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A59793	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	The case of resistance of the supreme powers stated and resolved according to the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures by Will. Sherlock ...	1684.0		.xml	application/xml	46181	1115	53	Indeed I find some Learned men mistaken in this matter ; for they take it for granted , that what Samuel here calls the manner of the King , is such an abuse of power , as God had expresly forbid to Kings in the 17 of Deuter. Had the Apostle exhorted the Romans after this manner : Let no private and single man be so foolish , as to rebel against his Prince , who will be too strong for him : but if you can raise sufficient forces to oppose against him , if you can all consent to Depose or Murder him , this is very innocent and justifiable , nay an Heroical Atchievement , which becomes a free-born people : How would this secure the peace and quiet of the world ? how would this have agreed with what follows , that Princes are advanced by God , and that to resist our Prince , is to resist the Ordinance of God , and that such men shall be severely punisht for it in this world or the next ? for can the Apostle be thought absolutely to condemn resistance , if he makes it only unlawful to resist when we want power to conquer ? Which yet is all that can be made of it , if by every Soul the Apostle means only particular men , not the united force and power of Subjects . Nor can there be any reason assigned , why the Apostle should lay so strict a command on particular Christians to be subject to the higher Powers , which does not equally concern whole Nations .	cache/A59793.xml	txt/A59793.txt