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The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
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.
M. You know that the Oaths and Subscriptions extend to all cases, and against any pretence whatsoever, not excepting rare Cases: What I am for or against I'll tell you more anon. But I ask further, tho' I am bound by the Fifth Commandment to believe that the Irish belied the King, and that the Scots belied him, who in their Book called Truths Manifest affirm that He Commissioned the Irish by the Scots broad Seal, which was then in his possession in Scotland; do you think if the Scots could have proved what they affirm, that it had been lawful to have resisted the Irish, and defended the Protestants Lives and Cities in Ireland?
L. I will not answer such dangerous questions.
M. But must all ignorant men then Subscribe and Swear to what you cannot, or dare not answer. But I further ask you, about not resisting Commissions on any pretence whatsoever; what was the sense of the old Greek Philosophers and Orators in that cas•?
M. But must all ignorant men then Subscribe and Swear to what you cannot, or dare not answer. But I further ask you, about not resisting Commissions on any pretence whatsoever; what was the sence of the old Greek Philosophers and Orators in that cas•?