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Excerpt from A Sermon Preached Before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Monday, Jan. 30, 1748-9: Being the Day Appointed to Be Observed as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I And this Conduit of our Lord was imitated by his Apoftles, in their Writings relating to the Au thority of Sovereigns, and the Duty of Subjee'ts. Both St. Peter and St. Paul are indeed very earnefl: in their Exhortations, that Chriftians {hould be fubjeet 'to the higher Powers as ordained by God, not only for Fear, but for Confciencelfake, or from a Senfe of their moral Obligation: And that in like manner they fhould pay Tribute to whom Tri' bute is due, Fear to whom Fear, Honour to whom Honour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."