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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.
52. Every Rational creature under Heaven hath a judgment of Discerning, called a Private judgment, by which all must try, know and guide their duties to God and man: And to deny them this is to make them Brutes, and Kings to be but Governors of Cattle; and to tell men, that they must not know when to obey or whom: And it is to go against the judgment of all the sober world.
52. Every Rational creature under Heaven hath a judgment of Discerning, called a Private judgment, by which all must try, know and guide their duties to God and man: And to deny them this is to make them Bruits, and Kings to be but Governours of Cattel; and to tell men, that they must not know when to obey or whom: And it is to go against the judgment of all the sober world.
53. But no subject as such, or private man, hath any Public decisive judgment; nor must in cases Religious or Civil claim the least degree thereof.
53. But no subject as such, or private man, hath any Publick decisive judgment; nor must in cases Religious or Civil claim the least degree thereof.
54. Inferior Magistrates have all their Power from the King as supreme.
54. Inferior Magistrates have all their Power from the King as supream.