IV. h 1 Tim. ii. T. I exhort there-

fore, that, first of ail, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men : Ver. 2, For kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
i 1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
^ Rom. xiii. 6. For, for this cause p:iy you tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending continual- ly upon this very thin^;. Ver, 7. Remltr therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom ho- nour.
J Rom. xiii. 5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake Tit. iii. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to principali- tie>-
■- days they departed not from ing the Lord, the God of their s. 2 Chron. iv. 12. And entered into a covenant, to k|£k the Lord God of their fathers, Ifth all their heart and with all ^*--- soul ; Ver. 13. That who- would not seek the Lord . . of Israel should be put to iteath, whether small or great^ whe- ther man or wom»n.
« 2 Chron. xix. 8. Moreover, In Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set t)f the Levites, and of the priests, imd of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. Ver. 9. And he charged them, saying. Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a |)erfect heart. Ver. 10. And what cause soever shall come to you of ^our brethren that dwell in their irities, between blood and blood, between law and conmiandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they tres- pass not against the Lord, and so vrath come upon you, and upon ^our brethren : this do, and ye hall not trespass. Ver. 11. And, )ehold, Amariah the chief priest 3 over you in all matters of the Lord ; and Zebadiah, the son of shmael, the ruler of the house jf Judah, for all the king's mat-
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dience to him " : from which ecclesiastical persons are not exempted"; much less liath the Pope any power or jm-is- diction over them in their dominions, or over any of their people ; and least of all to deprive them of their dominions or lives, if he shall judge them to be hereticks, or upon any other pretence whatsoever °.
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ties and powers, to oliey magi- strates, to be ready to every good work.
^ 1 Pet. II. 13. Submit yourselves to e-wery ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme; Ver. 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. Ver. 16. As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
° Rom. xlii. 1 . Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God ; the powers that be are ordained of God., 1 Kings ii. 35. And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his room, over the host ; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. Acts xxv. 9. But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these thhigs be- fore me ? Ver. 10. Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged ; to the Jews have I done no wrongj as thou very well knowest. Ver. 1 1 . For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things where- of these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 2 Pet. ii. 1. But there were false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Ver. 10. But chiefly them that walk after the ftesh, in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government : presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Ver. 11. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not raiUng accusation against them before the Lord. Jude, ver. 8, Likewise also tiiese filthy dreamer? defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Ver. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, wher contending with the devil, (he dis- puted about the body of Moses," durst not bring against him a rail Ing accusation, but said. The Lore rebuke thee. Ver. 10. But thesf speak evil of those things whici they know not : but what thei know naturally, as brute beasts in those things they corrupt them selves. Ver. 1 1 . Woe unto them for they have gone in the wa; of Cain, and ran greedily afte the error of Balaam for reward and perished in the gainsaying c Core.
° 2 Thess. ii. 4. Who opposeti and exalteth himself above a' that is called God, or that is woi shipped; so that he, as God, sittet in the temple of God, shewin himself that he is God. Re^ xiii. 1^
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CHAP. X;XI V. Of Marriage and Divorce.
\I\RIAGE is to be betu'ecn one man and one vr(u man : neither is it lawful lor any man to have more one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one
and at the same time *.
. ]\[arriage was ordained for the mutual help of
md and wife''; for the increase of mankind with a
I mate issue, and of the church with an holy seed*^;
• )r preventing; of uncleanness''.