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The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…
The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearne's book be printed. John White. The second edition, corrected and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the volunteers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearnes book be printed. John White. The second edition, correced and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the voluntiers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.
London: printed for Benjamin Allen, 1643
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.
Ans. There can be no such inference made from this principle o• ours: for the people do all acknowledge, that we are to be governed by Laws, and that (as the Doctor saith) the Parliament is th• ⟨p. 53⟩Judge what is Law: the people do acknowledge, according to truth, that the Parliament hath the declarative power, or the supreme power of declaring the Law, the King doth not profess this, but rather the contrary, that he is no Lawyer, nor skilled in the Laws. The Parliament do profess it, and the people acknowledge them to be so; and therefore there is not the same reason, that they should take their power to themselves, in case that the Parliament should neglect their trust: for why should the people take that power unto themselves, should it be according to Law? The Parliament will then tell them, that they have done that which is according to law, wherein they confess, that the two Houses have the power of declaring. But now if the Prince shall neglect his trust, and the people take a power to look to themselves in times of danger, by way of forcible resistance, the Prince cannot say, when the Parliament is against him, the supreme power of declaring law, doth agree my course to be lawful: so that you see there is not the same reason of both.
Ans. There can bee no such inference made from this principle o• ours: for the people do all acknowledge, that we are to bee governed by Lawes, and that (as the Doctor saith) the Parliament is th• ⟨p. 53⟩Judge what is Law: the people doe acknowledge, according to truth, that the Parliament hath the declarative power, or the supreme power of declaring the Law, the King doth not professe this, but rather the contrary, that he is no Lawyer, nor skilled in the Lawes. The Parliament doe professe it, and the people acknowledge them to be so; and therefore there is not the same reason, that they should take their power to themselves, in case that the Parliament should neglect their trust: for why should the people take that power unto themselves, should it be according to Law? The Parliament will then tell them, that they have done that which is according to law, wherein they confesse, that the two Houses have the power of declaring. But now if the Prince shall neglect his trust, and the people take a power to looke to themselves in times of danger, by way of forcible resistance, the Prince cannot say, when the Parliament is against him, the supreme power of declaring law, doth agree my course to be lawfull: so that you see there is not the same reason of both.