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           THE
           POWER
           OF
           KINGS
           :
           And
           in
           Particular
           ,
           OF
           THE
           King
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
           Learnedly
           Asserted
           ,
           By
           Sir
           ROBERT
           FILMER
           ,
           Kt.
           WITH
           A
           PREFACE
           of
           a
           Friend
           :
           Giving
           an
           Account
           Of
           the
           AUTHOR
           and
           his
           WORKS
           .
        
         
           
             In
             Magnis
             voluisse
             sat
             est
             —
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             H.
          
           &
           
             T.
             F.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Walter
             Davis
          
           in
           
             Amen-Corner
             ,
          
           near
           
             Paternoster-row
             .
          
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           WHoso
           would
           go
           about
           to
           speak
           Sir
           
             Robert
          
           Filmer's
           worth
           ,
           hath
           no
           more
           to
           do
           but
           onely
           to
           Number
           and
           to
           Name
           his
           Writings
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           written
           in
           the
           following
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             Questio
             Quodlibetica
             ,
          
           or
           
             a
             Discourse
             of
             Usury
             ,
          
           written
           about
           1630.
           and
           first
           published
           in
           the
           year
           1656.
           
        
         
           Patriarcha
           ,
           
             or
             the
          
           Natural
           Right
           of
           Kings
           maintained
           ,
           against
           the
           Unnatural
           Right
           of
           the
           People
           to
           Govern
           ,
           or
           chuse
           themselves
           Governours
           .
           
             Written
             about
             the
             year
             1642.
             and
             never
             Published
             till
             of
             late
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           Blasphemy
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           
             Published
             in
             the
             year
          
           1656.
           
        
         
           The
           Anarchy
           of
           a
           Limited
           and
           Mixed
           Monarchy
           ,
           
             or
          
           Observations
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Hunton's
           Treatise
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
           
             First
             Published
             in
             the
             year
          
           1646.
           
        
         
           The
           Free-holders
           grand
           Inquest
           ,
           touching
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Parliament
           .
           
             In
             the
             year
          
           1648.
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           :
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
             .
             First
             Published
             in
             the
             same
             year
             .
          
        
         
           
             Observations
             upon
             Mr.
          
           Hobbes
           '
           
             s
          
           Leviathan
           ,
           
             Mr.
          
           Milton
           
             against
          
           Salmasius
           ,
           
             and
          
           H.
           Grotius
           
             De
             Jure
             Belli
             &
             Pacis
             ,
          
           concerning
           
             the
             Original
             of
             Government
             .
          
           To
           which
           
             those
             upon
             Mr.
          
           Huntons
           Book
           being
           re-printed
           ,
           were
           annexed
           in
           the
           year
           1652.
           
        
         
           Observations
           upon
           
           Aristotle's
           Politicks
           ,
           touching
           Forms
           of
           Government
           .
           
             Published
             in
             the
             same
             year
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             the
          
           Advertisement
           to
           the
           Jury-men
           of
           
             England
          
           touching
           Witches
           ,
           with
           the
           difference
           between
           an
           
             English
          
           and
           an
           
             Hebrew
          
           Witch
           .
           
             In
             the
             year
          
           1653.
           
        
         
           Whoso
           would
           give
           his
           Writings
           their
           due
           ,
           hath
           done
           it
           already
           ,
           in
           saying
           that
           they
           are
           His.
           Of
           which
           ,
           who
           reads
           any
           one
           ,
           may
           have
           some
           cause
           to
           wonder
           how
           he
           came
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           furnished
           to
           write
           that
           ;
           but
           who
           proceeds
           yet
           farther
           to
           read
           them
           all
           ,
           will
           have
           more
           abundant
           cause
           to
           wonder
           ,
           should
           any
           else
           but
           he
           have
           wrote
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
         
           His
           Political
           Writings
           are
           chiefly
           levell'd
           against
           a
           Doctrine
           but
           too
           generally
           embrac'd
           of
           late
           
             That
             ,
             all
             men
             are
             born
             equal
             .
          
           To
           disprove
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           might
           be
           sufficient
           to
           appeal
           to
           the
           Practice
           and
           Experience
           of
           Mankinde
           ,
           whether
           all
           Nations
           have
           not
           still
           with
           one
           Consent
           mounted
           their
           Kings
           upon
           
             Thrones
             ;
          
           and
           whether
           all
           the
           Masters
           of
           Philosophies
           and
           Religions
           have
           not
           constantly
           appeared
           in
           their
           
             Chairs
             ,
          
           and
           in
           their
           
             Pulpits
             ,
          
           while
           their
           Disciples
           have
           humbly
           presented
           themselves
           at
           their
           
             Feet
             ?
          
           Not
           to
           speak
           of
           all
           the
           several
           Heights
           of
           Authority
           ,
           or
           extents
           of
           Command
           ,
           which
           either
           Popular
           Oratory
           have
           attained
           to
           by
           their
           Wit
           ,
           or
           Conquerours
           have
           raised
           themselves
           to
           by
           their
           Arms.
           Our
           Author
           himself
           is
           an
           undeniable
           proof
           of
           his
           own
           Assertion
           ,
           and
           has
           given
           us
           the
           best
           evidence
           that
           all
           men
           are
           not
           equal
           by
           Birth
           ,
           while
           he
           himself
           hath
           no
           equal
           in
           Writing
           .
           So
           impossible
           is
           it
           for
           him
           to
           treat
           either
           of
           the
           means
           of
           Acquiring
           ,
           or
           the
           Rights
           of
           exercising
           Soveraignty
           ,
           without
           acquiring
           and
           exercising
           a
           new
           Soveraignty
           over
           his
           Readers
           .
           For
           does
           he
           overcome
           others
           ?
           even
           we
           at
           the
           same
           time
           are
           made
           Captives
           without
           resistance
           ,
           and
           are
           his
           by
           right
           of
           Conquest
           .
           Or
           does
           he
           govern
           in
           their
           stead
           ?
           even
           then
           all
           Readers
           are
           insensibly
           under
           his
           Command
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           if
           they
           were
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           are
           his
           by
           right
           of
           natural
           Soveraignty
           .
           A
           Reason
           so
           far
           exalted
           above
           ours
           as
           his
           ,
           makes
           him
           appear
           like
           those
           Kings
           of
           old
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           Stature
           much
           superiour
           to
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           seemed
           so
           far
           to
           overtop
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           if
           Nature
           it self
           had
           marked
           them
           out
           for
           Heads
           of
           all
           .
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           no
           Power
           ,
           whose
           Cause
           our
           Author
           pleads
           ,
           can
           be
           so
           absolute
           ,
           as
           what
           he
           obtains
           over
           us
           at
           the
           same
           time
           himself
           .
           And
           yet
           of
           so
           sweet
           a
           Tyranny
           ,
           who
           that
           are
           under
           it
           can
           complain
           ?
           Arguments
           so
           prevailing
           ,
           who
           is
           able
           to
           withstand
           ?
           And
           where
           the
           Mastery
           is
           gained
           over
           us
           by
           no
           other
           force
           than
           that
           of
           Perswasion
           ,
           who
           would
           forego
           the
           pleasure
           of
           Obedience
           ?
           The
           Empire
           which
           Wit
           and
           Eloquence
           have
           over
           men
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           like
           that
           Command
           which
           Musick
           hath
           over
           the
           Wilde
           Beasts
           ,
           that
           civilizes
           and
           subdues
           them
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           .
           And
           we
           ,
           while
           we
           read
           this
           Author
           ,
           feel
           the
           highest
           of
           rational
           Pleasures
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           we
           are
           made
           at
           once
           both
           Better
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Wiser
           Men.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Power
           of
           Kings
           :
           And
           in
           Particular
           ,
           Of
           the
           KING
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           TO
           
             Majestie
          
           or
           
             Soveraignty
          
           belongeth
           an
           
             Absolute
             Power
          
           not
           subject
           to
           any
           Law.
           It
           behoveth
           him
           that
           is
           a
           Soveraign
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           in
           any
           sort
           Subject
           to
           the
           Command
           of
           Another
           ;
           whose
           Office
           is
           to
           give
           Laws
           unto
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           Abrogate
           Laws
           unprofitable
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           
             stead
          
           to
           Establish
           other
           ;
           which
           he
           cannot
           do
           ,
           that
           is
           himself
           Subject
           to
           Laws
           ,
           or
           to
           Others
           which
           have
           Command
           over
           him
           :
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Prince
             is
             acquitted
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Laws
           ,
           Ordinances
           ,
           Letters-Patents
           ,
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           Grants
           of
           Princes
           ,
           have
           no
           force
           but
           during
           their
           Life
           ;
           if
           they
           be
           not
           ratified
           by
           the
           express
           Consent
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           Sufferance
           of
           the
           Prince
           following
           ,
           who
           had
           knowledge
           thereof
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Soveraign
           Prince
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           Laws
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           much
           less
           shall
           he
           be
           bound
           unto
           the
           Laws
           he
           maketh
           Himself
           ;
           for
           a
           man
           may
           well
           receive
           a
           Law
           from
           Another
           man
           ,
           but
           impossible
           it
           is
           in
           Nature
           for
           to
           give
           a
           Law
           unto
           Himself
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           it
           is
           to
           Command
           a
           mans
           self
           in
           a
           matter
           depending
           of
           his
           Own
           Will
           :
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             Obligation
             which
             taketh
             State
             from
             the
             meer
             Will
             of
             him
             that
             promiseth
             the
             same
             ;
          
           which
           is
           a
           necessary
           Reason
           to
           prove
           evidently
           ,
           that
           a
           King
           cannot
           binde
           his
           Own
           Hands
           ,
           albeit
           that
           he
           would
           :
           We
           see
           also
           in
           the
           end
           of
           all
           Laws
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Because
             it
             hath
             so
             Pleased
             us
             ;
          
           to
           give
           us
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           a
           Sovereign
           Prince
           ,
           although
           they
           be
           grounded
           upon
           Reason
           ,
           yet
           depend
           upon
           nothing
           but
           his
           meer
           and
           frank
           good
           Will.
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           
           all
           Princes
           and
           People
           are
           unto
           them
           subject
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           in
           their
           power
           to
           impugne
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           against
           God
           ;
           under
           the
           greatness
           of
           whom
           ,
           all
           
             Monarchs
          
           of
           the
           world
           ought
           to
           bow
           their
           Heads
           ,
           in
           all
           fear
           and
           reverence
           .
        
         
           A
           Question
           may
           be
           ,
           
             Whether
             a
             Prince
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             his
             Countrey
             that
             he
             hath
             sworn
             to
             keep
             ,
             or
             not
             ?
          
           If
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           promise
           by
           Oath
           to
           his
           Subjects
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           ,
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           keep
           them
           ;
           not
           for
           that
           a
           Prince
           is
           bound
           to
           keep
           his
           Laws
           by
           himself
           or
           by
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           just
           Conventions
           and
           Promises
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           himself
           ;
           be
           it
           by
           Oath
           ,
           or
           without
           any
           Oath
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           should
           a
           private
           man
           be
           :
           and
           for
           the
           same
           causes
           that
           a
           Private
           man
           may
           be
           relieved
           from
           his
           unjust
           and
           unreasonable
           Promise
           ,
           as
           for
           that
           it
           was
           so
           grievous
           ,
           or
           for
           that
           he
           was
           by
           deceit
           or
           fraud
           Circumvented
           ,
           or
           induced
           thereunto
           by
           Errour
           ,
           or
           Force
           ,
           or
           just
           Fear
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           great
           Hurt
           ;
           even
           for
           the
           same
           causes
           the
           Prince
           may
           be
           restored
           in
           that
           which
           toucheth
           the
           diminishing
           of
           his
           Majesty
           :
           And
           so
           our
           
             Maxime
          
           resteth
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Prince
             is
             not
             subject
             to
             His
             Laws
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             but
             well
             to
             his
             Own
             just
             and
             reasonable
             Conventions
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Soveraign
           Prince
           may
           derogate
           from
           the
           Laws
           that
           he
           hath
           promised
           and
           sworn
           to
           keep
           ,
           if
           the
           Equity
           thereof
           cease
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           himself
           ,
           without
           Consent
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           which
           his
           Subjects
           cannot
           do
           among
           Themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           by
           the
           Prince
           relieved
           .
        
         
           The
           Forraign
           Princes
           well-advised
           ,
           will
           never
           take
           Oath
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           they
           are
           not
           Sovereigns
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           Oaths
           ,
           the
           Prince
           may
           Derogate
           from
           the
           Laws
           ,
           or
           Frustrate
           or
           Disanul
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Reason
           and
           Equity
           of
           them
           ceasing
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           any
           Bond
           for
           the
           Soveraign
           Prince
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           ,
           more
           than
           so
           far
           as
           Right
           and
           Justice
           requireth
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           the
           Antient
           Kings
           of
           the
           
             Hebrews
          
           took
           any
           Oaths
           ,
           no
           not
           they
           which
           were
           Anointed
           by
           
             Samuel
             ,
             Elias
             ,
          
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           General
           and
           Particular
           ,
           which
           concern
           the
           Right
           
           of
           men
           in
           Private
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           used
           to
           be
           otherwise
           Changed
           ,
           but
           after
           General
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           Three
           Estates
           in
           
             France
             ;
          
           not
           for
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           Kings
           to
           rest
           on
           their
           Advice
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           may
           not
           do
           the
           Contrary
           to
           that
           they
           demand
           ,
           if
           natural
           Reason
           and
           Justice
           do
           so
           require
           .
           And
           in
           that
           the
           Greatness
           and
           Majesty
           of
           a
           true
           Soveraign
           Prince
           is
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           when
           the
           Estates
           of
           all
           the
           People
           assembled
           together
           in
           all
           Humility
           present
           their
           Requests
           and
           Supplications
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           without
           having
           any
           Power
           in
           any
           thing
           to
           Command
           ,
           or
           Determine
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           Voice
           ;
           but
           that
           that
           which
           it
           pleaseth
           the
           King
           to
           Like
           or
           Dislike
           ,
           to
           Command
           or
           Forbid
           ,
           is
           holden
           for
           Law.
           Wherein
           they
           which
           have
           written
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           Magistrates
           ,
           have
           deceived
           themselves
           ,
           in
           maintaining
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           People
           is
           greater
           than
           the
           Prince
           ;
           a
           thing
           which
           oft-times
           causeth
           the
           true
           Subjects
           to
           revolt
           from
           the
           Obedience
           which
           they
           owe
           unto
           their
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           aud
           ministreth
           matter
           of
           great
           Troubles
           in
           Commonwealths
           ;
           of
           which
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           there
           is
           neither
           reason
           nor
           ground
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           King
           should
           be
           Subject
           unto
           the
           Assemblies
           and
           Decrees
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           he
           should
           neither
           be
           King
           nor
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           the
           Commonwealth
           neither
           Realm
           nor
           Monarchy
           ;
           but
           a
           meer
           
             Aristocracy
          
           of
           many
           Lords
           in
           Power
           equal
           ,
           where
           the
           Greater
           part
           commandeth
           the
           less
           ;
           and
           whereon
           the
           Laws
           are
           not
           to
           be
           published
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           him
           that
           Ruleth
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Name
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Estates
           ;
           as
           in
           an
           
             Aristocratical
          
           Seignory
           ,
           where
           he
           that
           is
           Chief
           hath
           no
           Power
           ,
           but
           oweth
           Obeisance
           to
           the
           Seignory
           ;
           unto
           whom
           yet
           they
           every
           one
           of
           them
           feign
           themselves
           to
           owe
           their
           Faith
           and
           Obedience
           :
           which
           are
           all
           things
           so
           absurd
           ,
           as
           hard
           it
           is
           to
           see
           which
           is
           furthest
           from
           Reason
           .
        
         
           
             When
          
           Charles
           
             the
             eighth
             ,
             the
          
           French
           
             King
             ,
             then
             but
             Fourteen
             years
             old
             ,
             held
             a
             Parliament
             at
          
           Tours
           ,
           
             although
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Parliament
             was
             never
             Before
             nor
             After
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             Times
             ;
             yet
          
           Relli
           
             then
             the
             Speaker
             for
             the
             People
             ,
             turning
             himself
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             thus
             beginneth
             :
          
           Most
           High
           ,
           most
           Mighty
           ,
           and
           most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           our
           Natural
           and
           Onely
           Lord
           ;
           we
           poor
           ,
           humble
           ,
           and
           obedient
           Subjects
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           which
           are
           come
           hither
           by
           your
           Command
           ,
           in
           all
           Humility
           ,
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           
           Subjection
           ,
           present
           our selves
           before
           you
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           And
           have
           given
           me
           in
           charge
           from
           all
           this
           Noble
           Assembly
           to
           declare
           unto
           You
           ,
           the
           good
           Will
           and
           hearty
           desire
           they
           have
           ,
           with
           a
           most
           fervent
           Resolution
           to
           Serve
           ,
           Obey
           ,
           and
           Aid
           You
           in
           all
           your
           Affairs
           ,
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           Pleasures
           .
           
             All
             this
             Speech
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             Declaration
             of
             their
             good
             Will
             towards
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             humble
             Obedience
             and
             Loyalty
             .
          
        
         
           The
           like
           Speech
           was
           used
           in
           the
           Parliament
           at
           
             Orleans
          
           to
           
             Charles
          
           the
           9th
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           scarce
           Eleven
           Years
           old
           .
        
         
           Neither
           are
           the
           Parliaments
           in
           
             Spain
          
           otherwise
           holden
           ,
           but
           that
           even
           a
           greater
           Obedience
           of
           all
           the
           People
           is
           given
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           as
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Parliament
           at
           
             Toledo
          
           by
           King
           
             Philip
             ,
          
           1552.
           when
           he
           yet
           was
           scarce
           Twenty
           Five
           Years
           old
           .
           The
           Answers
           also
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           unto
           the
           Requests
           and
           humble
           Supplications
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           are
           given
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             We
             will
             ,
          
           or
           else
           ,
           
             We
             Decree
             or
             Ordain
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           the
           Subsidies
           that
           the
           Subjects
           pay
           unto
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           they
           call
           
             Service
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           have
           commonly
           been
           holden
           every
           Third
           Year
           ,
           the
           Estates
           seem
           to
           have
           a
           great
           Liberty
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Northern
           People
           almost
           all
           breathe
           thereafter
           )
           yet
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           they
           proceed
           not
           ,
           but
           by
           way
           of
           Supplications
           and
           Requests
           to
           the
           King.
           As
           in
           the
           Parliament
           holden
           in
           
             Octob.
          
           1566.
           when
           the
           Estates
           by
           a
           common
           Consent
           had
           resolved
           (
           as
           they
           gave
           the
           Queen
           to
           understand
           )
           not
           to
           Treat
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           until
           She
           had
           first
           Appointed
           who
           should
           Succeed
           Her
           in
           the
           Crown
           ;
           She
           gave
           them
           no
           other
           Answer
           ,
           but
           
             That
             they
             were
             not
             to
             make
             her
             Grave
             before
             she
             were
             Dead
             .
          
           All
           whose
           Resolutions
           were
           to
           no
           purpose
           without
           Her
           good
           liking
           ,
           neither
           did
           She
           in
           that
           any
           thing
           that
           they
           requested
           .
        
         
           Albeit
           by
           the
           Sufferance
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Controversies
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           People
           are
           sometimes
           determined
           by
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           yet
           all
           the
           Estates
           remain
           in
           full
           subjection
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           no
           way
           bound
           to
           follow
           their
           Advice
           ,
           neither
           to
           consent
           to
           their
           Requests
           .
        
         
           The
           Estates
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           never
           otherwise
           Assembled
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           they
           are
           in
           
             France
          
           or
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           than
           by
           Parliament-Writs
           
           and
           express
           Commandments
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           the
           King
           ;
           which
           sheweth
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           the
           Estates
           have
           no
           Power
           of
           themselves
           to
           Determine
           ,
           Command
           ,
           or
           Decree
           any
           thing
           ;
           seeing
           they
           cannot
           so
           much
           as
           Assemble
           themselves
           ,
           neither
           being
           Assembled
           ,
           Depart
           without
           express
           Commandment
           from
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Yet
           this
           may
           seem
           one
           special
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           made
           by
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Estates
           ,
           cannot
           be
           again
           repealed
           ,
           but
           by
           calling
           a
           Parliament
           ;
           though
           we
           see
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           to
           have
           always
           used
           his
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           only
           word
           to
           have
           disannulled
           the
           Decrees
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           We
           conclude
           the
           Majesty
           of
           a
           Prince
           to
           be
           nothing
           altered
           or
           diminished
           by
           the
           Calling
           together
           ,
           or
           Presence
           of
           the
           Estates
           :
           But
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           thereby
           to
           be
           much
           the
           Greater
           and
           the
           more
           Honourable
           ,
           seeing
           all
           His
           People
           to
           acknowledge
           Him
           for
           their
           Soveraign
           .
        
         
           We
           see
           the
           principal
           Point
           of
           Soveraign
           Majesty
           and
           Absolute
           Power
           to
           consist
           principally
           in
           giving
           Laws
           unto
           the
           Subjects
           without
           their
           Consent
           .
           It
           behoveth
           ,
           that
           the
           Soveraign
           Prince
           should
           have
           the
           Laws
           in
           his
           Power
           ,
           to
           Change
           and
           Amend
           them
           according
           as
           Occasion
           shall
           require
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           every
           one
           in
           particular
           must
           swear
           to
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           One
           Soveraign
           
             Monarch
             ;
          
           who
           ,
           next
           unto
           God
           ,
           (
           of
           whom
           he
           holds
           his
           Scepter
           and
           Power
           )
           is
           bound
           to
           No
           Man
           :
           For
           an
           Oath
           carrieth
           always
           with
           it
           Reverence
           unto
           whom
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Name
           it
           is
           made
           ,
           as
           still
           given
           to
           a
           Superiour
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Vassal
           gives
           such
           Oath
           unto
           his
           Lord
           ,
           but
           receives
           None
           from
           Him
           again
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           mutually
           Bound
           ,
           the
           One
           of
           them
           to
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           
             Trajan
          
           swore
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           ,
           although
           he
           under
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           was
           exempted
           ;
           but
           never
           any
           of
           the
           Emperours
           before
           him
           so
           sware
           :
           Therefore
           
             Pliny
          
           the
           Younger
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Panegyrical
             Oration
             ,
          
           speaking
           of
           the
           Oath
           of
           
             Trajan
             ,
          
           gives
           out
           ,
           
             A
             great
             Novelty
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             and
             never
             before
             heard
             of
             ,
             He
             sweareth
             ,
             by
             whom
             we
             swear
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           these
           two
           things
           the
           one
           must
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Prince
           that
           swears
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           must
           
           either
           not
           have
           the
           Soveraignty
           ,
           or
           else
           become
           a
           Perjur'd
           Man
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           but
           Abrogate
           but
           one
           Law
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           not
           only
           Profitable
           that
           a
           Prince
           should
           sometimes
           Abrogate
           some
           such
           Laws
           ,
           but
           also
           Necessary
           for
           him
           to
           Alter
           or
           Correct
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           infinite
           Variety
           of
           Places
           ,
           Times
           and
           Persons
           shall
           require
           :
           Or
           if
           we
           shall
           say
           ,
           the
           Prince
           to
           be
           still
           a
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           yet
           nevertheless
           with
           such
           conditions
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           make
           no
           Law
           without
           the
           Advice
           of
           his
           Councel
           or
           People
           ;
           He
           must
           also
           be
           Dispensed
           with
           by
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           for
           the
           Oath
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           for
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Laws
           ;
           and
           the
           Subjects
           again
           which
           are
           obliged
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           have
           also
           need
           to
           be
           Dispensed
           withal
           by
           their
           Prince
           ,
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           be
           Perjur'd
           :
           So
           shall
           it
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Commonweal
           enclining
           now
           to
           this
           side
           ,
           now
           to
           that
           side
           ;
           sometimes
           the
           Prince
           ,
           sometimes
           the
           People
           bearing
           sway
           ,
           shall
           have
           no
           Certainty
           to
           rest
           upon
           ;
           which
           are
           notable
           Absurdities
           ,
           and
           altogether
           incompatible
           with
           the
           Majesty
           of
           Absolute
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           contrary
           both
           to
           Law
           and
           Reason
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           see
           many
           men
           ,
           that
           think
           they
           see
           more
           in
           the
           matter
           than
           others
           ,
           will
           maintain
           it
           to
           be
           most
           Necessary
           ,
           that
           Princes
           should
           be
           bound
           by
           Oath
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           their
           Countreys
           :
           In
           which
           doing
           ,
           they
           weaken
           and
           overthrow
           all
           the
           Rights
           of
           Soveraign
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           most
           Sacred
           and
           Holy
           ,
           and
           confound
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           One
           Soveraign
           
             Monarch
             ,
          
           with
           an
           
             Aristocracy
          
           or
           
             Democracy
             .
          
        
         
           Publication
           ,
           or
           Approbation
           of
           Laws
           ,
           in
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Estates
           or
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           with
           us
           of
           great
           importance
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Laws
           ;
           not
           that
           the
           Prince
           cannot
           of
           himself
           make
           a
           Law
           ,
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Estates
           or
           People
           (
           for
           even
           all
           his
           Declarations
           of
           War
           ,
           Treaties
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Valuations
           of
           the
           Coin
           ,
           Charters
           to
           enable
           Towns
           to
           send
           Burgesses
           to
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           his
           Writ
           of
           Summons
           to
           both
           Houses
           to
           Assemble
           ,
           are
           Laws
           ,
           though
           made
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Estates
           or
           People
           ;
           )
           but
           it
           is
           a
           Courteous
           part
           to
           do
           it
           by
           the
           good
           liking
           of
           the
           Senate
           .
        
         
           What
           if
           a
           Prince
           by
           Law
           forbid
           to
           Kill
           or
           Steal
           ,
           is
           he
           not
           Bound
           to
           obey
           his
           own
           Laws
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           Law
           is
           not
           
           His
           ,
           but
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           whereunto
           all
           Princes
           are
           more
           straitly
           bound
           than
           their
           Subjects
           ;
           God
           taketh
           a
           stricter
           account
           of
           Princes
           than
           others
           ,
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           a
           King
           hath
           said
           ;
           whereto
           agreeth
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             Magistrates
             are
             Judges
             over
             private
             men
             ,
             Princes
             judge
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             God
             the
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           also
           oftentimes
           repeated
           among
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           be
           Obedient
           unto
           the
           Laws
           of
           such
           Princes
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           set
           to
           Rule
           and
           Reign
           over
           us
           ;
           if
           their
           Laws
           be
           not
           directly
           Repugnant
           unto
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           whereunto
           all
           Princes
           are
           as
           well
           bound
           as
           their
           Subjects
           :
           For
           as
           the
           Vassal
           oweth
           his
           Oath
           of
           Fidelity
           unto
           his
           Lord
           ,
           towards
           and
           against
           all
           men
           ,
           except
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           :
           So
           the
           Subject
           oweth
           his
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           towards
           and
           against
           all
           ,
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           excepted
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Absolute
           Soveraign
           of
           All
           the
           Princes
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           To
           confound
           the
           state
           of
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             Popular
          
           or
           
             Aristocratical
          
           estate
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           impossible
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           incompatible
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           :
           For
           Soveraignty
           being
           of
           it self
           Indivisible
           ,
           How
           can
           it
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           be
           Divided
           betwixt
           One
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           in
           common
           ?
           The
           first
           Mark
           of
           Sovereign
           Majesty
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           Power
           to
           give
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           Command
           over
           them
           unto
           the
           Subjects
           :
           And
           who
           should
           those
           Subjects
           be
           that
           should
           yield
           their
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           have
           also
           Power
           to
           make
           the
           Laws
           ?
           Who
           should
           He
           be
           that
           could
           Give
           the
           Law
           ,
           being
           he
           himself
           constrain'd
           to
           Receive
           it
           of
           them
           ,
           unto
           whom
           he
           himself
           Gave
           it
           ?
           So
           that
           of
           necessity
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           as
           no
           One
           in
           particular
           hath
           the
           Power
           to
           make
           the
           Law
           in
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           that
           there
           the
           State
           must
           needs
           be
           Popular
           .
        
         
           Never
           any
           Commonwealth
           hath
           been
           made
           of
           an
           
             Aristocracy
          
           and
           Popular
           Estate
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           all
           the
           Three
           Estates
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           Such
           States
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Right
           of
           Soveraignty
           is
           Divided
           are
           not
           rightly
           to
           be
           called
           Commonweals
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Commonweals
           ;
           as
           
             Herodotus
          
           hath
           most
           briefly
           but
           truely
           written
           .
        
         
         
           Commonweals
           which
           change
           their
           State
           ,
           the
           Soveraign
           Right
           and
           Power
           of
           them
           being
           Divided
           ,
           finde
           no
           rest
           from
           Civil
           Wars
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Prince
           be
           an
           Absolute
           Soveraign
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           true
           
             Monarchs
          
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Turkey
             ,
             Moscovy
             ,
             Tartary
             ,
             Persia
             ,
             Aethiopia
             ,
             India
             ,
          
           and
           almost
           of
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             Africk
          
           and
           
             Asia
             ;
          
           where
           the
           Kings
           themselves
           have
           the
           Soveraignty
           ,
           without
           all
           doubt
           or
           question
           ,
           not
           Divided
           with
           their
           Subjects
           :
           In
           this
           case
           it
           is
           not
           lawful
           for
           any
           One
           of
           the
           Subjects
           in
           particular
           ,
           or
           all
           of
           them
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           attempt
           any
           thing
           ,
           either
           by
           way
           of
           Fact
           or
           of
           Justice
           ,
           against
           the
           Honour
           ,
           Life
           ,
           or
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           ,
           albeit
           he
           had
           committed
           all
           the
           Wickedness
           ,
           Impiety
           ,
           and
           Cruelty
           that
           could
           be
           spoke
           .
           For
           as
           to
           proceed
           against
           Him
           by
           way
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Subject
           hath
           not
           such
           Jurisdiction
           over
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           of
           whom
           dependeth
           all
           Power
           to
           Command
           ,
           and
           who
           may
           not
           only
           Revoke
           all
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           Magistrates
           ,
           but
           even
           in
           whose
           Presence
           the
           Power
           of
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           Estates
           and
           Communities
           cease
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           not
           l●wful
           for
           the
           Subject
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Justice
           to
           proceed
           against
           a
           King
           ,
           How
           should
           it
           then
           be
           lawful
           to
           proceed
           against
           him
           by
           way
           of
           Fact
           or
           Force
           ?
           For
           question
           is
           not
           here
           what
           men
           are
           able
           to
           do
           by
           Strength
           and
           Force
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           ought
           of
           Right
           to
           do
           ;
           as
           not
           whether
           the
           Subject
           have
           Power
           and
           Strength
           ,
           but
           whether
           they
           have
           lawful
           Power
           to
           Condemn
           their
           Soveraign
           Prince
           .
        
         
           The
           Subject
           is
           not
           only
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           in
           the
           highest
           Degree
           ,
           who
           hath
           Slain
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           but
           even
           he
           also
           which
           hath
           Attempted
           the
           same
           ,
           who
           hath
           given
           Counsel
           or
           Consent
           thereto
           ;
           yea
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           Concealed
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           but
           so
           much
           as
           Thought
           it
           :
           Which
           Fact
           the
           Laws
           have
           in
           such
           Detestation
           ,
           as
           that
           when
           a
           man
           guilty
           of
           any
           Offence
           or
           Crime
           ,
           dyeth
           before
           he
           be
           condemned
           thereof
           ,
           he
           is
           deemed
           to
           have
           died
           in
           whole
           and
           perfect
           Estate
           ,
           except
           he
           have
           conspired
           against
           the
           Life
           and
           Dignity
           of
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           .
           This
           only
           thing
           they
           have
           thought
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           for
           which
           he
           may
           worthily
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           
           now
           already
           Judged
           and
           Condemned
           ;
           yea
           ,
           even
           before
           he
           was
           thereof
           Accused
           .
           And
           albeit
           the
           Laws
           inflict
           no
           Punishment
           upon
           the
           Evil
           Thoughts
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           on
           those
           only
           which
           by
           Word
           or
           Deed
           break
           out
           into
           some
           Enormity
           ;
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           so
           much
           as
           conceit
           a
           Thought
           for
           the
           Violating
           of
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           although
           he
           have
           Attempted
           nothing
           ,
           they
           have
           yet
           Judged
           this
           same
           Thought
           worthy
           of
           Death
           ,
           notwithstanding
           what
           Repentance
           soever
           he
           have
           had
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Lest
           any
           men
           should
           think
           [
           Kings
           or
           Princes
           ]
           themselves
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Authors
           of
           these
           Laws
           ,
           so
           the
           more
           straitly
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           own
           Safety
           and
           Honour
           ;
           let
           us
           fee
           the
           Laws
           and
           Examples
           of
           Holy
           
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nabuchodonosor
          
           King
           of
           
             Assyria
             ,
          
           with
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           destroyed
           all
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Palestina
             ,
          
           besieged
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           took
           it
           ,
           rob'd
           and
           razed
           it
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           burnt
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           defiled
           the
           
             Sanctuary
             of
             God
             ,
          
           slew
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           carrying
           away
           the
           rest
           into
           Captivity
           into
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           caused
           the
           Image
           of
           himself
           made
           in
           Gold
           to
           be
           set
           up
           in
           Publick
           place
           ,
           commanding
           all
           men
           to
           Adore
           and
           Worship
           the
           same
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           being
           Burnt
           alive
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           that
           refused
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           a
           burning
           
             Furnace
             .
          
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           [
           
             Baruch
             1.
             
             Jeremy
          
           29.
           ]
           directing
           their
           Letters
           unto
           their
           Brethren
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           then
           in
           Captivity
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           will
           them
           to
           pray
           unto
           God
           for
           the
           good
           and
           happy
           Life
           of
           
             Nabuchodonosor
          
           and
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           so
           long
           Rule
           and
           Reign
           over
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Heavens
           should
           endure
           :
           Yea
           even
           God
           himself
           doubted
           not
           to
           call
           
             Nabuchodonosor
          
           his
           Servant
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             make
             him
             the
             most
             Mighty
             Prince
             of
             the
             world
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           was
           there
           never
           a
           more
           detestable
           Tyrant
           than
           he
           :
           who
           not
           contented
           to
           be
           Himself
           Worshipped
           ,
           but
           caused
           his
           Image
           also
           to
           be
           Adored
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           pain
           of
           being
           burnt
           quick
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           another
           rare
           Example
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           who
           possessed
           with
           an
           evil
           Spirit
           ,
           caused
           the
           Priests
           of
           the
           
             Lord
          
           to
           be
           without
           iust
           Cause
           slain
           ,
           for
           that
           one
           of
           them
           had
           received
           
             David
          
           flying
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           did
           what
           in
           his
           power
           was
           to
           kill
           ,
           or
           cause
           to
           be
           kill'd
           ,
           the
           same
           
             David
             ,
          
           a
           most
           innocent
           Prince
           ,
           
           by
           whom
           he
           had
           got
           so
           many
           Victories
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           he
           fell
           twice
           himself
           into
           
           David's
           Hands
           :
           who
           blamed
           of
           his
           Souldiers
           for
           that
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           his
           so
           mortal
           Enemy
           ,
           then
           in
           his
           power
           ,
           to
           be
           Slain
           ,
           being
           in
           assured
           Hope
           to
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           Kingdom
           after
           his
           Death
           ;
           he
           detested
           their
           Counsel
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             God
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             suffer
             the
             Person
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ,
             to
             be
             violated
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           he
           himself
           defended
           the
           same
           King
           persecuting
           of
           him
           ,
           when
           as
           he
           commanded
           the
           Souldiers
           of
           his
           Guard
           ,
           overcome
           by
           Wine
           and
           Sleep
           ,
           to
           be
           wakened
           .
        
         
           And
           at
           such
           time
           as
           
             Saul
          
           was
           slain
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           thinking
           to
           do
           
             David
          
           a
           pleasure
           ,
           presented
           him
           with
           
           Saul's
           Head
           ;
           
             David
          
           caused
           the
           same
           Souldier
           to
           be
           Slain
           ,
           which
           had
           brought
           him
           the
           Head
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Go
             thou
             Wicked
             ;
             How
             durst
             thou
             lay
             thy
             impure
             Hands
             upon
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ?
             Thou
             shalt
             surely
             Die
             therefore
             .
          
        
         
           And
           afterwards
           ,
           without
           all
           Distimulation
           ,
           mourned
           Himself
           for
           the
           dead
           King.
           All
           which
           is
           worth
           good
           consideration
           :
           for
           
             David
          
           was
           by
           
             Saul
          
           prosecuted
           to
           Death
           ,
           and
           yet
           wanted
           not
           Power
           to
           have
           revenged
           Himself
           ,
           being
           become
           Stronger
           than
           the
           King
           ;
           besides
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           Chosen
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Anointed
           by
           
             Samuel
          
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           and
           had
           Married
           the
           King's
           Daughter
           :
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           he
           abhorred
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           to
           Attempt
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           Life
           or
           Honour
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           or
           to
           Rebel
           against
           him
           ;
           but
           chose
           rather
           to
           Banish
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           than
           in
           any
           sort
           to
           seek
           the
           Kings
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           We
           doubt
           not
           but
           
             David
             ,
          
           a
           King
           and
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           had
           always
           before
           his
           Eyes
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Exod.
             22.
             28.
             
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             speak
             Evil
             of
             thy
             Prince
             ,
             nor
             detract
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
          
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           common
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           the
           forbidding
           not
           only
           to
           Kill
           or
           Attempt
           the
           Life
           or
           Honour
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           but
           even
           for
           the
           very
           Magistrates
           ,
           although
           ,
           saith
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           
             They
             be
             Wicked
             and
             Naught
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Protestant
          
           Princes
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           before
           they
           entred
           into
           Arms
           against
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           demanded
           of
           
             Martin
             Luther
             ,
          
           if
           it
           were
           Lawful
           for
           them
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           or
           not
           ;
           who
           frankly
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           not
           Lawful
           ,
           whatsoever
           Tyranny
           
           or
           Impiety
           were
           pretended
           ;
           yet
           was
           he
           not
           therein
           by
           them
           Believed
           ;
           so
           ,
           thereof
           ,
           ensued
           a
           Deadly
           and
           most
           Lamentable
           War
           ,
           the
           End
           whereof
           was
           most
           Miserable
           ;
           drawing
           with
           in
           ,
           the
           Ruine
           of
           many
           great
           and
           noble
           Houses
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           with
           exceeding
           slaughter
           of
           the
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           ,
           whom
           you
           may
           justly
           call
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           to
           every
           man
           Dearer
           and
           more
           Reverend
           than
           any
           Father
           ,
           as
           one
           Ordained
           and
           Sent
           unto
           us
           by
           God.
           The
           Subject
           is
           never
           to
           be
           suffered
           to
           Attempt
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           Prince
           ,
           how
           Naughty
           and
           Cruel
           soever
           he
           be
           :
           lawful
           it
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           obey
           him
           in
           things
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           Flie
           and
           Hide
           our selves
           from
           him
           ;
           but
           yet
           to
           suffer
           Stripes
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           Death
           also
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           Attempt
           any
           thing
           against
           his
           Life
           and
           Honour
           .
           O
           how
           many
           Tyrants
           should
           there
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           be
           lawful
           for
           Subjects
           to
           kill
           Tyrants
           ?
           How
           many
           good
           and
           innocent
           Princes
           should
           as
           Tyrants
           perish
           by
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           their
           Subjects
           against
           them
           ?
           He
           that
           should
           of
           his
           Subjects
           but
           exact
           Subsidies
           ,
           should
           be
           then
           ,
           as
           the
           Vulgar
           People
           esteem
           him
           ,
           a
           Tyrant
           :
           He
           that
           should
           Rule
           and
           Command
           contrary
           to
           the
           good
           Liking
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           :
           He
           that
           should
           keep
           strong
           Guards
           and
           Garrisons
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           :
           He
           that
           should
           put
           to
           death
           Traitors
           and
           Conspirators
           against
           his
           State
           ,
           should
           be
           also
           counted
           a
           Tyrant
           .
           How
           should
           good
           Princes
           be
           assured
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           if
           under
           colour
           of
           Tyranny
           they
           might
           be
           Slain
           by
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           Defended
           ?
        
         
           In
           a
           well-ordered
           State
           ,
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           must
           remain
           in
           One
           onely
           ,
           without
           Communicating
           any
           part
           thereof
           unto
           the
           State
           ,
           (
           for
           in
           that
           case
           it
           should
           be
           a
           Popular
           Government
           ,
           and
           no
           
             Monarchy
             .
          
           )
           Wise
           
             Polititians
             ,
             Philosophers
             ,
             Divines
             ,
          
           and
           
             Historiographers
             ,
          
           have
           highly
           commended
           a
           
             Monarchy
          
           above
           all
           other
           Common-weals
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           please
           the
           Prince
           ,
           that
           they
           hold
           this
           Opinion
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           Safety
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Subjects
           .
           And
           contrarywise
           ,
           when
           as
           they
           shall
           Limit
           and
           Restrain
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           of
           a
           
             Monarch
             ,
          
           to
           Subject
           him
           to
           the
           General
           Estates
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Council
           ;
           the
           Soveraignty
           hath
           no
           firm
           Foundation
           ,
           but
           they
           frame
           a
           Popular
           Confusion
           ,
           or
           a
           miserable
           
             Anarchy
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Plague
           of
           
           all
           Estates
           and
           Commonweals
           :
           The
           which
           must
           be
           duely
           considered
           ,
           not
           giving
           credit
           to
           their
           goodly
           Discourses
           ,
           which
           perswade
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           subject
           
             Monarchs
             ,
          
           and
           to
           give
           their
           Prince
           a
           Law
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           not
           only
           the
           Ruine
           of
           the
           
             Monarch
             ,
          
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Subjects
           .
           It
           is
           yet
           more
           strange
           ,
           that
           many
           hold
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           is
           subject
           to
           his
           Laws
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           subject
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           whereon
           the
           Laws
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           depend
           ;
           a
           thing
           impossible
           in
           Nature
           .
           And
           under
           this
           Colour
           ,
           and
           ill-digested
           Opinion
           ,
           they
           make
           a
           mixture
           and
           confusion
           of
           Civil
           Laws
           ,
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           A
           pure
           Absolute
           
             Monarchy
          
           is
           the
           surest
           Commonweal
           ,
           and
           without
           Comparison
           ,
           the
           Best
           of
           all
           .
           Wherein
           many
           are
           abused
           ,
           who
           maintain
           that
           an
           
             Optimacy
          
           is
           the
           best
           kinde
           of
           Government
           ;
           for
           that
           many
           Commanders
           have
           more
           Judgment
           ,
           Wisdome
           ,
           and
           Counsel
           ,
           than
           One
           alone
           .
           For
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           Councel
           and
           Commandment
           .
        
         
           The
           Councel
           of
           Many
           wise
           men
           may
           be
           better
           than
           of
           One
           ;
           But
           to
           Resolve
           ,
           Determine
           ,
           and
           to
           Command
           ,
           One
           will
           always
           perform
           it
           better
           than
           Many
           :
           He
           which
           hath
           advisedly
           digested
           All
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           will
           soon
           Resolve
           without
           Contention
           ;
           the
           which
           Many
           cannot
           easily
           perform
           :
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           have
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           which
           may
           have
           Power
           to
           Resolve
           and
           Determine
           of
           the
           Opinions
           of
           his
           Council
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .