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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.
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.
55. There is no external coactive or forcing power, no ⟨p. 46⟩not about matters Religious or Ecclesiastical, but in the King and Magistracy; and therefore none in Churchmen or in any subjects, unless as Magistrates under the King. That is, no other hath the power of the sword, or to touch the Bodies or Estates of men.
55. There is no external coactive or forcing power, no ⟨p. 46⟩not about matters Religious or Ecclesiastical, but in the King and Magistracie; and therefore none in Churchmen or in any subjects, unless as Magistrates under the King. That is, no other hath the power of the sword, or to touch the Bodies or Estates of men.