A97353:295
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.
60. The reason is, because it is Gods Law to subjects, and not Gods Law to Kings, which subjects must be ruled by, and their actions judged by.
61. And modest subjects must rather study what Laws God hath made for themselves, than what Laws he hath made for Kings: and what is their own duty than what is the Kings: (Though of this they are not bound to be ignorant.)
62. When subjects may not obey, yet may they not by arms resist authority.
63. To pretend Religion for Rebellion or sedition (which is the greatest enemy to it in the world) is to aggravate the sin, by intimated blasphemy against the Author of Religion.
64. When subjects suffer from Kings for obeying God, they must not take occasion by it to dishonour Kings by aggravating the injury: Because the Kings honour is more necessary to the public peace and welfare, than the righting of a subjects injured reputation is.