A resolution of conscience, (by a learned divine) in answer to a letter sent with Mr Ascham's book, treating, how fair it may bee lawful to submit to an usurped power. Out of which men may satisfie their scruples concerning the present Subscription and Engagement. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94159 of text R206229 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E584_8). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A94159 Wing S627A Thomason E584_8 ESTC R206229 99865403 99865403 117643 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94159) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 117643) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 89:E584[8]) A resolution of conscience, (by a learned divine) in answer to a letter sent with Mr Ascham's book, treating, how fair it may bee lawful to submit to an usurped power. Out of which men may satisfie their scruples concerning the present Subscription and Engagement. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. [2], 6 p. s.n.], [London : Imprinted anno Domini, 1649. Attributed to Robert Sanderson. Place of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 1st". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Engagement (1650) -- Early works to 1800. Power (Christian theology) -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A94159 R206229 (Thomason E584_8). civilwar no A resolution of conscience,: (by a learned divine) in answer to a letter sent with Mr Ascham's book, treating, how fair it may bee lawful t Sanderson, Robert 1649 635 0 10 0 0 0 1 4882 F The rate of 4882 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-04 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A RESOLUTION OF CONSCIENCE , in Answer to Mr Ascham's BOOK . UPon perusal of Mr Ascham's Book you left with mee , I finde not my self in my understanding thereby convinc'd of the Necessitie or Lawfulness of Conforming unto , or Complying with an unjust prevailing Power , further then I was before persuaded , it might bee Lawful or Necessarie so to do : viz. As I paying Taxes , and Submitting to som other things ( in themselvs not unlawful ) by 3. Without anie explicite or implicite Acknowledgment of the Justice and Legalitie of their Power : I may submit to the {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , ( to the Force ) but not acknowledg the {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , ( the Autoritie ) or by anie my Voluntarie Act give strength , assistance , or countenance thereunto . 4. Without anie prejudice unto the claim of the Oppressed Partie that hath a right , Title ; or casting my self into an Incapacitie of lending him my due and bounden Assistance , if , in time to com , it may bee useful to him towards the Recoverie of his Right . 5. Where I may reasonably , and Bonâ Fide presume , the Oppressed Power , ( to whom my Obedience is justly due ) if hee perfectly knew the present Condition I am in , together with the Exigence and Necessitie of the present Case , and all of Circumstances thereof , would give his willing Consent to such my Conformitie and Compliance . So that , upon the whole matter and in short , I conceiv I may so far submit unto the Impositions , or complie with the Persons of a prevailing usurped Power , unjustly commanding things not in themselvs unlawful ; or make use of their Power to protect one from others Injuries . As I may submit unto , complie with , or make use of an High-waie Thief , or Robber , when I am faln into his hands , and lie at his Mercie . As for Mr Ascham's Discours , though it bee handsomly framed , yet all the Strength of it ( to my seeming ) lie's upon two Principles , which ( if hee would speak out ) would bee in plain English these : 1. That Self-preservation is the first and chiefest Obligation in the World , to which all other Bonds and Relations ( at least between Man and Man ) must give place . 2. That no Oath , at least no imposed Oath , at what Terms soever exprest , binde's the Taker further then hee intended to binde himself thereby ; and , it is presumed , that no man intended to binde himself to the prejudice of his own safetie . Two dangerous and desperate Principles , which evidently tend 1 to the taking away of all Christian Fortitude and Suffering in a Righteous Caus : 2 to the Encouraging of daring and ambitious Spirits to attempt continuall Innovations , with this Confidence , that if they can by anie waies ( how unjust soever ) possess themselvs of the Supream Power , they ought to bee submitted unto : 3 to the Obstructing unto the Oppressed Partie all possible waies and means , without a Miracle , of ever recovering that just Right , of which hee shall have been unjustly dispossessed : And ( to omit further instancing ) 4 to the bringing in of Atheism , with the Contempt of God and all Religion , whil'st everie man , by making his own Preservation the Measure of all his Duties and Actions , maketh himself thereby his own Idol . FINIS .