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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.
35. There is nothing in nature which is contrary to this Intellectual Love, or that can destroy it.
36. Because Gods right is only his Power, therefore the right of man is only his power to exist and act; For the natural power of every thing, by which it existeth ⟨p. 114⟩and operateth, is nothing but Gods own power (which is God.)
37. By the Law of nature then I mean the very Laws of nature, or Rules according to which all things are done, that is, Natures power. Right extendeth as far as Power: and whatever any man doth by his nature, he doth by the highest Right of Nature.
38. And because man is not only rational, but men are more led by blind lust than by reason; therefore their natural right is to be defined, not by reason, but by any appetite which determineth them to act. p. 271. No difference is to be made though some appetites be unreasonable; For both are the effects of nature. Whatever a man is, he is a part of nature; (or God) and natures power determineth him to all that he doth.