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u f $ t . Paul , when in so many words he declares that vyko § Qe * oer tesistetk the pozver ^ &c , and Rom . xiii . 1 st , out of all doifbt speaks there of the temporal power , and of eternal damnation to ensue
upon resisting it ; than which , what more grievous punishment could have been inflicted had they immediately resisted God him * self ? And recollect I entreat you the time when this was so positively pronounced by St . Paul . It must have been wr itten under the reign of Claudius or JSfero : so that it is evident all
that resisted them were , without repentance , in a damnable state . ' *—Bp . Rochester ' Sermon , May 29 , 1692 . " If a sovereign shall persecute his subjects for not doing his
unjust commands , yet it is not lawful to resist by raising arms against him—they that resist shsll receive to themselves damnation . But they ask , is there no limitation ? I answer , how shall we limit when God hath not limited , or distinguish where he liath not distinguished ?"—Abp . Bramhall .
u There is an universal , absolute command in holy scriptures , laid upon all Christians , to be subject to the supreme powers iij all cases . Let every soul be subject to the higher powers : to which Christian precept there is no exception to be found for any person in any instance , from one end of the Christian Institution to the other . "—Bp . of Ely ' s Ser . before the Lord Mayor , Jan . SO , 1684 . v '
u No conjuncture of circumstances -whatsoever , can make that expedient to be done at any time , that is of itself unlawful . For a man to blaspheme the holy name of God—to sacrifice to idols—to give wrong sentence in judgment—to take up arms offensive or defensive against a lawful sovereign : —none of these may be done by any men ; notfor the avoiding of scandal ; not at the instance of any friend ; nor for the maintenance of lives and liberties ; nor for the defence of religion ; nor for the preservation of a church or state ; no , nor y . etif that could be imagined possible , for the salvation of a soul ; no , not for the redemption of the whole world !!"—Bp , Sanderson ' s Works . If it is objected that sentiments like these were peculiar to the times in which the writers of them flourished , and
that our modern clergy have in a great measure abandoned them , let the objector consult a collection of Resolutions , & : c . 8 cc , passed by various bodies of the clergy at the time when the Dissenters made their last application for the re , peal of the Test Act , and perhaps it may be found that the holy mantle of former worthies is yet in being , and stiii retains some of its peculiar virtues . Your ' s , Derby , March 10 . A CONSISTENT PROTESTANT .
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French Natmnel Catechism . 303
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 303, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/15/
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