Sermons upon Several Occasions
by John Scott
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150378591
Paperback|9781150378591
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1704 Excerpt: ...ordained of Qod. First, Consider, that upon our dutiful Subjection to our Prince, depend3 our temporal Happiness and Welfare 5 for as without Government there can be no Society, so without Obedience there can be no Government 5 and so long as Men are indisposed to obey, the Government must be a Burthen to them, and they to the Government5 and whilst the Rulers and Subjects instead of being Supports are Oppressions to one another, they are in the ready way to dissolve and fly in Pieces, and what can the Consequence of this be, but an over-flowing Deluge of Miseries and Confusions, of the Truth of which, we of this Nation have not many Years ago made a woful Experiment; for when through our restless Impatience of Subjection, we had pull'd down our lawful Sovereign from his Throne, and unhing'd the ancient Frame of our Goto' vernment, .--vernment, what was the Issue of it but Oppression and Slavery, and endless Confusion? For when once we had unfixt our selves from our proper Centre, how did we roul through every Fornt of Government, still addressing to each for Relief and Ease? And when we had moved every Stone, and raised it to the Top of the Hill, it still came tumbling down again upon us 5 so that ours, like Sisyphus his Labour was like to have no other End, but various, restless, and endless Calamity, till at last, God took Pity on us, and resetted us;pn our ancient Foundations 5 so that had it not been for this late shameless and barefac'd Rebellion, by which if God had not been more merciful to us, we had hurl'd back our selves again into our old Confusions, I could never have imagined we could have been so abandon'd of our Reason, as in the fame Age to act over the fame Tragedy again 5 but if as a just Punishment of our Sins, God should permit us to be ..
| ISBN-13 | 9781150378591 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115037859X |
| Weight | 0.52 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 152 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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