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The Lords property in His redeemed people. Opened in a sermon at St. Pauls…
The Lords property in His redeemed people. Opened in a sermon at St. Pauls Church, London, Octob. 28. / By Edward Reynolds, D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to the Kings Majesty. Printed by the order of the Lord Mayor and court of aldermen.
London: printed by T.R. for George Thomason, 1660
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AT PAULS-CHURCH, Octob. 28. 1660.AT PAƲLS-CHƲRCH, Octob. 28. 1660.
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2. By Derivative propriety men have a Right under God unto many good things: There is a double grant made by God of good things, one by way of general indulgence, and so he hath given them earth to the children of men, Psalm 115. 16. And divided to the Nations their inheritance, Deut. 32. 8. Even Heathen and wicked men have a Right by divine providence to their estates, as he gave unto Jehu and his sons for four generations the Throne of Israel, 2 Reg. 10. 30. And the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, Ezek. 29. 19. It is a dangerous opinion, which tendeth to the dethroning of Princes, and concussion of States, to teach, that Temporal dominium fundatur in gratia; ⟨p. 8⟩and that wicked men are usurpers of all which they enjoy; for the Lord maketh His rain to fall on the just and unjust, Mat. 5. 45. And commanded to give unto Caesar, an heathen King, the things which were Caesars, Mat. 22. 21. And though wicked men by the demerit of their sins deserve to be deprived of good things, yet de fasto, the Lord doth indulge the use and fruition of them.1 And therefore it is a wicked doctrine of those Pontificians, who teach, that an Heretical Prince that is in their sense, one that casteth off the yoke of the Roman Religion, doth thereupon forfeit his Temporalities into the hands of the Pope, and so to make him in ordine ad spiritualia, to be the disposer of Crowns and Kingdoms.
2. By Derivative propriety men have a Right under God unto many good things: There is a double grant made by God of good things, one by way of general indulgence, and so he hath given thē earth to the children of men, Psalm 115. 16. And divided to the Nations their inheritance,