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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	earth_n	son_n	4,137	5	4.7586	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86930	The magistrates charge, for the peoples safetie. Laid open in a sermon, preached before the right Honorable House of Peeres, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, at their late solemne monthly fast, May 26. 1647. / By William Hussey, Minister at Chesilhurst in Kent.	Hussey, William, minister of Chiselhurst.	1647 (1647)	Wing H3818; Thomason E389_7; ESTC R201521	33,273	53

men the advice to Kings is to understand their owne condition in reference to Christ If any strive with Christ for prerogative it is likely to be Kings many Kings have usurped such power over the people of God as is due only to Christ nay few men of power have rightly understood their owne condition in reference to Christ which thing is here required of Kings least they be broken in peeces That Kings and all such as act as Kings in the execution of humane Law Doct. must understand what their owne condition is in respect of Christ and act according to that understanding That is they must firmely adheare to this as an undeniable principle that they must receive the Gospel as the commands of Christ so as Christ doth require them without any limitations restraints or circumstances arising from their own wills Now for the rule of our understanding the principles of Christianity are contained in the word of God by which wee must regulate all our knowledge as it is speculative Thomas Aquin. 22.47 6. 〈◊〉 habet in operabilibus sicut princeptum in speculativis what Principles are to our understanding that ought to be our end in practice so wee must make it the end of all our actions to walke by Principles contained in the word of God what is grounded on the word of God that wee must firmely adheare to in matters of Religion we must take all argumments that are against Scripture from nature bonum publicum advancement of the Gentry freedome of the Subject honour of the Lords prerogative of the King to be the sophistications I told you of against which Kings ought to confirme themselves by continuall meditation on the word of God and actuall consideration of of their owne condition in respect of Christ Reasons why Kings and such as act by supreame Authority must know that Christ is their King as indeed he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords 1 Tim. 6 15. and act as his Subjects Nay their Lord and they must obey his commands as comming from his will without any concurrence of our wills are three First the commands of Christ have the sanction or penalty of eternall condemnation annexed to them that shall be inflicted on the transgressors which no power on earth can resist the power and strength of any Authority is in the sanction where men can ratifie commands with small penalties the transgression is lesse terrible and the command lesse absolute therefore is the power of a King nothing in comparrison of Christs Feare not him that can kill the body Luk. 12.4 and after that hath no more that he can doe but Christ can doe more he can render vengeance in flaming fire on them that knowe not God and obey not the Gospel of Jesus Christ 2 Thes 1.8.9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord See men must obey the Gospel of God or suffer eternall punishments and this reacheth to Kings as well as others this Gospell must be obeyed it is the command of Christ Mat. 28 ●0 goe teach whatsoever I command you Secondly Kings must know themselves absolutely under the commands of Christ because he can execute his owne Lawes by his owne power if he could not execute his Lawes without the consent of Kings then their consent were necessary but he doth not governe as the Kings of the earth doe by a consenting partie having no naturall but morall power over their wills they can incline them by acts of love and with the helpe of the consenting party move the dissenting by acts of terrour Pro. 14.28 In the multitude of the people is the Kings honour his power is naturally resident in their persons politiquely in their union that is kept and preserved by Lawes prudentially by his virtuous adhearing and acting by those Lawes But God and Christ that sitteth at the right hand of God ruleth by his owne power as in the same argument it doth appeare the Psalmist doth not say he will bring Angels from Heaven though a few of them would quell all the power on earth but the Son shall doe it himselfe with the rod of iron in his owne hand and the Prophet telleth us his owne arme shall rule for him Esay 40.10 God can worke upon the hearts of men physice immediately upon the will and make them that worke deceitfully doe his worke Ier. 48 10. they that doe the worke of God deceitfully shall have a curse for their labour but the worke shall be done though they thinke not so God maketh them act what they meane not Esay 10 7. yea contrary to their meaning Thirdly Kings must understand their owne condition in relation to Christ that nothing of their owne will must enter into much lesse sway their actions of Religion if they doe sway their Religion by their owne wills their Religion then is nothing else but policy and that will make God angry laugh them to scorne disappoint their purposes and breake them in peeces I told you before that Christian Practice must make Christian Principles the ends of all their actions they must professe Religion to honour Christ and not themselves to doe the minde of Christ and not their owne wills it is plaine if once Princes use Religion to other ends then the glory of God they understand not what Religion is what Christ is what they are and then they may quickly anger him and ruine themselves He that sinneth against God wrongeth his owne soule Pro. 8 36. This was Jeroboams Religion when he was newly made King over ten Tribes by revolt from Rhehoboam 1 King 12.27 It was in commune bonum for the publique good of his Kingdome that his people should be kept from going up to Jerusalem to worship where Rhehoboam their former Lord from whom they had revolted reigned Jeroboam said they will kill me and returne to their Master all the world would have judged this a wise act in Jeroboam but by this meanes he changed the sacrifice and the Priesthood which was his ruine Jeroboam would make Religion stoope to his honour and safety and by it displeased God for which his Posterity was rooted out This was Absalons Religion 2 Sam. 15.7 he meant to get the Kingdome from his Father but asked his Father leave to pay his vow which he had vowed to the Lord in Hebron You see Absalon sought to promote himselfe under the pretence of Religion and prospered accordingly but I come to the Application Use of information that Kings that understand not themselves the servants of Christ are mistaken in their intellect though in respect of the goodnesse and kindnesse of God wee are brethren to Christ is friends and all favour is conferred on us yet must the greatest of the Princes of the earth acknowledge themselves so under him that his wrath kindled against them will be their destruction that their duty is to respect and