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d
treatife
of
Cen,
c
ence.
riven unto them.
The Papiffs speak blafphemie
in
faying their
Pope
can
make laws
under
pain
of
damnation
to
be
kept
:
Our
Saviour Chrift maketh
this a propertie
oacly
of
God
Fear
net hips
that
eau,
11
the
iedie,
ma
there
is
all
that
he
can
do
:
bet
fear
him
whe
cilia
call
betb
base
and
foul
inte
hell
J
pi
:into
you,
Fear
kim, Luke
i
2.
4.
As
if
he
had
fail,
Men
can
reach
no
further then the
bodie,
and
their
punifhments
can
go no
further
then the death
of
the
bodìe.
rfe
2.
2. This
teacheth us
what
to
do
if
men
thould
command
any
thing
which
is
unlawful!
for
us
to
perform
:
(Suppofè
there
fhould
be
any
filch
humane commands
as are
repugnant
to
Gods.)
In
this
cafe
ye
fee
we muff
obey
God
rather
then
mens
;
nay,
fúffer
lolíe
of
goods,
loffè
of
libertie, yea
loge
of
life,
rather then obey the commandments
of
mes,
in
cafe
they
be contrarie to
the commandments
of
God. Ye
may
reade
a
lamentable example
in
Ephraim
;
They were utterly
def{royed
for
obeying
their
King
rather
then
:'their
God
: The King com-
manded to worfhip the calves,
and
to go
unto
Bethel
and
not
to
Jerufalem
to
vaorj
ip
:
they yielded
to
his
commandment
,
and
did
fo
;
O thought they,
we
11,411
di/pleafe
the King
if
we
do
not.
For
this (inne
of
theirs
they
were
broken
in
judgement,
'Hof.
S.
z
i
.
Ephraim
is
deßroyed and
kroken
in
js
dgeMent,
becan
fe
he
willingly walked
after
the
commAndment.
Beloved.
Gods
commandment
is
fovereig
ne, and the fupreme
binder
of
confci
nce
:
Whatever
commandment
is
repugnant
to Gods
word, wo
to
us
if
we
do
it
;
nay,
though
it
be
to
fave
our
goods or
our
lives.
It
is
true, we muff
give
to
Cefar the
things
that
are
Cefars;
but
fo
as
withal! we
muff
be lure
to
give
to
Ged
the
tb.mss
slow
are
Geds.
rfe
3
3.
This comforteth
Gods
people againfi
the
calumnies
and
Handers
of
wicked and ungodly
men
that
upbraid
them
for
their
obedience to
God. O
fay
they,
re
irregular
and
defpi
fers
ofautboritie
J
fay,
this
is
comfort
to the
godly, that
God
is
able
to
bear
them out
in
obeying
him
rather
then men.
Gods
word
is
the fupreme binder
of
confcience
and therefore,
what-
evet
men
think
of
fuch, they
are
abfolutely bound to obey
God.
If