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Show A ch~rge in the l(ingJ Bench, ~~gaitifi Owen. . , ' . . Doth enter at once, tnto the rit.r. Or an univerfall Temptatlon ~red or of a~y Predifpofition, He:rts of all, that are anyhwa?o~~~i faile~h in any one,is fupplied to be Traytors: So that£- at not her will dare: If one man hath in Many: If one II! an ai:tthe: bath: If one Man Re1ent~ another not the Opportunity, and Th' dly particular Confp1rac1e.r, have will be Defperate_- An ithint~vhi~h' if they be not take~, they their Puiodi of 'I!m~' w dlefs and importtth, Perpetuity' of vaniili. But th_ls 1~ en d £ uch concerning the Nature,. of f pringing Confpuactes. An om ' rhe FafJ. . h' his the vofJrine ; That upon an Ex- For the Third Pomt, w lC • h flntence of Depoftng; A King by communication of the Popefl, with e d. And that it is Jujtice, and any Sono f A da tn, may beh .a ug bt.e {rJes 'a re abfolve' d, of- thet· r Alle · no Murtber; And that t eu· su 1e ~x ofed to fpoyl and Prey. I ge4nce; And the Kings them;~;v~~ ' t~e fubtitty of the $2!!eJh.on.: faid before> that I would no bg y of Accufation of the Opmtlt is rathe~, to be fpoken t~o~fb~[pute of it~ as Doubtfull. Nay, on!las Impwus; then by w yforne Holy-war, or League, among_fi.all I fay, it deferveth, ~ather, I" ·on· for the Extirpating and Raztng. chriflidn ~ri~ces,of either R~ ~~ho;s thereof' from tl.e f.:.ce.of t~e of the Opuuon' and. thef ;en or Speech. Therefore m tht~ Earth; Then the Sn}e o fc ~ords and not otherwife. Nly. kind I wi_ll fpeak to lt~ a ~fuould fay as much. Nay, I ilioul~ I protefro Ifl were a ~apift' \ dignation and Feeling. For tliliS fpeak it,, perhaps_ with mAde :tage. And it is their Reproach,; aorrible opinion_, IS o~r va ~ 2 • And will be thetr R.utne. . b [I d of Three tnofi ev1- This Monfler of opinion, IS to e accu e , dent~ and rnofr miferab_lebs~ande;~· to the chriflian Faitb; Being Firft of the Sbn<iler, tt rmge d' h . ' • fl tgion an At eifm. · a plain plantattcn, o ,;re 1 h' hit inuoduceth into all Pol!Icy, Secondly, the subveTjJon, w · lC ~ and Government. 1 . .t b ingeih upon Papijls them- Thirdly. thegreatCa 2.mMtty~/ a:efort ~~Menmiiled)areto felves; Of which, the more o er , . be pittied. d h 'fit the foul and polluted Opi- For the Firfi; if a Man. ot Vll ' heni(m' .Jtfahometifm' and nions,Cufromes, or Prachfes, of He~t t "'tt.. ·t's Height Take the Herefe:~ he 1w1.. a ll fi n d t h ey do not attain of r t1'1h e He• athe•n . 'the Pro- Examples of damnable Memory,damc.ong ds of the Triumvirs' . · · f s11/la · An a1 terwar r fcnpuons, tn Rome, o / ' b f finite Number ofPenons, what were they? They were, ut 0 ad to any Mans Sword. and thofe not many, that w~re_~pofef ' 1~~g and all that !hall But what is that, to the prq cnh 1~ 0 a dt f ~ souldier that atake his Part? ~nd what wast e £ e.b:~ '> 0 A fmall piece of Momongfi: them,.ktlled one of the prf c~~ tha~ {hall kill a King? Th~ ner But what IS now the rewari 0 0 ) the Heathen' that Ki~gdom, of Heaven. The Gu ome, among w:u, A Charge, in the Kingr Bench, ~tgainfi Owen. was ~n~fr fcandalized wa~, that fometimes the Prielt ficrificed Alen; But yet, you !hall net read, of any Prie.fthood, th~t facrificed Kings. . ~he lt!ahometllns, make it, a par~ of their Religion> to propagate tl~etr s~tJ, by the Sword: But yet lhll, by Honourable Wars: never by Vtlbmes, and fecret Murthers. N<ly, I fi nd)that the Saracen Prince, of whom) the Name, of the Aj]lfjfins, is derived; which had divers Votaries at Comm ndement; which l1e fent, and imployed, to the Killing, of divers Princes, in the Eafi; (By·one of whom, Anntrath the Firfi .was flain; And Edward the Firfrof England, was wounded;) was put down, and rooted out, by common Confent, of the Mahomctan Princes. The Anabaptifis (it is true)come nearelt. For they profelfe, the pulling down of l'dagiflratu; And !hey can chaunt, the Pfalm; To bind I heir Kings in chaines,and their NoUei in fetters of Iron. This is, the Glory of the Sc:ints, mnch like, the Temporal/ A~tthority., that the rope Challengeth over Prince.r. But this is the difference; That that is a Furious, and FanaticalJ, Fury; And this is a fad, and folemn Mifchief. He imagineth .l14ijchiefar a Law; A Law-like Mifchief. . As for the Defence, which they do make, it doth aggravate the fin; And turneth,it from a Cruelty towards Man, to a Bla.fphei!I-J towards God. For to fay, that aJ I this, is, in or dine ad fpirituale; And to a good End;And for thejalvationofSoHles; It i:, direcUy,to make God, Author of E vi/!; And to draw him, in to the likcneffe, of the Prince')ofDarh..!zeffi; And to fay with ~hofe,that Saint Paul fpeaketh of; Let us do Evil/, that good may come thereof Of whom, the Apo.ftle faith definitively; That their damnatlrm is 111j}. · For the Deflroyillg of Government.univer(ally,it is mofi evident; That it is not the Cafe, ofProte.ftant P1·inces~onely, Bu~ ofCatholick_ Princes likewi(e: As the King hath exceJJently fe~ forth. Nay, it is not the Cafe of FrinceJ onely, but of all Subjeus,and priva,te Perfans. For touching Princes, let Hillary be perufed, what hath been the Caufes;of Excommunicdlion; And namely, this Tumour of it; (the Depojing of Kings;) It hath not betn for Herpe, and Schifm, alone, but for Collation, and l nvej/ituru, of Bifhoprickf,(aRd Benefices, Intruding upon Ecc!rjiaftica/1 Fo.fjejfions, violatingof any Ecclejilft icafl Perfon, or Liberty. Nay, gen~rally, they mai~tain i~, that it may be for any fin: . So that, the D1fference,where1n thetr Doctors vary; That fome hold; That the Pope1 hath his Te?»porall power, immcdiatly; And others, but in ordine ad Jpiritu.t!e, .ts but a Ddufion,and an Abufe. For all commeth to one. What ts there, that may not be made..fpiriruall,by Confequence?fpecially,when He, that giveth the Sentence, may make the Cafe? And. accor· dingly, hath the miferable Experience followed. For thts Murthcring of Kings, hath been put in practiCe, as well againfr :api_{t Kings, as Proteftants.Save that, it hath pleafed God, Co to gutde tt by his admirable providence; As the Attempts, upon Papift Princes, |