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Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances and appointments the best means to preserve…
Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances and appointments the best means to preserve our liberty : together with a treatise of ineffectual hearing the word ... : with some remarkable passages of His life / by Thomas Shepard ...
London: printed by S.G. for John Rothwell, 1657
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B. Bondage: What it is to which God delivers them that cast off his government. Page 7 Invasion by foreign enemies. 7 By setting authority against them. 7 Oppressing them by one another. 8 Taking away good Governors. 8 Giving them up to Satan, 9 And to their own lusts. 9 What are the sins, for which God brings into Bondage? 13 Bondage of the good and the wicked, how it differs. 15
B. BOndage: What it is to which God delivers them that cast off his government. Page 7 Iuvasion by forein enemies. 7 By setting authority against them. 7 Oppressing them by one another. 8 Taking away good Governours. 8 Giving them up to Satan, 9 And to their own lusts. 9 What are the sins, for which God brings into Bondage? 13 Bondage of the good and the wicked, how it differs. 15
C. Church of God, why deprived of her liberty. 11 Church-members that are private men in their duties are. 48. what &c. The causes of their neglect of their duty. 52▪ &c. Why men receive not more good from them than they do. 53 Covenant of God, if broken, God rejects such as break it. 3 To break Covenant with Christ, is to cast off his government as King. 31 People of God may be said to break Covenant, and how. 33
C. CHurch of God, why deprived of her liberty. 11 Church-members that are private men in their duties are. 48. what &c. The causes of their neglect of their duty. 52▪ &c. Why men receive not more good from them than they do. 53 Covenant of God, if broken, God rejects such as break it. 3 To break Covenant with Christ, is to cast off his government as King. 31 People of God may be said to break Covenant, and how. 33
G. Government: see Power. To cast of Gods Government, provokes God, to bring into bondage. 3 Reasons of it. 9, 10 &c. What Gods government is. 4 The sorts of it. 4 Internal. 4 And External. 5 Want of government, a judgement. 8 When men may be said to cast off Christs government. 18. see 24. and see Ordinances, When men submit to Christ. 20, 21. to 29 In Christs government, he useth a threefold power. 30 Motives to come under Christs Government. 81