B22970:119
An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and…An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and…
An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and dreadful day of Christ Jesus.An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.
London : s.n., 1643
An Appeal to thy Conscience. › The Reply.An Appeale to thy Conscience. › The Reply.
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Secondly, because it is a vain distinction. For to oppose and resist the Kings officers, especially his Counsellors, who are his chiefest and highest Officers, is to oppose and resist the King himself, because the power which they have is not from themselves but from the King, who imparts it unto them. And therefore David esteemed Nabals churlishness unto his servants and messengers as done unto himself, and had destroyed Nabal and his family, had not Abigail, Nabals wife, pacified him, 1 Sam. 25. 10, 14, 22, 23. So David accounted that which Joab did unto Abner and Amasa, whom he slew, as done unto him: and commanded Solomon to slay Joab, 1 Kin. 2. 5 6, 31. So Vashti refusing to come by the Chamberlains, who were by King Ahasuerus commanded to bring her, is said, not to have performed the Commandment of the King, and to have done wrong unto the King: for which offence she was put away, Esther 1. 11, 15, 16, 19. Hence it is that our Saviour saith unto his Disciples, He that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me, Luke 10. 16.
Secondly, because it is a vaine distinction. For to oppose and resist the Kings officers, especially his Counsellors, who are his chiefest and highest Officers, is to oppose and resist the King himselfe, because the power which they have is not from themselves but from the King, who imparts it unto them. And therefore David esteemed Nabals churlishnesse unto his servants and messengers as done unto himselfe, and had destroyed Nabal and his family, had not Abigail, Nabals wife, pacified him, 1 Sam. 25. 10, 14, 22, 23. So David accounted that which Joab did unto Abner and Amasa, whom he slew, as done unto him: and commanded Salomon to slay Joab, 1 Kin. 2. 5 6, 31. So Vasthi refusing to come by the Chamberlaines, who were by King Ahasuerus commanded to bring her, is said, not to have performed the Commandement of the King, and to have done wrong unto the King: for which offence she was put away,