r t Ch. 14. Daysand Meats Romans; indifferent. Chap. i4; necefary : Nor may any rebel againft all the Kings on Earth, if they canbut difprove furls an uninterrupted Succelhon of Primogeniture : Elfe Kings were dangeroufly expofed. s. Nor is Revelation from Heaven necetiary to notifie the Perron : For who but Fanaticks now pretend to that ? I know thereforeno remaining Title, but MostualConfent (freeor forced) of PerfDns made ca. Fable bÿ the Providence of GA, at the forming of the Government. Qt. Ix. ...Pe not [the Powers that be) all that haveprefent Pofli;Ton ? 1nfw. Yet, all that pof- feG the Right of Government; but not all that ufurp it, or poflefs meetStrength. Q,. Hw then? Shall allthe Vulgar be made fudges of the Princes Right ? .Anfx. Theyare bound to judge as far as they can know ; elfe they could not tell whom to obey or defend : But mil- judging will not excufe them fromGuilt. And in difficult Cafes ; Appearance and Probability mutt ferve them that can have uo more. And Submitfron and Patience under Uturpers, is not Subjedion and Content. Qs. X. What ismeant by Refiftance ? .Anfw. Not only Fighting againft them, but all that is contrary to Subjection and due Obedience: But molt eminently Libertinifm, whichp:etendeth that God path freed Chriftians from Subjection. Qu. XI. How cloth the Defcription, verfe 3. agree with Heathens and Perfecutors ? .Are they none of God's Miwfters who are a Terror to Geed Works ? .Anfw. If they are not in the general Court? of their Government for Vertue and againft Vice, and for the Common Good, they want the Effence of the Office. But they that are a Terror to Tome particular Good Works, not effential to the End of the Office, and that throughErrour, may yet be againft Vice, and for Goodnefs, in the main. And a Heatkn may execute the Lawof Nature, and be fo far for the Commao Good. But Perfecuting theJult is no exercife of Divine Miniftry or Power. Quu. XII. Verfe y. How is Canfeientebound by Man's Laws? .Anfw. All Men muli be confcious of God's Obligations on them, toobey thejuft Lawsof Men. XIII. Vert 6, 7. May we give none more 'Tribute, Cuftem, Fear, or Honour, than their due? and are all fudges of the Princes due? .Anfw. All is not due that may be claimed : Mate- terially Menmay, fortheir ownSafety and juft Ends, give Rulers or others more than theirdue, or which they haveright to: But as toformal Obedienceor 3uftice we are not bound to give any one more thanhis due. And of this we areDifcerncrs, though not deciding PublickJudges: Rest mif-judgingwill excufe no Injury. +Qu. XIV. What poet of Debt is f,afal ? Verfe 8. -44: It is Injuftice not to give every Man his due, if we are able. And to promife orborrow what we k,tow we cannot pay, orwhen weao. quaint not the Lender with the weaknefs and doubtfulnefsof our Eftate% that the hazard may be by hisown content, is to defraud him, and is a Stealingof one of the worft forts. Q, XV. Verfe r 3. When is Proviilon for the Flehh unlawful ? .Anf.When is it fought more to fatiche itsAppetite, or Luf, or inordinate Defires, than to ftrengthen and lit us (and others) foe Olü Duty to God and Man. CHAP. XIV. a. Im that is weak it; the faith receive you : but not to doubtful difputations. t. And as your fubjedion to Government is necefléry to a life of Chriftian Love and Con- cord, fo silo is the mutual forbearance and re- ception Of ¡itch brethren, as are weak in the Faith, and differ in difputable tolerable points. Therefore fee that you receive fuch to your Love and Communion, without fearching their Opinions, and racking them by doubtful difpu- calions, about the points`whereinthey differ. 2. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another who is weak eateth herbs. For inftance, one truly believeth that all meats are now lawful , another either brinks slat he uii obi not lire on the Life and Fitnii of his fellow Creatures, or that he fhould at leaft abftain from that which by the Lawof Mofes was forbidden : This is his weaknefs. 3. Let not him that eateth defpife him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not judge him that eat- eth : for God hath received him. 3. Let not him that underlandeth, that eat- ing all things is lawful, feeat nought or viiilie him (as a humorous, fcrupulous fool) who is of another opinion, and thinks it unlawful to eat flesh, (as many are too apt to do) and let not him that dare not eat fuch Flefh or Meat for- bidden by Mofes's Law, take him for an un- godly fsnner that oth otherwife, nor feperate from him as propane : For God that is molt holy, and hateth all fin, yet receiveth both thefeforro; and therefore fo muft you, if you will pleafe God Who art 'thou that judgeft ano- then
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