Nicholas Lockyer on the blessing of a free parliament

[Reformed Covenanter]

I judge a free Parliament, the most natural Ordinance (and the nearest that Divine government which once was) for the true good of a Nation that would not be slaves to sin and man’s will, of any yet known, or in use in the world; and if my judgment were of any weight in a business of this nature, I would think those the more unnatural to themselves and others, who otherwise speak and act amongst us. Our lusts would be Laws and Judges of them too, and may, as well one as tother; ’tis thus with us, ’tis thus with you; ’tis so in Divinity, ’tis so in morality, ’tis so in the first Table, ’tis so in the second.

Christ meant civil Government really, when he bade us submit to it, and pray for it, and practised it himself by giving to Caesar the things which were Caesars; if in these last and worst days we need it less than then, I do not yet understand it. Wild beasts love no bound, but if this should be, then all the world would be a wilderness, and where should we live without tearing in pieces? I think just Government in a Turk to be a beam of God, and we admire it abroad, and trample upon it at home.

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Nicholas Lockyer on the blessing of a free parliament

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I judge a free Parliament, the most natural Ordinance (and the nearest that Divine government which once was) for the true good of a Nation that would not be slaves to sin and man’s will, of any yet known, or in use in the world; and if my judgment were of any weight in a business of this nature, I would think those the more unnatural to themselves and others, who otherwise speak and act amongst us. Our lusts would be Laws and Judges of them too, and may, as well one as tother; ’tis thus with us, ’tis thus with you; ’tis so in Divinity, ’tis so in morality, ’tis so in the first Table, ’tis so in the second.

Christ meant civil Government really, when he bade us submit to it, and pray for it, and practised it himself by giving to Caesar the things which were Caesars; if in these last and worst days we need it less than then, I do not yet understand it. Wild beasts love no bound, but if this should be, then all the world would be a wilderness, and where should we live without tearing in pieces? I think just Government in a Turk to be a beam of God, and we admire it abroad, and trample upon it at home.

For the reference, see:

Nicholas Lockyer on the blessing of a free parliament

I judge a free Parliament, the most natural Ordinance (and the nearest that Divine government which once was) for the true good of a Nation that would not be slaves to sin and man’s will, of …

reformedcovenanter.wordpress.com

Which parliament is he referring to?

 

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Which parliament is he referring to?

The English Parliament.