by the ordinance of God And saith he in the 8. Section no kinde of governement is more blessed then this where liberty is framed with such a moderation as it ought to be and is orderly established for continuance and so I count them most blessed that may enjoy this estate and if they stoutly and constantly trav●ll in preserving and retaining it do nothing against their duty yea the Magistrates ought with most great d●ligence to bend themselves hereunto that they suffer not the liberty of the people of which they are appointed governours to be in any part diminished much lesse to be dissolved but if they be negligent and carelesse therein they are faith-breakers and false in their office and betrayers of their Countrey and the very thinking to bring in any other change of government is not only foolish and superstitious but also very hurtfull Then would any bring in Monarchical government let me tell them that it is seldome seene that Kings so temper themselves that they will never swerve from that which is just and right Again they are not alwaies furnished with so great a sharpnesse of judgment and wisedome that every one seeth so much as is sufficient for every thing therefore the wants that are in single persons are cause sufficient

of Christ doing the will of God from the heart with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men Ephesians 6.6.7 For we must be subject not onely for wrath but for conscience sake Romans 13.6 Yet not as bringing the conscience under any humane power but as in obedience to Gods command who is the onely Lord of Conscience he saith Let every soule be subject to the higher powers Verse 1. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it bee to the King as supreame and to Governours sent by him 1 Peter 2.14.15 And we honour and reverence them as the Deputies of God for the powers that be are ordained of God their place is Gods Ordinance Vers 2. He saith By me Kings reigne and Princes decree justice by me Princes rule and Nobles and all the Judges of the earth Proverb 8.15 16. All Princes Iudges and Magistrates beare the name of God as being cloathed with his authority GOD standeth in the Congregation of the mightie and judgeth among the Gods I have said yee are Gods Psal 82.16 Also we reverence them from Gods command which saith Feare God and honour the King 1 Peter 2.17 Yea we must feare God and the King not with a slavish but with a filiall feare My sonne feare thou the Lord and the King Prov. 24.21 Thus we are highly to esteem of civill government for as the breath of our nostrills is the Lords anoynted Lam. 3.20 And when David would goe forth to war himselfe the people answered Thou shalt not goe forth for if we flie away they w ll not care for us neither if halfe of us dye will they care for us but now thou art worth ten thousand of us 2 Samuel 18.2.3 So then our lives and states and all wee have is not too deare to doe him service Now such a one is a faithfull Christian and a loyall Subject but because some are like the unjust Iudge who neither feared God nor regarded man Luke 18.4 Yet they would bee thought to be faithfull Christians and loyall subjects therefore to make them manifest I shall first shew negatively who they are not and then I will endeavour affirmatively to shew unto you who they are First they are not that prophane blaspheming ●rout that cling about his Majestie who in their common talke dare Jehovah to his face to damne and sinke them to the pit of Hell but can these that are enemies to GOD and to themselves bee either faithfull Christians or loyall Subjects it is impossible Such as these saith the Prophet being in any straight as when they are hungrie they will curse their King and their God and looke upward Isaiah 8.21 And did not those many of them at the fight at Newburie breath out their last breath blaspheming GOD and cursing their King but as they love cursing so let it come unto them as they cloath themselves with cursing like as with a garment so let it it come into their bowells like water and like oyl● into their bones Psal 109.17 18. But although these men sweare yet faithfull Christians and loyall subjects feare an Oath Ecclesiastes 9.2 They know that because of swearing the Land mourneth Jeremiah 23.10 They tremble at that flying rout that is sent into the house of the thiefe and into the house of the swearer to cut them off Zechariah 5.3 Neither dare they curse the King no not in their thought for a Bird of the ayre shall carry the voyce and that which hath wings shall tell the matter Ecclesiast 10.20 It is written that thou shalt not speake evill of the Ruler of thy people Acts 23.5 Then those that cannot keep their tongues from swearing and their hands from stealing declare plainely how they despise civill government and those Lawes that should restraine those cursed practises these licentious sonnes of Belial who seek to overthrow civill government by violence But I shall bee more brief in the rest because J am but in the Preface Secondly the Romish Clergy or the Prelacy are enemies to civill government who exempt themselves from under their power and not onely so but they seek to take the power from the Magistrates to themselves and so to make them their vassalls their cavills I have answered distinctly in this Booke Thirdly the Antinomians and Familists are enemies to civill government who seek to overthrow the eternall Law of God on which the civill Law is built now if these men take away the foundation whereon all our Lawes are built what doe they else in this but seeke to overthrow all civill government that they may more freely satisfie their licentious affections Fourthly the Brownists who call themselves Independent there bee many Sects of them since Browne first breached that Schisme some follow Smith some Iohnson some Robinson some Ainsworth but they all dash one against another and all excommunicate themselves from the Church of Christ and suith Pager three or four hundred Brownists have brought forth more Apostate Anabaptists and Arrians sometimes in one yeare than ten thousand members of the Reformed Dutch Church in Amsterdam hath done in ten years though tempted by seducers as much as any others of this he was an eye-witnesse being then and there a member of the Classicall Assemblies see his Epistle to the Arrow against the Brownists They deny that Magistrates should have any hand in Religion or the worke of Reformation they affirme that Christian Princes and Magistrates have no more to doe in or about the Church than Heathen Princes but here they intrench upon civill government denying Caesar his due thus they would have civill government lessened or limited The Popish Clergy they would have civill power removed from the Magistrate to themselves prophane people would have it connived at in respect of themselves and Antinomians seek the violation of it by accident in seeking to make voyd the Morall Law of God Yet my purpose in writing this book was not to meddle with any of these but as they set upon me in the pursuit of those grand enemies of civill government which are that wicked generation of the Anabaptists these are they to whom I chiefely bend the whole drift of my disputation as being absolute enemies to the essentiall being of civill government It is neither conniving nor limiting nor removing that will serve their turnes unlesse they have an utter extirpation of it so then all the rest doe some way or other dash against civill government but these are professed enemies to it Hence I conclude that none of these are the men whom I intend when J say they are faithfull Christians and loyall subjects Now J answer affirmatively that those faithfull Christians and loyall subjects are those people that are faithfull to Luthers Protestation and to Calvins Jnstitution the first of these was the originall cause from whence the name of Protestants did first arise for when Luther did first renounce that strumpet of Rome he caused them

matter whereto we swear for God may not be brought for a witnesse to a lye 2. It must be in truth according to the mind of him that sweareth without fraud or deceit and with intent to performe that truly which he promiseth thereupon Secondly we must sweare in righteousnesse which also respecteth two things first the thing sworn to that must be just and lawfull and according to Gods word secondly the conscience of the sweater for a man must not sweare for a trifle although the thing be true but either by authority of the Magistrate or upon some necessary cause of his lawfull calling and against this vertue do those sinne that sweare usually in their common talke though the thing be true for trifles and light matters are not a just cause of an oath Thirdly we ought to swear in judgement that is he that sweareth rightly ought to know the nature of an oath and be able to judge of the matter before whom and to whom and of time and place and other circumstances and for his owne person he that sweareth ought to see in his own conscience that he is fit to take an oath and thereby to worship and glorifie God for he that sweareth aright ought to have his heart smitten with feare and awe toward God as in all other parts of his worship Deut. 10.20 The feare of God and swearing are joyned together therefore a prophane man that hath no feare of God in his heart ought not to sweare this may suffice our Anabaptists concerning the lawfull use of swearing especially that oath of Allegiance to Princes wherein they are bound in subjection to Civill government which they despise and so much for their first objection against the lawfull use of Civill government Their second objection they say that subjection came in with sin but say they Christ hath taken away sin and therefore he hath taken away subjection also Againe they say that man in innocency was to rule over the fish in the sea the fowels of heaven and over the beasts on the earth and all creeping things but not over man Gen. 1.26 But after the fall Eve is put under subjection to Adam Gen. 3. To this I answer that there be two kinds of subjection the first is servile the second civill the former is the subjection of a slave or vassal who is onely to seeke the proper good of his Lord and Master the latter is that whereby one man is subject to another for the common good the first of these came in by sin but the second was before sin even in innocency and so Eve was subject to Adam in innocency and the Apostle argueth thus Let the woman be subject to the man for shee was taken out of man for the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man neither was the man created for the woman but the woman for the man 1 Cor. 11.8.9 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection I suffer not a woman to usurpe authority over the man for Adam was first formed then Eve 1 Tim. 2.11.12 13. Now this was in their innocency that the woman was taken out of man that Adam had the priority in creation woman was made a help meet for man Ge. 218. Therfore she was subject in the time of innocency Again in the time of innocency it was s●●d increase and multiply therfore by the light of nature there is a plain distinction between the father and the sonne the one to rule the other to obey therfore obedience is due to Magistrates Again they mis-alledg that place Gen 1.26 because it was spoken not of man alone but of all mankind which comprehends aswell women as men for all mankind without exception had dominion over the vest of unreasonable creatures and for the second place Gen. 3.15 He shal rule a●d thou shalt be subject this is not spoken as if ruling subjection were not before the fall but because now subjection is joyned with feare griefe and sorrow this is that curse that came in by sin and was not in innocency for then subjection was delightfull and full of pleasure So then subjection it selfe is not a curse but as feare and griefe and sorrow are joyned with it then let us make our subjection to Magistrates a pleasure and so the curse is taken off and we shall enjoy the blessing promised Ephes 6.2.3 Thirdly they object that every beleever is in the Kingdome of Heaven even in this life and further they say in Heaven there is no King but God therfore beleevers are to be subject to none but God and Christ I answer there be two kinds of Government upon earth one is spirituall and inward this is called the Kingdome of Heaven that is within you which standeth in righte usnesse peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Rom. 14.17 In regard of this government of Christ there is no difference of bond and free Master and Servant Father and Sonne for all are one in Christ Gal. 3.28 But the other is actuall Government wherein orders and distinctions of men must be maintained as some must be Princes some must be Subjects some Fathers some children some Masters some servants hence every man ought to sustaine two persons and is to be considered first as a believer and a member of the Kingdome of Christ thus he is equall to any beleever and any beleever is equall to him Secondly he must be considered as a member of the Common-wealth wherein he liveth thus he is either a Superiour or an Inferiour so then their reason were to some purpose if every beleever were only in the Kingdome of Heaven but every one that liveth here is also a member of some Common-wealth so that he must either be a Magistrate to rule others or else hee must be subject and obedient to others whom the Lord hath appointed to rule them Fourthly they object that civill Government is full of cruelty which having the sword in their hand they destroy the bodyes and soules of offenders in not giving them time of repentance and therefore is intolerable among Christians I answer Moses and the Levites by Gods commandement flew 3000. of the Israelites for worshipping the golden Calfe and never gave them space to repent Secondly malefactors that are not moved to repentance under the sentence of present death there is little hope that ever they will repent although they had longer time allowed to them Thirdly Gods wisedome and commandement must take place of mans reason but he commandeth that the malefactor should dye that thereby the evill may be taken away then better it is that one should be destroyed then unity better that one be removed then a multitude by the contagion of his example should be infected therfore civill government is necessary and ought to be obeyed Fiftly they object many places of Scripture such as these Gal. 5.1 Stand fast in the liberty wherin Christ hath set you free from

in the Kingdome of their Father Math. 13.41 42 43. Then wars shall cease when there shal be none in that Kingdome that offends but these offenders must be in the Church till the very judgement day at the end of the world The Angels which are the Reapers shall take out those tares that did offend and cast them into hell fire then shall the second Adam restore to the Saints all the creatures in their first perfection after that they are purified by fire at that day the Saints shall inherit all things and not before For the first Adam by sin brought vanity and corruption upon all the creatures but at that day the creatures shal be purified and purged from their vanity and corruption and then restored to the Saints alone so they shall remain for ever for the Second Adam wil restore againe to the Saints all that they lost and not as they are now corrupted cloathed with vanity For the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me saith the Lord Isa 66.22 Of that Kingdome there shal be no end Luke 1.33 Now because the Church shal be pestered with many enemies till the day of judgement the sword of the Magistrate is necessary to keep down the seditious stirs of unquiet men which trouble all Kingdomes with violent oppressions and hainous evill doings then Magistrates ought to defend them that are troubled and to preserve the lawes discipline with purity which is the only means to regulate such wicked men to better obedience shall Theeves that rob a few be punished and shall they suffer whole Countreys to be spoiled with robberies so then the chiefe Magistrate is not only to suppresse private injuries with judiciall punishments but also must defend with war the Dominions committed to his charge against any forraign invasion whatsoever and such wars by the testimony of Scripture in many places are lawfull Thirteenthly they object that in the new Testament is neither witnesse nor example which teacheth that war is a thing lawfull for Christians I answer the same rule that was to the Jewes remaines still for Christians and there can be no cause to the contrary why Magistrates should not now defend Christians aswel as they did the Jewes Secondly we should not look for a full declaration of these things in the writings of the Apostles for their purpose was not to frame a Civill State but to establish and to settle the spirituall Kingdome of Christ Thirdly if Christ had intended that wars should end at his comming he would have said to those Souldiers which demanded of him saying what shall we doe Luke 3.14 I say his answer would have been this cast away your weapons and utterly withdraw your selves from war but he shewes no dislike of their being Souldiers only he counsels theat to be content with thear wages and to doe violence to no man yet by the way I approve not of every light-occasion to be ground sufficient to goe to wars unlesse they be driven to it by extreathe necessity For as Cicero a heathen man said our going to war should tend to peace for war should be sought onely when no other meanes will procure peace Lastly they ought not to goe to warre upon any private affection but as they are sensible of some injury dōe to their Kingdome which they are charged to keepe in peace for if any private affection should move them for wars they abuse the power committed to them which was not given them for their owne Commodity but for their Kingdomes benefit thus they may use Garrisons and Fortifications to defend the borders of their Countries and if any trouble arise they may joyne their Forces together to suppresse the common Enemy which would spoile their Kingdome which they are charged to keepe in peace and safety The Apostle compares the fight of faith that spirituall combate the child of God 〈…〉 corruptions to the bodily fight with open enemies to the Church of Christs which shewes the lawfulnesse of wars undertaken by Christians for defence of their Religion now the good souldier must give himselfe wholly to it and strive lawfully and he shall be crowned 2 Tim. 3 4 5. And we read of rare Christians that were Souldiers the Centurion had souldiers under him and yet he had such a saith the like was not found in Israel Mat. 8.9.10 And Cornelius was a devout man and a Captain of the Italian Band and he had devout souldiers under him Acts 10.1.2.7 And Paul was guarded by a Band of souldiers Acts 23.23.24 We read that Gog and Magog will compasse the Campe of the Saints Revel 20.8.9 But what shall not this Camp of Saints resist them I saw the Beast and the Kings of the Earth and their Armies gathered together to make war against him that sate on the horse marke and against his Army and the Beast was taken Revel 19.19.20 But what was this done without any fight did this Army of Christians and this Camp of Saints stand all for cyphers You shall see Ierusalem compassed about with Armies Luke 22.20 And there shall be warres for all these things must come to passe Mar. 24.6 It is spoken indefinitely that if one King goe to war with another they ought to withstand him if they be able Luke 14.31 As we would doe against a thiefe and not suffer our house to be broken up Mat. 24.43 saith Christ I came to send fire on the earth it is already kindled Luke 12.49 I came not to send peace but a sword Mat. 10.34 Then he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one Luke 22.36 And resist unto bloud Heb. 12.4 Then those that thinke their lives too deare for Christ and his Gospell are unworthy of either Mark 8.35 ill members both to Church and State Hence we may gather that if this be so then Tributes and Taxes are lawfull Revenues for Princes which they may chiefly imploy to sustaine their common charges of their Office and likewise use to their private Royalty and honour of their Princely state and dignity as wee may see by the examples of many holy Kings in Scripture which according to the State of their persons which they did beare were sumptuously maintained of the common charge and we read in Ezek. 48.21 That there was a very large portion of land assigned to the King c. Yet again Princes should remember that their treasure chambers are not so much their owne private coffers as the Treasuries of the whole People therfore saith Paul For this cause pay we tribute for they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing to execute wrath upon him that doth evill and he is the Minister of God to thee for good render therefore tribute to whom tribute is due Rom. 13. So then they may not prodigally waste and spoile what they are betrusted with for if they doe it is manifest wrong to the people nay it is no