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A59803	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	The case of the allegiance due to soveraign powers further consider'd, and defended with a more particular respect to the doctrine of non-resistance and passive-obedience : together with a seasonable perswasive to our New Dissenters / by Will. Sherlock ...	1691.0		.xml	application/xml	12584	291	53	For , can the Apostle be thought absolutely to condemn Resistance , if he makes it only unlawful to resist , wh●n 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 the Subjects . Nor can there be any Reason assigned , why the Apostle should lay so strict a Command on particul●r Christians , to be subject to the higher Powers , which does not equally concern whole Na●ions ; for if it can ever be lawful for a whole Nation to resist a Prince , it may , in the same circumstances , be equally lawful f●r a particular man to do it . But Moses was not alwaies to rule over them , and therefore God expresly provides for a Succ●ssion of Soveraign Powers , to which they must all submit .	cache/A59803.xml	txt/A59803.txt