The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

But to give some further rules of Direction; if we should be enjoined things unlawful, and we could not in a legal way recover the power out of the hands of those that do enjoin such things, how we should order our selves.

BUt to give some further rules of Direction; if we should be enjoined things unlawful, and we could not in a legal way recover the power out of the hands of those that do injoine such things, how we should order our selves.

1. First, Do not do any thing otherwise than authority enjoins rashly: forbear as long as you can, and consult, and consider further about it, because we should loath to do any thing than that which is enjoined by tho sthat are above us. If there be any arguments to show that they may be done, we should listen to them. Some as soon as they see a thing Commanded that is forbidden. they fly upon it, before they try it, and therefore when they come to suffer they have little comfort in it: we are to try all our actions, especially when they shall seem to have any opposition against authority.

1. First, Do not do any thing otherwise than authority enjoines rashly: forbeare as long as you can, and consult, and consider further about it, because we should loath to do any thing than that which is injoin'd by tho sthat are above us. If there be any arguments to shew that they may be done, we should listen to them. Some assoon as they see a thing Commanded that is forbidden. they flie upon it, before they try it, and therefore when they come to suffer they have little comfort in it: we are to try all our actions, especially when they shal seem to have any opposition against authority.

Secondly. If we be put upon it, that we must of necessity do those things that authority forbids, do them privately, that it may appear we are loth to disobey