B22970:235
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
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.
Thou seest, Reader, the unlawfulness of taking up Arms against thy Sovereign proved, the Objections and Evasions answered, all Doubts resolved, and even the least scruples (which I could possibly imagine) removed. Oh! then return unto the Lord, obey his voice, walk according to his rule. Thou art now called, and the Lord knows whether ever thou shalt have a second summons.
Thou seest, Reader, the unlawfulnesse of taking up Armes against thy Soveraigne proved, the O•jections and Evasions answered, all Doubts resolved, and even the least scruples (which I could possibly imagine) removed. Oh! then return unto the Lord, obey his voyce, walk according to his rule. Thou art now called, and the Lord knows whether ever thou shalt have a second summons.
And let me seriously ask you, you I mean who are counted reforming Ministers, whose lips should keep knowledge, Mal. 2. 7. How dare you in the dreadful presence of the Almighty God, before the face of his Congregation, speak a vision of your own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord? Jer. 23. 16. How dare you by wresting the Scriptures stir men up to rebellion? in stead of Faith, teaching Faction; in stead, of Duty, Disobedience; then which there is nothing more odious in the fight of God, and yet by you nothing more frequently preached unto the people.
And let me seriously ask you, you I meane who are counted reforming Ministers, whose lips should keep knowledge, Mal. 2. 7. How dare you in the dreadfull presence of the Almighty God, before the face of his Congregation, speak a vision of your own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord? Jer. 23. 16. How dare you by wresting the Scriptures stir men up to rebellion? in stead of Faith, teaching Faction; in stead, of Duty, Disobedience; then which there is nothing more odious in the fight of God, and yet by you nothing more frequently preached unto the people.