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14 i^n Apfe Sermon,Sec SdatersAflifc Sermon/Mg.50.See BeSarmineUb.i.de Laic'u,cap.i.^c.Bel de Rom.pdtif.lI .a 7^rt.Fnttrea Frincipitusfceculu'riiinftitutuie/iah hominibiis,^fti ^ juregentiu 71.And in hisbookc againftBarl^.y ,Arnouxupon <strong>the</strong> 30.Article <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>FrenchConfef*lion: calls <strong>the</strong>power <strong>of</strong> Ma«giftrates, anhumane law,Greg.de f^alen.di^ 1^.10 deinfidelitatep.t*art Siautem.Nam ut re£leratiocinaturhic2), Thomoi jus^ominij vetprelationiiintrodu&ue(ijureiumoHogeH'what Chriftian pcrfe^ion, as a tranfient M<strong>of</strong>aicallceremony, would not bee worrh <strong>the</strong>while 5 1 ra<strong>the</strong>r cho<strong>of</strong>e at this time to deale with<strong>the</strong>Papift, amorcfubtile<strong>and</strong> plaufiblc adverfaryin<strong>the</strong>poinr,<strong>and</strong> in that regard morepcftilent.And here in <strong>the</strong> firft place, letmepoin: you to<strong>the</strong> foumaine <strong>of</strong> th<strong>of</strong>e Popifli fulminarions <strong>and</strong>firc-<strong>worke</strong>s, which have m<strong>of</strong>t unworthily beatenupon,<strong>and</strong> blafted<strong>the</strong>lmperiall <strong>and</strong> Regall Throne<strong>of</strong> Chriftendome : <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> firft mover, as it were,<strong>of</strong>that bloody Sphere, which <strong>the</strong> man <strong>of</strong> finne hathturned upon <strong>the</strong> face <strong>of</strong> r»r5/j(?, <strong>and</strong>tornc<strong>and</strong> rentitinarufuUmanner. It is this.That <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> Kings, Princes <strong>and</strong> Magiftrates,isnot ordained by <strong>the</strong> divine Law <strong>of</strong>God,but an humane ordinance.Thisteachcth Bellarm'me.And <strong>the</strong>y all h<strong>and</strong> over head, draw this cunning<strong>and</strong> cut-throate conclufion, for fo it proves in<strong>the</strong>confequcnts out<strong>of</strong> thcempoyfoned fountaine<strong>of</strong> * Aquinas,Their reafons for this point are as weake as .water,<strong>and</strong> flie but with one wing.Th<strong>of</strong>e <strong>of</strong> beft fhew are thcfe, which I refute in aword.Firft,Hc that was firft King in <strong>the</strong> world, to witiViwr^^,madchimfelfe King by force, not by <strong>the</strong>ordinance o^Gon.ErgOj^c,SolJXhQ Antecedent is falfcj before NimrodtV^thcrs<strong>and</strong> heads <strong>of</strong> Families were Kings,Pricfts,<strong>and</strong>foveraigne Princes <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>ir Families. For after <strong>the</strong>floud men lived five or fix hundred yeares. Then itwas an eafic matter for a man to fee fifty, yea a hundred

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