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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.
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.
8. The ends of this order are first the fulfilling of the will of God as universal King, and next the common good, and next our own of soul and body, and not only our own corporal peace and pleasure.
9. No man hath naturally a right to another mans, nor to any more than God giveth him by nature or just acquisition; and to rob, kill, slander, fornicate, &c. is a sin, whether we are under contracts or mens Laws or not.
10. Societies are for Common good, more than for my own.
11. They are not made by arbitrary giving up our power; for God first instituted them, and described the parts universally necessary, and our power to govern or dispose of our own lives was none, but as under him; and public power is quite of another species. We have power to obey God and such as he shall by due consent of man set over us and authorize.