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A90288	A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled: on January 31. A day of solemne humiliation. With a discourse about toleration, and the duty of the civill magistrate about religion, thereunto annexed. Humbly presented to them, and all peace-loving men of this nation. / By John Owen, pastor of the Church of Christ, which is at Coggeshall in Essex.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1649 (1649)	Wing O805; Thomason E540_25; Thomason E549_1; ESTC R203104	74,810	103

end in offence Now if the truth be given us of the Lord our God to possesse certainly it may be contended for by those who owe protection thereunto And if this were not so we may pray and prevail for the prosperity of those in Authority and yet when we have done not have a right to a quiet and peaceable life Let this then be the second assertion The Gospel being preached and declared as of right it ought to be it is the duty of the Magistrate by the power wherewith he is entrusted to protect and defend it against all or any persons that by force or violence shall seek to hinder the progresse or stop the passage of it under what pretence soever And that a neglect of this also will be attended with the anger of the Lord and the kindling of his wrath shall not long be doubted of any Thirdly the protecting assisting and supporting of all the professors of it in that profession and in wayes of truths appointment for the practice of that which is embraced and the furtherance of it towards them who as yet embrace it not is also required and of this there are sundry parts 1. That seeing Christ Jesus hath appointed his disciples to walk in such societies and requireth of them such kinde of worship as cannot be performed without their meeting together {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} in one place that he either provide or grant being provided the use of such places under his protection as may in all or any kinde be suited and fitted for that end and purpose And the ground of this is 1. From the Right which the Gospel of Christ hath to be received amongst men according to his own appointment whether that be the appointment of Christ or no amongst us is no question 2ly Because the Magistrate hath the sole power of all publick places and the protection of them is committed to him alone by virtue of that consent into government which is among any people This proved as above 2ly A protection in the use of those places and all things exercised in them answerable to that which he doth and is bound to grant unto men in their own private dwellings and families The Reason why I am protected from all hurt or violence in my family is because I have a Right to dispose of all things in my family being mine own and so hath not another It was asserted before that Christians have a Right to the ordinances of Christ and Truth a Right to be at liberty And therefore if any shall invade disturbe or trouble them in their rights and liberties he is bound ex officio to give them a protection not bearing the sword in vain Now being in my family in my private house the assistance of those in Authority is due 1. In respect of them without 2. In respect of them within 1. For them without if any one will against my consent intrude himself upon my family enjoyments to share with me or violently come to take away that is mine or distub me in the quiet possession of it the Magistrate takes cognizance of such disturbances and punisheth them according to equity Suteably if any person or persons whatsoever shall with violence put themselves upon the enjoyments of such ordinances as those enjoying the Rights of the Gospel have obtained to themselves or shall come in their celebration of them to cause disturbance certainly that Magistrate protects not every one in his undoubted Rights who doth not accommodate the wronged parties with the assistance of his power to the punishment of the transgressors 2. For house dwellers servants or any others who may break out into such offences and incorrigiblenesse as the amendment thereof may be beyond what I am intrusted to do to any by Law of God or man and shall not the Magistrate here also interpose is not his assistance here abundantly required and alwayes granted From parity of Reason is it not as due for their protection who in the enjoyment of their publick religious Rights may receive disturbance and be under force from some incorrigible by any Rule among themselves For instance suppose a person justly excommunicated and ejected any society of Christians as to any spirituall communion yet will with outward force and violence put himself upon them in their closest acts of communion doubtlesse their Rights are here to be by power preserved 3. That whereas the Preachers of the Gospel are now to be maintained in an ordinarie way and to expect their supportment in an usnall course of providence and seeing that many to whom we have proved that the Gospel is to be declared by the care of the Magistrate will not or cannot make such provisions for them as is needfull in these last evil daies of the world it is incumbent on those nursing Fathers to provide for them who because of their continuall labours in the work of the Lord are dis-inabled to make provision for themselves Where Churches are setled according to the Rule of the Gospel and not too much straightned by reason of want there may be an alteration as to this proposall That this ingagement lyes first upon the Churches was seen of old Hence that caution or Canon of the Councell of Chalcedon cap. 6. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} let none be ordained at large Ne dicatur mendicat in palaestra infoelix Clericus saies the Scholiast lest he should be driven to begge for want of maintenance This being the summe of what as to this head I have to assert I shall give in the proofs of it and then draw some further Positions 1. The bottome of the whole ariseth from that right which the Gospel hath to be preached to all Nations and people and that right paramount to all civill sanctions and constitutions which every soul hath to receive it in the profession thereof And all this flows from the donation of the Father unto Jesus Christ whereby he is made heir of all things Hebr. 1. 3. Having the Nations given him for his inheritance the utmost parts of the earth for his possession Psal. 2. 8. Being also Lord of lords and King of kings acting nothing in taking possession of his own but what his soveraignty bears him out in 2. All this tends to the apparent good of those committed to his charge that they may leade their lives in godlinesse and honesty which is the very chief end of Magistracy committed unto men This is directly intended all other things come in by accident and upon suppositions 3. No person living can pretend to the least injury by this none is deprived none wronged 4. The precepts given unto them and the promises made concerning them do abundantly confirm all that hath been asserted Psal. 2. 10 11. they are commanded as Kings and Judges to serve the Lord in promoting the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ And it is promised Isa. 49. 23. that they shall be

nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers to the Church of Christ even then when she shall suck the brests of Kings earthly things are the milk of kingly brests when her officers shall be peace and her exactors righteousnesse Isa. 60. 16 17. This at least reacheth to all we have ascribed to them All is but bowing the knee of Magistracy at the Name of Jesus Hence are these Positions The providing or granting of places requisite for the performance of that worship which in the Gospel is instituted is the duty of the Christian Magistrate Protection as to peace and quietnesse in the use of the ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ from violent disturbers either from without or within is also incumbent on him Supportment and provision as to earthly things where regularly failing is of him required And in the neglect of any of these that takes place which is threatned Isa. 60. 12. Two or three consectaries added hereunto shall close this part of the Magistrates power or rather duty about the things of Religion as Positive actings by way of supportment and assistance maintenance allowance of publick places and the like in the behalf of persons deviating from the truth in those things wherein they deviate is contrary to the rule of the Word and duty of them in Authority For Error hath neither right nor promise nor is any precept given in the behalf thereof The defence and protection of erring persons from violence and injury in those things wherein they have a right is no acting of his duty about religious things but a meer dealing for the preservation of humane society by the defence of persons not acting against the rules thereof Every particular minute difference among the professors of the truth cannot be proved to come under the cognizance of the Magistrate he being to attend the worship which for the main is acceptable to God in Christ neither do any testimonies extend his duty any further Hence Corola The present differences about Church society and the subject or seat of discipline which are between those dissenters who are known by the names of Presbyterians and Independents as they are in themselves not heightned by the prejudices lusts corruptions and interests of men hinder not at all but that the Magistrate is bound to the performance of the duties before mentioned unto both parties And the Reasons of this are because 1. The things wherein they are agreed are clearly as broad as the Magistrates duty can be stretched to cover them 2. Neither party I am perswaded in their retyred thoughts dare avow the main of the worship by their dissenters embraced to be as such rejected of the Lord 3. No example in the world can be produced out of the old Testament or New or Ecclesiasticall History of a forcible decision of such minute differences See Socrat Eccles. Hist. lib. 6. cap. 20. 2. Corol All the plea of persons erring in doctrine or worship is not from what the Magistrate must do but from what he may not do And this for the first part shall suffice Secondly there is another part of the Magistrates power the other side of his sword to be exercised towards the opposition of that truth which he hath embraced and this hath a twofold object 1. Things 2. Persons Things are of 2. sorts 1. Wayes of worship 2. Outward Appearances Monuments Accommodations and Declarations of those wayes Of the first I shall speak afterwards By the second I mean all the outward attendencies of any false or erronious worship which are either helps to or declarations of the superstition idolatry error or falsenesse of it as Temple for idolatrous service Crosses pictures and the like abused Relicks of old unwarranted zeal Now concerning these I affirm 1. That the Magistrate ought not to make provision of any publick places for the practise of any such worship as he is convinced to be an abomination unto the Lord When I say he ought not to make provision I understand not onely a not actuall caring that such be but also a caring that such may not be He should not have a negation of acting as to any thing of publick concernment His not opposing here is providing For instance He must not allow that is it is his duty to oppose the setting apart of publick places under his protection for the service of the Masse as of late in Sommerset House or for any kinde of worship in it self disallowed because not required and so not accepted This were to be bound to help forward sin and that such sin whereof he is convinced which is repugnant to the whole revealed will of God A Magistrate I told you before is not to act according to what he may do but what he must do Now it cannot be his duty to further sin 2. Outward monuments wayes of declaring and holding out false and idolatrous worship he is to remove as the Papists Images Altars Pictures and the like Turks Mosckes Prelates Service book Now these are of two sorts 1. Such things as in their whole use and nature serve onely for the carrying on of worship in it self wholly false and meerly invented As Altars Images Crosses 2. Such as were used for the carrying on of worship true in it self though vilely corrupted as praying and preaching such are those places commonly called Churches The first are to be abolished the latter aright used I speak as to publick appearances for private disquisitions after such things I may be otherwise minded The Reason of this difference is evident to all Thus in dayes of old Constantine shut up Pagans Temples Euseb. de vita Constant lib. 4. cap. 23 24. and demolished some of the most filthy of them lib. 3. cap. 52. Theodosius utterly cast them to the ground though not without some blows and bloodshed Socrat Eccles. Hist. lib. 5. ca. 16. The command of God for the abolishing all monuments of Idolatry Deut. 12. 1 2 3. with the commendation of those Kings of Judah who accordingly performed this duty 2 Chron. 17. 6. and 30. 14. are enough to confirm it and to bottome this Position It is the duty of the Magistrate not to allow any publick places for in his judgement false and abominable worship as also to demolish all outward appearances and demonstrations of such superstitions idolatrous and unacceptable service Let Papists who are Idolaters and Socinians who are Anthropolatrae plead for themselves Now secondly for persons there seems something more of difficulty yet certain clear rules may be proposed concerning them also to hold out when they and their proceedings come under the cognizance of the Civill Magistrate and are obnoxious to the sword which he beareth And they are these 1. Such persons as having embraced any false principles and perswasion in or about things concerning God and his worship do pursue the upholding or propagating of such principles in a disorderly manner to the disturbance of civill society