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treatife
of
Con,
fcience,
out
them,
then
they
are
made Idolatrous, and
lofe their virtue
of
binding
the confcience.
But
all
fuch
commands
of
things
that
are
indifferent,
which
are
commanded
without
refpe&
to
make them idolatrous, they may
be
obeyed. This
is
our
fecond
concluuion.
3.
Concbsfion.
3.
Thole laws
and commandments.
of
Magiftrates which
want
the
authority
of
Gods law to
confirm them
(
and there-
fore
bind not the confeience)
ought
not to
be
difobeyed
for
all
that with
fcandall
or
contempt and by unreverent
fighting
or
defpiGng
the Magifirate
or his
laws.
Fie
mua
be
acknowled-
geda
Magifirate
under
God
for
all
that
:
r
Tim.
2.
I,
z.
J
exhort
that
fupplication
be
made
for
Kings and thole
that
are
in
authority.
Fie
ípeaketh there
of
heathen
Kings
;
yet
hee
caltech
them
Kings,
and
faith
they
have
authority
;
and
wee
ought
to
pray
for
theirs
:
and
therefore
how
much more
when
Kings and
Magillrates
fubfcribe
to
Chriaian
religion
?
Nay,
though they
command that which
is
utterly
unlawfitll,
wee
mull
not
rife
up
againíl them
:
for
if
we do, we
rilë
up againít
God. We
muff obey
them one
way
or
other,
either
a6tivefy
or
patvely
:
When
they command
that
which
is
lawfull
for
us
to
do,
we
mull
obey
them by doing
:
when
they
command
that
which
isunlawfull
for
us
to
do,
and threaten
punifhment,
then wee
cannot
a
&ively
obey
them
by doing, becaufe they
command a-
gainßGod
;
yet we
mull
pafïively obey
by
fufpering
and
fub-
micting
to
their
penalties,becaufe
the
Lord
bath
given
them
au-
thority
over
us. This
is
our
third
concluhon.
4.
Conclufon.
4.
Thofe
laws
of
Magiilrates which by
Gods
law
do not
bind
confcience,
do
yet
in
matter
of
fcandall
bind
us
to
obedi-
ence.
Ifthe
Magiflrate
fhall
command any
thing
beyond
his
power
to
command
yet
not
unlatArfull for us
to
do,
though
fuch
a command do not bind to
obedience
in cafe of
confcience,
yet
in cafe
of
scandal
itdoth.
Thus Chri!l was content to
pay
tribute.