A81249:363
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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Which yet in the case in hand, doth admit of a further latitude, namely, That which lies in the very word and letter of this Article (as in most of the rest) In our several Vocations; which doth not bind every one to the same degree of knowledge, nor the same way of preservation: As for example, I do not conceive every Magistrate is bound to know so much, no nor to endeavour to know so much as Parliament-men; nor every member of Parliament so much as Judges; nor Ministers so much as the Lawyers; nor ordinary people so much as Ministers; nor servants so much as Masters: nor all to preserve them the same way; Parliament-men by demanding them, Lawyers by pleading, Judges by giving the sense and mind of the Law, Misters by Preaching, Magistrates by defending, people by assisting, praying, yielding obedience, &c. All if the exigencies arise so high, and the State call for it, by engaging their estates and lives, in case they be invaded by an unlawful power.
Which yet in the case in hand, doth admit of a further latitude, namely, That which lies in the very word and letter of this Article (as in most of the rest) In our severall Vocations; which doth not binde every one to the same degree of knowledge, nor the same way of preservation: As for example, I do not conceive every Magistrate is bound to know so much, no nor to endeavour to know so much as Parliament-men; nor every member of Parliament so much as Judges; nor Ministers so much as the Lawyers; nor ordinary people so much as Ministers; nor servants so much as Masters: nor all to preserve them the same way; Parliament-men by demanding them, Lawyers by pleading, Judges by giving the sense and minde of the Law, Misters by Preaching, Magistrates by defending, people by assisting, praying, yeelding obedience, &c. All if the exigencies arise so high, and the State call for it, by engaging their estates and lives, in case they be invaded by an unlawfull power.
And in case of ignorance, the thing we bind our selves to is this, That if at any time any particular shall be in question, What the Parliament shall make appear to be their right, or the liberty of the Subject, we promise to contribute such assistance for the preservation or reparation thereof, as the nature of the thing, and wisdom of the State shall call for at our hands in our several places.