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 PREFACE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 Chriftian Reader. 
 
 Mongft thofe many Arts, by which the Man of Sia 
 hath advanced himfdfinto the Place of God, this is 
 none of the haft, That though his whole Doffrine, 
 and efpecially his Difcipline, as to the Complex and 
 Syfteme of it, be but a bUj^hemous Innovation , yet he 
 fiill retains the ancient Nantes, and fits them unto his very new 
 Orders i Thus, he keeps the magnificent Stile of a Church, he 
 pretends great Reverence to the Scriptures, he calls his Officers 
 
 ^ 2 Bilhops 
 
IV 
 
 To the Reader. 
 
 Bifrrps ttftd Dcf gaa fr ; and if any bcfo bold as to quarrel with 
 
 the 'Deformity. of all, under the jpecious 
 Nxmes of i/ec.ncy and O der : By which means he fiews Lw 
 iv J I he defrves to be fiihd My fiery, as masking his Iniquity and 
 Sataiiical Depths under a BeVwious and Holy torjer, by which the 
 ZJnwary and ignorant are eafdy enfnared into his Obedience. 
 
 IVhat is the Brattice of the Popes , in Religious, that I find to have 
 been the "Ufage of the Roman Ewperours, in Civil Affairs \ who, 
 though they did arrogate the fole Power to thentfelves, yet to charm anil 
 
 of Magiftrates, which they were accuflomed to in their Times ef . 
 Common-wealth: In this, as well as in his Laws, and greatejl part 
 of his Government, hath the Pope made an Image of that Beaft, 
 and by retaining Eadem vocabula, the old Names, he hath made his 
 OWn dcvtlffi Inuifttlvrft, at jTrft rv bz peaceably tweet/ed, and fince 
 C f° & reat ** the power ofCuJiom and Prejudice ) in mo ft parts of the 
 World, to be Inviolably and Re I igiovfly preserved. 
 
 But that Myftery is now llnvaited $ and there is fcarce any fo 
 Jonorant, but is ready to f mile at thofe Texts 5 Peter, I have Prayed 
 for thee, that thy Faith fail not 5 and Peter, Feed my Sheep 5 
 when he hears them applycd, to fupport the Popes Infallibility and 
 Supremacy/ Men who. are willing to fearch the Scriptures, and 
 find hew plain and fimple the Stile of them is, how far removed 
 from all Sophijiry of Men, who labour to wreft and torture them 5 
 cannot taftly be induced to believe, that the BiJJjop of Rome, who is 
 never mentioned, fiould be, firfi Peter's, and then Chrift's Succeffour 5 
 and not rather think th.it he, who fits in the Temple or Church 
 of God, who? like God) gives . mw Laws, and difpenceth boldly 
 
 with 
 
To the Reader, v 
 
 with the old Ones: Who teacheih the very Doftrine of Devils, 
 whi h was Characterized to forerun the Apojlacy of the laji Times, 
 who pretends to Miracles, and ufeth the Name vf Lhrift, only to 
 oppofe the Parity of his Wjrfbip, and to Murder his Worfhipersi 
 Who confiders this, cannot but acknowledge, that he, unto whoni^ 
 thtfe Marks agree, is indeed that Antichrift, that Man of Sin, tha.1 
 lawlefs One, whom God hath now dij covered, and at lafl intends 
 utterly to deftroy. 
 
 But there is another My^ery, of almofl as fatal and' pernicious 
 Conference as the other, which lies yet conceal* d, and that is, the 
 bxtent of the Civil Magijlrates Power 5 who it is, to whom thai 
 Name belongs, and how far his Dominion reacheth : This being 
 filly and impartially done, by the Author of this following Treatife, 
 I pall not {peak much to it' here 5 but only advife the Reader to 
 conjider ferioufly of how infinite Concernment it is, to have his 
 Confidence fettled, and the Dilutes rifing from hence, rightly fiated : 
 For if there be-a falfe Magiftracy, as well as a falfe and pretended 
 Minirtry, then it is evident, that Obedience and Subjection 
 C / mean in point of Conscience ) is as little due to the one, as 
 Reverence and Honour is, unto the other. 
 
 In this, as I have hard my fielfi fo I doubt not hut every ingenious 
 Reader will likewife receive, Satisfaction 5 at leaf} this Advantage 
 mufl needs be gained, That thofe who have hard Thoughts of the 
 Kingdom of Chrifl", and load it with bitter Inveffives y as if it 
 were utterly inconfiftent with the Civil Peace, by perufing of this. 
 they will find their Errour, and be brought to Gonfefs, that there 
 can be no lafiing and folid Peace, until that Government be ejla- 
 blijhed 5 becaufe the Foundation of it is nothing elfe but Righ- 
 teoufnefs : He that loves his Neighbour as fiimfelf, who dares 
 not wrong Tlis own Fkfh, or Injure any who bears .his Makers 
 
 Image, 
 
vi To the Reader.' 
 
 Image, is already a Subjeff of thrifts Kingdctn 5 
 See Mark 12. and whoever have entertained any other Notion of 
 
 2y 9 mm 34. it, do not know either what they tray fr, when 
 
 they jay, Thy Kingdom come, or what they ^ 
 (peak againfl, when they Reproach and Vilifie it. 
 When Men of the Earth have confulted and employed their utmoft 
 Rage, yet ChriLt is RING indeed 5 and here is laid down a brief 
 Idea and Platform of his Government : And chappy are they % 
 who having already in Spirit fubmitted ttnto the Empire ef this 
 King, do wait by Faith and 'Patience, till he doth hafie to accom- 
 flifl) the Prowife of his Coming, when the Yoke ofOppreflors 
 Pull utterly be removed, and we fhall Serve Him without 
 Fear. 
 
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 C H A P. I. 
 
 Of the Original and fir fl Inftitmion of Magiftracy. 
 
 TH E firft Dominion or Rule appointed by God amongft Men* 
 was placed in the Elder Brother or Firft Born called the 
 Patriarch or Head of the Family. The Inftitution of the* 
 Patriarchal Rule, feems to be laid down, Gen. 4. 7. in Gods- 
 Words to Cain concerning Abel ; And unto thee [kail be bis 
 dtfire, and thou (halt Rule over him , Therefore were the 
 firft Born called the Excellency of Dignity and Power, The Sanhedrim 
 Gen* 49, 3. A Catalogue of the Patriarchs both before ° f f 7 ° we I e , chQ " 
 and after the Flood, is recorded Gene r . and ro £hap* ft" °™ °, ,' £, 
 ters. It wasto the Eiders or Patriarchs that Adofes and whom ttyimwtfii 
 'Aaron addreft, when they came to conduft the lfraelites *• *« El ^rt. 
 out of Egypt, Exod. 4, 29. A Catalogue of Tome of 
 them are upon Record, Exod, 6. 14s which Elderfhip i or Birth right, 
 Efau fold his Brother Jacob, Gen. 2^ 3 r. Heb. 12. 16. And by virtue 
 whereof the Patriarch Judah gave Judgment in the cafe oh Tbamar^ 
 Gen. 38. 24. Though in this time amongft the Ghildren of Men in the 
 Nations, there was another Government fet up,, of which and the 
 
 .Author 
 
Iht Mj fiery of Msgiftraey unvailtJ. - 
 Author thereof we read Gen. 10. 8 S o, J0 . And Nimred 
 .fa , i of Cujh, the ion of.(b) H^b.>an to be a 
 
 (c) mighty one in the earth, hew.ua mi \) burner 
 
 (ej before the LORD ; and the bethn-ng 'of his Ki H * m 
 wasBahl: Who was the fi.-ft that we read of that ereded 
 MwArcbicrt Gcv: rnngnt, which w^s afc : Years after 
 
 the Flood, the fifrridation of the Afortan Monarchy 
 whole pattern the reft of the Nations took in their Go-' 
 vernments (. though arbitrary and oppreffive in its Nature 
 and eonftitotion ; whereof you have an account, Judges 
 9. and r Sam. 3. In irniutioii cf the poferiry 
 
 of Efau ietupiheir,Kings, Gen. ;6 ;i. Andtb.fe are the 
 Kings that reigned in the Land of Efau, bSore there reigned 
 any Kings in lfrael. Though prophmie Efau had in him 
 no right of Rule, having fordidiy fold the ume, Gm. 2 e. 
 and ;4. Utb % 12. 16. This was the patterr Wilfo 
 
 took, when they would fet up a King like the NationsTK*' 
 the rejecting of God, and bringing a plague and curfe 
 upon themlelvcs, 1 Sam. 8 t 
 
 The fecond fort of Rule and Government we 
 in benpture, were Judges and Rulers ; which upon i' 
 giving of the written Law, God appointed to 
 Adminiftrators thereof, wirh Rules and Directions to caH theminto 
 and direclthetn in their Truth, Thclnftitutibn of the Rule by J^ 
 Deut. 16. 18. Exod.iS.2i, 22. Nnmb; ir. 14, Sec. Judges and offi] 
 fialt thou make in all thy Gates, and they (hall judge the People with juft 
 Judgment, Deut. 16. 18. , J > 
 
 8 
 
 fa) iTimni 
 5es« Re- 
 
 (o) Ckav was 
 Ihabs rhird 
 fon.ia whom 
 tvjs no rig'ic 
 ofRule, cur- 
 fed alfo to 
 Serv 
 
 (c) A nighty 
 one.ojGyint. 
 
 (d) Hunting 
 of MUn by 
 perfVcu t ion s, 
 opprefllons, 
 and tyranny, 
 herein x6.i6. 
 
 (e) Openly, 
 or without 
 fear cf God, 
 G:n, 6. x r. 
 See ji'.nfv. 
 Annocac.G/M. 
 10. 8, 9, 10. 
 
 CHAP. II, 
 Of the Orders or Kinds of Rulers. 
 
 THe Rulers were of two forts, Supericur and Infertour. ThtSupcriiur. 
 •was a Judgs with a Supream Council. The hfe\ 
 igcsandOffigw that were appaiaccd in every Gate or City. 
 
 1. Supepour. 
 
7he My fiery of Magi/lraiy unvalled, 9 
 
 i. Superiour. And they fliall bear the burden of the People with 
 thee, that thou bear it not alone thy felf* Numb. u. 16, 17. Spokch 
 of the 70. who were appointed as helps to the Judge in Government, 
 The Judgd was chief of the Council/ and General of the Artpy, called 
 therefore fometimes King, Deut. 3 ?. ?. who were principally to tranfadt 
 in the affairs of State, to teach the People the Ordinances and Laws, 
 Exod % 18. 2©. To appoint and overfee the under Judges and Officers, 
 Deut, 16. 18, Extd 18. 2r* To hear Appeals and judge in difficult Gafe*, 
 Exod. 1 8 t 22. DtuU 17. 8, 9. 
 
 2. Inferiour, Such (hall be Rulers of Thoufands, Hundreds, and 
 Tens, and let them Judge the People at all Seafons ,• the hard Caufes 
 they fhall bring to thee, but the fmaller Matters they /hall Judge, 
 Exod, 18. 21, 26. Which Government continued from Mofes till Samuel, 
 about4 5*0 Years, as Afih 1 3. 20, There wasnogreat difference betwixt 
 a King of Gods approving, and a Judge, there being bufrone Law and 
 Adminiftration thereof to both, Dmt. 17, 18, 19,20, 
 
 CHAD. III. 
 
 Of the Qualifications required in the Judge or Ruler. 
 
 THE Law of God required thefe following Qualifications and 
 Properties in the Rulers* 
 
 1. To be wife, able, underftanding Men, not Children, Weak, 
 Ignorant, or Fools. 
 
 Moreover, thou {halt provide of all the People able Men, Exod. 18. 
 xi. Take ye wife and underftanding Men f and J will make them 
 Rulers, Deut. *♦ 1 j. Set Magiftrates and Judges which may Judge the 
 People, fuchas know the Laws of thy God, Exod. 7, 3$-. 
 
 2. To be Men well known among their Brethren, not Aliens, or 
 Strangers. 
 
 And known amongft your Tribes, and I will make them Rulers over 
 you.. So I took the chief of your Tribes, wife Men, and known, and 
 made them Heads over you, Deut. 1. 1;, iy. Two hundred and fifty 
 Princes of the Affembly, famous in the Congregation, Numb. 16. 2; 
 
 B • Moreover 
 
i 
 
 io Tit My fiery of Maglftracy mvailed. 
 
 Moreover in Jtrufalem did Jehofhapbat fet of the chief of the Fathers 
 of Ifrtel, for the Judgment of the LORD, and for Gontroverfie*, 
 -zCbron. 19. One from among!} thy Brethren : Thou mayeft not fet 
 a Stranger over thee. 
 
 ;, To be fuft. Men, Men of Truth,, fearing GOD, and hating 
 Govetoufnefs, not Wicked, XJnjuftj Falfe, Deceitful, Covetous, Proud, 
 Oppreffive, &c 
 
 The Spirit of the Lord fpaks by me, and his Word war in my 
 Tongue. The Lord God of lfrael faid, the Rock of Ifrael (pake to 
 me, he that ruleth over Men muft be juft, ruling in the fear of God, 
 2 Sam. *j. 2, 3, Men of Truth, fearing God, hating Govetoufnefs, 
 ExoJ> 18. 21. \ 
 
 C HAP, IV. 
 
 Of the Electors who were to apply the fore/aid Qualifications in the choice of 
 Rulers , and the manner of Ele&ion* 
 
 TKe Law of God required notonly due Qualifications in the Ruler, 
 bman orderly call by fuch who had-Ri^ht io to do: None being 
 to take that Honour upon himfelf, but he that w # as called, Heb. y. 4. 
 And that, Whoever Honoured himfelf, his Honour was nothing, 
 'John 8; $4. Therefore to avoid Ambition and Usurpation on the- one 
 hand, and Confufion and Diforder on the other, the Lord appointed 
 foms to chooie, others to confirm the Peifonschofen $ andalfofomc* 
 thing as to the manner of the choice. 
 
 i. The Perfons choofing, were to be their Brethren, the People 
 over whom they were to Rule, and that cither in their own Perfons, 
 or by their Elders and Deputies. Take you wife Men* arid known 
 amongft your Tribes, one from among!! thy Brethren: thoa mayeft 
 snot fet a Stranger over thee, Dtut. i%\ 17. Their Nobles fliall be of 
 themfeWfis, and their Governour fhall proceed from themidft of them, 
 jftr* go. 2i. And the Elders of Gilead faid, come and be our Captain: 
 Then jephthah went with the Elders^ndthe People made him Captain, 
 Judg* 11. 6, it. And all the Men of Secbem gathered together, and 
 made .Akimltcb King, Jttdg. 9. 6. . And the Men of JuM'imfo David 
 
 King; 
 
The MyBefycf Ma£ifliacy~*nvtiikl. ii 
 
 King, 2 Sam'.i. 4. The People made Saul King, 1 Satnliu Vfl. Nay, 
 but whom God and this People, and all the Men of Ijrael choofe, his 
 will I be, and With him willl abide, 2$***. 16. 18. Which wholefome 
 Order when any went to Invert, and to thruft themfelves upon a 
 People, and by Fraud or Force to Ulurpthe Rule* they became Ty- 
 rants, and were faid to take tothemlelvcs Horns by their own Strength, 
 Amos 6\ 13. and to poflsfs that which was not theirs. 
 
 2. The Nianner of their Elections were (ometimes by Prov.16,33. 1 
 Vote, moftly by Lot, wherein the Lord alio was called 
 into the choice, which was much their way of Decifion in all doubtful 
 cafes, Numb, 17. Numb. ;;. 54. Jo(. 7. 14. The 70 Elders were fo 
 chofen, EldtdznA Medad were of them that were written, Numb>n.z6 M 
 Saul was chofen by Lot, though Anointed before, 1 Sam„ io % j, &c. 
 
 GHAP. V. 
 
 Of the Dignity of the Office. 
 
 THat this Ordinance of God might work more effectually to the 
 holy ends he nad delign'Q it, lie wa> pW^f^ 10 (lamp his Image 
 and Superscription upon it, as appears by the Titles following, <uJt. 
 
 i. From their Adminiftring in Gods Ordinance, cali'd Gods Midi* 
 fiers. 
 
 He is the Miniftef of God to thee for good. He is the Miniftcr of 
 God, a Revenger to execute Wrath upon him that doth evil, Rom. 134* 
 They are Gods Minifters attending continually upon this very thing, 
 Verfi 6. 
 
 2 From their declaring Gods Word upon the Throne, and diftu- 
 butingGods Attributes of Judgment, ]uftice,and Mercy, cali'd Gods. 
 
 Thou (halt not revile the Gods, nor curfe the Ruler of thy People,' 
 Exod. 22. 28* Is ir not Written in your Law, I faid you are Gods ? 
 If he cali'd them Gods to whom the Word of God came ? John 10, 
 34, 3 ?. God ftandeth in the Congregation of the Mighty, and Judgeth 
 amongftthe Gods, PfaLSz. 1. I have faid you are Gods, and ail of 
 you Children of the moft High, V(aL 82. 6. " Therefore the Rulers 
 Throne is cali'd Gods Throne ; And Solomon fate upon the Throne 
 
 B * of 
 
x t Th My fit*) of Msgl/fracj unvatfel 
 
 of the .Lord, i Cbrcn. 29. 2$. And the Judgment is the Judgment of 
 God, Deut. 1. 17, And Jebofhafbat (aid to the Judges, Take heed 
 what you do, for you Judge not for Man, but for the Lord, who is 
 with you in the Judgment, 2 Cbrcn. 19. 6. And he fet the chief of 
 the Fathers for the Judgment of the Lord, Verf. 8. Therefore it was 
 faid that they that refilled Gods Rulers, refilled God, Row. 13, 2, 
 U*mb..\6 t 11. 
 
 I 
 
 GHAP, VI. 
 
 Of the Rulers Dttty to En Me him to the Office. 
 
 1. TPO read and converfe much in the Book of the Law. 
 
 -*• And it ftiall be when he fitteth upon the Throne, that h% 
 /hall Write him a Copy of this Law in a Book, and it fhall be with him, 
 and'he /hall read therein all the Days of his Life, that he may learn to 
 fear the Lord his God, to keep all the Words of this Law, and thefe 
 Statutes, to do them, that his Heart be not lifted up above his Brethren, 
 and that he nirnnor, afide fmm the Commandment*, to the right hand 
 or to the left, Deut. 17.18,19, 20. Set Magiflrates and Judges which 
 may Judge all the People, fuch as know the Laws of thy God, Ezra 7.25-. 
 And they brought forth the Kings Son, »nd put the Crown upon his 
 Head, and gave him theTeilimony, zKings 11. n # Therefore David 
 was faid to prevent the dawning of the Morning, (f/al % 119. 147,148.) 
 and Night Watches, that he might Meditate in the Law. He called it, 
 The rejoycing of his Heart, Verf. nr. His portion and inheritance 
 for ever ; which he loved above Gold, yea more than much fine Geld, 
 Verf. 127. and that his Heart flood in awe of the Word, and did not 
 forget the Law, Verfi 169. And therefore it was faid, He had more 
 understanding than his Teachers, or the Ancients, Verf. 99, 100. The 
 Holy Scriptures being able to make wife, and throughly to furnifhto 
 every good Work. • 
 
 2. To wait upon God for the Spirit of Rule and Government, which 
 wavprornifed and given to Rulers. 
 
 And I will take the Spirit which is upon thee, and put upon them, 
 and they (hall bear the (burden with thee; And he took of the Spirit 
 
 that 
 
The My ft try of Ma^ifiraey unvalleJ. 13 
 
 that was upon him, and gave it to the 70. And when the Spirit refted 
 upon them, they prophefiedj Numb. 11. 17, 27. And the Lord fakl 
 unto Mofes, Take thee J$(hua the Son of Nun> a Man in whom is the 
 Spirit; and lay thy hand upon him: And thou (halt put fome of thine 
 Honour upon him. that all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael 
 may be Obedient, Numb. 27, iS, 20, 21, And Jojhua the Son of Nun 
 was full of the Spirit of Wifdorm for Mofes had laid his hands upon him, 
 and the Children of Ifrael hearkned unto him, Deut, 34. 9. And the 
 Spirit of the Lord came upon Othuiel, and he Judged I[rael % and went 
 out to War, Judg.%. 9, 10. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily 
 upon Sampfon, Judfr 14. 6, And all Ifrael from Dan to Beerfheba knew 
 that Samuel was eftablifhed, 1 Sam. ;. 20. And the Spirit of the Lord 
 will come upon thee, and thou (halt be turned into another Man. And 
 it was fo, that having turned his back, God gave him another Heart, 
 And the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophefied amongft 
 them, 1 Sam. 10. 6, 9, 10- And the Spirit of the Lord came upon 
 David from that day forward ,* bM the Spirit of the Lord departed from 
 Saul, &c, \ Sam. 16. 13, 14. And a Spirit of Judgment to him that 
 fittethin Judgment, IfavjS, -57 6. 
 
 C H A P. VII. 
 
 Of the Rulers Duty ( In general) in the Jifckarge of Ms Trufl, wherim 
 Government principally ctnfifts. 
 
 1. TTO Encourage the Good and Virtuous. For Rulers are not a 
 1 Terrour to the good Works* but to the Evil : Wilt thou not be 
 afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thoufhalt have praife 
 of the fame, Rom. x;, $, He that loveth purenefs of Heart, for the 
 grace of his Lips, the Kingfhallbehis Friend, Vrov^zi. n # Righteous 
 Lips are the delight of Kings, and they love him that fpeaketh right, 
 Yrov* x6. i% % Or untoGovernours, as unto them that are fent by him 
 for the puniftmem of Evil-doers, and .the praife of them that do well, 
 1 Vet. 2, 14. 
 
 a.' To fupprefsand punifh the Evil- doer. I put on Righteoufnefs,and 
 it cloathed roe; my Judgment was a Robe, and a Diadem, Job 29. 14, 
 
 And 
 
$4 " *&* My/lny of Ma^i/lraey unvailut. 
 
 And if there come a controverfie bstwixt Men*, and they come to 
 
 ^Judgment, then /halt thou juftifie the Righteous, and condemn the 
 
 Wi-ked, Deut. 25% r; But it thou del} that which is Evil, be afraid, 
 
 for heb areth not the Swoid in vain : For he is .a Minifter of God, a 
 
 Revenger to execute Wrath upon him thar'dorh Evil, Rorx.i$. 4. A wife 
 
 Kingfc?uereththe Wickedjandbrin^erhthe whe« lovvr him, Prov.2c.26. 
 
 A King fitting in the Throne of Jud.mcnt, fcatceuech away ail Eyil 
 
 with his Eyes, Frov. 20. 8. And I brake the jaws of the Wicksrf, and 
 
 pluckt the fpoil out of his Teeth, J<b ?.o. 17. Keep ye far from a falie 
 
 matter, and the Innocent and the Righteous nay thou not, for I wjjl 
 
 not juftifie the Wicked, £xod 25.7. He rhat juflifieth the Wicked, anc! 
 
 he that condemneth the jfuft, are both £11 Abomination to the Lord, 
 
 Trcv< j 7, if. Thefe things alfo belong to the Wife : Ic is not good to 
 
 have refpeft to perfons in Judgment. He cbatfairhro the Wicked, thou 
 
 art Righteous,him fhall the people cut fe, Nations fhi-1) abhor him ,• but 
 
 unto them that rebuke him, fhallbc Delight, and a good Bleffing fhall 
 
 come upon them, Prov. 24. 23, 24, if: 
 
 G H A P. VIII. 
 
 Of the Rukrs Duty in particular % as to the manner of tie VI] charge of his 
 7ru}, Viz, 
 
 i. /^Ouragioufly in' the fear of God. Thus (hale thou do in the fear 
 
 VV of the Lord, faithfully, and with a pei ft a Heart. Deal 
 
 couragioufly, and the Lord (ball be with you, ztbron. 19. 11. Ye 
 
 fhall not be afraid of the face of Man, for the Judgment is Gods, Deut. 
 
 "2, Juftly and Righteoufly. Wherefore let the fear of the Lord be 
 upon you, take heed, and doit: for there is bo Iniquity with the Lord, 
 nor reipe^ of perfons, nor taking of gifts, 2 Qhron. 15. 7. J^ges and 
 Officers (halwhou make in alithy Gates, and they (hall Judge the people 
 with juft Judgment, Deut. 16/ x8. , That which is altogether jult ihalt 
 thou do, Vtrj. 20. Hear the caufes between your Brethren, ana judge 
 righteoufly between every Man and nis Brother, and the Stranger that 
 is with him, VcHt> 1. 16, You (hall do no unrighteoufnefs in Judgment, 
 
Iht blyfory of Magi ft racy unvaihj. 1$ 
 
 in Mete yard, Weight, or Meafure. Juft Ballances, Weights, anp! 
 Meafures, a juft Epha and Hin (halt thou have, Ltvit* 19. 3^ 36. I 
 put on Righteoufnefs, and it cloathed me : my Judgment was a Robs 
 and a Diade/n, Job- 2^ 14, Not pervert Judgment, Dent. 24, 17. jior 
 wreft it, Exod % 23.6. Deut. id. 19* 20. 
 
 ;. Impartially. Thou /halt do no unrighteoufnefs in Judgment, nor 
 refpeft the perfon 6f the poor, nor honour the pe/fon ofthe mighty ; 
 but in Righteoufnefs fnalt thou Judge thy Neighbour, Levit. 19. iy» 
 You mall notrefped perfons in Judgment, but you mall hear the (mall 
 as well as the great, you (hail not be afraid ofthe Lee of Man ; for the 
 Judgment i$ Gods, DeutA.17. God accepeath not fthe perfons of Princes, 
 nor regardeth the Rich, Job $4. 19. 
 
 4. Mercifully. Mercy and Truth preferves the King, and his Throne 
 is upheld by Mercy, ( Prsv. 20. 28. ) And therefore D^Wfaid, He 
 would frig of Mercy and Judgment, /y*/. 101. r. Defend the Poor 
 and the Fatherlefs, do Juft ice to the Affli&ed and -Needy, P/al. 82. 3. 
 The Kings ftrengthdoth love Judgment, thou deft eftabli/h Equiiy,thou 
 ex?cutefr Judgment and Righteoufnefs in Jac&b^ P/4/.99.4. Forbear not 
 to deliverthem that are drawn unco death,, and thofe that are ready to 
 beflain, Prov. 24.11. Ha Judged the Caufe of 1 he poor and needy 
 then it was well with him ; was not this to know me ? faith the Lord* 
 Jet. 22. 16. I delivered the poor that cryed, and the Fajherlefs, and 
 him that had no helper. The bleiTing of him that was ready to perifli 
 came upon me, and Icaufed the Widows heart to fing for joy. I was 
 Eyes to the Blind, and Feet was I to the Lame, 1 was a Father to the 
 poor, and thecaule wkichl knew not, Ifearched out, Job 29. 12 12 
 
 f. equitably. All thmgs whatfoever thatyou would that Men mould 
 do unto you, do the iarne unto them ,• for this is the Law and the 
 Prophets, Matth. 7, 12. Our Law judges no Man before it hear him 
 and know what he doth, jW» 7 . f 1. For all manner of trefpafs, whether 
 it be for Ox or for Afs, for Sheep, for Raiment, or for any manner of 
 loft thing which another challenged to be his, theCaufe of both parties 
 ihall come before the Judges, &c. It a Man deliver unto his Neighbour 
 an Ox or an Afs &c. and it die, and be hurt or driven away, no Man 
 feeing it ; then mall an Oath of the Lord be between both parties, 
 .E*Qd. 22. 9, l0 , zi. The Caufe which I knew. not, I fearched out, 
 Jfib 29, 1 6, ' 
 
 fc Truly* 
 
i6 Tie My/lery of M*giftracy unvaried. 
 
 . 6. Truly. One Witneis (hall not rife up againft a Man for any Iniquity 
 or for any Sin that he fihneth ; at the Mouth of two Witneffes, or at 
 the Mouth of three Witneffes (hall every Word be eftablifhed,Z)*«r. 19.1 $•. 
 At the Mouth of two or three Witneffes fcall he that is worthy of 
 Death be put to Death, but at the Mouth of one Witnefs, he/hallnoc 
 be put to Death ; the hands of the Witneffes fkali be firfl upon him to 
 put him to Death, Deut. 17. 6. 
 
 7. Warrantably according to Law, net Arbitrarily. According to 
 the Sentence of the Law, and according to the Judgment they (hall tell 
 thee, fhalt thou do. Thou (haltnot turn afidefrom the Commandment 
 to the right hand, or to the left, Diut. 17. 11, 2c; 
 ' 8. Uncorruptly, with-holding the hands from Bribes. And thou 
 fhalt take no Gift, for a Gift blindeth the Eyes, and perverteth the 
 words of the Righteous, Exod. 23. 8. Thou {halt not refped perfons, nor 
 take a Gift, for it blinds the Eyes, Deut. 16.19. The King by Judgment 
 eftabiifheth the Laad, but he that receiveth Gifts overthroweth it, 
 Vrov. 29.4. Her Rulers with &ame do love, Give ye, Hof 4.18. Thy 
 Princes are Rebellious, and companions cf Thieves ; every one loveth 
 Gifts, and foljoweth after Rewards ; therefore thus faith the Lord, the 
 Lord of Hofts, the Mighty One oilfrael, Ah, I will eale me of my 
 Ad verfaries, and avenge me of mine Enemies, i/i.i.aj. Wo unto them 
 who juftifie the Wicked for Reward, and take away the Righteoufnefs 
 of the Righteous from him, Ifa. 5. 23. Fire (hail confume the Taber- 
 nacle of Bribery. Joi 11*14. And Samuels two Sons walked not in his 
 ways, but turned afide after Lucre, and took Bribes, and perverted 
 Judgment, 1 Sam. 8. 5. They affli& the Juft, they take a Bribe, and 
 turn afide the poor in the Gate, from their Right, Amos y. 12. He 
 that defpifeth the gain of Oppreffion, and fhaketh his hands from the 
 holding of Bribes, he fhall dwell on high, lfa m ;$. ij. 
 
 9. Humbly. And he fhall read in the Law all the Days of his Life, 
 that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, &c That his Heart be 
 not lifted up above his Brethren, Dent. 17. 19, 20. Shalt thou reign 
 bec^ufe thou clofeft thy felf in Gedar? did not thy Father eat and 
 diink, and do Juftice and Judgment, and then it was well with him i 
 fir. 22. 15. But he fhall not multiply Horfes, nor Mules unto hirafelf, 
 Deut. 17. 16, 17. And I will punifh the Princes, and Kings Children, 
 and all that are cloathed with ftrange Apparel, Ztpb. 1. 8. And the 
 King kid* k not this great Batylon that I have built for the Houfe of the 
 
 Kingdom,' 
 
The My fiery ef Ma^i/iracy utivsihJ. 17 
 
 Kingdom, bv the might of my Power, and for the Honour of my 
 Majefty ? Whilft the word was in his Mouth, the voice came from 
 Heaven againft him, and he was driven from Man, and did eat Grafs 
 as the Oxen, Dan.\. 50, ;t. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praife and extol 
 the King of Heaven, all whofc Works are Truth, and his Ways Judg- 
 ment, and thofe that walk in pride he is able to abafe, Verf. %j. But 
 when his Heart was lifted up, and his Mind hardened in pride, he was 
 d^pofed from his Kingly Throne, and they took his Glory from him : 
 And thou his Son haft not humbled thy Heart, though thou knoweft 
 all this, Dan % 5--. 20, 22, And Herod was arrayed in Royal Apparel, 
 and Fitting upon his Throne made an Oration ; and the people gave a 
 (hout, faying, ft is the voice of a God, and not of a Man, and im- 
 mediately the Angeiof the Lord fmore him, becaufe he gave not God 
 the Glory, and he was eaten of Worms, and gave up the Ghofly 
 
 Afts 12. 21, 22, 2;, 
 
 10. To ftand far off from Violence and Oppreffion. Wo to them 
 that devife Iniquity, and work Evil upon their Beds ,• when the Morning 
 is come; they pradife it, becaufe it is in the power of their hands : And 
 they covet Fields, and take them by violence ; and Houfes, and takp 
 them away • fo they opprefs a Man and his Houfe, a Man and his 
 Heritage, Mic 2. 1, 2. Thus faith the Lord, execute Judgment, (hew 
 Mercy and Companion every Man to his Brother ; opprefs not the 
 Widow* nor the Fatherlefs, the Stranger, nor the Poor, ZecL 7. 9, 10. 
 I have not taken one Afs from them, neither have I hurt one of them, 
 Nnmb* 16. 1 $v Behold, here I am, Witnefs againft me this day before 
 the Lord: whefeOx or Afs have I taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? 
 whom have I oppreiTed ? or of whofe hand have I received any Bribe 
 to blind my Eyes? I will reftore it, 1 Sam. 12 3. And theyfaid, thou 
 hall not difraudednoroppreffed us,nor taken ought of any Mans hand, 
 Verf. 4. Rob not rhe poor becaufe he is poor, neither opprefs the 
 afflicted in the Gate, Vrov. 22, 22. Hear this Word ye Kin e of 
 Ba[han } which opprefs the poor, and crufli the needy : the Lord hath 
 fworn by his Holhefs, that he will take you away with hooks, and yoa* 
 pofterity with filh- hooks, Amos 4. 1, 2. The Piincethat wanteth un- 
 derftandings is a great oppreffor, &c. but he that hateth covetoufnefs 
 fhall prolong his days, VrotK 28. 16. The Lord by the Prophet Samutl 
 fet the Oppreffion of the Kings of the Nations, as an Argument to 
 deter them from that Government, iSam.d. I will be a fwift Witnefs 
 
 C againft 
 
iS 7 be My ft try of Magi fir tcy unv ailed. 
 
 againft them that opprefs (he Hireling, Widow, and Fatherlefe, and 
 turn afids the Stranger from his Right, Mai. 3. y. They are Gods 
 Servants for good, not hurt, Rom. J 3. 4: 
 
 11. To attend diligently and conftantly upon his Truft, And let 
 them Judge the People at all Saafons, Exod. 18. 22. He that Ruleth 
 with diligence, Rom. 12. 8. For this caufe pay we Tribute alio, for 
 they are Gods Miniiters, attending continually upon this very thing, 
 Gb4f. 12. 6, 
 
 C H A P. I X. 
 
 Of the Teoples Duty to their Magiftrates, in the Rules following* 
 
 1. 'TPO yield fubje&ion and Obedience to them, with Reverence 
 X and Fear. Let every Soul be fubjed to the higher Powers, for 
 there is no power but of God : the powers that be, are ordained of 
 God, Rom. 1;. 1. He is the Minifter of God, a Revenger to execute 
 Wrath upon him that doth Evil • wherefore youjnuft needs be fubje&, 
 aot only for Wiat h, but Conference fake, Verj. 4. Fut them in mind 
 to be fubjed to Principalities and Powers, to obey Magiftrates, to be 
 ready to every good Work, Titus 5. 1. Submit your felves to every 
 Ordinance of Man for the Lords fake, &c. For fo is the WillofGod, that 
 with well doing we put to filence the ignorance of ungodly Men. Fear 
 God, Honour the King, 1 ?<t. t. ij, 14, 15*, 17. 
 
 2. To pay them Tribute. For this caufe pay you Tribute alfo,for 
 they are Gods Minifters, attending continually upon this very thing, 
 Rom, 15,6. Render therefore to all their dues ; Tribute, to whom 
 Tribute,' Guftom, to-whomCuftom; Fear, to whom Fear,- Honour, 
 to wbom Honour, Rom. 1;. 7. 
 
 ;. To Pray and give Thanks for them. I exhort therefore that firft 
 -ofall Supplications, Prayers, Interceffions, and giving of Tt ank*, be 
 naade for all Men, for Kings, and all that are in Authority, that we tmy 
 lead a quiet, and peaceable Life, inGodlinefsand Honetfy ; forthisis 
 gpod, and acceptable in-the fight of God our Saviour f 1 lim.-z. 1,2, 3. 
 
 4. Not to curfe, revile, or (peak evil of the Ruler. Thou fhalt not 
 fp$ak EYil of the Ruler of thy People, Acts 2;. u . Thou /halt not 
 
 revile 
 
 
The Myfttrf of Magifiracy unvalled, 19 
 
 revile the Gods, nor fpeakevil of the Rulers of thy People, Exod.22.2S. 
 Curfe not the King, no not in thine Heart,andcurfe not the Rich in thy 
 bed Chamber ,• for a Bird of the air /hall carry the voice, and that 
 which hath wings (hall tell the matter. Ecchf. 10. 20, Likewife alio 
 thefe filthy Dreamers defile the Flefh, defpife Dominion, and (peak evil 
 of Dignities, Jude 8. But chiefly th«m that walk after the Flefti, in the 
 lulls of Uncleannefs, and defpife Government, prefumptuous are they, 
 felf-wiird, they are not afraid to fpeak evil of Dignities : Whereas 
 Angels which are great in Power, bringnot railing Accuiations againft 
 them before the Lord, 2 Per. 2. 10, 11. Thou knoweft all the wicked- 
 nefs thy heart is privy to» that thoudidft to David my father ; therefore 
 the Lord Avail return thy wickednefs upon thy own head, 1 Kings 2. 44. 
 Miriam for her unfeemly carriage to Mofes % was ftruck Leprous, and 
 thruft out of the Gamp feven days, Numb % T2. iy, verf.20. totheend, 
 
 5*. Not to be ftubborn, difobedient, or prefumptuous towards them. 
 According to the Sentence of the Law, which they (hall teach thee ; 
 and according to the Judgment that they (hall tell thee, thou (halt do'; 
 thou fhalt not decline to the right hand, nor to the left : and the Man 
 that will do prefumptuoufly, that will not hearken to the Judge, even 
 that Man fhall die ; and thou fhalt put away the Evil from you : And 
 all the People fhall hear, and fear, and do no more prefumptuoufly 
 Deut. 17. 11, 12, 1;. And wholoever will not do the Law of God, let 
 Judgment be fpeedily executed upon him, whether to Death, BanifU- 
 ment, or Confiscation, Ex,ra 7.26, But the Soul thatdoth prefump- 
 tuoufly ( whether he be born in the Land, or a Stranger) the fame 
 reproacheth the Lord, and that Soul fhall be cut off from among the 
 People, Numb. ij. 30. 
 
 6 Not Seditious or Rebellious againft them. Whofoever therefore 
 refifteth the Power, refifteth the Ordinance of God ; and they that 
 renft,(hall receive to themfelves Damnation; Rom % 1 3. 2. Kor*h and his 
 company rofe up again ft Mc{< S) &c. and gathered themfelves together 
 againft him, &c % andfaid, Tou take too much uf on you dec. Num.16. 1 2 2 
 And it came to pafs as he had made an end of fpeaking, That trie 
 ground clave afunder that was under them, and the Earth opened her 
 Mouth, and fwallowed them up, and their Houfes, and all that per- 
 tained unto them went down alive into the Pit, &c. VtrL 21 22 12 . 
 which are propofed as an Example of Vengeance, Jade 11. 
 
2o' Tie Myjlery of Matfftraey availed. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Of the great Blejfing righteous Rulers are to a People j held cut in the 
 ' Characters and Refemblances following. 
 
 I 'T?^ om r ' ie C° m * 0rt an ^ Btefling that attends them, compared to 
 X the Morning Light, and Fruitful Showre* of Rain. He that 
 Ruleth over Men, muftbe juft, Ruling in the fear of the Lord: And 
 he fliall be as the light of the Morning, without Clouds ,• as the tender 
 Grafs, fpringing out of the Earth by clear fining after Rain, 2 Sam. 
 23. 2, 5,4. And they waited for me, as the Rain ; and they opened 
 their Mouth wide, as for the latter Rain, Job 29. 2;. He (hall Judge 
 the poor of the People, and fave the Children of the needy, and fubdue 
 the oppreiTor ; He fliall come down like the Rain upon the mown Grafs, 
 and as the fhowres that water the Earth, P/aL 72. 4. verf. 6. 
 
 2. From their reprefenting God in his Attributes, called Gods, Is it 
 not written in your Law, I (aid ycu are Gods? If he called them Gods 
 an'to whom the Word of the Lord came, and the Scripture cannot be 
 broken, &c. John 10.34, 35-. Thou /halt notrevile the Gods, nor fpeak 
 evil of the Ruler of thy People, Exod. 22. 28, 
 
 3. From their paternal love and regard to the People, called Fathers. 
 And Kings (hall be thy Nurfing Fathers, and Queens thy Nurfing. 
 Mothers, If a, 49. 25. Until I Deborah arofe, I arofe a Mother inljrael, 
 Judges 5.7. Therefore Qhrift Jcfus in his Kingly Government, called 
 Jbe Everla fling Father , Ifa\ 9. 6. And he hath made me a Father to 
 Vharaoh, and a Ruler throughout all the Land, Gen 49. 8. 
 
 4. From their Paftoral care of Leading, Feeding, and Protecting his 
 People, called Shepherds. He chofe David his Servant, and took him 
 from the Sheep folds, from following the Ews great with Young ,• he 
 brought him to fezd Jacob his People, and Ifraelhh Inheritance ; fo he 
 fed them according to the integrity of his Heart, and guided them by 
 the skilfulnefs of his Hands, P(al % 78. 70, 71, 72. Spake I a Word to 
 any of the Judges otlfrael, whom I commanded to feed my People ? 
 1 Cbron. 17. 6. Chrifts Kingly Rule therefore held forth under this 
 :ejm, He &ail feed his Flock like a Shepherd, he Ml gather the Lambs 
 
 with 
 
lie . My fiery of Magi/trapx urn/ailed.- 2 1 
 
 with his Arrns,^ *riel carry them in his Bofom, andfhall gently lead 
 thofetharar£ with 1 young.' lfa. 40.11. And I will fet up one Shepherd 
 over them, and he (hall feed them, even my Servant David, he (hall 
 feed them, and be their Shepherd : I the Lord will be their God, and 
 my Servant David a Prince amongft them, Ezek.24.2^2^ And David 
 my Servant (hall be King over them, and they all (ball have one Shep- 
 herd/ Ezek t p. 24. 
 
 5-. From their natural'Care to prevent and allay Diffempers that may 
 arife to annoy their Peace, called Phyficians. Then fiiall a Man take 
 hold of his Brother, faying, Thou haft cloathing, be thouour Ruler;' 
 in that day he fhallfwear, faying, I will not be a Healer, make me 
 not a Ruler over the People, I/a, 3. 6> 7. 
 
 6. From their Protection and Shelter, that by their wife Conduct 
 tlJey 'extend to the People, called Shields. The Princes of the People 
 are gathered together* && For the Shields of the Earth belong unto 
 God, P/*/. 47. 9. So Wo[ % 4. 1 8. And when the Lord raifed them up 
 Judges, then the Lord was with the Judge, and delivered them out of 
 the hand of their Enemies, all the days of the Judge, Judg. 2. 18* 
 "Therefore Jcfiab, that good King, is fajd to be the breath of their 
 Noftrils, Lam, 4, 20. And of David, But now thou ars worth ten 
 tHoufand of us ; therefore now ic 15 better, stiat thou fuccour us out of 
 the ( iry, 2 Sam. 18. ;. And that Man (hall be a hiding place from the 
 Wind, and a covert from the Tempeft, lfa. iz. e< 
 
 I 
 
 ! • [TT i |T " • 
 
 CH A P. XV 
 
 Of the promifed 12 Uffingthat is to attend the latter Dap in a Righteous Rah 
 and Ruhr. 
 
 ■ 
 
 i. TNreftoringthe Law to its PrimitiveLuftre and Glory. The Lord 
 1 is well pleafed for his Rigfyeoufnels fake, he will magnifie the 
 Law, and make it Honourable: Who among you will give ear to 
 this? who will hearken, and hear for the time to come* lfa, 42.21,13, 
 And many Nations (hall come, and fay, Gome, and let us go up to the 
 Mount of the Lord, and to the Houfe of the God of Jacob, and he 
 .will teach us of his ways, and we will walk iq his paths j for the 
 
 Lav* 
 
22 Ibi My fiery of Magiftrscy unvailed. 
 
 Law fliall go forth of Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerufaltm] 
 
 Mic. 4. 2. Remember the Law of Mofes, Mai. 4. 4. 
 
 2: In reftoring Judges as at firft • as in the belt times, whether of 
 Mofes, or of David, and Solomon. And I will refiore thy Judges as at 
 firil, and thy Gounfellors as at the beginning : Afterward thou /halt be 
 called the City of Righteoulnefs, the faithful City, Ifa. 1. 26. I will 
 alfo make thy Officers Peace, and thine Exactors Righteoufnefs, Ifa. 
 60. 17. And their Nobles (hall be of themfelves, and their Governours 
 ftall proceed from the midft of them, Jer. 30. it. And my Princes 
 ftall no more opprefs my People, Ex,ek. 4;. 8. And no Opprefibur 
 ftall pafs through them any more, Zccb. 9* 8. 
 
 But before we proceed to the next Head, take here a Paflage out of 
 one Ferarius a Commentator upon Ifa. 1. 26. which Providence hath 
 brought to my hand, not unfeafonable thy perufal, 
 
 Ifa. 1. 26, Andl will refloretby Judges, as at tbcfirsl, and thy CounfeUeur: 
 as at the beginnings &C 
 
 Upon thefe Words Ferarius a Commentator, lately fet out by publick 
 
 Authority, hath thisObfervation, " What is this, faith he, at the 
 
 'firft, and at tbe beginning} That is, anciently, of old ; meaning fuch as 
 
 • Mo[es % Joftua, Samud, and the like ; for thofe were properly called 
 € Judges , and under them the Common- wealth was much better Go- 
 c verned, than under Kings, except David, and the beginning of Solomon: 
 ' For thofe words of the People were difpleafing unto the Lord, vrhen 
 
 • they faid, Give us a King : We mud therefore note, that anciently 
 € thofe were called Judges, who had not Regal Power, fo as by their 
 c own Authority, to raife Taxes, to levy Souldiers, to prefs Servants, 
 'and the like, which they can do who have fupream and abfolute 
 
 • Dominion : But Judges then, were only the AfTertcrs and Defenders 
 •of the publick Liberty ; for when the People were opprefled by their 
 1 Enemies, God prefently raifed upfome Man who (hould fet them free, 
 1 and recover their Liberty for them. To this we may add, that their 
 
 • Power was not tranfmitted to their Pofterity, like that of Kings, but 
 
 • out of what Family and Tribe he pleafed, God chofe one to 
 
 ■ be a Judge : And therefore when the People did demand a King of 
 
 ■ Samuel, and would be contented with Judges no longer, God an- 
 'fwered him, They have not rejected tbee y but tbey have rejected me, that I 
 
 • Jbould not reign ever them: Intimating that in the time of the Judges, 
 
 • God himfeU reigncfi ,• not as the Kings of this Wond do ufe to do, 
 
 I who 
 
7he My fiery of Magi/lraiy uncalled \ j| 
 
 ' who moved by Pride and Ambition, as if they were lords, do Rule 
 'their Subje&s after their own will, and by military Forces, and a 
 
 * pompous Train of Attendants, do over-awe their Kingdoms: whereas 
 ' God himfelf did Govern his People by thefe Judges * who beins filled 
 'with the Holy Spirit, abode in their own Houfes, 8nd built no 
 'Cities, norGaftles, nor ftately PaI?cesforthemfelves, nordefired the 
 
 * empty Glory, and vain Splendour of a Court; and therefore AblmcUcb % 
 6 who that he might have fupream Dominion, did hire Souldiers, and 
 'keep a Guard, and fet himfelf .forth with an unwonted kind of 
 ' Magnificence, be is in Scripture ftil'd a King;, Judg. 9. But Gidem 
 'did clean otherwife, who when the People offered him, that hefhould 
 ' he their Ring, and bis Son after him, anfwered, I will not Rule over you, 
 'norjhattmy Son : The Lord (l all Rule ever yen. Therefore it isobfervable, 
 ' that the Lord here doth not fay, he wiV report their Princes, and their 
 ' Lords, but, their Judges and CounfeVours, who mould Govern the Com- 
 
 * mon-wealth with greater Mercy and Mildnefs. 
 
 " Again, it is oblervable, when Judges and Coun/cllours are thus rejl*r'd 9 
 € then it is (aid, tbeGily /hall he called the faithful City, the City ef Righ- 
 
 * teoufnefs. It is good Magistrates that make a City good ,• for fuch is 
 
 * the nature of humane frailty, that, without the Infpe<5Hon of ano- 
 'ther, it cannot be contained in its Duty: And thofe who thus can 
 
 * Reftrainand Govern a People, are only given by God, who when he 
 ' is angry with a People, gives Children to he their Princes, and Bakes to 
 
 * Rule over them, Cbildifh, effeminate, and fooli/h Men, who being 
 
 * unskilledin the Arts of Government, fuffer their People to deftroy 
 ' each other by Luxury, and Oppreffion- — — 1/a 3.4, y. Thus fac 
 Ferariusy among the Critical Wtitersupon Ifaiab : Which may be left 
 to the Reader without a Comment • for if the meer force and evidence 
 of Truth could make a Jefuite and a Spaniard fpeak thus much, it is 
 evident that Gofpei times, for which that Prophecy was calculated, do 
 require another kind of Magiftracy* than as yet the World hath been 
 happy wijh : for the fulfilling of which PromUe, it is the Saints Duty- 
 daily to Pray. 
 
 3. In reftoring Peace, Judgment, JfufKce, and Righteoufnefs. For 
 unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the Government 
 ihail be upon his moulder ; and his Name (ball be called, Wonderful, 
 Counfelloumhe mighty Gpd,the everlafting Father, the Prince of Peace: 
 ui the encreale of his Government, and Pea<?e, there ftall be no end, 
 
 upog 
 
24 The My fiery of M*giftfacy unv ailed. 
 
 upon the Throne of David, and upontas Kingdom, ta order and to 
 eftablifhic with Judgment and with Juftice, from henceforth and foe 
 ever: The zeal of the Lord of Hofts will perform thi?, If a. 9. 6, 7. 
 And thereftull cotneforth a Rod out of the ftem of Je(3e t and a Branch 
 (hall grow out of his Root: . And the Spirit of the Lord (hall reft upo~ 
 him, rhe Spirit of Wifdom and Underftanding, the Spirit of Counfel, 
 and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord : And 
 fhall make him of quick underftanding in the fear of the Lord, and he 
 (hall not Judge after the fight of his lyesi nor reprove after the hearing 
 of his Ears: But with Righteoufnefs (hall he Judge the poor, and reprove 
 with Equity, for the meek of the Earth : And Righteoufnefs Jhall be the 
 Girdle of his Loyns, and Faubfulnefs the Girdle of his Reins. The 
 Wolf alfo (hall dwell with the Lamb, &c They fliall not hurt, nor deftroy 
 in all my holy Mountain: for the Earth (hall be full of the Knowledge 
 of the Lord, as the Waters cover the Sea, 2/4.11.1,2,3,4,5,6,9. Give 
 the King thy Judgment, O God, and thy Rightcoufnefs to the Kings 
 Son. He (hall Judge thy People with Righteoufnefs, and thy poor with 
 Judgment. The Mountains ftiall bring peace unto the People, and the 
 Jittle Hills, by Righteoufnefs, He (hall Judge the poor of the People, 
 he (hall fave the Children of the needy, and break in pieces the Op- 
 preffour, &c. In his days flaall [the Righteous flou.rifli, and abundance 
 of peace, fo long as the Moon endurech, Pfal. 72. 1, 2, ; 4, 7. • For 
 thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a River, &c. 
 Ifa, 66. 12. And Wildom and Knowledge (hall be jthe .liability of thy 
 Times, Chap. 33, 6. 
 
 GHAP, XII. 
 
 Qf the Judgment and Curfe attending no Rule, or an evil Ruler. 
 
 1. 'TpHE evil of Anarchy, where no Rule is. In thofe Days . there 
 JL was no King in Ifrael, >but every Man did that which was right 
 in his own eyes, J.udg, 17. 6. And behold the Lord do h take away 
 the ftaffand the (lay, the mighty Man, and the Man of War, the Judge 
 and the Prophet, the Prudent and the Ancient, &c. And give Children 
 to be their Princes, and Babes to Rule over them, And ihe People 
 
the MyHtiy of Maglflraey invathJ. 2 f 
 
 fliall be oppreffed every one by another, and every one by his neigh- 
 bour ,• the Child (hall behave himfclf proudly againft the ancient, and 
 the bafe againft the honourable, lfa* 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, y. The wicked 
 devoureth the Man that is more Righteous than he: And thou makeft 
 Man as the Fillies of the Sea, and as the creeping things that have no 
 Ruler, Hab. 1/13. 
 
 2. The evil and judgment of weak Rulers^ And I will give Children 
 to be their Princes, and Babes to Rule over them, lfa. 3. 4. Wo unto 
 thee, O Land, when thy King is a Child, and thy Princes eat in the. 
 Morning, Ecclef. 10. 16. Better is a poor and wife Child, than an old 
 and foolifh King, who will no more be admonifhcd, Ecclef. 4. 1 j. For 
 out of Prifon he cometh to Reign, whereas he that is born in his 
 Kingdom becometh poor t Verf. 14. As for my People* Children are 
 their Oppreffours, and Womea Rule over them, lfa. 3. 12. 
 
 ;. The evil and curfe of wicked Rulers • who inftead of fuppreffing 
 Unrighteoufnefs, and executing Vengeance upon the evil Doer, are 
 found themfeives, either 
 
 1. Drunkards, Uncleam Deceitful, Prophanei Idolaters, Oppreffing, 1 
 Bloody, and Blafphemous Perfons, They make the King glad with 
 their Wickednefs, and their Prince* with their lyes, Hof.j. 3. In the 
 day of our King, the Princes have made himfick with Bottles of Wine, 
 Vcrf. $. Shall the Throne of Iniquity have fellowihip with th^e, which 
 fr^meth mifchiet by a Law ? they gather themfeives together, againft the 
 Soul of the Righteous, and condemn the innocent Blood, P/^,94. 20, 2 1, 
 Her Princes in the midft thereof, are like Wolves, ravening the prey, 
 to ftied Blood, and to deftroy Souls, to get difhoneft gain, Ez,ek. 22, 27. 
 That have turned Judgment to Gall, and the fruit of Right into Hem- 
 lock p '.Am$s 6 X 11. Hear this ye Kine of Bafhan % that are in the Mount: 
 o! Samaria, which opprefs the poor, and crufh the needy, Amos 4. 1. 
 They that Rule over them make them to howl, faith the Lord, and 
 my Name continually every day is blafphemed, IJa. S2. j. Thy 
 Princes are rebellious, companions of Thieves ; every one loveth Gifts, 
 and followeth after Rewards ; they Judge not the Fatherlefs, neither 
 doth the caufe of the Widow come before them, lfa. 1, 23. That (ell 
 the Righteous for Silver, and the poor for a pair of Shoes 5 that pane 
 after the duft of the Earth on the head of the poor, and" turn afide tha 
 way of the meek, Amot 2. 6. 
 
 D 2, Or 
 
26 Tie Myfiery of Magijtracy unvsileJ. 
 
 2. Or Prote&ors, Incouragers, or Favourers of fuch. The wicked 
 walk on every fide, when the vileft Men are exalud, P/al. 12* 8, If a 
 Ruler hearken to lyes, all his Servants are wicked, Prov.zy. 12. Not 
 only do the fame, but have pleafurpin them that do them, Rom. 1, 32. 
 Who infiead of being like rathers, Shepherds, Shields, &c. are com- 
 pared by the Holy Spirit to the unclean ravenous Beafls and Creatures 
 following, viz,. 
 
 1. To Lyons. As a roaring Lyon, and a raging Bear, fo is a wicked 
 Ruler over the poor People, Pro v. 28. jy, And I was delivered out of 
 the Mouth of the Lyon, ztim, 4. 17. Her Princes within her are 
 roaring Lyons, Zepb. 3.3, 
 
 2. To Bears. As a raging Bear, fo is a wicked Ruleri Prov. 28J 
 17, And behold another, a fecond like to a Bear, Dan. 7. y. with 
 
 3. To Bulls. Many Bulls have compafTed me, flrong Bulls of Balkan 
 havebefetme, Pfal.zi.iz. Hear this word ye KJne of Hafhan, in the 
 Mount of Samaria, which opprefs the poor, which crufh the needy, &c< 
 Amos 4. i. 
 
 4. To Dragons. Art thou not he that hath cut Kabab^nd wounded 
 the Dragon, /fcjrx*?. viz. Pharaoh, £2^,39.3,4. He hath fwallowed 
 me up like a Dragon, viz, Uetucbadnezzar, Jer. f r. 34. And behold 
 a great Red Dragon, Rw. 12. 3, 
 
 $\ To Serpents. In that day, the Lord with his great, fore, and 
 ftrong Sword, (hall puni(h Leviathan, that piercing Serpent, even 
 Leviathan, that crooked Serpent, a^id flay the Dragon in the Sea, 
 I/a. 27, I. 
 
 6. To Leopards, And lo another like a Leopard, with four wings 
 on his back, Dan.^6 % And theBeaft which I faw was like to a Leopard, 
 Rev. 1 3, 2. 
 
 7. To Wolves. Her Princes in the midft of her, are like Wolves 
 ravening the prey, to flied Blood, and to deftroy Souls, to get difnoneft 
 gain, Eztk- 22. 27. Her Princes within her are roaring Lyons, her 
 Judges evening Wolves, &c. Zepb. 3, 3. 
 
 8. To Foxes, And he faid unto him, Go and tell that Fox, Luke 
 13- 32. 
 
 9. To Dogs % For Dogs have compaffed me, the Affembly of the 
 wicked inclofed me. Deliver my Soul from the Sword, my darling 
 from the power of the Dog, *P[aL fe, i6 f 20, 
 
 10. To 
 
The My fiery of Magistracy unvailed. lj 
 
 10. ToFifhers and Hunters: And I will fend for many Fifhers, and 
 they fliall fi/h them ; and after will I fend for many Hunters, and they 
 fhall hunt them, Jer. i(J. io\ And makeft Men as the Fifhes of the 
 Sea, &c. They take up all of them with the Angle j they catch them 
 in the Net, and gather them ia their Drag, HaK ii 14, if. 
 
 ij. To Briers, and Thorns, and Brambles, The Prince and Judge 
 asketh for Reward, &e* The beft of them is a Brier, the moft 
 upright (harper than a Thorn Hedge, Mic. 7. ;, 4. And the Bramble 
 faid unto the Trees, if indeed you make me King, &c. Judg. 9, r$. 
 
 ii. To Thieves and Robbers. Who gave Jacob to the ipoil, and 
 Ifrael to the Robbers * I/a. 42. 24^ Companions of Thieves, Chap* 
 1. 23. 
 
 13. To a Rod, .Staffs Ax, Saw, Blague. O 'JJJyrian* the Rod of 
 mine angec and the Staffintheir hand is mine indignation. Shall the 
 Ax boaft it felf againft him that heweth therewith ? or (hall the Saw 
 magnifie it feU againft him that fcaketh it ? &c. lfa. 10* y, 15. Thou 
 art my Battle-ax, and Weapons of War, Jerem. ji.20. 
 
 14. To Devils. Behold, the Devil (bail caft fome of you into 
 
 Prifon, that you may be tryed. And where ihou dwelleft,even 
 
 where Satans Seat is, Rev. 2. io» 13, The Beaft that afcendeth out 
 of the bottomlefs pit, (hall make War againft them, Chap. 1 1. 7. And 
 the great Red Dragon, called the Devil and Satan, was caft ou^ 
 Chap. 12; 9. 
 
 GHAP, XIII. 
 
 Of the Peoples Duty under Wicked Rulers, loth towards God and them. 
 
 1. TpO wards God. 
 
 A !♦ To be fenfible of Gods hand, that thereby is in Judgment 
 lift up againft them for Sin. And I will kt mv Face againft you, 
 and they that hate you fhall Reign over you, Levis. 26. 17. And the 
 anger of the Lord was hot againft Ifrael, and he delivered them into 
 tbc hands of Spoilers that fpoiled them ,• and he fold them into the 
 hands of their Enemies round about, fo that they could not any 
 longer ftand before their Enemies, Judges 2, 14. Becaufe thou fervedft 
 
 E> 2 not 
 
2& The My Her} of Mail/tracy unv tiled. 
 
 not the Lord thy God with joyfulnefsr and with gladnefs of Heart 
 for the abundance of all things : Therefore fhalt thou.ferve thine 
 Enemie?, which the Lord (hall fend againft thee, in hunger* and in 
 third, and in nakednefs, and in want of all things, and he (hall put a 
 yoke of Iron upon thy neck» &c. Deut. 28. 47, 48. And Judab kept 
 not the Commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the 
 Statutes of J/rae/, which they made ,• and the Lord reje&ed the feed 
 of 1/rael, and afflided them, and delivered them into the hand of 
 Spoilers, until he had caft them out of his fight, 2 Kings 17. 19. 
 O 4]]yrian % the Rod of mine anger> and the Staff in their hand is my 
 indignation ; I will fend him againft a hypocritical Nation, and 
 againft the people of my Wrath will I give him a charge to take the 
 fpoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of 
 the ftreets 5 IJa; 10. <; * Who gave Jaceb to the Spoiler, and I/raei to 
 the Robbers? did not the Lord, he againft whom we have finned ? 
 for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient 
 unto his Laws, &c. I/a, 42. 24. For the tranfgreffion of a Land, 
 many are the Princes thereof, Prov* 28. 2. And he gave them into 
 the hand of tho Heathen • and they that hated them» Ruled over 
 them : Their Enemies alfo oppreffed therm and they were brought 
 into fubje&ion under their hands. Many times did he deliver them, 
 but they provoked him with their counfel, and were brought low for 
 their Iniquity, Ffal. 106.41, 42,43. iShron* 12,7,8. And when the 
 Lord faw that they humbled themfelves, the Word of the Lord came 
 to Sbtmaiaht faying, They have humbled themfelves, therefore I will 
 r>ot deftroy them, but I will grant them fome deliverance* and my 
 Wrath mall not be poured out upon Jerufalem by the hand of 
 Sbi(hak. Neverthelefs .they (hall be his Servants, that they may 
 know my Service, and the Service of the Kingdoms of the Goun« 
 treys. 
 
 2. To accept of the punifhment, and be humbled under. Gods 
 mighty Hand. If they mall confefs their Iniquity, and the Iniquity 
 of their Fathers, with their Trefpafs which they Trefpafs againft me, 
 and that alfo they have walked contrary unto me ; and that I alio 
 have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the 
 Land of their Enemies: If then their uncircumcifed Hearts be hum- 
 bled, and they then accept of the punifhment of their Iniquity, &c. 
 Uvit m 26, 40, 41. I will, bear the Indignation of the Lord* becaule I 
 
 huvs 
 
The My ft try of Maglfiracy unv ailed, 29 
 
 have finned againft him. until he plead my Caufe, and execute 
 Judgment for me, Mic. 7.5V Humble your felves therefore under 
 the mighty Hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, j ?tt % 
 S .6. 
 
 3. To repent and turn from the provoking Sin. If they fin againft 
 thee, and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the Enemy, 
 fo that they carry them away captive into the Land of the Enemy,, 
 far or near ,• yet if they (hall bethink themfelves in the Land of their 
 captivity, and make Supplication, faying, &c We have finned, and 
 done perverfly, and have committed Wickednefs ,• and io return 
 unto thee with all their Heart, and with all their Soul, in the Land 
 of their Enemies, and pray unto thee, &c. Then hear thou their 
 Prayer and Supplication, 1 Kings 8, 46, 47, 43. At what Inftant I 
 {hall (peak concerning a Nation, and concerning a Kingdom, to 
 pluck up and put down, and to deftroy it ; If that Nation againft 
 whom I have pronounced, turn from their $vi1, I will Repent of the 
 evil that I thought to do unto them, Jer. 18. 9, 10. We have 
 finned, and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have 
 rebelled, even by departing from thy Precepts, and from thy Judg- 
 ments, &c % O Lord to us belongeth conf ufion of Face* to our Kings, 
 to our Princes, and Fathers, becaufe we have finned againft thee. To 
 the Lord our God belongs Mercy and Forgivenefs, &c. Dan. 9. j, 6, 
 
 4. To cry unto the Lord for Help and Deliverance, And the 
 Children of #r*f/fighed by reafon of their Bondage, and they cryed ; 
 and their cry came up unto God by reafon of the Bondage : And 
 God heard their groaning, &c And God lookt upon them, and had 
 refped to them, Exod. 2. 2;, 24,2c. And the Lord faid, I have 
 furely feen the affli&ionof my People, which are in Egypt y and have 
 heard their cry, by reafon of their Task-mafters, for I know their 
 forrows, Exod, 1.7,8. And it Repented the Lord becaufe of their 
 groanings, by reafon of them that oppreffed them, Judg.z* 18. And 
 when the Children of lfrael cryed unto the Lord, he raifed up a De- 
 liverer to them, Judg. 3, 9. For he (hall deliver the needy when he 
 eryeth, the poor alio, and him that hath no helper, P/*/. 72. 12. 
 Tfal. 83. 11. Deut.4. 27,28, 29, 2/0. See PM i*« J» Fortheoppreffion 
 of the poor, for the fighing of the needy, &c % 
 
 S* To 
 
50 The My fiery of Magiflracy unvallei. 
 
 ?. To groan more earneftly for the Righteous Rule aftd Dominion 
 ofjefus Chrift, who fhall be therefore the Jefirc rf Nations ; who will 
 judge ^the People righteoufly, and break in pieces the Oppreflbr, in 
 whole days the Righteous (hall flouri/h, Rev. 6. 9, 10, 11. p/*/. 72. 
 And I will fhake all Nations, and the defire of all Nations fliall come, 
 and I will fill this Houfe with Glory, faith the Lord of Hofts, 
 Hag. 2. 6, 7, For the earneft expe&ation of the Creature, waiteth 
 for the manifeftadonoftheSons of God • For we know that the whole 
 Creation groaneth, and travelleth in pain together, &c And not only 
 they, but our felves alfo, which have the firft Fruits of the Spirit, even 
 we our felves groan within our felves, waiting for the Adoption* to 
 wit, the Redemption of the Body, £0/*. 8. 19,22, 23. 
 
 2t Towards the evil Rulers themfelves. 
 
 i: To bewail their Abominations, and ftand off from their defile- 
 ments. Go through the midft of the City, and fet a mark upon the 
 foreheads of the Men that figh, and that cry for all the Abominations 
 that be done in the midft thereof, Ezek. 9. 4, Efbraim is joyned to 
 Idols, let him alone, Hof. 4. 17. And have no fellowship with the 
 unfruitful works of Darknefs, but rather reprove them, Epbef. ?; 1 1. 
 
 2. Topray for them a& Enemies, and Tcifccutors, for their Reftraint 
 and Conversion, Who will have all Men to be faved, and to come 
 to the knowledge of the Truth, ilim. 2. 4. And he kneeled down, 
 and cryed with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this fin to their charge, 
 
 ;. To own our fubje&ion to them, only as to a, Plague, Judgment, 
 and Curfe, groaning and complaining under the Burden, as under 
 the Lyons paw. Behold, we are Servants this dayjj and for the Land 
 thou gaveft unto our Fathers, to eat the Fruit thereof, and the good 
 thereof, behold we are Servants in it : And it yieldeth much encreafe 
 unto the Kings, whom thou haft fet over our Bodies^ and over our 
 Cattel, at their pleafure, and we are in great diftrefs, Neb. 9, ;6, 37. 
 
 4, Not to confederate with them, or engage to their upholding, 
 by Oath, Covenant, &c. Say not a confederacy to all thofe to 
 whom this People fhall fay, a confederacy ; neither fear ye their fear, 
 nor be afraid: Sandifie the Lord of Hofts, &c> Ifa. 8. 12, 15. 
 Shouldft thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord i 
 therefore is Wrath upon thee from before the Lord, 2 Cbnn, 19. 2; 
 They ftrengthen alfo the hands of evil Doers, that none doth return 
 
 from 
 
7 be My fiery of Magljlrac} unv*lkd % ^r 
 
 from his wickednefs, Jer* 23. 14. Neither do th'ey which go by, fay, 
 The bleflingot the Lord be upon you : we blefs you in the Name of the 
 Lord, Pfal. 129.8. In whofe eyesavile perlon is contemned: but he 
 honoureth them that fear the Lord) Pfal. if. 4. Come out from her 
 my People, that you be not partakers other fins, Rev. 18.4 But 
 aboveall things fwear not at all, Jam, 5. n. Ifrael fhali dwell in fafety 
 alone, Deut. 33, 20- Bflb.-$>$L 
 For, 
 
 1. If we bave Sworn or Covenanted, then we are foiemnly bound, 
 which God will require at our hands. Ssing he rfefpifed the ( 
 
 by breaking the Covenant, (when, lo } .hejhad given his hand ) and 
 hath done all thefe things, he- (hall not efca'pe. Therefore thus faith 
 the Lord God, as I live, furely mine Oatb that he hath defpifed, and 
 my Covenant that he hath brokenp even it will Irecompenfs upon his 
 own head, (though- made with wicked NebutbadneKWr ) $ Ezek* ij, 
 18, 19. 
 
 2. They fwear to a Plague ,♦ asbeforc, Ltv< .26.17: -Thy that 
 
 late you [hall reign over you. ■ ■ ■. 
 
 2. It's againft promifed Mercies, Ifai 1. 26. And I will reftore thy 
 Judges as at tho firft^ and thy Counfellors as at the beginning : 
 Afterward thou (halt be called the City of Righteoufnefs, the faithful 
 City. 
 
 4« Becaufe it would be in deceit and hypocrifie, which is To abhor- 
 ring to the Lord. Who hath not lift iip his Soul unto vanity, nor 
 fworn deceitfully, Pfal 24, 4. For our tranfgreffions are multiplycd 
 before thee, &c< In tranfgreffing and lying. againft the Lord, &c* 
 Conceiving and uttering from the Heart Words of falfhood, Ifa. £9, 
 12, 13. And let none of you imagine evil againft his Neighbour,and 
 love no falfeOath, for all thefe arethirtgs that I hate; faith the Lord, 
 ■Zecb. 8. 17. And I will come near to'you in Judgment^ and I will be 
 a fwift Witnefs againft the Sorcerers, and againft the Adulterers, and 
 againft faife Swearers, &c. Mai, 3; 5-, 
 
 5> To ufe all lawful means to be delivered from rheir violence. 
 
 1. Either by hiding and obfeuring in the place. Mofes was hid 
 from Pharaoh's piirfuers three Months, Exodi 2, 22, ^#17.20. Heb % 
 11:23* Davidhid himfelf, with his Men,' from Sauls furious purfuir, 
 i5^w # 22. 1, 2. C£a/>, 23. 13, 16, 19,24,29. Chaf. 26. 1. The 
 Prophets- were hid by fifty in a Gave, I Kings lB. 4, 13. Jotbam hid 
 
 himleif 
 
3* 7 he My flerj of Magtflracy unvailed. 
 
 himfclf from Abtmelecb, Jndg. 9. 5-. Joafh and his Nurfe was hid from 
 Atbaliahi Rage, 2 Kings n , 2, Jeremiah and Barucb was hid by the 
 Lord, jfer. ;6, 26. jfe/** hid himfelf, John S. 59, 
 
 2. Or by flight into other parts for (helter : As the Priefts, Levites, 
 and People of Ifrael fled from Jeroboam, leaving their Poffeffions, and 
 joyned themfelves with Rehoboam t ftrengthning the Kingdom of Judab, 
 2 Cbron, 1 1. 14, if, 16, 17. David to G*ft&, I Sam. 27. ;, 4, 9, 6, cK. 
 7<?/</><& and Mary with the Ghild into Egypt % from i&>W, Matth. 2. 
 
 3, By open or fecret refiftance, when the Providence of God makes 
 way for the fame: As in the time of the Judges, when the People 
 willingly offered themfelves {Judges 5. 2, 16, 17.) with the Judges 
 raifed up for their Deliverance, to oppofe and reflft the prefent Tyrants 
 that were over them, Judg* 3. 8, 9, 10, if , 20. Thofe alfo in Davids 
 time, that joyned to him, in opposition to Saul and his Houfe, 
 I C&r«».i2.Ghap.throughout. Jeboiada and the People of Judab refilling 
 Atbaliak in behalf of Joajh, 2 Kings 11. 4, &c Heztkiab was faid to 
 rebell againft the King of AJfyria in not ferving him ; and this was 
 done when the Lord was with him* and profpered him, and the iflue 
 proved very happy. 
 
 Query. But it is queryed, that though here are many good Rules 
 and Precepts laid down, relating to Magiftracy and Government, yet 
 finee thefe are given to the Jews (a peculiar, dift* i<ft, and typical 
 People ) for the ordering and managing their Comu on- wealth; how 
 do thefe belong to the Nations ? and how can they be properly ^rged 
 as Rules orlnftitutions for that great Ordipance of Magiftracy amongft 
 them? 
 
 Anfw m Firft, It will behove all thofe that plead fubje<ftion to Magi- 
 ftracy, as Gods Ordinance, upon a confeientious bottom, to bring 
 fome Inftitution for it out of Gods Word, which only can make an 
 Ordinance, and bind the Gonicience, which if they do, it muft 
 neceffarily be cither fome Inftitution given to his People, or to the 
 Nations ; but of any fuch Rules, Directions, Laws, Statutes, Ordi* 
 nances given to the Nations to dired them in Government, we read 
 not; and therefore it is faid, Tfal. 147. 19, 20. He Jhewed bis Word 
 unto Jacob, his Statutes and his Judgments to Ifrael : He bath not dealt (0 
 with any Nation, and as for bis Judgments^ they have not known them. 
 
 Therefore will it behove any of the Nations, that would prove their 
 
 Government 
 
55 
 
 76e Mjfteij *f Mtfifir&cj uirutihl. 
 Government Divine, as founded upon the Scriptures* to come up to 
 this Scriptural Pattern, as well for the Supremacy as Sebje&oa, i£ 
 they would lay any Obligation upon Conscience* 
 
 Secondly, That it is no more improper for the Nations to have 
 recourfe to the Scriptures for Rules for the Government of their Bodies 
 and outward Man, than for their Souls and inward, for Civ ii as well 
 as Religious Policy, for Righteoufnefs as well as Heiinefs ; All 
 Scripture being given by Divine Infpiration, and is profitable for, 
 Do&rine, for Reproof, for Corre&ion, for Inftru&ion in Righteouf- 
 nefs* that the Man of God may be perfect, throughly furni&cd unto ail 
 good Work?. And fo though moil of the Scriptures both of the Old 
 and Nesr Tet amenta were Written to the Jews ( for to them chiefly 
 were committed the Oracles of God, Rem. 3. 2. ) yet are oniverfaihr 
 extenfive over the whole World : And it is to be obferved, thac 
 though God from Heav en by his own Mouth gave thefe Rules of 
 Government to the Jews, yet was it the priviledge of any of the 
 Nations fas Profelites) to come under that Government ; and therein 
 was it Typical of that Univerfal Government and Soveraignty that 
 the Lord Chrift (hall hare in his Kingdom. But, 
 
 Thirdly, and morefpscialiyitis obferved, that the Rules, Diredion?,' 
 and Qualifications here mentioned about Government, do not relate 
 to thofe Types, Ceremonies, or Shadows that were given to them 
 as a Typical People, bat are matters of Moral Equity, agreeable to 
 the light of Nature, and Law written in the Heart, tending to the 
 advancement of/publick Juftice and Righteoufnefs, and fo are they 
 perpetually binding to the end of the' World, and that to all Men that 
 would prefer ve Peace and Righteoufnefs ; and therefore it is faid, 
 Dsut. 4. ? , 6, 7, 8. Behold, I have taught you Statutes and Judgments, 
 •even as the Lord my God commanded me, &c. Keep therefore, and 
 do them, for this is your Wifdorn and Undemanding in the fight of 
 the Nations, which (hall hear all thefe Statutes, and fay, Surely this 
 great Nation is a Wife and Underftanding People. For what Nation 
 is there fo great, who hath God lo nigh unto them, as the Lord our 
 God is in all that we call upon him for ? And what Nation is there fo 
 great, that hath Statutes and Judgments fo Righteous as all this Law 
 which I fet before you this day ? 
 
 And which Laws, as well for their Moral Equity, as well as their 
 Divine Authority, hath gained fo much Reputation in this Nation, 
 
 £ that 
 
34 7bt Ady fiery of ' Matf/lraey nwatleJ. 
 
 that it is a Maxime in the Law, That no Aft of Parlia* 
 Ilncb lib, I. mem, or Law repugnant to the Law of God, is of any 
 p. 3. force. And in the Statute of 28 H. 8. Chap. 7. That 
 
 no Man of what Eftate, Degree, or Condition whatso- 
 ever, kath power to difpence with Gods Law, as all the Clergy of 
 the Realm, and moft part of the Univerfities of Chriflen- 
 Do&or and dom, and we alfo affirm : And further it is afferted 
 5^2 ""Lib 6 That a & ain ^ Scrip^ure, Law, Prefcription, Statute, nor 
 Chap. 19,' # Cuftom may avail, and if any be brought in againft it, 
 p. 103. they are void and againft Juftice In the year 180! 
 
 Lucius the fiift Chriftian King of Britain^ wrote to 
 Elutberius Bifliop of Rome for the RomanLzw$ t for the better feulement 
 of his Kingdom., who Wrote to him, That the Roman Laws of the 
 Emperours, "we may at all times miflike, but the Law of God by no 
 means : By the Divine Clemency you have of late received in your King- 
 dom of Brita;ny t the Law and Faith ofCbriftj youhave with you the 
 Old and New Telfamcnts; out of them, in Gods Name, by the Couniel 
 of your State, take you a Law, and therewith by Gods permiffion, Govern 
 your Kingdom. . " 
 
 2. King Alfred began his Laws thus, The Lord (pake theft IFords* &c. 
 and fo repeated the Judicial Laws, which he affirmed the bed for 
 the Government of his Kingdom, and fo according to his Law 
 was his Government bleft above all other Kings of the Nati- 
 ons. 
 
 Query. But it is again queryed, If fuch a Magiftracy only, is to be 
 reputed Godi Ordinance, (to whom a Confcientious Subjection is to be 
 paid J that is confonant to the Inftitution and Appointment of his 
 Word, as here laid down ,• what (hall we fay to thofe Scriptures, 
 that feem to hold out, not only that the Heathen Magiftracy, fo 
 much different from this, is his Ordinance ; but that whoever is in 
 poffeffion of the Power, however he get into the fame, yet it is to 
 be reputed Gods Ordinance, and to be Confcientioufly fubje#cd to as 
 fuch? 
 
 Anfw. Though it may be needlefs to fpend much further time to 
 Anfwer this, which is fo fully cleared in the Difcourfe already, 
 wherein thi? great Ordinance of Magiftracy is fo fully difcovered, and 
 plainly afieiced from Gods Word, which can only make out his 
 Ordinance, and may be fufficient to every judicious Mind to evince 
 
 what- 
 
lit My fiery tf Magl/lraey unwriUJ. If 
 
 what is the contrary ( the holding out of light, being the belt Way to 
 difcover darknefs, and the opening of Truth, to dete& Errors ): 
 Yet for the better clearing hereof, and the removing ( if it may be ) 
 thofe thick clouds, which either Ignorance, Jntereft, Cuftom, 
 received Opinion, Prejudice, or rhe offence of the Crofs, may have 
 caft before Mens Eyes, we fhall take this Method in the Anfwer of 
 the Query : Firft, We fhall give a Reply to thofe Arguments 
 brought to prove the Heathen Magiftrate to be Gods O dinance : 
 Secondly, We ftiall Anfwer thofe Arguments about the Pofleffory 
 power. 
 
 Firft, As to the Arguments ufuallv offered about the Heathen 
 Magiftrate, to prove him to be God* Ordinance, they are thefe that 
 follow. . 
 
 i. Becaufe he is faid to be of God, or to proceed from him, 
 Dan 2. 57, 38. Chap. 5. 18, 15. ztbron* 36. 2;, Enra I. 2. Prov* 8, 
 If, 16. 
 
 2. Becaufe fome are faid to be anointed by him, I/a. 4^. 1. 1 Kings 
 19,15* 2 Cbron. 36. 23, *• 
 
 3. Becaufe the Saints are bound to obey them, 7itui%> 1. Rm%\%* 1% 
 2, ?. 1 Ptt.i.1%, 14, 1?. ' 
 
 4. Becaufe Saints enjoyed places under them, Eftber 2. 17. Cbaf.8* 
 15. 
 
 y. Becaufe the Saints prayed for them, honoured and bleft them, 
 I Tim. 2 2. Gen % 47. 7, *o. Dan. 6.21. 
 
 6. Becaufe Saints applyed to themfor Juftice, ^#/2$\io, 12. A8s 
 26. 32. 
 
 7. Becaufe they paid Cuftom and Tribute to them, Mat. 17, 24. Mat. 
 22.17,21. Luke 2. 1,4,5, Rom 13. 6. 
 
 An/w. Firfl, In general : That the Heathen M?gi(trate- was Gods 
 Ordinance, viz,, the Ordinance of his Providence, is owned ,• but 
 not the Ordinance of his Precept : For there is the Ordinance of 
 Gods Providence, and the Ordinance of his Precept : The one, 
 ordering all things that cemeth to pafs in the Woild ; the other, 
 only that which is*good and acceptable in his fight. And that it is 
 not the Ordinance of hb Precept, may appear by the Reafons follow- 
 ing: 
 
 Firft, Becaufe there U no Inftitution for it in the Word of God ; 
 no Precept bein£ given to the Heathen concerning their Magiftrates, 
 
 £ 2 bus 
 
5 5 Tie My fiery if Migiftauy mvmleJ* 
 
 but they are left in that, as in a!! other things, Wtll&ig 
 
 (a) I lh§. 0ft tr tbsir §um Lmfts (a ) ; Lfmg in v>hh$4**1*% Wfer£ sm 
 4. y. the vomit j f>f their snam mind* (h), under the Regime &£ 
 
 (b) Epbef. and Condud of the Devil, */no is therefore laid to hare 
 4. 17, 18. the Kingdoms of this World Cas the Rnler, Piiruce, Kijng, 
 
 and God thereof ) at his dirpofe ; as Lmkt 4^6- E?L 2> 2, 
 Clap: 6. ix. jM* 14. jo. Rev. ig: a, 2 Or.4.4. y^ jr. i», to the 39. 
 Where the DsviJ is f aid to order the fersraS Regiments and Bands *sunft 
 
 Secondly, Becanfe the Heathen Msgiftracy Hands in direA oppoffi- 
 tion and contradidion to Gods Magiftracy : The latter being appoin- 
 ted and ordained for a hkffing to Mankind in general, and to the 
 Saints in particular 3 bounded by wholfome iqwfi Roles, that amfoer 
 the Law of God, and light of Najrnre, in the difhibction of equal and 
 impartial Juilice; Whereas the former * was appointed or rather per- 
 mitted for a Curie to Mankind in general, and a Scourge and fclagme 
 Kothe Saints in particular ; in contraction to tire Law of God, and 
 light of Nature ,• being from the beginning a Iawlcfs,boundlefs thing, 
 that, in an arbitrary tyrannous way, hath acted according to their 
 own lufis, over both Bodies and Souls, for the advancement of particular 
 Perfons and Interefls, in flefhly Pride, State, and Glory, to the unjuft 
 peeling, opprefling, and fupprefling the People in general, contrary to - 
 the light of Nature, and Law of God : And to the Truth whereof, 
 befides the fad experience that every Age produceth, you have this 
 Scripture evidence, 
 
 Firft, You have GodhimfelFby the Prophet Samuel, amply defcrib* 
 ingthe Nations Government, to deter his People from taking pattern 
 from them, in their unrighteous Moddel : Wherein you 
 x Stm. 8. have at large the arbitrarinefs, tyranny, pride, covetoufnefs, 
 and oppreffion of their Kings, and Cuftomes, declared, and 
 what a howling Curfe it would prove to them if they embraced the 
 fame. 
 
 Secondly, In the fame cafe you have Jotham in his Parable ( to take 
 the People from that hankering after the Nations Government ) 
 fignificantly holding out the Nature of that Conftitution ,• declaring 
 it was fit for nothing but the ufelefs,faplefs, afpiring fcratching Bramble 
 toxngage in it 5 that neither the Olive, Fig-7ree % nor Vine, that had 
 any vertue, fweetnefs or favour would riddle with it, under hazard 
 
 r 
 
The My fiery of Maglfirtcy unvtilei,- 27 
 
 joflofing all ; thereby ftewfng that it was fit only for the worft of 
 Men, and unmeet for any good Man to intermeddle with. And 
 therefore Gideon refufed it, when it was o'flfered him, Judg. 8. 22, 25. 
 Whereas Gods Ordinance requires the.beft of Men, viz. Men oflrutb % 
 fearing God, and bating Covetcufn>(s, &e, who are under promifes to be 
 bettered by them, and to receive vertue and fpirit from therm And 
 of this fort were all the four Monarchs, not only from 
 Hirnrod the firft, to Nebuchadnezzar the iaft of Babels Dan. $.19* 
 Monarchs ( who raifed up, pulled down, killed and kept 
 alive whom they would ), but all the reft of them, whofe ambitious^ 
 tyrannous, and cruel Natures, are therefore held forth by thofe apt 
 refemblances of fierce, cruel, ravenous, unclean Beafts, as Lyons, Bears, 
 Leopards, Dragons, yea Devils themfelves. 
 
 Thirdly, Becaufe when Gods People* notwirhftanding thefe 
 Cautions given, would imitate the Nations in their Heathenifh 
 Gonftitutions, they were faid to reje<5l God and his 
 Soveraignty, in rejecting that wholfome Conftitution, 1 Sam< 8. 
 that he had appointed for their good ,• but furely had 
 that Heathenifh Conftitution been of God, it would not be a reje&ing 
 of God to embrace it ,• none of Gods Ordinances do ufe to clafh, and 
 interfeer with each other. 
 
 Fourthly, Becaufe when given them by his hand of Providence, it 
 is declared to be done in Wrath and Judgment, and as 
 a Fruit of their great Sin and Rebellion ( which none of 1 Sam. til 
 Gods Ordinances were ) as was teftified by that great 17, 18, i^v 
 Thundering and Lightning, as a token of his great 
 Difpleafure, and their great Tranfgreffion, which they alfo in their 
 confeffion declared. 
 
 Fifthly, Whep, as a fruit of their fin, that National Gonftitution is 
 given them, God difowns it to be of him, Hof, 8. 4. You have let up 
 Kings, hut not by me • Princes, and I knew them not, viz Though by his 
 providential Ordering he had in Wrath gWen them theirdefire for their 
 hurt, yet he declaims the Conftitution to be of him, or according to 
 his preceptive Will. 
 
 Sixthly, Becaufe it is that which is influenced by the DeviT, and 
 hath flood in Enmity and Oppofition to the Lord, his Ways, Worfliip, 
 Ordinances, and People all along, that have improved their utmoft 
 Iiuerefts, to invent and eftablijh ways of Wickedntfs and Idolatry, to 
 
 the 
 
3 8 The Myflety of Magiflracj unvaileH. 
 
 the cruel ftenghtering of all that refuted to bow to their curfed Idols • 
 
 who krll'd ibfc Prophets, the Lord Chrift himfelfi and murdered his 
 
 Saints and followers everfince, and will be found warring and fighting 
 
 Qgainfthim ti 1 ! they are fubdued, and utterly varquilht by him, who 
 
 muft break down, and dafh in pieces the Imagc-Govcrnmerit, overcome 
 
 the Beaft and his ten Horns : but (urely God and Chrift wiii never 
 
 deftroy their own Ordinances' ftandingin enmity againft them. 
 
 ■ Obj*&. i. But it is jo (aid to he of God, and to proceed from him, according 
 
 to thofe Scriptures cited in tbefirji Argument. 
 
 An(v>. It is granted to be (aid to be given of God, but if duely 
 Examined, it will be found no other than his providential Difpofe .• 
 and fo was he faid to give to the Devil power over Job, Job i. 12. 
 The evil Spirits had Power and Commiffion over Ahab\ Prophets, 
 Jt Kings 22. 22. And the Robbers have power to the fpoiling of 
 others, into whofe Houfes God brings abundantly, Jcb. 12.6, Who 
 gave Jacob to the Spoilers, and to the Rubbers ? Ifa. 42. 24, Who is laid 
 to give to the Devil, the Kingdoms of Men, Luke 4. 6. And to the 
 Beaft power over the Saints, and over all Kingdoms, Tongues and 
 Nations, Rev. 13. 5-, 7. H* having put into the hearts of the Kings of the 
 Earth to fulfil his will ', and to agree to give their Kingdoms unto the Beaff 9 
 until the Words of God Jh all be fulfilled Revel. 17. 17. Which giving muft 
 relate ro the giving of his Hand and Providence, not to the giving of 
 his Word and Precept. 
 
 Objeft. 2. But (ome were faid to be Anointed by God, as Hazael and 
 Cyrus. 
 
 Anfw. As for Hazaels Anointing, whether that Gere- 
 2 Kings 8. J mony pa'ft upon him is not manifeft, but the end offuch 
 11, 12. with a fetting him apart, is declared, (not to make him 
 iiC/w.19,16. Gods Magiftrate, but his Rod ) viz,, to be appointeda 
 particular Scourge and Plague to Ifrael, being defigned 
 to Dogs work, to rip up Women with Child, dafh their Children, flay their 
 young Men> fire their firongs Holds, &£, 
 
 And as tor Cyrus, who is called Go is anointed, it appears 
 
 Ifau 4f. 1. he was therefore fo called, fern the Service he was 
 
 defigned for, v$ s to be a Deliverer and Restorer of his 
 
 People from their Captivityi and. to help forward the rebuilding of 
 
 the Temple. The Term Ansinted ufually figrii'fyiug in Scripture, 
 
 an 
 
Ibe My fiery of Maglflraey unvaikd. ^ 
 
 en ordering, favBifyin^ and fettittg apart to fome Work or p , , 
 Bufinefs, Jefns CbriB was Goo's Anointed, and fo ?/*'• t0 S- *S* 
 are the Saints and Believers called His Anointed 2 L$r > *< 2l ' 
 On n s 
 
 Ob je&. Rut the Saints are exhorted to obey and to he fubjeQ to facb as tie 
 Scriptures mentioned do require. 
 
 Anfw. Wherefoever voluntary and confeientious fubje&ion i$ requjr> 
 ed, iris to the right Ordinance of Magiftracy. It is true, the Sajnts 
 as well as the Nations, were for a feafon to be given up into the hands 
 of fuch Powers, by the fore-appointment of God, who were to fubdue, 
 overcome, and rule over them ,• as did the Egyptians, FbiUftinej, aqd 
 3S? abylonians , of old over his People for their Iniquity ; and that during 
 this (lavery and bondage, there was to be a patient fubje&ioa to cne 
 overpowering force, relating both to Bodies and Goods, thereby 
 kiffing the Rod, owning the ftroak, not murmuring, kicking, or 
 repining againft God* Providence ,• which fubje&ion under all thofe 
 cruel Tyrants and Task-mafters, cannot rationally be conceived to be 
 voluntary, or out of Confcience, but conftrain'd, as being for their 
 fin under the JLions Paw, and fubje&ed to the power of the prevailing 
 Robber, groaning under the Oppreffion, and waiting for the day of 
 Deliverance i expe&ing the righteous Rulers, that are to be ( accord- 
 ing to Promife ) a bluffing to rhe Creation, when the Oppreffouc 
 ftaliceafe, and the *vil Beafts be put out of the Land ; when inftead 
 of fubje&ion to, and ebeying fuch, there (hall be a ihaking off the 
 yoak, yea a binding their Kings in Chains, and their Nobles in fetters of Iron y 
 Pfal. 149. 6, 7, 8. 
 
 Objefl. 4. But Saints enjoyed places under them, *Jofeph, Efther, Nebe- 
 miah, Daniel* &c 
 
 Anfw. Ttjefe were extraordinary Perfons, railed up by an extraordi- 
 nary Spirit, forextraoidinary ends, in extraordinary times ; which are 
 no Presidents to us, without the like extraordinary call, and lo no 
 proofs the Affertion ,« for examples prove not otherwife than they are 
 brought to fome known Rule: For by the examples of Abraham, JacoJb t 
 David, and many of the Patriarchs of old, ypu might live in Poligamy, 
 enjoy Concubines, put away Wives for ordinary matters, &c. .And it 
 is to be obferved, that in the inftances given* thefe perfons in thejr 
 great piaces, 1 . Kept the Law oi their God. 2. Served the Work a£ 
 their Generation) for which they were raifedup, atfingfor the Saints. 
 
 $, Defiled 
 
4o The My fiery of Maglflracy unvalkd. 
 
 ,;. Defi'ednot therr (elves with the Heatheni/h Cuftoms, 4. A&edagainft 
 
 no good. 5-. Engaged to no evil. 
 
 Objs<*. $. But the Saints frayed for them t honoured them, according iotba 
 Scripture in ! Unces. 
 
 Anfw. As for praying for them, that wai no otherwife than for all 
 other Men/ and limited alfoby the Apoftle^ in urging that Duty, as 
 Ctt the ends thereof, viz,, that the Saints might live a quiet and peaceable 
 life; and that they might be converted, and come tothe knowledge of the Truth, 
 that they might he faved, 1 Tie. 2, t, 2, 1, which no more proves them 
 to be Gods Ordinance, than the praying for ail other Enemies and 
 Perfecutor*. 
 
 And as for the Titles of Honour given to them, that no more ordains 
 them, than the contrary, viz. dishonourable and ignoble Titles (whereof 
 there are divers inftances to be given, terming them Dogs, Foxes, Ljons, 
 Serpexts, Devils, &c. ) degrades them. 
 
 Ob jedL 6* But the Saints addrefs to them for Jufiice. 
 
 Anfw. As for addreffing to them for Juflice, or any command fo to 
 do, we find not, but thecontrary ; the Saints being exprcf!/ required 
 not to carry their Gontroverfies unto them to decide; and ihe reafon 
 
 given, becaufe they were wicked and unjufl, i Cor. 6. I, 2, %. 
 
 And as (or Pauls appeal to €#far, ttiefe particulars are to be obferved 
 in it: As, r. He was brought before the feat of Judicature, he did not 
 voluntarily come to them, .Acts 23. 2;. 2, He being threatned to be 
 Murderedby his Gountrey-men, who lay in wait by the way for him, 
 'A&s 2;. 14. Ghap. 2j» 3. he claims the benefit of the Heathens own 
 Lawfor hisprefervation, not for his Adverfaries accufation, A8sz% 19. 
 Ghap^f.ir. As though one fliould appeal to a Thiefi tofaveones 
 felf from the Murder, g. His appeal to Cajar might be to get an oppor- 
 tunity to teftifie of Ghrift. and to preach the Gofpel at Rome, as die 
 Lord had before declared to him he fhould, as Chap. 23. 11. and as he 
 accordingly did. 
 
 Object 7« But Chrift paid* and cemmanded Tribute to he paid, and 
 accordingly the Saints did pay Tribute tb each Powers then in beeing* according 
 to the Scripture Infiances given. 
 
 An(w. It is true, Chrift paid Tribute, but yet with fuch Gautions 
 and Confideratiohs, as leaves the Title unftated, and as much undeter- 
 mined, as if never any fuch thing had been mentioned or done: He 
 paid itj but wherefore i not forfionicience, but for Wraths fake, That 
 
 he 
 
Tbe v^My fiery of Magijlracy unvatleJ. fl 
 
 bt might M offend tbem, Mat. 17. 27. declaring withall that he as ifree 
 Man was impofed upon contrary to Right. 
 
 And as for his command to pay it, as urged from Mat. 22. 21. it will 
 be found to be no fuch thing ; leaving thera in a great loft in that 
 matter, that came to ask fuch a catching Queftion of him, as Lufte 20. 26* 
 where itis faid, Ibey could not take bold of bis fVerdi ; and marvelling at bis 
 anfwer, held tbeir peace. 
 
 And for any of thofe Inftances of the Saints going up to be taxed i 
 and payingof Tribute, they cannot otherwilc be judged than as forced 
 Ads, and as Badges of their Romanyoke and bondage, as hath already 
 been made appear. 
 
 Secondly, As to the Arguments ufually brought from Rom, 13, to 
 prove the Powers in poUeflion, to be Gods Ordinance. 
 
 Object. But it is (aid, Rom. 13. I. Let every Soulbefubjecl totbehigber 
 Towers; and gives the Reafon, For tbere ism Power but of" God, andtbe 
 Towers tbat are, are ordained of God: Where the Tyrannical RomanCafars, 
 the Powers in poffeflion, are owned to be the Ordinance of God, and 
 that becaufeof their faid poffeflion, to whom therefore all are required 
 to fubjed for Confcience fake. 
 
 To this I have little more to fay than what is learnedly and fully* 
 anfwered by Mr. Gee in his Treatife cntituled, Tbe Divine Right and 
 Original of tbe Civil Magi fir ate from Qod ; to which I would refer the 
 Reader for his better fatisfadion. But becaufe the Book is large, and is 
 may benoteafily obtained, I have prefumed hereafter (though unufual) 
 to inferc the fubftance of his faid Arguments upon this Queftion, as I 
 had coile&ed the fame out of the faid Book, for my own fa-tisfaclion, 
 which you maypleafeto take as followeth, and as near as may be in 
 his own Words. 
 In anfwering this great Queftion, this Method ftiall be obferved. 
 
 Firft, To give the fence and true Meaning of the terms in the Test. 
 Viz* 
 
 x, What is meant by Tower ? 2. What by being of God ? 3. What by 
 their being ordained of God i 
 
 Secondly, To give feveral Arguments from Scripture to clear the 
 fame. 
 
 1. By Tower we are to underftand Authority* the Word being k&la, 
 Tote/ias, which fignifies fuch a power as confifts in Right, Interelt and 
 Propriety, oppofcd to unrighteous and unlawful ; not fJwm> Fotmia 9 
 
 F . ' which 
 
42 Iht. My f try of Aiagl/tracy JtmraileJ. 
 
 which fignifies nicer Mightinels or Ability, bppoled to weaknefsand 
 impotency ; the latter being a natural power, confifting in Vigor 
 and Strength; the former a moral power, corfifting in Right and 
 Title • and therefore relates to Dominion, wherein Right, Title, and 
 Interrft lye? ,• and (o is the Word taken for the moft part* generally 
 throughout the Scriptures. 
 
 Natu-at Power is found not only in Man, but Bedfts ; Moral is proper 
 to reafon^ble Creatures only - thefe are both in the Rulert yetfo as 
 the natural power is more in the Servants and Subjeds, though the 
 moral power is in the Magiftrate, which Natural is fom^imes put forth 
 againft the Mcral • as in all Uproars and Uiurpaticns : I;" natural power 
 could oblige; to Obedience, the Monarch was bound to reiign his Crown 
 to the multrude, every Commotion and Rout were to be fubmitted 
 to,and not repreft,- the effect of the Natural power is but to fubjed the 
 Conquered to an adual fubduednels, to crouch down as a Man doth 
 to a Lyon under his paw, or a Traveller to a High- way Robber. The 
 effed of the Moral is to fubjec~fc the Reafon and Confcience, being 
 founded in the light of Nature, and Law of God : The ftrength of the 
 Moral lyes in its Word, more than the Sword ; in its Reafon, more than 
 Might ; which gives Law j the Scepter going before the Sword> and is 
 that which Legitimates it % 
 
 2. What by God, Or being of God} 
 
 This Phrafe is of divers acceptations, *fc i.. There is a being of his 
 Hand, Work, or Providence. 2. Of his Mouth, Word, Declaration. 
 
 1. Of this providential Being ,• it is that by which all things come 
 to pals in the World : And thus the finful ads of the Creature arefaid 
 to be of him : as Sampjons unlawful Azfue of a Wife, Judges 14. 3. 
 Reboboatns unjuft refufal, 2 Qhron. 10.13. Amaziabs infoient rejection of 
 Joafh, 2 Chron. 2f. 20. So- God was 'fa id to harden Pharaohs heart ; 
 fo he is (aid to put a lying fpirit into the mouth of Ababs Prophets* to 
 lead Men into Temptation* to give up to ftrong Delufion, to put into 
 the Heart to do Evil ; not as it he pofkively a&ed thefe things, or 
 efficaciouflv infufed them into Men f for he will do no Iniquity, he 
 tempts no Man ; but in as much as he leavcth Men to Satan, and 
 themfelvest fo is it faid to be of him : But fuch a being of God cannot 
 be meart here. 
 
 2. Things are faid to be of his Mouth* Word, or Declaration, 
 when he giveth forth his Law or Precept, and fo no Unrighteoufnefsis 
 
 of 
 
ihe My fiery of Magifratf unvoted* 4 V 
 
 of him, and he that doth riot Righteoufnefs is not of him! In thisfenfc 
 muft this being of God be here underftood, viz., of his Mouth and 
 Precept. 
 
 ;. What is meant by being ordained of God! 
 
 There is a twofold Ordination ( as before a -being ) of God ; one by 
 his Providence, whereby all things that come to pafs in the World, 
 are effe&ed j and another by his Appointment, or orderly Difpofe, 
 much agreeable to the former : The firft is, the Order of 1 lis Councel 
 and proceeding in Providence; the other is, the Order of his Wozd or 
 Law given to Men ; the former to all Crcatures,the latter to reasonable 
 Creatures ; the former orders all Adions and Things, the latter always 
 appoints that which is good, and only that : By the latter Ifrael fhould 
 have continued under Samuels Government, when they rejecled God and 
 him in choofing a King: Abfalom fhould have been fubjed: to his 
 Father, when he rebelled againft him : Athaliah fhould have yielded 
 Obedience to the Pofterity of Abaziab, when fhe ufurped, and took 
 the Kingdom away from them to her (elf : The Kings, Rulers, and 
 People fhould have paid Obedience to Jefus Chrift, when they con- 
 fpired againft, and murdered him: The Angels fhould have kept their 
 firff Station^ when they left their Habitation. Unto this Order of God 
 is oppofcd all that confafion which fin brings into the Worlds and 
 which is difclaimed by him, he being not the Author of con fufion, but of 
 peace, i Cor. 14 3;. Andfo by the former, tJfts, the Ordinance of 
 Gods Providence and CounceK the contrary to the Order of his Law 
 Cometh to pafs ,• the Ifraelites reject Samuel ; and (o all the reft of the 
 Inftances : Whereby it will appear, that Ordained in the Text, muft 
 relate to his Precept, not to his Providence only ,• for if takea to relate 
 to the former, there is nothing peculiarly here fpoken of, than what 
 is univerfally extenfible to every other Creature. The Rebel! may as 
 Well befaid to be ordered ofGoi t as the Magiftrate, the one being no 
 more in this fenfe his Ordinance, than the other, both being the produft 
 of his Providence. 
 
 1. So that by Power is not meant a meer force. 
 
 2. By being of God, not a meer a& of pofteffion. 
 
 3. By Ordinance ofGod % is not meant ameer being of the Order ofhis 
 Providence, 
 
 F2 Several 
 
f 44 Tbe MyfleVy ~cf Mtgtfracy unvaihl 
 
 Several Arguments and Reafons, why prefent Po(fejJion, 
 proves not Gods O.dmation. 
 
 i f O Ecaufe poflcflion in 'very cafe r or any thing poffeffible, gives net 
 JD Title ; and that poffeffion gives not Title, is clear, 
 Eirft, Becaufe the power ol light Magiftracy maybe in ore and 
 I Cbvn 2? a&ual Rule by providence in another ,• asin the Cafesof 
 * sJL \ n *> * 3 oa P } and At ^ aliai> ■ Sohmon and Adenijabi David. Abfalom. 
 and Sbeba. 
 Secondly, Becaufe God hath exprefly dsfowned the being of them, 
 that have been in. prefrnt poilWfion of Command ; as Hofia 8.4, 
 Ton. have fit up Kingsj and not h?me ; Princes, and 1 knew them not. Hab. 
 a. f., 6. Pronounce aw$ to the King cf Babylon ( who had gathered to 
 himlelf all Nations, and heaped unto him all People ) becanjebe encreafed 
 that which was not his: And in Amos 6. 13. a Threat is denounced 
 -againft them that had taken to them/elves Horns by their own ttrengthy 
 Eztk. 21. 25, 26, 27. The Poffeffor there is difowned, and threatned 
 to be removed, as having no Right, that be might conn wbcfe right it 
 Is. 
 
 Thirdly, Becaufe God hsth exprefly authorized and owned the a& 
 of rifing up in Arras, toexpulfe them that have been in adual Rule, 
 in them that have been fubjeet to them ; as Judges 2. t6, i&, The 
 Lord raifed up Judges to deliver them from their prefent Oppreffors 
 that Ruled over them ; as Judges 3, iy. God is laid to raife up Ebudx 
 And.Chap. 4. 9. it is faid the Lord Ibid S if era ( the prefent Poffeffor,) 
 into the hand of a Woman, 2 Kings 1. 4, &c. Jeboram againft A4c(ha 
 King of Moab, 1 Cbron. 12. 22. Thofe that fided with David againft 
 haul 
 
 Fourthly, Becaufe of the many Examples of perfons taking up Arms, 
 and im ployed for the recovery of Perfons, Goods, and Countries, cut 
 of the hands of them that have had the prefent Pofleffion of them j 
 which could no: be done, if Dominion were founded by Cod in pro- 
 vidential poffeffion,* as Gfw.14.14. Abraham againft the jfW Kings that 
 ftaxr pofftft themfelve§ of the fpail of Sod*m> &s, z Sam, id, 1. David 
 
 againft 
 
the My fiery of Magi fir aiy unv ailed. 45* 
 
 sgsinft Ahfahtn, the prefect p-iTeifor, 1 s*wi. 13. 3, 4. Jonathan that 
 went up toi.vade the PhtHjHws in their poife/fions, &c. 
 
 2> Becaufe Provi Hence, without a Ru'coi Gods Word 3 fighifks no 
 allowance or reallowance from the Lord 
 
 Pfrft Becrule that which is heidn attribute 4 to providence, is by 
 Scripture denved Ecchf 9. r, 2. All things come diiki to all} none knowing 
 love o» hatred by all that is before him-. 
 
 Secondly, Becaufe the putting any thing to be a Rule, beyond or 
 lurcher than Scripture, fo as to make a Law or God, which is not there 
 delivered, denies the fufficiency and perfection thereof, which is perfect, 
 and ought not to be adcted to, or diminifhed from, Dent* 4. 2, 2 Ttm % 
 3. i?i 
 
 Thirdly, Becaufe God hath reproved his people for following provi- 
 dence without recourfe to himfelf, I(a. ;o. j, 2. Chap. 21. 1. their con* 
 federacies with Egypt, and leaning upon Horfes and Armies becaufe 
 fhong. 
 
 Fourthly* Becaufe providence in its felf is fo indiftin& and various; 
 as Ecclef. 8, 14. h hafp.neth to the juft, according to the work of the wicked •, 
 and to the wicked, according to the work of the jujh So that no Argument 
 can^be made from it. 
 
 $, Becaufe that the Ordination fyokt of in the Text, is pre oeptive, not 
 trteerly Providential. 
 
 Firft\ Becaufe the Nature of the power here fpokenof* argues this to 
 be the fenfe of the Word, Ordained, here ; the power being not Natural, 
 but Moral; and if fo, then it mull be Ordained by his Precept, 
 
 Secondly, From the Nature of the Subjection preft to here ; and for 
 the inforcing hereof,' this is the fir ft and principal Reafon, viz,. Becaufe 
 the Powers are cfGdd; therefore the fubje&ion is not to be a meer paffive 
 fubjeclion, as under a burden and crols, but a free, willing, voluntary^ 
 and actual fubje-Aion, for Gonfcience fake, which only moral Duties 
 ordered by Gods Word can require. 
 
 Thirdly, From the prohibition and penalty annext to the refiftance, 
 viz,. Shall receive to tbemfelves damnation. Ari Ordinance of providence 
 may be refitted, that is, endeavoured to be prevented and altered, and 
 no damnation incurred ,♦ yea, fuch a refinance* many times is the fulfilling 
 of a Mans Duty $ therefore muft it be an Ordination of Precept. 
 
 Foarthly, That cannot be the fenfe of the term, Ordained of God, 
 which may be faid of him that refifteth the power then, when hs 
 
 refifteth* 
 
 
4 6 Tie My fiery of Magi fir acy unv ailed % 
 
 refifteth, and in refped of his fo doing ,• and that cannot be the fenfe 
 of chat Attribute, the Ordinance of God, which may be Ipoken of the 
 Refifters ad, in his refiftance of the power. But to be in the place of 
 power by providence, may be {aid of the Refifter of the power, then 
 when he fo refifteth ,• therefore that cannot be the fenfe of that term, 
 Ordained of God: Was not Abfalom and Athaliah, in the place of power 
 by eventual providence ? and was not the one and the- other a Refifter 
 of the true power, and that by treachery and violence ? 
 
 Fifthly, Becaufe this cannot agree to every power intended by the 
 Text, becaufe the providence of God doth often fo order it, that the 
 Magiftrate is not only difturbed, but outed 5 as in the former Inftances, 
 who can deny but that David and Joafl) were the Powers meant in the 
 Text, which may befall any other lawful Ruler ,• wherefore iHc 
 cannot relate univerfally to every power, that it is ordered of God 
 in an a&ual Rule, we muft take the Text to mean fome other Ordi- 
 nance, 
 
 Sixthly, From the end for which it is ordainedi viz. To be a terrour % 
 not to goody but to evil works, a Revenger to execute Wrath upon tbeeviLdoer ; 
 which proves it not meerly providential, for that always accomphflheth 
 its end ,• providential Ordination doth fome times order the quite con- 
 trary, viz. To be a punifber of the well-doer, and a fcourge and 
 plague to them, and an encourager to the wicked : Therefore muft it 
 relate to its preceptive Ordination. 
 
 Seventhly, From the fenfe of the Words, as they may be rendred 
 word for word out of the Greek Copy, viz,. For the power is not, if not 
 of God } and the Powers ihat be of God, arc ordained, viz,, according to his 
 Ordinance, not their fclf Creation. 
 
 Eightly, From the Magiftrates Duty, Ihe Ruler being, not a terrour to 
 good works, but the evil : Do that which is good, and thou [halt havepraife 
 of the fame. But he that without Title is got into Rule, cannot be 
 capable of this ,• for being a felf-creatcd power, ufurpation is an evil 
 to be punifht hereby. 
 
 Ninthly, From the contrary ends for which ordained, The 
 Ruler was appointed a Mini ft er for good, the Tyrant and Ufurper for 
 Evil • the removing Ufurpation, therefore faid to be a Mercy, 
 Ifa. 10. 27. Ifa. 14. if, 16, &c. the contrary, the removing 
 Magiftracy, a Judgment, Ifa. %. 1, 2, 2, &c. Deuter, 28. 45, 48. 
 Levit. 26. Pfal, 106. 4, 5, One thing to be Ciods Rod, Ax, 
 
 Saw, 
 
 ■ \ 
 
The My fiery of Magistracy unvailed. 47 
 
 Saw, &c. another thing to be his Minifter : To be Inftrumencs 
 of his Providence, and Inftruments of his Ordinance, very much 
 differ. Thofe that were under the Chaldean Monarchy are refembled 
 to Fifties and creeping things that have no Ruler over them, Half. r. 
 
 14. 
 
 Tenthly, Becaufe the Saints are forbid to addrefs to fuch Rulers for 
 Judgment in their Controverfies, becaufe they are wicked and unjuft, 
 1 Cor. 6. 1, 2> 3. 
 
 Obje<5h But they do much good, however unlawful in their en- 
 trance % yet thy anfwer much the end of Magiftracy, in funifhing many tvil 
 doers. 
 
 Anfw. That cannot be good which hath a bad principle : A 
 Government, for Constitution good, may, for the ads it puts forth, 
 be bad ,• but a Government for Constitution bad. cannot for the a#s> 
 it puts forth be good: For to the making of an a&ion good, there 
 muft go, Firft, Warramablenefs of the matter done; Secondly, A 
 Warrantable calling of the Party to it .• This may be an Allegation to 
 induce the Subjed to bear, and improve to the beft what he cannot 
 Remedy, but it breeds no Obligation on him to take fuch a Ruler to 
 be a Power ordained of God, andlo confciemiouily fubmit to him as hi? 
 lawful Ruler. 
 
 4, In the next place, that this may appear no novel Doctiine, 
 take here following the Judgments of feveral, both ancient and 
 Modern Authors in the Gale 5 who do firft deny that fuch a fenfe 
 can be put upon the Text, as fome do urge from it ; and Secondiy f 
 Affirm that it may be Lawful and Warrantable, to refift a prefene 
 PoiTeflbur, and Power that is in being, if Unlawful, Ufurpt, and 
 Tyrannous. 
 
 Firft, Some Authors* that deny fuch a fenfe can be put upon the 
 Text. 
 
 Chryfoflome upon Rom. 1;. He fpe-ks not of the Prince, but of the 
 thing it idf; wherefore he faith not the Prince is not but of God ; 
 but difcourfeth of the thing it felf, laying, the Power is not but of 
 God. 
 
 Theophilaft. He fpeaks of the Princes Office, not of the Prince * 
 As when a Man fiiould fay,*a Wife is }oy.ned to her Husband of God • 
 
 he 
 
48 The Myfiery of Magl/tracy unbailed. 
 
 fce doth not fay, that what Man foever jyeth with a Woman, hath-her 
 
 for his Wife of God; but God hath.joyned her to him chat is Marry- 
 
 cd. 
 
 Mufculus. It is to be noted, He doth not fay there is not a 
 Prince or King who is not of God, but the power is not but of God ,• 
 for be fpeaks not of the abufe. of the power, and theTyranny which 
 many Princes exercife, nor yet of thofe who by force break into 
 power,* but of the power it felf Divinely Ordained: Although 
 every power be of God, yet every Prince is not prefently of 
 God. It is written of fome, that they had been fet up, but not by 
 God. 
 
 Vanus. The Duty of Subjects towards the Magiftrate, is Obedi- 
 ence ; that if he be a lawful Magistrate, . they ought all to obey him, 
 
 The Harmony of the Gonfeflion of the Reformed Churches.' 
 ''Although many horrible Confufions grew from the Dif order and 
 Madnefs of men> yet there is a lawful Government ordained by .God, Row. 
 13. 1. 
 
 Dr. Mayor. . He. move th the Queftion, whether the Xubjedion in 
 the Text, be due to every power once up, either by right or by 
 Wrong ? his anfwer is, The Confcience is not bound to Ufurpers, but 
 they may be removed again, at'Jehiiada removed Aihatiah, and fet up 
 the rightful King. 
 
 Dr. Hammond interpreted it of Obedience to the Supream Powers 
 rightly eftablifhed and conftituted ^ and that fubjedion is to be to the 
 Supream Governour, legally placed in that Kingdom. 
 
 Mr. Bridges in anfwer to Dr. Feme. The Powers that be, v/&, fo 
 or fo Eftablifhed by confent of Man, are Ordained of God to be 
 obeyed; or it is Gods Ordinance that Men ftiould bs under Go- 
 vernment, and fubmit without Refiftence, to that kind of Govern- 
 ment they have by confent Eftablifhed. That other kind of Tyranny 
 or Usurpation hath no-Right, no Ordination at all, and fo no Subjecti- 
 on due to it. There is in every Ordained Power, as well as Gods 
 Inftitution of it, and L junction of Obedience toir, as Mans Confticution 
 ofit. 
 
 Mr. Trynne. The whole Scope of the Text in fumme, is only 
 this, That Chriftians ought in Confcience to be fubjecl; to all Lawful 
 
 higher 
 
7 he Myftery of Magi fir icy unvajled. - - fr .. .49 
 
 . • . ef powers, &e, and not refift them in the executiori or their juft 
 
 A.«inority. 
 
 Mr. Burroughs. Let every one be fubjetf: to the higher powers : Mark, 1 
 it is not to Man firft, but to the Power; it is not to the Will of Man* 
 that hath power, but to the Power of that Man : Now the Power, the ; 
 Authority, is that which a Man hath in a Legal way. 
 
 Secondly, Some other Authors (hero are averting, That refinance 
 againft an unlawful occupant, is juff and lawful, with Examples both 
 Scriptural and others for the fame. 
 
 King James :n his Remonftrance for the Right of Kings, &c % the, 
 publick Laws make it lawful and free, for any per/on n enterprise againft any 
 Ufurper of the Kingdom. Every Man, as Tertuliian faith > is a Sculditr 
 enrolled to hear Arms a^ainfl Tyrants and pfflk^ Enemies. 
 
 Chamier. AH Citizens, or free Subjeds,- have a Right or Warrant to., 
 rife up againft Tyrants, who by open force poffefs the Kingdom. 
 
 Dr. Willet. When the Kingdom hUfurped without any Right* as by 
 r Athaliah, or when the Land is oppreft by forreign Invaders ; in ihelc' 
 Cafes, there is lefs Queftion to be made of Rsfiftance. 
 
 Mr. Hooker. In Kingdoms hereditary, Birth gives Right untoSoveraigf* 
 Dominion, ^.Therefore in Cafe it doth happen, that witheut Right 
 of Blood a Man be poffeft, all thefe new Elections and lnveftings are 
 utterly void, and the poffeffor may be entred as a "Ufurper. 
 
 Arnifaris. He who is a Tyrant in Title, the matter is plait) 
 and determined by all without any difficulty, that he may be law- 
 fully repulfed ; or if by force he be gotten into the Throne, he may 
 be warrantably thence removed ,• becaufe he hath not any whit of. 
 Power, which is legitimate, and unto which refinance is forbidden, foe 
 the fear of God or Goafcience Lke,and therefore no furder to be looks 
 at than as an Enemy. 
 
 Treatife of Monarchy. Be they captived or pofflft at pleafure, they* 
 have no "Duty of Obedience incumbent upon them, neither do they 
 Sin in not obeying; nor do they refift Gods Ordinance, if at any time 
 of Advantage they ufe force to free themfelves from fuch a violent 
 poffeffion. 
 
 Mr. Bridge. Meer Conqueft is nothing elfe bur an un juft Ufurpation ; 
 and if the Conquerour Rules the whole Kingdom, and keeps them 
 under, by Conqueft only, whymay not the Subjects life and take Arms 
 to deliver themUives from the Slavery ? 
 
 G Auguftinj 
 
S° _ m The My fiery of Mdgtfiracy unvaried. 
 
 Au~iuTl\tii P. Marty t .Grotius. They that fiate and determv^ tne 
 QuefHon, What is a juftcaufe or ground of War ? laid down the Quariwl 
 it rebus repetendis, or for the recovery of what is injurioufly invaded or 
 occupied, as one good juftifiable and ncceflary occasion of the taking 
 up Arms by Prince or People. But if Title follow poffeffion, and all 
 they the true Proprietors and Lord-, or the Powers Ordained of God, that 
 have the occupation or a&ual command of perfons and places, it 
 could not be, for there could be no War juft for recovery, to difc 
 poflefs Men of what they hold, or to out them of what they are feized 
 upon. 
 
 Examples of Verfons that have oppofeJ, and di f owned meerpofjtjjory Powers. 
 Firft, Thofe that fell from Saul to David, i.Chrofl. 12* 38, 39, 
 Secondly, Thofe that aded for David, againft the PoffefTor Abfalom : % 
 and Sbeba, 2 Sam. if. & 16* Chapters. 2 Sam, 20. i,2j 14, 
 
 Thirdly, Upon Jeroboams Ufurpation, 2 Chron % 11. 1;, 16, 17* 
 Fourthly, In the controverfie betwixt dfa¥L\ng ot Jaaab , and Baajha 
 King of Ifrael) the Israelites > fell off from their King to Afa, becauft the 
 Lord was with him, 2 Chron. 1 5*. 8, 9, &c. 1 Kings r f . 1.7, &c. Jeremiah 
 exhorted to relinquifh the prefent PoffefTor Zedekiah, and to yield to 
 Nebuchadnezzar , Jer. 27. 16. Chap. 21.8,9. Queen Elizabeth and 
 England helping the Hollander againfbthe King of Spain. 
 
 2. Examples of fitch who have repulfed the prefent Domination of them who 
 have had prefent command over them* 
 
 As Oibnicl, Ehud, Deborah) Gideon, Sampfon, &c. 
 
 Htzfkiah againft the King of Jfiyria % 2 Kings 18.7, Thofe that have 
 Caft off the Turkifh yoak, as the Princes of Hungary, Maceden, Gnece, as 
 Scaunderbagg, Hungadcs, &:c. 
 
 3, Examples offuch who have invaded the pcftfj&r. 
 
 As Abrahams arraying, purfuing, and fighting in tne refcue of Lot. 
 
 Mefba King of Moab rebelling againft Jehoram King of 1/rael, was 
 refuged by Jehoram and Jehofhaphat, Elijha being in the Expedition, 
 2 Kirs* s 5. 4, j. 
 
 The affifiance given the Valfgrave to recover the Palatinate by the 
 Proteftant Princes of England, Swethland, Germany, &c» 
 
 Fifthly and laftly, Take notice of forne abfurdicies, that neceffarily 
 follows this AiTemon, viz. Thai PoJJeJJs on proves Ordinals*. 
 
 4 Firf>, It gives equal warrant for all to ftiekel for the Government. 
 
 Secondly, It makes void all Gods Cautions, Reftii&ions and Quafifi- 
 ons. 
 
 Thirdly, 
 
?Ke M iief i of MagsfiracyunvM . u ** 
 
 Thirdly It fr-itratcs any other coming thereto, as by Birth, Inhe^ 
 
 ritance p«<ctiafe, free choice, making them unlawful, condemning 
 
 allocs of Allegiance^ to Heirs and Succeffors, fo much pleaded and 
 
 pra&ifcd of late. 
 
 Fourthly, It faith there is no unjuft Poffeffor, po unlawful, or dif 
 orderly Occupant, that Ufurpation is no fin, and that none can take 
 too much upon him, or more than his own. 
 
 Fifthly, It croffes their Principle, that afferts all powtr to be in the 
 people ; though indeed all Power is of God, and to be derived there- 
 fore orderly from him* 
 
 Sixthly, It thwarts the very Principle of Reafon, and Law of Nature,' 
 Which requires to do to others, as we weuld be done unto j,but it is unnatural 
 to invade others Rights by violence, and by difhonett means to incroach 
 upon others Proprieties. 
 
 Seventhly, From the impoffibility of determining what kindofpof* 
 feffion /hall make the Power Gods Ordinance : Iemuft either be partial 
 or plenary,* not partial, for then others maybe equally fo ; not plenary, 
 for then every interruption makes a difobligend. 
 
 Eightly, It is utterly inconfiftent and contradi&ious with its felf, ! 
 condemning all refiftance againft the prefent Occupant, yet juftifying 
 every refiftance, that is but fuccefsful, however murderous or unjuft. 
 
 Ninthly, This would utterly make void all the Prophecies thatfore^ 
 told the coming of Anti-Gbrifc; and yet, if once come, it would for 
 ever keep him upon the Stage, in oppofttion to Je(u$ Cbrift* and to the 
 vacating all the Promifes and Prophefies of his difpoffeffion and de* 
 ruv5tion, upon a penalty of Refiftin% Gods Ordinance^ and damnation to - 
 oppofe him. 
 
 Tenthiy, This reproves all Refiftance and Oppofttion that has been 
 made againft any PolTcffor, by any of the Saints, requiring only inr 
 them a Neutrality in every conteft that happens, and a fufeje&ing to 
 thofe only that are uppermoft, and got into Poffeflion, which cannot 
 be known until the Gomrcverfie be decided, neither ought there tQ be- 
 a cleaving to either fide, the event being fo uncertain, 
 
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