This item is
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Publicly Available
and licensed under:Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Files for this item
Download all local files for this item (696.53 KB)
- Name
- 3173.epub
- Size
- 94.94 KB
- Format
- Unknown
- Description
- Version of the work for e-book readers in the EPUB format
- Name
- 3173.html
- Size
- 102.3 KB
- Format
- HTML
- Description
- Version of the work for web browsers
- Name
- 3173.mobi
- Size
- 304.77 KB
- Format
- Unknown
- Description
- Version of the work for e-book readers in the Mobipocket format
- Name
- 3173.txt
- Size
- 94 KB
- Format
- Text file
- Description
- Version of the work in plain text with all tags and formatting information removed
A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers
by
Jonothan Mayhew
PREFACE
The ensuing discourse is the last of three upon the same subject, with some little alterations and additions. It is hoped that but few will think the subject of it an improper one to be discoursed on in the pulpit, under a notion that this is preaching politics instead of CHRIST. However, to remove all prejudices of this sort, I beg it may be remembered that “all Scripture . . . is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for CORRECTION, for instruction in righteousness.” Why, then, should not those parts of Scripture which relate to civil government be examined and explained from the desk, as well as others? Obedience to the civil magistrate is a Christian duty: and if so, why should not the nature, grounds, and extent of it be considered in a Christian assembly? Besides, if it be said that it is out of character for a Christian minister to meddle with such a subject, this censu . . .
- Name
- 3173.xml
- Size
- 100.51 KB
- Format
- XML
- Description
- Version of the work in the original source TEI XML file
