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             A discourse upon questions in debate between the King and Parliament. With certaine observations collected out of a treatise called, The diffrence between Christian subjection, and unchristian rebellion.
             Bilson, Thomas, 1546 or 7-1616. True difference betweene Christian subjection and unchristian rebellion.
          
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           UPON
           QVESTIONS
           In
           debate
           between
           the
           KING
           and
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           With
           certaine
           Observations
           collected
           out
           of
           a
           Treatise
           called
           ,
           The
           Diffrence
           between
           Christian
           Subjection
           ,
           and
           unchristian
           Rebellion
           ,
        
         
           HAving
           beene
           a
           by-stander
           ,
           and
           observing
           so
           well
           as
           I
           could
           how
           this
           great
           game
           hath
           beene
           played
           on
           both
           hands
           ;
           betweene
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           I
           have
           wondred
           to
           finde
           considering
           the
           Declarations
           on
           both
           part●
           )
           that
           with
           great
           expence
           of
           time
           and
           money
           they
           have
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           argu
           :
           themselves
           into
           a
           civill
           warre
           .
           And
           the
           the
           ●onder
           is
           no
           lesse
           to
           heare
           the
           varietie
           of
           opinions
           ;
           some
           asserting
           his
           Ma●e●ties
           proceedings
           ,
           some
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           some
           affirming
           that
           the
           thing
           in
           variance
           belongs
           to
           neither
           ,
           divided
           from
           the
           other
           ;
           for
           (
           say
           they
           )
           it
           is
           but
           who
           shall
           rule
           arbitrarily
           ,
           in
           cases
           to
           which
           the
           Law
           hath
           not
           fully
           or
           not
           at
           all
           extended
           ;
           which
           the
           King
           calls
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           (
           as
           matters
           now
           stand
           )
           theirs
           .
        
         
           To
           take
           the
           better
           view
           of
           the
           present
           differences
           ,
           looke
           a
           little
           way
           backe
           upon
           the
           actions
           of
           precedent
           times
           .
           It
           hath
           beene
           the
           generall
           beliefe
           of
           this
           Nation
           (
           ●pon
           what
           reason
           I
           cannot
           judge
           )
           that
           the
           designe
           of
           his
           Majesties
           late
           father
           King
           James
           was
           to
           wynde
           up
           this
           government
           ●o
           the
           height
           of
           France
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           ho●d
           correspondence
           with
           forraig●
           Princes
           ,
           whose
           power
           encreasing
           their
           riches
           ,
           and
           both
           together
           their
           reputation
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           shame
           to
           be
           left
           behind
           ,
           but
           finding
           the
           times
           averse
           ,
           and
           being
           the
           best
           Astrologer
           in
           the
           world
           what
           the
           successe
           should
           be
           of
           ●i●
           owne
           actions
           ,
           he
           betooke
           himselfe
           to
           the
           ●atisfactions
           of
           his
           age
           which
           he
           could
           acquire
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           complement
           of
           this
           to
           his
           Majestie
           that
           now
           is●
           in
           whose
           person
           were
           concurrent
           a
           title
           indubitable
           ,
           setled
           by
           a
           succession
           ,
           and
           the
           activitie
           and
           glory
           that
           is
           insepa●able
           to
           youth
           ,
           and
           the
           fresh
           assu●ption
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           dis●olved
           Parliament
           (
           to
           stumble
           at
           the
           first
           step
           )
           seem'd
           ominous
           
           to
           some
           ,
           others
           tooke
           it
           for
           a
           tryall
           ,
           and
           in
           pursuance
           of
           the
           designe
           .
           And
           the
           rather
           for
           that
           (
           his
           Majesties
           Protestations
           to
           govern
           by
           the
           laws
           ,
           and
           his
           late
           answer
           to
           the
           petition
           of
           right
           notwithstanding
           )
           the
           exaction
           of
           loane
           money
           immediately
           following
           ,
           the
           erection
           of
           Monopolies
           ,
           and
           the
           forcible
           taking
           of
           the
           Subsidie
           of
           Tunnage
           and
           Poundage
           ,
           begat
           an
           universall
           diffidence
           in
           the
           people
           of
           his
           Majesties
           personall
           promises
           ,
           and
           an
           opinion
           ,
           that
           his
           best
           resolutions
           were
           easily
           overthrowne
           by
           the
           counsell
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           that
           his
           actions
           were
           not
           his
           owne
           :
           which
           opinion
           true
           or
           false
           when
           ever
           it
           got
           beliefe
           ,
           hath
           proved
           fatall
           to
           the
           Princes
           or
           to
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           :
           For
           the
           Nation
           hath
           hated
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           many
           Viceroyes
           ,
           and
           resents
           to
           insolencies
           in
           their
           Princes
           so
           much
           as
           defects
           ,
           rapes
           ,
           murthers
           ,
           and
           particular
           depredations
           ,
           being
           more
           tollerable
           ,
           when
           the
           vertues
           of
           the
           Kingly
           Office
           have
           a
           happy
           influence
           and
           latitude
           upon
           the
           whole
           bodie
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           And
           yet
           to
           speake
           a
           truth
           ,
           the
           same
           argument
           that
           aggravates
           the
           violations
           in
           government
           may
           be
           a
           reasonable
           excuse
           for
           his
           Majestie
           (
           and
           the
           same
           that
           the
           reverence
           of
           the
           English
           nation
           to
           their
           Princes
           hath
           ever
           uses
           )
           those
           acts
           of
           injustice
           were
           not
           the
           kings
           but
           his
           Ministers
           :
           for
           what
           other
           opinion
           could
           the
           king
           retaine
           ,
           then
           what
           the
           Judges
           delivered
           for
           law
           ,
           and
           the
           Divines
           for
           Gospell
           :
           for
           these
           had
           made
           a
           generall
           definition
           of
           a
           king
           ,
           and
           applyed
           it
           to
           all
           Princes
           ,
           and
           those
           had
           made
           a
           generall
           day
           of
           judgement
           upon
           all
           the
           laws
           ,
           and
           subdued
           them
           to
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           those
           Princes
           :
           and
           being
           mindfull
           of
           their
           owne
           interest
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           it
           concerned
           them
           to
           make
           the
           king
           absolute
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           hope
           absolutely
           to
           rule
           :
           they
           would
           needs
           make
           a
           king
           by
           the
           standard
           out
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           that
           his
           subjects
           might
           be
           slaves
           for
           conscience
           sake
           :
           And
           by
           examples
           taken
           from
           the
           kingdome
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           they
           invested
           him
           with
           power
           essentiall
           to
           his
           office
           ,
           to
           use
           at
           pleasure
           the
           persons
           or
           estates
           of
           his
           subjects
           ;
           of
           a
           divine
           institution
           ,
           incomprehensible
           by
           lawes
           ,
           if
           necessitie
           require
           a
           variation
           and
           under
           heaven
           no
           other
           Iudge
           of
           that
           necessitie
           besides
           himselfe
           :
           And
           having
           placed
           him
           in
           the
           ranke
           of
           God●
           gave
           him
           the
           like
           election
           ,
           to
           governe
           the
           World
           by
           second
           causes
           ,
           the
           fit
           officers
           of
           nature
           ,
           or
           by
           miracles
           and
           wonders
           ,
           effects
           of
           his
           immediate
           interposition
           ;
           by
           the
           grand
           Councels
           ,
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           inferiour
           ministers
           of
           the
           Lawes
           ;
           or
           by
           Pate●●●
           with
           
             non
             ●bstante●
             ,
          
           Proclamations
           ,
           and
           a
           divine
           prerogative
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           say
           a
           truth
           his
           Majestie
           hath
           of
           late
           admitted
           a
           better
           information
           of
           this
           kingdome
           of
           government
           ;
           and
           hath
           given
           many
           assurances
           by
           protestation
           to
           innovate
           nothing
           ,
           yet
           this
           satisfies
           not
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           would
           be
           examined
           ;
           as
           also
           what
           those
           difficult
           questions
           are
           ,
           whereof
           the
           sword
           must
           needs
           make
           the
           resolution
           .
        
         
           The
           ill
           satisfaction
           the
           people
           receive
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           kings
           mighty
           protestations
           to
           governe
           by
           the
           laws
           ,
           to
           defend
           the
           protestant
           religion
           ,
           
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           &c.
           springs
           out
           of
           this
           Jealousie
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           come
           into
           his
           Majesties
           pow●r
           to
           doe
           otherwise
           ,
           he
           will
           doe
           so
           .
           For
           who
           can
           thinke
           (
           say
           they
           )
           having
           the
           s●me
           maximes
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           couns●ll
           in
           his
           eare
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           had
           ;
           that
           hee
           will
           doe
           otherwise
           than
           hee
           hath
           done
           :
           That
           he
           will
           after
           the
           ruine
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           refuse
           the
           fruition
           of
           that
           which
           hath
           cost
           so
           much
           labour
           ,
           when
           the
           danger
           is
           passed
           :
           who
           will
           believe
           he
           will
           have
           recourse
           for
           aid
           and
           advice
           to
           Parliaments
           ;
           when
           he
           shall
           remember
           to
           what
           sad
           exigents
           he
           hath
           beene
           re●uced
           by
           them
           ,
           (
           whereof
           that
           himself
           was
           any
           part
           of
           the
           cause
           shall
           be
           hid
           from
           his
           eyes
           )
           how
           averse
           they
           are
           in
           their
           composition
           from
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           how
           apt
           to
           be
           mis●ed
           by
           a
           few
           ,
           how
           unfit
           councellers
           in
           matters
           out
           of
           their
           usuall
           cognizance
           ,
           wanting
           abilities
           to
           advise
           and
           modesty
           to
           be
           silent
           ,
           how
           slow
           and
           lingering
           the
           remedies
           are
           for
           the
           maladies
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           who
           will
           not
           think
           how
           much
           better
           it
           is
           for
           the
           King
           (
           if
           he
           can
           )
           to
           satisfie
           the
           people
           upon
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           on
           the
           word
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           that
           their
           grievances
           shall
           be
           remi●ied
           as
           well
           without
           a
           Parliament
           ?
           who
           will
           not
           believe
           that
           he
           will
           rather
           choose
           to
           be
           the
           father
           of
           a
           Militia
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           who
           receiving
           their
           livelyhood
           out
           of
           his
           Coffers
           ,
           shall
           helpe
           to
           fill
           them
           ;
           by
           whose
           hands
           he
           shall
           have
           power
           to
           mow
           the
           fertil
           meadows
           of
           Britain
           as
           often
           in
           the
           Summer
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           And
           what
           shall
           hinder
           ?
           the
           Law
           ?
           no
           ;
           there
           shall
           be
           the
           same
           imminent
           necessitie
           that
           was
           pretended
           before
           ,
           and
           there
           shall
           not
           want
           both
           Divines
           and
           Lawyers
           that
           shall
           say
           the
           King
           and
           his
           private
           councell
           are
           sole
           Iudges
           of
           that
           necessitie
           ,
           shall
           the
           Kings
           promises
           and
           protestations
           hinder
           ?
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           so
           ,
           I
           wish
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           had
           such
           confidence
           in
           his
           Majesties
           personall
           promises
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           King
           cannot
           him●elfe
           tell
           ,
           i
           no
           King
           nor
           private
           man
           can
           tell
           ,
           how
           his
           Councels
           and
           resolutions
           may
           change
           ,
           when
           the
           ●●ate
           and
           condition
           wherein
           he
           made
           them
           is
           changed
           :
           if
           humane
           nature
           easily
           relapse
           to
           those
           things
           that
           it
           loves
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           resumption
           of
           such
           illegall
           power
           ,
           suggest
           not
           only
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           riche●
           and
           dominion
           ,
           but
           by
           false
           arguments
           comes
           apparelled
           with
           necessitie
           of
           the
           kingdoms
           preservation
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           naked
           words
           subject
           to
           so
           much
           varietie
           of
           construction
           will
           be
           of
           force
           to
           resist
           so
           great
           temptation
           .
        
         
           Hazael
           being
           but
           a
           private
           person
           thought
           himselfe
           much
           injur'd
           when
           the
           Prophet
           made
           that
           cruell
           Character
           of
           his
           future
           behaviour
           ,
           Am
           I
           ●
           dog
           ?
           yet
           he
           was
           so
           dogged
           ,
           and
           few
           (
           perhaps
           )
           that
           knew
           him
           would
           ever
           have
           thought
           it
           .
           Therefore
           if
           his
           Majestie
           will
           have
           those
           promises
           believed
           ,
           let
           him
           not
           apparantly
           go
           about
           to
           place
           himselfe
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           breake
           them
           at
           his
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           the
           Allegations
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           Majesties
           present
           proceedings
           are
           ,
           first
           the
           just
           vindication
           of
           his
           royall
           Prerogative
           (
           whereof
           it
           is
           pretended
           violation
           hath
           beene
           made
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           himselfe
           and
           the
           
           people
           )
           and
           wherewith
           he
           is
           trusted
           by
           God
           ;
           which
           trust
           he
           may
           not
           ●●sert
           ,
           for
           Gods
           sake
           ,
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           his
           peoples
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           Princes
           (
           so
           much
           talked
           of
           and
           so
           little
           known
           )
           it
           may
           in
           briefe
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           all
           Princes
           have
           gaind
           Dominion
           by
           force
           or
           by
           bargaine
           ,
           For
           to
           say
           that
           Adam
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           lived
           to
           this
           time
           had
           beene
           king
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           king
           is
           first
           in
           order
           before
           the
           people
           ,
           his
           naturall
           vassals
           ;
           and
           production
           is
           an
           Assertion
           invented
           to
           flatter
           Princes
           ,
           for
           all
           men
           know
           that
           the
           multiplication
           of
           Colonies
           in
           Regions
           far
           distant
           from
           the
           first
           rules
           of
           Nations
           ,
           must
           impell
           the
           necessitie
           of
           erecting
           many
           independent
           governments
           ,
           and
           the
           necessitie
           will
           bee
           as
           great
           in
           the
           independency
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           multiplicitie
           )
           therefore
           by
           force
           or
           by
           contract
           they
           must
           commence
           :
           Dominion
           got
           by
           force
           ,
           is
           kept
           by
           force
           and
           stiled
           Tyranny
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           dissolves
           into
           Government
           by
           contract
           ,
           and
           so
           takes
           a
           lawfull
           forme
           .
           Therefore
           of
           the
           nature
           and
           latitude
           of
           the
           prerogative
           that
           rests
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           comes
           in
           by
           agreement
           with
           the
           people
           ;
           is
           the
           now
           dispute
           .
           It
           may
           be
           defined
           thus
           :
           A
           power
           to
           see
           the
           Lawes
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           is
           good
           for
           the
           people
           in
           cases
           to
           which
           the
           Lawes
           have
           not
           yet
           extended
           ;
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Lawes
           (
           as
           perhaps
           there
           are
           not
           many
           in
           the
           first
           erection
           of
           a
           Monarchy
           )
           but
           that
           all
           were
           trusted
           to
           the
           wisedome
           and
           goodnesse
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           by
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           the
           intendment
           of
           that
           trust
           was
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           doe
           good
           ,
           not
           to
           doe
           every
           thing
           .
           Now
           ,
           where
           the
           Lawes
           are
           positive
           the
           Prerogative
           claimes
           no
           jurisdiction
           .
           The
           corruptions
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           extravagancies
           of
           the
           people
           occasioned
           Lawes
           ,
           for
           bounds
           and
           limits
           to
           both
           :
           and
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           out
           of
           all
           question
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           contract
           would
           have
           left
           no
           prerogative
           at
           all
           ;
           if
           all
           future
           needs
           and
           inconveniences
           of
           the
           government
           could
           at
           one
           intire
           view
           have
           beene
           presented
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           but
           that
           being
           impossible
           ,
           the
           discretion
           of
           all
           common-wealths
           meeting
           in
           their
           representative
           bodyes
           ,
           have
           given
           a
           stop
           by
           lawes
           to
           the
           progresse
           of
           any
           inconvenience
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           emergent
           .
        
         
           His
           Majestie
           complaines
           that
           he
           is
           divested
           of
           his
           legall
           prerogative
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           hee
           is
           denyed
           the
           power
           to
           execute
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           with
           his
           owne
           sence
           and
           exposition
           upon
           them
           :
           And
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           pray
           to
           have
           reduced
           into
           a
           Law
           that
           Arbitrary
           power
           which
           hee
           hath
           of
           Custome
           exercised
           ,
           in
           things
           to
           which
           the
           Lawes
           doe
           not
           fully
           extend
           :
           or
           to
           speake
           shorter
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           trust
           him
           any
           longer
           with
           a
           power
           undefined
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           imployed
           to
           their
           harme
           byt
           desire
           to
           have
           it
           defined
           and
           limited
           ;
           that
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           it
           may
           bee
           so
           no
           more
           ;
           And
           this
           they
           expect
           from
           his
           Majestie
           as
           a
           duty
           of
           his
           office
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           if
           they
           are
           incapable
           of
           reason
           of
           state
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           incompetent
           Iudges
           of
           what
           is
           good
           for
           themselvs
           ;
           unlesse
           we
           shall
           maintain
           
           Aruments
           of
           
             France
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           same
           end
           ;
           That
           the
           people
           are
           altogether
           ignorant
           of
           their
           own
           welfare
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           only
           knowes
           it
           ;
           That
           is
           best
           with
           an
           implicite
           faith
           to
           trust
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           Councell
           ,
           with
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           every
           mans
           life
           and
           estate
           ,
           That
           when
           
             France
          
           is
           free
           from
           feare
           of
           forraigne
           enemies
           ,
           the
           subjects
           shall
           bee
           discharged
           of
           the
           oppressions
           ;
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           to
           make
           himselfe
           and
           his
           
             Mamalukes
          
           formidable
           to
           his
           neighbour
           Princes
           he
           hath
           transformed
           millions
           of
           Christ
           an
           soules
           into
           beasts
           ,
           reducing
           them
           back
           to
           the
           Elements
           whereof
           they
           were
           made
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           not
           complaine
           nor
           defend
           their
           Lawes
           and
           liberties
           ,
           lest
           they
           seeme
           to
           resist
           Authority
           :
           Nor
           supplicate
           the
           supreame
           Magestrate
           to
           governe
           according
           to
           right
           reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           least
           they
           seeme
           wiser
           than
           their
           teachers
           ,
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           never
           be
           so
           in
           England
           .
           And
           if
           the
           English
           Parliament
           be
           at
           sometime
           mistaken
           (
           as
           it
           is
           not
           to
           bee
           presum'd
           that
           they
           will
           bee
           )
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           so
           much
           hurt
           by
           the
           inconvenience
           of
           that
           mistake
           ,
           untill
           the
           next
           Parliament
           rectifie
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           disabled
           from
           al
           competency
           to
           judg
           in
           matters
           tending
           to
           their
           own
           welfare
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           other
           branch
           of
           His
           Maiesties
           Allegation
           that
           the
           streightning
           on
           his
           Prerogative
           is
           prejudiciall
           to
           the
           people
           :
           It
           is
           true
           a
           Prince
           of
           high
           and
           magnanimious
           endowments
           cannot
           dispense
           with
           that
           liberty
           and
           the
           influen●e
           of
           his
           excellent
           personall
           vertues
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           too
           much
           bound
           up
           by
           the
           dead
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           for
           the
           actions
           of
           some
           have
           beene
           transcendent
           to
           all
           Lawes
           or
           examples
           ;
           and
           pittie
           it
           had
           been
           that
           they
           should
           have
           beene
           confined
           .
           And
           (
           indeed
           )
           the
           people
           doe
           lose
           willingly
           of
           their
           liberties
           to
           such
           good
           Princes
           which
           proves
           unhappie
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           worse
           make
           a
           title
           to
           the
           same
           liberty
           ,
           by
           such
           Examples
           ;
           And
           there
           is
           no
           surer
           a
           signe
           of
           a
           weake
           Prince
           ,
           than
           to
           contest
           with
           the
           people
           upon
           these
           Presidents
           ,
           rather
           seeking
           examples
           for
           his
           purpose
           amongst
           the
           actions
           of
           his
           predecessours
           ,
           than
           desirous
           to
           be
           himselfe
           an
           example
           to
           posterity
           .
           How
           ever
           those
           Princes
           that
           have
           surmounted
           all
           Lawes
           in
           their
           glorious
           actions
           have
           been
           very
           rare
           ,
           a
           festivall
           that
           comes
           but
           once
           a
           yeare
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           came
           every
           quarter
           ,
           yet
           a
           good
           constant
           diet
           were
           much
           better
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           finde
           how
           defective
           some
           are
           in
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           the
           Mysteries
           they
           professe
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           that
           a
           Prince
           would
           have
           ,
           (
           that
           affects
           not
           glorious
           vindications
           and
           conquests
           upon
           forraigne
           enemies
           )
           to
           live
           safely
           ,
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           beloved
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           to
           dye
           lamented
           ,
           rich
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           blessed
           memory
           ;
           this
           is
           all
           that
           can
           accrue
           to
           the
           best
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           men
           ;
           And
           if
           Princes
           did
           not
           proferre
           their
           wills
           before
           their
           profit
           ;
           if
           they
           did
           not
           shame
           lesse
           to
           picke
           lockes
           ,
           pockets
           ,
           and
           their
           subjects
           pursues
           ,
           than
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           thanke
           you
           ;
           if
           they
           did
           not
           chuse
           rather
           by
           force
           to
           justifie
           injustice
           ,
           rapine
           and
           oppression
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           any
           actions
           of
           themselves
           ,
           or
           ministers
           called
           by
           such
           names
           ,
           doubtlesse
           in
           a
           short
           time
           they
           could
           not
           
           chuse
           but
           arrive
           at
           an
           almost
           absolute
           dominion
           .
           For
           the
           arguments
           used
           to
           div●rt
           from
           honest
           accommodation●
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           doe
           not
           appeare
           to
           me
           that
           ever
           they
           were
           entertain'd
           by
           those
           .
           Heroick
           Prince●
           that
           have
           fill'd
           the
           stories
           of
           all
           ages
           with
           their
           high
           and
           exc●llent
           glories
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           of
           narrow
           and
           limited
           qualifications
           for
           government
           ,
           one
           argument
           i●
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           same
           wayes
           of
           munificence
           and
           bounty
           by
           which
           some
           Princes
           have
           ingratiated
           t●emselves
           ,
           shoul●
           for
           some
           descents
           of
           Princes
           be
           pursued
           ,
           the
           Crown
           ,
           regall
           Authority
           ,
           and
           revenue
           would
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           nothing
           left
           whereby
           to
           oblige
           the
           people
           or
           wherein
           ●o
           be
           liberall
           .
           '
           T●s
           true
           ,
           indiscreet
           prosution
           hath
           consumed
           many
           Princes
           (
           and
           that
           is
           indiscreet
           that
           is
           misimployed
           and
           lost
           )
           it
           never
           avail'd
           (
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           )
           to
           the
           advanceme●t
           of
           any
           ,
           nor
           doth
           it
           extend
           much
           further
           than
           the
           Kings
           chamber
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           any
           Motive
           of
           affection
           in
           the
           people
           to
           heare
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           liberall
           of
           his
           purse
           to
           his
           servants
           and
           Favourites
           .
           A
           Princes
           bounty
           shines
           in
           a
           little
           spheare
           ,
           if
           compared
           with
           the
           pe●ples
           ,
           as
           his
           estate
           i●
           small
           ,
           compared
           with
           the
           revenue
           of
           the
           whole
           Common-wealth
           ;
           his
           liberality
           cannot
           extend
           to
           all
           his
           subjects
           ,
           theirs
           may
           to
           him
           ;
           it
           is
           ●ot
           that
           vertue
           that
           exalts
           him
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           people
           .
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           liberality
           but
           not
           co●sumptive
           to
           his
           estate
           ,
           nor
           destructive
           to
           his
           authority
           ,
           but
           accumulative
           to
           both
           ,
           liberality
           ,
           justice
           whereof
           the
           impartiall
           distribution
           hath
           raised
           Princes
           into
           the
           ranke
           of
           Gods
           .
           And
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           if
           there
           should
           fall
           out
           to
           bee
           so
           happy
           a
           race
           of
           Princes
           ,
           who
           disposing
           all
           particular
           interests
           ,
           should
           advance
           only
           publike
           justice
           and
           utility
           ;
           The
           Armes
           ,
           trafficke
           ,
           and
           tranquillity
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           the
           honour
           ,
           industry
           ,
           and
           spirit
           of
           the
           Nations
           under
           their
           command
           ;
           that
           in
           a
           few
           descents
           they
           would
           become
           absolute
           ,
           and
           clearely
           acquitted
           from
           all
           obligation
           to
           Lawes
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           execution
           would
           bee
           so
           long
           intermitted
           that
           with
           much
           difficulty
           they
           would
           ever
           come
           in
           force
           ,
           and
           the
           restitution
           seeme
           as
           great
           an
           innovation
           ,
           as
           of
           late
           hath
           been
           thought
           of
           Lawes
           in
           force
           long-layed
           aside
           for
           want
           of
           use
           ;
           And
           in
           the
           times
           of
           such
           Princes
           we
           heare
           no
           t●lke
           of
           prerogative
           ,
           or
           liberty
           ,
           the
           one
           is
           surrendred
           to
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           other
           imployed
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           an
           infallible
           signe
           of
           great
           distempers
           in
           government
           when
           such
           disputes
           arise
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           the
           Prerogative
           is
           a
           trust
           which
           (
           because
           no
           lawes
           are
           large
           enough
           to
           meet
           with
           all
           accedents
           )
           resides
           of
           necessity
           in
           the
           person
           ,
           or
           body
           politick
           ,
           where
           the
           Soveraignty
           resides
           :
           And
           it
           is
           true
           t●e
           King
           is
           trusted
           by
           God
           with
           this
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           all
           in
           authority
           are
           in
           their
           degree
           to
           discharge
           themselves
           piously
           towards
           him
           ,
           hone●●●y
           ●o
           those
           under
           their
           command
           :
           He
           is
           also
           trusted
           by
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           doe
           not
           say
           ,
           they
           may
           resume
           their
           power
           upon
           breach
           of
           trust
           ,
           but
           say
           ,
           they
           ought
           ●ot
           to
           bee
           denie●
           when
           they
           desire
           those
           breaches
           to
           bee
           repaired
           and
           better
           fortified
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           trust
           exemplified
           into
           a
           Law
           as
           occasion
           shall
           requ●re
           :
           
           Nor
           is
           it
           re●sonable
           for
           ●ny
           Prince
           in
           the
           world
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           beene
           tr●sted
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           or
           my
           Ministers
           have
           not
           in
           these
           and
           these
           particulars
           well
           di●charged
           ●hat
           trust
           ,
           yet
           wee
           will
           bee
           trusted
           still
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           beleeve
           that
           matters
           shall
           be
           better
           herea●ter
           .
           What
           the
           priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           are
           ,
           i●
           another
           great
           question
           ,
           i●
           under
           the
           tearme
           be
           comprised
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           the
           question
           may
           be
           better
           made
           ,
           what
           is
           not
           within
           the
           power
           and
           priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           on
           all
           hands
           confessed
           that
           the
           common-wealth
           may
           di●pose
           of
           it selfe
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           King
           be
           divided
           from
           them
           ,
           what
           are
           then
           priviledge●
           ?
           truly
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           if
           they
           cannot
           make
           a
           t●mporary
           provision
           to
           ●ave
           themselves
           without
           the
           Kings
           licence
           ;
           for
           take
           away
           safety
           ,
           and
           priviledge
           is
           gone
           ;
           If
           they
           be
           safe
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           better
           knowne
           to
           their
           adversaries
           then
           themselves
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           continuance
           be
           at
           disc●et●on
           and
           good
           pleasure
           of
           another
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           a
           more
           competent
           Iudge
           of
           their
           safety
           then
           them●elves
           they
           have
           no
           priviledge
           at
           all
           ,
           say
           what
           they
           will
           .
           Nor
           can
           it
           possible
           be
           that
           both
           houses
           have
           power
           to
           preserve
           the
           body
           of
           the
           kingdom
           which
           they
           repres●nt
           ,
           if
           there
           not
           be
           an
           inherent
           e●sentiall
           and
           underived
           authority
           in
           ●h●t
           assembly
           to
           preserve
           it selfe
           (
           ●is
           granted
           in
           the
           P●inces
           minority
           ,
           absence
           ,
           or
           incap●ssity
           to
           gove●ue
           ,
           the
           power
           to
           preserve
           and
           provide
           for
           the
           state
           ,
           rests
           in
           the
           great
           counsell
           ,
           and
           their
           diligates
           ,
           doubtlesse
           the
           case
           is
           the
           s●me
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           on
           like
           manner
           granted
           that
           the
           P●ince
           is
           divided
           from
           the
           body
           of
           his
           people
           ●y
           evill
           counsell
           (
           to
           prove
           if
           the
           counsell
           be
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           examine
           the
           legali●y
           ,
           it
           appeares
           in
           his
           Maiesties
           expres●es
           :
           and
           that
           of
           most
           remarke
           ,
           is
           to
           declare
           law
           (
           which
           being
           denied
           to
           the
           great
           counsell
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           taken
           to
           reside
           in
           the
           King
           and
           his
           privie
           counsell
           )
           To
           have
           sole
           managing
           of
           the
           arms
           of
           the
           kingdome
           .
           And
           upon
           misprision
           of
           treason
           to
           sequester
           membe●s
           of
           Parliament
           to
           tryall
           in
           inferior
           Cou●●s
           .
           If
           this
           counsell
           he
           legall
           t'
           is
           good
           .
           If
           his
           Majestie
           were
           admitted
           the
           best
           Lawyer
           in
           the
           kingdom
           :
           Yet
           if
           the
           laws
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           have
           reserved
           the
           exposition
           of
           themselves
           to
           the
           Law-makers
           and
           not
           to
           the
           K.
           the
           advise●
           to
           appropriate
           that
           power
           to
           himself
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           ●hat
           they
           haue
           done
           so
           ,
           presidents
           are
           not
           wanting
           where
           the
           J●dges
           have
           humbly
           praid
           both
           houses
           to
           deliver
           ●heir
           sence
           of
           a
           doubtfull
           law
           ,
           If
           these
           commissions
           of
           Array
           and
           breach
           of
           priviledges
           be
           declared
           illegall
           by
           them
           that
           have
           only
           power
           to
           declare
           law
           in
           dubious
           cases
           ,
           then
           the
           advise
           by
           which
           they
           were
           done
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           yet
           concerning
           this
           ●cruple
           of
           declaring
           law
           ;
           It
           's
           true
           the
           Parliament
           cannot
           declare
           that
           to
           be
           law
           which
           is
           not
           .
           They
           cannot
           declare
           it
           to
           be
           the
           law
           of
           the
           land
           that
           my
           b●o●he●
           by
           a
           second
           venter
           shall
           inherit
           my
           land
           before
           my
           kinsman
           ten
           degrees
           off
           though
           that
           were
           great
           reason
           but
           they
           can
           declare
           that
           there
           rests
           no
           power
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           trust
           in
           any
           person
           to
           convert
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           kingdome
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           it selfe
           .
           And
           they
           may
           declare
           it
           legall
           to
           stop
           the
           a●ven●●●es
           and
           appro●hes
           to
           such
           power
           if
           it
           be
           attempted
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           may
           array
           Arm
           and
           
           command
           his
           subjects
           against
           the
           
             Fr●nch
          
           and
           
             Spaniard
          
           not
           therfore
           to
           fight
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           he
           may
           Array
           arm
           ,
           and
           command
           them
           to
           suppresse
           Rebels
           ●o
           legality
           declared
           not
           therefore
           to
           oppresse
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           th●se
           are
           not
           very
           cons●quent
           to
           a
           reasonable
           man
           .
           It
           is
           no
           strange
           ,
           nor
           are
           the
           examples
           rare
           to
           find
           how
           much
           Princes
           may
           bee
           mistaken
           in
           the
           councellor●
           friends
           and
           enemies
           ;
           for
           how
           hardly
           can
           that
           ma●
           be
           thought
           an
           enemy
           who
           studies
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           enlarge
           the
           power
           ,
           and
           advance
           the
           pro●it
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           Yet
           the
           abundant
           services
           of
           some
           have
           more
           mischiefe
           to
           their
           Masters
           than
           forraign
           armes
           or
           combination
           ever
           could
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           taken
           for
           good
           service
           to
           invent
           a
           new
           revenue
           of
           200000.
           
             l.
             per
             annum
          
           to
           supply
           the
           wasted
           tents
           of
           the
           Crowne
           .
           And
           would
           not
           he
           have
           bin
           esteemed
           rather
           a
           foole
           than
           no
           friend
           to
           the
           Kings
           profit
           that
           had
           advised
           to
           lay
           that
           downe
           after
           it
           was
           once
           or
           twice
           paid
           .
           Yet
           in
           his
           Majesties
           own
           judgment
           that
           tax
           had
           better
           never
           bin
           .
           And
           it
           had
           never
           bin
           if
           the
           advise
           had
           never
           bin
           .
           And
           the
           advice
           had
           never
           bin
           ;
           or
           not
           bin
           pernitious
           ;
           If
           the
           King
           had
           received
           the
           same
           from
           the
           greater
           councell
           as
           he
           did
           then
           from
           the
           lesse
           .
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           though
           it
           rain
           not
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           yet
           the
           inundations
           of
           
             Nilus
          
           are
           caused
           by
           raine
           in
           another
           region
           .
           And
           the
           black
           clouds
           that
           hung
           over
           
             Scotland
          
           and
           their
           troubled
           waters
           made
           them
           think
           it
           rained
           som
           where
           ,
           and
           provide
           for
           the
           storm
           ,
           for
           doubtlesse
           if
           the
           motion
           ●o
           ab●olute
           dominion
           and
           ruine
           of
           all
           laws
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           so
           visible
           and
           swift
           in
           
             England
          
           as
           it
           was
           ;
           The
           new
           Service
           book
           ,
           had
           never
           brought
           so
           many
           thousands
           
             Scots
          
           over
           
             Tweed
             .
          
        
         
           We
           may
           then
           conclude
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ;
           That
           that
           physicke
           was
           not
           good
           that
           brought
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           into
           so
           great
           distemper
           ;
           That
           the
           people
           though
           a
           moveable
           body
           like
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           yet
           never
           swe●l
           ●ut
           when
           blowne
           upon
           by
           intemperate
           windes
           ;
           That
           that
           councell
           which
           hath
           caused
           the
           King
           to
           stake
           his
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdomes
           their
           safety
           ,
           now
           the
           third
           time
           ;
           That
           hath
           contested
           with
           the
           great
           Councell
           for
           precedency
           in
           the
           Kings
           judgement
           ,
           and
           hath
           obtained
           it
           ;
           That
           broke
           the
           last
           Parliament
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           would
           breake
           this
           by
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           Is
           not
           good
           for
           us
           ,
           nor
           for
           those
           discree●
           Gentlemen
           (
           if
           they
           understood
           their
           owne
           interest
           )
           that
           labour
           so
           much
           to
           ●upport
           it
           .
           But
           that
           in
           every
           case
           wherein
           the
           generall
           state
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           is
           concerned
           ,
           the
           advise
           ●h●t
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           gives
           ,
           upon
           a
           view
           taken
           of
           it selfe
           is
           not
           onely
           least
           erronious
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Law
           not
           presum'd
           to
           erre
           .
        
         
           Neither
           can
           the
           suggestion●
           made
           against
           this
           Parliament
           (
           indissoluble
           but
           by
           co●sent
           )
           any
           way
           availe
           to
           countena●ce
           a
           forci●le
           dissolution
           ,
           That
           they
           have
           too
           much
           handled
           the
           flowers
           of
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           those
           that
           adorne
           the
           pe●son
           ,
           ●f
           not
           constitute
           the
           office
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           That
           they
           go
           about
           to
           erect
           a
           new
           Aristocraticall
           government
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           Tyrannicall
           of
           5.
           or
           600.
           
           That
           this
           Assembly
           is
           no
           Parliament
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           dissenting
           ;
           that
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           both
           Hous●s
           are
           gone
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           have
           left
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           remnant
           are
           a
           faction
           .
        
         
         
           To
           the
           first
           it
           is
           answered
           before
           ;
           that
           those
           rights
           of
           the
           Crowne
           whic●
           are
           by
           the
           positive
           and
           expresse
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           vested
           in
           the
           King
           to
           uses
           ,
           are
           not
           questioned
           ;
           except
           in
           case
           where
           it
           is
           manifest
           that
           the
           uses
           have
           been
           prevented
           ;
           And
           in
           that
           case
           no
           more
           is
           required
           but
           that
           the
           breache●
           be
           repaired
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           influences
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Government
           may
           be
           transmitted
           unto
           the
           people
           by
           better
           
             Mediums
             ,
          
           which
           is
           no
           prejudice
           to
           hi●
           Majastie
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           imagine
           that
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           grant
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           desired
           ;
           That
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           relieve
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           not
           at
           the
           peoples
           reques●
           .
           We
           will
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           that
           in
           any
           case
           it
           onely
           appertaines
           to
           our
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           the
           King
           to
           defend
           wearing
           of
           Arms
           .
           The
           use
           of
           this
           power
           vested
           in
           his
           Majesty
           is
           for
           defence
           of
           himself
           an●
           subjects
           ,
           and
           can
           h●ve
           no
           other
           intendment
           by
           Law
           and
           reason
           ,
           but
           suppose
           that
           by
           evill
           Councell
           that
           may
           be
           about
           a
           Prince
           (
           by
           his
           own
           unwise
           Election
           ,
           or
           Gods
           appointment
           when
           he
           gives
           Princes
           bad
           Councellours
           ,
           or
           people
           ba●
           Princes
           for
           scourges
           to
           wanton
           and
           corrupted
           Nations
           ;
           )
           this
           power
           is
           imployed
           to
           divide
           the
           Kingdome
           against
           it selfe
           ,
           one
           Faction
           sees
           this
           power
           lodged
           in
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           but
           never
           observes
           to
           what
           end
           ,
           so
           sides
           with
           him
           .
           Another
           insist
           upon
           the
           end
           for
           which
           he
           was
           trusted
           ,
           and
           defend
           themselves
           by
           Arms
           :
           Faction
           begets
           Civill
           warre
           :
           Civill
           warre
           dissolves
           the
           present
           Government
           ;
           After
           followes
           a
           forraigne
           yoke●
           if
           our
           neighbour
           Nations
           be
           not
           fast
           asleepe
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           imployed
           :
           In
           this
           expectation
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           ve●y
           minute
           when
           this
           imminent
           tempest
           is
           breaking
           upon
           our
           heads
           ;
           the
           representative
           bodie
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           prostrates
           it selfe
           at
           his
           Majesties
           feet
           ,
           a●d
           beseech
           him
           to
           change
           (
           not
           the
           Government
           )
           but
           a
           few
           subordinate
           Governours
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           shine
           upon
           his
           people
           through
           transparant
           and
           unblemished
           chrystall
           glasses
           ,
           not
           through
           Sanguine
           ,
           Murry
           ,
           and
           Azure
           which
           make
           the
           Ayre
           and
           Objects
           beheld
           to
           seeme
           bloody
           ,
           and
           blue
           ;
           Assuring
           him
           there
           is
           no
           other
           way
           to
           calme
           the
           Seas
           that
           begin
           to
           rage
           and
           to
           preserve
           from
           wreck
           the
           ship
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           wherein
           his
           Majestie
           is
           himself
           imbarqued
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           greatest
           adventurer
           .
           Now
           come
           in
           he
           Malignant
           Councellours
           ,
           and
           tell
           his
           Majestie
           that
           these
           humble
           Supplications
           will
           (
           if
           he
           yeeld
           to
           them
           )
           turne
           to
           Injunctions
           :
           Ease
           them
           and
           do
           them
           right
           (
           s●y
           they
           )
           but
           not
           at
           the
           requst
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           Which
           is
           no
           lesse
           th●n
           to
           place
           him
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           do
           what
           he
           shal
           think
           to
           be
           right
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           w●at
           he
           shal
           be
           advised
           by
           them
           is
           right
           ;
           That
           is
           (
           in
           many
           cases
           )
           what
           ambition
           ,
           hatred
           ,
           covetousnesse
           ,
           luxurie
           ,
           lecherie
           ,
           suggest
           to
           be
           right
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           flat
           tyrannie
           more
           absolute
           than
           the
           Turks
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Introdu●tion
           of
           a
           new
           forme
           of
           Government
           ,
           the
           Arguments
           are
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           Parliament
           draw
           to
           it selfe
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           maritime
           
           and
           land
           ●orces
           ,
           the
           power
           to
           name
           Councellours
           and
           Judges●
           or
           prescribe
           a
           rule
           for
           their
           nomination
           ,
           To
           make
           Lawes
           (
           for
           t
           is
           all
           one
           if
           the
           King
           may
           not
           deny
           those
           that
           are
           presented
           to
           him
           by
           both
           Houses
           )
           to
           perpetuate
           the
           sitting
           of
           this
           Parliament
           :
           The
           Soveraignty
           hath
           (
           if
           these
           be
           allowed
           )
           made
           no
           secret
           but
           a
           very
           apparant
           transition
           from
           the
           person
           of
           the
           King
           into
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           Parliament
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           have
           never
           had
           one
           Example
           of
           a
           Parliament
           that
           hath
           gone
           about
           to
           make
           themselves
           Lords
           over
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           And
           if
           they
           would
           they
           cannot
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           forsake
           the
           duty
           o●
           their
           place●
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           will
           forsake
           them
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           before
           :
           which
           though
           the
           people
           have
           dearly
           repented
           ,
           yet
           it
           serves
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           subsistance
           of
           a
           Parliament
           is
           impossible
           if
           dominion
           or
           any
           other
           end
           be
           perceived
           then
           Reformation
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Minority
           and
           absence
           of
           former
           Kings●
           opportunity
           was
           farre
           more
           favourable
           for
           such
           a
           designe
           then
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           yet
           what
           Prince
           was
           ever
           hurt
           by
           his
           infan●y
           or
           absence
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           trusted
           both
           with
           his
           dignity
           and
           revenue
           .
           And
           t
           is
           out
           of
           question
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           been
           clearely
           concurrent
           with
           this
           Parliament
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           Delinquents
           ,
           and
           conservation
           of
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           they
           had
           never
           risen
           up
           into
           so
           high
           requests
           ;
           but
           take
           the
           Argument
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           it
           followes
           not
           that
           the
           Parliament
           intends
           to
           assume
           Soveragne
           Authority
           ,
           because
           when
           Ireland
           is
           in
           Rebellion
           .
           England
           in
           combustion
           ,
           Scotland
           scarce
           quieted
           ,
           France
           and
           Spaine
           in
           Armes
           ,
           they
           do
           humbly
           supplicate
           his
           Majesty
           to
           entrust
           ,
           for
           a
           short
           and
           limited
           time
           ,
           the
           
             Militia
          
           under
           the
           commands
           of
           persons
           of
           Honour
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           (
           those
           whose
           blood
           and
           es●a●es
           must
           defend
           the
           State
           )
           may
           repose
           saith
           in
           :
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           of
           his
           Majesties
           best
           Kingdome
           and
           most
           obedient
           Subjects
           held
           so
           unworthy
           of
           any
           regard
           or
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           esteemed
           and
           so
           published
           for
           frivolous
           and
           false
           pretended
           ,
           meerly
           to
           obtain
           an
           unjust
           purchase
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           prerogative
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           nomination
           of
           prime
           Officers
           ,
           Councellours
           and
           Judges
           ,
           I
           presume
           that
           request
           results
           out
           of
           the
           precedent
           misgovernment
           ,
           and
           is
           intended
           onely
           for
           this
           time
           ;
           And
           peradventure
           the
           temper
           will
           be
           better
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           (
           being
           once
           invironed
           with
           a
           wise
           and
           religious
           Councell
           )
           appoint
           Judges
           and
           publique
           Officers
           ,
           whom
           the
           people
           may
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           cause
           accuse
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           judge
           ;
           nor
           would
           this
           branch
           of
           the
           Kings
           prerogative
           been
           reached
           at
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           if
           the
           Judges
           (
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           conservators
           of
           the
           Lawes●
           had
           not
           been
           the
           destroyers
           ;
           If
           the
           counsell
           of
           a
           
           few
           even
           in
           Parliament
           time
           ,
           had
           not
           involved
           the
           whole
           state
           in
           a
           common
           calamity
           ;
           and
           contested
           with
           the
           Grand
           Counsell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           assuming
           to
           t●emselves
           more
           zealous
           affection
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           a
           greater
           care
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           and
           a
           better
           di●cerning
           what
           was
           necessary
           and
           fit
           for
           both
           ,
           Yet
           the
           election
           of
           publike
           Officers
           is
           not
           without
           president
           in
           the
           times
           of
           former
           Kings
           ;
           But
           I
           would
           not
           have
           those
           Kings
           presidents
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           such
           demands
           may
           not
           be
           president
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           perpetuall
           Dictatorship
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           It
           may
           be
           deman●ed●
           why
           is
           the
           work
           prolonged
           by
           them
           ,
           who
           aske
           why
           are
           you
           so
           long
           at
           worke
           ?
           why
           are
           Delinquents
           protected
           ?
           by
           what
           meanes
           are
           difficulties
           objected
           ?
           How
           comes
           t●is
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           ?
           why
           doth
           the
           Parliament
           spe●d
           time
           in
           providing
           for
           their
           own
           safety
           ?
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           spent
           in
           redresse
           of
           publique
           disorders
           and
           vindication
           of
           the
           Subjects
           from
           oppression
           ?
           doe
           they
           pretend
           feare
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           rule
           ?
           Let
           his
           Majesty
           render
           those
           feares
           apparently
           false
           ,
           and
           concur
           more
           hartily
           than
           they
           in
           securing
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           Let
           him
           grant
           Commissions
           for
           Ireland
           ,
           let
           him
           grant
           guards
           for
           the
           Parliament
           as
           well
           to
           secure
           their
           feare
           as
           their
           danger
           :
           Why
           should
           his
           Majesty
           confirme
           their
           feares
           by
           discharging
           their
           Guards
           ,
           and
           attemping
           their
           persons
           ;
           If
           he
           know
           them
           to
           be
           safe●
           let
           them
           know
           it
           also
           ,
           or
           confute
           their
           fear
           to
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           by
           granting
           their
           owne
           wayes
           of
           security
           ,
           the
           next
           way
           to
           dete●t
           those
           apparitions
           of
           feare
           if
           they
           be
           false
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Religion
           of
           our
           Church
           is
           vindicated
           ;
           The
           vigour
           of
           our
           Lawes
           renewed
           ;
           A
           Guard
           of
           strength
           and
           terror
           provided
           for
           their
           future
           preservation
           ;
           The
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           quelled
           ;
           His
           Majesties
           revenue
           examined
           and
           repaired
           ;
           particular
           Delinquents
           punished
           ;
           The
           Court
           of
           Justice
           reformed
           ;
           The
           banks
           founded
           by
           the
           industry
           of
           our
           Ancesters
           with
           so
           much
           blood
           and
           treasure
           against
           the
           inundations
           of
           the
           prerogative
           ,
           or
           malignity
           of
           private
           counsels
           repai●ed
           and
           better
           fortified
           ,
           then
           let
           us
           see
           what
           pretence
           will
           be
           made
           for
           continuation
           of
           the
           Session
           still
           .
           The
           English
           Nation
           will
           not
           doubtlesse
           sell
           their
           birth-right
           for
           a
           messe
           of
           pottage
           .
           Nor
           chang
           the
           government
           of
           a
           Prince
           (
           time
           nor
           story
           remembring
           any
           other
           in
           these
           Kingdomes
           )
           of
           extraction
           so
           i●lustrious
           of
           a
           title
           so
           indubitable
           ,
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           their
           equall
           ,
           peradventure
           inferiour
           neighbours
           .
        
         
           To
           that
           allegation
           that
           this
           assembly
           is
           no
           Parliament
           in
           the
           Kings
           absence
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           understood
           when
           he
           is
           not
           present●
           it
           is
           an
           opinion
           so
           ancient
           as
           since
           his
           Majesty
           left
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           before
           I
           am
           perswade●
           it
           was
           never
           heard
           of
           :
           And
           it
           must
           follow
           thereupon
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           answered
           ●efore
           )
           that
           by
           the
           accedentall
           absence
           of
           the
           prince●
           or
           in
           sickne●●es
           that
           induce
           stupifaction
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           first
           degrees
           of
           infancy
           ,
           when
           the
           pow●●
           of
           the
           
           reasonable
           soul
           ,
           have
           no
           latitude
           of
           operation
           ,
           the
           state
           may
           be
           left
           without
           means
           to
           preserve
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           obsurditie
           to
           think
           .
           But
           if
           by
           the
           Kings
           absence
           be
           undestood
           the
           want
           of
           his
           voluntary
           concurrence
           in
           confirmation
           of
           the
           Acts
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           both
           houses
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           such
           cases
           they
           are
           no
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           be
           doubted
           if
           they
           have
           bin
           any
           Parliament
           during
           this
           Session
           :
           For
           the
           acts
           that
           have
           passed
           his
           Royall
           ascent
           (
           so
           much
           amplified
           in
           his
           late
           declarations
           to
           the
           people
           )
           are
           shrodely
           suspected
           to
           be
           with
           no
           great
           good
           liking
           of
           his
           Majestie
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           if
           they
           were
           voluntary
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           exhibited
           with
           due
           circumstances
           ,
           for
           through
           that
           opinion
           ,
           his
           Majestie
           hath
           lost
           much
           of
           the
           thanks
           due
           for
           such
           transcendent
           graces
           ,
           which
           no
           Prince
           ,
           or
           inferior
           person
           ,
           ought
           in
           discretion
           to
           loose
           .
           However
           that
           both
           houses
           legally
           convened
           and
           authorised
           to
           sit
           ,
           do
           not
           by
           the
           Kings
           absence
           loose
           the
           essence
           and
           denomination
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           appears
           by
           presidents
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           a
           Prince
           (
           further
           distant
           in
           body
           then
           his
           Majestie
           is
           in
           minde
           I
           hope
           )
           the
           estates
           have
           assembled
           themselves
           (
           which
           is
           a
           little
           higher
           then
           was
           yet
           in
           dispute
           )
           have
           administred
           oathes
           of
           fealtie
           to
           the
           subject
           ,
           have
           named
           officers
           for
           publique
           services
           ,
           and
           as
           well
           to
           superintend
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           as
           the
           revenue
           of
           the
           King
           .
           And
           though
           there
           was
           not
           nor
           is
           any
           law
           authorising
           the
           assembling
           of
           a
           parliament
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           yet
           was
           the
           legallity
           of
           that
           parliament
           never
           questioned
           ,
           nor
           will
           ,
           of
           any
           other
           upon
           the
           same
           or
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           when
           the
           matter
           to
           be
           treated
           on
           is
           the
           peace
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           whether
           the
           King
           be
           absent
           in
           body
           or
           minde
           ,
           it
           changes
           not
           the
           question
           much
           .
        
         
           But
           which
           is
           a
           short
           answer
           to
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           is
           :
           that
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           all
           the
           estates
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           is
           not
           disolveable
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           all
           the
           estates
           ,
           therefore
           a
           Parliament
           untill
           that
           Act
           be
           passed
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           allegation
           that
           Major
           part
           of
           both
           Houses
           have
           left
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           are
           gone
           over
           to
           the
           King
           .
           It
           may
           be
           demanded
           why
           doth
           not
           then
           his
           Majesty
           send
           them
           up
           to
           adjourn
           the
           Parliament
           to
           
             Oxford
          
           or
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           are
           they
           so
           fearfull
           of
           the
           Aprentizes
           of
           London
           ,
           that
           they
           dare
           not
           appear
           to
           do
           his
           Majestie
           so
           great
           a
           service
           by
           shouting
           a
           yea
           or
           no
           in
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           how
           willingly
           would
           they
           adventure
           a
           battell
           that
           refuse
           to
           speak
           a
           word
           in
           a
           croud
           .
           Truly
           it
           were
           the
           way
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           the
           controversie
           ,
           to
           reverse
           with
           ease
           the
           acts
           that
           have
           given
           so
           great
           cause
           of
           repentance
           ,
           to
           reduce
           the
           Parliament
           to
           termes
           of
           due
           obedience
           ;
           to
           save
           a
           multitude
           of
           offenders
           to
           weede
           out
           of
           both
           houses
           those
           factious
           members
           that
           insist
           so
           obstinately
           upon
           a
           trust
           reposed
           in
           them
           ;
           to
           distill
           out
           of
           the
           delinquent
           City
           of
           London
           much
           cordiall
           water
           to
           save
           the
           labour
           ,
           charge
           ,
           
           and
           hazards
           of
           warre
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           purses
           ,
           persons
           ,
           and
           horses
           of
           the
           willing
           Gentry
           ,
           who
           labour
           for
           those
           fetters
           (
           such
           is
           the
           understanding
           of
           this
           time
           )
           that
           their
           Fathers
           swet
           to
           be
           rid
           from
           ;
           For
           if
           armes
           be
           raised
           onely
           against
           a
           smal
           malignant
           party
           ,
           a
           faction
           of
           a
           few
           Parliament
           men
           :
           The
           Major
           number
           would
           quickly
           deliver
           them
           up
           and
           what
           place
           could
           afford
           safety
           for
           them
           against
           the
           Ire
           of
           his
           Majesty
           and
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           To
           such
           as
           put
           these
           Questions
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           power
           and
           priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           what
           Law
           doe
           they
           impose
           Orders
           upon
           the
           people
           without
           the
           Kings
           Assent
           ?
           they
           seeme
           to
           me
           like
           them
           that
           dispute
           how
           legally
           the
           next
           houses
           are
           pulled
           downe
           ,
           when
           the
           flame
           and
           windes
           make
           cruell
           vastation
           in
           the
           beautifull
           buildings
           of
           a
           populous
           Citie
           .
           They
           are
           honest
           m●n
           ,
           and
           would
           faine
           be
           thought
           wise
           ,
           but
           I
           doubt
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           o
           be
           of
           their
           understa●ding
           to
           comprehend●
           what
           power
           resides
           in
           the
           vast
           body
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           how
           unlimitedly
           that
           power
           operates
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           animated
           by
           danger
           ,
           for
           preservation
           of
           it selfe
           .
           A
           man
           may
           make
           the
           same
           observation
           upon
           them
           that
           is
           made
           upon
           
             Cato
             ,
          
           who
           pleaded
           the
           Lawes
           and
           usages
           of
           peaceable
           times
           ,
           when
           the
           liberty
           of
           that
           Common-wealth
           was
           at
           the
           last
           ●aspe
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           drove
           off
           it
           ,
           till
           it
           was
           too
           late
           ;
           his
           argument
           was
           this
           in
           effect
           ,
           That
           the
           Authors
           of
           Lawes
           for
           preservation
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           may
           not
           preserve
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           owne
           Creature
           .
           This
           was
           
             Cato
          
           his
           error
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           confessed
           by
           all
           men
           yet
           (
           I
           take
           it
           )
           he
           was
           a
           better
           Statesmen
           then
           these
           disputants
           .
           The
           King
           was
           admitted
           Judge
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           before
           the
           Parliament
           and
           it
           was
           appara●t
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           the
           better
           to
           levy
           mony
           ?
           Shall
           the
           Parliament
           sitting
           be
           a
           lesse
           compatent
           Judge
           ?
           As
           though
           a
           Physitian
           that
           saith
           you
           are
           not
           well
           ,
           though
           you
           do
           not
           perceive
           it
           ;
           Give
           me
           five
           or
           ten
           peeces
           ,
           I
           will
           c●re
           you
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           better
           beleeved
           then
           the
           man
           that
           hath
           been
           wasted
           with
           a
           Quotidian
           Fever
           sixteen
           yeeres
           together
           .
           They
           talke
           what
           the
           Parliament
           may
           doe
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           as
           though
           this
           were
           the
           Parliament
           that
           made
           an
           Act
           for
           pavement
           of
           an
           high-way
           ,
           and
           had
           little
           other
           worke
           .
           Truely
           ,
           if
           the
           regulation
           of
           a
           Trade
           ,
           or
           creation
           of
           a
           Tenure
           ,
           or
           erection
           of
           a
           Corporation
           were
           the
           Question
           in
           a
           peaceable
           time
           ,
           it
           were
           easily
           resolved
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           demurre
           should
           stand
           for
           a
           denia●l
           ;
           but
           to
           say
           the
           Kingdome
           may
           not
           defend
           and
           secure
           it selfe
           ,
           who
           ever
           saith
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           to
           fight
           against
           the
           oldest
           and
           best
           knowne
           Law
           in
           nature
           ,
           the
           Center
           of
           all
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           the
           inseparable
           right
           of
           all
           Kingdomes
           ,
           Corporations
           and
           Creatures
           .
           But
           they
           say
           the
           Kingdome
           is
           in
           no
           such
           danger
           ;
           who
           is
           a
           better
           Judge
           the
           repres●ntative
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           it selfe
           ?
           not
           those
           that
           say
           so
           .
           Who
           like
           a
           man
           that
           standing
           
           upon
           the
           beach
           at
           
             Dover
          
           will
           not
           beleeve
           that
           the
           Sea
           hath
           any
           shore
           towards
           
             Fra●co
             ,
          
           untill
           he
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Hill.
           
           It
           is
           not
           within
           their
           view
           to
           tell
           better
           then
           the
           Parliament
           whether
           there
           be
           danger
           or
           not
           .
           His
           Majestie
           indeed
           hath
           the
           most
           eminent
           place
           to
           observe
           what
           Collection
           of
           Clouds
           are
           in
           any
           quarter
           of
           the
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           what
           weather
           it
           wi●●
           be
           ,
           but
           his
           calculations
           (
           supposed
           to
           be
           made
           by
           others
           from
           a
           lower
           ground
           )
           are
           therefore
           not
           so
           well
           beleeved
           .
           But
           be
           it
           in
           danger
           or
           none
           it
           matters
           not
           much
           the
           Lawes
           have
           been
           in
           danger●
           (
           none
           will
           deny
           )
           and
           were
           recovered
           by
           another
           danger
           or
           had
           been
           lost
           :
           I●
           it
           be
           now
           peace
           (
           as
           th●se
           men
           say
           )
           it
           is
           the
           better
           time
           to
           secure
           them●
           if
           it
           be
           not
           peace
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           to
           save
           the
           Common-wealth
           by
           any
           means
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           King
           concurre
           not
           so
           speedily
           as
           the
           occasion
           requires
           ,
           the
           b●ame
           is
           not
           theirs
           that
           go
           before
           for
           his
           preservation
           and
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           an
           end
           ,
           I
           wish
           an
           union
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           under
           the
           same
           Government●
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Cavell
           (
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           )
           that
           this
           Crowne
           having
           three
           such
           supporters
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           the
           salt
           waters
           at
           Unitie
           ,
           at
           Libertie
           ,
           at
           Peace
           in
           it self
           may
           not
           fear
           the
           whole
           forces
           of
           the
           disjoynted
           contenent
           of
           Europe
           ,
           That
           his
           Majestie
           would
           understand
           his
           Interest
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           unite
           ,
           not
           to
           divide
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           to
           remember
           with
           what
           Tropheyes
           the
           magnanimous
           Princes
           of
           former
           times
           have
           adorned
           their
           Funerals
           and
           Fame
           .
           That
           he
           will
           chuse
           rather
           to
           fight
           in
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Brittish
           Armies
           ,
           for
           restitution
           of
           his
           Nephews
           to
           their
           lost
           ,
           inheritance
           ,
           than
           imploy
           them
           here
           to
           pillage
           and
           destroy
           his
           own
           subjects
           ;
           That
           he
           will
           first
           command
           the
           hearts
           ,
           then
           the
           persons
           ,
           then
           the
           estates
           of
           his
           subjects
           ,
           and
           not
           begin
           at
           the
           wrong
           end
           :
           That
           in
           the
           Parliament
           may
           reside
           a
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Latitude
           and
           Noblenesse
           which
           ought
           to
           dwell
           in
           an
           Assembly
           of
           so
           much
           Honour
           and
           Gravitie
           ,
           That
           just
           things
           be
           done
           for
           justice
           sake
           ,
           without
           bowing
           lesse
           or
           more
           for
           the
           raging
           of
           popular
           surges
           in
           the
           South●
           or
           for
           the
           cold
           winds
           that
           blow
           from
           the
           North
           :
           That
           the
           conditions
           of
           peace
           may
           not
           be
           enhansed
           by
           any
           prosperous
           successe
           ,
           but
           like
           the
           Noble
           Romane
           before
           and
           after
           the
           victorie
           the
           same
           :
           That
           his
           Majestie
           may
           be
           convinced
           of
           the
           Errour
           of
           his
           private
           Councels
           ,
           by
           finding
           in
           the
           Grand
           Councell
           a
           quiet
           repose
           and
           a
           stable
           foundation
           of
           peace
           and
           plentie
           to
           his
           Royall
           Person
           and
           Familie
           .
           And
           lastly
           (
           since
           his
           Majestie
           and
           his
           people
           thus
           divided
           cannot
           be
           happie
           )
           that
           with
           all
           convenient
           Expedition
           ,
           such
           as
           have
           studied
           this
           division
           between
           the
           Head
           and
           the
           Body
           ,
           may
           h●ve
           their
           heads
           divided
           from
           their
           bodies
           .
           So
           farewell
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Certain
           Observations
           ,
           Collected
           out
           of
           a
           Treatise
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             difference
             between
             Christian
             Subjection
             ,
             and
             unchristian
             Rebellion
          
           ;
           
           Compiled
           by
           that
           judicious
           and
           learned
           Divine
           ,
           
             Tho
             :
             Bilson
             ,
          
           then
           Warden
           of
           
             Winchester
             ,
          
           since
           Bishop
           there
           ;
           necessary
           in
           these
           times
           to
           be
           perused
           .
        
         
           
             
               Theophilus
            
             the
             Christian
             .
             
               Philander
            
             the
             Jesuite
             .
             
          
           
             
               Theop.
               
            
             
               CAses
               may
               fall
               out
               even
               in
               Christian
               Kingdomes
               ,
               where
               the
               people
               may
               plead
               their
               right
               against
               the
               Prince
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               charged
               with
               Rebellion
               .
               
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               As
               when
               for
               example
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Theop.
               
            
             
               If
               a
               Prince
               should
               goe
               about
               to
               subject
               his
               Kingdome
               to
               a
               foraigne
               Realme
               ,
               or
               change
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               Common-wealth
               from
               impery
               to
               tyranny
               ,
               or
               neglect
               the
               Lawes
               established
               by
               common
               consent
               of
               Prince
               and
               People
               to
               execute
               his
               owne
               pleasure
               ;
               in
               these
               and
               other
               Cases
               which
               might
               be
               named
               ;
               if
               the
               Nobles
               and
               Commons
               joyne
               together
               to
               defend
               their
               ancient
               and
               accustomed
               liberty
               ,
               Regiment
               and
               Lawes
               ,
               they
               may
               not
               well
               be
               counted
               Rebels
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               You
               denied
               that
               even
               now
               when
               I
               did
               urge
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Theop.
               
            
             
               I
               denied
               that
               Bishops
               had
               authority
               to
               prescraibe
               Conditions
               to
               Kings
               ,
               
               when
               they
               Crowned
               them
               ;
               but
               I
               never
               denyed
               that
               the
               People
               might
               preserve
               the
               foundation
               ,
               freedome
               ,
               and
               forme
               of
               their
               
               Common-wealth
               ,
               which
               they
               foreprized
               when
               they
               first
               consented
               to
               have
               a
               King
               .
               I
               never
               said
               that
               Kingdomes
               and
               Common-wealths
               might
               not
               proportion
               their
               States
               as
               they
               thought
               best
               ;
               by
               their
               publique
               Lawes
               ,
               which
               afterwards
               the
               Princes
               themselves
               may
               not
               violate
               .
               By
               superiour
               powers
               ordained
               of
               God
               ,
               we
               understand
               not
               onely
               Princes
               ,
               but
               all
               politicke
               States
               and
               Regiments
               ,
               somewhere
               the
               People
               ,
               somewhere
               the
               Nobles
               having
               th
               esame
               interest
               to
               the
               sword
               that
               Princes
               have
               in
               their
               Kingdomes
               ,
               and
               in
               Kingdomes
               where
               Princes
               beare
               rule
               ;
               
               by
               the
               sword
               we
               doe
               not
               mean
               the
               Princes
               private
               wil
               against
               his
               Laws
               ;
               but
               his
               precept
               desired
               from
               his
               aws
               ,
               &
               agreeing
               with
               his
               Laws
               ;
               which
               though
               it
               be
               wicked
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               not
               be
               resisted
               of
               any
               Subject
               with
               armed
               violence
               .
               Marry
               when
               Princes
               offer
               thei●
               Subjects
               no●
               justice
               but
               force
               ,
               and
               despize
               all
               Lawes
               to
               practice
               their
               lusts
               ;
               not
               every
               nor
               any
               private
               man
               may
               take
               the
               sword
               to
               redresse
               the
               Prince
               ;
               
               but
               if
               the
               Lawes
               of
               the
               Land
               appoint
               the
               Nobles
               as
               next
               to
               the
               King
               to
               assist
               him
               in
               doing
               right
               ,
               and
               with-hold
               him
               from
               doing
               wrong
               ,
               then
               they
               be
               licensed
               by
               mans
               Law
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               prohibited
               by
               Gods
               to
               interpose
               themselves
               for
               the
               safe-guard
               of
               equity
               and
               innocence
               ;
               and
               by
               all
               lawfull
               and
               needfull
               meanes
               to
               procure
               the
               Prince
               to
               be
               reformed
               ;
               but
               in
               no
               case
               deprived
               ,
               where
               the
               Scepter
               is
               inherited
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36115e-520
           
             
               Allowed
               by
               publike
               Anthority
               to
               be
               set
               forth
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               title
               page
               may
               appear
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               third
               part
               ,
               pag
            
             279.
             
               verbatim
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               some
               Cases
               the
               Nobles
               &
               commons
               may
               stand
               for
               the
               Publike
               Regiment
               and
               Lawes
               of
               their
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Christian
               Kingdomes
               may
               settle
               their
               States
               with
               common
               consent
               of
               Prince
               and
               people
               ,
               which
               the
               Prince
               alone
               cannot
               alter
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Princes
               sword
               ,
               his
               Law
               ,
               not
               his
               ●ust
               .
            
          
           
             
               Princes
               may
               be
               stayed
               from
               tyranny
               by
               their
               own
               Realmes
               though
               not
               deposed
               .