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The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…
The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Ferns reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Fernes reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...
London: printed by T.P. and M.S. for Ben. Allen, 1643
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE READER. › Chapter 4AN INTRODVCTION TO THE READER. › Chapter 4
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Ans. What then we read Rev. 2. that the Church of Thiatyra had broken the second Commandment in her Idolatry and Superstition, yet she is threatened with an outward punishment, Wisd. 22. 23. behold saith Chr••t, I will cast her into great tribulation, and kill •er Ch l•ren with death, yea the fifth Commandment is strengthened with an outward promise, Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may belong in the Land, and therefore well may the breach thereof be threatened with an outward Judgement.
Ans. What then we read Rev. 2. that the Church of Thiatyra had broken the second Commandement in her Idolatry and Superstition, yet she is threatned with an outward punishment, Wisd. 22. 23. behold saith Chr••t, I will cast her into great tribulation, and kill •er Ch l•ren with death, yea the fift Comman dement is strengthned with an outward promise, H•nour thy Father and thy Mother that thy daies may belong in the Land, and therefore well may the breach thereof be threatned with an outward Judgement.
Again, saith the Doctor Mr. Bridge answers that only active obedience to Lawful Commands is there enjoyed, but passive under unlawful Commands: To which the Doctor answereth, both say we, but not so Origen: not so Jerome, not so Chrysostom and divers others: and Paraeus his reason is good, who observes, that according to the Apostle, the denying of obedience is all one with resistance forbidden in this 13 Rom, for in one verse the Apostle saith submit or he subject unto the higher Powers; in th next v he gives the reason, for he that resisteth, &c. So that resisting and not subjecting, or obeying is all ⟨p. 40⟩