A20556:747
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
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Reason 1 First, it is clean contrary to the end and purpose of authority, to lay burdens upon well-doers: for the Magistrate is appointed to be the Minister of God for their wealth, and to 1yield encouragement and praise unto them.
Reason 1 First, it is cleane contrarie to the end and purpose of authoritie, to lay burdens vpon well-doers: for the Magistrate is appointed to be the Minister of God for their wealth, and to 1yeeld incouragement and praise vnto them.
Secondly, they are all the members of Christ, and no less deer unto him than the apple of his eye, as himself doth testify, Zach. 2. 8.
Secondly, they are all the members of Christ, and no lesse deere vnto him than the apple of his eie, as himselfe doth testifie, Zach. 2. 8.
Thirdly, every good cause for which any faithful man doth suffer wrong, is Gods cause; and therefore whosoever opposeth himself against that and him that maintaineth it, impugneth Gods glory, and pursueth his servant.