Cæsars penny, or A sermon of obedience proving by the practise of all ages, that all persons ought to be subiect to the King, as to the superiour. Preached at St Maries in Oxford at the Assises the 24 of Iuly 1610. By Iohn Dunster Master of Arts and Fellow of Magdal. Colledge.

1. PETER . CHAP. 2.

13. Therefore submit your selues vnto all manner ordinance of man for the Lords sake , whether it be vnto the King , as vnto the Superiour .

14. Or vnto Gouernours , as vnto them which are sent of him for the punishment of evill doers , & for the praise of them that doe well .

WHEN these Catholique Christians , dispersed Iewes , or converted Gentiles , to whom St. Peter addresseth this his Catholike Epistle , were eagerly driven at by the secular Arme of Pagan Infidels : & it should seem vpon the wonted , and colorable accusation of all Primitiue Christians ( Nos infamamur circa Maiestatem Imperij , Cont. Scap. saith Tertullian ) that they did deny obedience to the civill Magistrate , as if they were the only Sonnes of Beliall , men without yoak : & it were their language in the psalm : Let vs breake their bondes asunder , Ps. 2. and cast their cords from vs . & , as if Christ their Mr , & not Antichrist were that 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , that lawlesse , & transcendent man ( 2. Thess. 2. ) & came into the world , Non tollere peccata , sed iura mundi ; not to take away the sinnes , but the lawes and societies of the world : a point so far mistaken of them , that if ever nation , it was the people of God , take it Iewish or Christian , whether you will , that doted vpon Magistrates , for they would rather haue non Deum then non regem : no God , them no King at all , They haue not cast thee away , but they haue cast me away , that I should not raigne ouer them , in that they said , make vs a king to iudge vs like all nations ( 1. Sam. 8. ) when these Catholike Christians ( I say ) were greivously , & vpon a false ground ( as you haue heard ) which to a bending , and ingenuous nature , is more greiuous , persecuted : our blessed Apostle S. Peter from his sea of Rome , the westerne Babylon , Hier. oecum . Beda . as it is probable out of the last of this first Epistle , writeth vnto them ; not to claime any right of Soueraigntie for himselfe he had learned from his Masters own mouth : Luc. 22.25 . Reges Gentium dominantur , vos autem non sic : but to perswade them in all humble obsequiousnesse to submit their necks vnder the yoak of Infidels , and to offer their throats vnto the sword of the civill Magistrate , in these words ; Therefore submit &c.

So that this parcell of holy Scripture may well bee called the Magistrats Scripture : and Caesaris denarius , Caesars penny : for it hath every where his Image , and superscription . And in it I obserue these 6 partes .

1 A duty enioin'd : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 : be yee subiect .

2 The obiect of this duty : to whom we must be subiect , delivered at large omni humanae creaturae , to all manner ordinance of man ; so called , because it is proper to man , not instituted by man ; for it hath his beginning from God : By me Kings raigne , and Princes decree iustice , by mee Princes rule , and the nobles , and all the Iudges of the earth ( Prou. 8. c. 15.16 . ver. ) Omni homini , to every man , Ergo omni Tyranno , therefore to every Tyrant , saith Caietan : we must obey good Princes willingly , & endure evill Tyrants patiently ▪ Omni : to every one . Non distinguendo inter Ethnicos , & fideles , not distinguishing between Christians , & Infidels ( saith Catarinus ) & S. Aug. giueth a reason of both : Nam qui regnum dedit Caesari , De civ . Dei l. 5. c. 21. dedit & Mario : qui Augusto , & Neroni : qui Constantino , Christiano , & Apostatae Iuliano . He who gaue the Empire to Iulius Caesar , gaue it also to Marius : to Augustus , and to Nero , to Constantine the Christian , and to Iulian the Apostated Infidell .

3 The distribution of this obiect into his partes : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 . The King as the superiour , & to other Inferiour Magistrates , as his subordinat Lieu-tenants ; to Pharaoh , and to Ioseph ; to Caesar , and to Pilate ; to Moses and to his Sanadrim .

4 The reason of our duty before enioyn'd : Propter Dominum : for the Lords sake , Sic ordinantem , so ordaining it : All power is of God , & he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God : ( Ro. 13 ) or Propter Dom : for the Lords sake : that is , not outwardly only with eie service , but inwardly also in the heart where the Lord seeth . Or thirdly , propter Dominum for the Lord , huius exemplum ostendentem : giving vs an example hereof in his own person : * * Luk. 2.51 . 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 : here is the verie word 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 ; he was subiect vnto them ; and hee saith to * * Ioh. 19.11 . Pilate , Thou couldst haue no power at al against me , except it were given thee from aboue . Romani Caesaris potestatem Christus super se quoque fatetur fuisse ordinatam : ( S. Be. ) Christ confesseth that the power of the Roman Emperor was over him to : and an other where : ( S. Be. ) Quid saecularitatē cōtēnitis ? Ad Hen. Sen. Arch. saecularior nemo Pilato , cui Dominus adst● tit iudicandus . Why do yee contemne the secular powers ? No man was more secular than Pilate , before whose barre our Lord stood to be iudged . Or fourthly , and lastly : propter Dominum : for the Lord , that is , In his quae ordinantur ad Dominum , In those things which are in respect & ordination to the Lord , and then as before , he taught , Quibus debent , to whom they ought : here he teacheth In quantum debent , how farre forth they ought to obey . viz: In all things where the Lord is not preiudiced . For if S. Aug. case be , August . de verb. dom. 2. Mat. ser. 6. Aliud Imperator , aliud Deus : the Emperour commandeth , & God countermandeth the same : we haue our answere , whether it be better to obey God , or man , iudge yee . If Cesar say , Solve tributum : Ibib. pay thy tribute , Esto mihi in obsequium : yeeld me thy service and obedience . We answere , it is right , we owe service ; we owe tribute ; we must obey : but if he bid vs to bow the knee to Baal , or to leaue a hoofe behinde vs in Egypt , or not to name Iesus in our preaching and profession , there we are forbidden saith he : who forbiddeth ? A greater power Da veniam Imperator , tu Carcerem ille gehennam . O pardon Emperour , thou threatnest but prison , he threatneth Hell , thou to kill the body for a time , he to kill both body and soule for ever .

5 The persons who must performe this duty ; Yee ; Be yee subiect , &c. Yee who are called at the 9. v. A chosen generation : a royall Priesthoode : an holie nation : a people set at liberty , and yet this Christian liberty no way exempting them from subiection . Libertas per Christum Concessa , Aquinas . est libertas spiritus , caro adhuc remanet servituti obnoxia , and there be for it 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , Lib. 5. de Rom. pont. cap. 3. Lordes after the flesh : Eph. 6. and Bellarmine himselfe , Non obest regibus Christi beneficium : The liberty of the Gospel & benefit of grace by Christ do not preiudice kings in the right of their obedience , But be yee subiect .

6 The end of al , both command , and subiection : praemium & poena ; rewarde , and punishment . Both the King & his Iudges are sent of him , that is of God , for the punishment of evill doers , and for the praise of them that do well .

It would be too long to handle each severall part apart . And I shoulde to much abuse your Honorable patience . Marc. 12. Wherefore in imitation of him who contracted 10 words into 2 : Deum & proximum , God , and our neighbor : & the many books of the Old & new Testament into 2. Ioh. 1.17 . Mosen & Christum : Moses , and Christ : I reduce all vnto these two heads : Lineam , & Lineam , a line , and a line : praeceptum , & praeceptum , a precept , and a precept .

1 The first praeceptum nostrum , a precept for vs , our duty , the duty of the Subiect , obedience : Be yee subiect , &c.

2 The second , praeceptum vestrum : A precept for you ( R. H. ) The duty of the Magistrate care and conscience , For the punishment of evill doers , and for the praise of them that do well . First of the first , Our duty , the duty of the subiect , Obedience . Be yee subiect .

That Christians are to be subiect in Gods ordinance vnto the Civill Magistrate , is evident to every one , that doth but obserue howe in the whole book of God , al both the language , & actions of al the servants of God , doe savour of very perfect obedience . Daniell never spake vnto the king of Babylon but with tearmes of respect , My Lord , the dreame be to them that hate thee , and the interpretation thereof to thy enimies : and againe to Darius , O king liue for ever : & the Iewes were commanded to pray for the life of Nabuchadnezar , and for the life of his sonne Baltazar : and the forme of praier is prescribed them , ut aetas eorum aevo Coeli respondeat ; that their daies might bee vpon Earth as the daies of Heaven ( Baruc. ) And in the time of the gospell wee shall finde this Doctrine of obedience to be consecrated in the person of our Saviour . Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire , but mine eares hast thou opened : The L. God hath opened mine eares and I was not rebellious . He lived obediently , As a sheep before his sheerer , so opened he not his mouth : he died obediently to ; Ne perderet obedientiam perdidit vitam : hee lost his life that he might not loose his obedience . And the Apostles ( that we may know them to be the disciples of this Master , did ever teach this dutie of Obedience , Put them in minde ( saith Paul to Titus , Tit. 3. that they submit themselues to powers , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , the very word of my Text : and an otherwhere to the Rom. Rom. 13. Let every soule be subiect vnto the Higher powers : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , the same word againe . These powers and higher powers were cruell & mercilesse Tyrants , which did vse , or abuse rather their power no way more , then in the Torment of Christians : and yet Plautus . ( Indigna digna habenda , rex quae facit , saith the Poet : and Quomodo sterilitatem , aut nimios imbres , & Caetera naturae mala sic Improbitatem Dominantium , Tacitus . Saith the wise historian . ) We heare of nothing but of subiection and obedience . And if we search into the stories of after ages , we shal finde that the Christians of the Primitiue Churche for aboue a thousande yeeres togither , did professe , and practise this doctrine of obedience . In Apolog. Tertullian maketh it cleere in his time : wee pray for the Emperour , saith he , that God would giue vnto him , vitam prolixam , Imperium securum domum tutam , exercitus fortes , senatum fidelem , populum probum , orbem quictum , & quaecumque hominis , & Caesaris vota sunt : A long life , a happy raigne , trusty servants , valiant souldiers , faithful Counsellers , orderly subiects , and the worlde quiet vnder him , & whatsoever else people or Prince could wish for .

And why did Christians thus pray for the prosperity of these Wolues & Tygers , think yee ? sciunt quis illis dederit Imperium : O , saith he , Ibid. they know who hath given them their Empire , sentiunt Deum esse solum in cuius solius potestate sunt , à quo sunt secundi , post quem prim● , ante omnes & super omnes : they are resolved , that it is God alone in whose alone power Emperours are , from whom they be the second , and after whom the first : and in another place you that thinke we care nothing for your Emperour , Inspicite Dei voces , Literas nostras : looke vpon the oracles of our God , the bookes of old and new Testament : and scitote ex illis nobis esse praeceptum : know yee that out of them wee are commanded to loue our enemies , and to pray for our persecutours ; Et qui magis inimici , et persequutores Christianorum , quam de quorum maiestate convenimur in crimen ? and for conclusion hee appealeth vnto their own experience : consider your annales , examine your records of iustice , see , and tell me : vnde Cassij , & Nigri , & Albini ? Whence was Cassius , & Niger , & Albinus , and their like ? De Romanis ; they were Infidels of your owne ; sure I am , de non Christianis , the● were no Christians .

Aug. in Ps. 124. To goe a step lower to S. Aug. time , hee wi● tell vs how the case stood even then . Iulianu● exstitit infidelis imperator : Iulian , saith hee , wa● turn'd infidell Emperour , milites Christiani serui●runt Imperatori Infideli : yet , Christian souldier did serue vnder this infidell Emperour , when he bad them sacrifice , they indeed refused , whe● he lead them forth to fight , they obeyed . Distinguebant Dominum aeternum à Domino temporal● & tamen subditi erant propter Dominum aetern● etiam Domino temporali : They did distinguis● the eternall God , from mortall man , & yet the● were subiect to man for Gods sake . Here is subiection propter Dominum : the wordes in m● Text. To come yet somewhat lower to S. Ber● time : the doctrine of obedience was sound ●ven then . In his 170 Epist. to Lewis called th● Grosse king of France , as wicked , and prophan● and Tyrannical , and infest a king to the Churc● as ever was in France : a whole Catalogu● of whose obliquities wee haue in his 220 Epistle yet how doth hee write vnto him ? S● totus orbis adversum me coniuraret , vt quipp● am molirer contra regiam maiestatem , ego tame● Deum timerem , & ordinatum ab eoregem teme● offendere non auderem : nec enim ignoro vbi legerim : Qui potestati resistit , Dei ordinationi resistit . If all the world should bandy against me , & egge me forward to some vndutifull attempt against the kings Maiestie , I shoulde so feare God , that I shoulde not dare to transgresse against the king his ordinaunce for I knowe where it is written , He that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God . Here is againe obedience propter Dominum .

Let Theobald the Earle of Champagne & Raoul the Earle of Vermandois lift vp their heele against there Soveraigne , yet we of the Clergie will ever Containe our selues within our duty to Gods ordinance : Non imminuetur honor regis per nos 16. Hoc sentite de nobis● , hoc sentite de nostris , in the same Ep. ô thinke thus of Ber , and all that are like Ber.

I know what Bellarmin replieth : if Christians did suffer and obey Tyrants , and Arrians , surelie it was * * Lib. 5. de Rom. pont cap. 7 Quia deerant vires temporales Christianis , because they wanted power enough to depose them an exception ( beloved ) directly contrarie to that which they themselues testifie of themselues . For to begin where even now I did , saith * * Adde quod nec id licuit cum potesta● impiorum superior esset Bouch. Tertull. Si hostes agere vellemus : if we would deal with you by revenge : deesset nobis vis numerorum , * * In Apol. & copiaerum ? should wee want either number or strength ? Consider wel : Externi sumus , & vestra omnia implevimus : we are strangers vnto you & men as it were of another world ; yet we haue filled all places of yours : your Citties , Ilands , Castles , borroughs , meeting places , Tents , tribes , bands , Palaces , Senate , and Court , and all . Nay it is an exception in his iudgement very absurd . For , saith he : Cui bello non idonei , non apti fuissimus , etiam impares copijs , qui tam libentèr trucidamur ? What war are we not ready & fit for , though vnequal in power , though vnequall in power , suppose that , who do so willingly suffer death ? Si non apud istam disciplinam magis occidi liceret , quam occidere : but that by this profession it is more lawful to be killed then to kil . And S. Cyprian to Demetrianus the officer of a persecutinge Emperour ; Nemo nostrum adversus iniustam violentiam , quamvis nimius et copiosus sit noster populus vlciscitur , none of vs doth revenge himselfe of your vniust violence , though the number of our people be marveilous great : marke I beseech you here is violence , yea vniust violence , & * * Copios . pop. power enough to resist , nay * * Nimius & cop . more them enough to resist , & yet Nemo nostrum vlciscitur , none of vs ever offered to revenge . But the story of S. Ambrose will put all out of question : He being summoned by Valentinian the Arrian Emperour to depart from his Churches , & to leaue them to the Arrians , tels vs himselfe of himselfe , that not to say any thing of Christ & his holy Angels ( who ever pitch their tents about the Godly ) Maximus in the west , and Theodosius the Orthodoxe Emperour in the East , and all the people , & most of the souldiers were on his side : In so much that the Emperor being sollicited by some in his Court to goe in person against the Bishop , made answer : * * Lib. 5. ep 33. ad Marcellinam so rorem suam . Si vobis iusserit Ambrosius vinctum me tradetis , No saith hee , for if Amb. hold but vp the finger , you will betray me bound hand & foot vnto him . Yet what spirit did this otherwise stout , and couragious prelate take vnto himselfe ? Vpon what tearmes for iustification of Armes stood he with his Soveraigne ? * * Ibid. Tradere Basilicam non possum , sed pugnare non debeo : rogamus Imperator , non pugnamus : * * Oratio in Auxen● dolere potero , potero flere ; aduersus arma lachrymae meae arma sunt . Talia enim munumēta sunt Sacerdotis , aliter nec debeo nec possum resistere : I cannot betray the Church , and yet I may not fight , we supplicate , ô Emperour ! wee doe not carry Armes : a shewer of Christall teares is all the buckler I oppose between me and your forces ; these are the munition of a Priest , otherwise I neither can nor ought to resist . You here al the resistance that this good Bishop did make , and yet by the way this is that Bishoppe to whom Bristow doth so often paralell Pius 5 that insolent Anathematizing Pope of Rome . Tom. 2. Mot. 19. p. So that still you see Obedience to bee the doctrine of the Primitiue Church : and we finde it too ( right Ho: ) at the same time the contrary to be giuen for a marke of Reprobates and Heretickes . Wee reade in S. Iudes Epistle of some desperately wicked ones , * * Vers. 8. Dominationem spernunt , they despise gouernment , maiestatem blaspemant , they blaspheame Maiestie , & there is a wo against them too . * * Vers. 11. Vae illis qui in contradictione Core . And * * Lib. 3. Optatus obserueth it as a point remarkable against Parmenian the Donatist , that Donatus the Father and Author of that heresie , was wont to say : Quid est Imperatori cum Ecclesia ? What hath the Emperour to doe with Church & Church-men ? And that he did revile in one of his letters the officers of the Empire , writing thus to Gregorius the President : Gregori macula senatus & dedecus praefectorum , & caetera talia : ô Gregory the staine of the Senate , and disgrace of Presidents .

These all knewe very well the nature of Maiestie to be great , that the stile of the holy Ghost did put Kings & Emp. at the top of Iacobs ladder , & almost within heauen itself . ( dixi Dij estis I haue said yee are Gods . Dij incarnati , Gods incarnate saith Luther ) and vs baser wormes at the foot : * * 1. Tim. 2. I beseech you Brethren that prayers and supplications be made for all men , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 for Kings and all that bee 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 in sublimitate in sublimitie . And * * Rom. 13. let every soule be subiect , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 againe , in sublimity : & in my Text ; 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , alwaies in sublimity . And it cannot bee but desperate , and vnwarrantable presumption , for any sonne of the earth to swell so bigge as to offer to bring into order , if out of order these powers in sublimitie .

They are not countable to vs , for their actions , their enditement belongeth to a higher barre , whatsoever they doe commit , whether adultery or murther , or idolatry , or whatsoever else the Devill can suggest , and wickednesse arm'd with authority exsecute , it is their language and priviledg , * * David quia rexerat alium non timeba● Hier. tibi soli peccaui : against thee , against thee only haue I sinned : * * Sup. Imper. non est nisi solus Deus qui fecit Imp Opt. lib. 3. at the bar of heauen onely doe they stand for sentence : no lawes either of their owne constitution , or municipall , & fundamentall of their subiects ( for coactiue power ) can take hold of them . I would bee loath to teach this transcendent liberty of Kings had not I warrant for it from Antiquitie : S. Ambr. in his Apology for Dauid : Liberi sunt reges à vinculis delictorum , neque enim vllis ad poenam vocantur legibus tuti imperij potestate , Princes are free from the bonds of their sins ▪ from all obligation to humane punishment for sin : they are not pleadable by any law , being safegarded by the power of Empire . And * * Lib. 5. c. 17. Gregory Bishop of Towers to king Chilpericke , a Bishop to a king : Si quis de nobis o Rex iustitiae limites transcendere voluerit , à te corripi potest , si vero tu excesseris quis te corripiet ? Loquimur enim tibi , sed si volueris audis , si autem nolueris quis te damnabit , nisi solus qui se pronunciauit esse iustitiam ? And * * In ep. ad Fred. Oen. praefixâ cron. Otho Frisigensis to Fredericke Oenobarbe a Bishop likewise to an Emperour : Cùm nulla inueniatur persona mundialis quae mundi legibus non subiaceat , subiacendo non coerceatur , soli reges vtpote constituti supra leges divino examini reservati , saeculi legibus non cohibentur : whereas there is no person in the world which is not subiect vnto lawes , by a subiection Coactiue , only kings , as being placed aboue the laws and reserved for Gods inquisition , are not bridable by the lawes of this world . Neither is this the holy water of the Court as some cal it , which smels sweet in the nostrels of Ambition , nor that Oleum peccatoris , that precious balme in the Psalm which pestilent flatterers powre vpon the head of Maiesty : but true divinity grounded vpon evident scriptures . Elihu demandeth ( Iob. 34.18 . ) Wilt thou say to the king * * No rather quoth Calv. ) Ser. 132. in haec verba . say , Et bien Seigneur ceuxcy dominent en con nom il fault donc que nous leur soyons suiects . thou art wicked ? Or to the Princes yee are vngodly ? It bootes not , nay it fits not . Seeing where the worde of a king is , there is power , and who shall say vnto him what dost thou ? * * Eccl. 8.4 .

And is it so ( Right Hon: ) Is it the Apostles precept , Be yee subiect ? and vnto the king as vnto the Superiour ? How far wide then from this doctrine and practise are they who wil haue kings to bee subordinate to Ephori and Paedagogi , to Vshers and Tutors ? Calvin , Inst. l. 4. c. 20. & 31. to the publike Honorable assembly of the States of the Realme . ( And yet I may not charge him too far in this point , for he speaketh doubtfully and very cautelously — Si qui nunc sint populares magistratus , & quâ fortè potestate funguntur in singulis regnis tres ordines , De Iure regni ap. Scotos . & rerum Scot. l. 17. p. 560. And non veto , And pro officio intercedere . ) Buchanan to Populus , the beast with many heads the common people : Rossaeus to Resp: Christiana , the christian common-weale & the Masters of the Reformed Discipline to their Presbyterie and Senate Ecclesiasticall ( for so they stile a few Artizans & base people in an Eldership . Discip . Eccles. from Roch. Ano 1574. ) All these to some few or many , who shall haue power to giue check-mate to their Soveraigne , & to play with him * Regem spoliare at their pleasure . Le roy de spouuillè . Nay some go farther and will bring the king to his own barre , for his owne life , a thing so vnhearde of even among Pagans , and Infidels , that the Orator being to plead for Deiotarus a king before Caesar tels vs , Regem capitis reum esse , ita invsitatum , ut ante hoc tempus inauditum : that for a king to plead for his life , was so vnvsuall , as vnheard of vntill Cesars time .

Againe is it vnto the king indeede as vnto the superior ? And was this the Doctrine of the Primitiue church ? What meaneth then the high Priest of Rome to exalt his linnen Ephod aboue the Golden crowne , & Scepter of kings , making himself the Cedar , and them but the Thistle in Libanon . What is the world turn'd vpside-downe ? And whereas Moses was once Aarons God , Ex. 4.16 . v. wil Aaron now become a God to Moses ? It is an observation of one of their own . * * Carerius l. 2. c. 1. Aquin . com . in 1. Pet. 1. Chapt. Stapleton . doct. prin. lib. 5. c. 22. In lege veteri regnum erat sub stantivum , & sacerdotium adiectivum . In the old Testament kingdome was the Subst. & Priesthood but the Adiect . But now the Grammer is altered , & Priesthood is the Subst. & kingdome but the Adiect . And now it is held for good divinity : Cum rectâ fide tenendum : * * Carerius lib. 2. cap. 9 to be held as an Article of the right faith , Principatum Rom. Pontificis esse verum & vnicum principatum totius orbis nedum quoad spiritualia , but quoad temporalia . That the kingdome of the Pope is the true & only immediat principallity or kingdome of the whole world , & that not only in spiritual , but temporal Causes also : and that all other powers in the world , A primâ fummi Pontificis regiâ potestate pendere , * * Careriu lib. 2. cap. ●o depend vpon the first kingly authority of the Pope . And hence it followeth that every king for example the King of Great Britanny ) ad iussū●rincipatus papalis , mobilem , revocabilem , * * Apud Carer . l. 2. cap. 9. corrigi●ilem , & punibilem : at the Popes pleasure , and command , is moueable , revocable , corrigible , & punishable .

And whereas the French affirme that there king holds his kingdome immediately from God , this habetur res maximè ridicula Romae : * * Author libelli cui inscriptio brevis Narratio quomodo Henricus 4. fr. & Nav. rex apud Clem. 8. humiliter perlegatos egerit . Ibib. Ier. 1. c. 10. Lib. 1. c. 3. is at Rome accounted a ridiculous , nay most ridiculous matter : & nugantur huiusmodi politici : they that talke so are but trifling politicians . And they haue scripture to for all this : good God that Divines should alleage thy word to the preiudice of thy ordinance : for whereas the Lord saith to his Prophet Ier. behold this day haue I set thee over the nations , & over the kingdomes , to pluck vp & to root out , & to destroy , & throw down . Carer . will tell vs : Hoc Propheta in personâ Christi ad Roma . Pontificem loquitur : that the Prophet in the person of Christ doth speake this to the Bishop of Rome : 2. Cron. 26.20 . & because Azariah the Priest did thrust Vzziah the king staind with Leprosie out of the Temple : therefore the Pope may excommunicate kings defilde with the Leprosie of the soule , which is heresie : Durante excommunicatione qui obnoxii erant vinculo fidelitatis vel iuramenti tali vinculo liberabuntur Tol. Inst. Sac. lib. 1. cap. 13. Et postquam per Pontificem excommunicantur , ex tunc vasalli ab eorum fidelitate denunciantur absoluti , saith * Massoveus . & when the kin● is so excommunicated , then , and then instantl● his subiects are freed from their allegeance , an● they may lawfully , nay ought to kill him . An● when we reply that David after the sentence o● Excommunication pronounced by Samuell against Saul , * * De Maiemilit . Eccl. par. 2. lib , 4 de Imper. 1. Sam. 15.26 . v. God hath cast thee away from being king over Israell , more terrible than any that eve● came from Rome : did notwithstanding hono● him , and was so farre from taking away his life ▪ that when hee had him shut vp in a Caue , & was animated by his souldiers so to doe , would not lay violent handes vpon his person , but * * 1. Sam. 26 10. v. protesteth that as the Lord liueth , except the Lord strike him , or his day shall come to dy , or that hee perish in warre , God bee mercifull vnto me that I lay not my hands vpon the Lords annointed : and when he had but cut off a lap of his garment as if hee had pared away some branch of his Maiestie , his heart smoate him for it : and it is obserued by * * Lyran. ib. some , that Dauid circa mortem fuit punitus in * * Poena do cente culpam Lyr. 2. Sam. 1. simili , to wit , in vestibus , in his Cloathes , for they woulde not warm him in his old age , according to that ( Wis. 11 ) per quae peccat quis per haec & torquetur : In the same that a man sinneth , he shall bee punished . They answere to all this , that David was ●ot ex optimatibus populi : Iu. Brutus pag. 212. David was no peere ●f the kingdome , his father was but Ishai the ●ethelemite , or Secondly , it was conscientiae scrupulus : ●e scruple and tendernesse of his conscience , & his maketh a man , Saepè permissis abstinere , oftē●mes to hold off his hand from doing that ●hich he might lawfully doe : or * * Bouch. l. 3. cap. 18. Thirdly , perfe●tionis hic exemplum non necessarij officij esse intel●gendum : this was an example of perfection ●ot of necessity to be imitated . Or Fourthly and ●●stly he did it in policie , seeing himself ordained ●o bee his successor , because he would not giue ●uch an example for others to practise towards ●imselfe .

Thus they shift over all Scriptures , that they ●ay make way for their Attentates , and vsur●ations over kings : you see ( R.H. ) how high ●hese men build the Bable of their pride : Wee ●aue heard of the pride of Moab , hee is exceeding ●roud , as it was said of old by * * In Apol. Tertullian . Nisi ho●ini Deus placuerit , Deus non erit : except God ●lease man , he shall be no God at all : So a king ●halbe no king except it so please the the man of ●●nne the Pope of Rome : hee will crowne whom ●e pleaseth , and discepter , and dethrone whom ●e pleaseth .

If Henry the 3. King of France , bee traduced at Rome by Sycophantes , that he loued in heart the Protestantes : that hee was wont to stile our Queene Elizabeth , * * Bouchier . At Bloys ) vos clerus meus . bonam suam Sororem , his good Sister : and that hee vsed to call the Cleargie of France , Clerum suum , his Clergy ( a * * Clerum enim Gallicanum vel regni dicere debuerat . Boucheir . stile forsooth sauoring too much of absolute Monarchy ) not the Fhench Clergie , or the Clergie . A conspiracy shal be plotted , and confirmed , or hollowed rather at Rome , & be sent into France by the name of the Holy ligue , to depose him of his Regalities : and Bouchier a Priest shall write a booke , de iusta abdicatione Henrici tertij ; of the rightfull deposition of Henry the third : & a * * Iames Clement . Iacobin shal haue a knife put into his hand edgd with that Text of Scripture ( suscitauit Israelitis salvatorem , Iudg. 3. qui Aeglon interficeret , suscitavit & me Catholicis , qui H. interficiam . ) to kill the King , and after the murther is performed vpon his sacred Maiestie , the Pope in the middle of his Cardinalls shall make a panagericke in commendation of the fact . * * Xistus Quintus 2. Dec. 1589.

Mortuus est rex Francorum per manus monachi , magnum & memorabile facinus . The King of France is slaine by the hand of a Monke , ô rare and memorable Act. And why ? Occidit Monachus regem non fictum aut pictum in chartâ , sed regem Francorum : for hee hath slaine a king not painted in paper , or grauen in stone , but the French King , and therefore ô memorable Act , done by the admirable prouidence , will , Ibid. and succour of Almightie God . And in applause hereof , * * K. of Fr. had his Embass . whipt at Rome for penance . Apos . for the oath of allegeance there shall be songe that hymne in the Psalme . The right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly , the right hand of the Lord hath brought mightie thinges to passe : And of late againe , H. the fourth immedidiate successor both in name and fate to H. the 3 , shall be dispatched in the same bloudy & boucherly manner : would ever man haue thought , that he who in submission to the holy Church did receiue discipline at Rome ? he , who at the instance of the Iesuites did demolish the Pyramis the monument of * * The house where Iohn Castell was borne , being razed to the ground , & a pyramis builded in its place , speaketh thus , Hic alta quae sto pyramis , domus fui , Hûc me redegit tandem , herilis filius , malis magistris vsus , & scholâ impiâ Sotericum eheu nom●● vsurpantibus their disobedience ; & did recall , & restore , and endow , and countenance that order aboue all other orders of Fryers : hee who might well say with our Saviour : For which of my good workes doe yee stone mee ? Would ever man thinke that hee should finde that aversion of heart , and indignation from that society that whereas before hee refused to swallow downe the knife put into his mouth , hee must now admit it into his bowels , and haue his very heart strings cut therewith ? * * By Iohn Castell .

And is the king of great Brittany in better tearmes of amitie with that Church , * * By Ravail i art . then these two vnhappy and disastrous kings before recited ? Or hath he in this king-killing age a super sedeas from danger ? It was once the Divinity o● Rome , Tenentur Angli vi reginam suam deijcere the English are bound to depose their Queene saith Bannes : & * * In his admonition . pag. 33. C. Allen : My Lords & Contryme● for Gods sake fight against the Queene to depose her ▪ and now that our Queene is dead is our King in greater safty ? Lib. 5. de Rom. pont. cap. 7. Is there not a position in Bell : tha● reacheth vnto him ? Non licet subditis tolerare regem Hereticum : sed expellere eum debent , vt pasto● Lupum : It is not lawfull for subiects to tolerate a king an Here : but they ought to expell him , as a sheapheard the wolfe . Hath he not already fealt the effects hereof ? Bee not there some sonnes of Beliall in our land , geniti proditionis , as the Prophet calleth them , who plot & practise til their heads ake againe , to find out the thread of our dread Soveraignes life : but that the good God of this Land hath inclosed it in a maze of his mercies past their finding out . Did they not of late goe to the Devils forge for a Torture ? of which we may say : Claudian . Quid tale immanes vnquam gessisse feruntur ? and againe with the same Poet : O mites Diomedis equi Busiridis arae Clementes !

If they be compared to this late prodigeous tragick Gunpowder stratagem . If the grape gatherers come vnto thee , would they not leaue some grapes ? If theeues come by the night they will destroy til they haue enough : and but till they haue enough ( Ier. 49. ● . ) but these mercilesse men , these Ignatian Pyrachmons , will downe with all at one blow , Surely every battail of the warrier is with noise and tumbling of garments in blood , but this should haue beene with burning and devouring of fire . Is. 9.5 . they will burie in one common * fire , roote & branch , head and taile , patrem & patriam , King , Queene , Prince , Clergie , Nobilitie , the R. Iudges , the flower of the Commonalty of our Land , and only , I thinke , that they might see an image of Tophet , and hell in this world . And doe you thinke they will here cease ? no no , * * Ep. ad praeposit . soc . Ies. In his Ep. to the King Campian hath told vs long agoe : ●rascatur homo , saeviat Daemon , erunt in Angliâ qui curent salutem suam , erunt qui provehant alienam . And Bishop of late in more expresse tearms : when they shall see no hope of remedy , the state be●ng now setled , and a continual posterity like to en●ue of one nature and condition , God knoweth what ●hat forceable weapon of necessity may constraine & ●riue men to at length : they will betake them●elues to their old Gods againe : Buthos & silen●ium , as * * De praesc . Tertul. obserueth of some Heretiks in ●is time : the depth of Sathan to invent , and si●ence closely to carry their Machinations , vntill ●hey meete with an opportunity to act them . I ●emember a saying in * * Liv. de aetolis linguam tatum Graecorum habent sicut speciem hominum , moribus ritibusque efferatioribus quam vlli Barbari immanes bel . luae , vivunt . Livie , of a sort of people not farre vnlike to these men : Mare interiectum ab istis praedonibus non tuetur nos , quid si in medio Peloponeso arcem sibi fecerint , futurum nobis est ? The sea is betweene them and vs , and yet all the water in the seâ cannot quench their rage and wild-fire , and what doe you thinke would become of vs , if they had convents , and colleges in the heart of our Land ?

I feare me I insist to long in this argument : It is only to shew your L. the straights in which we are . Aut dandus aut trahendus sanguis est : that either we must giue them ours , or take from them their heart blood : and as Tully wrot once to his friend Brutus , video te lenitate delectari . I must change the number , I see your H. delighted with lenitie , praeclare quidem , you do well : sed alijs rebus , alijs temporibus locus esset solet , debetque Clementiae : but in other affaires , & at other times there is and ought to be place for clemencie . Nun● quid agas Brute ? templis Deorum immortalium imminet hominum egentium spes : now what is to be done ? * * The secular Priests preface to the Iesuites catechisme . Ibid. A societie of men who stile themselues Fratres minimi , the lowest and meanest society and who apply vnto themselues that in the Prophet : qui sunt isti qui vt nubes volant & qua● columbae ad fenestras suas ? Who be these that fl● like clowdes , and as doues to their windowes and why doues ? One of them will tel vs : Quia fellis acerbitate caret haec pacifica societas Iesu : for that this peaceable society of Jesus hath no gale : and yet are prowd Gyants of the earth and Incendiaries of this Christian world ▪ these men I say are ready at all occasions to set fire on our houses , & daggers at our harts , therefore Cui parcimus ? aut quid agimus ? What do yee ? whom spare yee ? It is to you ( R. H ) that the Spouse in the Canticles speaketh , take yee these Foxes : or if you will haue it in an other idiome , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , halter yee these Wolues . It is into your eares that the Apostole powreth the affectionate desire of his zealous hart , I would to God they were even cut off that trouble you . Non est crudelis qui crudeles iugulat , saith S. Hierome , He is not cruell which killeth them which are cruell , but on the contrary , he is cruell who doth not so , for crudetissima humanitas quae cum pernicie multorum , saith the same Hierome : It is a most cruel kinde of gentlenes to spare to the perill & hurt of many . And I say vnto you all that heare mee this day : put every man his sword vpon his thigh : go to and fro not only from gate to gate , but from Dan even to Beth-sheba , from one corner of this kingdome to another , and slay ( the Minister with the sword of his mouth , the Magistrat with the mouth of his sword , The one with his 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , the other with his 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , these fathers and children of Babylon , and let that eie want sight that pittieth them , & heart be destitut of comfort that cryes at their downefull : Alas for these men .

The second part followeth , and that is praeceptum to : and it concerneth your duty , in which I will not be long , neither neede I , seeing your LL. are so well experienced already : and I know what S. Ber. saith , Indoctus si praesumat docere quod nescit , nihil indoctius agit : if Phormio will teach Anniball he doth nothing more vnhappily . Yet seeing that it hath pleased your good Lordsh . to come with Moses into the sanctuary to consult with the Oracle of God before you giue sentence suffer I beseech you the word of exhortation , and permit me to go so farre with you as my Text doth , and to tell you that you are the governors sent of God and your Soveraigne for the punishment of evill doers , and for the praise of them that do well .

For the punishment : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 : for iust vltion and revenge vpon evill doers , it is not enough to discountenance or punish them , if convicted , but you must vse prosequution and persecution against them , you must enquire after them , search tribe , and family , and houshold , and man by man , to finde out wicked Achan who hath stolne the wedge of God , and the Babylonish garment : Ios. 7. c● & when you haue founde him you must hale him to the barre of iustice , and with the sword which God hath put into your handes cut him of from among men : Auferte malum ex vobis , saith the Apostle , ( 1. Cor. 5. ) put away from among you the evil man , purge out the sowre leaven , Auferatur malus ne malos generet , saith S. Ber : let the wicked be taken out of the way that he make no more wicked : and ne invltum peccatum caeteris noceat exemplo : saith S. Hierome : Least his vnpunished sin encourage others by his example .

There bee two kindes of wicked men that I thinke good especially at this time to commende vnto your L : the 1 is the wicked and deceptfull man : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , & 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 : it is the Prophet Davids Combination , Ps. 3. Deliver me ô Lord from the deceitfull & wicked man . the second is the wicked & cruel man : 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 & 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 : it is likewise the Prophet Davids Combination , Psa. 71. v. 4. Deliver me ô God out of the hand of the evill and cruell man .

By the wicked and deceitfull man I meane those Foxes , those little Foxes in the Cant. Cant. 2 . 2● Ber. ser. i● Cantic . Parvulae non malitiâ , sed subtilitate : saith S. Bernard little indeed not in malice , for their wrath is firee and their rage cruell , but in wiles , & subtilties making but little noise in the vineyard yet tending to as great a desolation thereof as the wilde Bore himselfe . Quid faciemus his malignissimis vulpibus , vt capi queant ? saith S. Bern : what shall we do to these mischievous Foxes that we may take them ? Quae nocere quàm vincere malunt : had rather conquer by secret revenge then by open enmity , Et ne apparere quidem volunt sed serpere : and wil not shew their heads out of their holes , but creepe in darknes from place to place . Eò licentiùs quo la tétiùs . Ber. Hence their going masked vnder so many names , as so many visards , that they may the more surely & securely entrap vs . Garnet , alias Walley , alias Darcy , alias Roberts , alias Farmer , alias Philips . S. Amb. observeth of Auxentius the Arrian Hereticke that sometimes he would be called Auxentius , Orat. in Aux . sometimes Merculinus : Vnum portentum & duo nomina , it is one monster , saith hee , vnder two names : mutavit vocabulum , sed perfidiam non mutavit , he hath changed his title , but his malice & treachery he never forgoes : exuit Lupum , & induit Lupum , he put off the Wolfe in one name , and put it on againe in another . A right Embleme of our Iesuits , who you see are alreadie growne from Foxes in S. Bern : to Wolues in S. Amb. and let them haue but head a little , and they wil be Lyons to ▪ but of these I spake but now , there is a 2 sort of wicked ones , even in this kinde . I tolde you but nowe that the Priests and Iesuits were Foxes , and you know , Vulpes foveas habent : * * Mat 8. Foxes haue their holes , and these haue their hiding places and harborers in our Land . They haue their Dan and Bethel , where they do kisse the Calues , and erect their Idolatrous worship , they haue their high places and Hill-altars , and groues amongst vs , where they pray ô Baal heare vs , and sweare not by the feare of Isaak , 1. Kings . 18.26 . but by the sin of Samaria : saying thy God ô Dan liueth , & the manner of Bersheba liueth . There be to to manie Michahs in our Lande , Iudges . 1 who haue a Priest and a Teraphim in Mount Ephraim in some private Chapple or Chamber , or Closset or the like : 1. King . 1 to many who with Obadiah hide Prophets , but false Prophets , by fifties in a Caue . these woulde be looked after and bee drawne to the Barre to receiue their demerit for their treasonable charity : at the least such order woulde bee taken with them as that their Recusancy shoulde not bee to the advantage of their estates . If you talke with them they will tell you of disgraces , imprisonment , and losses , of their inexplicable griefe of hart , for the aversion & indignation of his Maiestie , more grievous and heavy vnto them then all temporall losses and afflictions . And yet if you looke vpon their estates you shal finde many of them gaine by this trade . In an an●wer to a po●ish libell in●ituled , a pe●ition to the ● . Preach . & Gospellers . by Francis Bunny . It is a story printed to the disgrace of our Laws , that a prisoner in Yorke Castle got so by this lost that he gaind where by to purchase lande worth an hundred pounds by the yeare : and it were greatly to bee wished that recusantes vnder this colourable pretense of their losses might not racke their rents , and deale hardly with their Tenantes as they do , nor lessen their charge and liue far vnder that state there Ancestors haue heretofore lived , and they might yet if they pleased . Againe there is a custome , I feare me ( permit and pardon my iealousie ) for women to reconcile to the Church of Rome . The woman Iezable , is the Prophet , and vnder the warrantable liberty of her husbands conformity , shee entertaines , instructs , reconciles all commers , and by these sugred Syrens many of the kings loyall and honest subiects , are brought acquainted with Forraine opinions . Dearely beloved , the Divell was ever wont to vse the woman for his last most forceable helpe to speede his Temptations with all . Quid non mihi Foemina praestas ? And I cannot but thinke that in this eager busines of his , hee vseth their helpe beyonde our knowledge and suspicion : this also would be looked vnto .

The second sort of wicked ones is the wicked and cruel man : the greedy depopulator ; who to make roome for a sheepheard and his dog , doth send a whole worlde of people a begging : these are the wicked of whom Iob speaketh , they haue vndone many , they haue forsaken the poore : & spoiled houses which they never built . Iob. 20.19 and concerning which wicked ones it is said to you ( R.H. ) Let no man oppresse and circumvent his brother , for the Lord is avenger of all these things . 1. Thes. 4. Ahab will haue Naboths vineyeard : giue me thy vineyard : he confesseth it to be his vineyeard : 1. King . ● 2. Confitetu● lienam vt poscat in●bitam . Am● and yet hee must haue it from him , or he wil be sicke after it . And why ? because it is neere by mine house . These great men must dwell alone in the worlde , they cannot endure the shouldring of neighbours . * * Vers. 2● Lion-like they make a partition of al to themselues , for so saith S. Aug. Amat & avaritia vnitatem : De verb Dom. se● 20. Covetousnesse loveth a kinde of vnity to ioine house to house , and land to land , that he may dwell alone on the earth : and to what vse must Achab haue Naboths vineyard ? only to make Hortum Olerum , * * Vers . ● that I may make a garden of hearbs thereof , that I may make a sheepe pastour for my profit , or a parke for my pleasure , or peradventure that I may only be said to be Lord of all this large circuit : and yet be Achabs reasons never so weake , or his end never so vnlawfull , let the Prophet Isay cry never so lowde in his eares : Is. 5. v. 8. Wo vnto them that ioine house to house , & lay field to field , till there be no place : Mich. 2.2 . and the Prophet Michah , Wo vnto them that covet fields and take them by violence , & so oppresse a man and his house , a man and his heretage . Let God and his Ministers say what they will , Ahab must & will haue Naboths vineyarde : Historia Achab tempore vetus est , * * Ambr. de Nabuthe Jesraelita cap. 1. vsu quotidiana , saith S. Amb : the story of Achab and Naboth is old indeed , but the example of Achab & Naboth is every daies example . Ibid. Quotidiè Achab nascitur . Quotidiè Nabuthe sternitur every day there is an Achab borne into the world , & every day there is a Naboth sent out of the world . A lamentable case that men should better endure the bleating of sheepe & Oxen in their eares , then the teares and groanes & cries of there harbourles & desolate brethren . And yet if they did but strip them of their vineyards only , and turne them out of house and home , it were well , but sometimes it commeth to passe , Ibid. cap. 1. vt possessio pauperi eripiatur , vita pulsatur : that the possession may come the better over , there be devises to fetch the poore owner within the compasse of the law . And be cause it was Achabs method : ociidisti et possedistis the poore man shal suffer at the gallows , 1. King . 21.19 . that he may suffer the Rich quietly to enioy the inheritace of his fathers . This is a thing ( R.H. ) which concerneth you neerely . Let not such Ahabs find favour in your Courts , let not , ô let not Iustice , Ar. in eth. which is as the beauty of the morning and evening starre be thus blemisht . Ordinatio divina non est peccatorum obstetrix , saith S. Aug. Courts of Iustice , which are Gods ordinance , are not , ought not to be a mid-wife to helpe into the world , or bolster out sin . And if there be any Ahabs that heare me to day my counsell to them is that of Daniel to Nabuchadnezar , Dan. 4.24 . break off your sins by righteousnes , your iniquities by mercies towards the poore , & quem vltorem timetis facite debitorem : whom you either do , Amb. de Nab. c. 2. & certainly do or should feare your iudge for the cause of the poore and widdowe , make him your debtor . He that giueth vnto the poore lendeth vnto the Lord : & as you haue turned their ioy into mourning , Ipse cibo in paupere pascitur . Amb. and their gladnesse into sackcloath , so go back againe , and turne their mourning into ioy , and sackcloath into gladnesse , let their loines blesse you , and warme them with the fleece of your sheep . For the praise of them that doe well . I feare me I haue bin too long : Al that I would say in the remainder is this . Dishearten and oppresse not innocency , let not flattering Zibah insinuate into Mephibosheths wealth , & if at any time by errour you haue done wrong in this kinde , 2. Kings . 16 as sometimes no doubt you doe , Non voluntate nocendi , sed necessitate nesciendi , as S. Aug. pleadeth for you , not of purpose to doe wrong , but because you cannot come to the knowledge of the right , recall and cancell your former acts : put Zibah out of Mephibosheths possession , let not your laws be like printers characters , that with the same leters can print heresy & principles of the true religion , let it not be double tonged to speake to the Protestant in his language , the language of Hierusalem , and to the Papist as kindely in his language , the languag of Ashdod : Let it not haue mensuram & mensuram a measure and a measure : pondus & pondus , a waight a waight : one waight for great men at the court another for poore of the Country : one for your kinsman and freind , another for your enemie : one for the Laity , another for the Clergy . Let it not be said of you as of some iudges in S. Aug. time , alienus animus alienum tribunal , tha● if the iudge fauor you not , the law shall not favor you : or if so , yet let it not ' ô let it not be said of you , that you are some of those iudges in the Psalme ( Ps. 93 ) Qui fingunt afflictionem pro lege ▪ who giue wormewood and bitternesse , insteed of iudgement , and turne Mispat into Mispah , ●udgement into a snare , to ensnare the simple & ●nnocent .

And you the Gent. of the Country , doe not end your countenance to strengthen the arme of sinne . And you Councellours , doe not lende ●our tongues to varnish over the rotten body of sinne . And you I urers , doe not lend your ●oules ( which you haue impaned by oath ) to set ●inne loose & out of fetters . Againe , you Gent. of the Country , do not lend your countenance ●o the discountenance or oppression of the in●ocent . And you Councellors , doe not lend ●our tongues to make vertue ilfauored , or iu●tice guilty . And you Iurers doe not lend your ●ouls either in favor of the Iudge , or some great man on the Bench , to finde a wounde for the stroake of iustice , where there is none .

And I beseech you my L. for the honour of your Christian profession : for the peace & securitie of our King , and Gospell vnder him , for the glory of your God , which may be hence il●ustrated . Let not the equiuocating Iesuite slippe from vnder , or out dare your laws : let not Recusants beare false witnesse anie longer against ●heir own soules , in complaining with Crocodils ●eares of imprisonment , and losses . Let the statute as far forth as it was intended , & you may make them speake truth . Let not women by priviledge of their sexe , haue impunity to do wha● they list in the matter of Religion . Againe , let not Ahab range at loose without a hooke in his nostrells . Let not nobility vnderproppe it selfe with titles to oppresse . Let not the wealthy increase their gaines by swallowing vp the poore and beggaring the laborers of the Land . Let not Officers strippe and grinde the people with trickes and devises of cosnage . Let not Naboth loose his vineyard , or if his vineyard must needs goe , let him not loose his life for crying out of wrong and oppression .

Da propriam Thymbraee domum da moenia fessi● Let equity be mingled with iustice , & both put in practise according to the law and Christian charity , and a good conscience : let sinne beare its burden , and haue his wages punishment . Let vertue haue her reward impunitie , acceptance & praise , so shall hee who made you iudges on earth , make you Angells in heauen , and shall bring you out of these Courts on earth , to the assemblies of the first borne which are in heauen , to God the Iudge of all , and Christ the Iudge of the world to come .

FINIS .