 Here is a fit place to examine a question which some have moved : Whether it be a sin for a subject to disobey the king if he command anything contrary to his laws ? For satisfaction in this point we must resolve that not only in human laws, but even...  Discourses on Government - Page 120by Algernon Sidney - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Algernon Sidney - Political science - 1794 - 836 pages
...difobcy the king, if he command any thing contrary to law?" and as gravely determines, « that not on!y in human laws, but even in " divine, a thing may be...commanded contrary to law, " and yet obedience to fuch a command is neceffary. " The *« The fanftifying of the fabbath is a divine law, yet if " a matter... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1870 - 698 pages
...with acquiescence and applause by the brave and thoughtful English people. " Not only," he wrote, " in human laws, but even in divine, a thing may be commanded [by the King] contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary."3 The University of... | |
 | John Locke - Liberty - 1884 - 332 pages
...the king if he command anything contrary to his laws ? For satisfaction in this point we must resolve that not only in human laws, but even in divine, a...master command his servant not to go to church upon a Sabbath Day, the best divines teach us that the servant must obey this command, though it may be sinful... | |
 | John Locke - Liberty - 1884 - 328 pages
...the king if he command anything contrary to his laws ? For satisfaction in this point we must resolve that not only in human laws, but even in divine, a...commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a_ command is necessary. The sanctifying of the Sabbath is a divine law; yet if a master command his... | |
 | John Fiske - Literary Criticism - 1889 - 338 pages
...Sir Robert Filmer wrote that " not only in human laws, but even in divine, a thing may by the king be commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary." Charles felt so strong that in 1684 he flatly refused to summon a parliament. It was not long before... | |
 | John Fiske - New England - 1898 - 478 pages
...burned. Sir Robert Filmer wrote that "not only in human laws, but even in divine, a thing may by the king be commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary." Charles felt so strong that in 1684 he flatly refused to summon a parliament. It was not long before... | |
 | John Fiske - History - 1899 - 340 pages
...abominable doctrine set forth a few years later by Sir Robert Filmer, that " a thing may by the king be commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary." But there was no standing up against Stuyvesant in the council, and the petition of Melyn and Kuyter... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1902 - 414 pages
...abominable doctrine set forth a few years later by Sir Robert Filmer, that " a thing may by the king be commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary." But there was no standing up against Stuyvesant in 234 the council, and the petition of Melyn and Kuyter... | |
 | John Fiske - Literary Criticism - 1903 - 406 pages
...abominable doctrine set forth a few years later by Sir Robert Filmer, that " a thing may by the king be commanded contrary to law, and yet obedience to such a command is necessary." But there was no standing up against Stuyvesant in the council, and the petition of Melyn and Kuyter... | |
 | John Locke - Liberty - 1947 - 356 pages
...the king if he command anything contrary to his laws? For satisfaction in this point we must resolve that not only in human laws, but even in divine, a...master command his servant not to go to church upon a Sabbath Day, the best divines teach us that the servant must obey this command, though it may be sinful... | |
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