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A sermon preached Febr. 14, 1698, and now published, at the request of the…A sermon preach'd Febr. 14, 1698, and now publish'd, at the request of the…
A sermon preached Febr. 14, 1698, and now published, at the request of the Societies for reformation of manners in London and Westminster by John Howe ...A sermon preach'd Febr. 14, 1698, and now publish'd, at the request of the Societies for reformation of manners in London and Westminster by John Howe ...
London: printed by S. Bridge for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
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.
CONSEQUENTIAL, deduced from the former.
CONSEQVENTIAL, deduced from the former.
I. THE primary Duty is that V. 1. Let every Soul be subject to the higher Powers, or to the Powers that are above us. Some blame the comparative Expression, sublimioribus, higher, for which there is no pretence, from the word [Greek or Hebrew], that only signifies the Powers mentioned, to be over us, whether in an higher or lower degree. Let them be less or more above us, we are to be subject to them.
I. THE primary Duty is that V. 1. Let every Soul be subject to the higher Powers, or to the Powers that are above us. Some blame the comparative Expression, sublimioribus, higher, for which there is no pretence, from the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that only signifies the Powers mention'd, to be over us, whether in an higher or lower degree. Let them be less or more above us, we are to be subject to them.
II. THE Subsequent Duty is double,