A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.

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Title: A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.
Author: Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
Publication: [Amsterdam :: Richt Right Press] Seene and allowed,; Printed in the yeare, 1638.
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Subject terms: Authority (Religion) -- Early works to 1800.; Church polity -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05460.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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The First particular Handled. These haue each of them a King or Head over them.

The Civill State.

The First is the State of Magistracie or civill State, that where∣in Cesar is to haue his due as King and head, these Kings & heads are to be prayed for of all Gods people, as their Heads and gouer¦nours Rom. 13.1.2 1. Tim. 2.2.

The true Ecclesiasticall State:

This state is Christs the annointed Psa. 2.6. Acts. 2.26. whome God the Father hath set upon the Throne of David, Jsay, 9.6.7. and he is King of Saints Rev. 15,3. Yea the King of Kings & Lord of Lords. Rev. 17.14. & 19,16.

The False Ecclesiasticall State.

The third is the helish state of the Beast, his Kingdome or state of Rome, which in the 13. Rev. v. 2. is said to haue his power from the Devill; also he is said to haue a Throne: therefore hee is a King 11. c. He is called the King of the Locusts which is there said to bee the Angell of the bottomlesse pit. v. 11.