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           CERTAIN
           
             CONSIDERATIONS
          
           UPON
           THE
           DUTIES
           
             BOTH
             OF
             PRINCE
          
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           quality
           ,
           a
           Well-wisher
           both
           to
           the
           KING
           and
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           LEONARD
           LICHFIELD
           ,
           
             Printer
             to
             the
             Vniversity
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           CERTAIN
           CONSIDERATIONS
           upon
           the
           duties
           both
           of
           Prince
           &
           People
           .
        
         
           AMONG
           many
           intemperances
           that
           minister
           disturbance
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           we
           have
           those
           ,
           whose
           supine
           affectation
           of
           flattery
           has
           grown
           to
           that
           impudence
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           have
           not
           only
           for
           learnings
           sake
           disputed
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           time
           and
           place
           when
           we
           should
           expect
           no
           other
           then
           the
           lively
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           delivered
           ,
           that
           the
           persons
           ,
           and
           fortunes
           of
           all
           Subjects
           ,
           are
           absolutely
           at
           the
           will
           and
           command
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           to
           dispose
           according
           to
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           .
           To
           such
           licentiousnes
           ,
           we
           need
           give
           no
           other
           answer
           ,
           then
           only
           to
           demaund
           ,
           that
           the
           maintainers
           of
           such
           Doctrine
           ,
           would
           put
           us
           but
           a
           case
           ,
           wherein
           (
           those
           opinions
           of
           theirs
           being
           admitted
           )
           a
           Prince
           can
           commit
           any
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           shew
           us
           ,
           wherein
           lies
           the
           justice
           which
           the
           Scripture
           commaunds
           Princes
           to
           execute
           ,
           and
           which
           it
           affirmes
           to
           be
           the
           establishment
           of
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           
           and
           the
           violation
           of
           it
           to
           be
           their
           adversity
           or
           subversion
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           on
           the
           other
           side
           those
           ,
           who
           finding
           it
           written
           ,
           that
           Governours
           are
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           pursue
           it
           with
           Sophistry
           ;
           That
           the
           people
           are
           the
           end
           of
           Princes
           and
           Governors
           beings
           :
           and
           that
           therefore
           as
           their
           government
           is
           for
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           so
           may
           they
           be
           continued
           or
           deposed
           by
           them
           .
           To
           that
           end
           also
           there
           are
           opinions
           set
           on
           foot
           ;
           That
           all
           government
           first
           came
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           authority
           does
           in
           the
           last
           place
           reside
           in
           them
           ;
           That
           in
           every
           Kingdome
           the
           whole
           body
           
           of
           the
           people
           must
           of
           necessity
           contain
           ,
           all
           power
           and
           authority
           whatsoever
           either
           is
           or
           may
           be
           erected
           in
           it
           ;
           so
           as
           that
           all
           the
           people
           or
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           them
           (
           which
           amounts
           to
           all
           )
           may
           by
           their
           votes
           ,
           re-assume
           all
           power
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           :
           abrogate
           all
           Ordinances
           :
           anull
           the
           formes
           of
           present
           government
           :
           and
           new
           mould
           the
           State
           into
           such
           formes
           and
           institutions
           as
           best
           liketh
           them
           .
           These
           are
           falsities
           which
           yet
           lay
           hold
           upon
           reasons
           ,
           and
           prevaile
           over
           the
           judgements
           of
           many
           that
           are
           understanding
           men
           ,
           and
           which
           have
           no
           evill
           affection
           toward
           government
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           of
           that
           consequence
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           subvert
           the
           stability
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           government
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           But
           were
           we
           shie
           of
           
             Iesuitisme
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           of
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           we
           would
           not
           with
           so
           little
           examination
           receive
           opinions
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           had
           their
           first
           hatching
           in
           the
           Schoole
           of
           the
           
             Iesuite
             .
          
           The
           matter
           would
           require
           a
           very
           large
           field
           ,
           should
           we
           set
           forth
           all
           things
           that
           fitly
           conduce
           to
           the
           support
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           but
           my
           purpose
           is
           to
           be
           very
           short
           .
           Therefore
           declining
           to
           controvert
           what
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           usually
           is
           alleadged
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           I
           shall
           humbly
           offer
           to
           consideration
           such
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           truth
           as
           I
           have
           conceived
           lesse
           vulgar
           ,
           &
           submitting
           them
           to
           the
           approbation
           or
           correction
           of
           better
           judgements
           ,
           expect
           they
           shall
           returne
           unto
           mee
           ,
           with
           confirmation
           ,
           or
           rectification
           of
           my
           own
           private
           thoughts
           ;
           if
           from
           so
           mean
           a
           talent
           ,
           no
           mite
           of
           benefit
           be
           raised
           to
           the
           publique
           ,
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           that
           the
           originall
           of
           Kingdoms
           is
           of
           three
           sorts
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           Naturall
           ,
           (
           which
           we
           may
           also
           call
           civill
           ,
           )
           Violent
           ,
           (
           or
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           Martiall
           ,
           )
           or
           mixt
           of
           these
           two
           .
           The
           first
           was
           of
           Parents
           over
           their
           children
           ,
           childrens
           children
           ,
           and
           servants
           bought
           or
           borne
           unto
           them
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Governour
           was
           before
           the
           being
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           his
           authority
           ,
           before
           ever
           the
           Subject
           consented
           ,
           or
           had
           power
           to
           obey
           or
           disobey
           .
           Such
           a
           King
           was
           
             Shem
             ,
          
           called
           therefore
           
             Melchisedeck
             ,
          
           or
           
             King
             of
             righteousnesse
             .
          
           And
           a
           Prince
           of
           this
           kind
           was
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           after
           that
           by
           Gods
           command
           he
           had
           left
           his
           Country
           and
           his
           father
           
             Shems
          
           house
           ,
           and
           lived
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           Kings
           of
           this
           nature
           were
           they
           that
           were
           intimated
           in
           the
           names
           of
           
             Abimelech
             ,
             Abiam
             ,
             Abiram
             ,
             Abram
             ,
             Abishalom
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           this
           soveraignty
           was
           not
           inherent
           to
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Father
           only
           ,
           but
           from
           him
           descended
           ,
           by
           right
           of
           primogeniture
           ,
           
           to
           the
           eldest
           sonne
           ,
           to
           whole
           rule
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           God
           subjected
           the
           younger
           .
        
         
         
           The
           second
           sort
           of
           Kingdoms
           was
           wholly
           founded
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           over
           people
           that
           were
           subjugated
           by
           usurpers
           and
           invaders
           ,
           such
           as
           followed
           the
           way
           of
           
             Nimrod
             :
          
           who
           being
           potent
           in
           his
           naturall
           dominion
           ,
           used
           his
           power
           to
           the
           oppression
           of
           his
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           changed
           the
           state
           of
           government
           into
           tyranny
           ;
           I
           say
           not
           the
           state
           of
           liberty
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           till
           then
           men
           had
           lived
           in
           solute
           liberty
           )
           but
           changed
           the
           naturall
           government
           into
           that
           which
           is
           tyrannicall
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           sort
           had
           much
           what
           the
           same
           originall
           with
           the
           second
           :
           where
           people
           surcharged
           at
           home
           and
           forced
           abroad
           ;
           men
           in
           division
           ;
           in
           distresse
           ;
           in
           feare
           ;
           exiles
           ;
           and
           fugitives
           ,
           distrusting
           their
           present
           condition
           ,
           served
           themselves
           on
           the
           Wit
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           courage
           of
           some
           notable
           man
           ;
           to
           whose
           command
           they
           (
           with
           such
           limitation
           of
           his
           power
           as
           they
           could
           agree
           on
           ,
           )
           subjected
           themselves
           ;
           and
           then
           falling
           into
           action
           prospered
           even
           into
           a
           Kingdom
           :
           from
           hence
           sprung
           our
           Moderne
           Kingdoms
           ,
           more
           novell
           and
           various
           in
           their
           frame
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           so
           qualified
           ,
           as
           not
           properly
           to
           be
           called
           Kingdoms
           ,
           but
           rather
           Republiques
           under
           Regall
           stiles
           ,
           with
           Princes
           elective
           ,
           much
           circumscribed
           in
           authority
           ,
           and
           obnoxious
           to
           deposing
           .
           Now
           in
           the
           first
           and
           second
           sort
           ,
           apparantly
           the
           people
           had
           never
           any
           thing
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           institution
           and
           limitation
           of
           Soveraign
           Power
           :
           and
           though
           in
           the
           third
           sort
           they
           had
           more
           to
           doe
           therewith
           ,
           yet
           not
           alike
           in
           all
           of
           that
           sort
           ,
           nor
           had
           they
           the
           whole
           and
           sole
           power
           of
           instituting
           ,
           scarce
           in
           any
           of
           that
           sort
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           must
           rectify
           that
           misapprehension
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           Kingdoms
           the
           first
           derivation
           of
           authority
           was
           from
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           ;
           that
           Kingdomes
           are
           not
           associations
           of
           men
           in
           their
           naturall
           capacityes
           :
           but
           communions
           of
           men
           
             quatenùs
          
           members
           politique
           ,
           united
           in
           one
           common
           bond
           of
           obedience
           into
           one
           politicall
           body
           ,
           where
           none
           can
           move
           to
           give
           his
           due
           aid
           for
           the
           weale
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           a
           politique
           member
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           peculiar
           office
           which
           every
           severall
           member
           properly
           ought
           to
           execute
           ;
           which
           office
           the
           members
           duly
           exercising
           ,
           make
           a
           true
           and
           perfect
           civill
           Communion
           .
           Now
           though
           we
           consider
           a
           Kingdome
           as
           a
           meere
           Civill
           or
           temporall
           State
           only
           ;
           Yet
           even
           there
           ,
           the
           observance
           of
           this
           communion
           is
           a
           duty
           strictly
           required
           of
           every
           member
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           
           law
           of
           nature
           ,
           or
           morall
           law
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           law
           of
           God
           it selfe
           .
           For
           man
           having
           lost
           his
           originall
           righteousnesse
           or
           justice
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           right
           of
           governing
           himselfe
           ;
           and
           being
           thereby
           necessarily
           subjected
           to
           the
           government
           of
           some
           justice
           without
           himselfe
           :
           it
           was
           necessary
           ,
           for
           his
           owne
           good
           and
           safety
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           only
           be
           subject
           to
           that
           justice
           in
           the
           things
           that
           concerned
           the
           well
           governing
           himselfe
           toward
           others
           ;
           but
           likewise
           in
           those
           things
           that
           concerned
           his
           safety
           and
           defence
           from
           the
           violence
           of
           others
           misgoverning
           themselves
           toward
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           necessarily
           brings
           in
           Empire
           .
           So
           that
           (
           unlesse
           we
           can
           imagine
           some
           Kingdome
           to
           consist
           of
           people
           sprung
           of
           themselves
           ,
           in
           perfection
           of
           righteousnes
           ,
           not
           depending
           ,
           nor
           obliged
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           nature
           ,
           nor
           obnoxious
           to
           those
           conditions
           to
           which
           the
           fall
           of
           man
           has
           subjected
           all
           men
           ,
           )
           we
           cannot
           devise
           how
           men
           should
           naturally
           be
           free
           from
           subjection
           to
           government
           ;
           and
           lesse
           ,
           how
           (
           being
           subject
           )
           private
           men
           in
           any
           State
           ,
           should
           in
           their
           naturall
           capacity
           ,
           meddle
           with
           any
           thing
           concerning
           government
           ;
           or
           so
           much
           as
           goe
           about
           the
           making
           ,
           changing
           ,
           on
           anulling
           of
           ordinances
           ;
           or
           so
           compell
           Governours
           ▪
           to
           doe
           them
           ,
           without
           being
           criminally
           culpable
           ;
           not
           only
           against
           the
           positive
           lawes
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           but
           even
           against
           conscience
           pressed
           with
           the
           bonds
           of
           naturall
           ,
           or
           morall
           ,
           and
           also
           divine
           law
           .
           Therefore
           to
           explicate
           the
           sense
           which
           all
           intend
           ,
           but
           some
           (
           not
           well
           distinguishing
           )
           confound
           :
           It
           is
           certainly
           true
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           people
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           must
           needs
           comprehend
           all
           power
           whatsoever
           is
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           exercised
           in
           it
           :
           but
           when
           we
           say
           so
           ,
           we
           by
           all
           the
           people
           ,
           meane
           ,
           the
           whole
           entire
           body
           of
           the
           members
           politique
           ,
           from
           head
           to
           foot
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           abiding
           and
           working
           according
           to
           his
           proper
           and
           ordained
           office
           politique
           .
           But
           if
           beside
           their
           ordained
           office
           &
           power
           ,
           any
           shall
           doe
           or
           attempt
           any
           alteration
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           (
           howsoever
           intended
           for
           common
           good
           )
           their
           act
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           lawfull
           ,
           as
           being
           from
           the
           beginning
           repugnant
           and
           resisting
           the
           ordained
           power
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           become
           a
           lawfull
           act
           ,
           though
           all
           the
           Subjects
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           should
           after
           consent
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           we
           are
           farther
           to
           consider
           :
           That
           if
           the
           Kingdome
           be
           also
           a
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           originall
           ,
           and
           authority
           of
           it
           ,
           of
           farre
           higher
           nature
           ,
           and
           more
           remote
           from
           the
           reach
           and
           power
           of
           the
           people
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           God
           is
           King
           of
           all
           Kings
           ,
           and
           
           highest
           Soveraigne
           in
           all
           Kingdomes
           ,
           as
           well
           Heathen
           as
           Christian
           :
           yet
           ,
           as
           he
           cautioned
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           that
           no
           stranger
           should
           be
           King
           there
           ,
           but
           by
           any
           meanes
           one
           that
           was
           of
           the
           Brethren
           of
           the
           people
           :
           so
           in
           His
           Church
           He
           himselfe
           is
           a
           neerer
           and
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           a
           more
           cognate
           Soveraigne
           ,
           then
           in
           other
           Kingdomes
           ;
           and
           his
           Vicegerents
           there
           ,
           are
           of
           more
           immediate
           and
           more
           important
           subordination
           to
           him
           .
           For
           which
           cause
           he
           there
           reserves
           to
           himselfe
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           leaves
           the
           people
           no
           more
           then
           the
           bare
           investing
           of
           him
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           God
           in
           all
           Kingdomes
           ,
           makes
           Kings
           whom
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           but
           he
           will
           have
           it
           known
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           choice
           is
           not
           only
           his
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sought
           at
           his
           hand
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           more
           strictly
           requires
           the
           observance
           of
           his
           right
           ,
           in
           his
           Church
           ;
           then
           he
           does
           otherwhere
           .
           Therefore
           he
           expresly
           commands
           there
           ;
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             in
             any
             case
             set
             him
             over
             thee
             ,
             whom
             thy
             Lord
             thy
             God
             shall
             chuse
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           in
           his
           Church
           he
           to
           himselfe
           reserved
           the
           nomination
           ;
           so
           when
           he
           had
           nominated
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           there
           to
           declare
           the
           right
           and
           manner
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           but
           by
           the
           Prophet
           by
           whom
           he
           signified
           his
           choice
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           declared
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           
           written
           in
           a
           book
           and
           
             laid
             up
             before
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           Kings
           of
           Gods
           Church
           ,
           having
           from
           God
           a
           more
           immediate
           and
           more
           sacred
           ordination
           ,
           have
           also
           a
           more
           especiall
           endowment
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           they
           have
           beene
           ever
           instituted
           with
           
             annointing
             ,
          
           &
           their
           persons
           therewith
           consecrate
           ,
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           function
           .
           This
           we
           see
           in
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           whose
           person
           (
           though
           he
           were
           a
           wicked
           Prince
           )
           
             David
          
           in
           this
           respect
           declared
           so
           sacred
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           pronounced
           a
           curse
           upon
           the
           Mountaines
           of
           
             Gilboa
             ,
          
           because
           in
           them
           his
           person
           was
           cast
           downe
           and
           vilefied
           ,
           without
           regard
           of
           the
           sacrednesse
           of
           his
           annointing
           .
           Their
           annointing
           therefore
           is
           not
           a
           meere
           outward
           solemnity
           ,
           but
           is
           significant
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           in
           a
           more
           especiall
           manner
           given
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           proceeds
           that
           which
           the
           Scripture
           witnesseth
           ,
           
           
             A
             divine
             sentence
             in
             the
             lipps
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           and
           a
           sacred
           integrity
           also
           ,
           
             His
             mouth
             transgresseth
             not
             in
             judgement
             .
          
           And
           suitable
           to
           their
           Prerogative
           of
           graces
           ,
           beyond
           the
           ordinary
           of
           other
           Princes
           ,
           God
           vouchsafes
           them
           his
           eare
           ,
           with
           more
           favour
           and
           familiarity
           then
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           see
           by
           his
           ready
           hearing
           ,
           gratious
           answers
           ,
           
           vouchsafed
           messages
           sent
           ,
           and
           will
           declared
           touching
           them
           ;
           not
           only
           to
           the
           good
           ,
           as
           
             David
             ,
             Salomon
             ,
             Asa
             ,
             Iehosaphat
             ,
             Hezechiah
             ,
             Iosiah
             ,
             &c.
          
           but
           even
           to
           
             Coniah
             ,
             Saul
             ,
             Ieroboam
             ,
             Ahab
             ,
             Jehu
             ,
          
           and
           other
           wicked
           Princes
           .
           And
           we
           not
           only
           heare
           God
           himselfe
           saying
           ,
           
             by
             me
             Kings
             Raigne
             ;
          
           
           
             and
             I
             have
             said
             yee
             are
             Gods
             :
          
           but
           his
           word
           couples
           also
           the
           feare
           that
           is
           to
           be
           rendred
           unto
           Kings
           ,
           with
           the
           feare
           that
           is
           due
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           
             Feare
             God
             and
             the
             King
             .
             Keepe
             the
             Kings
             Commandement
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             oath
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Nor
           is
           it
           ordinary
           obedience
           that
           is
           commanded
           ,
           but
           the
           highest
           (
           under
           God
           )
           
             Submit
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             unto
             the
             Supreame
             .
          
           And
           that
           not
           for
           the
           danger
           that
           may
           ensue
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           )
           
             Not
             for
             wrath
             only
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             also
             for
             conscience
             sake
             .
          
           Now
           if
           the
           King
           be
           supreame
           ,
           then
           is
           there
           in
           no
           Kingdome
           any
           superintending
           power
           or
           authority
           ,
           that
           may
           lawfully
           call
           the
           King
           to
           account
           :
           for
           that
           power
           only
           is
           the
           supreame
           ,
           over
           which
           there
           is
           not
           any
           other
           to
           take
           account
           .
           So
           high
           and
           sacred
           is
           the
           authority
           of
           them
           whom
           God
           has
           made
           ,
           
             nursing
             fathers
             ,
             and
             nursing
             mothers
             ,
          
           to
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           When
           Kings
           then
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Functions
           ,
           are
           of
           so
           sacred
           an
           ordination
           ,
           and
           so
           hedged
           in
           ,
           by
           Gods
           especiall
           protection
           ,
           where
           is
           there
           place
           for
           the
           people
           to
           interpose
           and
           meddle
           with
           the
           affaires
           that
           doe
           belong
           unto
           them
           ?
           besides
           ,
           when
           without
           the
           Kings
           consent
           there
           can
           be
           no
           concurrence
           of
           people
           ,
           to
           joyne
           in
           any
           accord
           for
           the
           disposing
           of
           any
           affaires
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           matter
           must
           first
           passe
           the
           project
           ,
           sollicitation
           ,
           and
           prosecution
           of
           diverse
           private
           men
           ,
           no
           way
           thereunto
           authorized
           :
           how
           can
           any
           act
           of
           the
           people
           to
           such
           an
           end
           be
           justifiable
           ,
           when
           an
           unlawfull
           beginning
           ,
           (
           what
           number
           or
           quality
           soever
           the
           attempters
           be
           of
           )
           can
           never
           make
           a
           lawfull
           act
           ?
           Therefore
           omitting
           those
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             say
             to
             a
             King
             thou
             art
             wicked
             ,
             Who
             may
             say
             to
             a
             King
             ,
             what
             doest
             thou
             ?
             Feare
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             meddle
             not
             with
             those
             that
             love
             innovation
             :
          
           And
           many
           others
           (
           which
           yet
           block
           up
           the
           way
           against
           private
           mens
           medling
           with
           matters
           of
           government
           .
           )
           If
           it
           were
           to
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           people
           in
           any
           Kingdome
           had
           power
           over
           all
           rights
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           yet
           unlesse
           that
           by
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           it
           be
           expresly
           declared
           and
           appointed
           ,
           how
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           ,
           that
           power
           shall
           be
           executed
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           where
           such
           Ordinances
           are
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           right
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           a
           Republique
           )
           and
           againe
           ,
           
           unlesse
           those
           ordinances
           be
           rightly
           pursued
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           combinement
           ,
           to
           doe
           any
           such
           act
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           guilt
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           Treason
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
           For
           it
           will
           lye
           against
           every
           particular
           man
           ,
           betweene
           God
           and
           his
           conscience
           to
           answer
           ,
           who
           hath
           called
           thee
           to
           this
           ?
           who
           hath
           separated
           thee
           ?
           who
           hath
           made
           thee
           a
           Iudge
           or
           an
           Executor
           of
           these
           matters
           ?
           And
           though
           it
           be
           pretended
           (
           and
           perhaps
           intended
           too
           )
           that
           the
           worke
           so
           to
           be
           done
           shall
           make
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           and
           good
           of
           his
           Church
           :
           yet
           that
           will
           but
           little
           helpe
           the
           matter
           ;
           for
           ,
           for
           men
           to
           doe
           God
           a
           good
           office
           against
           his
           declared
           will
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Gods
           good
           maisters
           ,
           not
           his
           good
           servants
           .
           
           He
           does
           expresly
           command
           ,
           that
           
             Every
             soule
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             powers
             ;
          
           and
           declares
           plainly
           ,
           
             that
             the
             powers
             that
             are
             ,
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             they
             that
             resist
             the
             power
             ,
             resist
             the
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             receive
             to
             themselves
             damnation
             :
          
           and
           our
           Saviour
           himselfe
           forbids
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           
             doe
             not
             evill
             ,
             that
             good
             may
             come
             thereon
             .
          
           
           The
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           the
           reason
           ,
           for
           
             God
             hath
             no
             need
             of
             a
             wicked
             man
             ,
          
           &
           he
           is
           best
           
             glorified
             when
             his
             voyce
             is
             obeyed
             .
          
           We
           have
           also
           the
           examples
           of
           Scripture
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           It
           did
           not
           only
           turne
           to
           sinne
           to
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           that
           he
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           people
           in
           their
           devotion
           ,
           spared
           the
           best
           of
           the
           
             Amalekites
          
           spoile
           to
           offer
           in
           sacrifice
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           commanded
           that
           all
           should
           be
           destroyed
           :
           but
           it
           became
           a
           finall
           sinne
           even
           unto
           his
           rejection
           .
           And
           
             Vzza
          
           was
           strucke
           with
           suddaine
           death
           ,
           
           for
           nothing
           but
           putting
           his
           hand
           to
           the
           Arke
           of
           Gods
           Covenant
           ;
           (
           which
           no
           man
           but
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Aaron
          
           might
           doe
           )
           yet
           
             Vzza
          
           did
           not
           doe
           it
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           good
           and
           a
           pious
           mind
           to
           save
           the
           Arke
           of
           Gods
           Covenant
           from
           falling
           .
           Therefore
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           for
           men
           to
           be
           assured
           that
           the
           worke
           which
           they
           doe
           ,
           in
           their
           consciences
           tends
           to
           a
           good
           and
           a
           religious
           effect
           :
           but
           they
           must
           every
           man
           have
           a
           sufficient
           warrant
           for
           his
           conscience
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           calling
           to
           the
           worke
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           either
           the
           expresse
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           else
           such
           manifest
           inference
           and
           deduction
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           concurrent
           judgement
           of
           the
           Church
           universally
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           is
           agreed
           for
           truth
           ,
           not
           such
           judgment
           as
           some
           particular
           ministers
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           make
           ,
           for
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           
           
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             Prophets
             ;
          
           that
           is
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           particular
           ,
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           universall
           :
           
             For
             God
             is
             not
             the
             author
             of
             confusion
             ,
          
           which
           else
           would
           necessarily
           follow
           .
           Men
           therefore
           must
           looke
           to
           the
           ground
           &
           first
           beginning
           of
           their
           
           actions
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           root
           be
           evill
           ,
           so
           will
           also
           the
           branches
           be
           ,
           though
           it
           promises
           never
           so
           good
           fruit
           ,
           and
           be
           countenanced
           by
           all
           the
           people
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           If
           further
           we
           looke
           into
           Scripture
           ,
           The
           story
           of
           
             Moses
          
           is
           not
           without
           some
           doctrine
           to
           this
           point
           .
           
             Moses
          
           having
           an
           ardent
           zeale
           to
           the
           reliefe
           of
           his
           brethren
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           finding
           himselfe
           above
           others
           inabled
           to
           be
           the
           instrument
           of
           their
           deliverance
           ,
           both
           by
           his
           extraordinary
           abilities
           ,
           &
           also
           through
           the
           great
           power
           he
           had
           with
           
             Pharaohs
          
           daughter
           ,
           perswades
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           appeares
           by
           St
           
             Stephens
          
           relation
           )
           would
           have
           the
           people
           understand
           ,
           
           that
           he
           was
           even
           then
           called
           to
           be
           their
           deliverer
           .
           Hereupon
           he
           makes
           his
           addresse
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           slaughter
           of
           one
           of
           their
           oppressors
           ,
           takes
           say
           of
           their
           affection
           toward
           an
           attempt
           of
           liberty
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           needed
           no
           more
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           people
           should
           resolve
           ,
           and
           joyne
           with
           him
           to
           breake
           from
           the
           subjection
           of
           the
           King
           they
           lived
           under
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           enemy
           to
           Gods
           Church
           .
           In
           this
           now
           ,
           (
           though
           we
           make
           no
           question
           but
           that
           
             Moses
          
           had
           a
           zeale
           acceptable
           to
           God
           )
           yet
           may
           we
           see
           by
           that
           which
           followeth
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           yet
           a
           particular
           calling
           thereunto
           ,
           neither
           was
           the
           way
           wherein
           he
           thought
           to
           have
           executed
           his
           zeale
           agreeable
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ;
           therefore
           the
           people
           themselves
           (
           whom
           
             Moses
          
           only
           sought
           unto
           )
           they
           reject
           him
           :
           his
           attempt
           is
           frustrate
           ,
           and
           himselfe
           is
           driven
           to
           repent
           it
           with
           forty
           yeares
           exile
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           .
           
           After
           that
           long
           space
           of
           expiating
           the
           errour
           of
           his
           selfe-led
           zeale
           ,
           God
           calls
           him
           then
           indeed
           to
           the
           worke
           to
           which
           he
           came
           of
           himselfe
           before
           ;
           
           
             Come
             now
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             and
             I
             will
             send
             thee
             :
          
           and
           God
           sends
           him
           then
           indeed
           ;
           but
           sends
           him
           not
           to
           the
           people
           (
           that
           we
           may
           know
           he
           sent
           him
           not
           before
           )
           but
           (
           though
           he
           could
           have
           made
           the
           people
           able
           to
           make
           their
           owne
           way
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           could
           by
           his
           command
           have
           made
           it
           lawfull
           so
           to
           have
           done
           )
           yet
           (
           to
           teach
           us
           the
           observance
           of
           ●ustice
           and
           duty
           ,
           in
           our
           proceedings
           )
           he
           sends
           him
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           of
           him
           to
           demand
           the
           dismission
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           peoples
           obedience
           to
           his
           messengers
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           word
           delivered
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           might
           be
           without
           any
           reluctance
           of
           conscience
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           allegiance
           to
           the
           King
           .
           When
           
             Moses
          
           did
           this
           way
           set
           upon
           the
           worke
           ,
           all
           went
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           unspeakable
           obstinacy
           of
           King
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
          
           being
           aggravated
           by
           the
           fairenes
           of
           proceedings
           
           toward
           him
           ,
           did
           to
           his
           condemnation
           before
           men
           and
           Angells
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           magnifying
           of
           Gods
           justice
           redound
           the
           more
           unto
           his
           praise
           and
           glory
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           inconsiderable
           that
           God
           by
           a
           Starre
           declared
           our
           Saviour
           in
           his
           birth
           to
           be
           the
           borne
           King
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           stile
           brought
           the
           wise
           men
           to
           worship
           him
           .
           And
           likewise
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           Saviour
           (
           to
           fulfill
           the
           prophesyes
           concerning
           him
           )
           did
           solemnly
           present
           himselfe
           to
           
             Ierusalem
             :
          
           he
           suffered
           his
           Disciples
           publiquely
           to
           congratulate
           his
           comming
           by
           the
           name
           of
           King
           ,
           and
           told
           those
           that
           were
           offended
           at
           it
           ,
           that
           their
           gratulation
           was
           so
           necessary
           ,
           as
           that
           if
           they
           should
           omit
           it
           ,
           the
           stones
           in
           their
           default
           would
           have
           performed
           it
           also
           .
           That
           he
           himselfe
           before
           
             Pilate
             ,
          
           maintained
           that
           he
           was
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           death
           had
           his
           Crosse
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           Iewes
           opposed
           )
           adorned
           with
           the
           Title
           ,
           King
           of
           the
           Iewes
           :
           but
           when
           the
           people
           would
           have
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           he
           refused
           their
           officiousnes
           and
           would
           by
           no
           meanes
           accept
           of
           that
           dignity
           from
           them
           :
           he
           would
           rather
           be
           without
           his
           right
           ,
           then
           receive
           it
           either
           in
           a
           wrong
           way
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           wrong
           hand
           :
           no
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           at
           any
           of
           their
           instances
           so
           much
           as
           acknowledge
           himselfe
           to
           be
           authorized
           for
           a
           judge
           or
           divider
           amongst
           them
           .
           So
           little
           did
           he
           acknowledge
           any
           power
           in
           them
           to
           conferr
           crownes
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           superintendence
           over
           them
           .
           But
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           when
           God
           had
           determined
           to
           make
           a
           division
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           the
           first
           King
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           was
           of
           the
           peoples
           making
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           in
           the
           way
           of
           reformation
           :
           
           but
           that
           you
           may
           know
           it
           was
           only
           permitted
           by
           God
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           give
           that
           stiff-necked
           people
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           owne
           hands
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           an
           example
           unto
           others
           ;
           he
           designed
           
             Ieroboam
          
           King
           ,
           which
           neither
           annointing
           ,
           nor
           blessing
           ,
           nor
           other
           ceremony
           then
           a
           rent
           :
           the
           Prophet
           rent
           the
           new
           coate
           into
           twelve
           pieces
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           he
           gave
           him
           none
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           if
           he
           would
           shew
           he
           should
           be
           a
           King
           in
           fact
           ,
           not
           in
           right
           ,
           in
           some
           way
           in
           which
           God
           would
           own
           nothing
           but
           the
           permission
           only
           )
           he
           bad
           him
           (
           as
           one
           would
           say
           )
           be
           his
           owne
           carver
           ,
           and
           
             take
             ten
             peices
             to
             himselfe
             .
          
           What
           the
           progresse
           of
           the
           story
           was
           we
           all
           know
           ;
           when
           the
           people
           had
           made
           a
           King
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           then
           they
           and
           their
           King
           must
           have
           a
           Religion
           of
           their
           own
           fitted
           to
           their
           new
           framed
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           that
           ,
           the
           old
           Priests
           of
           God
           must
           be
           sent
           away
           ,
           
           as
           absolute
           impediments
           to
           the
           setling
           of
           their
           new
           government
           :
           and
           when
           that
           was
           done
           ;
           then
           were
           they
           absolute
           indeed
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           much
           authority
           over
           their
           God
           ,
           as
           they
           before
           had
           taken
           liberty
           against
           their
           King
           :
           so
           it
           followed
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           People
           had
           made
           an
           usurper
           King
           ,
           their
           King
           and
           they
           made
           a
           Calfe
           their
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           summe
           of
           the
           peoples
           reforming
           their
           Kings
           misgovernance
           ,
           and
           relieving
           their
           own
           grievances
           ,
           was
           ;
           they
           made
           them selves
           a
           King
           that
           made
           them
           all
           castawaies
           :
           he
           himselfe
           the
           reproach
           of
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           an
           infamous
           stigmatique
           to
           all
           posterity
           ,
           and
           his
           sinnes
           for
           ever
           adhering
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           caused
           their
           utter
           extirpation
           ,
           and
           till
           of
           free-borne
           Subjects
           under
           a
           King
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           they
           became
           perpetuall
           slaves
           to
           the
           Subjects
           of
           another
           Kingdome
           .
           So
           unpleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           pernitious
           to
           the
           people
           themselves
           ,
           are
           the
           fruits
           of
           those
           reformations
           which
           only
           or
           principally
           are
           managed
           by
           the
           popular
           inclination
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           most
           part
           a
           desire
           of
           doing
           justice
           ,
           or
           preserving
           true
           religion
           be
           pretended
           ;
           yet
           private
           discontent
           in
           some
           ,
           and
           ambition
           in
           others
           ,
           is
           commonly
           the
           chief
           and
           radicall
           incitement
           of
           the
           work
           .
        
         
           The
           means
           that
           belongs
           to
           private
           men
           to
           use
           ,
           for
           reforming
           of
           Kingdoms
           ,
           
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           shewes
           ,
           
             Let
             prayers
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             supplications
             be
             made
             for
             Kings
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             lead
             a
             Godly
             life
             .
          
           The
           people
           must
           not
           with
           impatience
           and
           puffed
           up
           mindes
           invade
           Gods
           peculiar
           right
           ,
           of
           calling
           Kings
           to
           account
           ,
           but
           every
           man
           betaking
           himselfe
           to
           the
           reformation
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           to
           prayers
           unto
           God
           ,
           must
           seek
           of
           him
           (
           
             that
             has
             the
             hearts
             of
             Kings
             in
             his
             hand
          
           )
           to
           dispose
           the
           Kings
           heart
           to
           the
           desired
           reformation
           .
           
           Many
           think
           this
           way
           long
           and
           tedious
           ,
           and
           like
           better
           that
           the
           people
           should
           
             Offer
             themselves
             willingly
             ,
          
           and
           help
           God
           in
           some
           readier
           way
           .
           But
           truly
           if
           such
           private
           reformation
           and
           prayer
           be
           the
           right
           means
           of
           publique
           good
           ,
           and
           be
           too
           long
           neglected
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           peoples
           own
           fault
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           not
           by
           their
           fault
           ,
           gaine
           a
           power
           which
           before
           they
           had
           not
           .
           Yet
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           great
           misgovernances
           ,
           God
           often
           uses
           the
           peoples
           hand
           ,
           to
           doe
           his
           work
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           may
           know
           the
           way
           is
           not
           right
           ;
           as
           not
           agreeable
           to
           his
           revealed
           will
           ;
           we
           shall
           finde
           that
           the
           work
           of
           justice
           that
           he
           so
           beginneth
           by
           them
           ,
           he
           endeth
           not
           till
           he
           hath
           finished
           it
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           hand
           is
           never
           more
           heavy
           ,
           
           then
           against
           that
           rodd
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           way
           of
           injustice
           ,
           hath
           done
           his
           justice
           service
           .
           But
           will
           you
           heare
           God
           himselfe
           taking
           cognisance
           of
           the
           misgovernance
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           determining
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           81.
           
           
             Psalme
             ,
          
           God
           declares
           himselfe
           to
           
             stand
             in
             the
             congregation
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             judge
             among
             Gods
          
           (
           so
           calleth
           he
           Kings
           there
           .
           )
           Then
           he
           expostul●teth
           the
           matter
           with
           wicked
           Princes
           ,
           
             How
             long
             will
             ye
             give
             wrong
             judgement
             and
             accept
             the
             persons
             of
             the
             wicked
             ?
          
           Then
           he
           complaineth
           ,
           
             They
             will
             not
             be
             instructed
             ,
             but
             walk
             on
             in
             darknesse
             ,
             the
             foundations
             of
             the
             earth
             are
             out
             of
             square
             .
          
           The
           misgovernance
           is
           great
           and
           the
           consequence
           of
           it
           desperate
           ,
           but
           does
           God
           in
           that
           case
           give
           the
           people
           power
           to
           reforme
           ?
           No
           clean
           contrary
           :
           God
           without
           any
           revocation
           still
           affirmes
           ,
           
             I
             have
             said
             ye
             are
             Gods
             ,
             and
             ye
             are
             all
             children
             of
             the
             most
             high
             ,
          
           
           persons
           sacred
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           approached
           by
           the
           prophane
           hands
           of
           the
           people
           :
           but
           to
           awe
           ,
           and
           restraine
           Princes
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           has
           made
           them
           Gods
           ,
           yet
           
             they
             shall
             dye
             like
             men
             ,
          
           when
           they
           must
           make
           account
           to
           him
           of
           their
           misgoverning
           :
           so
           that
           God
           reserves
           the
           judgement
           of
           them
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           no
           whit
           authorises
           the
           people
           to
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           doe
           with
           their
           misdoeings
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           to
           flatter
           Princes
           ,
           to
           say
           God
           has
           appointed
           men
           no
           meanes
           to
           relieve
           themselves
           against
           their
           misgovernment
           ,
           but
           only
           praiers
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           either
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           for
           them
           :
           and
           that
           men
           have
           not
           otherwise
           to
           meddle
           with
           the
           right
           of
           liberty
           and
           duties
           of
           Princes
           ,
           then
           only
           by
           way
           of
           supplication
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           a
           security
           for
           Princes
           ,
           for
           though
           in
           a
           lawfull
           and
           ordinate
           way
           there
           be
           no
           other
           means
           ,
           yet
           no
           examples
           are
           more
           familiar
           ,
           then
           those
           in
           which
           the
           sinne
           ,
           the
           injustice
           ,
           and
           violence
           of
           wicked
           Princes
           ,
           are
           in
           this
           world
           punished
           ,
           by
           the
           sinne
           ,
           injustice
           ,
           &
           violence
           of
           wicked
           people
           ,
           sometimes
           their
           own
           ,
           sometime
           others
           subjects
           ,
           Gods
           extraordinary
           and
           supream
           justice
           is
           tied
           to
           none
           of
           those
           regulations
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           has
           circumscribed
           his
           ordinary
           justice
           committed
           to
           the
           administration
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           we
           said
           before
           )
           we
           may
           still
           observe
           Gods
           indignation
           ,
           not
           more
           fatally
           incensed
           against
           any
           ,
           then
           against
           those
           whose
           wickednesse
           has
           put
           them
           forward
           to
           be
           the
           instruments
           of
           his
           extraordinary
           justice
           upon
           others
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           pursue
           the
           examination
           of
           the
           right
           that
           people
           may
           have
           
           in
           questioning
           and
           reforming
           the
           rule
           of
           Kings
           .
           Let
           us
           farther
           examine
           what
           we
           find
           in
           Scripture
           .
           
             David
          
           sinning
           by
           numbring
           the
           people
           ,
           was
           enforced
           to
           his
           choice
           of
           one
           of
           three
           plagues
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           Sword
           ,
           or
           Pestilence
           ;
           
             &
             Deus
             malum
             avertat
             ,
          
           this
           is
           but
           a
           dolefull
           instance
           for
           the
           people
           .
           The
           King
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           God
           laies
           all
           the
           punishment
           upon
           the
           people
           :
           Nay
           he
           gives
           not
           them
           so
           much
           as
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           punishment
           which
           they
           must
           suffer
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           the
           sinning
           King
           must
           choose
           ,
           which
           of
           the
           three
           plagues
           ,
           the
           innocent
           people
           must
           undergoe
           :
           this
           is
           strange
           ,
           did
           not
           
             the
             great
             judge
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             doe
             right
             ?
          
           yes
           undoubtedly
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           was
           ;
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           people
           had
           grievously
           provoked
           God
           ,
           
           so
           as
           the
           King
           must
           be
           let
           goe
           ,
           and
           suffered
           to
           fall
           into
           sinne
           ,
           that
           way
           may
           be
           made
           for
           the
           peoples
           punishment
           .
           This
           seems
           no
           lesse
           strange
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           that
           because
           the
           people
           sinne
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Prince
           should
           be
           let
           fall
           :
           that
           for
           the
           transgressions
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           the
           Prince
           (
           as
           wee
           have
           it
           in
           another
           place
           )
           should
           be
           punished
           with
           division
           and
           diminution
           ,
           and
           
             many
             should
             be
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             land
             :
          
           Nay
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           Prince
           should
           be
           cast
           away
           ,
           
           as
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           
             If
             ye
             doe
             wickedly
             ye
             shall
             perish
             ,
             you
             and
             your
             King
             .
          
           All
           this
           were
           strange
           indeed
           ,
           should
           we
           consider
           Prince
           ,
           and
           people
           ,
           as
           persons
           strangers
           in
           interest
           to
           one
           another
           :
           but
           therefore
           these
           places
           shew
           the
           strict
           union
           ,
           and
           indivisible
           mutuality
           of
           interest
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           in
           the
           doings
           and
           sufferings
           each
           of
           other
           ,
           beyond
           any
           thing
           that
           can
           be
           created
           by
           the
           meer
           constitution
           or
           agreement
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           This
           case
           of
           
             Davids
          
           further
           teaches
           ;
           that
           if
           when
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           people
           be
           grown
           high
           ,
           it
           be
           any
           way
           necessary
           that
           the
           King
           be
           let
           fall
           into
           sinne
           before
           the
           People
           be
           punished
           :
           then
           are
           Kings
           immediatly
           between
           God
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           stand
           there
           like
           
             Moses
          
           in
           the
           gap
           ,
           to
           with-hold
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           untill
           that
           they
           also
           by
           falling
           someway
           be
           removed
           .
           Again
           if
           the
           Kings
           transgression
           in
           government
           has
           the
           originall
           from
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           then
           are
           the
           People
           the
           prime
           offendors
           ,
           and
           first
           agents
           in
           the
           Kings
           transgression
           ,
           and
           He
           himselfe
           is
           as
           it
           were
           accessary
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           passive
           in
           it
           .
           We
           see
           that
           God
           himselfe
           here
           judged
           so
           ,
           and
           laid
           the
           reall
           punishment
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           whom
           he
           accounted
           the
           originall
           sinners
           :
           as
           for
           the
           King
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           sinne
           is
           verbally
           ascribed
           )
           we
           see
           God
           reckons
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           
           were
           only
           passive
           in
           committing
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           inflicts
           no
           punishment
           on
           him
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           voluntarily
           took
           upon
           him
           ,
           an
           humbling
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           a
           compassionate
           fellowfeeling
           of
           punishment
           ,
           such
           as
           a
           good
           common
           father
           has
           alwaies
           by
           the
           sense
           of
           his
           peoples
           suffering
           .
        
         
           It
           now
           followes
           plainly
           :
           that
           the
           people
           that
           have
           their
           hands
           in
           sinne
           ,
           are
           no
           competent
           Iusticiars
           for
           hearing
           ,
           judging
           ,
           and
           reforming
           of
           any
           misdemeanours
           ;
           especially
           of
           those
           in
           which
           they
           themselves
           (
           having
           the
           principall
           hand
           )
           are
           the
           principalls
           ;
           and
           lesse
           ,
           where
           the
           person
           questioned
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           accessary
           ,
           drawn
           in
           by
           them
           :
           and
           least
           of
           all
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           a
           person
           sacred
           ,
           and
           one
           so
           much
           superiour
           ,
           as
           by
           Gods
           ordinance
           to
           stand
           immediatly
           betwixt
           God
           and
           them
           ,
           sure
           ,
           he
           that
           would
           not
           suffer
           one
           with
           a
           beam
           in
           his
           eye
           ,
           to
           pull
           a
           moat
           out
           of
           the
           eye
           of
           his
           brother
           ;
           does
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           doe
           it
           toward
           one
           so
           much
           superiour
           as
           his
           Prince
           :
           nor
           suffer
           guilty
           Subjects
           to
           arraigne
           their
           soveraigne
           ;
           guilty
           servants
           ,
           their
           Lord
           ;
           nor
           guilty
           sonnes
           their
           common
           father
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           we
           may
           consider
           the
           unlawfulnesse
           of
           popular
           animadversion
           into
           the
           manners
           and
           government
           of
           Princes
           ,
           (
           especially
           of
           Princes
           that
           are
           lawfull
           Christian
           Monarchs
           )
           even
           in
           this
           alone
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           received
           ,
           nor
           known
           bounds
           of
           limitation
           ,
           how
           farre
           people
           may
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           questioning
           and
           reforming
           the
           errours
           of
           Princes
           ,
           but
           that
           if
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           be
           lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           doe
           therein
           ,
           then
           may
           they
           without
           restraint
           proceed
           so
           farre
           as
           to
           depose
           Princes
           ,
           and
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           if
           (
           according
           to
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Iesuite
           )
           they
           finde
           it
           for
           the
           good
           and
           reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           how
           well
           it
           is
           warranted
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           plainly
           enough
           in
           the
           case
           between
           
             Saul
          
           and
           
             David
             .
          
        
         
           
             Saul
          
           was
           King
           ,
           but
           ,
           misgoverning
           himself
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           became
           as
           bad
           as
           excommunicate
           and
           deposed
           :
           
           for
           he
           was
           rejected
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
             David
          
           was
           by
           Gods
           expresse
           command
           annoynted
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           all
           which
           notwithstanding
           ;
           neither
           
             David
          
           nor
           the
           people
           ever
           sought
           to
           depose
           him
           ;
           to
           renounce
           obedience
           unto
           him
           ;
           to
           combine
           against
           him
           ;
           question
           his
           government
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           meddle
           with
           ordering
           any
           of
           the
           affaires
           that
           belonged
           to
           the
           King
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             Saul
          
           after
           this
           persecuted
           
             David
          
           unjustly
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           unjust
           and
           hostile
           persecution
           ,
           was
           delivered
           into
           Davids
           
           hand
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           of
           necessity
           that
           
             David
          
           should
           take
           the
           advantage
           and
           kill
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           could
           not
           otherwise
           have
           any
           assurance
           of
           his
           owne
           life
           :
           
             David
          
           did
           then
           but
           even
           cut
           of
           the
           skirt
           of
           
             Sauls
          
           garment
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           it
           might
           witnesse
           his
           faithfull
           loyalty
           ,
           because
           it
           made
           it
           manifest
           he
           could
           as
           easily
           have
           cut
           the
           thread
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           and
           even
           for
           this
           ,
           his
           heart
           so
           smote
           him
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             doe
             this
             thing
             to
             my
             Maister
             the
             Lords
             annointed
             ,
             to
             stretch
             forth
             my
             hand
             against
             him
             .
          
           
           That
           was
           not
           all
           neither
           ,
           but
           there
           were
           more
           circumstances
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           
             Saul
          
           was
           not
           yet
           reformed
           ,
           and
           going
           on
           still
           ,
           was
           another
           time
           delivered
           into
           
             Davids
          
           hands
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           both
           times
           understood
           it
           ,
           the
           speciall
           delivery
           of
           his
           enemy
           into
           his
           hands
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           embraced
           the
           opportunity
           and
           have
           made
           him
           away
           :
           
             David
          
           restraines
           them
           still
           with
           the
           same
           bridle
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             forbid
             &c.
          
           and
           tells
           them
           ,
           
           
             Who
             can
             lay
             his
             hands
             on
             the
             Lords
             annointed
             and
             be
             guiltlesse
             ?
             No
             ,
             David
          
           (
           though
           already
           annointed
           )
           would
           tary
           Gods
           time
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             should
             smite
             Saul
             ,
          
           or
           
             his
             day
             should
             come
             ,
             or
             he
             should
             descend
             into
             battaile
             and
             perish
             ,
          
           but
           
             Davids
          
           hand
           should
           not
           be
           against
           him
           .
           No
           whatsoever
           
             Saul
          
           was
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           he
           had
           done
           ;
           neither
           his
           falling
           from
           God
           ,
           nor
           Gods
           declaring
           him
           rejected
           ,
           nor
           
             Davids
          
           annointing
           by
           Gods
           command
           ,
           nor
           
             Sauls
          
           unjust
           persecution
           of
           
             David
          
           the
           Lords
           annointed
           in
           future
           ,
           could
           dissolve
           the
           duty
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           nor
           make
           it
           lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           lay
           their
           hands
           on
           him
           ,
           no
           not
           when
           he
           was
           in
           wicked
           hostility
           against
           them
           .
           But
           
             Saul
          
           in
           
             Davids
          
           account
           ,
           was
           still
           the
           Lords
           annointed
           ,
           still
           a
           sacred
           person
           ,
           still
           
             Davids
          
           maister
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           circumstances
           which
           might
           seeme
           to
           have
           discharged
           the
           tyes
           of
           duty
           which
           
             David
          
           and
           the
           people
           did
           formerly
           owe
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           the
           annointing
           of
           Kings
           a
           thing
           sacred
           as
           to
           their
           own
           Subjects
           only
           :
           but
           the
           regard
           thereof
           is
           required
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           strangers
           also
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           prophanation
           and
           sacriledge
           that
           in
           the
           violation
           of
           their
           persons
           is
           committed
           even
           against
           God
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           though
           the
           
             Amalekite
          
           were
           a
           stranger
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           faire
           pretence
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           done
           
             Saul
          
           a
           good
           office
           ,
           when
           at
           his
           own
           request
           he
           dispatched
           him
           of
           the
           paine
           of
           his
           wounds
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           pangs
           of
           his
           approaching
           death
           :
           yet
           
             David
          
           (
           taking
           his
           fact
           according
           to
           his
           owne
           confession
           )
           makes
           a
           slight
           account
           of
           the
           causes
           which
           he
           pretended
           ,
           as
           a
           frivolous
           extenuation
           of
           an
           haynous
           
           fact
           ,
           and
           condemnes
           him
           ,
           though
           a
           stranger
           ,
           as
           an
           hainous
           Delinquent
           against
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           .
           
             How
             wert
             thou
             not
             afraid
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             to
             stretch
             forth
             thy
             hand
             to
             destroy
             the
             Lords
             annointed
             ?
          
           neither
           his
           being
           a
           stranger
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           other
           circumstances
           were
           so
           availeable
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           bloud
           fell
           deservedly
           upon
           his
           own
           head
           .
           The
           act
           is
           in
           it selfe
           perfectly
           wicked
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           degree
           hainous
           ;
           altogether
           against
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           and
           therefore
           all
           actions
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           progresse
           of
           them
           tend
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           way
           threaten
           to
           arrive
           at
           that
           upshot
           ,
           are
           all
           unlawfull
           ,
           fowle
           ,
           and
           wicked
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           the
           actors
           themselves
           wicked
           ,
           but
           their
           assistants
           ,
           favourers
           ,
           those
           that
           wish
           them
           well
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           St
           
             Iohn
          
           speakes
           )
           
             That
             bid
             them
             God
             speed
             ,
             are
             partakers
             of
             their
             evill
             deeds
             .
          
        
         
           But
           errour
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           has
           made
           such
           impressions
           in
           the
           mindes
           of
           many
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           will
           never
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           disobey
           and
           resist
           Authority
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           finde
           it
           faulty
           ,
           or
           the
           commaunds
           thereof
           not
           agreeing
           with
           their
           consciences
           .
           They
           will
           grant
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           disobey
           Authority
           in
           the
           lawfull
           commaunds
           thereof
           ,
           neither
           doe
           evill
           that
           good
           may
           come
           thereon
           :
           but
           then
           ,
           they
           themselves
           will
           be
           the
           judges
           what
           commaunds
           are
           lawfull
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ;
           what
           things
           good
           ,
           and
           what
           evill
           ;
           &
           so
           they
           make
           obedience
           arbitrary
           ,
           and
           government
           (
           by
           pretending
           conscience
           )
           at
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Subject
           :
           yea
           ,
           though
           the
           things
           whereat
           they
           take
           check
           ,
           be
           of
           their
           own
           nature
           indifferent
           ,
           or
           doubtfull
           ,
           (
           and
           therefore
           not
           matters
           of
           faith
           )
           yet
           will
           not
           they
           submit
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           their
           opinions
           unto
           any
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Church
           they
           live
           in
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Church
           Catholique
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           authority
           of
           it
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           purest
           times
           thereof
           .
           But
           they
           from
           the
           authority
           of
           their
           own
           opinions
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           authority
           of
           such
           Teachers
           ,
           as
           they
           themselves
           have
           chosen
           to
           themselves
           to
           be
           their
           guides
           ,
           they
           will
           both
           censure
           ,
           condemne
           ,
           disobey
           ,
           and
           revile
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Governours
           thereof
           ,
           so
           secure
           in
           opposing
           imaginary
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           unproved
           superstitiō
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           not
           see
           how
           incompatible
           ,
           self-will
           ,
           presumption
           ,
           disobedience
           ,
           arrogance
           and
           railing
           are
           with
           true
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           that
           the
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           their
           Disciples
           (
           which
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           foretold
           should
           be
           in
           the
           
             last
             and
             perilous
             times
             ,
          
           and
           which
           St
           
             Peter
          
           calleth
           
             cursed
             children
          
           )
           are
           not
           only
           described
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           
             have
             a
             forme
             of
             Godlinesse
             ,
             but
             
             deny
             the
             power
             thereof
             .
          
           
           That
           
             they
             are
             in
             sheeps
             clothing
             ,
             but
             are
             inwardly
             Wolves
             .
          
           That
           the
           
             fruit
          
           they
           beare
           is
           not
           answerable
           to
           the
           tree
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           .
           
           That
           their
           way
           of
           working
           is
           after
           the
           way
           of
           private
           insinuation
           ,
           
           
             creeping
             into
             houses
             ,
             and
             leading
             silly
             Women
             captive
             .
             Having
             itching
             eares
             ,
          
           and
           after
           their
           own
           liking
           
             heaping
             to
             themselves
             teachers
             .
          
           
           That
           they
           be
           
             they
             that
             separate
             themselves
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
           
           But
           they
           are
           especially
           described
           to
           be
           
             Traiterous
             ,
             Heady
             ,
             high-minded
             ,
          
           
           to
           be
           such
           as
           
             despise
             government
             ,
          
           as
           are
           
             presumptuous
             ,
             self
             willed
             ,
             and
             not
             afraid
             to
             speak
             evill
             of
             dignities
             .
          
           And
           again
           that
           they
           
             despise
             dominion
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             speak
             evill
             of
             Dignities
             .
          
           And
           that
           they
           
             Perish
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Corah
             .
          
           now
           we
           know
           that
           the
           sinne
           of
           
             Corah
          
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           (
           being
           a
           Levite
           ,
           and
           countenanced
           by
           an
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Princes
           of
           the
           assembly
           ,
           famous
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           
           and
           at
           least
           fourteen
           thousand
           seven
           hundred
           of
           the
           people
           )
           upon
           his
           own
           private
           opinion
           (
           to
           which
           also
           his
           followers
           adhered
           )
           that
           both
           he
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Congregation
           were
           holy
           ,
           and
           might
           offer
           incense
           before
           the
           Lord
           as
           well
           as
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           Charged
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
          
           that
           they
           tooke
           too
           much
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           exalted
           themselves
           above
           
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           they
           holding
           themselves
           in
           a
           parity
           of
           authority
           with
           them
           ,
           would
           not
           appeare
           on
           their
           Summons
           ,
           nor
           be
           obedient
           unto
           them
           .
           Yet
           (
           as
           if
           these
           passages
           of
           Scripture
           nothing
           concerned
           our
           times
           )
           we
           are
           nothing
           shie
           of
           those
           things
           whereof
           they
           doe
           admonish
           us
           .
        
         
           There
           be
           some
           ,
           that
           justifie
           ,
           that
           private
           men
           may
           resist
           authority
           ,
           when
           it
           would
           doe
           that
           which
           is
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           yea
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           then
           their
           duty
           to
           resist
           it
           ,
           that
           such
           resistance
           is
           no
           disobedience
           ,
           no
           rebellion
           ,
           no
           sinne
           at
           all
           .
           These
           swallow
           that
           which
           may
           not
           be
           granted
           ,
           
             viz
             :
          
           that
           they
           are
           competent
           Iudges
           of
           the
           Churches
           hurt
           ,
           and
           besides
           they
           make
           the
           rule
           that
           our
           Saviour
           gave
           us
           for
           discovering
           teachers
           of
           false
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           nothing
           worth
           .
           
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           we
           
             shall
             know
             them
             by
             their
             fruits
             ,
          
           as
           granting
           fruit
           to
           be
           a
           thing
           apparant
           ,
           knowne
           of
           all
           and
           unchangeable
           :
           but
           these
           men
           make
           the
           fruit
           to
           alter
           according
           to
           the
           diversity
           of
           the
           tree
           that
           beares
           it
           ,
           though
           otherwise
           it
           have
           the
           same
           shape
           ,
           taste
           ,
           and
           vertue
           .
           For
           example
           :
           disobedience
           ,
           resistance
           of
           authority
           ,
           sedition
           ,
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           ,
           agreed
           both
           by
           Christians
           and
           Heathens
           to
           be
           evill
           fruits
           .
           But
           these
           men
           (
           and
           Iesuites
           )
           tell
           us
           that
           resisting
           
           authority
           ,
           and
           raising
           force
           against
           it
           ,
           thereby
           to
           worke
           the
           good
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           done
           by
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           no
           resistance
           ,
           no
           rebellion
           ,
           no
           sinne
           .
           The
           fruit
           has
           lost
           his
           own
           nature
           ,
           which
           in
           it selfe
           was
           nought
           ,
           and
           takes
           a
           new
           nature
           of
           goodnes
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           brought
           forth
           by
           the
           good
           tree
           of
           piety
           toward
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           .
           So
           our
           Saviours
           precept
           is
           made
           of
           no
           effect
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           learne
           of
           the
           Iesuite
           ,
           to
           un-know
           a
           knowne
           thing
           ,
           and
           know
           it
           for
           some
           other
           thing
           ,
           then
           ever
           we
           knew
           before
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           a
           new
           way
           too
           ;
           
             viz
             :
          
           by
           that
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           known
           of
           it selfe
           .
           We
           must
           know
           the
           fruit
           by
           the
           tree
           .
        
         
           We
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           authority
           may
           commaund
           things
           ,
           that
           by
           no
           meanes
           at
           all
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           we
           must
           not
           doe
           them
           :
           but
           those
           things
           are
           such
           as
           are
           manifestly
           contrary
           to
           the
           expresse
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           principles
           of
           Religion
           .
           And
           even
           in
           them
           we
           are
           only
           simply
           to
           refuse
           the
           doing
           of
           the
           evill
           commaunded
           ,
           without
           any
           actuall
           resistance
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           so
           doing
           ,
           our
           not
           obeying
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           counted
           disobedience
           ;
           because
           it
           being
           necessary
           obedience
           to
           the
           expresse
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           primitive
           Soveraign
           of
           all
           authority
           :
           it
           can
           never
           be
           disobedience
           as
           to
           the
           derivative
           .
           But
           where
           authority
           commaunds
           nothing
           against
           the
           expresse
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           principles
           of
           Religion
           (
           as
           in
           things
           disputable
           it
           doth
           not
           )
           there
           ,
           except
           the
           Governours
           that
           are
           the
           derivative
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           God
           ,
           the
           primitive
           is
           disobeyed
           .
           For
           he
           strictly
           commaunds
           obedience
           to
           his
           Vice-gerents
           ,
           even
           in
           every
           ordinance
           of
           man
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           also
           to
           take
           heed
           we
           play
           not
           the
           hypocrites
           with
           God
           .
           When
           thinking
           to
           doe
           a
           good
           office
           to
           the
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           we
           resist
           authority
           ,
           that
           presses
           us
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           we
           suppose
           )
           threatens
           depravation
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           or
           due
           liberty
           .
           For
           what
           know
           we
           but
           that
           by
           
             wrongfull
             suffering
          
           (
           whereto
           all
           are
           called
           )
           God
           calls
           us
           to
           a
           tryall
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           
           patience
           ,
           and
           obedience
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           which
           if
           we
           doe
           not
           shew
           by
           keeping
           close
           to
           his
           command
           ,
           not
           turning
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           to
           doe
           any
           evill
           though
           commanded
           ,
           nor
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           to
           resist
           authority
           with
           violence
           ,
           although
           it
           hath
           commanded
           evill
           ,
           we
           then
           refuse
           Gods
           tryall
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           unseasonable
           zeale
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           wordly
           rights
           ,
           we
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           commaund
           resist
           his
           lawfull
           Vice-gerents
           ,
           &
           the
           excuse
           we
           have
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           little
           better
           then
           like
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           to
           
           say
           
             Corban
             ,
             God
             shall
             have
             profit
             by
             it
             in
             the
             good
             that
             we
             shall
             doe
             his
             Church
             thereby
             ,
          
           and
           
             make
             the
             precept
             of
             God
             of
             no
             effect
             ;
          
           and
           antevert
           the
           glory
           that
           god
           seemed
           to
           seeke
           in
           our
           tryall
           :
           And
           having
           so
           justified
           our
           resistance
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           call
           it
           pious
           ,
           and
           an
           act
           of
           duty
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           God
           requires
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           God
           the
           author
           of
           our
           sinne
           ,
           and
           lodge
           it
           where
           we
           can
           never
           repent
           us
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           may
           undoubtedly
           be
           such
           pressures
           laid
           upon
           Subjects
           ▪
           as
           that
           humanity
           cannot
           but
           commiserate
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           in
           some
           part
           excuse
           their
           impatience
           and
           resisting
           of
           them
           .
           But
           the
           pittifulnes
           of
           the
           case
           cannot
           make
           the
           resistance
           lawfull
           ,
           though
           we
           remit
           much
           to
           the
           doers
           ,
           we
           must
           yet
           condemne
           the
           fact
           ;
           and
           though
           their
           sufferings
           wash
           away
           much
           of
           the
           soile
           that
           would
           make
           both
           the
           deed
           and
           the
           doers
           more
           odious
           ,
           yet
           must
           they
           be
           content
           to
           confesse
           the
           deed
           to
           be
           evill
           .
           But
           to
           justifie
           it
           ,
           were
           to
           commit
           the
           accursed
           sinne
           of
           calling
           
             good
             evill
             ,
             and
             evill
             good
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           the
           sacrilegious
           sinne
           of
           making
           God
           weake
           and
           wicked
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           necessary
           support
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           should
           stand
           in
           need
           ,
           and
           require
           not
           only
           the
           helpe
           of
           sinfull
           men
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           their
           sinnes
           also
           .
           Private
           men
           ,
           in
           things
           not
           plainly
           forbidden
           ,
           cannot
           say
           they
           resist
           not
           authority
           ,
           but
           sinne
           :
           not
           the
           lawfull
           power
           ,
           but
           the
           licentiousnes
           of
           them
           which
           abuse
           it
           :
           for
           they
           have
           no
           authority
           to
           distinguish
           .
           And
           if
           they
           offer
           to
           pull
           the
           mote
           out
           of
           the
           Governours
           eye
           ,
           they
           will
           put
           a
           beame
           into
           their
           owne
           .
           For
           though
           we
           be
           every
           one
           tyed
           to
           resist
           sinne
           in
           our selves
           that
           we
           commit
           it
           not
           ;
           yet
           are
           we
           not
           every
           one
           tyed
           to
           resist
           it
           in
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           commit
           it
           not
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           leave
           every
           thing
           to
           be
           rectified
           by
           those
           only
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           properly
           belongs
           ;
           and
           where
           there
           is
           no
           ordidinate
           meanes
           of
           reforming
           ,
           there
           God
           has
           reserved
           that
           particular
           case
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           not
           justle
           him
           out
           of
           his
           tribunall
           .
        
         
           We
           might
           in
           this
           place
           remember
           also
           what
           infinite
           doubts
           ,
           and
           questions
           (
           perpetually
           ensnaring
           and
           wounding
           the
           consciences
           of
           private
           men
           ,
           and
           with
           continuall
           disturbance
           and
           divisions
           threatning
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           State
           )
           doe
           follow
           the
           admitting
           of
           this
           one
           opinion
           :
           that
           when
           other
           remedies
           faile
           ,
           Subjects
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           may
           leavy
           Armes
           ,
           and
           defend
           their
           Lawes
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           against
           the
           oppressors
           of
           them
           .
           For
           what
           shall
           be
           sufficient
           necessity
           ?
           and
           who
           shall
           be
           judge
           of
           it
           ?
           what
           way
           ,
           and
           how
           
           farr
           may
           Subjects
           so
           proceed
           ?
           who
           shall
           commaund
           ?
           &c.
           But
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           set
           forth
           all
           the
           branchings
           and
           consequents
           of
           errours
           ,
           or
           the
           confusions
           that
           follows
           upon
           them
           .
           We
           might
           also
           remember
           ,
           what
           dangerous
           straines
           and
           snares
           these
           opinions
           are
           to
           those
           that
           have
           taken
           expresse
           oaths
           of
           obedience
           and
           allegiance
           ;
           but
           we
           hope
           ,
           that
           this
           shall
           be
           hint
           enough
           to
           stirr
           men
           up
           to
           take
           heed
           ,
           how
           they
           entertain
           such
           opinions
           :
           and
           if
           already
           they
           have
           been
           led
           away
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           make
           a
           more
           advised
           examination
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           like
           good
           Christians
           be
           content
           (
           whatsoever
           censure
           fall
           upon
           their
           actions
           past
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           diminution
           upon
           their
           present
           esteem
           )
           they
           will
           yet
           submit
           ,
           that
           Gods
           truth
           may
           not
           be
           corrupted
           ,
           nor
           his
           holinesse
           blasphemed
           ,
           
           but
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           faies
           ,
           
             he
             may
             be
             justified
             in
             his
             sayings
             and
             be
             cleere
             when
             he
             is
             judged
             ,
          
           yea
           that
           God
           may
           be
           found
           
             true
             and
             every
             man
             a
             lyar
             .
          
        
         
           We
           do
           not
           all
           this
           while
           contend
           that
           Princes
           are
           without
           law
           ,
           we
           have
           in
           the
           entrance
           of
           our
           discourse
           shown
           the
           contrary
           :
           and
           we
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           the
           rights
           &
           maners
           of
           Kingdoms
           ,
           are
           religiously
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           well
           of
           the
           Prince
           as
           of
           the
           People
           :
           that
           the
           establishment
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           depends
           upon
           the
           observance
           of
           the
           rights
           thereof
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           the
           one
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           other
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Maner
           of
           every
           Kingdom
           is
           as
           sacred
           as
           the
           Kingdom
           it selfe
           .
           When
           God
           layd
           a
           curse
           upon
           those
           that
           removed
           the
           bounds
           between
           private
           man
           and
           private
           man
           ,
           he
           left
           not
           the
           bounds
           of
           publique
           right
           (
           in
           which
           all
           private
           right
           is
           included
           )
           open
           to
           secure
           violation
           :
           but
           what
           was
           wicked
           in
           the
           one
           case
           he
           accounted
           hainous
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           carrying
           with
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           transitory
           fortunes
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           lives
           and
           soules
           of
           the
           People
           .
           And
           for
           this
           cause
           ,
           when
           God
           finds
           in
           
             Princes
             the
             sinne
             of
             those
             that
             remove
             the
             bounds
             ,
          
           
           he
           threatens
           that
           he
           will
           
             Powre
             out
             his
             wrath
             on
             them
             like
             water
             .
          
           It
           will
           not
           be
           unworthy
           our
           labour
           a
           little
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           reason
           .
        
         
           Tyranny
           (
           as
           we
           have
           touched
           )
           began
           first
           in
           the
           Eastern
           parts
           ,
           and
           thence
           dispersed
           it selfe
           through
           the
           world
           .
           And
           being
           from
           the
           beginning
           greivous
           ,
           and
           incomportable
           ,
           in
           time
           it
           discovered
           it self
           to
           be
           but
           weak
           .
           Withall
           it
           was
           supposed
           ,
           that
           the
           greivousnesse
           of
           it
           consisted
           in
           the
           Monarchall
           forme
           ,
           for
           remedy
           of
           which
           they
           instituted
           ,
           in
           some
           places
           Aristocraticall
           ,
           in
           some
           places
           
           Popular
           government
           ,
           But
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           all
           also
           were
           discerned
           to
           be
           but
           other
           faces
           of
           the
           same
           tyranny
           :
           and
           men
           found
           plainly
           ,
           that
           the
           absolute
           government
           of
           either
           People
           ,
           or
           Nobles
           ,
           was
           as
           well
           obnoxious
           unto
           tyranny
           ,
           as
           the
           sole
           government
           of
           the
           Prince
           :
           and
           that
           in
           which
           of
           the
           three
           soever
           the
           government
           absolutly
           resided
           ,
           the
           government
           was
           both
           tyrannicall
           and
           infirme
           :
           and
           that
           in
           every
           of
           them
           the
           comportablenesse
           and
           stability
           depended
           only
           on
           the
           well
           regulating
           of
           the
           soveraigne
           power
           ,
           by
           a
           reasonable
           interposition
           of
           some
           power
           committed
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           two
           other
           potent
           limbs
           .
           So
           it
           became
           an
           experimented
           principle
           among
           Statists
           ;
           that
           the
           composite
           forme
           (
           wherein
           every
           of
           the
           three
           potent
           limbs
           ,
           for
           the
           surer
           support
           of
           the
           instituted
           State
           ,
           had
           such
           apportioned
           influence
           and
           power
           as
           was
           proper
           for
           the
           frame
           of
           government
           )
           was
           the
           only
           firme
           and
           durable
           forme
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           the
           three
           powers
           ,
           Regall
           ,
           Aristocraticall
           ,
           or
           Popular
           ,
           any
           of
           them
           prevailing
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           wholy
           free
           from
           being
           qualified
           or
           tempered
           by
           some
           operation
           of
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           corrupted
           the
           legitimate
           form
           into
           a
           tyrannicall
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           prognostick
           of
           the
           States
           declining
           into
           ruine
           .
           This
           principle
           of
           State
           is
           not
           impeached
           by
           any
           instance
           of
           long
           continuance
           of
           the
           old
           
             Assyrian
             ,
          
           or
           present
           
             Turkish
          
           Empire
           ,
           because
           the
           
             Assyrian
          
           had
           a
           peculiar
           advantage
           of
           continuance
           ,
           by
           the
           simplicity
           and
           unactivenesse
           of
           the
           age
           it
           was
           in
           .
           And
           the
           
             Turks
          
           to
           worke
           their
           security
           and
           continuance
           ,
           have
           wholy
           put
           out
           the
           light
           of
           knowledge
           from
           among
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           have
           subdued
           them
           to
           a
           false
           Religion
           ,
           that
           has
           in
           it selfe
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           nor
           office
           ,
           then
           only
           to
           keep
           men
           in
           subjection
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           having
           deprived
           themselves
           of
           the
           principall
           of
           all
           conditions
           of
           humanity
           ,
           and
           made
           themselves
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           an
           Empire
           of
           beasts
           ,
           the
           successe
           of
           their
           affaires
           determines
           nothing
           of
           the
           event
           of
           theirs
           ,
           that
           ayme
           to
           live
           as
           men
           ;
           much
           lesse
           of
           theirs
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           live
           the
           lives
           of
           supernaturall
           men
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           of
           Christians
           .
        
         
           Absolute
           power
           then
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           neither
           bound
           ,
           nor
           limitation
           ,
           (
           like
           the
           naturall
           heat
           too
           much
           enforced
           ,
           which
           soon
           devoures
           the
           radicall
           moisture
           that
           maintaines
           it
           )
           tends
           not
           to
           prosperity
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           distruction
           of
           itselfe
           .
           For
           all
           things
           being
           created
           in
           number
           ,
           weight
           ,
           and
           measure
           ,
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           proportions
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           decay
           of
           their
           being
           .
           
           
             Where
             there
             is
             
             no
             inclosure
          
           (
           saith
           the
           wise
           man
           )
           
             there
             the
             possession
             goes
             to
             decay
             .
          
           For
           though
           one
           ,
           by
           decaying
           his
           fence
           ,
           gives
           himselfe
           liberty
           to
           prey
           upon
           his
           neighbours
           ,
           (
           which
           seems
           some
           advantage
           )
           yet
           he
           thereby
           layes
           himselfe
           open
           to
           be
           a
           prey
           also
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           after
           he
           would
           close
           it
           again
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           it
           hard
           to
           shut
           unruly
           beasts
           out
           from
           the
           haunt
           they
           have
           once
           gotten
           .
           Now
           for
           preservation
           of
           the
           bounds
           and
           fences
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           have
           just
           and
           equitable
           lawes
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           have
           also
           an
           institution
           of
           good
           and
           sound
           orders
           ,
           for
           the
           making
           and
           executing
           of
           those
           Lawes
           :
           which
           orders
           must
           be
           sacredly
           observed
           .
           for
           as
           evill
           words
           corrupt
           good
           manners
           ;
           so
           evill
           manners
           frustrate
           the
           effect
           of
           all
           good
           lawes
           ;
           and
           good
           manners
           (
           especially
           those
           that
           belong
           to
           government
           )
           are
           not
           preserved
           without
           strict
           adherence
           to
           the
           instituted
           orders
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Neither
           will
           those
           orders
           long
           continue
           valid
           and
           of
           use
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           protection
           and
           care
           of
           them
           be
           committed
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           conservatory
           power
           ,
           more
           especially
           interessed
           in
           the
           continuance
           of
           them
           .
           Who
           though
           not
           absolutely
           ,
           nor
           with
           any
           single
           power
           of
           immediate
           coertion
           ,
           yet
           by
           their
           powerfull
           intercession
           in
           the
           Councells
           ,
           and
           convocate
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           may
           be
           effectually
           operative
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           publike
           right
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           the
           use
           of
           these
           Assemblies
           are
           by
           no
           meanes
           long
           to
           be
           neglected
           .
        
         
           When
           then
           the
           continuance
           and
           prosperity
           of
           every
           State
           ,
           stands
           upon
           no
           surer
           ground
           ,
           then
           the
           observance
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           upon
           no
           better
           stand
           the
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Royall
           race
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           inheritance
           ,
           and
           Church
           of
           God
           himselfe
           .
           And
           it
           is
           then
           no
           marvaile
           that
           God
           should
           threaten
           to
           
             powre
             out
             his
             wrath
             like
             water
             on
             Princes
             that
             are
             like
             to
             those
             that
             remove
             the
             bounds
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           no
           marvaile
           that
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           (
           to
           whom
           God
           (
           no
           question
           )
           with
           a
           promise
           of
           perpetuity
           ,
           gave
           the
           most
           absolute
           dominion
           that
           has
           beene
           communicable
           to
           the
           Princes
           of
           his
           Church
           )
           he
           should
           command
           ,
           
             Execute
             Yee
             judgement
             and
             righteousnes
             ,
          
           
           &c
           :
           
             for
             then
             shall
             King
             sitting
             on
             the
             throne
             of
          
           David
           ,
           
             enter
             in
             by
             these
             gates
             ,
             &c
             :
          
           but
           otherwise
           ,
           
             I
             will
             prepare
             destroyers
             against
             thee
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           important
           consequence
           that
           makes
           God
           not
           give
           the
           charge
           without
           threatning
           .
           Though
           God
           declares
           Princes
           to
           be
           Gods
           among
           men
           ,
           
           
           
           yet
           between
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           God
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           confesses
           )
           has
           made
           the
           observance
           of
           the
           rule
           of
           justice
           and
           religion
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           condition
           of
           their
           reigning
           .
           
           
             Bear
             rule
          
           (
           saith
           
             God
          
           to
           
             David
          
           )
           
             over
             men
             ,
             being
             just
             ,
             and
             ruleing
             in
             the
             feare
             of
             God
             .
          
           Indeed
           when
           Princes
           derive
           their
           authority
           from
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           justly
           challeng
           the
           prerogative
           of
           his
           vice-gerents
           ,
           it
           well
           behoves
           them
           to
           looke
           that
           the
           derivatives
           faile
           not
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           their
           primitive
           .
           
           
             The
             Scepter
             of
             Christs
             Kingdome
             is
          
           declared
           to
           be
           
             a
             right
             Scepter
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             his
             seat
             to
             endure
             for
             ever
             .
          
           If
           his
           vice-gerents
           would
           have
           their
           seates
           durable
           ,
           they
           also
           must
           have
           care
           their
           Scepters
           be
           right
           Scepters
           :
           they
           must
           see
           that
           the
           aunciently-established
           Formes
           and
           Orders
           of
           their
           Kingdomes
           be
           not
           violated
           or
           neglected
           ,
           but
           from
           time
           to
           time
           renewed
           and
           kept
           :
           they
           must
           not
           ,
           to
           be
           absolute
           ,
           breake
           the
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           thinke
           to
           be
           good
           and
           just
           Princes
           in
           their
           Arbitrary
           Rule
           :
           it
           were
           a
           reproachfull
           incongruity
           ,
           and
           nothing
           suitable
           to
           the
           vice-gerents
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           be
           good
           and
           faire
           Governours
           of
           that
           which
           they
           have
           made
           a
           tyrannicall
           government
           .
           The
           Governours
           and
           government
           must
           have
           one
           face
           and
           way
           ,
           their
           rule
           cannot
           otherwise
           escape
           infamy
           ;
           not
           their
           providence
           cut
           off
           occasion
           from
           after
           times
           of
           invading
           the
           Rights
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           continuance
           of
           their
           Kingdomes
           .
        
         
           The
           Lawes
           then
           ,
           the
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           Kingdomes
           ,
           are
           most
           sacred
           ,
           and
           binding
           ,
           even
           to
           Kings
           themselves
           :
           but
           that
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           in
           Safety
           ,
           in
           Honour
           ,
           in
           Conscience
           betweene
           God
           and
           them
           :
           not
           in
           any
           way
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           in
           their
           default
           ,
           the
           people
           can
           become
           authorized
           .
           For
           if
           we
           looke
           to
           what
           is
           written
           ,
           we
           find
           that
           when
           Subjects
           doe
           amisse
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           feare
           ,
           
           for
           the
           Ruler
           is
           
             Gods
             minister
             to
             take
             vengeance
             ,
             and
             beareth
             not
             the
             sword
             in
             vaine
             .
          
           But
           we
           read
           of
           no
           authority
           committed
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           Prince
           failes
           of
           his
           Duty
           ;
           nor
           of
           any
           sword
           that
           is
           to
           be
           born
           by
           them
           :
           if
           therefore
           they
           take
           the
           sword
           ,
           or
           any
           course
           that
           leades
           unto
           it
           ,
           they
           take
           the
           sword
           of
           injustice
           to
           the
           wounding
           of
           their
           own
           soules
           .
           But
           while
           we
           name
           the
           people
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           doe
           not
           make
           all
           Subjects
           ,
           living
           under
           the
           obedience
           of
           Soveraignes
           ,
           naturally
           to
           have
           this
           protence
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           doe
           themselves
           
           right
           ,
           in
           case
           their
           Prince
           doe
           not
           .
           
           For
           as
           we
           see
           them
           of
           their
           owne
           naturall
           inclination
           to
           desire
           a
           King
           ,
           so
           we
           know
           they
           naturally
           submit
           unto
           his
           government
           .
           And
           Prince
           ,
           and
           people
           ,
           of
           themselves
           stand
           naturally
           well-affected
           one
           to
           the
           other
           .
           But
           as
           there
           are
           those
           that
           are
           sinisterly
           officious
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           so
           are
           there
           toward
           the
           other
           also
           .
           And
           as
           those
           often
           counsell
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           have
           him
           pull
           out
           the
           stones
           from
           out
           the
           foundation
           of
           his
           Throne
           ,
           to
           build
           higher
           the
           roofe
           and
           enlarge
           the
           battlements
           thereof
           :
           so
           these
           often
           perswade
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           the
           authority
           of
           Princes
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           neither
           Throne
           ,
           Scepter
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           belonging
           to
           the
           Sovereigne
           right
           :
           these
           find
           pretences
           ,
           and
           broach
           opinions
           in
           the
           peoples
           behalfe
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           people
           naturally
           jealous
           ,
           and
           impatient
           of
           the
           violation
           of
           their
           supposed
           Right
           or
           Liberty
           ,
           are
           facile
           to
           entertaine
           suggestions
           ,
           and
           through
           want
           of
           judgment
           easily
           carryed
           away
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           wanting
           also
           moderation
           ,
           they
           so
           violently
           adhere
           unto
           them
           ,
           as
           that
           with
           their
           intemperate
           prosecution
           ,
           they
           often
           by
           their
           owne
           instruments
           bring
           upon
           themselves
           the
           evills
           that
           they
           most
           doe
           feare
           from
           others
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           people
           of
           
             Rome
          
           having
           expelled
           their
           Kings
           and
           setled
           a
           Republique
           with
           such
           hatred
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           would
           not
           endure
           the
           name
           of
           King
           :
           growing
           afterward
           ill
           satisfied
           with
           the
           proceedings
           of
           their
           Senate
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           only
           have
           Tribunes
           ,
           (
           Guardians
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Rights
           ,
           )
           which
           was
           indeed
           no
           more
           then
           necessary
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           have
           their
           Tribunes
           indued
           with
           
             Consular
          
           authority
           ;
           then
           with
           that
           of
           the
           
             Dictator
             ;
          
           of
           the
           
             Pontifex
             Max
             :
          
           and
           whatsoever
           other
           power
           the
           common-wealth
           afforded
           .
           In
           the
           end
           ,
           they
           made
           them
           so
           unresistable
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Liberty
           against
           the
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           the
           Senate
           ,
           as
           that
           in
           the
           upshot
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           become
           secure
           against
           their
           adverse
           party
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           meanes
           of
           interposition
           against
           the
           absolutenes
           of
           their
           own
           Guardians
           .
           Insomuch
           as
           that
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           obtaining
           to
           be
           head
           of
           their
           Faction
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           hindered
           ,
           but
           that
           even
           under
           the
           formes
           which
           they
           ordained
           to
           preserve
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           he
           introduced
           a
           Tyranny
           more
           absolute
           ,
           and
           worse
           
           conditioned
           ,
           then
           was
           that
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           which
           they
           expelled
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           tends
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           while
           they
           pretend
           to
           instruct
           for
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Right
           ;
           doe
           as
           it
           were
           appeale
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           support
           their
           doctrines
           with
           the
           peoples
           approbation
           and
           applause
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           ,
           in
           shew
           ,
           make
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           indeed
           themselves
           ,
           the
           soveraigne
           judges
           of
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61099e-110
           
             Prov.
             29.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             10.
             25.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             16.
             10.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.
             15.
             
             Psal.
             81.
             
          
           
             1.
             Pet.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             24.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             15.
             22.
             
          
           
             2.
             Sam.
             6.
             6.
             1.
             Chr.
             13.
             10
             ,
          
           
             1.
             Cor.
             14.
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Acts.
             7.
             25.
             
             Exod.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Acts.
             7.
             30.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             12.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             Tim.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             21.
             1.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             6.
             
          
           
             2.
             Sam.
             24.
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             12.
             25
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             15.
             23.
             
             &
             16.
             13.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             24.
             5.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             26.
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             7.
             16.
             
          
           
             2.
             Tim.
             3.
             6.
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iude.
             19.
             
          
           
             2.
             Tim.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             2.
             Pet.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iude.
             8.
             
             &
             11.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             16.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             16.
             
          
           
             1.
             Pet.
             2.
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             51.
             
          
           
             Hosea
             .
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             36.
             25.
             
          
           
             Hosea
             .
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             22.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             2.
             Sam.
             23.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             45.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             Sam.
             8.
             5.