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Conscience and law

Rufus W. (Rufus Wheelwright) Clark 1813-1886

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Description:Excerpt from Conscience and Law: A Discourse Preached in the North Church, Portsmouth New Hampshire, on Fast Day, April 3, 1851 Romans XIII, 1, 2. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Acts IV, 19. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. These passages of Scripture bear directly upon a question of vital importance, which for some months past has deeply agitated the community. Nor is it among the least of the peculiarities of this question, that it has, in a certain sense, two right sides. It is right for every man to obey the dictates of an enlightened conscience; and it is the duty of every citizen to yield obedience to human governments. The fact that these general propositions are undeniably true, and yet in their application to a recently enacted obnoxious law, apparently antagonistic, has surrounded the question of "conscience and law" with many difficulties, called forth a great deal of angry discussion, and arrayed even good and able men in hostility to each other. We have had discourses, speeches and newspaper articles innumerable, upon the supremacy of divine government, and our duty to obey God rather than man; and we have had as many, if not more, inculcating implicit obedience to human laws in general, and the fugitive slave law in particular. Writers have denounced "conscience" as an unsafe guide, and at the same time have virtually appealed to conscience to induce the community to obey even wicked laws. Pulpit has been arrayed against pulpit, and press against press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conscience and law. To get started finding Conscience and law, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Conscience and Law: A Discourse Preached in the North Church, Portsmouth New Hampshire, on Fast Day, April 3, 1851 Romans XIII, 1, 2. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Acts IV, 19. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. These passages of Scripture bear directly upon a question of vital importance, which for some months past has deeply agitated the community. Nor is it among the least of the peculiarities of this question, that it has, in a certain sense, two right sides. It is right for every man to obey the dictates of an enlightened conscience; and it is the duty of every citizen to yield obedience to human governments. The fact that these general propositions are undeniably true, and yet in their application to a recently enacted obnoxious law, apparently antagonistic, has surrounded the question of "conscience and law" with many difficulties, called forth a great deal of angry discussion, and arrayed even good and able men in hostility to each other. We have had discourses, speeches and newspaper articles innumerable, upon the supremacy of divine government, and our duty to obey God rather than man; and we have had as many, if not more, inculcating implicit obedience to human laws in general, and the fugitive slave law in particular. Writers have denounced "conscience" as an unsafe guide, and at the same time have virtually appealed to conscience to induce the community to obey even wicked laws. Pulpit has been arrayed against pulpit, and press against press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conscience and law. To get started finding Conscience and law, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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