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justice_n	great_a	king_n	lord_n	8,214	5	3.8032	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85584	Great Britans [sic] vote: or, God save King Charles. A treatise seasonably published this 27th. day of March, the happy inauguration of his sacred (though now despised and imprisoned) Maiesty. Wherein is proved by many plaine texts of Scripture, that the resisting, imprisoning, or deposing our King, under what specious pretences soever couched, is not onely unlawfull but damnable.		1648 (1648)	Wing G1670; Thomason E431_26; ESTC R202345	36,900	55

circumspection care counsell and continuall vigilancy they are preserved in peace and prosper in plenty and whether we did not enjoy all blessings which Subjects could hope for under His Majesties reign before this Parliament set themselves to pull him downe I leave all English men that are not prepossessed with prejudice to Monarchy and partiality to a side to judge what a condition we have been since in too sad experience can testifie Oh then my deare Countrey-men let no Theudas herein deceive you or any Iudas of Galile who in the dayes of the Tribute drew away much people as a Acts 5.37 Gamaliel speaks delude you for hee perished and all that obeyed him and as our Saviour said of them so I may say of this Nation in this matter except ye repent of this sinne you shall all likewise perish b Aug. in lib. i● Rom proposit 7 2 Augustine saith If any one thinke Imposts Tribute and Honour ought not to bee paid to the King hee falls into a great errour c B Aretii Com. in 13 Rom. v 7. Aretius saith We owe them by right if we doe not pay them we offend against the rule of Iustice Nay to pay them is necessary for all as the same Aretius there unlesse they would be deprived of their Fortunes Wealth and Wellfare Therefore pay it truely and doe it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men not grudgingly as if compelled by necessity but cheerefully and voluntarily in humble testimony of your hearty fidelity love and loyalty But to them that challenge immunity from the performance of these publique Debts of Tributary duties to their Liege Lords and Kings I may say as Dioclesian to the Philosopher Thy Profession differs from thy Petition thy Profession teaches thee to give Caesar his due and not to robbe him of his right Bishop Latimer calls such Theeves that rob the King of his due debt Subsidies Tribute or Taxes Rather imitate that d Ambros con ra Aux●● 〈◊〉 quaest 1. Can si tribistum Ambrose the famous Bishop of Millan who teacheth thee a better Lesson If the Emperour demand Tribute wee doe not deny it the fields of our Church shall pay Tribute If the Emperor demand the fields hee hath power to challenge them let him take them I neither give them nor deny them in no case arguing obedience in ordinary or extraordinary exactions agreeing fully with Luther e Luth. in Matt 22.21 If thy substance body or life should be taken from thee by the Magistrate thou maist say thus I doe willingly yeeld them unto you and acknowledge you for ruler over mee I will obey you but whether you use your Power and Authoritie well or ill see you to that For Kings must one day give account of all their workes to the King of Kings and if they have abused their Power by Tyranny Cruelty or any bad Government an hard judgement f Wisd 6.5.8 shall such have that beare such Rule for then abides the sorer Triall as the Sonne of Wisedome speaks The power is from God the abuse of it from themselves and they will finde it when God and it calls them to reckon The Chain of gold is not made the worse because an Harlot weares it about her neck it is g Luth. in Mat 2● 21 Luthers comparison in this case so still Kings must be obeyed for Conscience sake if not commanding contrarie to Gods Commandements Let us with these follow the steppes of faithfull Fabricius of whose fidelity Pyrrhus boldly speakes Difficilius Fabricius a legalitate quàm sol a suo cursu verti possit Let the Sunne first turne from her Course than we from the course of Loyall Obedience and Allegiance alwayes remembring that Christian saying of that martyr h Ignarepi●●● 2. d Magn●sianos a Ignatius No man ever lived unpunished which lifted up himselfe against his betters superiours his Princes disobedience brings Infamy disgrace death yea hatred after death that the sorrowfull Sonne may say of his treacherous Sire i Gen. 3● 30 Yee have troubled me and made me stinke among the Inhabitants of the Land as Iacob said of Simeon and Levi And whether we of this Kingdome have not too just cause to say of those two Brothers in iniquity the factious Party of the Lords and Commons sitting in Parliament you have made us by your proceedings stinke in the Nostrills of all neighbour Nations and rendred us the scorne and contempt of the whole World I leave it to the experience of Travellers To conclude l●t us alwayes from the bottome of our hearts 1 Prayer pray so the Kings safety Corporally for his salvation Spiritually and preservation Politically Let us obey him because he is the Lords Anointed 2 Obedience appointed by God to be his Vicegerent representing the person on earth of the King of Kings in heaven 3 Honour Let us honour him not with lips only but with hearts truely because he is the Father of our Countrey the constant Defender of the Faith and so worthy of double Honour 4 Service Let us bee ready to performe at his Command our best Service being his native and naturall Subjects born and bound by Allegiance to all Christian duties of Subjection Let us be willing to pay Tribute 5 Tribute a publike Purse must helpe the publike Peace Multorum manibus grande levatur onus Yea let us pay him his duty Tribute to him for we owe him Tribute Custome to him for we owe him Custome Feare Honour Obedience Service and all other loyall services and performances of Duties belonging to good Subjects in their severall degrees and places humbly to tender them and render them unto our Gracious and high Soveraigne Lord the King whose Sword Crowne Scepter Throne and Person justly requires all these duties the Sword exacts obedience Crown commands honour Scepter service Throne tribute and Person prayer alwayes powring forth to God this Prayer and Petition God save King CHARLES Let us be in Pace Lepores but in Praelio Leones in Peace like Hares timerous to off●nd his Majesty in any way of disobedience but like Lions when opportunity shall be offered fight for his freedome and re-establishment in his Throne and Power against all the enemies thereof with unwearied courage undaunted magnanimity joyning with our fighting hands our fervent prayers like faithfull Israelites against all rebelling Amalekites continually let us pray with David Psalme 20.9 Domine salvum fac Regem Lord save the King send him an happy Deliverance out of all his troubles visit him with much comfort now after the time that thou hast afflicted him and the yeares wherein he hath suffered such great adversity Lord keep him as the Apple of thine owne eye and hide him under the shadow of thy wings oh turne not thy face away from thine Anointed but let him be refreshed with the joy of thy Countenance Make his dayes as the dayes of heaven before thee and grant