B22970:157
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 Answer.An Appeale to thy Conscience. › The Answer.
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.
'Tis true, the King is Gods vicegerent, and therefore accountable to God only for his actions; Which David implied in confessing those his crying sins of murder and adultery to be only against God: Against thee, thee only have I sinned, Psal. 51. 4. And even reason requireth that the members should not judge the head, because they are under the head: ⟨p. 25⟩nor can they take away the head, because thereby they cease to be members: yet if Princes do seriously take it into consideration, they shall find little encouragement from hence to give way to their own lusts: For besides the eternal vengeance of God, which, without repentance, they shall most certainly feel after this life, having by their wickedness made themselves uncapable to inherit the kingdom of God, 1 Cor. 6. 9, 10. they do usually pluck down upon themselves or their posterity, or both, temporal judgements: yea, and those the more heavy and terrible, because by the neglect of their charge and duty, they become more unthankful then others, and more injurious unto so free, so gracious, so bountiful a Lord and Master: For unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required, Luk. 12 48.
'Tis true, the King is Gods vicegerent, and therefore accountable to God onely for his actions; Which David implied in confessing those his crying sins of murther and adultery to be only against God: Against thee, thee onely have I sinned, Psal. 51. 4. And even reason requireth that the members should not judge the head, because they are under the head: ⟨p. 25⟩nor can they take away the head, because thereby they cease to be members: yet if Princes do seriously take it into consideration, they shall finde little encouragement from hence to give way to their own lusts: For besides the eternall vengeance of God, which, without repentance, they shall most certainly feel after this life, having by their wickednesse made themselves uncapable to inherit the kingdom of God,