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The spiritual favourite at the throne of grace. By the late learned, and reverend…The spirituall favorite at the throne of grace. By the late learned, and reverend…
The spiritual favourite at the throne of grace. By the late learned, and reverend divine Richard Sibbs Doctor in Divinity. Published by the authors own appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent unperfect copiesThe spirituall favorite at the throne of grace. By the late learned, and reverend divine Richard Sibbs Doctor in Divinity. Published by the authors owne appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent unperfect copies
London: printed by Thomas Paine for Ralph Mabb, 1640
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I beseech you therefore learn this point of Christian wisdom; if you would speed well (as we all desire to speed well in our business) especially ⟨p. 87⟩those that have public employments, that they would pray to God, that hath the hearts of Kings and Princes in his government and guidance, that he would make them favourable. And not to think to carry things in a violent course; for then God doth not usually give that good success: but to carry things in a Religious course to the King of heaven, and then to know in what terms to stand in all inferior things, as may stand with the will of God in heaven.
I beseech you therefore learne this point of Christian wisedome; if you would speede well (as we all desire to speede well in our businesse) especially ⟨p. 87⟩those that have publike imployments, that they would pray to God, that hath the hearts of Kings and Princes in his government and guidance, that he would make them favorable. And not to thinke to carry things in a violent course; for then God doth not usually give that good successe: but to carry things in a Religious course to the King of heaven, and then to know in what termes to stand in all inferiour things, as may stand with the will of God in heaven.
If so be there be a dependence of all inferiors to God; then we must not ⟨p. 88⟩offend God, and go against conscience for any: because he is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. He doth not set up authority against himself, to disarm and disable himself: he never went to set up Gods under him, to make him a Cypher, that he should make them Gods, and God a man, or no body; to alter all the frame of things. He never meant to set up any ordinance to nullify and make himself nobody. Therefore I say we ought to pray to God for Kings, that so in our obedience we may be sure to do nothing against conscience ⟨p. 89⟩