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Show [ xxviii ] [ And he hath accordingly initituted by his Son (the eternal Word, in whom: " dwellella all N)? julmft of the GOD-r " HEAD bodily," C01. ii. 9.) not on‘v a xxix ] Ihad intended alfo to have added to this Declaration a little Trail: on " the " Law Eternal, which limits Legifla" ture, and forms the Bafis of the Subjeéts " Rights 3" but the fame Reafon, which Form for the admiflion of ne .v'lenihers or Parties to his free CQVL‘Nt-‘XNT, obliged me to pofipone the Third Part of lint ali‘o ordained a lirlemn rite ' r the renewal and ac/Z‘neta/'eflgc'irztvzz‘ of the the Declaration already mentioned, 0bliges me to defer this alfo for the. pre- {aid COVENANT from time to time at his 135/} ‘Ihlzla, from which the Subjects of his Kingdom cannot fafely abfl'ain without teeming to deny that allegiance and I:‘012.'flg€ which they indil'penfibly owe to their eternal Sovereign l fent: Neverthelefs, as my Declaration is founded on many of the principles and maxim: of that fame " eternal Law," I {hall beg leave to add to this Preface a fhort quotation from the {aid Trait, concerning the weight, ufe, and manner, of I had all fuch {hall " COME WITH HIM T0 jUDGE THE " WORL applying the maxim, or rules, of eternal Rea/biz : which is the more necefiary at to which bazaar: nature is invited, is {0 great and gloriour, can this time, becaufe I find there are great numbers of people who are to ill itiformed of thefe matters as to talk of "the ch, then, can any particular Man, " omnipotence of Parliament," as if they D §!" Now as the eternal dignity, we {uppofe that God has not {ome regard alfo for the temporal Rights of his highly-favoured creature, Man? prcfume to let up their own WIL or body of Men, L for LAW, and thereby deprive their Bret/TE)! of that lt‘z'glrz, whith, of all others, is moi‘t efleiitizzl t0 Tea/bundle beings, I mean the Rig/J! oflfim‘? Let thofe men, who thus inconfideratcly venture to affront the dignity ofmarlz'm', by withholding from them their temporal Rights, (are. Clmz'rc, quui/l, and the due cxercile of thai Jam/m which God has given them,) beware left they theriiielves flioul d thereby forfeit their own etern al privileges !-" Know " ye not that act flan/l judge Ange/r ?-/,arw mar/J more " zréixggr rim: prrzaz‘ir 10 tel; Life .9 1 Cor. vi. 3. § 7--- For " thcfarm I ', fiva A/J'utig'e 1b: rear/4'." conceived, that'every thing whatfoever, that is ordained by Parliament, mull: be Law, whether it be good or 6'02], right or wrong l-A moft pernicious and baneful Doctrine this I - A kind of Popery in Politics, (if I may ufe fuch an expreifrom) which is dangerous to the eternal as well as lei/'zporrz/ happinefs of man- . 1 Cor. VI. 2. Lmd! f The |