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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.
5. God binding all men to Love him above all and our ⟨p. 127⟩neighbours as our selves, we are so far from being born to a Common war, that nature uncorrupt and repaired is a state of Love, and nature corrupt reprieved and under Common grace, is sociable, and hath some natural Love to others, yea to mankind; and as beasts love the company of their like, so do men; and all good men love the good. And all are obliged by the Laws of Love, to love others, and do all the good they can.
5. God binding all men to Love him above all and our ⟨p. 127⟩neighbours as our selves, we are so far from being born to a Common war, that nature uncorrupt and repaired is a state of Love, and nature corrupt reprived and under Common grace, is sociable, and hath some natural Love to others, yea to mankind; and as beasts love the company of their like, so do men; and all good men love the good. And all are obliged by the Laws of Love, to love others, and do all the good they can.
6. It's true that corruption making bad men like brutes by sensuality and selfishness, sets them in a state of war; which common and special grace heal in their several measures.
7. God bindeth all as his Subjects to obey, first their parents, and then to choose officers whom he shall empower under him to rule according to his universal Laws, and officiate as his Ministers; and all that can must live in such order.