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See We Not Plainly That Obedience Of Creatures Unto The Law Of Nature Is The Stay Of The Whole World?

Of Law There Can Be No Less Acknowledged, Than That Her Seat Is The Bosom Of God, Her Voice The Harmony Of The World: All Things In Heaven And Earth Do Her Homage, The Very Least As Feeling Her Care, And The Greatest As Not Exempted From Her Power.

To Live By One Man's Will Becomes The Cause Of All Misery.

God Is No Captious Sophister, Eager To Trip Us Up Whenever We Say Amiss, But A Courteous Tutor, Ready To Amend What, In Our Weakness Or Our Ignorance, We Say Ill, And To Make The Most Of What We Say Aright.

The Reason Why The Simpler Sort Are Moved With Authority, Is The Consciousness Of Their Own Ignorance; Whereby It Cometh To Pass That Having Learned Men In Admiration, They Rather Fear To Dislike Them Than Know Wherefore They Should Allow And Follow Their Judgments. Contrariwise With Them That Are Skilful Authority Is Much More Strong And Forcible; Because They Only Are Able To Discern How Just Cause There Is Why To Some Men's Authority So Much Should Be Attributed.