SECT. 9.
Obj. THey seemed to testifie their affections to the late King, much more then the Parliaments Party.
Ans. A seeming friend is no friend, and such were they to him, for-the love which they pretended to him, was meerly for
Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht
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their owne ends, why did the Papists in these last Warres fight* 1.1 for King Charles, who would have murthered Queen Elizabeth and King James, was it not apparently manifest, because he was for them, and the other against them. Again, wherefore was it that the prophaine Sabbath-breakers of the Nation fought for him, but because of his Booke of tollerations of such like stuffe as they most desired; and contrariwise, why was it that they fought against the Parliament, but because they conceived they would curbe them for doing such things as they desired to have done; yea I appeale to any conscientious man to judge, that in case the King had been of the Parliaments Opinion, and the Parliament of the Kings, whether they would have fought for Parliament or King, whether then they would have adored, or Idolized him, as then they did, and by so doing, is it not apparent that they procured his ruine?
Now these things formerly spoken of being granted, it must* 1.2 needs follow, that the Kingdome of Christ consisteth meerly of Spirituall things, and the Kingdome of Caesar, or the Civill Ma∣gistrate, of temporall things, so that whatsoever is of a Spirituall cognizance, belongeth to Christs Kingdome, and Government, and whatsoever is of a temporall, or civill cognizance, to the Ci∣vill Magistrate; they are therefore as distinct as the Sun from the Moone, that of a civill cognizance receiving its light from that of Christ, as the Moone doth receive her light from the Sun; yea each of them doth as meerly belong to the distinct persons of Christ, and the Civill Magistrate, as the Sun proper to rule the day, and the Moone the night.
Seeing then that each Kingdome hath its distinct Governours, Subjects, Power, and Law, why should they intrench upon one anothers liberties, especially for the inferiour to disturbe the superiour, a King an Emperour; and doubtlesse conceive how ill it would be taken for one King to invade another Kings Territo∣ries, and so much, and more cause hath Christ to be offended with the Civill Magistrate, that will presume to interest him∣selfe in that which doth not concerne him, especially when the Civill power whereof he is made an officer, is given to him by Christ.
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* 1.1
Wherefore the Papists fought for K. Charls.
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* 1.2
Christ 〈…〉〈…〉 m••••••ly Spi∣rituall.