A81249:333
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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Answ. 1. If the Law of the Land had abolished it, we need not swear the extirpation of it.
Answ. 1. If the Law of the Land had abolisht it, we need not swear the extirpation of it.
2. In this Oath, the Parliaments of both Kingdoms, go before us, who having the Legislative power in their hands, have also Potestatem vitae & necis, over Laws, as well, as over Persons, and may as well put to death the evil Laws that do offend against the Kingdom, and the welfare of it, as the evil persons that do offend against the Laws.
2. In this Oath, the Parliaments of both Kingdoms, go before us, who having the Legislative power in their hands, have also Potestatem vitae & necis, over Laws, as well, as over Persons, and may as well put to death the evill Laws that do offend against the Kingdom, and the welfare of it, as the evill persons that do offend against the Laws.
3. Who therefore (thirdly) if they may lawfully annul and abolish Laws that are found to sin against the Law of God, and the good of the Kingdom, may as lawfully bind themselves by an Oath, to use the uttermost of their endeavours, to annul ⟨p. 49⟩and abolish those Laws; their Oath being nothing else but a solemn engagement to endeavour to perform what they have warrantably resolved upon; and with the same equity may they bind the Kingdom to assist them in so doing.
3. Who therefore (thirdly) if they may lawfully annull and abolish Laws that are found to sin against the Law of God, and the good of the Kingdom, may as lawfully binde themselves by an Oath, to use the uttermost of their endeavours, to annull