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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon…
The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet entitled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet intituled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.
London: printed for R. Jenaway sic, 1667
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.
We must obey in all things lawful.1
- 1P. 424.
And when we do obey in a Case of Miscommanding, it is not a doing evil, that good may come of it, as some do misconceive: but it is only a submitting to that which is ill commanded, but not evil in him that doth submit. It is the Determiner that is the cause of the ⟨p. 9⟩Inconvenience, and not the Obeyer. Nor is it inconvenient for me to Obey, though it be worse perhaps to him that Commandeth. While he sinneth in Commanding, he may make it my Duty to Obey.
§. 6. Dist. 4. We must distinguish between Ceremonies 1imposed by a Lawful Magistrate, or Church-Governors; and such as are imposed by Usurpers, or Men without Authority.
- 1P. 396.