B22970:147
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 third Evasion.An Appeale to thy Conscience. › The third Evasion.
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.
The third Evasion.
But thou wilt say, If Subjects may never resist, then may the Prince govern according to his own will and pleasure, and so may bring his Subjects into bondage, slavery, and all evils and inconveniences whatsoever: which is contrary to nature and reason to admit.
But thou wilt say, If Subjects may never resist, then may the Prince governe according to his own will and pleasure, and so may bring his Subjects into bondage, slavery, and all evils and inconveniences whatsoever: which is contrary to nature and reason to admit.
The Answer.
If we may deny or reject a truth delivered in Gods Word, because of evils and inconveniences which might hereby happen unto us, then the ⟨p. 23⟩whole frame of Divinity will be soon overturned. We know, That the doctrine of God▪ eternal, free, and unchangeable decree of reprobation, has brought many into the sin of despair: The doctrine that true repentance is never too late, has led many into the sin of presumption: The doctrine of assurance of salvation, has bred in some a proud selfconceitednesse and contempt of their brethren. The doctrine of justification by faith only, and not by works, has drawn many into a neglect of Alms-giving. And what hath been, may be, yet we neither do nor must reject the foresaid doctrines; though indeed if we respect the evils and inconveniences, they ought so much the rather to be rejected, by how much the greater and more dangerous are the evils; for these evils are spiritual, and tend to the destruction both of soul and body for ever; whereas the doctrine of not resisting the King can only expose us (if we offend God) to evils temporal and momentany.