Baxter: A Holy Commonwealth

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Cambridge University Press, 1994 M04 28 - 254 páginas
A Holy Commonwealth was written in 1659 by the Puritan minister Richard Baxter (1615-91), and is a candid confession as to why a conservative Puritan fought for Parliament in the Civil War and gave his support to the Cromwells. Baxter publicly repudiated the work in 1670, and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities ordered it to be part of a book-burning that included the works of Hobbes and Milton. This modern edition makes available the work's unique perspective on the relation between Church and magistrate and the origins of the English Civil War.
 

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There is a God that is mans Creator
49
God is the Soveraign Ruler of Mankind
52
Of the Constitution of Gods Kingdome
54
Of the Administration of the Universal Kingdom
60
Of a subordinate Commonwealth in General
66
Of the several sorts of Commonwealths
74
Of the Foundation efficient and conveying causes of Power
91
Of the best form of Government and Happyest Commonwealth
120
Of the Soveraigns Power over the Pastors of the Church and of the difference of their Offices
165
Of the Soveraigns Prerogatives and Power of Governing by Laws and Judgement
170
Of due Obedience to Rulers and of Resistance
176
Of the late Warres
207
Meditations
225
Preface to The Life of Faith 1670
243
Index
247
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How a Commonwealth may be reduced to this Theocratical temper if it have advantages and the Rulers and People are willing
143

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