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Show Part-3. ‘ 01: A CHRISTIAN , and as Publicans. Chap". c 0 MM 0 N-WE A L TH. c6434; Seeing then men challenge to Ezatlhgtécng authority over Heathen Princes, they oughtto challenge none over thofe that are to bee el'teemed as Heaf then. . th Power to Teach onely, hee inferreth alfoaCoercliavli:t Paar ii the Pope, over Kings. The Paltor (faith he) muff give his flock convenient food: Therefore the Pope may , and ought to compell Kings to doe their duty. Out of which it followeth, that the Pope, as Paflor of Chrifiian _men , 15 Km of Kings :which all Chriflian Kings ought indeed either to Con eife, or elfe they ought to take upoB themfelves the Supreme Paltorall ein his own ominion. . €11}?ngciixctherncdnlaft Argument, is from Examples. To which I anfwer firfi, that Examples prove nothing : Secondly, that theEfitamples3he alledgeth make inot _fo much as a probability of Rig t. The fact of Jehoiada, in Killing Athaliah (‘2. ngr 11.) tags either by the Authority of King Joaih, or it was a mg")- e Crime in the High Prieft,which( ever after the electiono hing Saul )was amere Subject. The fact of St. Ambrofe,_in Excpmmunicating Theodofius the Emperour,( if it were true hee did 0,) wasaCapitall Crime. And for the Popes, _Gregoryt. Greg}. a. Zachary, and Leo 3.their Judgments are VOid, as given in [llclr own Caufe; and the Aets done by them conformably I}? tiis Doctrine, are the greateit Crimes (efpeCially that of Zac ary ) that are incident to Humane Nature. And thus much or Power Etc/(flawed; wherein I had been more briefe, forbearing to examine thefe Arguments of Bellarmine, it they had been his as aPrivate man, and not as the Champion of the Papacy, againft all other Chriitian Princes, and States. -C H A P. XLIII. Ofwbat 1': N ,E c E s s A R Y for 4 Mam Rece ption into the Kingdome of Hea-vm. He molt frequent praztext ofSedition, and Civill Warrc, The difi'irulty in Chrilhan Common-wealths hath alo n time proceeded ofabeying God from adifliculty, not yet fufficiently refo ved, of obeying "MW" 5"" at once, both God, and Man , then whe n their Commandcments " ""9: are one contrary to the other. It is mani man receiveth two contrary Commands,feft enough, that whena and knows that one of them is Gods, he oughttto obey that, and not the other , though it bethe command even of his lawfull narch, or or afoveraign Affembl , )or theSoveraign(whether aMo- The difficulty therefore conlillet in this, command of his Father. that men when they are commandedinthe name of God, know nor ther the command be from God, or whetherin divers Cafes, whehe that commandeth, doe but abule Gods name for fome priv ate as thercwcre in the Church of the jews ends of his own. For , man falfe Prophet's,that founht reputation With the people, by feigned reams, and Viiions; fo there have beenin all times in the Chur ch of Chrifl, falfe Teachers, that feek reputation with the people, by phantalticall and falfe Doctrines; and by fuch reputation (as isthe nature ofAmbition,)- to govern them for their private benefit. But this difficult of obeying both God, and the Civill Sovetaign I‘flom‘fifbt'm on earth, to tholetfiat can difiinguiih between what is Necefldry, and ""7‘ "'flm‘ what is not Nmflury fortheir [reception into the Mazda»: of God, is ‘11:) bitws zz ofno moment. , » -__-._.,.~-..<~u For if the command of Civill Soverai n bet 3;", :20, futh, .is that it may be obeyed, withouttthe he forfe iture oflife Eter- Muff") to nail; not to obey itis unjull; and the precept of'the Apoflle takes Salvation. place; Scream" obey yourMaJ‘lerr in all thin your Hymn m all t/zmgr; and the'prec gs; and , Children obey ept of our Saviour, Tbe Smite; and Plum/en fit in Male: C/mzre, All therefore the} flM/I fry, 2/24: Meme, .md doe. Biitif the com be obeyed, without being damned to Etern mand be fuch,ascann0t all Death, then it were madneiTe to obey it, and the Counfell of our Saviour takes place, (Min. 10. 28. ) 1-‘mr not (I'm/e that let/l the body, but :4th [:le 1/): foule. All men therefore that would avoid, both the punilhments that are to be in this world inflicted, for earthly Soveraign, and thofe that ihallbei difobedience to their come for difobedience to God, have need nflifted in the world to well between whatis, and what is not Nece be taught to dillinguifli llary t0 Eternall Salvation. ‘1‘ ,x V-e 5r; All |