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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.
Sixthly. Be sure you keep to your Principles; that they may be convinced that what you do is out of conscience, and not out of any refractory humour: if so be you should plead you cannot do such & such things because of your Conscience, and they shall observe that you will do other things that are as apparent against conscience, they may see, it was not out of your conscience but out of your stoutness: but if they shall observe that there is nothing in which you dare go against the rule of your conscience, they shall see that it is not out of disobedience unto them, but in obedience to conscience: And therefore by how much the more you are forced to disobey ⟨p. 26⟩in some things, by so much the more be careful, to obey in what you may.
Sixthly. Be sure you keep to your Principles; that they may be convinced that what you do is out of conscience, and not out of any refractory humor: if so be you should plead you cannot do such & such things because of your Conscience, and they shal observe that you wil do other things that are as apparent against conscience, they may see, it was not out of your conscience but out of your stoutness: but if they shal observe that there is nothing in which you dare go against the rule of your conscience, they shall see that it is not out of disobedience unto them, but in obedience to conscience: And therefore by how much the more you are forced to disobey ⟨p. 26⟩in some things, by so much the more be careful, to obey in what you may.
And this is usual, that those that are truly gracious and are in place of office, they will labour to see those laws that may make for Gods glory shall be executed, and so they are accounted rather two busy, Because they will do so much for authority: but howsoever, it ought to be the care of all Gods people to be obedient to authority in what they can.
And this is usual, that those that are truly gracious and are in place of office, they wil labor to see those laws that may make for Gods glory shal be executed, and so they are accounted rather two busy, Because they wil do so much for authority: but howsoever, it ought to be the care of all Gods people to be obedient to authority in what they can.