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A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast,…A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast,…
A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1644 by Samuel Rutherfurd.A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1644 by Samuel Rutherfurd.
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1644
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Courtiers then and Cavaliers, Prelates, Atheists who profess they are of the Kings Religion, and will dispose of their souls at the Kings pleasure, to kill the innocent, they make their souls bastards and unlawful broods, and they make the King the Creator of their souls, and the absolute Lord of their Religion: O fool, the King did not make thy Soul, there is an other Soul-Lord then the King! Ezek. 18. 4. Behold all Souls are mine, saith the Lord; and there is another Soul-former, then the King of Britain: hear God speak himself, Isaiah. 57. 16. If I should contend for ever, the spirits should fail before me, and the souls that I have made! O find me an Earthly King that can form Souls, and then let the Cavaliers swear that which many now practice, I am the Kings wholly, both soul and body, faith and conscience. But I pray you, are not all in England the Kings Subjects? yea truly and all in Scotland also, but not one soul, not one conscience in all the three Kingdoms is the Kings Subject.
Courtiers then and Cavaliers, Prelates, Atheists who professe they are of the Kings Religion, and will dispose of their soules at the Kings pleasure, to kill the innocent, they make their soules bastards and unlawfull broods, and they make the King the Creator of their soules, and the absolute Lord of their Religion: O foole, the King did not make thy Soule, there is an other Soule-Lord then the King! Ezek. 18. 4. Behold all Soules are mine, saith the Lord; and there is another Soule-former, then the King of Brittaine: hear God speak himself, Esai. 57. 16. If I should contend for ever, the spirits should faile before me, and the soules that I have made! O finde me an Earthly King that can forme Soules, and then let the Cavaliers sweare that which many now practice, I am the Kings wholly, both soule and body, faith and conscience. But I pray you, are not all in England the Kings Subjects? yea trùly and all in Scotland also, but not one soule, not one conscience in all the three Kingdomes is the Kings Subject.