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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
10. It is not every mans natural power over himself conjoined by the voluntary consent of many, that is the Original of Political power (or Sovereignty) they being specifically distinct: nor is it left to the will of men whether there shall be Government or not.
10. It is not every mans natural power over himself conjoyned by the voluntary consent of many, that is the Original of Political power (or Soveraignty) they being specifically distinct: nor is it left to the will of men whether there shall be Government or not.
11. Nor doth the Power of Kings arise naturally from Paternal Power; nor do they need to prove themselves of the eldest house, to prove their right to Government.
12. But God as the Universal Ruler hath signified his will in the nature of man and of things, than he will have the world live in Political order, and have Government and obedience; so that it is Commanded by him in the Law of Nature, antecedently to mens voluntary conjunction (though it may possibly fall out that some uncapable Individuals, (as those cast upon a foreign continent or solitude) may be under no such obligation.)
12. But God as the Vniversal Ruler hath signified his will in the nature of man and of things, than he will have the world live in Political order, and have Government and obedience; so that it is Commanded by him in the Law of Nature, antecedently to mens voluntary conjunction (though it may possibly fall out that some uncapable Individuals, (as those cast upon a foreign continent or solitude) may be under no such obligation.)