Master Edmund Calamies leading case

Mr. Calamy. That's true indeed, yet what is good or indifferent in it self, if I am persuaded it is evil, it is evil unto me: to him that esteemeth any thing to be unlawful to him it is unlawful, Rom. 4.14.

Mr. Calamy. Thats true indeed, yet what is good or indifferent in it self, if I am perswaded it is evil, it is evil unto me: to him that esteemeth any thing to be unlawful to him it is unlawful, Rom. 4.14.

B.S. To him th•• thinketh a thing unlawful, and is at liberty, whether he doth it or no, to •im it is unlawful: but to him that thinketh a thing unlawful, bu• yet is enjoined by lawful authority to do, to him if he hath not a clear rule to the contrary, it is lawful. Whatsoever it co••• •ded us by those whom God hath felt over us […] in Chur•, Commonwealth, or Family, which is not evidently contrary to the Law and will of God, ought to be received ⟨p. 10⟩and obeyed no otherwise, then as if God himself had commanded it; because God himself hath commanded us to obey the Higher Powers, and to submit our selves to their Ordinances, Rom. 13. 1. 1 Pet. 2.13.

B.S. To him th•• thinketh a thing unlawful, and is at liberty, whether he doth it or no, to •im it is unlawful: but to him that thinketh a thing unlawful, bu yet is enjoyned by lawful authority to do, to him if he hath not a clear rule to the contrary, it is lwful. Whtsoever it co ded us by those whom God hath felt over us in Chur, Commonwealth, or Family, which is not evidently contrary to the Law and will of God, ought to be receivved