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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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Object. Object. I, but it seems this objection lies full and strong upon them that stand in their single private stations.
Object. Object. I, but it seems this objection lies full and strong upon them that stand in their single paivate stations.
Answ. I answer, That if there be any such Oath which yet I have neither seen, nor heard of, unless the objection mean that clause in the late Parliament Protestation, wherein we vow and protest to maintain and defend the lawful Rights and Liberties of the Subject.
Answ. I answer, That if there be any such Oath which yet I have neither seen, nor heard of, unlesse the objection mean that clause in the late Parliament Protestation, wherein we vow and protest to maintain and defend the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subject.
Surely, Neither in that nor this, do we swear against a lawful endeavour to get any such Laws or Clause of the Law repealed and abolished, which is found a wrong, rather then a right, and the bondage rather then the Liberty of the Subject, as Prelacy was; Had we indeed taken the Bishops Oath, or the like, never to have given our consent to have the Government by Episcopacy with its endless, &c. Changed or altered, we had brought our selves into a woeful snare; but blessed be God, T••t snare is broken, and we are escaped; while in the mean time, without all dou•t the subject may as lawfully use all lawful means to get that Law removed, which yet he hath promised or sworn to obey while it remains, when it proves prejudicial to the public safety and welfare; as a poor captive that hath peradventure sworn obedience to the Turk, (while he remains in his possession) may notwithstanding use all fair endeavours for an escape or ransom; or a prentice that is bound to obey his Master; yet when he finds his service turned into a bondage, use lawful means to obtain his freedom.