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           REFLECTIONS
           Upon
           the
           Late
           GREAT
           REVOLUTION
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           LICENSED
           ,
        
         
           
             
               April
               9.
               1689.
               
            
          
           
             James
             Fraser
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           UPON
           THE
           Late
           Great
           Revolution
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           LAY-HAND
           in
           the
           COUNTRY
           .
           For
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           some
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           Upon
           the
           Late
           GREAT
           REVOLUTION
           .
        
         
           PRovidence
           having
           placed
           me
           in
           so
           low
           a
           Sphere
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           the
           great
           Revolutions
           of
           which
           our
           Land
           has
           lately
           been
           the
           Scene
           ;
           I
           must
           not
           pretend
           to
           judge
           of
           what
           has
           past
           :
           But
           altho
           I
           have
           not
           been
           an
           Actor
           ,
           I
           cannot
           say
           I
           have
           been
           altogether
           an
           unconcern'd
           Spectator
           of
           the
           great
           Changes
           these
           last
           Three
           Months
           have
           produced
           :
           For
           what
           I
           did
           not
           know
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           might
           yet
           lawfully
           admire
           in
           the
           Effects
           ;
           which
           truly
           have
           been
           so
           miraculous
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           as
           much
           the
           Worlds
           Wonders
           as
           ours
           :
           So
           that
           if
           ever
           People
           had
           cause
           to
           apply
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           
             Psalmist
             ,
             Psal.
          
           118.
           ver
           .
           23.
           we
           certainly
           may
           say
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             Lord
             's
             doing
          
           ,
           and
           I
           'm
           sure
           it
           ought
           to
           
             be
             marvellous
             in
             our
             Eyes
          
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           as
           if
           we
           meant
           to
           vie
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           we
           can
           be
           as
           obstinate
           as
           God
           can
           be
           gracious
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           admiring
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           neither
           own
           nor
           accept
           the
           Wonderful
           Deliverance
           that
           God
           has
           wrought
           for
           us
           .
           A
           sign
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           unworthy
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Mercy
           ,
           while
           we
           can
           be
           so
           insensible
           of
           ,
           and
           so
           unthankful
           for
           it
           :
           And
           ,
           like
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           instead
           of
           going
           on
           to
           possess
           that
           Canaan
           God
           seems
           to
           have
           design'd
           
           for
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           for
           making
           a
           Captain
           to
           return
           again
           into
           Egypt
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           our
           Necks
           into
           that
           Yoke
           ,
           which
           neither
           we
           nor
           our
           Fathers
           were
           able
           to
           bear
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           our
           present
           Murmurings
           and
           Discontents
           do
           not
           provoke
           God
           to
           deal
           with
           us
           as
           he
           did
           with
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           and
           swear
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           enter
           into
           ,
           nor
           enjoy
           that
           Rest
           we
           so
           despise
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           be
           so
           necessary
           a
           Duty
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           indispensibly
           obliged
           to
           obey
           our
           Kings
           whatsoever
           they
           be
           ;
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           had
           certainly
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           reason
           to
           quarrel
           with
           Moses
           and
           Aaron
           ,
           for
           making
           them
           Rebels
           ,
           depriving
           them
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           suffering
           for
           a
           good
           Cause
           ,
           and
           making
           them
           do
           so
           many
           ill
           things
           .
           For
           certainly
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           were
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           as
           truly
           the
           Subjects
           of
           Pharaoh
           ,
           as
           any
           body
           can
           be
           to
           any
           of
           our
           Modern
           Kings
           .
           For
           they
           were
           all
           born
           in
           his
           Land
           ,
           govern'd
           by
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           he
           and
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           reigned
           over
           them
           by
           a
           long
           Prescription
           of
           Four
           hundred
           Year
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           give
           a
           King
           a
           Title
           ,
           I
           doubt
           most
           of
           our
           Monarchs
           may
           despair
           of
           shewing
           a
           better
           .
           But
           to
           that
           I
           know
           it
           will
           be
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           't
           was
           God
           Almighty's
           own
           Doings
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           Abraham
           might
           lawfully
           sacrifice
           his
           Son
           when
           God
           commanded
           it
           ,
           so
           they
           might
           lawfully
           Rebel
           when
           they
           had
           God's
           Authority
           for
           it
           ;
           for
           God
           being
           the
           Great
           King
           ,
           may
           dispose
           of
           Kingdoms
           as
           he
           pleases
           .
           To
           which
           I
           shall
           make
           no
           other
           Return
           ,
           but
           humbly
           offer
           this
           Quere
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           should
           be
           glad
           to
           see
           resolved
           )
           Whether
           God
           can
           ,
           or
           ever
           did
           command
           an
           unlawful
           thingg
           ?
           For
           his
           Proposal
           to
           Abraham
           was
           only
           for
           Trial
           ;
           for
           you
           see
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           kill
           his
           Son
           when
           it
           came
           to
           it
           :
           But
           
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           went
           through
           with
           their
           Design
           ;
           therefore
           if
           in
           it self
           it
           had
           been
           so
           great
           a
           Sin
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           commanded
           ,
           much
           less
           assisted
           the
           Israelites
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           .
           To
           see
           Men
           then
           murmur
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           quarrel
           with
           Providence
           ,
           only
           because
           it
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           opprest
           as
           the
           Israelites
           were
           ,
           nay
           destroy'd
           and
           ruin'd
           ;
           seems
           so
           unaccountable
           a
           Ground
           for
           Dissatisfaction
           ,
           that
           it
           deserves
           to
           be
           examined
           into
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           own
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           so
           much
           both
           of
           Esteem
           and
           Reverence
           for
           some
           of
           our
           Discontents
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           think
           them
           so
           weak
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           a
           Platonick
           Love
           of
           Suffering
           ;
           or
           so
           wilful
           ,
           as
           to
           oppose
           the
           Truth
           if
           they
           are
           convinced
           of
           it
           :
           Therefore
           suppose
           they
           have
           (
           at
           least
           as
           it
           seems
           to
           them
           )
           some
           good
           Reason
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           thus
           not
           only
           deny
           ,
           but
           resist
           their
           own
           Interest
           .
           And
           here
           Conscience
           and
           Zeal
           both
           stand
           up
           for
           them
           ,
           (
           the
           two
           best
           Champions
           in
           the
           World
           when
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           unruly
           and
           dangerous
           when
           in
           the
           wrong
           ;
           )
           and
           Conscience
           telling
           them
           they
           cannot
           comply
           ,
           Zeal
           tells
           them
           they
           must
           oppose
           and
           declare
           against
           such
           Proceedings
           .
           But
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           how
           hard
           a
           Task
           soever
           it
           seems
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           fear
           encountring
           ,
           nay
           overcoming
           these
           two
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           two
           greater
           Difficulties
           to
           contest
           with
           ,
           that
           is
           Prepossession
           ,
           and
           Prejudice
           .
           For
           we
           daily
           see
           by
           sad
           experience
           ,
           that
           People
           may
           be
           as
           fully
           perswaded
           of
           ,
           and
           as
           zealous
           for
           an
           Error
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           possible
           to
           be
           for
           Truth
           it self
           .
           For
           which
           I
           need
           go
           no
           further
           for
           an
           Instance
           ,
           than
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           who
           says
           ,
           Acts
           26.9
           .
           
             I
             verily
             thought
             with
             my self
             ,
             that
             I
             ought
             to
             do
             many
             things
             contrary
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             .
          
           Of
           which
           he
           gives
           us
           an
           
           account
           in
           the
           two
           following
           Verses
           ;
           Being
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           terms
           it
           )
           
             exceedingly
             Mad
             against
             them
          
           .
           But
           that
           we
           might
           not
           be
           ignorant
           what
           we
           are
           to
           ascribe
           this
           extravagant
           Zeal
           and
           extraordinary
           Fierceness
           to
           ,
           he
           tells
           in
           the
           preceding
           Verses
           of
           this
           26
           th
           Chap.
           and
           also
           in
           the
           3
           d
           Verse
           of
           the
           22
           th
           ,
           
             That
             from
             his
             Youth
             up
             he
             had
             been
             brought
             up
             in
             Jerusalem
             ,
             at
             the
             Feet
             of
             Gamaliel
             ,
             taught
             according
             to
             the
             perfect
             manner
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             was
             zealous
             towards
             God
             ,
             as
             ye
             all
             are
             this
             day
             .
          
           So
           that
           't
           is
           very
           apparent
           ,
           it
           was
           his
           Education
           that
           inspired
           him
           with
           his
           Zeal
           .
           For
           the
           Pharisees
           were
           not
           only
           the
           strictest
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           dogmatical
           Sect
           among
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           while
           they
           thought
           they
           ,
           and
           only
           they
           ,
           had
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           sides
           ,
           they
           not
           only
           despised
           ,
           but
           hated
           all
           that
           were
           not
           of
           their
           Opinion
           ;
           and
           thought
           it
           not
           enough
           to
           instil
           their
           own
           Doctrines
           and
           Principles
           into
           their
           Disciples
           ,
           unless
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           imprest
           upon
           them
           an
           absolute
           Horror
           and
           Detestation
           of
           all
           others
           :
           So
           that
           here
           was
           Prepossession
           and
           Prejudice
           to
           the
           height
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           see
           the
           Effects
           of
           it
           in
           St.
           Paul
           ;
           for
           it
           made
           him
           proof
           against
           all
           the
           Miracles
           of
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           (
           for
           living
           in
           Jerusalem
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           but
           that
           he
           must
           both
           see
           and
           hear
           of
           them
           )
           so
           that
           nothing
           but
           a
           Call
           from
           Heaven
           it self
           could
           convince
           him
           .
           But
           I
           say
           not
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           intend
           to
           apply
           it
           particularly
           to
           any
           of
           our
           Times
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           shew
           in
           general
           the
           Unhappiness
           of
           such
           a
           grounded
           Prepossession
           and
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           the
           difficulty
           of
           treating
           with
           it
           ,
           because
           Truth
           it self
           will
           appear
           unwelcome
           to
           such
           ,
           if
           it
           contradict
           their
           received
           and
           admired
           Opinions
           .
        
         
         
           But
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           allow'd
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           prejudice
           was
           taken
           up
           on
           so
           justifiable
           grounds
           ,
           as
           that
           our
           Church-men
           may
           have
           to
           the
           very
           appearance
           of
           Rebellion
           ;
           for
           living
           in
           the
           late
           War
           ,
           and
           seeeing
           the
           dismal
           Effects
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           sad
           ruin
           it
           had
           wrought
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           they
           might
           reasonably
           think
           they
           could
           not
           run
           too
           far
           from
           such
           pernicious
           Principles
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           there
           is
           an
           extream
           of
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           may
           be
           as
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           as
           carefully
           to
           be
           avoided
           .
           For
           if
           ,
           like
           some
           of
           our
           over
           Zealous
           Reformers
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           having
           both
           seen
           and
           detested
           the
           Errors
           and
           Superstitions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           thought
           they
           were
           to
           hold
           nothing
           in
           Common
           with
           them
           ;
           if
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           like
           these
           ,
           our
           State-Reformers
           should
           fling
           away
           and
           abhor
           and
           detest
           all
           that
           was
           done
           in
           41.
           as
           the
           one
           would
           soon
           run
           us
           out
           of
           our
           Religion
           as
           Christians
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           would
           out
           of
           our
           Birth-right
           and
           Priviledges
           as
           English
           men
           .
           But
           as
           I
           hope
           no
           body
           will
           reject
           their
           Creed
           because
           believed
           by
           the
           Papists
           ;
           so
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           full
           as
           unreasonable
           for
           a
           People
           to
           despise
           and
           destroy
           their
           own
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           asserted
           by
           a
           Company
           of
           Rebels
           so
           long
           ago
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           while
           I
           have
           been
           only
           skirmishing
           with
           some
           of
           their
           Out-Guards
           ,
           their
           main
           Body
           and
           Strength
           too
           remains
           yet
           entire
           :
           Which
           I
           shall
           own
           invincible
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           make
           out
           those
           two
           great
           Points
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           Monarchy
           is
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           properly
           so
           call'd
           ;
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           King
           Command
           us
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           our
           Laws
           ,
           we
           are
           yet
           in
           Conscience
           obliged
           to
           obey
           ,
           and
           yield
           Obedience
           
           either
           Active
           or
           Passive
           .
           These
           are
           indeed
           the
           Foundation
           Stones
           on
           which
           the
           great
           Doctrines
           of
           Non-Resistance
           and
           Passive
           Obedience
           are
           built
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Foundation
           prove
           firm
           and
           true
           ,
           I
           cannot
           ,
           no
           I
           dare
           not
           deny
           the
           Superstructure
           ,
           but
           〈◊〉
           yield
           my self
           their
           Convert
           ;
           being
           ,
           I
           bless
           God
           ,
           more
           desirous
           to
           be
           overcome
           by
           Truth
           ,
           than
           to
           conquer
           without
           it
           .
           And
           coming
           with
           this
           Resolution
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           ,
           for
           Argument
           sake
           ,
           be
           allow'd
           to
           say
           what
           I
           can
           for
           the
           Cause
           I
           have
           undertaken
           .
           To
           which
           purpose
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           leave
           to
           Consider
           these
           two
           things
           ;
           First
           ,
           From
           whence
           Kings
           in
           general
           do
           derive
           their
           Authority
           (
           which
           answers
           to
           the
           first
           Point
           of
           Monarchy
           being
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ;
           )
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           is
           that
           particular
           Authority
           that
           is
           vested
           in
           our
           Kings
           (
           from
           which
           I
           hope
           to
           clear
           the
           second
           Point
           .
           )
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             But
             first
             of
             the
             First
             ,
             And
             since
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             is
             the
             thing
             pretended
             to
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             cannot
             take
             a
             better
             Method
             ,
             than
             to
             let
             Gods
             own
             Word
             and
             Law
             decide
             the
             Question
             .
             For
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             the
             best
             as
             well
             as
             the
             last
             Judge
             in
             such
             Points
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             confine
             my self
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             bring
             no
             Proofs
             nor
             Argument
             on
             this
             first
             Head
             ,
             but
             what
             that
             affords
             me
             .
             And
             if
             I
             can
             from
             thence
             prove
             these
             Three
             things
             :
             First
             ,
             That
             Monarchy
             was
             not
             at
             the
             first
             Instituted
             by
             God
             Almighty
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             after
             Monarchy
             was
             permitted
             and
             established
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             the
             People
             did
             make
             and
             set
             up
             their
             Kings
             ;
             and
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             those
             Kings
             which
             were
             named
             and
             appointed
             by
             God
             himself
             had
             not
             an
             absolute
             Power
             ,
             but
             were
             
             under
             Conditions
             and
             Covenants
             :
             If
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             can
             make
             out
             these
             three
             things
             ,
             I
             shall
             then
             suppose
             I
             have
             done
             all
             that
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             confuted
             the
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             Title
             .
             
          
           
             And
             now
             when
             I
             come
             to
             treat
             of
             my
             First
             Point
             ,
             't
             is
             possible
             some
             may
             expect
             that
             I
             should
             by
             History
             trace
             Monarchy
             back
             to
             its
             Original
             source
             ;
             but
             our
             present
             dispute
             being
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             or
             no
             ?
             I
             thought
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             that
             Gods
             Word
             would
             be
             our
             best
             Guide
             ;
             and
             therefore
             shall
             confine
             my self
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Writ
             ,
             although
             it
             must
             be
             own'd
             ,
             that
             if
             there
             be
             any
             intimations
             at
             all
             about
             the
             Matter
             we
             are
             now
             in
             quest
             of
             ,
             they
             are
             for
             several
             Centuries
             so
             dark
             and
             obscure
             ,
             that
             Negative
             Inferences
             are
             the
             best
             Proofs
             we
             can
             produce
             ;
             but
             if
             our
             Advesaries
             can
             bring
             a
             piece
             of
             Canonical
             Scripture
             that
             is
             Affirmative
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             only
             be
             very
             glad
             to
             see
             it
             ,
             but
             also
             very
             willing
             to
             submit
             to
             it
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             was
             never
             my
             design
             to
             contest
             either
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             or
             Gods
             Word
             ;
             and
             the
             latter
             being
             the
             surest
             way
             to
             come
             to
             the
             knowledg
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             (
             it
             being
             given
             us
             for
             that
             very
             end
             )
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             not
             be
             unreasonable
             in
             me
             to
             expect
             that
             the
             Claims
             to
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             should
             be
             made
             out
             by
             express
             Scripture
             ,
             for
             the
             Grant
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             clear
             that
             conveys
             such
             an
             inestimable
             Privilege
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             conceive
             a
             thing
             may
             become
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             two
             ways
             ;
             First
             ,
             by
             being
             immediately
             Instituted
             by
             God
             Almighty
             ;
             and
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             being
             positively
             Commanded
             ;
             of
             which
             the
             Church
             both
             Jew
             and
             Christian
             can
             afford
             us
             Instances
             ,
             among
             the
             which
             I
             should
             reckon
             the
             Passover
             with
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Lords
             Supper
             with
             the
             Christians
             ,
             they
             both
             of
             them
             being
             not
             only
             immediately
             Instituted
             ,
             but
             also
             their
             observation
             positively
             Commanded
             by
             God
             himself
             .
             And
             although
             I
             cannot
             say
             I
             rank
             Kings
             in
             that
             Classis
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             own
             an
             Order
             of
             Men
             to
             be
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Bishops
             ;
             for
             that
             of
             St.
             Joh.
             17.18
             .
             
               As
               thou
               hast
               sent
               me
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               even
               so
               send
               I
               them
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             seems
             to
             me
             so
             powerful
             ,
             and
             so
             full
             a
             Commission
             ,
             that
             I
             dare
             not
             reject
             it
             .
             And
             when
             our
             Monarchical
             Men
             can
             shew
             me
             a
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             wherein
             our
             Saviour
             does
             as
             fully
             make
             over
             his
             Regal
             Authority
             to
             Kings
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             there
             his
             Prophetical
             to
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             I
             shall
             then
             certainly
             pay
             them
             the
             same
             deference
             .
             And
             because
             Examples
             do
             illustrate
             things
             much
             more
             than
             simple
             Positions
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             suppose
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             us
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             went
             into
             the
             Indies
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             Apostles
             ,
             to
             Preach
             and
             Plant
             Christianity
             among
             them
             ;
             and
             succeeding
             in
             the
             design
             ,
             I
             should
             then
             ask
             ,
             Whether
             it
             were
             lawful
             to
             set
             up
             what
             sort
             of
             Church-Government
             we
             pleas'd
             among
             these
             new
             Converts
             ,
             or
             whether
             they
             did
             not
             think
             we
             were
             obliged
             to
             establish
             Episcopacy
             ?
             But
             of
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             supposing
             that
             we
             went
             as
             Conquerors
             ,
             and
             had
             made
             an
             absolute
             Conquest
             of
             a
             very
             large
             Territory
             ,
             might
             we
             not
             then
             lawfully
             set
             up
             what
             kind
             of
             Civil
             Government
             we
             pleased
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             we
             thought
             might
             be
             most
             beneficial
             and
             agreeable
             to
             our
             new
             Subjects
             ?
             Or
             are
             we
             in
             Conscience
             indispensibly
             obliged
             to
             set
             up
             Monarchy
             where-ever
             we
             have
             the
             Command
             ,
             although
             it
             should
             happen
             to
             be
             extreamly
             disadvantageous
             to
             the
             State
             in
             its
             present
             Circumstances
             ?
             And
             the
             Answer
             that
             every
             body
             shall
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             be
             able
             to
             give
             themselves
             ,
             will
             I
             suppose
             sufficiently
             
             clear
             the
             Point
             of
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             .
             But
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             other
             side
             are
             very
             free
             to
             make
             out
             their
             Title
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             can
             prove
             that
             it
             was
             Originally
             Instituted
             by
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             or
             that
             we
             are
             positively
             Commanded
             to
             obey
             Kings
             exclusively
             to
             all
             other
             sort
             of
             Government
             (
             for
             if
             that
             ,
             and
             only
             that
             ,
             be
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             ,
             I
             conceive
             it
             would
             then
             be
             a
             sin
             to
             submit
             to
             any
             other
             .
             )
             If
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             they
             can
             make
             out
             both
             or
             either
             of
             these
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             I
             yield
             ;
             but
             till
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             see
             what
             Account
             the
             Historical
             part
             of
             the
             Bible
             gives
             us
             of
             the
             beginning
             of
             Monarchy
             .
             And
             here
             it
             must
             on
             all
             hands
             be
             owned
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             first
             Sixteen
             hundred
             years
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             whole
             space
             from
             the
             Creation
             to
             the
             Deluge
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             any
             mention
             or
             least
             intimation
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             a
             King
             ;
             and
             yet
             according
             to
             the
             Calculation
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             the
             World
             was
             then
             as
             full
             of
             People
             ,
             and
             consequently
             there
             was
             as
             much
             need
             of
             Government
             then
             as
             now
             .
             But
             what
             want
             there
             was
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             Monarchy
             then
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             reason
             to
             believe
             .
             For
             this
             I
             can
             be
             very
             sure
             of
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Holy
             Line
             ,
             that
             Branch
             of
             the
             Posterity
             of
             Noah
             wherein
             the
             Church
             was
             to
             be
             preserved
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             the
             Messiah
             was
             to
             spring
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             King
             for
             near
             Fifteen
             hundred
             years
             after
             the
             Flood
             ,
             and
             yet
             one
             would
             have
             guest
             ,
             that
             that
             People
             that
             were
             so
             particularly
             favour'd
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             the
             Enclosure
             of
             his
             other
             Laws
             and
             Ordinances
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Psalmist
             tells
             us
             ,
             Psal.
             147.19
             ,
             20.
             
             
               He
               sheweth
               his
               word
               unto
               Jacob
               ,
               his
               Statutes
               and
               Ordinances
               unto
               Israel
               .
               He
               hath
               not
               dealt
               so
               with
               any
               Nation
               ,
               neither
               have
               the
               heathen
               
               knowledge
               of
               his
               laws
            
             )
             ;
             should
             not
             have
             been
             excluded
             for
             so
             many
             hundred
             years
             from
             this
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             Ordinance
             ,
             had
             it
             originally
             been
             instituted
             by
             God.
             But
             that
             it
             was
             not
             commanded
             to
             them
             ,
             is
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             pretty
             evident
             ,
             not
             only
             from
             their
             being
             so
             long
             without
             it
             ,
             but
             also
             from
             the
             very
             severe
             and
             bitter
             Reproofs
             they
             meet
             with
             from
             Samuel
             ,
             when
             they
             desire
             a
             King.
             And
             after
             that
             God
             had
             comply'd
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             in
             setting
             a
             King
             over
             them
             ,
             he
             was
             yet
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             a
             Miracle
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             find
             it
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             12.18
             .
             to
             convince
             the
             People
             of
             their
             sin
             and
             folly
             in
             asking
             one
             ;
             who
             in
             the
             19th
             Verse
             ,
             confess
             ,
             
               We
               have
               added
               to
               all
               our
               sins
               this
               evil
               in
               asking
               us
               a
               King
            
             ;
             which
             methinks
             is
             no
             very
             good
             Argument
             of
             its
             being
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             .
             It
             's
             answered
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             God
             was
             their
             King
             ;
             which
             doth
             not
             cross
             ,
             but
             confirm
             what
             I
             say
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             is
             
               the
               King
               of
               all
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             did
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             govern
             them
             by
             Kings
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             long
             soever
             it
             was
             before
             Monarchy
             was
             set
             up
             in
             Israel
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             owned
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             a
             much
             earlier
             admittance
             among
             other
             Nations
             ;
             for
             Nimrod
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             King
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             the
             first
             we
             find
             mentioned
             in
             Holy
             Writ
             ,
             did
             certainly
             begin
             his
             Kingdom
             in
             the
             Second
             Century
             after
             the
             Flood
             .
             But
             truly
             the
             Character
             that
             is
             given
             of
             the
             Man
             ,
             would
             not
             make
             us
             very
             much
             in
             love
             with
             the
             Order
             to
             which
             he
             gave
             both
             Beginning
             and
             Name
             ;
             for
             that
             his
             Kingdom
             was
             founded
             by
             Force
             and
             Violence
             ,
             is
             very
             clearly
             intimated
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             got
             the
             Name
             of
             
               the
               great
               Hunter
            
             ,
             by
             his
             driving
             Men
             (
             not
             Beasts
             )
             out
             of
             their
             Possessions
             :
             for
             poor
             Ashur
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             Sem
             ,
             who
             had
             fixt
             himself
             
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Shinar
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             him
             over
             Tigris
             ,
             where
             indeed
             he
             laid
             the
             Foundation
             of
             another
             great
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             Assyrians
             .
             For
             Nimrod
             carrying
             on
             his
             Kingdom
             by
             the
             same
             means
             he
             began
             it
             ,
             made
             it
             necessary
             for
             some
             that
             were
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             to
             set
             themselves
             up
             Kings
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             the
             better
             able
             to
             oppose
             him
             :
             and
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             being
             very
             natural
             to
             Men
             ,
             every
             body
             began
             to
             aspire
             to
             Dominion
             ;
             so
             that
             in
             a
             short
             time
             every
             little
             Village
             and
             Hamlet
             had
             its
             particular
             Monarch
             :
             for
             we
             find
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             pretty
             well
             stockt
             with
             Kings
             when
             Abraham
             comes
             to
             sojourn
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             all
             the
             Account
             that
             I
             can
             from
             the
             Scripture
             collect
             of
             the
             Original
             of
             Monarchy
             .
             But
             I
             think
             it
             is
             a
             little
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             first
             City
             was
             built
             by
             Cain
             ,
             so
             the
             first
             Kingdom
             was
             set
             up
             by
             Nimrod
             ,
             who
             was
             of
             the
             Posterity
             of
             C●am
             .
             So
             that
             the
             very
             Foundations
             of
             Monarchy
             seem
             to
             be
             laid
             from
             those
             Two
             Persons
             ,
             who
             have
             a
             particular
             Curse
             and
             Brand
             upon
             them
             in
             Holy
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             shew'd
             so
             little
             Respect
             to
             the
             Paternal
             Authority
             ,
             (
             from
             which
             some
             would
             derive
             the
             Original
             of
             Monarchy
             )
             are
             the
             beginners
             of
             the
             Kingly
             Power
             ;
             which
             is
             another
             very
             good
             Proof
             of
             its
             being
             at
             first
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             have
             said
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             on
             this
             Head
             ;
             but
             my
             Design
             being
             to
             make
             an
             Essay
             ,
             not
             a
             Book
             ,
             I
             shall
             proceed
             to
             the
             Second
             thing
             I
             undertook
             to
             prove
             from
             Scripture
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             after
             Monarchy
             was
             establish't
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             the
             People
             had
             a
             share
             
             in
             the
             Election
             ,
             and
             did
             frequently
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             own
             Kings
             .
          
           
             
               That
               the
               Kings
               of
            
             Israel
             and
             Judah
             
               did
               owe
               their
            
             
             
               Crowns
               at
               the
               first
               to
               the
               Peoples
               Importunity
               ,
            
             is
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             so
             evident
             ,
             by
             what
             I
             have
             already
             cited
             out
             of
             Samuel
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             suppose
             it
             needless
             to
             repeat
             it
             here
             ;
             for
             although
             God
             did
             comply
             with
             the
             Peoples
             Request
             ,
             yet
             we
             cannot
             say
             he
             approved
             it
             ,
             but
             barely
             permitted
             it
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             Divorces
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             on
             the
             same
             account
             ,
             
               the
               hardness
               of
               their
               hearts
            
             ;
             but
             
               from
               the
               beginning
               it
               was
               not
               so
               ,
               Mat.
            
             19.8
             .
          
           
             But
             't
             is
             not
             from
             this
             Topick
             that
             I
             intend
             to
             prove
             the
             People
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             making
             their
             own
             Kings
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             bring
             Instances
             of
             several
             Kings
             ,
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             by
             Name
             ,
             they
             were
             set
             up
             by
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             set
             them
             down
             in
             order
             ,
             as
             I
             find
             them
             recorded
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Story
             .
             But
             perhaps
             you
             will
             wonder
             that
             I
             should
             begin
             my
             Catalogue
             with
             Saul
             and
             David
             ,
             who
             being
             particularly
             chosen
             and
             appointed
             by
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             the
             People
             should
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             in
             setting
             them
             up
             .
             But
             yet
             you
             will
             find
             they
             had
             ,
             if
             Scripture
             is
             Authentick
             in
             the
             Point
             .
             For
             although
             Saul
             was
             solemnly
             Anointed
             by
             Samuel
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             10.1
             .
             chosen
             by
             Lot
             at
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Tribes
             at
             
               Mizpeh
               ,
               ver
            
             .
             21.
             and
             declared
             
               King
               ,
               ver
            
             .
             24.
             
             Yet
             you
             may
             see
             how
             soon
             he
             was
             despised
             ,
             even
             by
             those
             that
             had
             desired
             a
             King
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             27th
             Verse
             of
             that
             very
             Chapter
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             them
             asking
             ,
             
               How
               can
               this
               man
               save
               us
               ?
               and
               they
               despised
               him
            
             &c.
             and
             he
             was
             glad
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             and
             went
             home
             to
             his
             own
             
             House
             at
             Gibeah
             ,
             where
             he
             follows
             his
             Rural
             Imployment
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             we
             find
             him
             not
             very
             like
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             like
             a
             good
             Husband
             ,
             driving
             his
             Cattel
             home
             himself
             ;
             
               Behold
               Saul
               came
               after
               the
               herd
               out
               of
               the
               field
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             11.5
             .
          
           
             But
             after
             Saul
             had
             signalized
             himself
             by
             the
             Defeat
             of
             Nahash
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             seem'd
             to
             have
             a
             very
             warm
             sense
             of
             their
             late
             deliverance
             ,
             Samuel
             very
             wisely
             takes
             them
             while
             they
             are
             in
             good
             Humour
             ,
             and
             says
             ,
             
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               go
               up
               to
               Gilgal
               ,
               and
               there
               renew
               the
               Kingdom
               :
               And
               the
               people
               went
               up
               to
               Gilgal
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               made
               Saul
               King
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             11.14
             ,
             15.
             
             Which
             methinks
             seems
             to
             infer
             ,
             that
             Samuel
             thought
             the
             Peoples
             Approbation
             necessary
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             Saul
             ;
             for
             after
             that
             ,
             they
             all
             owned
             and
             obeyed
             him
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             not
             before
             :
             And
             although
             this
             is
             a
             pretty
             clear
             Proof
             as
             to
             Saul
             ,
             yet
             those
             that
             I
             shall
             produce
             about
             David
             ,
             are
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             more
             strong
             and
             pregnant
             ;
             for
             although
             David
             was
             by
             God
             Almighty
             design'd
             and
             declar'd
             King
             ,
             during
             
             Saul's
             Life-time
             ,
             and
             at
             
             Saul's
             Death
             was
             in
             a
             very
             good
             posture
             to
             have
             possest
             himself
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             seem'd
             to
             have
             so
             good
             a
             Title
             (
             for
             he
             had
             a
             Victorious
             Army
             with
             him
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             might
             certainly
             very
             easily
             have
             vanquish'd
             the
             small
             remainder
             of
             
             Saul's
             baffled
             Forces
             )
             ;
             yet
             he
             does
             nothing
             like
             that
             ,
             but
             comes
             and
             settles
             himself
             and
             Family
             quietly
             at
             Hebron
             ,
             where
             the
             Text
             says
             he
             dwelt
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             2.3
             .
             But
             how
             long
             he
             was
             there
             before
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
             came
             to
             make
             him
             their
             King
             ,
             the
             Story
             does
             not
             express
             ;
             but
             thither
             they
             came
             (
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             supposed
             )
             ,
             and
             
             there
             they
             make
             him
             King
             over
             the
             House
             of
             Judah
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             2.4
             .
             But
             for
             all
             he
             had
             the
             same
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Israel
             ,
             God
             having
             promised
             him
             both
             ,
             yet
             he
             does
             not
             pretend
             to
             any
             Dominion
             over
             them
             ,
             till
             they
             themselves
             come
             and
             make
             him
             their
             King
             ,
             as
             you
             will
             find
             it
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             5.3
             .
             and
             1
             Chron.
             11.3
             .
             but
             that
             was
             not
             till
             Seven
             Years
             and
             an
             half
             after
             he
             was
             King
             of
             Judah
             :
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             Israel
             took
             a
             fair
             time
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             Ishbosheth
             reigning
             but
             Two
             Years
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             Five
             Years
             and
             an
             half
             after
             his
             Death
             ;
             and
             what
             Government
             was
             in
             that
             Interregnum
             ,
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             ,
             because
             the
             Scripture
             says
             nothing
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             what
             they
             did
             so
             many
             years
             after
             ,
             is
             yet
             call'd
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             
             Samuel's
             Prophecy
             to
             David
             ;
             for
             the
             Text
             tells
             you
             ,
             
               They
               anointed
               David
               King
               over
               Israel
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               by
               Samuel
               ,
            
             1
             Chron.
             11.3
             .
             From
             whence
             we
             infer
             ,
             That
             when
             God
             Almighty
             does
             the
             most
             directly
             and
             immediately
             raise
             a
             single
             Person
             or
             Family
             ,
             the
             People
             are
             his
             Instruments
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             about
             ,
             as
             is
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             very
             apparent
             in
             this
             Case
             of
             David
             ;
             as
             also
             in
             that
             of
             Jeroboam
             :
             for
             although
             the
             Prophet
             Ahijah
             had
             given
             him
             Ten
             Pieces
             ,
             to
             signifie
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             he
             should
             reign
             over
             ,
             and
             had
             also
             told
             him
             ,
             1
             Kings
             11.37
             .
             
               I
               will
               take
               thee
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               reign
               according
               to
               all
               that
               thy
               soul
               desireth
               ,
               and
               shalt
               be
               King
               over
               Israel
               :
            
             Yet
             for
             all
             these
             great
             Promises
             ,
             he
             was
             glad
             to
             run
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             
               play
               least
               in
               sight
            
             all
             
             Solomon's
             days
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             had
             no
             advantage
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             only
             great
             hopes
             ,
             till
             the
             People
             fulfill'd
             that
             which
             was
             but
             Prophecy
             before
             ,
             1
             Kings
             12.20
             .
             
               And
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               when
               all
               Israel
               heard
               that
               Jeroboam
               was
               come
               again
               ,
               
               that
               they
               sent
               and
               call'd
               him
               to
               the
               Congregation
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               King
               over
               all
               Israel
               :
            
             So
             true
             is
             sometimes
             that
             saying
             ,
             
               Vox
               Populi
               est
               Vox
               Dei.
            
             But
             this
             last
             Instance
             does
             afford
             us
             another
             Observation
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             past
             over
             in
             silence
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             God
             does
             not
             tye
             himself
             to
             a
             Family
             or
             Line
             ;
             
               For
               if
               Jeroboam
               will
               serve
               God
               ,
               as
               David
               did
               ,
               he
               will
               build
               him
               as
               sure
               a
               house
               as
               he
               built
               for
               David
               ,
            
             1
             Kings
             11.38
             .
             By
             which
             we
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             no
             Respecter
             of
             Persons
             ,
             and
             that
             Kings
             have
             no
             surer
             Tenor
             in
             Gods
             Favour
             than
             other
             People
             ;
             for
             his
             Promises
             are
             as
             conditional
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             meanest
             man
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             fail
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             God
             may
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             does
             take
             the
             Forfeiture
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             here
             both
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             David
             and
             Jeroboam
             .
             But
             when
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             those
             Forfeitures
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             left
             to
             that
             Almighty
             Wisdom
             and
             Providence
             ,
             that
             turns
             every
             thing
             to
             good
             .
             But
             to
             return
             to
             the
             Story
             ,
             from
             which
             I
             think
             I
             have
             not
             much
             digrest
             as
             to
             the
             Matter
             ,
             though
             I
             may
             have
             a
             little
             Inverted
             the
             Order
             ;
             for
             according
             to
             that
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             have
             treated
             of
             Jeroboam
             before
             Solomon
             .
             But
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             I
             cannot
             say
             there
             is
             such
             Proofs
             of
             the
             Peoples
             setting
             up
             Solomon
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Two
             preceding
             Kings
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             are
             some
             Circumstances
             in
             the
             Story
             ,
             from
             whence
             one
             may
             infer
             something
             of
             that
             kind
             :
             However
             ,
             it
             may
             prove
             something
             which
             may
             be
             of
             some
             use
             in
             our
             present
             Dispute
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             a
             King
             may
             have
             a
             Successor
             ,
             even
             while
             he
             lives
             ;
             for
             David
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             commanded
             Zadock
             the
             Priest
             ,
             and
             Nathan
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             to
             anoint
             Solomon
             King
             ,
             &c.
             that
             ,
             as
             David
             says
             in
             the
             following
             Verse
             ,
             
               he
               may
               come
               and
               sit
               upon
               my
               throne
               ;
               for
               he
               shall
               be
               
               King
               in
               my
               stead
               ,
            
             1
             Kings
             1.34
             ,
             35.
             
             Now
             the
             occasion
             of
             this
             unusual
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             was
             this
             ;
             David
             had
             a
             mind
             that
             Solomon
             should
             succeed
             him
             ,
             and
             finding
             that
             Adonijah
             had
             got
             a
             strong
             Party
             ,
             thought
             the
             best
             way
             to
             secure
             the
             Throne
             to
             Solomon
             ,
             was
             ,
             to
             put
             him
             in
             present
             Possession
             of
             it
             :
             Although
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             remarked
             ,
             that
             Adonijah
             was
             the
             Elder
             Brother
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Rules
             of
             Succession
             ,
             had
             the
             better
             Title
             ;
             from
             whence
             it
             may
             be
             inferr'd
             ,
             That
             that
             Rule
             may
             sometimes
             be
             inverted
             without
             sin
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             the
             more
             remarkable
             ,
             because
             that
             God
             had
             taken
             such
             particular
             care
             of
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             First
             born
             in
             private
             Families
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Father
             had
             not
             power
             to
             make
             a
             Favourite-Child
             the
             Eldest
             ,
             nor
             to
             put
             by
             the
             Son
             of
             a
             hated
             Mother
             from
             that
             double
             Portion
             to
             which
             his
             Birth-right
             intitled
             him
             .
             And
             yet
             the
             very
             first
             time
             that
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Israel
             can
             be
             pretended
             ,
             that
             Order
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             is
             inverted
             ,
             and
             Solomon
             ,
             the
             Youngest
             Son
             set
             up
             .
             But
             to
             go
             on
             with
             our
             Story
             ;
             David
             ,
             on
             the
             former
             account
             ,
             finding
             it
             necessary
             to
             turn
             over
             the
             Crown
             to
             Solomon
             ,
             during
             his
             own
             Life
             ,
             yet
             thinks
             it
             fit
             to
             give
             the
             People
             an
             Account
             of
             his
             Proceedings
             ,
             and
             the
             Reasons
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             he
             tells
             them
             ,
             
               that
               God
               had
               chosen
               Judah
               to
               be
               the
               Ruler
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               house
               of
               Judah
               ,
               the
               house
               of
               my
               father
               ;
               and
               among
               the
               sons
               of
               my
               father
               ,
               he
               liked
               me
               to
               make
               me
               King
               over
               Israel
               .
               And
               of
               all
               my
               sons
               (
               for
               the
               Lord
               hath
               given
               me
               many
               sons
               )
               he
               hath
               chosen
               Solomon
               my
               son
               ,
               to
               sit
               upon
               the
               throne
               of
               the
               kingdom
               of
               the
               Lord
               over
               Israel
               ,
            
             1
             Chron.
             28.4
             ,
             5.
             
             And
             after
             that
             David
             had
             given
             Instructions
             to
             Solomon
             about
             building
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             King
             and
             People
             had
             made
             
             their
             Oblations
             of
             what
             they
             had
             which
             was
             fit
             for
             the
             Work
             ,
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             People
             continuing
             yet
             together
             ,
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             Chap.
             29.
             ver
             .
             22.
             
             
               And
               they
               made
               Solomon
               ,
               the
               son
               of
               David
               ,
               King
               the
               second
               time
               ,
               and
               anointed
               him
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               chief
               Governour
               .
            
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             David
             thought
             the
             Peoples
             Approbation
             necessary
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Crown
             to
             Solomon
             ;
             else
             truly
             that
             very
             solemn
             Sacrifice
             and
             Invitation
             ,
             of
             a
             Thousand
             Bullocks
             ,
             a
             Thousand
             Rams
             ,
             and
             a
             Thousand
             Lambs
             ,
             had
             been
             a
             very
             unnecessary
             Expence
             :
             And
             then
             it
             follows
             in
             the
             23d
             Verse
             ,
             
               Solomon
               sat
               on
               the
               throne
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               King
               ,
               instead
               of
               David
               his
               father
               ,
               and
               prosper'd
               ,
               and
               all
               Israel
               obey'd
               him
               .
            
             And
             although
             't
             is
             said
             of
             his
             Son
             Rehoboam
             ,
             both
             1
             Kings
             11.43
             .
             and
             1
             Chron.
             9.31
             .
             that
             he
             reigned
             in
             his
             Father's
             stead
             ,
             yet
             1
             Kings
             12.1
             .
             1
             Chron.
             10.1
             .
             we
             find
             there
             was
             something
             else
             necessary
             to
             make
             him
             his
             Successor
             ;
             for
             in
             both
             places
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             
               all
               Israel
               were
               come
               to
               Shechem
               to
               make
               Rehoboam
               King
               :
            
             And
             when
             he
             was
             so
             imprudent
             as
             to
             disoblige
             them
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             comply
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             think
             it
             their
             duty
             to
             comply
             with
             him
             ,
             nor
             would
             they
             allow
             him
             Second
             Thoughts
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             nor
             admit
             of
             any
             Treaty
             ,
             but
             ston'd
             Adoram
             ,
             that
             he
             sent
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             immediately
             made
             Jeroboam
             King
             ;
             So
             that
             of
             Twelve
             Tribes
             ,
             there
             was
             but
             One
             that
             made
             Rehoboam
             King.
             But
             now
             the
             Kingdom
             being
             divided
             into
             Two
             Branches
             ,
             perhaps
             it
             may
             be
             expected
             that
             I
             should
             speak
             to
             them
             both
             .
             But
             the
             Succession
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Israel
             being
             so
             broken
             and
             confused
             ,
             although
             it
             might
             afford
             me
             more
             Instances
             both
             of
             the
             Peoples
             making
             and
             pulling
             down
             Kings
             ;
             yet
             I
             shall
             ,
             with
             the
             Tribe
             of
             Judah
             ,
             adhere
             to
             the
             House
             of
             David
             ,
             
             and
             from
             the
             Story
             of
             that
             Crown
             ,
             bring
             my
             main
             Proofs
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Argument
             I
             have
             in
             hand
             ;
             but
             since
             the
             Story
             of
             Israel
             may
             afford
             some
             very
             good
             and
             useful
             Observations
             ,
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             deviate
             very
             much
             from
             the
             Design
             of
             this
             Paper
             ,
             if
             I
             make
             a
             little
             stop
             here
             ,
             to
             pick
             them
             up
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             so
             when
             I
             return
             to
             my
             Discourse
             of
             Judah
             again
             ,
             I
             may
             meet
             with
             no
             more
             interruptions
             .
          
           
             The
             Observations
             that
             might
             have
             been
             made
             on
             Jeroboam
             ,
             I
             have
             in
             part
             superseded
             ,
             by
             taking
             notice
             of
             them
             in
             another
             place
             ;
             and
             therefore
             shall
             only
             repeat
             the
             Heads
             of
             them
             ;
             which
             were
             ,
             1st
             ,
             That
             the
             People
             were
             the
             Instrument
             of
             making
             good
             God's
             Promise
             to
             him
             :
             2dly
             ,
             If
             Jeroboam
             had
             served
             God
             as
             sincerely
             as
             David
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             been
             as
             great
             a
             Favourite
             :
             3dly
             ,
             That
             Jeroboam
             not
             performing
             those
             Conditions
             on
             which
             he
             was
             raised
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             it
             was
             very
             just
             in
             God
             to
             take
             the
             Forfeiture
             ,
             and
             to
             extirpate
             the
             House
             of
             Jeroboam
             .
             And
             although
             Baasha
             does
             seem
             to
             come
             as
             ill
             by
             the
             Crown
             as
             any
             body
             recorded
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Story
             ;
             for
             he
             not
             only
             conspires
             against
             ,
             but
             slays
             the
             King
             his
             Master
             ,
             1
             Kings
             15.27
             ,
             28.
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             he
             is
             owned
             by
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             being
             the
             man
             ,
             that
             was
             promis'd
             ,
             shall
             I
             say
             ,
             or
             rather
             threaten'd
             to
             Jeroboam
             ;
             for
             old
             Ahijah
             tells
             
             Jeroboam's
             Wife
             ,
             
               Moreover
               the
               Lord
               shall
               raise
               him
               up
               a
               King
               over
               Israel
               ,
               who
               shall
               cut
               off
               the
               house
               of
               Jeroboam
               ,
            
             1
             Kings
             14.14
             .
             And
             although
             Baasha
             did
             take
             great
             care
             to
             fulfil
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             this
             Prophecy
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             could
             ,
             yet
             he
             walking
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Jeroboam
             ,
             and
             continuing
             in
             his
             sin
             ,
             God
             sends
             his
             Prophet
             to
             upbraid
             him
             ,
             and
             tell
             him
             what
             he
             had
             done
             for
             him
             :
             
             Forasmuch
             is
             I
             exalted
             thee
             out
             of
             the
             dust
             ,
             and
             made
             thee
             Prince
             over
             my
             people
             Israel
             ,
             and
             thou
             hast
             walk't
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Jeroboam
             ,
             &c.
             behold
             I
             will
             take
             away
             the
             posterity
             of
             Baasha
             ,
             &c.
             
             1
             Kings
             
               16.2
               ,
               3.
               from
               which
               we
               may
               infer
               these
               Two
               things
               ,
            
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             Usurpers
             are
             raised
             by
             ,
             and
             may
             pretend
             to
             reign
             by
             God's
             Power
             ;
             and
             therefore
             may
             claim
             the
             same
             Obedience
             that
             lawful
             Kings
             (
             so
             that
             the
             Affirmation
             of
             St.
             
               Paul
               ,
               There
               is
               no
               power
               but
               of
               God
               ,
            
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             largest
             and
             literal
             sense
             .
             )
          
           
             Our
             Second
             Inference
             is
             ,
             That
             Baasha
             
               and
               his
               Family
               were
               rejected
               ,
               not
               for
               his
               Treason
               ,
               but
               his
               Idolatry
               ;
               not
               for
               killing
            
             Nadab
             ,
             
               but
               for
               sinning
               like
            
             Jeroboam
             .
             And
             truly
             this
             Observation
             will
             run
             through
             most
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             ,
             who
             ,
             generally
             speaking
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             the
             same
             way
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             walk't
             in
             the
             same
             steps
             Baasha
             did
             :
             But
             if
             any
             of
             them
             had
             but
             broken
             down
             the
             Calves
             ,
             and
             rooted
             out
             Idolatry
             ,
             no
             question
             but
             their
             Posterity
             should
             have
             been
             established
             ;
             for
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             
             Jehu's
             imperfect
             Piety
             ,
             in
             destroying
             Baal
             ,
             and
             rooting
             out
             the
             House
             of
             Ahab
             ,
             that
             first
             introduced
             that
             Worship
             into
             Israel
             ,
             was
             rewarded
             with
             his
             Sons
             sitting
             on
             the
             Throne
             to
             the
             4th
             generation
             ;
             and
             had
             he
             but
             gone
             on
             to
             do
             that
             to
             the
             Golden
             Calves
             that
             Josiah
             afterward
             did
             ,
             who
             knows
             how
             long
             his
             Posterity
             might
             have
             govern'd
             Israel
             ?
             But
             after
             his
             Promised
             Succession
             was
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             the
             Crown
             was
             never
             settled
             in
             any
             Family
             ,
             but
             the
             Kingdom
             so
             broken
             by
             continual
             Conspiracies
             ,
             that
             we
             hardly
             meet
             with
             any
             thing
             else
             that
             is
             remarkable
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             God
             Almightys
             Justice
             ,
             who
             from
             that
             time
             to
             the
             end
             of
             that
             Monarchy
             ,
             suffers
             the
             Son
             to
             be
             pull'd
             
             down
             by
             the
             very
             self
             same
             method
             and
             me
             ans
             the
             Father
             was
             set
             up
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             but
             Blood
             and
             Confusion
             among
             them
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             People
             were
             so
             tired
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             seem
             to
             concern
             themselves
             at
             all
             in
             the
             matter
             ,
             but
             submit
             to
             them
             that
             were
             uppermost
             ;
             else
             it
             would
             seem
             pretty
             strange
             ,
             that
             Pekah
             the
             Son
             of
             Remaliah
             should
             with
             Fifty
             Men
             assault
             and
             take
             the
             Palace
             Royal
             in
             Samaria
             ,
             kill
             the
             King
             that
             then
             Reigned
             ,
             and
             put
             the
             Crown
             on
             his
             own
             Head
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             it
             ,
             2
             Kings
             15.25
             .
             For
             as
             it
             would
             have
             been
             a
             madness
             in
             Pekah
             to
             have
             attempted
             it
             with
             so
             small
             a
             force
             ,
             if
             the
             People
             had
             stood
             by
             Pekahiah
             :
             so
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             had
             the
             People
             joyn'd
             with
             Pekah
             ,
             a
             much
             greater
             number
             would
             certainly
             have
             appeared
             with
             him
             .
             So
             that
             I
             suppose
             the
             People
             sat
             Neuters
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             concern
             themselves
             of
             either
             side
             ,
             but
             obeyed
             him
             that
             proved
             the
             strongest
             .
             And
             although
             that
             is
             a
             method
             that
             I
             should
             not
             much
             recommend
             ,
             yet
             we
             do
             not
             find
             that
             God
             or
             his
             Prophets
             do
             any
             where
             reprove
             them
             for
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             seems
             there
             was
             no
             fighting
             about
             Titles
             in
             those
             days
             .
             There
             might
             indeed
             be
             a
             great
             many
             more
             Observations
             raised
             from
             the
             Story
             ,
             but
             any
             attentive
             Reader
             will
             be
             so
             well
             able
             to
             do
             it
             for
             himself
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             neither
             forestal
             his
             Diligence
             ,
             nor
             tire
             his
             Patience
             with
             any
             more
             at
             this
             time
             ;
             but
             resume
             the
             thread
             of
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             go
             on
             with
             the
             Story
             of
             Judah
             .
             And
             it
             must
             be
             owned
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             time
             of
             Rehoboam
             (
             where
             we
             last
             left
             )
             to
             Vzziah
             ,
             or
             Azariah
             ,
             which
             you
             please
             to
             call
             him
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             express
             mention
             of
             the
             Peoples
             setting
             up
             their
             King's
             :
             But
             ,
             as
             I
             observed
             before
             in
             Rehoboam
             ,
             
             we
             are
             not
             ,
             from
             the
             Texts
             saying
             ,
             such
             an
             one
             Reigned
             in
             his
             Fathers
             stead
             ,
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             it
             without
             the
             Peoples
             suffrage
             and
             good
             will
             ;
             and
             truly
             for
             the
             most
             part
             there
             are
             some
             general
             words
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             People
             brought
             them
             Presents
             ,
             as
             to
             Jehosaphat
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             17.5
             .
             (
             and
             Presents
             was
             the
             way
             by
             which
             in
             those
             days
             People
             owned
             and
             exprest
             their
             Duty
             and
             Homage
             ,
             and
             the
             refusing
             them
             was
             an
             interpretative
             denying
             of
             their
             Authority
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             Saul
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             10.27
             .
             )
             or
             ,
             when
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             confirm'd
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             of
             Amaziah
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             25.3
             .
             he
             then
             slew
             his
             Father's
             Murderers
             :
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             there
             was
             something
             previous
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             impow'ring
             him
             to
             do
             that
             Act
             of
             Justice
             .
             And
             altho
             I
             cannot
             say
             ,
             these
             Phrases
             do
             down-right
             affirm
             ,
             yet
             they
             do
             intimate
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             something
             to
             be
             done
             by
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             But
             whether
             Amaziah
             was
             set
             up
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             now
             dispute
             ;
             but
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             they
             pull'd
             him
             down
             ,
             and
             deprived
             him
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
             but
             of
             his
             Life
             also
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             find
             it
             in
             2
             Kings
             14.19
             .
             But
             of
             that
             we
             have
             a
             larger
             Account
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             25.27
             .
             
               Now
               after
               the
               time
               that
               Amaziah
               did
               turn
               away
               from
               following
               the
               Lord
               ,
               they
               made
               a
               conspiracy
               against
               him
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               he
               fled
               to
               Lachish
               ,
               but
               they
               sent
               to
               Lachish
               after
               him
               ,
               and
               slew
               him
               there
               .
            
             Now
             that
             his
             turning
             away
             from
             following
             the
             Lord
             ,
             did
             give
             his
             Subjects
             Authority
             to
             depose
             ,
             and
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             I
             should
             be
             very
             loth
             to
             affirm
             ,
             although
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             set
             down
             there
             as
             the
             ground
             and
             occasion
             of
             their
             conspiring
             against
             him
             ;
             but
             this
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             I
             may
             safely
             aver
             ,
             That
             his
             forsaking
             God
             might
             be
             one
             great
             Reason
             why
             God
             forsook
             him
             ,
             and
             left
             him
             in
             the
             
             Power
             of
             his
             Subjects
             :
             For
             all
             the
             Promises
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             being
             of
             temporal
             good
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             possessing
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             and
             long
             life
             and
             prosperity
             in
             it
             ,
             their
             great
             reward
             ,
             they
             might
             very
             reasonably
             make
             their
             good
             or
             bad
             success
             the
             great
             Criterion
             by
             which
             they
             might
             judge
             how
             they
             stood
             in
             God
             Almighty's
             Favour
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             had
             pleas'd
             or
             displeas'd
             him
             .
             But
             now
             among
             us
             Christians
             ,
             whose
             Promises
             are
             of
             another
             Nature
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             very
             far
             from
             making
             that
             a
             general
             Inference
             ,
             though
             from
             the
             very
             same
             Event
             .
             For
             alas
             !
             it
             is
             yet
             too
             fresh
             in
             some
             of
             our
             Memories
             ,
             when
             the
             best
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             of
             Men
             ,
             was
             deliver'd
             up
             to
             his
             Subjects
             :
             But
             I
             think
             I
             may
             borrow
             the
             Expression
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               that
               not
               for
               his
               own
               sins
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               transgression
               of
               the
               People
               he
               was
               stricken
               :
            
             Wherein
             God's
             Justice
             was
             to
             be
             admired
             ,
             in
             making
             their
             greatest
             sin
             the
             greatest
             judgment
             that
             could
             have
             been
             inflicted
             on
             a
             rebellious
             People
             .
             But
             to
             return
             to
             Amaziah
             :
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             that
             I
             can
             never
             read
             that
             Story
             but
             with
             wonder
             ,
             to
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             are
             neither
             upbraided
             with
             it
             ,
             nor
             punish't
             for
             it
             .
             For
             although
             we
             read
             ,
             that
             he
             took
             vengeance
             on
             his
             Father
             
             Joash's
             Murderers
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Land
             slew
             all
             those
             that
             conspired
             against
             King
             Amon
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             33.25
             .
             yet
             we
             do
             not
             find
             any
             body
             so
             much
             as
             call'd
             in
             question
             for
             his
             Death
             :
             So
             that
             certainly
             there
             was
             some
             Circumstances
             that
             did
             much
             alleviate
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Fact
             was
             not
             in
             it self
             so
             foul
             ,
             as
             at
             this
             distance
             it
             appears
             to
             us
             :
             for
             although
             Vzziah
             ,
             for
             to
             get
             the
             Crown
             ,
             might
             promise
             them
             Impunity
             ,
             yet
             I
             question
             whether
             God
             would
             have
             confirmed
             the
             Sentence
             :
             and
             Isaiah
             ,
             who
             prophesied
             in
             the
             Days
             of
             Vzziah
             ,
             should
             not
             
             have
             been
             more
             partial
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             he
             was
             to
             the
             Kings
             ;
             for
             you
             see
             he
             could
             tell
             Hezekiah
             pretty
             plainly
             ,
             of
             his
             little
             Vanity
             ,
             in
             shewing
             his
             Treasures
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
             Babylon's
             Embassadors
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             reproves
             the
             Pride
             of
             the
             Women
             for
             ,
             but
             also
             repeats
             all
             the
             little
             foolish
             Toys
             that
             belong'd
             to
             their
             Dress
             in
             his
             Days
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             was
             so
             strict
             in
             these
             lesser
             matters
             ,
             methinks
             should
             not
             in
             silence
             have
             past
             over
             so
             foul
             a
             Fault
             as
             that
             of
             King-killing
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             to
             my
             great
             wonder
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             find
             any
             one
             Passage
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Story
             ,
             or
             
             Esay's
             Prophecy
             ,
             as
             does
             so
             much
             as
             seem
             to
             reflect
             on
             that
             Fact
             ,
             as
             an
             ill
             thing
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Prophet
             indeed
             (
             who
             lived
             in
             his
             Grandson's
             time
             )
             who
             is
             thought
             by
             some
             to
             reflect
             on
             this
             Crime
             very
             heavily
             ,
             as
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             sort
             of
             sin
             in
             
               Judah
               ;
               Amaziah
            
             being
             the
             first
             of
             their
             Kings
             who
             was
             murder'd
             ,
             though
             many
             had
             been
             murder'd
             in
             
               Israel
               ,
               Mieah
            
             1.13
             .
             I
             will
             not
             therefore
             insist
             too
             much
             upon
             this
             ,
             but
             go
             on
             to
             observe
             ,
             That
             although
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             Amaziah
             to
             enjoy
             his
             Life
             ;
             after
             he
             had
             quitted
             both
             Crown
             and
             Kingdom
             ,
             yet
             they
             had
             that
             Honour
             and
             Justice
             for
             him
             too
             ,
             after
             he
             was
             dead
             ,
             that
             they
             not
             only
             interred
             him
             in
             the
             Royal
             Sepulcher
             ,
             but
             set
             his
             Son
             also
             on
             the
             Royal
             Seat
             ;
             
               For
               all
               the
               people
               of
               Judah
               took
               Vzziah
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               King
               in
               the
               room
               of
               Amaziah
               his
               Father
               ,
            
             2
             Chron.
             26.1
             .
             And
             he
             is
             indeed
             the
             first
             King
             that
             is
             so
             expresly
             said
             to
             be
             set
             up
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             although
             their
             Suffrages
             ,
             as
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             proved
             ,
             was
             thought
             necessary
             for
             the
             establishment
             of
             most
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             But
             altho
             Vzziah
             was
             the
             first
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             he
             was
             not
             the
             last
             that
             was
             so
             set
             up
             .
             But
             before
             we
             come
             to
             speak
             of
             them
             ,
             we
             will
             consider
             one
             Passage
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Vzziah
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             his
             going
             into
             the
             Temple
             to
             burn
             Incense
             ;
             which
             being
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             we
             will
             see
             a
             little
             how
             the
             Priests
             demean
             themselves
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             thought
             they
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             sit
             still
             if
             they
             could
             not
             persuade
             him
             off
             it
             ,
             and
             rather
             suffer
             him
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             than
             resist
             him
             .
             But
             by
             the
             Preparation
             Azariah
             the
             High-Priest
             makes
             for
             a
             Scuffle
             ,
             I
             fancy
             he
             did
             not
             understand
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Passive
             Obedience
             ;
             for
             the
             Text
             tells
             you
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             26.17
             .
             that
             Azariah
             enters
             after
             the
             King
             ,
             
               with
               fourscore
               Priests
               which
               were
               valiant
               Men
               :
            
             But
             what
             occasion
             he
             had
             for
             such
             a
             Train
             ,
             or
             why
             their
             Valour
             should
             be
             so
             particularly
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             to
             have
             no
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             were
             to
             submit
             ,
             I
             cannot
             so
             easily
             conceive
             .
             But
             the
             18
             th
             Verse
             says
             ,
             they
             did
             actually
             oppose
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             get
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             there
             .
             Nay
             ,
             in
             the
             20
             th
             Verse
             they
             do
             thrust
             him
             out
             ;
             but
             that
             indeed
             was
             after
             the
             Leprosie
             was
             come
             out
             upon
             him
             .
             But
             altho
             this
             Story
             might
             afford
             several
             Inferences
             which
             would
             not
             be
             beside
             our
             present
             Question
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             so
             very
             obvious
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             trust
             my
             Reader
             to
             make
             them
             ;
             therefore
             shall
             proceed
             ,
             and
             must
             own
             ,
             that
             from
             Vzziah
             to
             Josiah
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             express
             mention
             of
             the
             Peoples
             interposing
             ,
             or
             setting
             up
             of
             Kings
             ;
             but
             upon
             
             Amon's
             Murder
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             they
             did
             take
             upon
             them
             ;
             for
             you
             will
             find
             it
             both
             in
             2
             Kings
             21.24
             .
             and
             2
             Chro.
             33.25
             .
             
               But
               the
               people
               of
               the
               land
               smote
               those
               that
               had
               conspired
               against
               King
               Amon
               ;
               also
               the
               people
               of
               the
               land
               did
               
               make
               Josiah
               his
               Son
               King
               in
               his
               stead
               .
            
             And
             I
             hope
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             God
             Almighty
             did
             approve
             their
             Choice
             ,
             he
             being
             the
             best
             King
             and
             the
             best
             Man
             that
             we
             read
             of
             in
             the
             whole
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Judah
             ;
             he
             performing
             his
             Duty
             both
             to
             God
             and
             his
             People
             so
             very
             well
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             a
             shame
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             requited
             him
             ,
             by
             paying
             him
             all
             that
             Observance
             and
             Duty
             to
             which
             he
             could
             have
             any
             Pretence
             .
             But
             altho
             he
             may
             be
             an
             Example
             to
             the
             best
             of
             Kings
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             giving
             him
             this
             Eulogie
             ,
             
               And
               like
               unto
               him
               there
               was
               no
               King
               before
               him
               ,
               that
               turned
               to
               the
               Lord
               with
               all
               his
               heart
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               his
               soul
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               his
               might
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               :
               Neither
               after
               him
               arose
               there
               any
               like
               him
               :
            
             Yet
             from
             him
             we
             may
             best
             learn
             what
             an
             intolerable
             Mischief
             a
             Wicked
             King
             is
             ;
             for
             tho
             Josiah
             was
             so
             very
             good
             ,
             yet
             there
             was
             an
             old
             Arrere
             of
             his
             Grandfather
             Manasseh
             ,
             that
             all
             his
             Vertue
             and
             Goodness
             could
             not
             clear
             :
             For
             ,
             
               Notwithstanding
               the
               Lord
               turned
               not
               from
               the
               fierceness
               of
               his
               great
               wrath
               ,
               wherewith
               his
               anger
               was
               kindled
               against
               Judah
               ,
               because
               of
               all
               the
               provocations
               that
               Manasseh
               had
               provoked
               him
               withal
               :
               And
               the
               Lord
               said
               ,
               I
               will
               remove
               Judah
               out
               of
               my
               sight
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               removed
               Israel
               ;
               and
               will
               cast
               off
               this
               City
               Jerusalem
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               chosen
               ,
               and
               the
               House
               of
               which
               I
               said
               ,
               My
               Name
               shall
               be
               there
               ,
            
             2
             Kings
             23.26
             ,
             27.
             
             Therefore
             what
             Reasons
             have
             both
             Church
             and
             State
             to
             deprecate
             such
             a
             King
             as
             will
             infallibly
             intail
             Ruine
             on
             both
             ?
             For
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             God's
             House
             ,
             even
             that
             House
             that
             he
             had
             chose
             to
             set
             his
             Name
             there
             ,
             shall
             be
             involved
             in
             the
             common
             Destruction
             .
             Therefore
             were
             I
             to
             add
             a
             new
             Clause
             to
             the
             Litany
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             ,
             
               From
               such
               a
               King
               as
               Manasseh
               ,
               Good
               
               Lord
               ,
               deliver
               us
               .
            
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             fearful
             of
             ,
             and
             pray
             against
             an
             Idolatrous
             and
             Bloody
             King
             ;
             for
             those
             are
             the
             two
             Crimes
             with
             which
             Manasseh
             is
             particularly
             charged
             ,
             and
             which
             hastned
             the
             Captivity
             of
             Judah
             ,
             and
             consequently
             shortned
             the
             Life
             and
             Reign
             of
             the
             good
             and
             beloved
             Josiah
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             particularly
             promised
             as
             a
             Blessing
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             live
             to
             see
             the
             Ruine
             and
             Desolation
             that
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             on
             the
             Nation
             after
             his
             Death
             .
             After
             which
             ,
             
               the
               people
               of
               the
               land
               took
               Jehoabas
               the
               son
               of
               Josiah
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               King
               in
               his
               fathers
               stead
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             2
             Chron.
             36.1
             .
             and
             2
             Kings
             23.30
             .
             But
             altho
             he
             inherited
             his
             Father's
             Kingdom
             ,
             it
             seems
             he
             did
             not
             his
             Vertues
             ;
             for
             it
             follows
             in
             ver
             .
             32.
             
             That
             
               he
               did
               evil
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             and
             so
             his
             Reign
             was
             very
             short
             ;
             for
             
               Pharaoh
               Necho
            
             makes
             him
             a
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             carries
             him
             into
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             makes
             his
             elder
             Brother
             Jehoiakim
             King
             in
             his
             stead
             ;
             in
             whose
             days
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             first
             came
             up
             against
             Judah
             ;
             and
             after
             his
             death
             ,
             Jehoiachin
             succeeds
             ,
             whom
             Nebuchadnezzar
             carries
             to
             Babylon
             ,
             and
             makes
             Zedekiah
             King
             ,
             in
             whom
             the
             Succession
             was
             quite
             inverted
             ,
             (
             for
             he
             was
             Uncle
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             Direct
             Line
             ;
             )
             and
             the
             Monarchy
             also
             ending
             with
             him
             ,
             I
             should
             here
             have
             concuded
             this
             Part
             of
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             cannot
             omit
             one
             Observation
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             there
             were
             several
             Kings
             of
             Judah
             alive
             at
             the
             same
             time
             :
             It
             is
             certain
             Two
             ,
             Jeconiah
             and
             Zedekiah
             ;
             but
             for
             any
             thing
             I
             know
             ,
             there
             might
             be
             Three
             ;
             for
             we
             do
             not
             read
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Jehoahas
             ,
             who
             was
             carried
             Prisoner
             into
             Egypt
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             Age
             I
             'm
             sure
             he
             might
             survive
             
             Zedekiah's
             carrying
             to
             Babylon
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             but
             Twenty
             
             three
             Years
             old
             when
             he
             began
             to
             reign
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Reign
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Three
             Kings
             that
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             do
             not
             make
             Twenty
             three
             Years
             more
             before
             the
             Captivity
             .
             But
             now
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             what
             the
             Royalists
             of
             our
             Age
             would
             do
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             ,
             and
             which
             of
             the
             Three
             they
             would
             own
             ?
             For
             there
             was
             great
             Variety
             ;
             One
             set
             up
             by
             the
             People
             ;
             the
             second
             ,
             as
             Heir
             to
             him
             whom
             the
             King
             of
             Egypt
             had
             set
             up
             ;
             and
             the
             third
             ,
             set
             up
             by
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             .
             But
             I
             do
             not
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             Jews
             had
             any
             such
             Scruples
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             but
             always
             obey'd
             them
             which
             were
             in
             possession
             (
             as
             long
             as
             they
             were
             so
             )
             let
             them
             be
             set
             up
             by
             whom
             they
             would
             ;
             and
             the
             Scripture
             gives
             them
             the
             same
             Epithete
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             called
             Kings
             ,
             without
             ever
             disputing
             their
             Titles
             .
             Nor
             are
             the
             People
             reproved
             for
             obeying
             Zedekiah
             ,
             altho
             they
             knew
             that
             Jehoiachin
             (
             who
             had
             certainly
             the
             better
             Title
             ,
             and
             had
             also
             reign'd
             as
             King
             )
             was
             alive
             .
             But
             altho
             the
             People
             are
             not
             rebuked
             for
             submitting
             to
             Zedekiah
             ,
             whom
             Nebuchanezzar
             had
             set
             over
             them
             ;
             yet
             Zedekiah
             is
             for
             not
             obeying
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             had
             past
             his
             Word
             that
             he
             would
             :
             So
             that
             we
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             Kings
             are
             obliged
             by
             their
             Oaths
             and
             Promises
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             other
             Men.
             
          
           
             Which
             brings
             me
             to
             my
             third
             Particular
             I
             was
             to
             prove
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             
               That
               at
               the
               first
               setting
               up
               of
               Kings
               among
               the
               Jews
               ,
               their
               Power
               was
               not
               Absolute
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               were
               obliged
               to
               certain
               Covenants
               and
               Conditions
               .
            
             And
             altho
             I
             will
             not
             pretend
             to
             prove
             it
             of
             every
             individual
             King
             ;
             yet
             if
             I
             can
             do
             it
             of
             the
             first
             and
             second
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             solemn
             repeating
             of
             it
             after
             an
             Interregnum
             ,
             I
             shall
             hope
             I
             have
             done
             all
             that
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             me
             :
             For
             whoever
             succeeds
             to
             a
             Crown
             ,
             
             is
             supposed
             to
             take
             it
             on
             the
             same
             Conditions
             his
             Predecessors
             had
             it
             ;
             which
             it
             would
             be
             superfluous
             for
             the
             Story
             to
             repeat
             every
             time
             .
             
          
           
             And
             therefore
             I
             shall
             not
             make
             a
             long
             Preface
             to
             a
             Point
             that
             I
             hope
             so
             easily
             to
             dispatch
             ;
             for
             I
             suppose
             ,
             that
             a
             few
             plain
             Scripture-proofs
             will
             (
             for
             I
             'm
             sure
             they
             ought
             to
             )
             go
             farther
             than
             a
             long
             Rhetorical
             Discourse
             :
             And
             how
             few
             Instances
             soever
             I
             can
             bring
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             begin
             at
             the
             Spring-head
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             first
             Kings
             ,
             Saul
             and
             David
             ,
             Witnesses
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             now
             assert
             ,
             and
             prove
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             Compact
             and
             Agreement
             between
             the
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             is
             the
             very
             Corner-stone
             of
             Monarchy
             it self
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             I
             may
             do
             this
             the
             more
             fully
             and
             clearly
             ,
             I
             must
             beg
             my
             Reader
             's
             Pardon
             ,
             tho
             I
             carry
             him
             so
             far
             back
             as
             the
             Inauguration
             of
             Saul
             the
             first
             King
             of
             Israel
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             not
             tire
             his
             Patience
             so
             much
             as
             to
             repeat
             all
             that
             I
             have
             already
             said
             of
             
             Samuel's
             displeasure
             at
             the
             People
             ,
             for
             rejecting
             God
             ,
             and
             defiring
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             set
             over
             them
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             10.19
             .
             And
             tho
             Samuel
             ,
             to
             terrifie
             them
             ,
             had
             represented
             the
             King
             they
             desired
             ,
             rather
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             that
             would
             destroy
             and
             ruine
             ,
             than
             of
             a
             Prince
             that
             was
             to
             defend
             and
             save
             them
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             8.
             from
             the
             11
             th
             to
             the
             19
             th
             ;
             yet
             seeing
             they
             would
             not
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             but
             still
             persisted
             in
             their
             Resolution
             ,
             
               Nay
               ,
               but
               we
               will
               have
               a
               King
               over
               us
               ,
            
             God
             was
             so
             merciful
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             Rules
             to
             this
             unruly
             King
             that
             Samuel
             had
             described
             :
             As
             I
             think
             we
             may
             safely
             collect
             from
             1
             Sam.
             10.25
             .
             
               Then
               Samuel
               told
               the
               People
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               wrote
               it
               in
               a
               Book
               ,
               and
               laid
               it
               up
               before
               the
               Lord.
            
             For
             had
             
             God
             designed
             that
             the
             King's
             Will
             should
             have
             been
             his
             only
             Law
             ,
             it
             had
             ,
             I
             'm
             sure
             ,
             been
             a
             very
             superfluous
             ,
             if
             not
             an
             impossible
             Task
             ,
             for
             Samuel
             to
             have
             writ
             that
             down
             :
             And
             besides
             ,
             the
             laying
             it
             up
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             does
             infer
             somethign
             of
             extraordinary
             weight
             and
             sacredness
             in
             that
             Book
             ,
             that
             was
             to
             be
             placed
             in
             that
             holy
             Repository
             ,
             with
             the
             Records
             of
             that
             Covenant
             which
             God
             himself
             had
             vouchsafed
             to
             make
             with
             his
             People
             .
             Now
             upon
             these
             Considerations
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             I
             may
             safely
             call
             this
             
               the
               Original
               Contract
            
             that
             was
             between
             the
             Kings
             and
             People
             of
             Israel
             .
             But
             we
             may
             guess
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             an
             Absolute
             Arbitrary
             Power
             (
             such
             as
             our
             Neighbour-Prince
             pretends
             to
             over
             his
             Subjects
             )
             that
             was
             by
             this
             made
             over
             to
             Saul
             ;
             for
             altho
             he
             saw
             many
             of
             his
             new
             Subjects
             did
             despise
             him
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             glad
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             the
             Margin
             says
             ,
             He
             was
             as
             tho
             he
             had
             been
             deaf
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             10.27
             .
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             Samuel
             thought
             it
             necessary
             the
             People
             should
             be
             farther
             obliged
             ,
             than
             at
             present
             they
             thought
             themselves
             ;
             and
             therefore
             proposes
             their
             going
             up
             to
             Gilgal
             ,
             there
             to
             renew
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             11.15
             .
             
               And
               all
               the
               people
               went
               to
               Gilgal
               ,
               and
               there
               they
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             certainly
             ,
             the
             People
             )
             
               made
               Saul
               King
               before
               the
               Lord
               in
               Gilgal
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               sacrificed
               Sacrifices
               of
               Peace-Offerings
               before
               the
               Lord.
            
             And
             that
             the
             joining
             in
             a
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             both
             Parties
             eating
             and
             partaking
             of
             the
             same
             Sacrifice
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             eating
             together
             at
             what
             they
             called
             a
             Feast
             ,
             was
             both
             the
             most
             usual
             and
             solemn
             way
             of
             making
             Covenants
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             both
             among
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             I
             need
             not
             insist
             on
             it
             ;
             else
             both
             Sacred
             and
             Profane
             Story
             would
             furnish
             us
             with
             Proofs
             enough
             ,
             were
             it
             necessary
             .
             
             But
             the
             Agreement
             which
             I
             suppose
             was
             then
             made
             between
             King
             and
             People
             ,
             begot
             such
             a
             mutual
             Kindness
             and
             Confidence
             in
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             the
             Text
             adds
             ,
             
               There
               Saul
               and
               all
               the
               men
               of
               Israel
               rejoiced
               greatly
            
             ;
             and
             from
             that
             time
             we
             never
             find
             any
             Dispute
             between
             them
             .
             And
             so
             I
             shall
             proceed
             to
             his
             next
             Successor
             ,
             David
             ;
             and
             the
             Proofs
             of
             his
             making
             such
             a
             Covenant
             with
             the
             People
             of
             Israel
             ,
             are
             as
             clear
             and
             full
             as
             can
             be
             desired
             .
             Upon
             what
             Terms
             the
             Men
             of
             Judah
             first
             admitted
             him
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             plainly
             set
             down
             ;
             but
             it
             being
             their
             own
             voluntary
             Act
             to
             make
             him
             King
             ,
             we
             may
             suppose
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             take
             care
             to
             see
             their
             own
             Interest
             secured
             .
             But
             't
             is
             very
             apparent
             ,
             that
             after
             Abner
             designed
             to
             revolt
             to
             David
             ,
             he
             will
             make
             his
             Conditions
             with
             him
             first
             :
             
               And
               Abner
               sent
               Messengers
               to
               David
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Make
               thy
               League
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               behold
               my
               hand
               shall
               be
               with
               thee
               ,
               to
               bring
               about
               all
               Israel
               to
               thee
               .
               And
               he
               said
               ,
               Well
               ,
               I
               will
               make
               a
               League
               with
               thee
               ,
               &c.
               
               So
               Abner
               came
               to
               David
               to
               Hebron
               ,
               and
               twenty
               Men
               with
               him
               :
               And
               David
               made
               Abner
               ,
               and
               the
               Men
               which
               were
               with
               him
               ,
               a
               Feast
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             3.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             20.
             at
             which
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             the
             Bargain
             was
             made
             of
             both
             sides
             ;
             for
             ,
             as
             I
             before
             observ'd
             ,
             few
             Contracts
             were
             concluded
             without
             the
             Ceremony
             of
             Eating
             and
             Drinking
             together
             .
             And
             after
             that
             ,
             Abner
             says
             ,
             
               I
               will
               arise
               ,
               and
               go
               and
               gather
               all
               Israel
               to
               my
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
            
             (
             for
             now
             he
             owns
             him
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             altho
             he
             would
             not
             call
             him
             so
             before
             )
             
               that
               they
               may
               make
               a
               League
               with
               thee
               ,
               and
               that
               thou
               maist
               reign
               over
               all
               that
               thy
               Heart
               desireth
            
             ;
             as
             it
             follows
             in
             Verse
             21.
             
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             the
             King's
             making
             a
             Covenant
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             was
             to
             precede
             his
             Reigning
             over
             them
             ,
             altho
             David
             had
             been
             both
             
             chosen
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             Anointed
             by
             Samuel
             so
             many
             years
             before
             .
             And
             when
             upon
             
             Abner's
             death
             ,
             that
             first
             Treaty
             with
             the
             Men
             of
             Israel
             was
             broken
             off
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             find
             that
             David
             pretended
             to
             any
             Authority
             over
             Israel
             ,
             till
             of
             their
             own
             accords
             ,
             about
             five
             years
             and
             a
             half
             after
             ,
             
               All
               the
               Elders
               of
               Israel
               came
               to
               the
               King
               to
               Hebron
               ,
               and
               King
               David
               made
               a
               Covenant
               with
               them
               in
               Hebron
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               they
               Anointed
               David
               King
               over
               Israel
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             5.3
             .
             And
             yet
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             if
             ever
             any
             King
             could
             pretend
             to
             be
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             David
             ;
             but
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             he
             is
             content
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Crown
             like
             other
             Men
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             assume
             it
             to
             himself
             till
             given
             him
             by
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             thing
             also
             that
             I
             desire
             may
             be
             observed
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Phrase
             
               before
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             both
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             1
             Sam.
             11.15
             .
             is
             indifferently
             apply'd
             both
             to
             King
             and
             People
             .
             For
             here
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             the
             
               King
               made
               a
               Covenant
               with
               the
               People
               before
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             and
             there
             ,
             that
             
               the
               people
               made
               Saul
               King
               before
               the
               Lord.
            
             From
             whence
             I
             think
             we
             may
             collect
             ,
             that
             being
             mutual
             ,
             the
             Promise
             was
             as
             obliging
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             solemn
             of
             both
             sides
             ,
             for
             both
             are
             exprest
             in
             the
             same
             words
             .
             And
             we
             may
             also
             conclude
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             meet
             with
             that
             Phrase
             of
             eating
             and
             drinking
             
               before
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             and
             making
             King
             unto
             ,
             or
             
               before
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             1
             Chron.
             29.22
             .
             it
             is
             designed
             to
             signifie
             the
             mutual
             stipulation
             between
             King
             and
             People
             :
             So
             that
             we
             may
             infer
             ,
             that
             Solomon
             did
             take
             the
             Crown
             upon
             the
             same
             Terms
             his
             Father
             David
             did
             ,
             altho
             the
             word
             League
             or
             Covenant
             is
             not
             exprest
             .
             And
             if
             the
             three
             first
             Kings
             did
             thus
             receive
             the
             Crown
             from
             ,
             and
             oblige
             themselves
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             
             we
             may
             safely
             suppose
             that
             their
             Successors
             did
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             although
             it
             is
             not
             particularly
             affirm'd
             of
             every
             one
             .
             Nor
             do
             we
             find
             any
             more
             mention
             of
             it
             till
             King
             
             Joash's
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             restored
             (
             after
             the
             Usurpation
             ,
             or
             Interregnum
             ,
             shall
             I
             call
             it
             ,
             of
             Athaliah
             )
             all
             the
             old
             Rights
             and
             Customs
             are
             both
             mentioned
             and
             repeated
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             find
             it
             ,
             2
             Kings
             11.4
             ,
             17.
             
             How
             Jehoiada
             brought
             Joash
             into
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             Covenant
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             took
             an
             Oath
             of
             them
             in
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             17.
             
             Verse
             ,
             
               And
               Jehoiada
               made
               a
               Covenant
               between
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               be
               the
               Lords
               people
               ;
               between
               the
               King
               also
               and
               the
               People
            
             ;
             all
             which
             you
             will
             find
             repeated
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             23.3
             ,
             16.
             
             And
             if
             this
             is
             not
             a
             pregnant
             Proof
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             and
             Judah
             were
             not
             Absolute
             ,
             but
             were
             under
             Obligations
             and
             Conditions
             to
             their
             People
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             subjected
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ;
             if
             this
             Instance
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             allow'd
             for
             Proofs
             ,
             I
             shall
             dispair
             of
             bringing
             a
             Proof
             ,
             either
             for
             this
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Bible
             ;
             but
             if
             these
             will
             pass
             ,
             I
             suppose
             they
             may
             be
             sufficient
             to
             convince
             any
             impartial
             Reader
             ,
             therefore
             shall
             presume
             it
             would
             be
             superfluous
             to
             multiply
             Quotations
             in
             so
             plain
             a
             Case
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             have
             gone
             through
             the
             three
             things
             I
             proposed
             to
             clear
             out
             of
             Scripture
             :
             How
             well
             I
             have
             perform'd
             my
             undertaking
             ,
             I
             shall
             leave
             to
             better
             Judgments
             ;
             and
             that
             my
             Readers
             may
             be
             the
             better
             qualified
             to
             be
             my
             Judges
             ,
             I
             desire
             they
             would
             do
             as
             the
             Noble
             Bereans
             did
             ,
             Acts
             17.11
             .
             
               Search
               the
               Scripture
               
               daily
               whether
               these
               things
               are
               so
            
             ;
             for
             as
             I
             advance
             nothing
             upon
             my
             own
             Authority
             ,
             so
             I
             do
             not
             desire
             any
             thing
             should
             be
             credited
             only
             because
             I
             say
             it
             ;
             for
             in
             Points
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             't
             is
             very
             fit
             every
             body
             should
             judge
             for
             themselves
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             these
             things
             are
             so
             ,
             Kings
             must
             be
             contented
             to
             own
             their
             Power
             as
             well
             as
             Birth
             to
             be
             of
             humane
             extraction
             .
             But
             yet
             I
             must
             beg
             leave
             to
             deny
             an
             Inference
             that
             some
             would
             make
             from
             that
             ,
             who
             say
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               no
               act
               of
               Disobedience
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               resist
               our
               Prince
               ;
               nor
               of
               Obedience
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               submit
               to
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               does
               not
               derive
               his
               Power
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               act
               by
               his
               Authority
               and
               Commission
            
             ;
             for
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             whether
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             to
             make
             a
             humane
             Contract
             so
             strong
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             a
             Sin
             against
             God
             to
             break
             it
             ?
             For
             according
             to
             this
             way
             of
             arguing
             ,
             I
             might
             give
             away
             an
             Estate
             ,
             and
             settle
             it
             as
             firm
             as
             Law
             can
             make
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             afterwards
             I
             might
             ,
             without
             doing
             the
             Party
             any
             wrong
             ,
             take
             it
             from
             him
             again
             without
             his
             consent
             ,
             because
             he
             has
             no
             Grant
             to
             shew
             from
             Heaven
             for
             it
             .
             And
             this
             Instance
             I
             think
             may
             be
             pretty
             applicable
             to
             this
             Case
             :
             The
             People
             at
             the
             first
             Institution
             and
             setting
             up
             of
             Monarchy
             among
             them
             ,
             make
             over
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Power
             ,
             and
             such
             and
             such
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             if
             afterwards
             they
             refuse
             to
             make
             good
             ,
             they
             are
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             lookt
             upon
             as
             Rebels
             and
             Traitors
             .
             But
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             suppose
             the
             Person
             to
             whom
             I
             had
             made
             over
             some
             part
             of
             my
             Estate
             ,
             should
             upon
             that
             pretend
             a
             Title
             to
             my
             whole
             Estate
             ,
             and
             would
             let
             me
             enjoy
             no
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             might
             not
             I
             lawfully
             resist
             him
             ?
             And
             what
             answer
             they
             would
             give
             to
             this
             ,
             may
             serve
             to
             the
             other
             Case
             ;
             and
             that
             
             brings
             me
             to
             my
             second
             General
             ,
             What
             Power
             and
             Authority
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             is
             actually
             vested
             in
             our
             Kings
             ?
             Under
             which
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             Non-resistance
             and
             Passive
             Obedience
             shall
             be
             consider'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             Having
             on
             the
             former
             Head
             examined
             both
             the
             Original
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             also
             proved
             that
             it
             was
             Limited
             and
             Conditional
             among
             the
             Jews
             ;
             and
             it
             being
             agreed
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             greatest
             Assertors
             of
             the
             Prerogative
             ,
             that
             our
             Saviour
             did
             not
             make
             any
             Alteration
             in
             the
             Rights
             of
             Princes
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             found
             them
             possest
             of
             ,
             he
             gives
             them
             leave
             quietly
             to
             enjoy
             ;
             I
             think
             we
             may
             safely
             conclude
             ,
             that
             since
             he
             made
             no
             augmentation
             to
             the
             Princes
             Power
             ,
             he
             laid
             no
             new
             Obligation
             on
             the
             Subject
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             is
             to
             Govern
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             to
             Obey
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             agreed
             and
             establish'd
             between
             them
             ;
             for
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             universal
             Rule
             given
             in
             the
             Case
             ;
             for
             the
             Magistrates
             Power
             ,
             and
             the
             Measures
             of
             the
             Subjects
             subjection
             ,
             are
             only
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             the
             particular
             Laws
             and
             Constitutions
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             for
             that
             may
             be
             very
             lawful
             in
             one
             Place
             which
             is
             not
             so
             in
             another
             :
             Therefore
             our
             Saviour
             did
             give
             not
             only
             the
             Wisest
             ,
             but
             the
             Justest
             Resolution
             ,
             to
             that
             ensnaring
             Question
             of
             the
             Jews
             about
             Tribute
             ,
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Render
               unto
               Cesar
               the
               things
               that
               are
               Cesars
               ,
               and
               unto
               God
               the
               things
               that
               are
               Gods
               ,
            
             Mat.
             22.20
             .
             For
             although
             he
             does
             by
             name
             reserve
             nothing
             but
             Gods
             dues
             ,
             yet
             I
             think
             it
             can
             hardly
             be
             inserved
             from
             that
             Negative
             Argument
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             should
             
             part
             with
             their
             dues
             ;
             for
             the
             Command
             is
             only
             in
             general
             ,
             to
             give
             to
             Cesar
             that
             which
             of
             right
             belongs
             to
             Cesar
             :
             so
             that
             I
             cannot
             think
             this
             Text
             gives
             Princes
             any
             Title
             to
             what
             is
             not
             their
             due
             ;
             but
             you
             see
             he
             does
             not
             pretend
             to
             tell
             us
             what
             is
             
             Cesar's
             due
             ,
             because
             no
             general
             Rule
             could
             be
             given
             in
             that
             Case
             ,
             the
             Rights
             of
             Kings
             and
             People
             varying
             almost
             in
             every
             Country
             .
             Therefore
             't
             is
             from
             the
             Statute-Book
             ,
             not
             the
             Bible
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             judge
             of
             the
             Power
             our
             Kings
             are
             invested
             withal
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             our
             own
             Obligations
             ,
             and
             the
             measures
             of
             our
             Subjection
             .
             And
             here
             I
             might
             have
             a
             fair
             opportunity
             of
             expatiating
             ,
             and
             both
             tell
             you
             the
             advantages
             ,
             nay
             the
             necessity
             of
             Government
             in
             generals
             ,
             and
             discourse
             also
             of
             the
             several
             kinds
             that
             are
             in
             the
             World.
             But
             my
             design
             being
             Brevity
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             take
             notice
             of
             that
             wherein
             we
             are
             particularly
             concerned
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Monarchy
             ;
             which
             ,
             generally
             speaking
             ,
             is
             the
             best
             Government
             in
             the
             World.
             But
             of
             that
             there
             are
             several
             sorts
             ,
             as
             an
             Elective
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             an
             Hereditary
             one
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             Reign
             by
             Succession
             ,
             may
             be
             distinguish'd
             into
             two
             kinds
             more
             ,
             an
             Absolute
             and
             a
             Limited
             Monarchy
             ;
             the
             latter
             of
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             happiest
             Constitution
             under
             the
             Heavens
             :
             Therefore
             next
             being
             born
             within
             the
             Pale
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             I
             think
             to
             be
             born
             an
             English-Man
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Privileges
             any
             ones
             Birth
             can
             entitle
             him
             to
             ;
             a
             happiness
             that
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             envied
             by
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             though
             I
             doubt
             not
             valued
             so
             much
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             by
             them
             that
             enjoy
             it
             ;
             although
             they
             have
             the
             opportunity
             of
             a
             Comparison
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             judge
             either
             of
             happiness
             or
             ease
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             look
             but
             on
             our
             next
             
             Neighbours
             of
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Dike
             ,
             we
             shall
             soon
             see
             the
             difference
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             misfortune
             it
             is
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Arbitrary
             Power
             of
             a
             lawless
             and
             merciless
             Tyrant
             .
          
           
             How
             they
             came
             under
             those
             unhappy
             Circumstances
             at
             first
             ,
             is
             not
             my
             business
             at
             present
             to
             examine
             ;
             but
             I
             'm
             sure
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             business
             of
             our
             whole
             Lives
             to
             bless
             God
             that
             we
             are
             not
             yet
             under
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             next
             our
             Thanks
             to
             God
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             commemorate
             the
             Courage
             of
             those
             Noble
             Patriots
             ,
             who
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             Monarchy
             have
             opposed
             the
             Encroachments
             that
             some
             of
             our
             Kings
             would
             have
             made
             upon
             our
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             which
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             were
             derived
             intire
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             transmit
             them
             so
             to
             our
             Posterity
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             endeavours
             that
             have
             been
             used
             for
             the
             subversion
             of
             them
             .
             For
             I
             think
             I
             may
             challenge
             the
             whole
             World
             to
             shew
             so
             equal
             and
             so
             happy
             a
             Constitution
             of
             Government
             as
             is
             this
             day
             in
             England
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             exactly
             and
             harmoniously
             composed
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             nothing
             to
             compare
             it
             to
             but
             its
             self
             :
             for
             as
             Vertue
             does
             commonly
             lie
             in
             the
             mean
             ,
             so
             our
             Legislators
             have
             wisely
             pickt
             out
             all
             the
             good
             that
             was
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Government
             ,
             but
             shun'd
             the
             Extreams
             that
             any
             one
             might
             have
             betray'd
             us
             to
             :
             For
             here
             the
             Populace
             have
             liberty
             without
             a
             Democratical
             Confusion
             and
             Fury
             ;
             the
             Nobility
             have
             all
             the
             Priviledges
             to
             which
             Aristocracy
             it self
             could
             intitle
             them
             ,
             without
             the
             necessity
             of
             running
             into
             Factions
             and
             Cabals
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             King's
             Power
             so
             equally
             ballanced
             between
             the
             Two
             other
             ,
             that
             his
             Power
             can
             hardly
             ever
             degenerate
             into
             Tyranny
             ,
             nor
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             while
             he
             governs
             by
             Law
             ,
             can
             he
             ever
             want
             Authority
             ,
             either
             to
             protect
             or
             correct
             his
             
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             means
             to
             reward
             Vertue
             ,
             or
             discourage
             Vice
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             great
             Ends
             for
             which
             Civil
             Government
             was
             at
             first
             instituted
             .
             And
             as
             the
             several
             parts
             of
             our
             Government
             have
             such
             a
             mutual
             dependance
             one
             upon
             the
             other
             ,
             so
             they
             have
             the
             same
             opportunities
             of
             reciprocally
             endearing
             and
             obliging
             one
             another
             :
             So
             that
             I
             have
             often
             thought
             ,
             with
             reverence
             be
             it
             spoke
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             a
             kind
             of
             Trinity
             in
             our
             Government
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             our
             Faith
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             'm
             sure
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             another
             resemblance
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             their
             Unity
             :
             for
             their
             Power
             is
             so
             equal
             in
             the
             great
             Point
             of
             Legislature
             ,
             that
             one
             cannot
             properly
             say
             ,
             that
             one
             is
             greater
             ,
             or
             less
             than
             another
             ;
             for
             as
             all
             have
             Negative
             Voices
             ,
             so
             neither
             ,
             nor
             both
             the
             Houses
             without
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             King
             without
             the
             Two
             Houses
             ,
             can
             do
             any
             thing
             ;
             but
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             whole
             Three
             is
             necessary
             both
             to
             the
             making
             and
             abrogating
             a
             Law
             ;
             for
             all
             Three
             Parties
             being
             equally
             obliged
             to
             execute
             ,
             and
             obey
             those
             Laws
             when
             made
             ,
             it
             was
             very
             reasonable
             they
             should
             all
             give
             their
             Consents
             to
             them
             before
             they
             were
             made
             .
             And
             since
             the
             Legislative
             Power
             is
             in
             all
             Nations
             esteemed
             the
             Supreme
             ,
             and
             ours
             being
             so
             divided
             ,
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             little
             improper
             to
             call
             any
             One
             of
             the
             Three
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             .
             It
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             indeed
             ,
             that
             the
             Executative
             Part
             of
             the
             Power
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             other
             Two
             ,
             committed
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             by
             way
             of
             Trust
             ,
             and
             under
             such
             Limitations
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             properly
             be
             call'd
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             although
             he
             may
             fitly
             enough
             be
             stiled
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             because
             he
             ,
             and
             none
             but
             he
             ,
             has
             the
             Power
             to
             make
             men
             keep
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             to
             punish
             them
             for
             the
             Breaches
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             but
             that
             under
             
             such
             Restrictions
             and
             Limitations
             ,
             that
             the
             Title
             of
             Chief
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             Nation
             is
             given
             to
             him
             much
             upon
             the
             same
             account
             that
             the
             Mayor
             of
             a
             Town
             is
             call'd
             the
             Chief
             Magistrate
             of
             that
             Town
             ;
             for
             ,
             without
             all
             doubt
             ,
             all
             the
             Members
             of
             that
             Corporation
             ,
             and
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             that
             Town
             ,
             are
             obliged
             to
             obey
             their
             Mayor
             ,
             when
             his
             Commands
             are
             according
             to
             their
             Charter
             ;
             and
             he
             has
             also
             power
             to
             punish
             the
             willful
             Breaches
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             any
             that
             are
             within
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             but
             yet
             every
             body
             knows
             his
             Power
             is
             limited
             :
             and
             so
             truly
             is
             our
             King
             's
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             most
             important
             things
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             would
             certainly
             chuse
             to
             shew
             his
             Power
             ,
             were
             it
             absolute
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             raising
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             punishing
             of
             Capital
             Offenders
             ;
             for
             of
             all
             things
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             should
             be
             solely
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             supreme
             Magistrate
             (
             if
             he
             were
             really
             absolute
             )
             ;
             but
             that
             we
             know
             our
             Kings
             have
             not
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             no
             other
             way
             to
             right
             himself
             than
             what
             the
             meanest
             Subjects
             have
             :
             For
             suppose
             he
             should
             accuse
             any
             one
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             he
             must
             first
             Indict
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             undergo
             all
             the
             tedious
             Forms
             and
             Processes
             of
             Law
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             Convict
             him
             :
             So
             that
             I
             cannot
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             has
             in
             that
             particular
             any
             priviledge
             beyond
             the
             Subject
             ;
             for
             Traitors
             are
             to
             have
             as
             fair
             play
             for
             their
             Lives
             as
             any
             other
             Offenders
             ,
             although
             the
             punishment
             (
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             is
             more
             severe
             when
             't
             is
             inflicted
             ;
             for
             the
             King
             being
             a
             publick
             Person
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             by
             his
             undertaking
             the
             Administration
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             is
             more
             expos'd
             to
             danger
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             very
             Execution
             of
             Justice
             ,
             he
             certainly
             provokes
             the
             Offender
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             be
             of
             any
             Quality
             and
             Rank
             ,
             his
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             too
             :
             So
             that
             truly
             by
             the
             Rules
             of
             Equity
             ,
             both
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             People
             
             ought
             to
             set
             a
             double
             Fence
             about
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             and
             take
             particular
             care
             to
             secure
             him
             from
             those
             Hazards
             to
             which
             his
             High
             Place
             and
             Office
             may
             render
             him
             more
             liable
             than
             more
             inferiour
             people
             .
             So
             that
             those
             particular
             Laws
             which
             are
             made
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             are
             rather
             the
             Effects
             of
             the
             Justice
             and
             Kindness
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Priviledge
             and
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             several
             Instances
             of
             which
             the
             Reign
             of
             our
             late
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             might
             furnish
             us
             with
             ;
             but
             as
             it
             would
             be
             tedious
             to
             repeat
             them
             all
             ,
             so
             truly
             all
             may
             be
             comprized
             in
             that
             one
             ,
             of
             putting
             the
             Militia
             into
             the
             King's
             Power
             ;
             for
             the
             remembrance
             of
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             the
             sad
             Effects
             of
             it
             ,
             were
             then
             so
             fresh
             in
             every
             bodies
             memory
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             there
             could
             be
             no
             greater
             Inconvenience
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             the
             King
             's
             wanting
             Power
             to
             maintain
             that
             Authority
             with
             which
             the
             Law
             had
             invested
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             for
             his
             farther
             security
             ,
             they
             past
             that
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             Acts
             which
             were
             extreamly
             for
             the
             King's
             advantage
             :
             And
             surely
             none
             of
             our
             Non-Resistance
             Gentlemen
             but
             must
             own
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             a
             considerable
             Addition
             to
             the
             Prerogative
             :
             And
             whosoever
             shall
             pretend
             they
             were
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Crown
             before
             ,
             teaches
             the
             King
             to
             be
             ungrateful
             as
             well
             as
             unjust
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             it
             is
             alledg'd
             by
             some
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Soveraign
               Prince
               receives
               not
               his
               Authority
               from
               the
               Laws
               ,
               but
               the
               Laws
               receive
               their
               Authority
               from
               him
               .
            
             From
             which
             they
             would
             infer
             ,
             
               That
               a
               King
               is
               neither
               subject
               to
               ,
               nor
               bound
               up
               by
               the
               Laws
               any
               farther
               than
               he
               pleases
               .
            
             But
             I
             must
             beg
             leave
             to
             deny
             both
             this
             their
             minor
             Proposition
             ,
             and
             the
             Conclusion
             ,
             although
             I
             grant
             the
             major
             ,
             from
             which
             they
             say
             the
             other
             Two
             will
             
             necessarily
             result
             ;
             but
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             cannot
             see
             the
             necessity
             of
             such
             Consequences
             ,
             although
             I
             should
             grant
             there
             was
             a
             personal
             Power
             antecedent
             to
             all
             the
             Civil
             Laws
             ;
             for
             that
             was
             the
             Paternal
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Regal
             Authority
             .
             For
             sure
             none
             will
             affirm
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             certainly
             is
             :
             for
             without
             all
             doubt
             the
             People
             had
             power
             to
             Elect
             a
             King
             ,
             before
             there
             could
             be
             any
             such
             thing
             as
             a
             Soveraign
             Prince
             born
             in
             the
             World.
             So
             that
             't
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             the
             power
             of
             the
             People
             is
             not
             only
             antecedent
             to
             that
             of
             Kings
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             the
             Kings
             did
             receive
             and
             derive
             their
             Authority
             at
             first
             from
             the
             People
             .
             So
             that
             't
             is
             no
             incongruous
             ,
             much
             less
             impossible
             supposition
             ,
             That
             Kings
             do
             derive
             their
             Authority
             from
             the
             Laws
             ;
             for
             certainly
             they
             must
             owe
             their
             power
             to
             that
             which
             gave
             it
             a
             Being
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             that
             Original
             Contract
             which
             is
             made
             between
             the
             People
             and
             the
             Person
             or
             Family
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             advance
             to
             the
             Kingship
             ;
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Boundary
             of
             the
             Prince's
             Authority
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             Subjects
             Submission
             .
             But
             however
             the
             Case
             may
             stand
             in
             other
             Countries
             ,
             God
             be
             thank'd
             us
             so
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             For
             our
             Ancient
             History
             tells
             us
             what
             sad
             Confusion
             there
             was
             in
             this
             poor
             Island
             after
             the
             Conquest
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             when
             every
             little
             Captain
             set
             up
             for
             a
             King
             ;
             and
             there
             was
             always
             such
             inveterate
             hatred
             between
             those
             small
             neighbouring
             Princes
             (
             if
             they
             deserve
             to
             be
             call'd
             so
             )
             that
             they
             would
             rather
             call
             in
             and
             submit
             to
             Forreigners
             ,
             who
             devour'd
             and
             enslav'd
             all
             sides
             ,
             than
             yield
             to
             one
             another
             :
             And
             on
             this
             account
             both
             Danes
             and
             Saxons
             were
             at
             first
             call'd
             in
             .
             And
             although
             the
             Saxons
             had
             establish'd
             
             an
             Heptarchy
             among
             us
             ,
             yet
             they
             found
             they
             were
             too
             many
             for
             this
             small
             Plat
             of
             Ground
             ;
             for
             they
             were
             always
             encroaching
             ,
             and
             fighting
             with
             one
             another
             :
             wherefore
             growing
             weary
             of
             that
             ,
             Horne
             tells
             you
             ,
             in
             his
             Mirrour
             ,
             chap.
             1.
             
             
               How
               they
               chose
               themselves
               One
               King
               ,
               to
               maintain
               and
               defend
               their
               Persons
               and
               Goods
               in
               Peace
               ,
               by
               Rules
               of
               Law
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               swear
               ,
               That
               he
               would
               be
               obedient
               to
               suffer
               Right
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               his
               People
               should
               be
               .
            
             And
             these
             are
             the
             Terms
             on
             the
             which
             our
             first
             Monarch
             ,
             properly
             so
             call'd
             ,
             (
             for
             truly
             before
             they
             did
             not
             deserve
             the
             Name
             of
             Kings
             ;
             for
             I
             'm
             sure
             their
             power
             was
             not
             so
             great
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             so
             extensive
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             a
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             )
             did
             ascend
             the
             Throne
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             Terms
             and
             Conditions
             were
             agreed
             to
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             his
             Successors
             ,
             might
             be
             easily
             proved
             ,
             would
             it
             not
             take
             up
             too
             much
             time
             ;
             but
             yet
             King
             Edgar
             thought
             it
             worth
             their
             while
             to
             collect
             and
             transcribe
             them
             .
             And
             we
             find
             William
             the
             First
             was
             willing
             to
             wave
             his
             Title
             of
             Conquerour
             ,
             and
             by
             confirming
             the
             Ancient
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             be
             receiv'd
             as
             their
             Legal
             ,
             not
             their
             Conquerour
             ,
             or
             Arbitrary
             Governour
             :
             For
             although
             Conquest
             may
             give
             one
             power
             ,
             it
             cannot
             of
             its
             self
             give
             one
             Right
             to
             rule
             a
             Nation
             ;
             for
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             either
             tacite
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             they
             like
             their
             new
             Governour
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             offer
             to
             resist
             ,
             but
             quietly
             comply
             and
             submit
             to
             his
             Government
             ,
             receive
             the
             advantage
             of
             his
             Protection
             and
             Laws
             ,
             and
             pay
             him
             ,
             in
             return
             ,
             what
             his
             Laws
             require
             )
             or
             explicit
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             they
             make
             Conditions
             and
             Terms
             for
             themselves
             ,
             before
             they
             will
             submit
             )
             is
             so
             necessary
             ,
             that
             no
             King
             
             can
             be
             long
             safe
             without
             it
             .
             And
             since
             the
             way
             of
             explicit
             Contract
             has
             been
             the
             general
             Method
             of
             our
             Predecessors
             ,
             therefore
             whatever
             Objections
             are
             made
             against
             that
             known
             saying
             of
             
               Bracton
               ,
               Lex
               facit
               Regem
            
             ,
             it
             will
             hold
             good
             in
             Law
             ;
             and
             I
             verily
             believe
             none
             of
             our
             Kings
             would
             exchange
             the
             Title
             that
             the
             Law
             gives
             them
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Evidences
             the
             Clergy
             can
             furnish
             them
             with
             out
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             prove
             their
             power
             absolute
             and
             arbitrary
             .
             Therefore
             since
             't
             is
             the
             Law
             that
             must
             tell
             us
             with
             what
             power
             our
             Kings
             are
             invested
             ,
             perhaps
             Bracton
             may
             give
             us
             as
             good
             an
             account
             of
             it
             as
             any
             body
             ,
             when
             he
             says
             ,
             
               The
               whole
               Power
               of
               the
               King
               of
            
             England
             
               is
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               do
               hurt
            
             ;
             which
             he
             explains
             ,
             by
             adding
             ,
             
               Nor
               can
               he
               do
               anything
               as
               a
               King
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               can
               legally
               do
               ,
               lib.
            
             3.
             c.
             9.
             
             From
             whence
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             the
             old
             Maxim
             ,
             
               That
               the
               King
               can
               do
               no
               wrong
               ,
            
             first
             sprung
             .
             For
             while
             he
             acts
             by
             Law
             ,
             't
             is
             evident
             he
             cannot
             ;
             and
             for
             what
             he
             does
             against
             Law
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             do
             it
             as
             a
             King.
             Nay
             ,
             the
             same
             Bracton
             seems
             to
             think
             ,
             That
             he
             actually
             unkings
             himself
             by
             it
             ;
             for
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Non
               est
               enim
               Rex
               ,
               ubi
               dominatur
               Voluntas
               ,
               &
               non
               Lex
               :
            
             By
             which
             certainly
             he
             does
             not
             mean
             ,
             that
             he
             ceased
             to
             be
             a
             good
             King
             ;
             for
             that
             he
             need
             not
             have
             been
             at
             the
             pains
             of
             telling
             us
             ;
             for
             our
             own
             sad
             Experience
             would
             soon
             have
             convinced
             us
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             having
             told
             us
             before
             ,
             That
             he
             can
             do
             nothing
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             can
             legally
             do
             ;
             without
             all
             doubt
             his
             meaning
             was
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             not
             to
             look
             upon
             him
             nor
             obey
             him
             as
             our
             King
             ,
             when
             he
             commands
             any
             thing
             contrary
             to
             Law.
             
          
           
           
             But
             there
             has
             been
             so
             much
             writ
             on
             this
             Subject
             already
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             would
             be
             hard
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             new
             upon
             it
             ,
             so
             it
             would
             be
             both
             tedious
             and
             superfluous
             to
             repeat
             the
             old
             .
             But
             I
             suppose
             I
             may
             safely
             take
             for
             granted
             what
             all
             sides
             allow
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             ours
             is
             a
             limited
             Monarchy
             :
             For
             all
             must
             own
             ,
             that
             if
             our
             Kings
             act
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             they
             must
             keep
             within
             the
             Boundaries
             of
             the
             Laws
             .
             And
             where
             the
             Regal
             Authority
             is
             circumscribed
             ,
             and
             the
             King's
             Power
             ,
             as
             King
             ,
             has
             its
             
               Non
               ultra
            
             ;
             yet
             that
             the
             Peoples
             Obedience
             should
             know
             no
             Measures
             ,
             but
             is
             extended
             
               ad
               infinitum
            
             ,
             is
             to
             me
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             a
             very
             unintelligible
             Doctrine
             .
             For
             if
             we
             are
             equally
             obliged
             to
             render
             Obedience
             ,
             either
             Active
             or
             Passive
             ,
             to
             the
             Kings
             Commands
             which
             are
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             to
             those
             which
             are
             consistent
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             authorized
             by
             it
             ;
             I
             must
             crave
             leave
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             Law
             is
             a
             very
             superfluous
             ,
             because
             a
             very
             insignificant
             thing
             ;
             nay
             ,
             certainly
             ,
             if
             the
             Case
             be
             so
             ,
             it
             were
             much
             better
             be
             taken
             away
             ;
             for
             perhaps
             it
             may
             betray
             some
             poor
             ignorant
             People
             ,
             who
             ,
             't
             is
             possible
             ,
             may
             think
             it
             gives
             them
             some
             Right
             ,
             when
             indeed
             it
             gives
             them
             none
             .
             But
             if
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             make
             any
             distinction
             between
             the
             Obedience
             we
             are
             to
             render
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             when
             he
             speaks
             like
             a
             King
             ,
             by
             the
             Consent
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Laws
             ;
             and
             what
             we
             are
             to
             pay
             him
             when
             he
             speaks
             in
             his
             Personal
             and
             Private
             Capacity
             :
             If
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             make
             any
             distinctions
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             I
             should
             desire
             them
             to
             set
             the
             Boundaries
             ;
             for
             truly
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Passive
             Obedience
             (
             in
             the
             Latitude
             they
             now
             take
             it
             )
             I
             know
             no
             body
             else
             that
             can
             fix
             them
             .
             But
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             of
             them
             ,
             whether
             there
             is
             not
             
             such
             a
             Rule
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             
               That
               where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               .
            
             And
             if
             no
             Transgression
             ,
             certainly
             no
             Obligation
             to
             undergo
             any
             Penalty
             ;
             for
             the
             same
             Text
             tells
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Verse
             ,
             Rom.
             4.15
             .
             
               That
               the
               Law
               worketh
               wrath
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             obligeth
             to
             the
             Punishment
             threatned
             to
             the
             Breakers
             of
             it
             :
             But
             ,
             
               Where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             ,
             no
             wrath
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             will
             please
             to
             apply
             this
             to
             the
             Point
             in
             hand
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             need
             not
             add
             any
             thing
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             proceed
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             besides
             the
             general
             and
             implicit
             Obligation
             that
             our
             Laws
             lay
             upon
             all
             that
             have
             any
             share
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             or
             any
             Interest
             in
             the
             State
             ;
             our
             Kings
             have
             a
             more
             particular
             and
             actual
             Obligation
             to
             govern
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             submit
             to
             them
             .
             For
             that
             August
             Ceremony
             of
             their
             Coronation
             was
             not
             intended
             only
             to
             please
             and
             amuse
             the
             Vulgar
             with
             the
             Gaiety
             and
             Splendor
             of
             the
             Shew
             ,
             but
             was
             instituted
             for
             Wiser
             Ends
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Magnificence
             and
             Solemnity
             of
             the
             Action
             ,
             it
             might
             fix
             upon
             the
             Hearts
             both
             of
             King
             and
             People
             the
             remembrance
             of
             those
             Vows
             and
             Engagements
             they
             at
             that
             time
             mutually
             make
             to
             one
             another
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             at
             all
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             Custom
             was
             derived
             from
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             that
             I
             have
             so
             largely
             treated
             on
             in
             my
             First
             Part
             :
             For
             here
             King
             and
             People
             make
             a
             solemn
             Covenant
             before
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             may
             be
             wanting
             to
             the
             Resemblance
             ,
             they
             partake
             of
             a
             Common
             Meal
             together
             ;
             which
             was
             the
             ancient
             way
             of
             confirming
             and
             ratifying
             all
             Compacts
             and
             Agreements
             betwixt
             Party
             and
             Party
             :
             And
             I
             think
             I
             may
             not
             improperly
             stile
             the
             Coronation
             ,
             the
             Marriage-day
             between
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             ;
             for
             altho
             in
             Hereditary
             
             Monarchies
             there
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             Pre-contract
             ,
             as
             there
             often
             is
             between
             private
             Persons
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             so
             obligatory
             ,
             that
             nothing
             but
             Death
             can
             dissolve
             it
             ;
             yet
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Law
             does
             not
             think
             that
             sufficient
             ,
             but
             requires
             a
             formal
             and
             publick
             owning
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             these
             Two
             Reasons
             ,
             among
             many
             others
             .
             First
             ,
             For
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             the
             Parties
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             them
             the
             greater
             Confidence
             in
             one
             another
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             the
             Number
             of
             Witnesses
             may
             be
             some
             Check
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             think
             how
             notorious
             their
             Perjury
             will
             be
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             confirm'd
             their
             Vows
             before
             a
             Multitude
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             ,
             as
             we
             before
             proved
             ,
             the
             King's
             Power
             was
             Limited
             ;
             so
             now
             I
             think
             we
             may
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             Conditional
             also
             :
             For
             I
             cannot
             but
             suppose
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             shall
             read
             this
             Paper
             ,
             understand
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Covenant
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             I
             need
             not
             tell
             them
             ,
             the
             Obligation
             is
             mutual
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             I
             break
             my
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             Right
             to
             challenge
             the
             Performance
             of
             the
             other
             side
             .
             But
             if
             Kings
             have
             any
             particular
             Privilege
             of
             breaking
             their
             Words
             ,
             and
             forswearing
             themselves
             ,
             they
             would
             do
             well
             to
             produce
             their
             Grant
             of
             Exemption
             from
             the
             Rules
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ;
             for
             we
             know
             where
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             
               I
               will
               not
               hold
               him
               guiltless
               that
               takes
               my
               Name
               in
               vain
            
             ;
             in
             which
             Law
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             any
             Exception
             .
             But
             I
             know
             to
             this
             't
             will
             be
             replied
             ,
             That
             they
             shall
             answer
             for
             it
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             accountable
             to
             their
             Subjects
             for
             the
             Breaches
             of
             their
             Oaths
             :
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             I
             do
             wonder
             why
             they
             were
             at
             first
             imposed
             ;
             for
             I
             think
             I
             may
             not
             improperly
             urge
             what
             St.
             Paul
             says
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             1.9
             .
             
               The
               Law
               is
               not
               made
               for
               the
               righteous
               man
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               lawless
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             So
             't
             is
             not
             a
             good
             King
             that
             
             we
             desire
             to
             tie
             up
             ;
             for
             we
             know
             he
             will
             be
             a
             Law
             to
             himself
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             the
             Lawless
             King
             that
             we
             would
             set
             Bounds
             to
             .
             But
             if
             the
             most
             sacred
             and
             solemn
             Oaths
             give
             the
             Subject
             no
             Right
             at
             all
             to
             require
             or
             expect
             Performance
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             of
             what
             Use
             they
             are
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             to
             Damn
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             surely
             will
             be
             but
             small
             Consolation
             to
             a
             Christian
             Subject
             .
             But
             this
             by
             the
             by
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             such
             Covenants
             have
             in
             all
             Ages
             and
             Nations
             been
             counted
             so
             obligatory
             and
             sacred
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostle
             tells
             you
             ,
             Gal.
             3.15
             .
             
               Tho
               it
               be
               but
               a
               Mans
               Covenant
               ,
               yet
               if
               it
               be
               confirm'd
               ,
               no
               Man
               disanmilleth
               ,
               or
               addeth
               thereto
               .
            
             Nor
             can
             any
             after-act
             (
             as
             he
             proves
             very
             well
             in
             the
             17
             th
             Verse
             )
             make
             it
             void
             :
             Therefore
             by
             this
             Doctrine
             I
             cannot
             see
             what
             Authority
             any
             third
             Person
             has
             to
             acquit
             either
             King
             or
             People
             of
             their
             Oaths
             to
             each
             other
             :
             So
             that
             I
             hope
             I
             may
             without
             offence
             say
             ,
             That
             Kings
             are
             obliged
             by
             their
             Covenants
             ,
             since
             God
             Almighty
             owns
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             ;
             for
             Moses
             desires
             the
             People
             should
             take
             particular
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             Deut.
             7.9
             .
             
               Know
               therefore
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               the
               faithful
               God
               ,
               which
               keepeth
               Covenant
               and
               Mercy
               with
               them
               that
               love
               him
               and
               keep
               his
               Commandments
               :
            
             That
             is
             ,
             God
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             perform
             his
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             if
             the
             People
             keep
             theirs
             .
             And
             in
             Psal.
             89.34
             .
             
               My
               Covenant
               will
               I
               not
               break
               ,
            
             says
             God.
             And
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             Title
             wherein
             he
             takes
             more
             than
             ordinary
             delight
             ;
             for
             both
             Nehemiah
             and
             Daniel
             desiring
             to
             procure
             his
             Favour
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             him
             propitious
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             begin
             their
             Addresses
             to
             him
             in
             these
             very
             words
             :
             
               O
               Lord
               God
               ,
               the
               great
               and
               terrible
               God
               ,
               that
               keepeth
               Covenant
               and
               Mercy
               ,
               &c.
               
               Neh.
            
             1.5
             .
             and
             Dan.
             
             9.4
             .
             therefore
             since
             it
             is
             one
             of
             the
             Attributes
             and
             Excellencies
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             true
             and
             faithful
             to
             his
             word
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             no
             part
             of
             the
             Privilege
             of
             Kings
             to
             be
             at
             liberty
             to
             break
             theirs
             .
          
           
             Now
             all
             Covenants
             being
             Conditional
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             possibility
             of
             the
             Parties
             breaking
             their
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             there
             is
             also
             a
             possibility
             of
             their
             forfeiting
             the
             advantages
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             right
             they
             had
             to
             claim
             performance
             of
             the
             other
             side
             .
             Now
             that
             Kings
             can
             break
             their
             Word
             ,
             and
             Oath
             too
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             meaner
             Men
             ,
             we
             have
             had
             a
             little
             too
             late
             experience
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             a
             point
             of
             great
             concern
             ,
             to
             know
             how
             far
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             may
             be
             lawful
             for
             the
             Subjects
             to
             take
             the
             forfeiture
             for
             their
             Kings
             brench
             of
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             God
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             attempt
             to
             make
             the
             Government
             Precarious
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             Kings
             accountable
             for
             every
             little
             Failure
             :
             For
             as
             every
             breach
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             a
             Subject
             is
             not
             Treason
             ,
             so
             every
             violation
             of
             it
             by
             the
             Prince
             is
             not
             the
             forfeiting
             of
             his
             Prerogative
             .
             Nay
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             very
             few
             Cases
             wherein
             't
             is
             possible
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             that
             perhaps
             our
             Late
             unhappy
             King
             James
             is
             the
             first
             Instance
             of
             it
             in
             our
             Nation
             ;
             not
             but
             that
             we
             have
             had
             as
             bad
             Kings
             ,
             and
             worse
             Men
             to
             rule
             over
             us
             :
             But
             none
             but
             himself
             did
             ever
             attempt
             ,
             in
             so
             many
             Instances
             to
             destroy
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             overturn
             the
             very
             Foundation
             of
             our
             Government
             .
             For
             't
             was
             neither
             his
             Mal-administration
             in
             general
             ,
             nor
             the
             several
             particular
             Injustices
             that
             were
             committed
             in
             his
             Reign
             ,
             that
             I
             look
             upon
             as
             his
             great
             Crimes
             :
             For
             although
             the
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Magdalen
             College
             ,
             were
             very
             ill
             things
             ,
             and
             made
             
             a
             very
             great
             noise
             ,
             yet
             sure
             none
             can
             say
             that
             he
             forseited
             his
             Crown
             by
             those
             particular
             Breaches
             of
             the
             Law.
             No
             ,
             there
             was
             the
             time
             for
             shewing
             and
             exercising
             true
             Passive
             Obedience
             ;
             for
             had
             the
             Bishops
             done
             any
             thing
             but
             just
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             done
             their
             Duty
             ;
             but
             their
             Patience
             and
             Submission
             to
             those
             Injustices
             did
             extreamly
             well
             become
             them
             :
             For
             't
             would
             be
             a
             sad
             World
             indeed
             ,
             if
             every
             body
             that
             thought
             themselves
             hardly
             or
             unjustly
             dealt
             withal
             ,
             should
             fly
             in
             the
             face
             of
             Publick
             Authority
             ,
             and
             have
             power
             to
             resist
             the
             lawful
             Magistrate
             .
             No
             ,
             I
             would
             rather
             chuse
             to
             live
             under
             the
             greatest
             Tyrant
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             than
             in
             such
             an
             Anarchy
             ;
             for
             where
             there
             is
             any
             Law
             ,
             private
             Persons
             are
             not
             ,
             nor
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             Judges
             in
             their
             own
             Causes
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             one
             Reason
             why
             an
             unjust
             Sentence
             is
             Obligatory
             ;
             for
             in
             such
             Cases
             private
             Persons
             must
             suffer
             ,
             rather
             than
             by
             force
             right
             themselves
             .
             For
             't
             is
             an
             old
             saying
             ,
             Better
             a
             Mischief
             than
             an
             Inconvenience
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             Better
             a
             private
             Person
             should
             be
             wrong'd
             ,
             than
             the
             publick
             Peace
             disturb'd
             ;
             and
             the
             calling
             Authority
             in
             question
             for
             every
             little
             Complaint
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             greater
             inconvenience
             than
             thousands
             unjust
             Sentences
             against
             particular
             Persons
             ;
             for
             although
             Justice
             be
             never
             so
             much
             violated
             ,
             yet
             if
             the
             Law
             it self
             be
             preserv'd
             intire
             ,
             and
             the
             Constitution
             and
             Basis
             of
             the
             Government
             remain
             firm
             and
             unshaken
             ,
             the
             Subject
             must
             be
             content
             to
             suffer
             ,
             and
             neither
             Oppose
             nor
             Depose
             their
             King.
             But
             yet
             ,
             after
             all
             ,
             there
             is
             some
             things
             that
             may
             be
             done
             by
             Princes
             ,
             which
             the
             greatest
             Asserters
             of
             the
             Monarchical
             Right
             hold
             to
             be
             Forfeitures
             of
             it
             ;
             particularly
             ,
             the
             selling
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             betraying
             them
             to
             a
             Foreign
             Power
             and
             Jurisdiction
             :
             
             to
             which
             I
             shall
             crave
             leave
             to
             add
             two
             more
             ;
             the
             setting
             up
             a
             False
             and
             Spurious
             Heir
             in
             an
             Hereditary
             Monarchy
             ;
             and
             the
             overturning
             all
             the
             Establisht
             Laws
             ,
             and
             setting
             up
             Arbitrary
             Power
             in
             a
             limited
             one
             .
             And
             if
             I
             can
             prove
             our
             late
             King
             James
             to
             have
             been
             guilty
             of
             all
             three
             ,
             surely
             I
             need
             not
             say
             much
             more
             to
             prove
             that
             he
             has
             forfeited
             his
             Right
             ,
             or
             that
             his
             Subjects
             are
             actually
             freed
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             And
             as
             to
             the
             first
             point
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             my self
             to
             enquire
             into
             the
             particulars
             of
             the
             Private
             League
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             he
             made
             with
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             publick
             matters
             of
             Fact
             enough
             ,
             to
             prove
             all
             that
             is
             necessary
             in
             this
             Point
             :
             For
             the
             sending
             an
             Ambassador
             to
             Rome
             ,
             and
             owning
             of
             the
             Popes
             Authority
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             receive
             his
             Nuncio
             and
             Provincial
             Romish
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             that
             against
             so
             many
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             that
             are
             expresly
             against
             it
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             that
             ,
             but
             making
             Privy
             Counsellors
             ,
             and
             advancing
             to
             the
             Helm
             of
             State
             those
             very
             Persons
             that
             by
             our
             Laws
             are
             not
             allow'd
             to
             live
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             to
             what
             end
             could
             all
             this
             tend
             ,
             but
             to
             bring
             the
             Nation
             under
             the
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
             and
             Slavery
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             second
             ,
             of
             setting
             up
             a
             suspected
             Child
             to
             be
             Heir
             ;
             as
             't
             is
             a
             thing
             of
             which
             we
             have
             no
             President
             in
             all
             our
             Story
             ,
             so
             't
             is
             a
             Sin
             for
             which
             we
             have
             yet
             no
             name
             ;
             but
             I
             should
             call
             it
             Civil
             Adultery
             ;
             it
             being
             doing
             that
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             that
             a
             false
             Wife
             does
             in
             a
             private
             Family
             .
             It
             is
             a
             thing
             indeed
             against
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             ,
             because
             ,
             like
             that
             of
             committing
             Paricide
             ,
             the
             Law-givers
             thought
             no
             body
             could
             ever
             be
             guilty
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             truly
             I
             believe
             he
             is
             the
             first
             Instance
             
             of
             a
             Father
             that
             ever
             set
             up
             a
             suspected
             Child
             against
             his
             own
             Children
             .
             And
             if
             this
             is
             not
             an
             inversion
             ,
             or
             rather
             a
             subversion
             of
             the
             Succession
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             is
             .
             And
             yet
             ,
             to
             my
             wonder
             ,
             I
             can
             see
             some
             people
             pass
             this
             by
             very
             patiently
             ,
             who
             can
             rail
             with
             a
             very
             good
             grace
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             I
             cannot
             say
             for
             giving
             the
             present
             King
             a
             Right
             ,
             but
             anticipating
             the
             Title
             he
             had
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             next
             Heirs
             too
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             cannot
             say
             there
             is
             any
             wrong
             done
             in
             the
             Case
             And
             yet
             some
             make
             a
             horrible
             out-cry
             ,
             as
             if
             both
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             Succession
             ,
             were
             all
             subverted
             and
             broken
             by
             it
             :
             when
             they
             have
             only
             set
             up
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             for
             which
             there
             is
             Presidents
             in
             our
             own
             Chronicles
             .
             For
             Henry
             the
             7th
             .
             by
             Name
             ,
             had
             no
             Right
             of
             either
             side
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             derived
             from
             his
             Mother
             (
             who
             was
             Heir
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Lancaster
             )
             and
             his
             Wife
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             true
             and
             undoubted
             Heir
             of
             the
             House
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             But
             although
             he
             Reigned
             by
             her
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             suffer
             her
             to
             Reign
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             allow
             her
             neither
             Power
             nor
             Title
             ;
             so
             that
             this
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             among
             us
             ;
             but
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             that
             spurious
             Brat
             I
             am
             sure
             has
             no
             paralel
             :
             And
             if
             there
             was
             to
             be
             Inversion
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             surely
             it
             should
             sooner
             be
             made
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             a
             Noble
             Prince
             ,
             who
             merited
             all
             that
             could
             be
             done
             for
             him
             ,
             than
             for
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             an
             unknown
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             probability
             base-born
             Child
             ;
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             which
             all
             true
             English
             Men
             ought
             to
             abhor
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             But
             how
             foul
             soever
             the
             two
             former
             things
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             appear
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             third
             that
             knocks
             the
             Nail
             of
             the
             head
             .
             But
             I
             think
             I
             may
             reasonably
             suppose
             
             it
             superfluous
             for
             me
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             long
             Discourse
             of
             the
             Illegality
             of
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             fully
             display'd
             in
             the
             Tryal
             of
             the
             seven
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             supersede
             all
             that
             can
             be
             said
             on
             the
             point
             .
             But
             although
             Charles
             the
             Second
             wished
             he
             had
             had
             the
             Power
             of
             dispensing
             with
             tender
             Consciences
             on
             some
             particular
             Emergencies
             ;
             yet
             none
             but
             our
             late
             King
             James
             ever
             pretended
             to
             have
             Authority
             to
             dispense
             with
             ,
             and
             silence
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             when
             he
             assumed
             to
             himself
             the
             Power
             of
             dispensing
             with
             those
             Laws
             he
             could
             neither
             make
             nor
             abrogate
             ,
             he
             did
             at
             once
             both
             Unking
             himself
             and
             release
             his
             Subjects
             .
             For
             as
             the
             English
             Kings
             have
             no
             Right
             but
             what
             the
             Law
             gives
             them
             ;
             so
             the
             People
             owe
             no
             duty
             but
             what
             the
             same
             Law
             obliges
             them
             to
             ;
             and
             when
             our
             Kings
             go
             about
             to
             invalidate
             the
             Laws
             ,
             they
             destroy
             that
             very
             Power
             that
             gives
             the
             Monarchy
             both
             Being
             and
             Authority
             .
             And
             that
             this
             was
             the
             very
             Case
             of
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             I
             dare
             appeal
             to
             any
             body
             that
             knows
             our
             Laws
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             those
             vile
             despicable
             Wretches
             ,
             whose
             names
             will
             be
             Infamous
             to
             all
             Posterity
             ,
             who
             pretending
             to
             sit
             to
             Judge
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             gave
             Sentence
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law.
             But
             it
             was
             very
             much
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             that
             Noble
             Profession
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             so
             many
             sets
             of
             Judges
             turned
             out
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             so
             many
             years
             before
             they
             could
             pick
             out
             Twelve
             Men
             that
             were
             Rogues
             enough
             to
             be
             entrusted
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             even
             here
             they
             were
             happily
             deceived
             ,
             for
             among
             four
             which
             I
             suppose
             they
             thought
             themselves
             secure
             of
             ,
             two
             of
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             the
             tryal
             ,
             approved
             themselves
             honest
             Men.
             But
             if
             we
             talk
             of
             Treason
             and
             of
             
             Traytors
             ,
             none
             sure
             ,
             since
             the
             very
             Foundation
             of
             Monarchy
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             have
             deserved
             that
             Title
             so
             well
             as
             J.
             and
             C.
             for
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             know
             them
             by
             the
             Names
             of
             Lord
             C.
             and
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Ch.
             (
             but
             since
             there
             was
             a
             Judas
             among
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             be
             no
             scandal
             to
             our
             Excellent
             and
             Reverend
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             one
             Traytor
             among
             them
             .
             )
             But
             certainly
             two
             such
             Traytors
             both
             to
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             ,
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             England
             never
             bred
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             they
             will
             meet
             with
             such
             full
             rewards
             for
             their
             Treasons
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             as
             may
             deter
             others
             from
             following
             them
             ,
             and
             also
             secure
             them
             from
             that
             sadder
             vengeance
             in
             the
             World
             to
             come
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             heartily
             wish
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             here
             add
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             on
             this
             Head
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             suppose
             it
             needless
             ;
             for
             having
             proved
             before
             ,
             that
             our
             King's
             Power
             is
             both
             Limited
             and
             Conditional
             ,
             and
             consequently
             that
             he
             can
             forfeit
             his
             Right
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             I
             think
             I
             need
             not
             ,
             now
             I
             have
             made
             out
             those
             three
             things
             ,
             use
             any
             other
             Arguments
             to
             prove
             King
             James
             has
             actually
             done
             so
             ,
             although
             I
             might
             insist
             upon
             his
             Deserting
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             subverting
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             But
             after
             all
             that
             I
             can
             say
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             expect
             every
             body
             should
             have
             the
             same
             Sentiments
             I
             have
             .
             But
             having
             endeavour'd
             from
             the
             beginning
             to
             clear
             the
             way
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             to
             prove
             all
             my
             Points
             as
             I
             went
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             leave
             my
             Reader
             in
             a
             Maze
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             I
             shall
             consider
             and
             answer
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             the
             Chief
             Objections
             that
             may
             be
             made
             against
             what
             
             I
             have
             now
             said
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             these
             Four
             Heads
             .
             First
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             receiv'd
             Opinion
             of
             Monarchies
             being
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             ,
             and
             being
             first
             Instituted
             by
             God.
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             it
             contradicts
             several
             plain
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             having
             sworn
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             James
             ,
             his
             doing
             an
             ill
             thing
             will
             not
             acquit
             us
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             doing
             the
             same
             thing
             we
             condemn'd
             so
             in
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             41.
             
             And
             I
             should
             have
             added
             a
             fifth
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             in
             part
             anticipated
             all
             the
             Objections
             can
             be
             made
             against
             the
             Succession
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Now
             to
             the
             First
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             desire
             them
             to
             consider
             what
             I
             have
             said
             in
             my
             First
             Part
             ,
             about
             the
             first
             beginning
             of
             Monarchy
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             particularly
             the
             establishing
             of
             it
             among
             the
             Jews
             .
             But
             although
             I
             there
             deny
             its
             first
             Institution
             to
             be
             by
             God's
             immediate
             Appointment
             and
             Direction
             ;
             yet
             I
             would
             not
             be
             understood
             so
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             meant
             to
             exclude
             God
             from
             having
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             in
             the
             setting
             up
             or
             making
             of
             Kings
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             
               by
               him
               Kings
               reign
            
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             by
             his
             Counsel
             and
             Inspiration
             that
             
               Princes
               decree
               just
               things
            
             :
             For
             ,
             alas
             !
             without
             him
             the
             mightiest
             Monarch
             in
             the
             World
             can
             neither
             think
             a
             Thought
             ,
             nor
             stir
             a
             Step
             ;
             for
             
               in
               him
            
             (
             as
             St.
             Paul
             says
             )
             
               we
               live
               ,
               and
               move
               ,
               and
               have
               our
               being
               ,
               Acts
            
             17.28
             .
             So
             that
             in
             some
             senses
             God
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             our
             Actions
             ;
             for
             the
             Prophet
             says
             ,
             
               Shall
               there
               be
               evil
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               hath
               not
               done
               it
               ?
               Amos
            
             3.6
             .
             
               And
               without
               him
               we
               are
               not
               able
               to
               do
               any
               thing
            
             ;
             for
             St.
             Paul
             says
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             3.5
             .
             
               That
               we
               are
               not
               sufficient
               of
               our selves
               to
               think
               any
               thing
               as
               of
               our selves
               ,
               but
               our
               sufficiency
               is
               of
               God
               :
            
             And
             if
             not
             able
             to
             think
             ,
             certainly
             not
             able
             to
             act
             ,
             without
             his
             Concurrence
             
             and
             Assistance
             .
             And
             if
             a
             Sparrow
             shall
             not
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             without
             our
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Hairs
             of
             our
             Head
             are
             numbred
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             tells
             us
             ,
             Mat.
             10.29
             ,
             30.
             surely
             that
             God
             that
             takes
             such
             care
             and
             notice
             of
             little
             inconsiderable
             things
             ,
             will
             not
             let
             Kings
             and
             Kingdoms
             be
             without
             his
             Care
             and
             Providence
             :
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             ,
             as
             St.
             Peter
             stiles
             them
             ,
             
               an
               Ordinance
               of
               Man.
            
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             some
             of
             our
             Prerogative-men
             treat
             the
             King
             as
             the
             Papists
             have
             done
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             think
             they
             cannot
             speak
             too
             highly
             of
             her
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             make
             her
             a
             perfect
             Goddess
             ,
             and
             ascribe
             Honours
             to
             her
             which
             are
             not
             her
             due
             .
             But
             altho
             I
             have
             as
             great
             Veneration
             for
             her
             as
             I
             can
             or
             ought
             to
             have
             for
             a
             Creature
             ,
             and
             acknowledge
             her
             to
             be
             
               Blessed
               among
               Women
            
             ;
             yet
             she
             was
             but
             a
             Woman
             still
             :
             So
             I
             must
             look
             upon
             Kings
             as
             Men
             still
             ,
             and
             own
             them
             to
             be
             the
             Chiefest
             ,
             I
             wish
             I
             could
             always
             say
             ,
             the
             Best
             of
             Men.
             And
             altho
             God
             may
             in
             his
             secret
             Decrees
             design
             the
             making
             such
             Persons
             Kings
             ;
             yet
             he
             makes
             the
             People
             the
             Instruments
             of
             raising
             them
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             from
             the
             People
             that
             they
             immediately
             receive
             their
             Power
             ,
             as
             I
             shew'd
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Stories
             of
             David
             and
             Jeroboam
             .
             But
             tho
             God
             do
             not
             chuse
             a
             King
             by
             any
             miraculous
             Declaration
             of
             his
             Will
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             yet
             (
             if
             that
             will
             satisfie
             )
             I
             will
             grant
             that
             he
             may
             direct
             and
             incline
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             People
             to
             chuse
             one
             rather
             than
             another
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             once
             have
             chose
             ,
             God
             certainly
             does
             confirm
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             't
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Peoples
             power
             to
             chuse
             again
             ,
             unless
             by
             the
             King's
             fault
             his
             Power
             is
             forfeited
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             revolves
             to
             the
             People
             .
             For
             I
             should
             be
             very
             unwilling
             to
             live
             under
             any
             Government
             where
             God
             has
             nothing
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             
             all
             that
             I
             contest
             is
             ,
             that
             Kings
             are
             not
             so
             immediately
             set
             up
             by
             God
             ,
             that
             upon
             that
             score
             they
             should
             be
             unaccountable
             to
             their
             People
             ,
             especially
             where
             they
             are
             not
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             evident
             they
             are
             not
             in
             England
             .
             And
             that
             one
             Circumstance
             does
             make
             so
             great
             an
             alteration
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             that
             it
             almost
             supersedes
             what
             I
             have
             to
             say
             to
             the
             several
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             that
             may
             be
             urged
             against
             what
             I
             have
             here
             said
             :
             But
             yet
             that
             I
             may
             both
             take
             away
             all
             Objections
             ,
             and
             give
             all
             the
             Satisfaction
             imaginable
             ,
             we
             will
             consider
             all
             those
             Texts
             distinctly
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             far
             they
             may
             be
             applicable
             to
             our
             Case
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             And
             the
             properest
             Method
             of
             doing
             it
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             will
             be
             by
             taking
             them
             in
             order
             as
             they
             lie
             :
             And
             the
             first
             that
             offers
             it self
             to
             our
             Consideration
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
               Mat.
               22.21
               .
               Render
               therefore
               to
               Cesar
               the
               things
               that
               are
               Cesar's
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             having
             had
             occasion
             in
             another
             place
             to
             treat
             of
             that
             Text
             ,
             I
             shall
             desire
             my
             Reader
             to
             turn
             some
             few
             Leaves
             back
             ,
             and
             shall
             only
             add
             to
             what
             I
             have
             there
             said
             ,
             That
             I
             do
             acknowledge
             it
             a
             Duty
             to
             render
             to
             Cesar
             ,
             nay
             to
             every
             body
             ,
             the
             Things
             and
             Dues
             that
             belong
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             think
             that
             we
             fully
             discharge
             our
             Duty
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             when
             we
             pay
             him
             all
             the
             Obedience
             that
             the
             Law
             gives
             him
             Right
             to
             challenge
             ,
             or
             lays
             any
             Obligation
             upon
             the
             Subject
             to
             perform
             :
             And
             if
             they
             can
             by
             this
             Text
             prove
             we
             do
             not
             do
             so
             ,
             or
             that
             we
             are
             obliged
             to
             render
             unto
             Cesar
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             
             Cesar's
             ,
             they
             will
             indeed
             then
             say
             something
             to
             the
             purpose
             .
             But
             this
             being
             the
             only
             Rule
             that
             our
             Saviour
             gave
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             and
             it
             being
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             our
             Saviour
             did
             not
             intend
             to
             make
             any
             Alteration
             in
             the
             Rights
             of
             Princes
             ,
             but
             leaves
             them
             
             as
             he
             found
             them
             ;
             it
             may
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             consider
             a
             little
             how
             he
             found
             that
             Matter
             ,
             and
             what
             particular
             Commands
             God
             gave
             to
             the
             Jews
             concerning
             their
             Obedience
             to
             Kings
             .
             And
             I
             must
             declare
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             read
             the
             Old
             Testament
             over
             with
             all
             the
             attention
             I
             am
             capable
             of
             ;
             and
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             the
             Proverbs
             ,
             I
             cannot
             find
             one
             Text
             that
             gives
             us
             any
             Direction
             ,
             much
             less
             Command
             ,
             about
             Subjection
             to
             Kings
             ,
             but
             only
             what
             our
             Divines
             draw
             by
             way
             of
             Inference
             from
             the
             Fifth
             Commandment
             :
             But
             whether
             God
             intended
             it
             in
             that
             sense
             they
             have
             now
             put
             upon
             it
             ,
             I
             think
             might
             bear
             a
             Dispute
             :
             But
             if
             he
             did
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             only
             by
             way
             of
             Prophecy
             ,
             for
             there
             was
             not
             a
             King
             in
             Israel
             for
             near
             Five
             hundred
             Years
             after
             the
             giving
             of
             the
             Law
             :
             And
             this
             I
             'm
             sure
             of
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             Saul
             ,
             when
             Samuel
             had
             the
             King
             and
             People
             Face
             to
             Face
             ,
             altho
             he
             often
             repeats
             their
             Duty
             and
             Obligation
             of
             fearing
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             obeying
             him
             ,
             yet
             not
             one
             word
             of
             Command
             to
             the
             People
             to
             obey
             their
             new
             King
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             sometimes
             wonder'd
             at
             ;
             and
             the
             only
             Account
             that
             I
             can
             give
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             this
             :
             That
             being
             they
             were
             resolv'd
             they
             would
             be
             like
             other
             Nations
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             a
             King
             to
             reign
             over
             them
             ,
             God
             comply'd
             with
             them
             in
             the
             thing
             ,
             but
             would
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             the
             Compact
             between
             them
             ,
             but
             leaves
             them
             to
             agree
             that
             Matter
             between
             themselves
             as
             well
             as
             they
             can
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             we
             find
             ,
             that
             tho
             God
             chose
             the
             Person
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             David
             ,
             yet
             they
             would
             not
             admit
             him
             King
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             made
             a
             Bargain
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shew'd
             at
             large
             in
             the
             First
             Part
             of
             this
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             as
             far
             as
             I
             can
             discover
             ,
             the
             Power
             that
             our
             Saviour
             found
             Kings
             
             invested
             with
             ,
             was
             what
             the
             People
             first
             consented
             to
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             Laws
             obliged
             themselves
             to
             :
             But
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Universal
             Rule
             ,
             because
             that
             the
             Laws
             vary
             according
             to
             the
             differing
             Constitution
             of
             Government
             that
             is
             in
             several
             Nations
             :
             Therefore
             our
             Saviour
             gave
             the
             properest
             and
             the
             fullest
             Answer
             ,
             by
             bidding
             them
             render
             to
             Kings
             what
             by
             the
             Municipal
             Laws
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             was
             their
             Due
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Text
             is
             that
             of
             our
             Saviours
             rebuking
             St.
             
               Peter
               ,
               Mat.
            
             26.52
             .
             
               Then
               said
               Jesus
               unto
               him
               ,
               Put
               up
               thy
               Sword
               into
               thy
               place
               ;
               for
               all
               they
               that
               take
               the
               Sword
               ,
               shall
               perish
               with
               the
               Sword.
            
             Now
             for
             the
             better
             understanding
             of
             this
             Place
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             be
             improper
             to
             compare
             the
             several
             Relations
             of
             this
             very
             Passage
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             diversly
             recorded
             by
             all
             Four
             Evangelists
             ;
             and
             altho
             it
             is
             the
             most
             at
             large
             in
             St.
             Matthew
             ,
             yet
             he
             omits
             one
             very
             necessary
             and
             remarkable
             Particular
             ,
             which
             is
             related
             by
             St.
             
               Luke
               ,
               chap.
            
             22.49
             .
             
               And
               when
               they
               which
               were
               about
               him
               saw
               what
               would
               follow
               ,
               they
               said
               unto
               him
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               shall
               we
               smite
               with
               the
               Sword
               ?
            
             But
             Peter
             being
             a
             little
             too
             zealous
             ,
             would
             not
             stay
             for
             his
             Lord's
             Answer
             ,
             as
             the
             others
             did
             ;
             but
             without
             leave
             makes
             use
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             occasions
             him
             this
             Reprimand
             from
             Christ
             ,
             and
             upon
             a
             double
             account
             .
             First
             ,
             Striking
             without
             his
             Lord's
             Commission
             ;
             for
             I
             do
             not
             question
             but
             it
             would
             have
             been
             a
             fault
             in
             him
             to
             have
             cut
             off
             any
             bodys
             Ear
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
             Malchus's
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Thinking
             that
             Christ
             wanted
             his
             Defence
             ;
             and
             tho
             Christ
             had
             so
             often
             foretold
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Son
               of
               Man
               was
               to
               be
               betray'd
               ,
               and
               given
               up
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               Sinners
            
             ;
             yet
             now
             he
             would
             pretend
             to
             rescue
             him
             from
             those
             very
             Sufferings
             he
             came
             on
             purpose
             into
             the
             World
             to
             undergo
             .
             For
             
             St.
             John
             lays
             the
             stress
             of
             the
             Argument
             there
             ,
             
               Put
               up
               thy
               Sword
               into
               the
               Sheath
               :
               The
               Cup
               that
               my
               Father
               gives
               me
               ,
               shall
               I
               not
               drink
               it
               ?
            
             Joh.
             18.11
             .
             So
             that
             the
             unseasonableness
             of
             the
             Defence
             is
             all
             that
             he
             there
             reproves
             ,
             and
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             the
             chief
             thing
             aimed
             at
             by
             St.
             Matthew
             ,
             when
             Christ
             says
             ,
             
               Thinkest
               thou
               that
               I
               cannot
               now
               pray
               to
               my
               Father
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               presently
               give
               me
               more
               than
               twelve
               Legions
               of
               Angels
               ?
               But
               how
               then
               shall
               the
               Scripture
               be
               fulfilled
               ,
               that
               thus
               it
               must
               be
               ?
               Mat.
            
             26.53
             ,
             54.
             
             But
             allowing
             it
             was
             unlawful
             for
             St.
             Peter
             to
             strike
             without
             Christ's
             leave
             ,
             yet
             I
             cannot
             see
             how
             that
             Text
             would
             support
             all
             that
             they
             would
             build
             upon
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             Chief
             Priest's
             was
             not
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             that
             Nation
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             for
             they
             own'd
             to
             Pilate
             ,
             Joh.
             18.31
             .
             
               That
               it
               was
               not
               lawful
               for
               them
               to
               put
               any
               man
               to
               death
               :
            
             And
             whether
             they
             had
             any
             better
             Authority
             to
             take
             him
             ,
             is
             more
             than
             I
             think
             can
             be
             proved
             ;
             for
             St.
             Matthew
             intimates
             ,
             that
             they
             sought
             to
             take
             him
             by
             craft
             and
             subtilty
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             have
             accomplished
             it
             but
             by
             his
             Servant's
             Treachery
             ;
             and
             after
             they
             had
             apprehended
             him
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             to
             Pilate
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Chief
             Magistrate
             under
             Cesar
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             not
             pretend
             to
             judge
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             belong'd
             to
             
             Herod's
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             till
             Herod
             return'd
             him
             to
             him
             .
             So
             that
             here
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             suppose
             ,
             that
             
             Malchus's
             being
             the
             High
             Priest's
             Officer
             ,
             was
             an
             Aggravation
             to
             St.
             
             Peter's
             Guilt
             ;
             for
             the
             High
             Priest
             had
             no
             Power
             himself
             in
             those
             Causes
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Resistance
             of
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             Publick
             Authority
             in
             the
             Case
             .
             But
             our
             Saviour
             did
             very
             justly
             condemn
             
             Peter's
             taking
             so
             much
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             to
             presume
             to
             strike
             without
             his
             Lord's
             leave
             ,
             when
             he
             stood
             by
             .
          
           
           
             But
             now
             the
             two
             main
             Texts
             of
             Rom.
             13.
             and
             1
             Pet.
             2.13
             .
             should
             come
             to
             be
             considered
             ;
             but
             they
             enterfering
             a
             little
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             we
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             reconcile
             them
             ,
             before
             we
             discourse
             of
             either
             ;
             for
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             directly
             contrary
             ,
             than
             St.
             Peter's
             calling
             that
             
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               Man
            
             ,
             which
             
               St.
               Paul
            
             says
             is
             
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               God.
            
             But
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             cannot
             see
             that
             there
             is
             any
             greater
             necessity
             of
             bringing
             
               St.
               Peter
            
             to
             
               St.
               Paul
            
             ,
             than
             Paul
             to
             Peter
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             both
             Canonical
             ,
             and
             both
             equally
             true
             ;
             and
             were
             it
             not
             that
             all
             Texts
             are
             to
             be
             prest
             to
             maintain
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Monarchy's
             being
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             there
             were
             no
             great
             difference
             in
             the
             Case
             :
             For
             having
             before
             so
             fully
             proved
             ,
             That
             Kings
             were
             at
             first
             set
             up
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             
               St.
               Peter
            
             had
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             reason
             to
             call
             them
             
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               Man
            
             ;
             but
             after
             they
             were
             establish'd
             ,
             it
             was
             then
             the
             Ordinance
             ,
             Order
             ,
             or
             Command
             of
             God
             ,
             call
             it
             which
             you
             will
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             should
             obey
             them
             as
             far
             as
             they
             had
             obliged
             themselves
             by
             Law
             to
             do
             :
             And
             I
             do
             and
             must
             own
             ,
             that
             any
             Subject
             who
             refuses
             Obedience
             ,
             either
             Active
             or
             Passive
             ,
             in
             any
             of
             those
             Instances
             which
             the
             Laws
             and
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Government
             require
             him
             to
             submit
             to
             ;
             that
             Man
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             does
             actually
             resist
             the
             Ordinance
             or
             Command
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             does
             deserve
             the
             Penalty
             the
             Apostle
             threatens
             ,
             take
             the
             Word
             in
             what
             Latitude
             you
             please
             .
             And
             this
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             clearest
             way
             of
             reconciling
             the
             two
             Texts
             .
             And
             I
             will
             also
             own
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostles
             gave
             very
             good
             Advice
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Christians
             of
             those
             Times
             were
             obliged
             to
             follow
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             now
             in
             the
             World
             any
             Christians
             in
             the
             same
             unhappy
             Predicament
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             it
             their
             Duty
             to
             follow
             it
             also
             :
             But
             ,
             God
             be
             thank'd
             ,
             we
             are
             in
             much
             other
             Circumstances
             than
             they
             were
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             for
             they
             were
             
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Arbitrary
             Tyrants
             ,
             whose
             Will
             was
             their
             only
             Law
             :
             Whereas
             we
             are
             under
             no
             Law
             but
             what
             we
             have
             made
             our selves
             ,
             and
             our
             King's
             Power
             is
             both
             Limited
             and
             Conditional
             ,
             and
             ,
             properly
             speaking
             ,
             we
             cannot
             call
             the
             King
             Supreme
             ,
             for
             I
             think
             I
             have
             before
             shew'd
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             possibility
             for
             a
             King
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             Treason
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             which
             is
             tantamount
             to
             it
             ;
             for
             they
             can
             forfeit
             their
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             not
             at
             all
             doubt
             but
             our
             late
             King
             actually
             did
             .
             So
             that
             unless
             they
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             duty
             of
             all
             Kingdoms
             and
             States
             to
             put
             themselves
             into
             the
             same
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             make
             themselves
             Slaves
             on
             purpose
             that
             they
             may
             be
             oblig'd
             by
             this
             Command
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             ;
             I
             think
             we
             may
             very
             lawfully
             plead
             exemption
             from
             some
             of
             the
             Inferences
             they
             would
             draw
             from
             it
             ;
             not
             but
             that
             I
             will
             own
             there
             is
             such
             a
             duty
             as
             Passive
             Obedience
             ,
             a
             Virtue
             which
             even
             in
             our
             Constitution
             we
             may
             have
             the
             opportunity
             of
             exercising
             ,
             perhaps
             oftner
             than
             they
             desire
             ;
             although
             of
             late
             it
             has
             been
             so
             great
             an
             Idol
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             our
             Laws
             and
             Government
             ,
             but
             even
             our
             Religion
             and
             Posterity
             were
             to
             be
             sacrifis'd
             to
             it
             .
             But
             if
             it
             was
             really
             the
             effect
             of
             a
             tender
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             would
             very
             willingly
             be
             informed
             how
             they
             came
             to
             be
             so
             particularly
             partial
             to
             this
             Rule
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             a
             great
             many
             Commands
             of
             our
             Saviours
             which
             seem
             to
             be
             as
             obliging
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             do
             not
             pay
             so
             great
             deference
             .
             For
             I
             am
             sure
             there
             is
             such
             Precepts
             ,
             
               That
               if
               any
               man
               smite
               thee
               on
               the
               right
               Cheek
               ,
               turn
               to
               him
               the
               other
               also
            
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             shall
             
               give
               to
               him
               that
               asketh
               ,
               and
               from
               him
               that
               would
               borrow
               of
               thee
               turn
               not
               thou
               away
            
             ;
             and
             of
             
               him
               that
               taketh
               away
               thy
               goods
               ,
               ask
               them
               not
               again
            
             ;
             and
             many
             such
             like
             we
             shall
             find
             in
             the
             5
             th
             .
             of
             St.
             Matthew
             and
             6
             th
             .
             of
             St.
             Luke
             .
             Now
             if
             these
             were
             duties
             to
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ,
             
             how
             come
             we
             to
             be
             excus'd
             from
             them
             ?
             and
             I
             can
             think
             but
             of
             two
             Answers
             ;
             the
             one
             that
             they
             were
             Temporary
             ;
             (
             but
             that
             will
             not
             be
             allow'd
             for
             something
             I
             know
             )
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             the
             better
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Circumstances
             of
             the
             Christians
             are
             so
             much
             alter'd
             in
             Worldly
             respects
             ,
             that
             what
             was
             a
             proper
             means
             to
             bring
             people
             in
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             in
             love
             with
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             the
             great
             Patience
             and
             Meekness
             of
             the
             Professors
             of
             it
             ,
             would
             not
             now
             be
             so
             proper
             a
             way
             to
             preserve
             it
             .
             For
             now
             that
             the
             Laws
             have
             set
             the
             Boundaries
             to
             every
             Mans
             Right
             ,
             (
             which
             neither
             Law
             nor
             Gospel
             allows
             any
             body
             to
             infringe
             )
             to
             take
             away
             those
             Fences
             ,
             would
             be
             so
             far
             from
             advancing
             Christianity
             ,
             or
             rendring
             it
             more
             Beautiful
             and
             Lovely
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             contrary
             it
             would
             let
             in
             Confusion
             ,
             and
             authorize
             Rapine
             and
             Disorders
             :
             so
             that
             a
             litteral
             Performance
             of
             those
             Duties
             ,
             would
             ,
             in
             our
             present
             Circumstances
             ,
             destroy
             one
             of
             the
             great
             designs
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             certainly
             that
             can
             never
             be
             a
             Duty
             which
             is
             against
             the
             very
             end
             for
             which
             the
             Command
             was
             at
             first
             given
             ;
             and
             whether
             an
             illegal
             and
             unlimited
             Obedience
             in
             the
             People
             would
             not
             destroy
             the
             very
             end
             of
             Government
             ,
             which
             we
             know
             is
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             I
             shall
             desire
             may
             be
             a
             little
             better
             consider'd
             .
             But
             now
             suppose
             some
             tender
             Consciences
             should
             think
             themselves
             obliged
             to
             obey
             those
             commands
             of
             turning
             the
             Cheek
             ,
             and
             not
             asking
             their
             Goods
             again
             in
             the
             very
             literal
             sence
             of
             the
             words
             ,
             yet
             might
             they
             not
             keep
             this
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             exercise
             the
             Virtue
             when
             occasion
             offer'd
             it self
             ?
             or
             was
             it
             necessary
             for
             them
             to
             cry
             this
             their
             Opinion
             in
             all
             the
             Market
             Towns
             of
             the
             Countries
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             to
             thunder
             Damnation
             against
             all
             that
             were
             not
             of
             their
             mind
             .
             How
             this
             may
             be
             applyed
             I
             believe
             every
             body
             can
             guess
             ;
             and
             also
             what
             ,
             in
             
             all
             probability
             would
             be
             the
             effect
             of
             such
             Proceedings
             ;
             but
             a
             word
             to
             the
             Wise
             is
             enough
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             I
             come
             now
             to
             the
             3d.
             and
             in
             appearance
             the
             most
             difficult
             Objection
             ,
             how
             those
             that
             have
             taken
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             James
             can
             be
             absolved
             from
             the
             Obligation
             of
             them
             ?
             But
             if
             they
             will
             allow
             what
             I
             should
             hope
             ,
             I
             have
             before
             sufficiently
             proved
             that
             the
             Kings
             Power
             is
             both
             Limited
             and
             Conditional
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             this
             great
             question
             might
             be
             very
             easily
             solved
             ;
             for
             every
             body
             knows
             that
             a
             Covenant
             is
             a
             mutual
             Obligation
             ,
             and
             has
             force
             no
             longer
             than
             while
             the
             Conditions
             are
             performed
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             but
             if
             one
             of
             the
             Parties
             shall
             wilfully
             break
             his
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             only
             forfeit
             the
             Right
             he
             had
             to
             challenge
             the
             Performance
             of
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             but
             does
             by
             his
             breach
             actually
             void
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             consequently
             releases
             the
             other
             Party
             from
             all
             the
             Obligation
             he
             was
             under
             .
          
           
             But
             besides
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             Consideration
             ,
             which
             being
             of
             weight
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             omitted
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             an
             uncontestable
             Maxim
             of
             our
             Law
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             Treason
             for
             to
             resist
             the
             King
             
               de
               Facto
            
             ,
             although
             it
             be
             in
             defence
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             King
             
               de
               Jure
            
             .
             So
             that
             Possession
             is
             not
             only
             ,
             as
             we
             used
             to
             say
             ,
             eleven
             Points
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             is
             in
             this
             Case
             all
             twelve
             .
             And
             if
             any
             body
             can
             think
             it
             their
             Duty
             to
             commit
             Treason
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             pretty
             strange
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             however
             they
             may
             satisfie
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             't
             is
             probable
             they
             will
             not
             the
             Law
             so
             easily
             .
             Nor
             is
             this
             Law
             ,
             if
             thoroughly
             consider'd
             ,
             so
             unreasonable
             in
             it self
             ,
             as
             perhaps
             it
             may
             at
             first
             appear
             :
             For
             't
             is
             an
             acknowledged
             Aphorism
             ,
             
               That
               the
               safety
               of
               the
               People
               is
               the
               Supreme
               Law
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             prefered
             before
             Titles
             to
             Succession
             .
             For
             the
             Law-makers
             might
             easily
             suppose
             ,
             that
             no
             Person
             who
             was
             actually
             in
             
             Possession
             of
             the
             Throne
             ,
             would
             willingly
             quit
             it
             unless
             forced
             to
             it
             ;
             for
             I
             verily
             believe
             our
             late
             King
             James
             is
             the
             first
             Instance
             ,
             of
             any
             Prince
             that
             ever
             ran
             away
             from
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             quitted
             the
             Crown
             without
             striking
             a
             stroke
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             he
             had
             any
             Army
             to
             defend
             it
             ;
             and
             truly
             for
             that
             we
             must
             own
             our selves
             extreamly
             obliged
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             having
             prevented
             that
             ,
             which
             that
             Law
             seem'd
             to
             fear
             ,
             and
             desir'd
             to
             avoid
             ;
             that
             is
             a
             Civil
             War.
             For
             the
             Law
             supposes
             that
             a
             greater
             Inconvenience
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             Governed
             by
             one
             that
             had
             not
             a
             right
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             :
             And
             truly
             all
             the
             Proofs
             that
             are
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             Gospel
             for
             Obedience
             to
             Princes
             ,
             do
             confirm
             this
             Maxim
             of
             our
             Law
             ;
             for
             neither
             our
             Saviour
             nor
             his
             Apostles
             bid
             Christians
             enquire
             into
             the
             Right
             and
             Title
             of
             the
             Roman
             Emperors
             ;
             but
             bids
             them
             to
             obey
             them
             under
             whose
             Government
             it
             was
             their
             lot
             to
             fall
             :
             For
             few
             of
             them
             could
             pretend
             a
             legal
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             there
             were
             several
             Persons
             set
             up
             by
             several
             parts
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             that
             got
             the
             Mastery
             ,
             proved
             his
             Title
             by
             his
             Success
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             King
             
               de
               facto
            
             is
             confirm'd
             both
             by
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             be
             unquestionable
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             a
             King
             
               de
               Jure
            
             to
             oppose
             him
             :
             For
             by
             the
             Forfeiture
             King
             James
             made
             of
             his
             Right
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             at
             all
             doubt
             but
             our
             present
             King
             is
             
               de
               jure
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               de
               facto
            
             .
             Nay
             had
             King
             James
             never
             done
             any
             thing
             amiss
             in
             his
             whole
             Reign
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             deserting
             the
             Government
             at
             that
             very
             nick
             of
             time
             ,
             it
             would
             certainly
             have
             justified
             our
             Compliance
             with
             the
             present
             King.
             For
             although
             King
             James
             had
             thought
             it
             necessary
             for
             the
             security
             of
             his
             Person
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             ,
             yet
             sure
             there
             was
             no
             necessity
             of
             his
             leaving
             us
             without
             all
             Government
             and
             Defence
             .
             For
             might
             he
             not
             have
             appointed
             a
             Vice
             Roy
             
             or
             Deputy
             ,
             as
             he
             do's
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             that
             might
             have
             kept
             possession
             of
             the
             Throne
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             the
             Subject
             might
             have
             resorted
             ,
             both
             for
             Justice
             and
             Protection
             ?
             But
             instead
             of
             that
             ,
             he
             steals
             away
             himself
             ,
             orders
             his
             Army
             to
             be
             disbanded
             ,
             and
             so
             abandons
             the
             People
             solely
             to
             the
             mercy
             of
             the
             Foreign
             Force
             ,
             whom
             he
             leaves
             in
             the
             Possession
             of
             the
             Authority
             which
             he
             quitted
             .
             And
             if
             silence
             and
             submission
             may
             be
             interpreted
             consent
             ,
             he
             did
             by
             that
             resign
             both
             Crown
             and
             Kingdom
             to
             him
             .
             But
             however
             he
             meant
             to
             dispose
             of
             himself
             ,
             't
             is
             evident
             he
             left
             those
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             adhered
             to
             him
             (
             as
             there
             is
             reason
             to
             believe
             a
             great
             many
             would
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             stuck
             to
             them
             )
             in
             a
             very
             ill
             Predicament
             ;
             they
             having
             then
             no
             power
             to
             resist
             ,
             and
             now
             no
             right
             to
             do
             it
             .
             For
             all
             that
             shall
             now
             attempt
             his
             restoration
             ,
             are
             by
             the
             Law
             made
             actual
             Traytors
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             at
             all
             question
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             would
             take
             care
             to
             see
             they
             should
             be
             treated
             as
             such
             ,
             if
             by
             their
             means
             he
             should
             recover
             the
             Crown
             :
             For
             the
             resisting
             of
             the
             King
             
               de
               facto
            
             ,
             is
             a
             Treason
             that
             not
             only
             makes
             them
             liable
             to
             that
             Kings
             punishment
             whom
             they
             oppose
             ,
             but
             leaves
             them
             to
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             King
             they
             served
             ;
             for
             the
             Law
             gives
             him
             power
             to
             execute
             them
             for
             Traytors
             ,
             who
             should
             now
             restore
             him
             to
             the
             Throne
             :
             And
             both
             the
             Example
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             his
             dear
             Brother
             and
             Ally
             of
             France
             ,
             will
             soon
             teach
             him
             which
             is
             the
             best
             ,
             because
             much
             the
             readiest
             way
             of
             requiting
             those
             who
             should
             procure
             his
             Re-establishment
             .
             For
             't
             is
             a
             dangerous
             thing
             to
             oblige
             a
             King
             of
             his
             Principles
             too
             much
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             learn
             from
             the
             Barbarous
             treatment
             of
             the
             poor
             Hugonots
             in
             France
             ;
             who
             without
             all
             dispute
             gave
             that
             King
             the
             Power
             to
             use
             them
             ,
             or
             rather
             abuse
             them
             so
             .
             And
             such
             we
             have
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             shall
             be
             
             the
             requital
             of
             those
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Party
             ,
             who
             should
             do
             the
             same
             thing
             for
             King
             James
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             for
             the
             now
             
               Tres
               Grand
               Louis
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             since
             we
             English
             have
             no
             Obligation
             to
             our
             Kings
             but
             what
             the
             Law
             lays
             upon
             us
             ;
             when
             we
             are
             by
             that
             set
             at
             Liberty
             ,
             methinks
             we
             should
             not
             think
             it
             our
             duty
             to
             enslave
             our selves
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             known
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             especially
             since
             there
             is
             nothing
             else
             required
             of
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             accept
             of
             that
             Deliverance
             which
             God
             himself
             hath
             wrought
             for
             us
             .
             For
             there
             is
             very
             few
             that
             have
             had
             any
             other
             part
             to
             act
             in
             this
             Great
             Revolution
             ,
             than
             
               That
               of
               standing
               still
            
             (
             as
             Moses
             says
             to
             the
             Israelites
             )
             
               and
               seeing
               the
               Salvation
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             Exodus
             14.13
             .
             Of
             which
             that
             we
             may
             be
             worthy
             ,
             pray
             God
             make
             us
             more
             sensible
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             more
             thankful
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             suppose
             may
             be
             enough
             ,
             because
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             than
             I
             at
             first
             intended
             to
             have
             said
             to
             the
             third
             Objection
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             Fourth
             I
             hope
             there
             will
             be
             no
             great
             occasion
             of
             saying
             much
             ;
             for
             certainly
             no
             body
             that
             can
             either
             consider
             ,
             or
             compare
             ,
             can
             think
             the
             Cases
             of
             1648.
             and
             1688.
             
             Parallel
             .
             For
             the
             great
             (
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             the
             only
             )
             fault
             of
             that
             good
             King
             ,
             and
             true
             Martyr
             ,
             was
             his
             complying
             too
             much
             with
             his
             People
             ,
             (
             and
             yielding
             that
             to
             their
             importunity
             which
             both
             Law
             and
             Conscience
             told
             him
             he
             should
             not
             have
             consented
             to
             )
             a
             fault
             that
             I
             dare
             say
             his
             Son
             James
             would
             never
             have
             been
             guilty
             of
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             indeed
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Ship-money
             he
             did
             assume
             a
             Power
             the
             Law
             did
             not
             allow
             him
             ;
             but
             't
             was
             the
             only
             Instance
             of
             his
             doing
             it
             in
             his
             whole
             Reign
             :
             And
             't
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             in
             that
             too
             he
             did
             not
             design
             his
             Subjects
             Wrong
             ;
             for
             no
             body
             was
             
             forced
             to
             pay
             it
             ;
             but
             they
             that
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             contest
             the
             thing
             ,
             as
             some
             did
             ,
             had
             liberty
             so
             to
             do
             :
             For
             there
             were
             Trials
             in
             Westminster-hall
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             Sentence
             given
             against
             the
             King
             :
             From
             which
             we
             may
             gather
             these
             two
             things
             :
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Judges
             were
             neither
             over-aw'd
             nor
             turn'd
             out
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             doing
             Justice
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             did
             not
             think
             himself
             above
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             submitted
             to
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             seems
             there
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             known
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             but
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             People
             were
             preserved
             inviolate
             .
             I
             wish
             I
             could
             have
             said
             ,
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Crown
             had
             been
             so
             too
             ;
             and
             then
             perhaps
             we
             should
             never
             have
             known
             the
             vast
             difference
             that
             there
             was
             between
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             :
             But
             whoever
             will
             please
             to
             compare
             the
             Cases
             ,
             will
             find
             full
             as
             great
             difference
             between
             the
             Causes
             ,
             as
             the
             Persons
             .
             For
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             most
             open
             and
             notorions
             Rebellion
             that
             ever
             was
             recorded
             in
             Story
             ;
             whereas
             all
             the
             Fault
             that
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             English
             can
             now
             be
             charged
             with
             ,
             is
             (
             if
             it
             be
             a
             Fault
             )
             the
             Complying
             with
             the
             Necessity
             that
             King
             James
             himself
             laid
             on
             them
             ,
             of
             submitting
             to
             the
             Power
             he
             left
             in
             Possession
             ;
             and
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             they
             were
             not
             in
             a
             Condition
             to
             resist
             .
             And
             now
             methinks
             it
             should
             hardly
             bear
             a
             Dispute
             ,
             Whether
             't
             is
             any
             bodies
             Duty
             to
             make
             themselves
             Traytors
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             both
             of
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             (
             as
             I
             have
             shew'd
             above
             )
             for
             the
             Restitution
             of
             him
             that
             subverted
             the
             Laws
             ,
             deserted
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             still
             designs
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             And
             truly
             the
             Causes
             and
             Occasions
             of
             those
             two
             great
             Revolutions
             in
             48
             ,
             and
             88
             ,
             were
             not
             more
             distant
             than
             their
             Designs
             and
             Ends
             were
             ;
             the
             first
             intending
             the
             Subversion
             ,
             and
             this
             latter
             the
             Establishment
             and
             Preservation
             of
             the
             best
             and
             purest
             Religion
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
           
             But
             perhaps
             some
             may
             say
             ,
             This
             is
             not
             the
             best
             way
             of
             doing
             it
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             an
             Old
             Saying
             ,
             and
             a
             True
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               is
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             which
             ,
             like
             a
             Palm-tree
             ,
             grows
             fastest
             when
             it
             has
             the
             greatest
             weight
             upon
             it
             :
             And
             that
             't
             is
             a
             very
             idle
             Out-cry
             that
             some
             make
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             take
             their
             Religion
             from
             them
             ;
             for
             that
             dwells
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             no
             body
             can
             take
             that
             from
             me
             ,
             unless
             I
             please
             .
             But
             altho
             't
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Heart
             is
             the
             Seat
             of
             true
             Religion
             ;
             yet
             I
             think
             it
             savors
             a
             little
             too
             much
             of
             Presumption
             ,
             for
             any
             body
             to
             undertake
             to
             preserve
             it
             there
             by
             their
             own
             Strength
             .
             But
             suppose
             that
             they
             were
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             sure
             their
             Faith
             should
             not
             fail
             under
             the
             severest
             Trials
             ;
             yet
             is
             the
             Publick
             Service
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Opportunities
             of
             going
             into
             the
             House
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             there
             pouring
             out
             our
             Prayers
             and
             Praises
             before
             him
             with
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Saints
             ;
             is
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             so
             despicable
             a
             Blessing
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             worth
             keeping
             if
             we
             can
             ?
             We
             see
             how
             holy
             David
             bemoans
             and
             laments
             his
             Banishment
             from
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             longs
             and
             languishes
             for
             the
             return
             of
             those
             blessed
             Privileges
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             envies
             the
             very
             Birds
             that
             were
             permitted
             to
             nest
             near
             the
             Altar
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             had
             as
             true
             a
             sense
             of
             God
             and
             Religion
             ,
             and
             as
             plentiful
             Effusions
             of
             the
             Spirit
             to
             supply
             such
             a
             Want
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             us
             can
             pretend
             to
             .
             But
             alas
             !
             it
             would
             not
             be
             only
             a
             temporary
             Deprivation
             that
             we
             should
             bewail
             ;
             for
             whoever
             now
             shall
             attempt
             to
             bring
             back
             King
             James
             ,
             does
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lies
             ,
             to
             cut
             off
             both
             himself
             and
             his
             Posterity
             from
             the
             solemn
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             for
             ever
             .
             And
             altho
             I
             know
             God
             can
             support
             under
             any
             Condition
             ,
             yet
             they
             will
             find
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             difference
             between
             those
             Sufferings
             they
             wilfully
             bring
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             and
             those
             which
             are
             of
             God
             Almighty's
             laying
             :
             
             For
             I
             can
             securely
             rest
             upon
             his
             Word
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             that
             
               he
               is
               faithful
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               suffer
               us
               to
               be
               be
               tempted
               above
               that
               we
               are
               able
               ,
               but
               will
               with
               the
               temptation
               make
               a
               way
               to
               escape
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               able
               to
               bear
               it
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             10.13
             .
             But
             if
             we
             will
             not
             escape
             when
             he
             affords
             us
             the
             Means
             ,
             What
             Promise
             is
             there
             either
             of
             Support
             or
             Deliverance
             from
             those
             Dangers
             we
             wilfully
             bring
             upon
             our selves
             ?
             And
             't
             will
             certainly
             be
             very
             just
             in
             God
             ,
             to
             suffer
             us
             fall
             under
             that
             Ruine
             we
             have
             courted
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             I
             doubt
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             very
             little
             comfort
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             not
             the
             Sufferings
             ,
             but
             the
             Cause
             ,
             that
             makes
             the
             Martyr
             .
             Therefore
             I
             beg
             leave
             to
             conclude
             with
             the
             Words
             of
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             6.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             and
             
               beseech
               you
               that
               you
               receive
               not
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               in
               vain
            
             ;
             for
             as
             God
             may
             truly
             say
             ,
             
               he
               has
               heard
               us
               in
               a
               time
               accepted
               ;
               in
               the
               day
               of
               salvation
               he
               hath
               succour'd
               us
            
             ;
             so
             may
             I
             also
             ,
             
               Behold
               ,
               now
               is
               the
               accepted
               time
               ;
               Behold
               ,
               now
               is
               the
               day
               of
               salvation
               .
            
             And
             let
             us
             all
             be
             
               careful
               that
               we
               give
               no
               offence
               in
               any
               thing
               ,
               that
               the
               Ministry
               be
               not
               blamed
               .
            
             But
             that
             we
             may
             all
             with
             one
             Heart
             and
             one
             Mouth
             bless
             God
             for
             his
             wonderful
             Deliverance
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             the
             Prosperity
             and
             long
             Life
             of
             King
             WILLIAM
             and
             Queen
             MARY
             ,
             whom
             God
             grantlong
             to
             Reign
             .
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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