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Title Nature, extent, and importance, of the duty of allegiance : a sermon preached at Aberdeen, December 12, 1776, being the fast day appointed by the King, on account of the rebellion in America.
Call Number E297 .C18; Record ID 99192400102001
Date 1778
Description Sermon by the Principal of Marischal College at Aberdeen, Scotland, delivered on December 12, 1776, and published in 1778, arguing against the rebellion of the American colonists on the basis of one's Christian duty to remain subject to established governments.
Creator Campbell, George, 1719-1796.
Subject United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Type Text
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Language eng
Spatial Coverage United States; Great Britain
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OCR Text E 73‘ J -[ 7-2, It .Pflgh private caufe,it can net‘cr exalt it into avirtuc, as in the mute of the ouhlic.. It is ever: Virtuous to rehgn a private right, ":2‘ or» good oftoctety. -3. undrg'iaoufi . the community to be 'both important and public. When doubtful, our only fate guide tbefrutpf, A right in the maple to refit": in cafes oF‘ neeeflitv, cannot juliify reliftancc, where the neceflity 1:; not l\'ote real. P1135. The liherty of the ttate mifiakn fo n r that oFits memH'omen and (lit/dram, on the pr inciples of our repiihlicam, uteflaryw. x' _ ahfol . Note 39. bers. 22. Thelmlllint‘lion of fag/d and arbzfrary, frag and/142.9575, as applree, to government. Advantages of the Britilh confiitution. lly nor? rn republican maxims Poland the molt per. fett government. '1 he boiy of laws in no civi'ized c-nmtrv the work (if perlons now hvmg. Our acqr'tiefrena' {och as The author's reafon for not recurring to the any-ml (t my" a 3?. we give to the laws ot the umverte, whereof we are lixrcly not the makers. Chi, rl‘hcf‘e print‘iples unfriencllv to improvement,r:.vf".'.‘£n'd. Criminal innovatimis may originate "1th the rulers. f Modt rn republicans think their mulel the only [Tw- The cafe of (.Z'GI‘I'EJ‘ I. and the long plrliament. The matinefs of deitroying a good coniiitution in the hope of‘erecting a betzcr in its t‘tcad. ‘ P A R T H. '1 he prefent qutition important. It afl'et‘ls the whole li-gillature. The right of taxing America the hinge ofthe controverfy. This right favoured,--~I. by (21/379111, both bef‘re 311.1 fince the revolution. -2. by the colonial c.5arl2m,«~3. by the pi'aflice of the Aggy/alum in other articles. The (locflrine of an efi'cntizil tliil'erence between mmy (If/'5 and other aéts, ridiculous. Reilraints on trade rtciprocal. American Dill/€372.01! to Britith Luvs, from the want of tin 1r (oi/2711. 1!)sz Ii‘eonfint were necdi'ary, none would he bound by a law, but they who ‘7;5/u'»(_/i7r it. The {utility or What is called ~17; had, or fix/plzaJ, content. Ifconfi nt means only Illf.‘ acyuirfceizc‘e required by the CL‘l'lililllHH'l, this the fame in All gmmnmcnts, c'vcu the 14! government. Tet‘rihl: conft q-Ienoca‘ or" this tloflriue. The reverie of that of the. got'pel. The Jewiih notion on the initial of tam"; difil'rent from the American, hut tl e ohjeft the fame. Their title to exemption not atinnttgtl by our Saviour. A fingular eiii‘ontery in men who keep llwes to exclzum about life, liberty, and property, atzethe un'llem able rights 01' mmkind. Note The Jews, tho' both a dn'lant and different nation from the Romans and not CullLIUl‘I'il'l'J' in af'ez'lint' ‘3 0 - ~ ' r 1 enjozn tutsmi etves, exprel‘sly ed to pay. By the maxims of our republicans, Chril‘t and his npntiles preachers of jig-veg, both zrzemal and awarmzl. Note 051'. The npofiolieal injitriftions on this head prudential advices. ALI/I This plea confuted hy the terms ufici Roufi'ean a famous republican admits that chrifiianity and his f) Hem are incompatible. The part which our religion takes in regard to the eonliitution. Not unfavourshle to the corgfiitutional fupport of ,civil rights. moi'c arb trary. The malice of the congrefs to the king; the preterit No Liflgartremmmt, where a man is governed by thr‘ opinion and will of «HMS, whether "DC 01‘ many! and not try lli'o own. l‘ert'cc't liberty incompatible with cml road"... pm! :11 1(1)! . There hhtrty alwa)s in part litertticed iUt‘ not to properlv the l‘ing‘s quarrel as the Ham/1‘5, px-‘tlcularly the Irgi/Inzlurr'J. The Americans rave no mnrea (on/iitufimal, than a natural title to what they claim. Not one m twenty of the people of Britain reprefented in parliament, 45‘.
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