The best preservative against the plague. With a short account of the state of this nation from the conclusion of the grand rebellion of Oliver Cromwell to the Revolution / By an Englilh-Man [sic].

Date:
1721
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The best preservative against the plague. With a short account of the state of this nation from the conclusion of the grand rebellion of Oliver Cromwell to the Revolution / By an Englilh-Man [sic]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jefts in any Cafe to refift or ftand againft the Supe¬ rior Powers , for St'. Paul's Words be plain, that who« fo withftandeth jhall get to themfelves Damnation. Farther he fays, our Saviour Chrifi and his Apofiles re¬ ceived many and divers Injuries of unfaithful and wicked Men in Authorityy yet we never heard that they, or any of them caufed any Sedition or Rebellion again ft Authority \ we read often that they patiently fujfered all Troubles, Vexati- ons9 Slanders, PangSy Pains and Death itfelf obediently without Tumult or Refiftance* ' And allb that Chrifk taught us plainly, that even the wicked Rulers have their Power and Authority from (Jody and therefore it is not lawful for their Subjects to withfiand them though they abufe their Power• And Part the 3d of the faid Homily, Ye have heard before of this Sermon of good Order and Obediencey manifeffly proved bofh by Scripture and ExampleSy that we mufi patiently endure all Wrongs and Injuries, referring the Judgment of our Caufe to God j and that all Subjects are bound to obey their MagifirateSy and for no Caufe to re- fifly or withflandy or rebef or make any Sedition again ft them7 yeay although they be wicked Men. Vid. Burners Hift. Ref. fart 2. L 1. c. 6. The farther and farther^ an earthly Prince doth iwerve from the Example of the Heavenly Government, the greater Plague he is of God’s Wrath, and Pu- nifhment by God’s Juftice unto the Country -and People, over whom, God for their Sins, hath placed fuch a Prince and Governour. What fhall Subje£ls do then? fays this learned Au¬ thor *, who anfwers, what a perillous Thing were it to commit to Sub)eEls the Judgment, which Prince is wife and godly, and his Government goody and which otherwife ? As though the Foot miiYk judge the Heady and enterprise very heinous Things y and which mu si needs at laft breed Rebellion• Avd is not Rebellion the greatest of all Mifcheifs ? a Rebel is worfe than the worPk Princey and Rebellion worfe than the VPorFb Government, of the worft Prince that hitherto has been: If we will have an Evil Prince (when God jhall fend Us fmh a one ) taken away7 and a good one in his