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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.
CHAP. II. The things presupposed as agreed on.
L. What are the Agreements which you presuppose?
L. WHat are the Agreements which you presuppose?
M. These following. 1. That God is the Absolute Sovereign Ruler, and hath made in Nature, and in the Sacred Scripture, Universal Laws for the whole Church and World: And that Kings are His Subjects and Officers, and have no Power but what He giveth them directly or indirectly, and therefore none against Him; no more than a Constable against the Sovereign Power; and that he and all men are bound to obey Gods Laws, whoever are against it or forbid it.
M. These following. 1. That God is the Absolute Soveraign Ruler, and hath made in Nature, and in the Sacred Scripture, Universal Laws for the whole Church and World: And that Kings are His Subjects and Officers, and have no Power but what He giveth them directly or indirectly, and therefore none against Him; no more than a Constable against the Sovereign Power; and that he and all men are bound to obey Gods Lawes, whoever are against it or forbid it.