Passive Obedience, or the Christian Doctrine of Not Resisting the Supreme Power

Power : But that Submiſfon to Government ſhou'd be Meaſured and Limited by the Public Good of the Society ; and that therefore Subjects may Lawſully Reſiſt the Supreme Authority, in thoſe Caſes where the Public Good ſhall plainly ſeem to require it: Nay, that it 1s their Duty to do ſo, inaſmuch as theykare all under an indi-ſpenſable Obligation to promote the Common er: T beſe and the like Notions, which T cannot help thinking Pernicious to Mankind and Repugnant to Right Reaſon, having of late Tears been Induſtriouſly Cultivated, and ſet in the moſt Advantageous Lights by Men of Parts and Learning, it ſeemed neceſſary to Arm the Touth of our Univer ſity againſt them, and take care they go into the World well Principled; I do | not mean Obſtinately Prejudic'd in favour of - } - : „ 5 F hi_—_cq-c-<=- Slay eo omuands eo» a To the Reader. a Party, but from an early Acquaintance with their Duty, and the clear Rational Grounds of it, Determin'd to ſuch Praclices as may ſpeak them Good Chriſtians and Loyal Subjects. In this View, I made three Diſcourſes not many Months ſince in the College- Chapel, which ſome who heard them thought it might be of Uſe to make more Public : And indeed, the falſe Accounts hat are gone abroad concerning them, have wade it neceſſary. Accoramply J now ſend them into the World under the Form of one entire Diſcourſe.…