A30577:94
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at…
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughs.The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
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.
3. That which is done is not done against the power of the King; His power is that which the laws of the land invests him withal. The Scripture bids us be subject to the higher powers, Rom. 13. 1. It doth not bid us to be subject to the wills of those who are in highest place. If we be either actively or passively subject to the Laws of that country wherein we live, we fulfil the very letter of that Scripture that commands us to be subject to the highest powers. Wherefore that which is now done, is not against the King; though it be against the personal command of the King, yet it is not against the Legal power of the King; when we speak of a King, we mean such a man invested with a Regal power by the laws & constitutions of that country he is the King of. Now if nothing be done against this power that the laws and constitutions of our country invests him with, then nothing can be said to be done against the King. People are much mistaken who do not distinguish between a man in authority and the authority of that man. A ⟨p. 29⟩man in authority may command what authority does not command.
3. That which is done is not done against the power of the King; His power is that which the lawes of the land invests him withall. The Scripture bids us be subject to the higher powers, Rom. 13. 1. It doth not bid us to be subject to the wills of those who are in highest place. If we be either actively or passively subject to the Lawes of that country wherein we live, we fulfill the very letter of that Scripture that commands us to be subject to the highest powers. Wherefore that which is now done, is not against the King; though it be against the personal command of the King, yet it is not against the Legall power of the King; when we speak of a King, we mean such a man invested with a Regal power by the lawes & constitutions of that country he is the King of. Now if nothing be done against this power that the laws and constitutions of our country invests him with, then nothing can be said to be done against the King. People are much mistaken who do not distinguish between a man in authority and the authority of that man. A ⟨p. 29⟩