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Richard Baxter his account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the…
Richard Baxter his account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the causes of his being forbidden by the Bishop of Worcester to preach within his diocese with the Bishop of Worcester's letter in answer thereunto : and some short animadversions upon the said bishops letter.Richard Baxter his account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the causes of his being forbidden by the Bishop of Worcester to preach within his diocess with the Bishop of Worcester's letter in answer thereunto : and some short animadversions upon the said bishops letter.
London printed : s.n., 1662
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X. Providence by Conquest or other means doth use so to qualify some persons above other for the Government when the place is void, that no other persons shall be capable competitors, and the persons (doth not he mean the Cromwells?) shall be as good as named by Providence, whom the People are bound by God to choose, or consent to, so that they are usually brought under a divine obligation to submit to such or such, and take them for their Governors, before those persons have an actual right to Govern. Thes. 151.
X. Providence by Conquest or other means doth use so to qualifie some persons above other for the Government when the place is void, that no other persons shall be capable competitors, and the persons (doth not he mean the Cromwells?) shall be as good as named by Providence, whom the People are bound by God to choose, or consent to, so that they are usually brought under a divine obligation to submit to such or such, and take them for their Governours, before those persons have an actual right to Govern. Thes. 151.
XI. Any thing that is a sufficient sign of the will of God that this is the person, by whom we must be Governed is enough (as joined to Gods Laws) to oblige us to consent and obey him as our Governor, Thes. 153.
XI. Any thing that is a sufficient sign of the will of God that this is the person, by whom we must be Governed is enough (as joyned to Gods Laws) to oblige us to consent and obey him as our Governour, Thes. 153.
XII. When God doth not notably declare any person or persons qualified above others, there the people must judge as well as they are able according to Gods general rules. Thes. 157.