46 The Evil of Evils, Or the e but by the Will of fuch as Govern them, there is not Law fet, to knowwhen they {hall offend, andwhennot; but when their Rulers fay, this is an offence, that his will is crófed, that is an offence, and they be therefore punithed : But now 5ubjecs, they bebound tono obedience to any man, any further than fore fet Law Both require theirobedience ; that is aSubje&, and that is theverydifferencebetween a slave and a .subjer . If men in Authority thould command any thing, though good ( I mean only indiffe- rent ) yetI am not bound inconfcience toobey at al, becaufe theycommand, exceptit be by a Law, except they command it by a Law : if he command it meerly as his Will, and only fay, I Will, here is no tie upon the confcience. It is ordinarie for people to think, ifmen inAuthori- 'tie command, theywil1have fuch a thingdone, Oh fay they, Authoritie commands We deny it, Authoritie commands nothing but what it commandsby a Law; and then wearebound to obey, or to fuffer, ifit beaLawonce: but if it benota Law, though it thould be the will of men in Authoritie, it doth not bind usat all, till it come tobe aLaw, any further than there is Equity it felfin the thing, in its own Nature : for then doth a People come to be in flavery when theycome tobe fubje& to the,will ofmen without aLaw.- NowBrethren thus ; Ifit be a flavery; and a great evil tobe fubje& to men, thoughgood men, fubjeet to their will, and no- thingelfe, without Law,' thenwhat an evil is it tobe infubje&ionand flaverie to thewill ofthe devil? ,
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