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The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661
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.
The Firsts is this That all true authority is from God.
The Firsts is this That al true authority is from God.
Secondly, So far as authority is administered lawfully. We are to submit, not only for fear but for Conscience sake.
Secondly, So farr as authority is administred lawfully. We are to submit, not only for fear but for Conscience sake.
Thirdly, If authority be administered unlawfully, yet so long as it is authority, there must be passive obedience or flying.
Thirdly, If authority be administred unlawfully, yet so long as it is authority, there must be passive obedience or flying.
This shall suffice to give some light unto the bond of obedience to those that are obvoe us.
This shal suffice to give some light unto the bond of obedience to those that are obvoe us.