A royall position, whereby 'tis proved, that 'tis against the common laws of England to depose a king: or, An addition to a book, intituled, Resolved upon the question: or, A question resolved concerning the right which the King hath to Hull, or any other fort of place of strength for the defence of the kingdom. By Peter Bland of Grays-Inne, Gent
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             A royall position, whereby 'tis proved, that 'tis against the common laws of England to depose a king: or, An addition to a book, intituled, Resolved upon the question: or, A question resolved concerning the right which the King hath to Hull, or any other fort of place of strength for the defence of the kingdom. By Peter Bland of Grays-Inne, Gent
             Bland, Peter, of Gray's Inne.
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             1642.
          
           
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           A
           ROYALL
           POSITION
           ,
           Whereby
           't
           is
           proved
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           against
           the
           Common
           Laws
           of
           ENGLAND
           TO
           Depose
           a
           KING
           :
           OR
           ,
           AN
           ADDITION
           TO
           A
           BOOK
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           RESOLVED
           UPON
           THE
           QUESTION
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           QUESTION
           RESOLVED
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           Right
           which
           the
           
             KING
          
           hath
           to
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           Fort
           or
           place
           of
           strength
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           By
           
             PETER
             BLAND
          
           of
           Grays-Inne
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           JOHN
           FIELD
           .
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           his
           ever
           Honoured
           Uncle
           ,
           HENRY
           SHELLY
           Esquire
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           SIr
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           the
           hope
           of
           adding
           either
           to
           your
           honour
           ,
           or
           my
           owne
           profit
           ,
           (
           but
           my
           certaine
           knowledge
           of
           the
           encouragement
           which
           any
           pious
           endeavours
           shall
           receive
           from
           your
           religious
           selfe
           )
           that
           made
           me
           not
           hazzard
           ,
           but
           presume
           on
           your
           acceptance
           :
           were
           my
           Position
           contrary
           to
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           might
           then
           be
           sencible
           of
           a
           fear
           ,
           and
           suspect
           its
           welcome
           ;
           because
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           nearnesse
           of
           relation
           cannot
           bribe
           your
           judgment
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           
           purchase
           but
           a
           slight
           view
           from
           your
           observing
           eye
           .
           But
           being
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           no
           way
           contradictory
           to
           what
           I
           affirmed
           before
           :
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           not
           breed
           in
           you
           the
           least
           suspition
           of
           a
           change
           in
           my
           affections
           :
           Sir
           my
           hope
           of
           your
           acceptance
           ,
           is
           not
           grounded
           upon
           the
           agitation
           of
           so
           poore
           a
           principle
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Kindred
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           your
           judicious
           and
           alwayes
           just
           censure
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           pleased
           with
           that
           from
           me
           ,
           which
           from
           another
           would
           prove
           distastefull
           ;
           therefore
           (
           for
           my
           part
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           refractory
           ,
           but
           submit
           to
           your
           profound
           judgement
           ,
           and
           whether
           you
           approve
           or
           disprove
           ,
           I
           shall
           still
           remaine
           what
           
             I
          
           ever
           was
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             faithfull
             Servant
             and
             Nephew
             ,
             PETER
             BLAND
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Royall
           Position
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confesse
           't
           is
           no
           way
           pleasing
           to
           mee
           to
           dispute
           the
           power
           of
           a
           KING
           ,
           for
           had
           I
           fortunes
           of
           my
           owne
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           those
           would
           reach
           ,
           I
           would
           nere
           urge
           property
           against
           my
           Soveraignes
           Commands
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           complaine
           of
           my
           grievance
           but
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           were
           content
           to
           lose
           that
           which
           the
           Subjects
           Liberty
           calls
           
             Meum
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           't
           is
           no
           prejudice
           to
           that
           it
           calls
           
             Tuum
             :
          
           But
           when
           I
           looke
           upon
           the
           generall
           cause
           (
           as
           at
           this
           time
           )
           t
           is
           otherwise
           ;
           therefore
           now
           I
           hold
           every
           man
           bound
           to
           lay
           particular
           cases
           aside
           ,
           and
           sacrifice
           his
           best
           endeavours
           ,
           for
           a
           timely
           composure
           of
           these
           generall
           and
           unseasonable
           distractions
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           way
           I
           could
           think
           on
           is
           this
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Neither
           for
           private
           ends
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           to
           flatter
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           giving
           him
           more
           power
           then
           the
           Law
           hath
           settled
           in
           him
           ;
           nor
           for
           by-respects
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           abate
           of
           the
           Kings
           due
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           with
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           submission
           to
           the
           other
           (
           as
           neer
           as
           I
           can
           )
           give
           both
           their
           right
           .
        
         
           And
           truely
           I
           cannot
           be
           made
           sensible
           that
           I
           have
           done
           otherwise
           ,
           onely
           't
           was
           my
           misfortune
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           misapprehension
           of
           divers
           ,
           
           who
           (
           from
           an
           Argument
           I
           used
           in
           the
           former
           Impressure
           )
           have
           raifed
           a
           consequence
           as
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           the
           Subject
           of
           discourse
           was
           nice
           .
        
         
           The
           Accusation
           against
           me
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           implicitely
           hold
           it
           lawfull
           to
           Depose
           a
           KING
           :
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           Accusation
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           In
           the
           former
           Impression
           ,
           
             Fol.
          
           13.
           this
           objection
           was
           urged
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           The
           KING
           hath
           the
           Kingdome
           by
           way
           of
           Trust
           ,
           now
           by
           Law
           a
           Trust
           cannot
           be
           Countermanded
           ;
           therefore
           Sir
           
             John
             Hothams
          
           keeping
           of
           Hull
           against
           the
           Kings
           Command
           was
           illegall
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           my
           Answer
           was
           thus
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           I
           doe
           confesse
           that
           by
           Law
           a
           Trust
           cannot
           be
           Countermanded
           ;
           but
           yet
           I
           shall
           take
           a
           difference
           between
           the
           Trust
           of
           a
           private
           mans
           estate
           ,
           and
           the
           trust
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           difference
           should
           not
           hold
           ,
           I
           shewed
           the
           mischiefe
           that
           would
           ensue
           ,
           for
           then
           our
           case
           were
           in
           short
           but
           thus
           :
        
         
           We
           have
           intrusted
           the
           King
           with
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           this
           trust
           cannot
           be
           in
           any
           part
           countermanded
           by
           us
           againe
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           the
           Kings
           estate
           is
           as
           good
           as
           absolutly
           his
           owne
           (
           I
           meane
           )
           for
           his
           commanding
           power
           ,
           though
           not
           for
           his
           disposing
           power
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           we
           cannot
           make
           use
           of
           our
           own
           staff
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           in
           feare
           of
           being
           beaten
           by
           a
           forraigne
           Force
           ,
           because
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           Kings
           Commanding
           Power
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           may
           be
           bound
           to
           the
           peace
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           some
           will
           here
           object
           that
           we
           ought
           
           not
           to
           have
           such
           a
           thought
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           to
           thinke
           that
           he
           would
           by
           his
           commanding
           power
           bind
           us
           to
           the
           peace
           ,
           when
           a
           forraigne
           Force
           is
           comming
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           't
           were
           poor
           policy
           for
           him
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           t
           is
           no
           dishonour
           to
           the
           King
           for
           me
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           some
           Traiterously
           minded
           Favorite
           ,
           may
           at
           such
           a
           time
           perswade
           him
           to
           use
           his
           Commanding
           power
           ,
           pretending
           some
           advantage
           to
           the
           Crowne
           (
           as
           all
           Traytors
           doe
           )
           when
           nothing
           is
           more
           intended
           then
           their
           own
           Trayterous
           ends
           ;
           therefore
           t
           was
           the
           wisdome
           of
           our
           Ancesters
           the
           Law
           makers
           ,
           to
           keepe
           the
           power
           out
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           feare
           what
           he
           would
           do
           of
           himself
           ,
           as
           what
           others
           might
           possibly
           perswade
           him
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confesse
           I
           might
           have
           answered
           the
           objection
           ,
           with
           the
           authority
           of
           Parliament
           who
           did
           imploy
           Sir
           
             John
             Hotham
             ,
          
           but
           not
           imagining
           any
           would
           draw
           that
           consequence
           (
           they
           accuse
           me
           with
           )
           from
           the
           differenc
           I
           answered
           with
           ,
           I
           waved
           that
           answer
           I
           might
           have
           given
           from
           the
           power
           which
           the
           Parliament
           have
           above
           the
           Law
           ,
           If
           the
           Law
           had
           bin
           so
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           the
           trust
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           in
           any
           part
           countermanded
           .
        
         
           But
           truely
           I
           cannot
           have
           any
           ground
           in
           that
           difference
           for
           that
           conclusion
           :
           For
           I
           took
           the
           difference
           in
           answer
           of
           an
           objection
           ,
           concerning
           a
           particular
           place
           ,
           as
           Hull
           ,
           not
           concerning
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           may
           be
           lawfull
           in
           that
           
           particular
           case
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           great
           mischiefe
           or
           inconvenience
           which
           might
           otherwise
           ensue
           )
           yet
           it
           may
           not
           be
           lawfull
           in
           the
           generall
           ;
           for
           who
           knowes
           not
           but
           the
           Law
           will
           rather
           suffer
           a
           particular
           inconvenience
           then
           a
           generall
           mischief
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           I
           meant
           not
           an
           absolute
           and
           perpetuall
           Countermand
           of
           that
           particular
           place
           neither
           ;
           for
           that
           were
           utterly
           to
           extinguish
           and
           take
           away
           the
           Kings
           Right
           for
           ever
           ;
           but
           I
           meant
           a
           temporary
           Countermand
           onely
           ,
           that
           was
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           (
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           that
           Great
           Counsell
           the
           PARLIAMENT
           )
           the
           urgency
           of
           the
           necessity
           did
           require
           it
           :
           and
           many
           things
           we
           find
           are
           and
           may
           be
           done
           for
           a
           certain
           time
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           done
           for
           ever
           ;
           as
           in
           case
           of
           the
           Peers
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Birth-right
           of
           a
           Baron
           to
           Vote
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           in
           time
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           yet
           we
           see
           and
           find
           it
           adjudged
           ,
           that
           a
           Baron
           or
           an
           Earl
           or
           any
           Peer
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           may
           be
           disabled
           to
           sit
           during
           his
           life
           ,
           or
           during
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           but
           yet
           his
           heirs
           cannot
           be
           disabled
           so
           long
           as
           their
           veines
           are
           filled
           with
           Noble
           blood
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           I
           meant
           that
           that
           temporary
           Countermand
           can
           never
           be
           done
           but
           by
           the
           Parliament
           neither
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           should
           not
           have
           power
           to
           do
           it
           being
           the
           Kingdom
           representative
           ,
           then
           the
           King
           had
           more
           power
           then
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           is
           absurd
           saith
           
             Fox
             ,
             Vol.
             primum
             .
             Fol.
          
           879.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           explained
           my self
           ,
           sufficiently
           I
           hope
           to
           prevent
           farther
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           ever
           pray
           that
           the
           Crown
           may
           stand
           as
           firm
           upon
           His
           Majesties
           Head
           as
           ever
           
           't
           was
           ,
           and
           may
           it
           long
           continue
           there
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           to
           his
           Posterity
           after
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           fear
           there
           are
           many
           fiery
           zealous
           spirits
           who
           imbrace
           the
           tenet
           ,
           and
           are
           glad
           to
           find
           any
           premisses
           from
           whence
           they
           may
           but
           with
           some
           colour
           draw
           their
           conclusion
           :
           nay
           and
           such
           as
           may
           have
           honest
           hearts
           too
           ,
           and
           be
           earnestly
           desirous
           of
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           only
           the
           zeal
           of
           their
           houses
           may
           eat
           them
           up
           ;
           but
           for
           such
           as
           do
           hold
           the
           opinion
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           have
           no
           incouragement
           from
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           thing
           that
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           done
           be
           any
           ground
           for
           their
           uulawfull
           hopes
           ,
           and
           from
           me
           they
           shall
           have
           no
           more
           fuell
           to
           encrease
           their
           flames
           then
           this
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           'T
           is
           against
           the
           Common
           Lawes
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           Depose
           a
           King
           ,
           a
           thing
           that
           was
           held
           damnable
           by
           no
           lesse
           then
           two
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           one
           in
           
             Edward
          
           the
           seconds
           time
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           
             Edward
          
           the
           thirds
           time
           .
        
         
           Had
           I
           had
           the
           gift
           of
           foretelling
           the
           divers
           objections
           and
           conclusions
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           been
           raised
           (
           by
           the
           severall
           Readers
           )
           from
           my
           Arguments
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           laid
           them
           so
           ,
           that
           no
           Conventicling
           Tubman
           should
           have
           made
           my
           words
           his
           text
           ,
           raising
           from
           thence
           so
           damn'd
           a
           Doctrine
           ;
           but
           that
           was
           impossible
           ,
           and
           therefore
           seeing
           I
           could
           not
           then
           avoyd
           it
           ,
           let
           me
           now
           labour
           to
           cleer
           my selfe
           by
           striving
           to
           convince
           others
           that
           hugg
           the
           tenet
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           by
           two
           Arguments
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           from
           the
           Common
           Law
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           sayes
           the
           KING
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           ,
           the
           reason
           is
           good
           ,
           because
           all
           his
           active
           Offices
           are
           disposed
           of
           ,
           
           and
           he
           never
           executes
           none
           of
           them
           Himself
           ,
           and
           therefore
           what
           ever
           wrong
           is
           done
           ,
           't
           is
           done
           by
           his
           Officers
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           answer
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Parliament
           layes
           the
           fault
           upon
           his
           Evill
           Councellors
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           now
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           allow
           that
           he
           does
           none
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           how
           then
           can
           any
           man
           hold
           it
           lawfull
           to
           Depose
           him
           ;
           surely
           you
           will
           not
           be
           so
           unjust
           as
           to
           hold
           that
           he
           may
           be
           deposed
           without
           a
           cause
           ,
           and
           suppose
           a
           cause
           you
           cannot
           ,
           for
           the
           Law
           will
           not
           allow
           of
           such
           a
           supposition
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           rule
           in
           Law
           ,
           that
           
             unumquodque
             ligamen
             eo
             ligamine
             disolvitur
             quo
             ligatum
             fuit
             ,
          
           now
           that
           
             Ligamen
          
           of
           institution
           or
           ordinance
           of
           Royall
           Dignity
           (
           as
           you
           say
           your self
           )
           was
           not
           only
           humane
           but
           partly
           divine
           ,
           for
           as
           you
           say
           
             jure
             Coronae
             ,
          
           the
           King
           was
           mans
           appointed
           ,
           so
           you
           likewise
           say
           ,
           that
           
             jure
             personae
             ,
          
           he
           was
           God
           Anointed
           ;
           now
           if
           it
           be
           so
           that
           he
           be
           as
           well
           Divine
           as
           Humane
           ,
           how
           then
           can
           Humane
           Laws
           undoe
           any
           more
           then
           what
           human
           Authority
           did
           at
           first
           institute
           ?
           now
           according
           to
           this
           argument
           if
           you
           Depose
           a
           King
           ,
           you
           must
           thwar●
           that
           rule
           in
           Law
           ,
           and
           
             contra
             principium
             negantem
             non
             est
             disputandum
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           argument
           is
           from
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           better
           way
           for
           weak
           man
           ,
           either
           to
           humble
           himself
           under
           the
           affliction
           God
           layes
           upon
           him
           ,
           or
           stoutly
           to
           his
           power
           oppose
           him
           ;
           surely
           you
           will
           grant
           that
           to
           stand
           on
           tiptoes
           against
           God
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           safest
           way
           ;
           why
           then
           for
           arguments
           sake
           ,
           let
           us
           
             supponere
             quod
             non
             est
             supponendum
             ,
          
           admit
           that
           a
           King
           
           himself
           be
           as
           bad
           as
           bad
           may
           be
           ;
           or
           which
           is
           most
           usuall
           ,
           admit
           that
           he
           be
           drawne
           and
           perswaded
           by
           his
           Councellors
           to
           do
           that
           which
           is
           illegall
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           why
           now
           is
           not
           this
           a
           scourge
           layed
           by
           God
           upon
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           suffer
           the
           King
           to
           be
           thus
           perswaded
           and
           possest
           ?
           Surely
           yes
           ,
           why
           then
           do
           you
           think
           it
           the
           best
           way
           to
           Depose
           that
           King
           presently
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           would
           have
           the
           Land
           flow
           with
           milke
           and
           hony
           in
           despight
           of
           God
           ?
           or
           as
           if
           God
           did
           not
           know
           whether
           he
           sent
           him
           when
           he
           first
           bestowed
           him
           upon
           this
           Kingdom
           at
           his
           Birth
           ;
           or
           whose
           child
           he
           should
           be
           when
           he
           first
           fram'd
           him
           in
           the
           womb
           ;
           in
           my
           opinion
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           my self
           am
           )
           you
           may
           be
           zealous
           against
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           envy
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           certainly
           you
           may
           worship
           God
           aright
           without
           crucifying
           his
           Son
           ,
           you
           may
           honour
           God
           and
           not
           dishonour
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           if
           God
           punish
           a
           Son
           with
           a
           sharpe
           and
           cruell
           father
           ,
           were
           it
           fit
           for
           that
           son
           (
           thinking
           to
           enjoy
           a
           greater
           liberty
           then
           before
           )
           to
           kill
           his
           father
           ,
           and
           so
           Depose
           him
           as
           I
           may
           say
           (
           for
           every
           man
           is
           a
           King
           in
           his
           own
           family
           )
           as
           if
           God
           could
           not
           whipp
           him
           with
           another
           lash
           :
           apply
           it
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
           Yet
           mistake
           me
           not
           ,
           I
           blame
           you
           not
           for
           your
           good
           affections
           ,
           and
           for
           being
           assistant
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           commendation
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           thing
           can
           be
           meritorous
           (
           in
           my
           opinion
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           onely
           this
           caveat
           I
           give
           to
           the
           vulgars
           (
           for
           knowing
           and
           learned
           men
           ▪
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           entertain
           a
           thought
           of
           it
           )
           that
           their
           private
           hopes
           or
           inward
           
           thought
           reach
           not
           beyond
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           feare
           lest
           their
           honest
           endeavoures
           should
           faile
           (
           notwithstanding
           your
           large
           contributions
           )
           by
           reason
           of
           your
           unjust
           intents
           .
           You
           do
           well
           to
           stand
           for
           your
           Mother
           Englands
           right
           ,
           yet
           take
           heed
           you
           destroy
           not
           your
           Fathers
           the
           Kings
           ;
           for
           Gods
           command
           of
           obedience
           to
           your
           Parents
           ,
           doth
           not
           except
           against
           the
           honour
           you
           owe
           your
           Father
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           discharged
           my
           owne
           conscience
           concerning
           that
           point
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           pleased
           others
           or
           not
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           and
           indeed
           care
           not
           ;
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           studie
           to
           please
           the
           roving
           fancies
           of
           the
           giddy
           multitude
           any
           farther
           then
           truth
           and
           that
           little
           knowledge
           I
           have
           would
           guide
           me
           ;
           no
           ,
           though
           the
           greatest
           recompence
           of
           a
           glorious
           ,
           but
           fading
           world
           ,
           were
           by
           my
           own
           thoughts
           presented
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           seeing
           I
           am
           upon
           publishing
           an
           addition
           ,
           I
           shall
           correct
           some
           of
           the
           chiefest
           faults
           of
           the
           last
           impression
           ,
           so
           passe
           by
           the
           rest
           being
           but
           faults
           of
           the
           presse
           .
        
         
           The
           chiefest
           was
           indeed
           occasioned
           by
           my
           own
           neglect
           in
           leaving
           a
           whole
           leafe
           out
           of
           the
           Printers
           copy
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           this
           :
        
         
           In
           the
           7.
           leafe
           of
           the
           first
           impression
           there
           was
           an
           objection
           raised
           ;
           but
           the
           answer
           was
           omitted
           ,
           the
           objection
           was
           this
           :
        
         
           Some
           that
           endeavour
           to
           destroy
           the
           trust
           ,
           and
           maintaine
           that
           the
           King
           hath
           his
           right
           to
           Hull
           ,
           
             et
             per
             consequens
             ,
          
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           by
           discent
           ,
           do
           urge
           
           the
           place
           in
           
             Calvins
          
           case
           ,
           where
           t
           is
           said
           the
           King
           holds
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           by
           Birth-right
           inherent
           by
           discent
           from
           the
           blood
           Royall
           ,
           whereupon
           succession
           doth
           attend
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           objection
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           those
           words
           whereupon
           succession
           doth
           attend
           ,
           is
           a
           direct
           comment
           upon
           that
           place
           ;
           for
           the
           King
           is
           the
           Heire
           apparent
           of
           King
           
             James
          
           his
           Father
           ,
           now
           being
           so
           ,
           he
           is
           
             capax
             coronae
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           is
           his
           Fathers
           successor
           too
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           holds
           the
           Kingdome
           by
           succession
           :
           now
           the
           successor
           is
           the
           Heir
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             Dan.
             fol.
          
           28.
           not
           the
           heire
           of
           the
           King
           onely
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           reason
           t
           is
           usually
           said
           ,
           To
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           heirs
           and
           successors
           ,
           where
           the
           word
           heirs
           is
           first
           named
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           first
           heire
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           title
           of
           discent
           before
           he
           can
           be
           heir
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           be
           his
           successor
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           is
           a
           difference
           between
           
             Haereditas
          
           and
           
             successio
             ,
          
           for
           they
           signifie
           two
           severall
           capacities
           ,
           the
           first
           signifie
           his
           naturall
           capacity
           as
           he
           is
           King
           
             jure
             personae
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           Gods
           Anointed
           ,
           the
           other
           signifying
           his
           politique
           capacity
           ,
           or
           his
           
             jus
             corona
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           mans
           appointed
           .
        
         
           
             Bracton
          
           speaking
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           he
           swears
           to
           administer
           Justice
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           power
           ;
           goe
           ;
           forward
           and
           sayes
           ,
           
             Et
             ad
             hoc
             creatus
             est
             &
             electus
             ,
          
           which
           two
           words
           ,
           
             creatus
             &
             electus
             ,
          
           do
           fully
           prove
           the
           former
           Distinction
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           Gods
           Anointed
           ,
           
             jure
             personae
             ,
          
           and
           Mans
           appointed
           ,
           
             jure
             coronae
             ;
             Bracton
             ,
             cap.
             9.
             
          
        
         
         
           I
           finde
           the
           same
           Distinction
           made
           good
           too
           ,
           out
           of
           holy
           Writ
           ;
           
             Saul
          
           and
           
             David
          
           were
           both
           Anointed
           by
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           the
           peoples
           consent
           was
           so
           necessary
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           not
           the
           Crown
           till
           they
           consented
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           
             David
          
           was
           twenty
           yeers
           without
           the
           Crown
           after
           he
           was
           anointed
           ,
           and
           the
           text
           saith
           ,
           
             Saul
          
           fought
           a
           Battle
           before
           his
           creation
           ,
           1.
           
             Sam.
          
           11.
           5.
           and
           yet
           he
           was
           anointed
           before
           the
           Battle
           :
           so
           that
           the
           word
           creation
           in
           that
           text
           ,
           justifies
           what
           
             Fortescue
          
           sayes
           ,
           
             Fol.
          
           31.
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           people
           is
           the
           
             primum
             vivens
             ,
          
           having
           within
           it
           blood
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           politique
           provision
           for
           the
           utility
           and
           wealth
           of
           the
           same
           people
           ,
           which
           it
           imparteth
           aswell
           to
           the
           head
           (
           that
           is
           )
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Members
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           that
           have
           gotten
           a
           new
           objection
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           without
           some
           ground
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           this
           ;
           'T
           is
           said
           in
           
             Calvins
          
           case
           ,
           
             Cook
             Lib.
          
           7.
           
           
             Fol.
             13.
             
             A.
          
           that
           before
           any
           judiciall
           or
           municipall
           Laws
           were
           ,
           Kings
           did
           
             dare
             jura
          
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           decide
           causes
           according
           to
           naturall
           equity
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           ty'd
           to
           any
           rule
           ;
           or
           formality
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           Kings
           ,
           and
           then
           say
           they
           could
           not
           have
           any
           politique
           capacity
           ,
           for
           that
           being
           but
           
             fictio
             juris
             ,
          
           can
           be
           no
           ancienter
           then
           the
           Law
           whose
           fiction
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           place
           my
           Lo
           :
           
             Cook
          
           there
           cites
           for
           his
           proof
           is
           a
           sufficient
           comment
           upon
           that
           place
           ,
           for
           he
           there
           quotes
           
             Fort.
             cap.
          
           12.
           
           
             &
          
           13.
           which
           very
           places
           are
           quoted
           in
           the
           former
           impression
           of
           this
           book
           ,
           
             Fol
          
           10.
           by
           which
           you
           may
           see
           that
           he
           spake
           of
           other
           Kingdomes
           ,
           not
           of
           
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           raised
           themselves
           into
           a
           Body
           ,
           and
           so
           got
           the
           start
           of
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Many
           other
           things
           I
           should
           also
           correct
           of
           the
           former
           impressions
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           in
           regard
           I
           am
           forced
           to
           print
           this
           addition
           by
           it selfe
           ;
           otherwayes
           I
           should
           have
           corrected
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           the
           additions
           in
           their
           right
           places
           ;
           but
           that
           Printers
           must
           now
           be
           pleased
           ,
           who
           like
           Players
           touch
           nought
           but
           what
           will
           take
           :
           
             Newly
             revived
             ,
          
           is
           quite
           forgoten
           with
           them
           ,
           nay
           and
           with
           the
           Stationers
           too
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           cheat
           a
           Puisne
           with
           a
           new
           cover
           upon
           an
           old
           book
           ,
           with
           leafes
           pasted
           together
           to
           conceal
           an
           aged
           blott
           ,
           never
           Printed
           but
           once
           before
           ,
           is
           not
           for
           their
           turn
           ,
           they
           abhorre
           the
           beast
           ,
           yet
           
             est
             natura
             hominum
             novitatis
             avida
          
           is
           their
           Creed
           though
           the
           Beasts
           language
           :
           An
           ingenious
           Stationer
           told
           me
           't
           would
           not
           sell
           without
           a
           new
           Title
           ,
           (
           which
           made
           me
           change
           the
           dresse
           of
           this
           addition
           )
           yet
           he
           may
           be
           none
           of
           those
           that
           can
           find
           no
           eares
           for
           a
           Sermon
           at
           the
           second
           preaching
           unlesse
           the
           text
           be
           changed
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           submit
           to
           an
           inconvenience
           for
           their
           profits
           ,
           rather
           then
           my
           words
           should
           be
           made
           the
           ground
           of
           Arguments
           so
           terrible
           as
           to
           shake
           a
           Crown
           ,
           and
           so
           maliciously
           envious
           and
           irreligous
           ,
           as
           to
           strike
           at
           Royall
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .