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Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…
Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of young men, the one Decemb. 25, 1666, the other Decemb. 25, 1667 / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
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.
1. That none are more obedient unto the Civil Magistrate in lawful commands, than sincere Professors, because they know if in such things they disobey man, they do more displease God; and therefore that this calumny of the Devil, which was the false accusation of our Saviour, that he forbade to pay tribute to Caesar.
1. That none are more obedient unto the Civil Magistrate in lawful commands, than sincere Professors, because they know if in such things they disobey man, they do more displease God; and therefore that this calumny of the Devil, which was the false accusation of our Saviour, that he •orbad to pay tribute to Caesar.
2. That indeed when the Civil Magistrate doth command any thing unlawful and repugnant to the Law of God, that then they think they are bound to obey God their supreme King, rather than any man living on the earth; then they choose rather to displease the greatest man, than to wound their own consciences.
2. That indeed when the Civil Magistrate doth command any thing unlawful and repugnant to the Law of God, that then they think they are bound to obey God their supream King, rather than any man living on the earth; then they chuse rather to displease the greatest man, than to wound their own consciences.
3. That if when unlawful things are commande• by the Civil Magistrate, though they cannot, they dare not obey actively, yet they will obey passively by submitting meekly and patiently unto the penalties of their Laws for their supposed crimes.