Sermons Upon Several Occasions Author:John Scott General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1704 Original Publisher: printed for Walter Kettilby, and Richard Wilkin Subjects: Sermons, English Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Sermons / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Theology / General Notes: This is a black and white... more » OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Prov. 24. 2i. And meddle not wilb tbofe that are given to Change. I Shall not trouble you with the various Acceptations of the Hebrew Word Schonim, which the Caldee render Fools, or, as we fay, Changelings 5 and which our Tranflators more futably to what goes before, render, thofe that are given to Change : For in the former Part of the Text, he advifes his Son to fear the Lord, and honour the King 5 that is, to reverence and obey the Supreme Lord and Governour of the World, and in Reverence to him, to be Dutiful and Obedient to the King, who is his immediate Vicegerent, and Reprefentative upon Earth, and upon that Account ought to be Honoured and Obeyed : And therefore my Son ( fays he ) as thou wouldft be fecur'd, from all Difloyalty and Difobedience to thy King, in contemning whofe Authority thou openly jffronteftthe Supreme Supreme Lord of the World, whofe in- vifible Majafty he perfonates $ meddle not with thofe that are given to Change, i. e. who either out of a fwelling Ambition of being uppermoft, or a private Revenge againft their Superiours, or a reftlefs Petvifhnefs and Impatience of Rule, or Affcftation of Novelty, or defign to repair their broken Fortunes out of the publick Ruins, are for introducing Changes and Alterations in the Government : With fuch as tbefe do not mingle thy felf, no not fo much as to liften to their Infinuations, or to credit or propa...« less