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The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom &…
The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom & magistracy under the name of a church & church-government usurped by the Pope, or liberally given him by popish princes opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
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.
78. Pastors must obey the Magistrates in all Lawful things, which belong to his Office to command.
79. Many things are sinfully commanded (because without necessity or cause, or because to ill ends, or with ill circumstances in the Commander) which yet it is the Subjects duty to obey in: Because one Law may be for a Ruler, and another for a Subject, and their duties various.
80. Where it is not lawful to obey, it is yet unlawful for subjects to resist the higher powers, as being the ⟨p. 45⟩authorized Officers of God, for our good, Rom. […] 2, 3, 5, 6.
80. Where it is not lawful to obey, it is yet unlawful for subjects to resist the higher powers, as being the ⟨p. 45⟩authorized Officers of God, for our good, Rom. 〈…〉 2, 3, 5, 6.