The defence of the Parliament of England in the case of James the II, or, A treatise of regal power and of the right of the people drawn from ancient councils ... and more especially the ordinances of the doctors of the Church of Rome ... : wherein is demonstrated that the Holy Scriptures are so far from being contrary, that they do even assent thereto / written in Latin by P. Georgeson, Kt. ; translated by S. Rand.
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           THE
           DEFENCE
           OF
           THE
           Parliament
           of
           England
           IN
           THE
           CASE
           of
           JAMES
           the
           II.
           
        
         
           OR
           ,
           A
           TREATISE
           OF
           REGAL
           POWER
           AND
           OF
           THE
           Right
           of
           the
           PEOPLE
           ,
           Drawn
           from
           Ancient
           Councils
           ,
           the
           Determinations
           of
           Wise-men
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           from
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           as
           also
           from
           Reasons
           fetcht
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           of
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           demonstrated
           that
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           contrary
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           even
           assent
           thereto
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           Latin
           by
           
             P.
             Georgeson
          
           Kt.
           Translated
           by
           
             S.
             Rand.
          
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           ,
           for
           
             Timothy
             Goodwin
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Maiden-Head
           ,
           over
           against
           St.
           Dunstans-Church
           in
           Fleet-street
           MDCXCII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           A
           Man
           would
           think
           the
           Brevity
           and
           the
           Nature
           of
           this
           small
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           is
           composed
           of
           nothing
           else
           but
           Testimonies
           ,
           Examples
           and
           Demonstration
           ,
           should
           have
           saved
           me
           the
           trouble
           to
           prefix
           a
           Preface
           before
           it
           ,
           which
           usually
           being
           nothing
           else
           but
           an
           extract
           of
           what
           is
           most
           useful
           in
           any
           Work
           ,
           it
           did
           seem
           supersluous
           in
           this
           place
           ;
           but
           because
           ,
           the
           Reader
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           View
           ,
           and
           before
           he
           hath
           read
           it
           quite
           over
           ,
           might
           have
           found
           some
           things
           ,
           defective
           in
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Proofs
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           I
           perceive
           my self
           obliged
           to
           render
           a
           Reason
           of
           both
           in
           this
           Preface
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           Order
           or
           Method
           it
           would
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           have
           seemed
           more
           natural
           to
           begin
           these
           Proofs
           at
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           continued
           them
           by
           Reasons
           fetched
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           have
           concluded
           with
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           learned
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           .
           I
           have
           taken
           a
           Course
           quite
           contrary
           ;
           and
           the
           Reason
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           having
           determined
           nothing
           positively
           nor
           precisely
           touching
           this
           matter
           ;
           but
           hath
           left
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           that
           of
           Nations
           in
           full
           force
           and
           vertue
           ,
           without
           meddling
           with
           ,
           or
           infringing
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           intend
           to
           make
           appear
           in
           refu●ing
           the
           Reasons
           which
           those
           of
           a
           contrary
           Opinion
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           draw
           from
           them
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           they
           every
           where
           teach
           humility
           and
           patience
           .
           Now
           every
           one
           knows
           that
           the
           refuting
           of
           an
           Adversaries
           Proofs
           ought
           evermore
           to
           follow
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           precede
           the
           Thesis
           which
           one
           maintains
           .
           I
           have
           also
           made
           the
           Testimonies
           and
           
           Examples
           to
           go
           before
           the
           Arguments
           ,
           as
           being
           proofs
           ,
           much
           more
           obvious
           and
           more
           popular
           than
           those
           of
           meer
           speculation
           ,
           being
           very
           sure
           that
           what
           hath
           been
           always
           believed
           and
           practised
           ,
           is
           generally
           the
           mind
           and
           sentiment
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           not
           that
           of
           some
           particular
           Persons
           .
           I
           have
           also
           had
           another
           reason
           for
           doing
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           finding
           some
           examples
           ,
           in
           ancient
           Records
           ,
           running
           exactly
           parallel
           with
           what
           hath
           so
           lately
           happened
           in
           great
           Britain
           .
        
         
           Now
           a
           word
           or
           to
           do
           must
           be
           spoken
           touching
           the
           Nature
           and
           Validity
           of
           the
           Testimonies
           which
           I
           have
           related
           .
           At
           first
           sight
           a
           Protestant
           may
           be
           against
           those
           Testimonies
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           brings
           in
           ,
           either
           by
           her
           Counsels
           ,
           or
           by
           her
           particular
           Doctors
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           have
           but
           a
           pique
           against
           ,
           and
           be
           but
           never
           so
           little
           discontent
           with
           the
           alterations
           that
           have
           been
           made
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           he
           will
           presently
           cry
           out
           against
           such
           like
           Authorities
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           able
           to
           endure
           ,
           that
           the
           Reformed
           should
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           his
           impatience
           is
           rather
           an
           effect
           of
           his
           passion
           ,
           then
           of
           a
           right
           discerning
           of
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           for
           to
           convince
           him
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           he
           needs
           do
           no
           more
           but
           to
           make
           these
           Observations
           with
           me
           upon
           the
           Councils
           which
           I
           have
           alledged
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           they
           did
           not
           consist
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           alone
           ,
           as
           do
           those
           of
           the
           later
           Ages
           ;
           but
           of
           all
           the
           States
           of
           that
           Nation
           wherein
           they
           were
           assembled
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           their
           determinations
           and
           decisions
           (
           more
           especially
           in
           State
           Affairs
           )
           derived
           all
           their
           Power
           and
           Authority
           ,
           from
           the
           Power
           politick
           ;
           their
           Decrees
           for
           the
           most
           part
           being
           published
           under
           the
           King's
           Name
           ,
           who
           almost
           ever
           assisted
           at
           it
           ,
           in
           Person
           ;
           Together
           with
           the
           Grandees
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           Council
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           I
           have
           quoted
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Although
           there
           was
           already
           a
           great
           many
           errors
           and
           abuses
           in
           the
           Latin
           Church
           ,
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           it
           was
           then
           the
           true
           visible
           Church
           ,
           being
           it
           made
           use
           of
           no
           other
           Creed
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Apostles
           and
           the
           Nicene
           ,
           as
           one
           may
           see
           in
           the
           National
           Counsels
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           that
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           where
           they
           rehearsed
           always
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           as
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Arbidgement
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           speak
           my
           thoughts
           what
           has
           given
           the
           Mortal
           blow
           to
           the
           Latin
           Church
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           has
           been
           the
           Addition
           which
           Pious
           the
           IV.
           made
           of
           his
           own
           profession
           of
           Faith
           to
           this
           Creed
           ,
           for
           that
           very
           time
           ,
           those
           who
           had
           tender
           Consciences
           or
           any
           sence
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           could
           not
           disgest
           their
           being
           obliged
           by
           Oath
           to
           believe
           all
           those
           impious
           and
           profane
           Additions
           ,
           sincerely
           ,
           and
           firmly
           ,
           as
           the
           Fundamental
           Truths
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           The
           3d.
           Observation
           that
           we
           are
           to
           make
           ,
           is
           touching
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Latin
           Church
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           its
           Doctrine
           were
           not
           by
           far
           so
           much
           corrupted
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Ages
           succeeding
           :
           Although
           the
           Peopes
           ,
           Leo
           and
           Gregory
           the
           two
           first
           of
           that
           Name
           ,
           did
           very
           much
           enlarge
           the
           Philacteries
           of
           the
           Roman
           High
           Priest
           ,
           Yet
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           set
           themselves
           up
           for
           Sovereign
           Arbitrators
           ,
           and
           Umpires
           of
           Divine
           and
           Human
           Rights
           ;
           besides
           ,
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Infallibility
           ,
           had
           not
           then
           so
           much
           as
           entered
           into
           the
           mind
           of
           Man
           ,
           so
           that
           these
           determinatons
           and
           definitive
           Sentences
           of
           the
           Counsel
           ,
           are
           much
           more
           juridical
           and
           more
           suiting
           with
           the
           Order
           God
           hath
           established
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           indeed
           deserve
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           respect
           and
           consideration
           then
           those
           of
           the
           Counsels
           of
           the
           last
           Ages
           .
           Particularly
           ,
           since
           the
           first
           Oecumenique
           Counsel
           of
           Lateran
           ,
           wherein
           things
           began
           to
           be
           regulated
           only
           according
           to
           the
           Phantasie
           of
           the
           Popes
           ,
           and
           not
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           nor
           Reason
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           for
           the
           particular
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           pretended
           that
           they
           should
           be
           a
           Rule
           to
           the
           Reformed
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           only
           indirectly
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           make
           appear
           by
           that
           ,
           that
           all
           Christians
           have
           held
           the
           same
           Principle
           ,
           for
           one
           cannot
           deny
           but
           that
           the
           Reformation
           may
           have
           been
           settled
           upon
           this
           Foundation
           ;
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           Princes
           over
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           not
           Absolute
           ,
           neither
           in
           Spirituals
           or
           Temporals
           ,
           there
           having
           been
           several
           People
           who
           have
           shaken
           off
           the
           Yoke
           of
           their
           old
           Masters
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           People
           but
           would
           have
           done
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           but
           had
           power
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           at
           such
           time
           as
           they
           had
           to
           do
           with
           a
           Sovereign
           ,
           who
           went
           about
           to
           oppress
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           speaking
           my
           mind
           sincerely
           and
           freely
           as
           I
           have
           done
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Sovereigns
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           no
           incroachment
           or
           attempt
           upon
           the
           lawful
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           God
           forbid
           I
           should
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           more
           convinced
           ,
           or
           more
           fully
           perswaded
           of
           the
           preheminence
           and
           excellency
           of
           Monarchical
           Government
           above
           all
           others
           then
           my self
           ,
           at
           such
           time
           as
           it
           confines
           it self
           within
           its
           just
           limits
           .
           No
           Man
           of
           judgment
           will
           ever
           condemn
           any
           sort
           of
           Government
           whatsoever
           ,
           when
           is
           it
           settled
           ,
           and
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Humour
           and
           Genius
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           have
           advanced
           that
           toucheth
           them
           the
           most
           to
           the
           quick
           is
           taken
           from
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           that
           Gerson
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Paris
           ,
           Preached
           before
           King
           Charles
           the
           VI.
           and
           the
           Dolphin
           who
           found
           no
           fault
           with
           it
           .
        
         
         
           If
           I
           have
           defended
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Proceeding
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           they
           have
           changed
           the
           Governor
           only
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           had
           substituted
           in
           the
           room
           of
           an
           Oppressor
           ,
           a
           pious
           ,
           just
           ,
           and
           wise
           Prince
           .
           Nay
           ,
           and
           a
           Prince
           too
           ,
           who
           was
           rightful
           Heir
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           whom
           they
           went
           about
           to
           dispoil
           and
           devest
           of
           his
           Rights
           ,
           by
           a
           certain
           fraudulent
           way
           never
           heard
           of
           in
           any
           Age.
           
        
         
           Some
           may
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           Treatise
           would
           have
           come
           more
           seasonably
           three
           Years
           ago
           ,
           then
           now
           ,
           I
           grant
           that
           ,
           but
           I
           had
           not
           then
           the
           opportunities
           and
           helps
           I
           met
           with
           since
           ,
           which
           were
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           me
           ,
           nay
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           thought
           of
           it
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           an
           insipid
           and
           impudent
           French
           Book
           which
           hath
           made
           a
           great
           Noise
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           't
           is
           call'd
           ,
           
             Advis
             aux
             Refugiez
          
           ,
           the
           impertinent
           Scribler
           of
           this
           Libel
           ,
           by
           establishing
           Absolute
           Power
           in
           a
           gross
           manner
           ,
           which
           smells
           more
           of
           his
           Pension
           ,
           then
           of
           Love
           for
           Truth
           ,
           hath
           wickedly
           charged
           all
           those
           of
           his
           Nation
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           blindly
           obey
           the
           Will
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           involves
           the
           English
           Nation
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           a
           greater
           for
           loving
           its
           Religion
           and
           its
           Laws
           .
           I
           was
           moreover
           confirmed
           in
           my
           Design
           ,
           by
           the
           reading
           of
           a
           posthumons
           Piece
           of
           Richer
           Dr.
           of
           Paris
           ,
           which
           was
           published
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           Accunt
           .
           I
           have
           in
           compiling
           this
           Piece
           ,
           been
           more
           solicitous
           about
           things
           ,
           than
           words
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Reason
           why
           one
           will
           scarce
           find
           in
           it
           any
           Ornaments
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           do
           naturally
           arise
           from
           the
           subject
           Matter
           :
           whether
           I
           have
           succeeded
           well
           in
           the
           Design
           ,
           I
           have
           propounded
           to
           my self
           ,
           I
           leave
           that
           to
           the
           Readers
           judgment
           ;
           I
           will
           assure
           him
           only
           that
           I
           have
           been
           exceeding
           faithful
           in
           whatsoever
           I
           have
           reported
           from
           the
           Authors
           I
           have
           quoted
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             The
             Defence
             of
             the
             Parliament
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Case
             of
          
           JAMES
           
             the
             Second
          
           .
        
         
           NExt
           to
           the
           Questions
           that
           are
           conversant
           about
           Faith
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           of
           greater
           consequence
           we
           meet
           with
           ,
           that
           falls
           under
           debate
           ,
           than
           that
           Question
           touching
           Regal
           Power
           ;
           for
           it
           highly
           concerns
           the
           Publick
           to
           understand
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           be
           limited
           and
           circumscribed
           by
           humane
           Laws
           ,
           or
           is
           to
           be
           accounted
           supreiour
           to
           them
           all
           .
           It
           will
           be
           therefore
           worth
           our
           while
           ,
           especially
           in
           this
           new
           unexpected
           Conjuncture
           and
           change
           of
           the
           British
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           have
           so
           much
           astonished
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           attempt
           some
           discourse
           of
           it
           exactly
           and
           succinctly
           .
           But
           now
           to
           decide
           each
           Controversie
           that
           may
           arise
           concerning
           Regal
           power
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           divine
           as
           
             humane
             Rights
          
           ,
           nothing
           seems
           more
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           than
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           Authority
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           tempered
           and
           allayed
           with
           the
           Civil
           ,
           for
           since
           it
           consists
           of
           both
           Rights
           ,
           it
           deservedly
           holds
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           amongst
           humane
           Authorities
           is
           lookt
           upon
           as
           the
           greatest
           .
           Come
           on
           then
           ,
           as
           Studiers
           of
           brevity
           ,
           laying
           aside
           any
           further
           preamble
           ,
           let
           us
           hasten
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
               Decrees
               of
               several
            
             Councils
             ,
             
               whereby
               the
               Regal
               Power
               is
               Circumstantiated
               and
               Bounded
               within
               its
               Limits
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Fourth
             Council
             of
             Toledo
             assembled
             out
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             
             persons
             and
             States
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             Anno
             633.
             which
             is
             named
             by
             the
             Spanish
             Councils
             ,
             
               The
               Grand
               and
               General
               Council
               ,
               concerning
               Kings
               ,
               that
               shall
               hereafter
               succeed
               ;
               We
            
             Enact
             and
             Decree
             
               this
               Sentence
            
             ,
             ●aith
             the
             Council
             ,
             
               that
               if
               any
               amongst
               them
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               respect
               due
               to
               the
               Laws
               ,
               out
               of
               an
               haughty
               arbitrary
               ambition
               to
               Lord
               it
               over
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               shall
               assume
               and
               exercise
               Cruelty
               and
               Tyrannical
               power
               ,
               and
               shall
               abandon
               himself
               to
               unjust
               and
               vitious
               excesses
               ,
               and
               shall
               exercise
               cruelty
               over
               his
               People
               ;
               Let
               him
               be
               condemned
               by
               the
               Sentence
               of
            
             Anathema
             
               from
               our
               Lord
               Christ
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               receive
               judgment
               and
               condemnation
               from
               God
               ,
               for
               asmuch
               as
               he
               hath
               presumed
               to
               act
               wickedly
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               the
               Kingdom
               to
               ruin
               and
               destruction
               :
               But
               as
               for
            
             Simithilana
             ,
             
               who
               dreading
               his
               own
               evil
               courses
               ,
               hath
               abdicated
            
             
             
             
               and
               forsaken
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               divested
               himself
               of
               Regal
               Authority
               ,
               It
               is
               by
               and
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               Nation
               Decreed
               ,
               That
               we
               will
               never
               admit
               him
               or
               his
               Wife
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               exorbitant
               mischiefs
               they
               have
               committed
               ,
               no
               nor
               his
               Sons
               into
               our
               Unity
               or
               Communion
               ;
               nor
               over
               advance
               or
               promote
               them
               at
               any
               time
               to
               those
               Dignities
               and
               Honours
               from
               which
               they
               by
               their
               iniquity
               have
               lapsed
               and
               fallen
               .
            
          
           
             'T
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             this
             Convention
             or
             Synod
             composed
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             in
             general
             ,
             do
             ,
             in
             the
             Synod
             put
             Kings
             in
             mind
             of
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             withal
             do
             exert
             their
             power
             upon
             male-administratours
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             in
             words
             only
             but
             in
             truth
             and
             effect
             ,
             as
             evidently
             appears
             by
             the
             example
             of
             
               Simithiliana
               ▪
            
             between
             whom
             and
             King
             James
             there
             is
             a
             most
             wonderful
             and
             particular
             resemblance
             ,
             as
             also
             an
             exact
             conformity
             and
             agreement
             between
             the
             Synod
             and
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             The
             Sixth
             Council
             of
             Toledo
             ,
             assembled
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             persons
             
             and
             States
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             An.
             676.
             a
             Law
             of
             King
             Chintilanus
             about
             banishing
             the
             Jews
             out
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             being
             introduced
             with
             commendations
             annexed
             ,
             the
             Synod
             adds
             these
             words
             ,
             
               But
               this
               is
               by
               us
               with
               all
               care
               and
               diligence
               to
               be
               established
               ,
               least
               the
               heat
               and
               energy
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               our
               labour
               should
               abate
               ,
               and
               prove
               of
               none
               effect
               in
               our
               Posterity
               ,
               wherefore
               by
               an
               unanimous
               consent
               of
               heart
               and
               tongue
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               his
               Peers
               ,
               and
               mature
               deliberation
               of
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               we
               decree
               and
               enact
               ,
               That
               whosoever
               in
               future
               Ages
               shall
               chance
               to
               be
               intrusted
               with
               the
               supream
               management
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               shall
               never
               aseend
               the
               Regal
               Throne
               ,
               before
               ,
               amongst
               other
               obligations
               ,
               and
               solemn
               Oaths
               of
               conditions
               to
               be
               performed
               ,
               he
               shall
               promise
               and
               declare
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               vever
               suffer
               the
            
             Jews
             
               to
               violate
               the
               Catholick
               Faith
               ;
               moreover
               ,
               that
               by
               no
               manner
               of
               wayes
               he
               shall
               be
               abetting
               to
               their
               treachery
               ,
               or
               induced
               by
               any
               neglect
               or
               covetousness
               ,
               shall
               open
               the
               way
               to
               their
               prevaricating
               ,
               who
               run
               headlong
               to
               down
               right
               Paganism
               and
               Infidelity
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               most
               aimed
               at
               and
               desired
               in
               our
               time
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               remain
               untainted
               and
               blameless
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               for
               in
               vain
               is
               it
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               if
               perseverance
               in
               the
               same
               be
               not
               provided
               for
               ,
               wherefore
               at
               such
               time
               as
               ,
               conformable
               to
               the
               said
               order
               he
               shall
               be
               admitted
               and
               have
               access
               to
               the
               Throne
               to
               hold
               the
               reins
               of
               Government
               ,
               if
               he
               shall
               prove
               to
               be
               a
               violator
               of
               this
               promise
               ,
               let
               him
               be
            
             Anathama
             ,
             Maranatha
             ,
             
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               everlacting
               God
               ,
               and
               may
               he
               afford
               fuel
               to
               everlasting
               Fire
               ;
               yea
               ,
               of
               the
               like
               punishment
               be
               any
               one
               of
               the
               Clergy
               or
               any
               Christian
               whomsoever
               who
               shall
               be
               involved
               in
               his
               errour
               be
               thought
               worthy
               :
            
          
           
             By
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Fiefs
             and
             Feudaries
             ,
             which
             contain
             also
             Empires
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             a
             Vassal
             doth
             not
             owe
             feality
             or
             service
             to
             
             his
             Lord
             once
             excommunicated
             ,
             nay
             he
             ,
             is
             even
             absolved
             of
             his
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             Lib.
             2.
             
             
               Feudor
               .
               Tit.
            
             28.
             
             S.
             1.
             
          
           
             In
             this
             Decree
             of
             the
             Senate
             we
             meet
             with
             two
             things
             observable
             .
             First
             ,
             Th●t
             the
             King
             is
             obliged
             by
             an
             Oath
             not
             to
             permit
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             to
             be
             violated
             or
             infringed
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             he
             shall
             be
             found
             a
             violator
             of
             this
             same
             p●omise
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             incur
             the
             censure
             of
             Anathema
             ,
             lie
             and
             all
             his
             complices
             and
             adherents
             .
             Both
             these
             do
             run
             exactly
             parallel
             with
             the
             case
             of
             K.
             James
             ,
             for
             he
             promised
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             not
             suffer
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             to
             be
             violated
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             whose
             banishment
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             had
             been
             oftentimes
             debated
             ;
             he
             stood
             not
             to
             his
             word
             ,
             nay
             he
             shews
             himself
             a
             Ring
             leader
             ;
             and
             authoriser
             of
             such
             who
             endeavoured
             might
             and
             main
             the
             subversion
             of
             the
             said
             Religion
             ,
             he
             is
             therefore
             made
             justly
             sensible
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             severity
             in
             discarding
             and
             disowning
             him
             .
             By
             this
             Deree
             it
             is
             likewise
             prohibited
             that
             none
             shall
             ascend
             the
             Regal
             Chair
             except
             he
             be
             a
             Catholick
             :
             The
             same
             Synod
             ,
             C.
             17.
             adds
             moreover
             ,
             
               Unless
               by
               his
               demeanour
               and
               good
               conversation
               he
               be
               thought
               fit
               and
               worthy
               to
               be
               advanced
               to
               Regal
               authority
               ,
               much
               more
               unless
               he
               be
               judged
               fit
               ,
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               his
               orthodox
               Religion
               .
            
             This
             does
             very
             much
             countenance
             and
             justifie
             the
             Parliaments
             proceedings
             in
             their
             Act
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             expresly
             provided
             ,
             that
             none
             shall
             ascend
             the
             Throne
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             a
             favourer
             at
             least
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
             Now
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             hear
             K.
             Beccesuinthus
             in
             the
             Eighth
             Toledo
             Council
             ,
             confessing
             ,
             that
             the
             unrully
             desires
             of
             Kings
             had
             need
             of
             being
             checkt
             and
             restrained
             ,
             who
             signed
             and
             ratified
             this
             Law
             for
             himself
             and
             Posterity
             ,
             
               Since
               then
               in
               the
               Ages
               successively
               last
               past
               ,
               the
               immoderate
               unbounded
               covetousness
               of
               Kings
               hath
            
             
             extended
             it self
             to
             the
             spoils
             and
             incroachments
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             lamentable
             Imposition
             ,
             and
             burthensome
             Taxes
             have
             much
             augmented
             their
             lawful
             Revenues
             ,
             at
             length
             it
             is
             revealed
             to
             us
             by
             divine
             Inspiration
             ,
             that
             seeing
             we
             prescribe
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
             respect
             and
             obedience
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             it
             is
             meet
             we
             should
             ,
             set
             some
             bounds
             of
             restraint
             and
             temperance
             to
             the
             vitious
             excesses
             of
             Princes
             :
             Moreover
             out
             of
             our
             princely
             clemency
             and
             after
             due
             consideration
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             our selves
             as
             for
             all
             those
             who
             shall
             succeed
             us
             in
             our
             glory
             ,
             we
             ,
             by
             Gods
             assistance
             do
             enact
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             do
             publish
             and
             declare
             ,
             that
             no
             King
             upon
             any
             private
             motive
             or
             impulse
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             Faction
             ,
             shall
             take
             away
             by
             force
             ,
             or
             cause
             to
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             any
             writings
             or
             deeds
             concerning
             any
             thing
             due
             to
             another
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             may
             prove
             himself
             unjustly
             to
             be
             Lord
             of
             ,
             and
             lay
             claim
             to
             the
             things
             so
             due
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             K.
             James
             offended
             against
             this
             Law
             ,
             when
             following
             his
             brother
             
             Cha.
             II.
             his
             steps
             he
             vsolently
             by
             
               Quo
               Waranto
            
             ,
             deprived
             Citizens
             of
             their
             Charters
             ,
             and
             did
             in
             a
             manner
             wholly
             cancel
             and
             disannul
             the
             Priviledges
             and
             Immunities
             of
             the
             Nation
             :
             King
             Beccesuinthus
             was
             not
             of
             these
             Opinions
             that
             Kings
             were
             Lawless
             ,
             who
             enacted
             a
             Law
             for
             himself
             and
             his
             successors
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             return
             to
             the
             Synod
             prescribing
             
             Laws
             to
             Kings
             ,
             
               From
               hence
            
             ;
             saith
             the
             Synod
             ,
             
               may
               Kings
               convince
               Men
               that
               all
               things
               is
               owing
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               depends
               on
               them
               ,
               when
               they
               govern
               all
               things
               wisely
               :
               whence
               they
               doubt
               not
               but
               that
               these
               things
               are
               due
               not
               to
               their
               Person
               but
               to
               their
               Power
               and
               Dominion
               ,
               't
               is
               Rights
               that
               make
               a
               King
               ,
               not
               his
               Person
               ,
               for
               to
               be
               King
               does
               not
               so
               much
               consist
               in
               the
               ordinary
               meanness
               of
               personal
               qualities
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               honour
               and
               sublime
               grandeur
               ,
               the
               things
               then
               that
               are
               due
               to
               honour
               ,
               are
               assistant
               to
               honour
               ,
               and
               what
               Kings
               heap
               up
               and
               amass
               they
               leave
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               forasmuch
               as
               the
               glory
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               casts
               a
               Lustre
               upon
               them
               ,
               so
               they
               likewise
               do
               not
               imbezle
               or
               diminish
               the
               Kingdoms
               glory
               but
               render
               it
               more
               glorious
               ;
               besides
               't
               is
               requisite
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               are
               constituted
               Kings
               should
               have
               minds
               full
               of
               care
               in
               ruling
               ,
               in
               acting
               with
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               moderation
               ,
               in
               decreeing
               righteous
               judgment
               ,
               in
               sparing
               and
               having
               a
               tender
               regard
               to
               such
               who
               are
               willing
               to
               obey
               ,
               in
               procuring
               sew
               parties
               ,
               in
               siding
               with
               fewer
               .
            
             A
             little
             below
             that
             ,
             
               Whilst
               the
               vastness
               of
               the
               propriety
               of
               Princes
               includes
               all
               in
               the
               Bosom
               of
               its
               receivings
               ,
               and
               nothing
               but
               the
               Princely
               Belly
               is
               stuft
               ,
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Members
               of
               the
               Nation
               drain'd
               and
               exhausted
               ,
               languish
               and
               decay
               for
               meer
               lack
               of
               sustenance
               ,
               from
               whence
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               neither
               the
               Commonalty
               can
               receive
               any
               succour
               and
               assistance
               ,
               neither
               can
               great
               ones
               maintain
               their
               dignity
               ,
               because
               whilst
               the
               force
               of
               Power
               hath
               seized
               on
               all
               ,
               the
               State
               of
               the
               Commonal●y
               are
               not
               in
               a
               condition
               to
               defend
               the
               least
               Rights
               ,
            
             the
             Synod
             do
             very
             warily
             and
             discreetly
             prescribe
             to
             Kings
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             do
             withal
             neatly
             decypher
             to
             us
             a
             Kingdom
             ruled
             by
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             such
             an
             one
             as
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             this
             World.
             
          
           
             The
             Spaniards
             grown
             weary
             of
             King
             
             Wamba's
             Government
             ,
             shut
             him
             up
             
               nolens
               volens
            
             in
             a
             Monastry
             to
             do
             penance
             ,
             and
             compelled
             him
             to
             elect
             Ervigius
             Grandee
             of
             Spain
             ,
             taking
             no
             notice
             of
             Theofredus
             his
             Son
             ;
             the
             *
             Twelfth
             Synod
             of
             Toledo
             was
             held
             on
             purpose
             to
             confirm
             this
             
               Ervigius
               ,
               Anno
            
             682.
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             Synod
             ,
             
               And
               by
               that
               means
               the
               Peoples
               hands
               were
               loosed
               from
               all
               Bonds
               and
               Obligations
               of
               an
               Oath
               ,
               which
               ,
               during
               the
               Reign
               of
               the
               said
            
             Wambal
             ,
             
               were
               kept
               fast
               tyed
               ,
               paying
               duty
               and
               allegiance
               only
               to
               this
               Prince
            
             Lrvigius
             ,
             
               being
               at
               liberty
               ,
               by
               all
               demonstrations
            
             
             
               of
               acceptable
               homage
               ,
               whom
               the
               very
               Divine
               Decree
               had
               fore-ordained
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               the
               kind
               and
               courteous
               People
               in
               general
               wisht
               for
               ;
               wherefore
               these
               things
               considered
               ,
               and
               in
               acknowledgment
               of
               this
               favour
               we
               are
               to
               serve
               none
               but
               God
               alone
               ,
               and
               our
               King
            
             Ervigius
             ,
             
               and
               we
               are
               to
               be
               obedient
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               devoted
               entirely
               to
               his
               Will
               ,
               let
               us
               then
               perform
               with
               a
               ready
               mind
               ,
               and
               without
               reserve
               endeavour
               to
               do
               whatsoever
               may
               conduce
               to
               the
               welfare
               and
               security
               of
               his
               Royal
               Person
               ,
               whatsoever
               may
               promote
               the
               real
               Interest
               of
               him
               and
               his
               Country
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             must
             we
             hear
             Ervigius
             himself
             accosting
             and
             bespeaking
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Synod
             ,
             
               For
               this
               in
               general
               I
               beg
               of
               you
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               that
               whatsoever
               doth
               not
               comport
               with
               the
               Laws
               of
               our
               glory
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               any
               thing
               that
               may
               seem
               contrary
               to
               justice
               and
               equity
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               rectified
               by
               your
               good
               disposition
               ,
               meekness
               and
               judgement
               :
            
             The
             
             same
             Ervigius
             how
             much
             he
             esteemed
             the
             decrees
             of
             these
             Councils
             abundantly
             shews
             in
             the
             Thirteenth
             Toledo
             Synod
             ,
             which
             he
             Harangues
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             
               for
               't
               is
               as
               clear
               as
               the
               Sun
               at
               Noon-day
               ,
            
             that
             whatsoever
             
               the
               sacred
               Assembly
               of
               Prelates
               hath
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               is
               by
               the
               special
               grace
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ordained
               and
               prefixt
               and
               settled
               to
               all
               eternity
               ,
               and
               is
               inviolably
               to
               be
               observed
               .
               I
               beseech
               you
               therefore
               ,
               and
               conjure
               you
               ,
               the
               whole
               Assembly
               of
               reverend
               Prelates
               ,
               and
               you
               most
               excellent
               Princes
               and
               Peers
               ,
               who
               by
               your
               homage
               and
               duty
               to
               the
               Court
               are
               obliged
               to
               sit
               in
               this
               sacred
               Assembly
               ,
               I
               command
               you
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               by
               the
               Mistery
               of
               the
               holy
               Trinity
               ,
               that
               if
               there
               be
               any
               thing
               before
               you
               shall
               be
               judged
               needful
               to
               be
               decreed
               ,
               or
               repealed
               ,
               as
               well
               what
               by
               us
               hath
               been
               offered
               to
               your
               consideration
               ,
               as
               also
               what
               else
               may
               have
               come
               to
               your
               hearing
               on
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               you
               would
               be
               careful
               to
               decide
               and
               clear
               it
               with
               an
               unanimous
               vigour
               of
               justice
               accompanied
               with
               a
               due
               proportion
               of
               mercy
               .
            
          
           
             Ervigius
             behaves
             himself
             before
             the
             Synod
             with
             abundance
             of
             modesty
             ,
             who
             humbly
             implores
             their
             justice
             and
             mercy
             ,
             and
             laying
             aside
             all
             lostiness
             of
             mind
             ,
             sensible
             of
             his
             own
             in
             abilities
             to
             undertake
             such
             a
             charge
             ,
             submits
             himself
             to
             its
             censure
             .
             We
             do
             not
             find
             it
             so
             now
             a
             days
             ;
             no
             ,
             no
             ;
             but
             now
             you
             must
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             the
             asorementioned
             Spanish
             Kings
             were
             of
             the
             Gothic
             Race
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             their
             Religion
             having
             renounced
             Arianisme
             ,
             they
             became
             sound
             and
             orthodox
             from
             the
             time
             of
             Ricared
             :
             they
             had
             likewise
             won
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Spain
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             the
             ●ight
             got
             by
             di●t
             of
             Sword
             is
             accounted
             the
             best
             Title
             by
             your
             Civilians
             .
             Now
             let
             us
             proceed
             to
             the
             French.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             that
             presents
             himself
             is
             Childeric
             .
             the
             3
             d.
             the
             very
             last
             
             of
             the
             M●rovingian
             Race
             ,
             who
             was
             deposed
             by
             the
             Parliament
             
             and
             hurled
             into
             a
             Monastry
             .
             Now
             there
             were
             present
             in
             this
             Parliament
             divers
             Bishops
             ,
             amongst
             the
             rest
             was
             Boniface
             a
             Bishop
             of
             Mentz
             of
             great
             reputation
             ,
             who
             set
             the
             Crown
             on
             
             Pepin's
             Head
             ,
             who
             was
             put
             in
             the
             place
             of
             Childeric
             .
          
           
             No
             body
             can
             be
             ignorant
             of
             that
             notable
             Story
             of
             Lewis
             the
             
             pious
             Son
             to
             Charles
             the
             Great
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             Synod
             of
             Compeign
             ,
             composed
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Peers
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             Anno
             833.
             was
             tumbled
             from
             his
             Throne
             and
             forced
             into
             a
             Monastry
             .
             Synods
             in
             those
             days
             were
             made
             up
             usually
             of
             the
             Clergy
             and
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             was
             much
             the
             best
             way
             ,
             especially
             in
             general
             Councils
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             certain
             that
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             covetousness
             and
             ambition
             of
             the
             Clergy
             commonly
             corrupt
             both
             Divine
             and
             Human
             right
             .
          
           
             Nor
             after
             what
             manner
             the
             Capetians
             were
             by
             consent
             of
             all
             the
             French
             substituted
             in
             the
             Room
             of
             the
             Carlovingians
             ;
             and
             how
             Lewis
             the
             Eleventh
             was
             surrounded
             with
             thirty
             six
             Commissioners
             ,
             without
             whose
             Advice
             he
             could
             not
             govern
             the
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             as
             known
             to
             all
             ,
             we
             omit
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             on
             this
             Subject
             is
             beyond
             all
             exception
             ,
             and
             may
             stop
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Patrons
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             is
             the
             Consent
             of
             all
             the
             Christian
             Princes
             in
             the
             Convention
             of
             Arras
             :
             The
             business
             thus
             ,
             Charles
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             whilst
             he
             was
             but
             yet
             Dolphin
             ,
             commanded
             John
             ,
             Father
             to
             Philip
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             traiterously
             to
             be
             assassinated
             ,
             thereupon
             a
             bloody
             War
             arose
             between
             the
             two
             Princes
             ;
             but
             at
             length
             by
             the
             mediation
             and
             procurement
             of
             the
             Counsel
             of
             Basil
             and
             
               Pope
               Engenius
            
             ,
             a
             Council
             was
             called
             ,
             and
             held
             at
             Arras
             for
             composing
             Differences
             ,
             whereunto
             the
             noblest
             part
             of
             Europe
             had
             resort
             .
             It
             was
             saith
             Mezeray
             the
             noblest
             and
             greatest
             of
             that
             Age
             ,
             thither
             did
             all
             Christian
             Princes
             (
             except
             King
             Henry
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             disputed
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             with
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             )
             send
             their
             Agents
             and
             Plenipotentiaries
             ,
             and
             Eugenius
             his
             Ambassadors
             :
             A
             Peace
             being
             once
             clapt
             up
             between
             the
             two
             Princes
             ,
             it
             was
             covenanted
             and
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             that
             if
             either
             of
             the
             two
             Princes
             should
             not
             stand
             to
             their
             words
             ,
             but
             violate
             the
             Articles
             of
             Agreement
             ,
             that
             then
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             absolved
             of
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             might
             lawfully
             send
             Succours
             to
             another
             Prince
             against
             the
             breaker
             of
             the
             Covenant
             :
             here
             you
             may
             plainly
             see
             that
             all
             Princes
             do
             unanimously
             agree
             in
             absolving
             Subjects
             of
             their
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             ;
             besides
             you
             may
             see
             that
             a
             Vassal
             doth
             covenant
             with
             his
             Lord
             upon
             equal
             Conditions
             ,
             for
             Philip
             was
             Vassal
             to
             Charles
             :
             So
             much
             the
             more
             is
             the
             simplicity
             of
             those
             to
             be
             laught
             at
             ,
             who
             dare
             affirm
             that
             Princes
             are
             not
             so
             much
             
             as
             bound
             by
             Oath
             to
             their
             Subjects
             for
             performance
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             when
             God
             himself
             is
             obliged
             to
             fulfill
             his
             promises
             ,
             
               the
               Lord
               hath
            
             sworn
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             
               repent
               ,
               and
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
            
             
             
               declare
               that
               all
               controversies
               are
               decided
               by
               an
               Oath
            
             ;
             as
             if
             Princes
             were
             obliged
             to
             resemble
             God
             Almighty
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             faithfulness
             and
             veracity
             ;
             But
             not
             to
             deviate
             too
             much
             from
             our
             present
             purpose
             ;
             If
             it
             were
             lawful
             for
             Subjects
             to
             levy
             War
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             for
             violating
             his
             word
             past
             to
             a
             Foreiguer
             ,
             I
             cannot
             see
             why
             it
             should
             be
             deemed
             an
             hainous
             offence
             to
             spurn
             and
             resist
             Tyranny
             ,
             when
             they
             themselves
             are
             galled
             and
             oppressed
             .
             The
             Brittish
             History
             likewise
             furnisheth
             us
             with
             a
             long
             series
             of
             Examples
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             but
             too
             great
             a
             Prolixity
             ,
             especially
             in
             matters
             of
             themselves
             ,
             otherwise
             plain
             and
             evident
             ,
             is
             tedious
             and
             troublesome
             :
             Let
             one
             therefore
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             considerable
             in
             its
             self
             suffice
             ,
             which
             is
             this
             :
             John
             surnamed
             
               Sans
               terre
            
             ,
             or
             without
             Land
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             and
             Duke
             of
             Brittain
             standing
             excommunicate
             by
             Pope
             Innocent
             the
             III.
             and
             his
             Subjects
             absolved
             from
             their
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             was
             devolved
             upon
             Philip
             the
             August
             .
             Now
             Philip
             relying
             upon
             this
             donation
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             having
             fitted
             out
             a
             huge
             Navy
             ,
             was
             just
             ready
             to
             fall
             upon
             and
             Invade
             England
             ;
             when
             John
             by
             his
             submission
             and
             obsequious
             compliance
             ,
             regained
             the
             Pope's
             favour
             .
             Neither
             did
             Philip
             for
             all
             that
             desist
             from
             his
             enterprize
             ,
             for
             he
             gave
             his
             Consent
             ,
             that
             the
             Nobility
             of
             England
             should
             choose
             Lewis
             his
             Son
             ,
             Husband
             to
             Jone
             K.
             
             John's
             Niece
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             should
             Crown
             him
             in
             London
             accordingly
             ;
             the
             Matter
             proceeded
             to
             Suit
             and
             Tryal
             before
             the
             Pope
             ,
             still
             a
             great
             favourer
             of
             John
             :
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             Lewis
             who
             solioited
             his
             Cause
             at
             Rome
             ,
             mainly
             urged
             that
             John
             was
             never
             Leige
             King
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             condemned
             by
             the
             Peers
             of
             France
             to
             have
             his
             Head
             cut
             off
             ,
             for
             the
             Murder
             committed
             on
             the
             person
             of
             Arthur
             his
             Nephew
             ,
             moreover
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             were
             a
             King
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             had
             notwithstanding
             forfeited
             his
             Crown
             ,
             by
             turning
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             Tyranny
             ,
             as
             they
             said
             ,
             to
             subvertand
             destory
             the
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             the
             death
             of
             John
             stops
             the
             Proceedings
             ,
             and
             ends
             the
             Difference
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             Henry
             placed
             in
             his
             stead
             :
             Pray
             let
             the
             French
             take
             special
             notice
             of
             this
             Passage
             ,
             who
             are
             out
             of
             humour
             and
             ill
             satisfied
             at
             the
             last
             Revolution
             and
             Change
             of
             the
             British
             Empire
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             are
             wise
             ,
             let
             them
             take
             warning
             whilst
             they
             may
             ,
             by
             their
             own
             consession
             .
             Tyranny
             quite
             overthrows
             Kingly
             Power
             ,
             and
             it
             evidently
             appears
             by
             their
             own
             Example
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Throne
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             may
             justly
             and
             lawfully
             be
             possessed
             by
             another
             ,
             and
             in
             truth
             it
             was
             but
             just
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             should
             serve
             James
             the
             II
             :
             with
             the
             same
             Sauce
             as
             the
             Peers
             did
             John
             ,
             not
             coming
             at
             all
             short
             of
             him
             in
             deserving
             to
             be
             dethroned
             ,
             then
             again
             John
             did
             not
             go
             about
             to
             subvert
             the
             Established
             Religion
             then
             in
             Force
             ,
             nor
             did
             he
             sorsake
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             fly
             to
             the
             sworn
             Enemies
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
             add
             hereto
             ,
             that
             William
             and
             Mary
             had
             much
             a
             better
             Claim
             and
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             being
             Heirs
             presumptive
             ,
             then
             ever
             Lewis
             had
             ,
             who
             was
             no
             presumptive
             Heir
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             hardly
             forbear
             the
             adding
             to
             this
             Example
             ,
             that
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Parliament
             by
             Richard
             the
             II
             ,
             in
             his
             solemn
             surrender
             of
             his
             Crown
             upon
             their
             Sentence
             :
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             as
             to
             this
             point
             to
             the
             English
             Historians
             ,
             more
             especially
             to
             
               Henry
               Knighton
            
             ,
             Canon
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             
               De
               Eventibus
               Angliae
            
             ,
             who
             hath
             at
             large
             and
             exactly
             insisted
             upon
             this
             dreadful
             deposing
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             shall
             take
             notice
             of
             one
             thing
             not
             customary
             with
             Tyrants
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             Richard
             did
             own
             and
             acknowledge
             the
             Peoples
             right
             in
             punishing
             bad
             Princes
             ,
             and
             did
             allow
             himself
             uncapable
             of
             governing
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
               Wherein
               the
               Absolute
               Power
               and
               Authority
               of
               Emperors
               and
               Kings
               ,
               by
               the
               Testimonies
               and
               Opinions
               of
               several
               learned
               Men
               is
               opposed
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             are
             not
             wanting
             an
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Examples
             in
             History
             ,
             of
             Kings
             banished
             from
             their
             Kingdoms
             for
             ill
             managment
             ,
             yet
             I
             thought
             good
             to
             produce
             none
             but
             such
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             may
             plainly
             appear
             that
             a
             Tyrant
             may
             be
             dethroned
             not
             only
             with
             a
             safe
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             conscience
             even
             dictating
             and
             allowing
             the
             same
             .
             It
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             add
             to
             these
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             Emperors
             and
             Kings
             ;
             together
             with
             the
             Sentiments
             and
             Opinions
             of
             some
             learned
             Men
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             .
             The
             first
             that
             offers
             himself
             is
             the
             renowned
             Emperor
             Trajan
             ,
             who
             ,
             when
             he
             presented
             a
             naked
             Sword
             to
             Sura
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             ,
             in
             creating
             him
             Prefect
             of
             the
             Praetorium
             ,
             take
             this
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             and
             use
             it
             for
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             rule
             justly
             ,
             if
             unjustly
             ,
             use
             it
             against
             me
             ;
             next
             come
             Adrian
             none
             of
             the
             worst
             Emperors
             ,
             who
             promised
             that
             he
             would
             so
             behave
             himself
             in
             holding
             the
             Reins
             of
             Government
             ,
             as
             one
             who
             knew
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Peoples
             business
             that
             was
             committed
             
             to
             his
             charge
             :
             But
             let
             they
             Heathens
             hold
             their
             peace
             ,
             yet
             the
             Christian
             Emperors
             Theodosius
             and
             Valentinianus
             ,
             utter
             such
             Truths
             as
             deserve
             to
             be
             Engraven
             upon
             the
             Palaces
             ,
             yea
             ,
             rather
             upon
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Princes
             ;
             
               It
               is
               a
               Confession
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
            
             
             worthy
             the
             Majesty
             of
             him
             that
             rules
             ,
             to
             profess
             himself
             a
             Prince
             bound
             up
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             so
             much
             doth
             our
             Authority
             depend
             upon
             the
             Law
             :
             And
             indeed
             it
             is
             somewhat
             more
             than
             Empire
             and
             Sovereignty
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Govenment
             obedient
             and
             subject
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             Edict
             ,
             we
             do
             decree
             that
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             our
             Subjects
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             pretend
             it
             to
             be
             to
             lawful
             for
             us
             ;
             this
             saying
             is
             not
             unworthy
             of
             the
             Confessor
             neither
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             the
             Law
             of
             King
             Edward
             ,
             named
             the
             Confessor
             ,
             touching
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             King
             :
             That
             if
             a
             King
             fail
             in
             his
             duty
             ,
             the
             Name
             of
             King
             is
             no
             ways
             consistent
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             us
             have
             recourse
             to
             the
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             Pope
             Zacharias
             deservedly
             leads
             the
             Van
             ,
             who
             returned
             this
             Answer
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             consulting
             him
             about
             Abdicating
             Childeric
             ,
             afor●said
             ;
             
               That
               a
               Prince
               was
               accountable
               to
               a
               People
               ,
               by
               whose
               favour
               he
               injoy'd
               the
               Crown
               ,
               because
               whatsoever
               he
               possesseth
               ,
               whether
               Power
               ,
               Glory
               ,
               Riches
               or
               Dignity
               ,
               he
               must
               needs
               grant
               that
               he
               is
               beholden
               to
               the
               Commonalty
               for
               the
               same
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Peoples
               power
               both
               to
               constitute
               and
               appoint
               a
               King
               over
               them
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               abandon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Aenaeas
               Sylvius
            
             follows
             next
             ,
             who
             was
             Secretary
             to
             the
             Council
             of
             Basil
             ,
             and
             came
             afterwards
             to
             be
             Pope
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Pious
             the
             II.
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
             
               puts
               two
               queries
               ,
               The
               one
               is
               whether
               a
               General
               Council
               hath
               Authority
               over
               the
               Pope
               ;
               the
               other
               ,
               whether
               or
               no
               the
               Catholick
               Faith
               do
               enjoyn
               the
               belief
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               two
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               when
               I
               shall
               have
               examined
               and
               stated
               ,
               there
               will
               be
               no
               place
            
             
             
               for
               doubting
               afterwards
               ;
               but
               that
               the
               Pope
               ought
               to
               be
               subject
               to
               a
               General
               Council
               ,
               the
               Reason
               produced
               before
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Burgos
             
               doth
               excellently
               prove
               ,
               for
               a
               Pope
               is
               in
               the
               Church
               just
               as
               a
               King
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               now
               to
               imagin
               that
               a
               King
               can
               do
               more
               then
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               together
               were
               absur'd
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Pope
               should
               not
               have
               power
               to
               do
               more
               than
               the
               Church
               .
               But
               like
               as
               Kings
               sometimes
               by
               reason
               of
               male
               Administration
               and
               exercising
               of
               Tyranny
               are
               ejected
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               excluded
               ,
               even
               so
               by
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               by
               a
               General
               Council
               ,
               may
               the
               Pope
               ,
               without
               all
               question
               be
               deposed
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             let
             us
             hear
             what
             
               Thomas
               Aquinas
            
             ,
             that
             Prince
             of
             the
             School-men
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               When
               a
               Tyrannical
               Government
               ,
               which
               is
               not
            
             
             
               ordered
               for
               common
               Good
               and
               Advantage
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               private
               ends
               of
               the
               Person
               reigning
               is
               not
               just
               ,
               troubles
               and
               commotions
               Lappning
            
             
             
               in
               that
               State
               ,
               doth
               not
               pass
               for
               Sedition
               ,
            
             the
             same
             Thomas
             lays
             it
             
             down
             for
             a
             certain
             and
             undeniable
             truth
             ,
             
               that
               Principalities
               and
               Dominions
               are
               not
            
             jure
             Divino
             ,
             but
             de
             Jure
             Humano
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Gerson
            
             succeeds
             him
             in
             his
             Opinions
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Master
             of
             Arts
             of
             high
             Repute
             and
             Authority
             with
             the
             French
             ,
             in
             a
             Sermon
             of
             his
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             University
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Even
               as
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               according
               to
               natural
               instinct
               ,
               all
               the
               other
               Members
               expose
               themselves
               for
               the
               Health
               and
               Safety
               of
               the
               Head
               ,
               in
               like
               manner
               should
               it
               be
               in
               the
               Body
               politique
               with
               Loyal
               Subject
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               their
               Sovereign
               ;
               on
               the
               other
               side
               the
               Head
               should
               guide
               and
               d●●ct
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Members
               ,
               otherwise
               distraction
               would
               ensue
               ,
               for
               th●
               Head
               could
               not
               last
               long
               without
               the
               Body
               ;
               this
               truth
               is
               point
               bl●nk
               c●ntrary
               to
               those
               who
               venture
               to
               aver
               ,
               though
               erroneous●y
               th●
               the
               Lord
               doth
               not
               hold
               of
               ,
               or
               is
               obliged
               to
               his
               subject
               in
               any
               thing
               whatsoever
               ,
               which
               is
               both
               against
               Divine
               Right
               and
               Natural
               Equity
               ,
               and
               the
               Trust
               reposed
               in
               Dominion
               ,
               for
               as
               the
               Subject
               owes
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               ,
               Service
               and
               Assistance
               to
               their
               Supreme
               Lord
               ,
               so
               he
               in
               authority
               owes
               Faith
               and
               Assistance
               to
               his
               Subjects
               .
               One
               good
               turn
               requires
               another
               .
               According
               to
               some
               Doctors
               ,
               the
               Sin
               of
            
             Lucifer
             
               consisted
               in
               this
               ,
               That
               he
               would
            
             
             
               fain
               have
               d●mineered
               and
               ruled
               over
               all
               other
               Creatures
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               without
               being
               obliged
               to
               protect
               and
               defend
               ,
               or
               do
               them
               any
               service
               .
            
             Afterwards
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Article
             ,
             he
             adds
             :
             
               And
               if
               so
               be
               ,
               the
               Lord
               do
               not
               deal
               faithfully
               with
               them
               as
               Subjects
               ,
               neither
               will
               they
               treat
               him
               as
               their
               Lord
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               answer
               returned
               by
            
             Domitius
             
               to
               a
               certain
               Consul
               ,
               if
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               you
               will
               not
               have
               me
               for
               a
               Senator
               ,
               neither
               will
               I
               have
               you
               for
               a
               Consul
               .
            
          
           
             The
             same
             Author
             adds
             ,
             
               As
               nothing
               can
               appear
               to
               corporal
               sight
            
             
             
               more
               cruel
               or
               terrible
               ,
               or
               more
               to
               be
               abhorred
               and
               avoided
               ,
               then
               to
               behold
               a
               humane
               Body
               waste
               it self
               ,
               or
               to
               tear
               it self
               in
               pieces
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               in
               like
               manner
               it
               is
               no
               less
               cruelty
               to
               the
               Spiritual
               sight
               of
               reason
               ,
               to
               behold
               the
               Parts
               of
               the
               Body
               politick
               to
               be
               divided
               and
               persecure
               one
               another
               ,
               as
               a
               Sovereign
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               in
               effect
               ,
               a
               persecution
               in
               this
               ,
               when
               they
               interfere
               and
               deprive
               one
               another
               of
               their
               Offices
               and
               Rights
               ,
               for
               naturally
               every
               thing
               depends
               and
               maintains
               its
               own
               right
               ,
               and
               doth
               repel
               a
               violent
               Action
               done
               to
               it
               ,
               by
               violence
               ,
            
             Vim
             vi
             repellere
             licet
             ,
             
               't
               is
               lawful
               to
               give
               a
               Man
               as
               good
               as
               he
               brings
               ,
               hence
               it
               is
               manifest
               that
               they
               are
               in
               the
               wrong
               ,
               who
               tell
               Lords
               that
               all
               is
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               may
               do
               what
               they
               please
               ,
               and
               are
               uncontroulable
               and
               unaccountable
               if
               they
               assume
               and
               appropriate
               to
               themselves
               without
               any
               just
               Title
               thereto
               ,
               whatsoever
               appertains
               to
               the
               Subject
               .
               But
               what
               's
               the
               meaning
               of
               this
               ,
               that
               violence
               can
               do
               all
            
             
             
               things
               ,
               and
               what
               will
               follow
               from
               thence
               ?
               why
               ,
               the
               same
               inconvenience
               will
               follow
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Head
               should
               attract
               to
               it self
               ,
               all
               the
               Blood
               ,
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               Marrow
               ,
               and
               Substance
               of
               all
               the
               other
               Members
               ,
               and
               what
               would
               be
               the
               event
               of
               this
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               must
               prove
               it
               's
               own
               ruin
               and
               destruction
               .
            
             And
             a
             little
             below
             that
             ,
             adds
             ,
             
               I
               confess
               I
               dont
               understand
               whence
               this
               error
               proceeded
               ,
               for
               to
               assert
               this
               ,
               would
               be
               to
               cause
               Men
               tamely
               to
               submit
               like
               Sheep
               ,
               and
               set
               Superiors
               like
               ravening
               Wolves
               over
               them
               ,
               or
               to
               let
               fly
               Kites
               amongst
               Chickens
               .
            
          
           
             
               Like
               as
               Poyson
               kills
               the
               human
               Body
               ,
               so
               Tyranny
               is
               a
               Poyson
               and
            
             
             
               Mischief
               that
               brings
               infallable
               ruin
               and
               destruction
               to
               not
               only
               the
               Body
               politick
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               Regal
               also
               ;
               For
               a
               Tyrant
               who
               by
               hook
               or
               by
               crook
               appropriates
               all
               to
               his
               own
               advantage
               is
               very
               unnatural
               ,
               it
               being
               manifestly
               contrary
               to
               Civil
               Society
               ,
               of
               which
            
             Aristotle
             
               in
               the
               fifth
               Book
               of
               his
               Politicks
               hath
               spoken
               more
               at
               large
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               comprized
               in
               this
               Distich
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pauca
               Sciant
               ,
               de
               se
               diffidunt
               ,
               sint
               &
               egeni
               ,
            
             
               Sic
               rege
               subditos
               dire
               Tyranne
               tuos
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Tyrant
               would
               have
               his
               Subjects
               to
               know
               little
               ,
               to
               mistrust
               themselves
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               indigent
               ;
               this
               is
               extreamly
               contrary
               to
               a
               right
               Regal
               Power
               ,
               which
               chiefly
               aims
               at
               this
               ,
               that
               Subjects
               should
               be
               powerful
               ,
               wise
               and
               knowing
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               for
               what
               worse
               thing
               could
               the
               Peoples
               mortal
               enemy
               ,
               or
               even
               the
               infernal
               ,
               devise
               ,
               then
               necessitate
               them
               to
               be
               poor
               and
               divided
               ;
               one
               would
               much
               rather
               choose
               to
               be
               without
               a
               Prince
               ,
               than
               have
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               as
               the
               Fable
               goes
               of
               the
               Frogs
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               Scorpion
               for
               a
               King
               ,
               that
               devoured
               them
               all
               .
            
             And
             yet
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             
               again
               we
               conclude
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               that
               if
               the
               Head
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Member
               of
               Civil
               State
               should
               chance
               to
               fall
               into
               such
               an
               inconvenience
               ,
               as
               to
               desire
               to
               lick
               up
               this
               deadly
               poyson
               of
               Tyranny
               ,
               each
               Member
               in
               its
               particular
               Station
               ,
               should
               use
               his
               outmost
               endeavour
               to
               prevent
               and
               obviate
               the
               same
               by
               all
               expedients
               convenient
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
            
             And
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             
               And
               therefore
               the
               Person
               who
               abuseth
               it
               ,
               meaning
               the
               Power
               aforementioned
               ,
               is
               rightly
               served
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               div●sted
               of
               it
               .
               Wherefore
               it
               is
               plain
               these
               Men
               who
               presume
               to
               lead
               their
               King
               or
               Prince
               into
               so
               foul
               an
               Error
               ,
               or
               into
               a
               condition
               of
               Tyranny
               ,
               deceive
               them
               and
               are
               their
               very
               Enemies
               .
            
          
           
             The
             same
             Author
             in
             his
             Ten
             Considerations
             against
             Flatterers
             
             of
             Princes
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               mistake
               to
               say
               that
               a
               Prince
               is
               nothing
               beholding
               to
               his
               Subject
               during
               his
               Reign
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               agreeable
               as
               well
               to
               Divine
               Right
               as
               to
               natural
               Equity
               and
               Justice
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               the
               chief
               Intent
               and
               Design
               of
               Dominion
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               Subjects
               are
               to
               yeild
               Fealty
               ,
               Assistance
               by
               Taxes
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               and
               homage
               to
               their
               Liege
            
             
             
               Lord
               ,
               so
               likewise
               the
               Lord
               on
               his
               part
               ows
               faith
               and
               protection
               .
               Nay
               ,
               and
               if
               so
               be
               ,
               the
               Prince
               in
               an
               obstinate
               manner
               persist
               in
               his
               wronging
               and
               persecuting
               them
            
             de
             facto
             ,
             
               then
               this
               natural
               rule
               is
            
             Vim
             vi
             repellere
             licet
             
               holds
               good
               and
               takes
               place
            
             ,
             as
             does
             that
             of
             Seneca
             in
             his
             Tragedies
             also
             ,
             Nulla
             adeo
             grata
             est
             victima
             quam
             Tyrannus
             :
             At
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Consideration
             ,
             he
             yet
             adds
             ,
             
               therefore
               Kings
               ,
               who
               in
               an
               Arbitrary
               manner
               ,
               exact
               such
               grievances
               call
               them
               their
               Rights
               ,
               no
               otherwise
               than
               the
               Pagan
               Idols
               are
               called
               Gods
               ,
               not
               because
               they
               are
               indeed
               so
               ,
               but
               because
               they
               are
               called
               so
               by
               them
               ,
            
          
           
             Thus
             far
             the
             Chancellor
             of
             the
             University
             of
             Paris
             ,
             then
             which
             nothing
             could
             have
             been
             spoken
             more
             pithily
             and
             elegantly
             ,
             or
             more
             seasonably
             to
             cur
             present
             purpose
             ,
             indeed
             it
             concerns
             both
             People
             and
             Princes
             ,
             that
             Kings
             should
             be
             good
             proficients
             in
             the
             School
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Master
             .
             There
             is
             one
             Man
             whom
             all
             Europe
             knows
             is
             but
             a
             poor
             Scholler
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             that
             famous
             civil
             Lawyer
             Bartolus
             come
             out
             and
             
             speak
             his
             mind
             .
             
               It
               is
               a
               just
               Cause
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               that
               would
               have
               a
               tyrannical
               Government
               laid
               aside
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               just
               cause
               that
               is
               for
               a
               just
               Regiment
               .
            
          
           
             Some
             later
             Writers
             bring
             up
             the
             Rear
             
               Bellarm.
               Peron
               .
               Francise
               .
               Torrensis
            
             and
             
               Hen.
               Holden
               .
               To
               suffer
            
             ,
             saith
             the
             first
             ,
             
               an
               Heretical
               or
               a
               pagan
               infidel
               King
               ,
               endeavouring
               to
               bring
               Men
               over
               to
               his
               Sect
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               expose
               Religion
               to
               evident
               danger
               ;
               and
               Christians
               are
               not
            
             
             
               obliged
               ,
               nor
               ought
               to
               tollerate
               a
               King
               that
               is
               an
               Infidel
               when
               Religion
               lies
               at
               stake
               ,
               for
               when
               Divine
               Right
               seems
               to
               clash
               with
               the
               Human
               ,
               then
               indeed
               we
               must
               stick
               fast
               to
               the
               Divine
               Right
               omitting
               the
               other
               ,
               but
               now
               it
               is
               of
               Divine
               Right
               to
               maintain
               and
               pr●serve
               Religion
               and
               Faith
               ,
               which
               is
               but
               one
               only
               and
               not
               many
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               of
               Human
               Right
               to
               have
               such
               ,
               or
               such
               an
               one
               for
               King.
               
            
          
           
             The
             same
             Author
             in
             another
             place
             thus
             delivers
             himself
             ,
             For
             
             
               albeit
               ,
               we
               ought
               to
               give
               obedience
               to
               a
               King
               ,
               whilst
               he
               is
               a
               King
               ;
               yet
               it
               is
               not
            
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
             
               that
               we
               should
               not
               abrogate
               or
               change
               the
               Constitutions
               of
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               nor
               deprive
               a
               King
               of
               it
               let
               him
               do
               what
               he
               will.
            
             And
             again
             ,
             
               I
               taught
               you
               but
               just
               now
               ,
               that
               when
               we
               have
               once
               this
               or
               that
               King
               set
               over
               us
               ,
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               obey
               him
            
             jure
             Divino
             
               so
               long
               as
               he
               sits
               upon
               the
               Throne
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               was
               not
            
             de
             jure
             Divino
             ,
             
               that
               he
               should
               always
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               he
               lives
               ,
               sit
               on
               the
               Regal
               Throne
               ,
               for
               it
               may
               so
               come
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               either
               he
               himself
               may
               Abdicate
               his
               Regal
               Power
               ,
               or
               may
               be
               brought
               low
               ,
               being
               overcome
               by
               some
               other
               King
               ,
               or
               may
               be
               deposed
               upon
               some
               other
               account
               ,
               as
               for
               Heresie
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               now
               by
               what
               means
               soever
               he
               ceaseth
               to
               be
               King
               ,
               obedience
               and
               homage
            
             
             
               likewise
               ceaseth
               to
               be
               due
               to
               him
               :
            
             A
             Man
             would
             swear
             Bellermin
             had
             written
             these
             things
             on
             purpose
             against
             King
             
             James's
             ca●e
             .
             Peronius
             comes
             next
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             Speech
             of
             his
             he
             made
             to
             the
             States
             General
             at
             Blois
             ,
             maintains
             stiffly
             that
             a
             King
             may
             be
             discharged
             from
             his
             Office
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             well
             became
             a
             Parasite
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             he
             leaves
             this
             Game
             to
             be
             played
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             People
             whom
             he
             terms
             the
             Beast
             with
             many
             Heads
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             General
             Council
             ,
             in
             whose
             power
             it
             is
             to
             depose
             a
             Pope
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             Confession
             of
             the
             Assertors
             of
             pontifical
             Tyranny
             ,
             were
             not
             quite
             as
             much
             a
             Beast
             with
             many
             Heads
             as
             the
             States
             General
             .
          
           
             Torenfis
             also
             insisting
             upon
             the
             same
             Principles
             with
             Beliermin
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               that
               holds
               that
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Church
               is
               greater
               then
            
             
             
               that
               of
               a
               Pope
               ,
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               mean
               nothing
               else
               but
               that
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               whose
               Regal
               Power
               is
               derived
               not
               from
               the
               Human
               Law
               ,
               as
               is
               that
               of
               a
               secular
               King
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               Divine
               Law
               ,
               d●th
               not
               at
               all
               differ
               from
               a
               secular
               King
               ,
               who
               if
               he
               proves
               troublesom
               and
               pestilent
               ,
               and
               a
               Tyrant
               may
               be
               deposed
               by
               the
               Subject
               .
            
          
           
             To
             both
             these
             aforesaid
             ,
             doth
             
               Henry
               Holden
            
             a
             Doctor
             of
             the
             Sorbon
             subscribe
             ,
             in
             a
             Book
             he
             ventured
             to
             publish
             at
             
               Paris
               ,
               The
            
             
             
               short
               and
               long
               of
               it
               is
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               considering
               that
               all
               Society
               co
               mence
               h
               from
               contracts
               and
               covenants
               entered
               into
               between
               the
               People
               and
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               ,
               of
               which
               Government
               and
               Discipline
               ,
               Laws
               and
               Rules
               interchangeably
               ratified
               and
               agreed
               upon
               by
               mutual
               consent
               ,
               are
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Society
               or
               Community
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Form
               and
               Life
               of
               it
               ;
               manifest
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               if
               Supream
            
             Authority
             
               shall
               command
               any
               thing
               oppugnant
               and
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               ,
               and
               having
               a
               design
               to
               erect
               an
               Absolute
               and
               Arbitrary
               Power
               shall
               say
               ,
            
             stet
             pro
             ratione
             voluntas
             ,
             
               my
               will
               shall
               stand
               for
               a
               Law
               ,
               by
               that
               very
               thing
               his
               Subjects
               are
            
             ipso
             facto
             
               freed
               and
               exempted
               from
               their
               obedience
               to
               such
               an
               ones
               Orders
               and
               Declarations
               .
               What
               hath
               been
               hitherto
               said
               concerning
               non
               Obedience
               ,
               may
               be
               also
               transfer'd
               to
               open
               Resistance
               ;
               for
               upon
               the
               same
               account
               that
               Subjects
               are
               dispensed
               from
               paying
               Obedience
               and
               Service
               to
               a
               Ruler
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               right
               it
               may
               be
               lawful
               for
               them
               to
               resist
               and
               withstand
               the
               same
               Government
               ;
               for
               when
               the
               Emperor
               or
               King
               shall
               exceed
               and
               go
               beyond
               the
               limits
               and
               bounds
               of
               his
               Power
               ,
               and
               shall
               design
               to
               force
               things
               upon
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               compel
               and
               constrain
               them
               to
               wicked
               and
               unjust
               things
               contrary
               to
               divine
               ,
               natural
               ,
               and
               human
               Laws
               ,
               it
               is
               evident
               from
               the
               Premisses
               that
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               and
               is
               lawful
               for
               Subjects
               in
               such
               Circumstances
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               by
               all
               ways
               and
               means
               they
               can
               he
               think
               themselves
               of
               ,
               to
               stand
               upon
               their
               guard
               for
               their
               own
               defence
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               perhaps
               do
               lye
               under
               an
               obligation
               so
               to
               do
               .
            
          
           
           
             I
             should
             disert
             and
             be
             wanting
             to
             my
             Cause
             ,
             should
             I
             omit
             on
             this
             occasion
             the
             Testimony
             of
             grave
             
               Didacus
               Savedra
               Faxardus
            
             Plenipotentiary
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             who
             acquitted
             himself
             with
             so
             much
             Applause
             in
             those
             several
             Ambassies
             he
             undertook
             for
             Philip
             the
             IV.
             whose
             words
             are
             the
             more
             consp●c●ous
             and
             remarkable
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             were
             written
             for
             the
             Education
             of
             Charles
             the
             II.
             reigning
             at
             this
             day
             in
             Spain
             ,
             they
             run
             thus
             ,
             
               Let
               the
               Prince
               know
               and
               acknowledge
               the
               nature
               of
               his
            
             
             
               power
               also
               ,
               n●r
               let
               him
               look
               upon
               it
               so
               Supream
               and
               Absolute
               ,
               but
               that
               some
               part
               thereof
               at
               least
               resides
               in
               the
               people
               ,
               which
               at
               the
               first
               they
               had
               either
               a
               mind
               to
               reserve
               to
               themselves
               ,
               or
               else
               natural
               reason
               did
               grant
               it
               to
               them
               for
               their
               own
               preservation
               and
               defence
               ,
               against
               the
               unjust
               and
               manifest
               Tyranny
               of
               the
               Prince
               .
               Good
               Princes
               do
               not
               take
               it
               much
               amiss
               that
               their
               Subjects
               should
               enjoy
               some
               sort
               of
               Freedom
               or
               other
               none
               but
               Tyrants
               exercise
               Absolute
               Power
               in
               Government
               ,
               the
               Welfare
               and
               Prosperity
               of
               the
               Publick
               ,
               ariseth
               out
               of
               the
               due
               mixture
               and
               temperament
               of
               publick
               Liberty
               accompanied
               with
               the
               Prince's
               Authority
               ,
               and
               is
               thereby
               mainly
               secured
               ;
               not
               a
               pu●ssant
               Prince
               ,
               but
               a
               just
               upright
               Prince
               is
               the
               safest
               ,
               nay
               ,
               and
               he
               never
               Ioseth
               any
               thing
               in
               his
               Government
               ,
               who
               does
               not
               violate
               and
               infring
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               besides
               '
               t
               is
               the
               part
               of
               a
               prudent
               Prince
               to
               grant
               and
               concede
               the
               free
               enjoyment
               of
               his
               Subjects
               Rights
               and
               Priviledges
               ,
               especially
               when
               nothing
               of
               the
               Prince's
               Authority
               is
               lost
               by
               such
               concession
               ,
               which
               ,
               then
               only
               suffers
               some
               damage
               when
               he
               goes
               about
               to
               cozen
               and
               bereave
               Subjects
               of
               their
               Priviledges
               :
               may
               it
               suffice
               a
               Prince
               to
               leave
               that
               Crown
               he
               received
               from
               his
               Ancestors
               as
               he
               found
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Paper
             and
             Ink
             would
             fail
             me
             ,
             should
             I
             endeavour
             to
             trace
             
             all
             those
             who
             were
             possitive
             in
             the
             opinion
             and
             have
             assented
             thereto
             ,
             especially
             them
             of
             Loyala's
             Tribe
             ,
             those
             
             Becanus's
             ,
             Marianaes
             and
             Suarezes
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Gang
             of
             the
             Regicides
             ,
             I
             ●orbear
             to
             name
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             profest
             Enemies
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             consequently
             unfit
             for
             Witnesses
             in
             this
             Matter
             .
          
           
             The
             courteous
             Reader
             may
             easily
             pardon
             me
             too
             ,
             though
             I
             should
             not
             summon
             in
             the
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Church
             as
             
             witnesses
             of
             this
             Truth
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             rather
             to
             be
             consided
             in
             ,
             as
             being
             greater
             Divines
             ,
             and
             more
             happily
             versed
             in
             Sacred
             Writ
             then
             the
             Papists
             be
             .
             Yet
             seeing
             that
             this
             Intent
             of
             ours
             is
             usually
             objected
             and
             charged
             upon
             the
             Reformed
             as
             peculiar
             to
             them
             ,
             I
             supposed
             it
             will
             be
             my
             chief
             business
             clearly
             to
             evince
             this
             ,
             to
             be
             not
             only
             the
             mind
             and
             suffrage
             of
             one
             Nation
             ,
             of
             one
             Religion
             and
             Perswasion
             ;
             but
             of
             all
             Christians
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             Mankind
             
             in
             general
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Reformed
             did
             countenance
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             the
             more
             noble
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             World
             may
             convince
             us
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             suffer
             Power
             to
             oppress
             and
             bear
             down
             Religion
             by
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Idolatry
             and
             Superstition
             .
             What
             is
             spoken
             of
             the
             Reformed
             in
             general
             ,
             is
             not
             meant
             of
             every
             one
             in
             particular
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             that
             there
             are
             a
             great
             many
             to
             be
             found
             amongst
             them
             ,
             either
             too
             much
             addicted
             to
             Tyrants
             ,
             or
             else
             living
             under
             Tyrants
             being
             timerous
             ,
             have
             taught
             the
             quite
             contrary
             to
             this
             our
             Sentiment
             ,
             even
             as
             amongst
             the
             Papists
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             wanting
             a
             good
             many
             Slaves
             of
             Tyrants
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             main
             Design
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             to
             subdue
             and
             captivate
             Man
             to
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
               Wherein
               by
               Arguments
               brought
               from
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               and
               of
               Nations
               is
               evinced
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               Absolute
               Power
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             have
             produced
             but
             too
             many
             illustrious
             Examples
             ,
             and
             grave
             weighty
             determinations
             to
             overthrow
             the
             Absolute
             Power
             of
             Princes
             ,
             yet
             peradventure
             ,
             some
             may
             desire
             that
             we
             would
             impugn
             and
             oppose
             it
             by
             Arguments
             deduced
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             Nations
             ;
             we
             shall
             not
             think
             much
             to
             gratifie
             their
             request
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             a
             vast
             company
             of
             Arguments
             do
             continually
             flow
             from
             the
             very
             Fountains
             of
             Nature
             it self
             ,
             wherewith
             as
             by
             so
             many
             battering
             Rams
             ,
             the
             strong
             hold
             of
             Tyranny
             may
             be
             battered
             and
             levelled
             with
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           
             It
             might
             perhaps
             stand
             us
             upon
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             to
             enter
             upon
             a
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             Rise
             and
             Origin
             of
             Powers
             ,
             but
             since
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             long
             and
             tedious
             considering
             our
             present
             design
             ,
             we
             are
             willing
             to
             leave
             that
             task
             to
             your
             Civiliars
             ;
             it
             will
             serve
             our
             turn
             to
             have
             only
             touched
             cursorily
             upon
             some
             of
             the
             chief
             Points
             which
             conduce
             to
             our
             purpose
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             believed
             by
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             that
             if
             Adam
             had
             stood
             and
             persevered
             in
             his
             primitive
             Integrity
             ,
             his
             Posterity
             would
             never
             have
             stood
             in
             need
             either
             of
             Laws
             or
             of
             Magistracy
             ;
             Man
             being
             of
             unblamable
             life
             and
             upright
             conversation
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             a
             Law
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             acknowledged
             no
             Government
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             reason
             only
             .
             Amongst
             Persons
             perfectly
             equal
             ,
             Human
             Nature
             would
             not
             have
             sensibly
             perceived
             any
             outward
             Government
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             Parents
             of
             their
             Children
             ,
             and
             
             that
             too
             ,
             but
             until
             the
             Age
             of
             Discretion
             ,
             and
             their
             being
             capable
             of
             reason
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             reason
             became
             impared
             and
             quite
             debilitated
             by
             sin
             ,
             like
             a
             Coach-man
             jolted
             from
             his
             Box
             ,
             it
             being
             no
             longer
             able
             to
             hold
             the
             Reins
             ;
             then
             the
             affections
             and
             passions
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             like
             so
             many
             wild
             Horses
             whose
             guide
             was
             missing
             ,
             begun
             to
             play
             their
             Pranks
             ,
             and
             disorderly
             to
             be
             hurry'd
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             t●en
             the
             human
             Chari●t
             taking
             no
             notice
             of
             curb
             or
             check
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             apt
             to
             rusht
             upon
             Precipices
             ,
             when
             the
             Almighty
             commiserating
             Mans
             case
             ,
             surrounded
             and
             hedged
             him
             about
             with
             Laws
             ,
             and
             applyed
             a
             Magistracy
             over
             him
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             able
             to
             bridle
             and
             restrain
             the
             irregularity
             of
             his
             passions
             ,
             and
             the
             exo●bitancy
             of
             his
             Astections
             and
             Appetites
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             conduct
             him
             in
             that
             way
             which
             was
             sh●wn
             him
             in
             it
             .
             Hence
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             Laws
             and
             Magistracy
             are
             the
             Fruits
             and
             Conscquencies
             of
             Sin.
             
          
           
             From
             whence
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             first
             of
             all
             that
             Absolute
             Power
             cannot
             demand
             or
             claim
             any
             Aid
             or
             Assistance
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             not
             Nature
             that
             created
             Kings
             ,
             but
             the
             ●utual
             Consent
             of
             Men
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             very
             idle
             and
             frivilous
             which
             some
             prates
             of
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             res●mblance
             and
             adumbration
             of
             Kingly
             Power
             in
             brute
             Creatures
             ;
             now
             that
             some
             of
             them
             seem
             to
             rule
             over
             other
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             ,
             that
             rule
             ,
             be
             it
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             but
             a
             P●iviledge
             of
             the
             Sex
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             Individuum
             :
             for
             example
             ,
             the
             Bull
             seems
             to
             bear
             rule
             over
             the
             Cows
             ,
             tho'
             not
             over
             the
             Bulls
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             often
             trys
             a
             touch
             for
             Mastery
             ;
             the
             Ram
             seems
             to
             over-rule
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Rams
             with
             whom
             he
             s●ldom
             fails
             to
             be
             at
             odds
             ,
             and
             so
             for
             the
             rest
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             Absolute
             Sway
             doth
             seem
             to
             me
             diametrically
             opposite
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             for
             as
             Justinian
             witnesseth
             all
             Men
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             are
             free-born
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             their
             own
             ,
             
             and
             not
             another
             mans
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             any
             imagin
             he
             hath
             hit
             the
             Nail
             on
             the
             Head
             ,
             if
             he
             say
             Absolute
             Power
             is
             an
             App●ndix
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             annext
             to
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             occasion
             of
             which
             Human
             Nature
             is
             brought
             into
             bondage
             ,
             truly
             methinks
             such
             an
             one
             never
             weighed
             the
             Matter
             considerately
             enough
             ,
             true
             it
             is
             indeed
             ,
             that
             since
             Sin
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             mischeif
             and
             servitude
             ,
             crept
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             Human
             Nature
             hath
             been
             brought
             into
             bondage
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             to
             sin
             and
             death
             ,
             not
             to
             men
             .
             Neither
             will
             I
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             Kingly
             Power
             ,
             as
             also
             all
             Magistracy
             is
             the
             Appendix
             and
             effect
             of
             Sin
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             so
             stated
             the
             business
             before
             ,
             but
             nothing
             can
             be
             inferred
             srom
             thence
             ,
             which
             may
             in
             the
             least
             favour
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             for
             seeing
             
             the
             whole
             Human
             Nature
             is
             contaminated
             and
             polluted
             ,
             and
             even
             over-run
             with
             sin
             ;
             Princes
             themselves
             ,
             as
             Men
             ,
             are
             born
             Servants
             to
             sin
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             Vassals
             of
             death
             as
             well
             as
             the
             meanest
             Peasants
             ,
             all
             mens
             conditions
             upon
             that
             score
             are
             equal
             ,
             whence
             any
             one
             may
             easily
             infer
             that
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             whether
             intire
             ,
             or
             lapsed
             ,
             no
             right
             can
             be
             ascribed
             to
             one
             Man
             over
             another
             ,
             abating
             the
             right
             that
             Parents
             have
             over
             their
             Children
             .
          
           
             II.
             Nor
             can
             Absolute
             Power
             call
             any
             thing
             more
             to
             back
             and
             assist
             it
             out
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             ,
             because
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             is
             in
             a
             manner
             common
             to
             〈…〉
             most
             Nations
             .
             Now
             not
             all
             in
             general
             ,
             (
             nay
             ,
             not
             the
             most
             civilized
             and
             po●●te
             Nations
             ,
             )
             do
             obey
             Kings
             ,
             for
             they
             who
             do
             acknowledge
             Government
             ,
             do
             not
             use
             it
             alike
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             as
             is
             manifest
             from
             the
             various
             Constitutions
             and
             Models
             of
             Kingdoms
             .
             Amongst
             those
             who
             approach
             nearest
             to
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             narrowly
             sifted
             and
             examined
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             found
             to
             discard
             and
             destroy
             Absolute
             Power
             ;
             nor
             indeed
             are
             we
             to
             pass
             by
             in
             silence
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             Form
             of
             Government
             instituted
             by
             God
             himself
             immediately
             was
             absolutely
             Democratical
             or
             Aristocratical
             ,
             wherefore
             it
             s
             very
             plain
             and
             evident
             also
             ,
             that
             Absolute
             Power
             and
             Dominion
             is
             quite
             cont●ary
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             ,
             as
             never
             having
             been
             ordained
             any
             where
             that
             we
             can
             learn.
             There
             remains
             still
             the
             Civil
             Law
             ,
             under
             which
             it
             may
             seem
             to
             seek
             shelter
             and
             borrow
             patronage
             ;
             but
             now
             what
             that
             Law
             is
             that
             justies
             out
             and
             destroys
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             Nations
             ,
             I
             cannot
             conceive
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             plain
             down-right
             dishonesty
             and
             injury
             .
          
           
             III.
             If
             Absolute
             Power
             were
             allowed
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             then
             the
             right
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             most
             just
             Creatour
             and
             wise
             Governour
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             would
             not
             differ
             about
             temporals
             intensione
             as
             they
             term
             it
             ,
             but
             extensione
             ,
             from
             that
             created
             power
             ,
             which
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             blinded
             by
             covetousness
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             impious
             to
             think
             .
          
           
             IV.
             The
             whole
             is
             bigger
             then
             its
             parts
             ,
             and
             a
             Prince
             is
             but
             a
             part
             of
             a
             Common-wealth
             ,
             Ergo
             the
             Common-wealth
             is
             greater
             than
             the
             Prince
             :
             This
             demonstration
             is
             strongly
             backt
             from
             the
             consideration
             ,
             that
             a
             Common-wealth
             is
             a
             whole
             ,
             standing
             in
             need
             of
             a
             Prince
             
               nec
               ad
               esse
               ,
               nec
               ad
               bene
               esse
               ,
               sed
               tantum
               ad
               melius
               ,
            
             neither
             as
             to
             its
             being
             ,
             nor
             well-being
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             its
             better
             being
             ;
             now
             when
             a
             Common-wealth
             is
             well
             and
             cannot
             be
             better
             ;
             none
             but
             a
             perfect
             slave
             to
             Tyrants
             will
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             highly
             concerns
             the
             Common-wealth
             to
             look
             about
             them
             and
             provide
             for
             their
             safety
             .
          
           
             V.
             It
             is
             confest
             by
             all
             hands
             ,
             that
             Laws
             were
             enacted
             for
             the
             restraining
             of
             Mens
             inordinate
             Lusts
             and
             Desires
             ,
             whence
             it
             is
             most
             clear
             that
             whatsoever
             power
             tends
             to
             the
             favouring
             Man's
             covetous
             Desires
             is
             altogether
             an
             unlawful
             power
             ;
             as
             modern
             experience
             that
             I
             may
             not
             rake
             into
             the
             records
             of
             Antiquity
             sufficiently
             makes
             out
             :
             
               It
               is
               an
               in●ate
               disposition
               incident
               to
               Men
               ,
            
             (
             they
             are
             Lipsius
             his
             expression
             )
             
               to
               be
               insolent
               and
               immoderate
               in
               Government
               ,
               nor
               is
               it
               an
               easie
               matter
               to
               keep
               within
               compass
               a
               thing
               which
               is
               unbounded
               .
            
             
             But
             now
             Absolute
             Power
             doth
             favour
             the
             unruly
             desires
             of
             Princes
             ,
             therefore
             is
             unlawful
             .
          
           
             VI.
             All
             power
             is
             ordained
             by
             God
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             Society
             ,
             now
             Absolute
             Power
             is
             the
             Calamity
             ,
             bane
             and
             destruction
             of
             Society
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             not
             ordained
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             VII
             .
             Whatsoever
             derives
             its
             beginning
             from
             another
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             subject
             and
             subordinate
             to
             that
             ,
             to
             which
             it
             ows
             its
             beginning
             ,
             especially
             in
             morality
             
             but
             Regal
             Power
             derives
             its
             rise
             and
             beginning
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             therefore
             ought
             Regal
             Power
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             ,
             and
             depend
             upon
             the
             People
             ;
             the
             usual
             Answer
             to
             this
             Argument
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             Proposition
             is
             not
             always
             true
             ,
             as
             for
             example
             ,
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             elected
             by
             the
             Cardinals
             ,
             yet
             is
             he
             not
             subject
             to
             them
             after
             his
             Election
             ;
             but
             this
             answer
             is
             vain
             and
             nothing
             at
             all
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             
             for
             the
             Cardinals
             in
             the
             Election
             of
             the
             Pope
             do
             represent
             the
             whole
             Church
             together
             ,
             which
             conferred
             this
             Trust
             and
             Charge
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             have
             once
             acquitted
             themselves
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             longer
             the
             Representives
             of
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Church
             it self
             ever
             remains
             superiour
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             at
             such
             time
             as
             she
             thinks
             good
             to
             lay
             down
             the
             Authority
             of
             a
             Pope
             ,
             she
             may
             commit
             it
             to
             the
             Cardinals
             ;
             but
             that
             Regal
             Power
             draws
             its
             origin
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             if
             the
             business
             needed
             proving
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             ,
             without
             much
             ado
             ,
             demonstrated
             from
             the
             very
             Coronation
             of
             the
             French
             Kings
             .
             
             For
             after
             this
             manner
             doth
             the
             Archbishop
             speak
             to
             him
             when
             he
             anoints
             him
             ,
             
               Maintain
               that
               State
               and
               Dignity
               in
               which
               you
               are
               placed
               to
               succeed
               your
               Father
               ,
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Inheritance
               ,
               by
               divine
               Providence
               ,
               by
               our
               present
               delivering
               it
               to
               you
               .
            
          
           
             VIII
             .
             Besides
             there
             was
             ever
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             Subjects
             and
             Servants
             ,
             Subjects
             are
             always
             looked
             upon
             in
             the
             Scripture
             as
             Sons
             and
             Brethren
             ,
             but
             Servants
             are
             accounted
             as
             the
             vilest
             and
             most
             abject
             of
             Mortals
             ,
             now
             then
             if
             
             you
             ascribe
             Absolute
             Power
             to
             Princes
             ,
             this
             difference
             and
             distinction
             would
             be
             quite
             out
             of
             doors
             ,
             because
             the
             Power
             of
             Lords
             over
             Servants
             cannot
             be
             greater
             then
             Absolute
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             Subjects
             would
             be
             in
             a
             much
             worse
             condition
             then
             Servants
             ,
             for
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Power
             of
             Lords
             over
             Servants
             cannot
             be
             called
             Absolute
             .
             If
             the
             Authority
             of
             Justinian
             the
             Emperour
             may
             be
             of
             any
             moment
             in
             this
             matter
             ;
             
               But
               at
               this
               time
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               it
               shall
               not
               be
               lawful
               for
               any
               Man
               whatsoever
               within
               our
               Empire
               ,
               without
               some
               cause
               approved
               of
               by
               the
               Laws
               ,
               to
            
             
             
               exercise
               any
               unreasonable
               excessive
               cruelty
               upon
               his
               Servants
               ;
               for
               by
               the
               order
               of
            
             Antoninus
             ,
             
               whosoever
               shall
               slay
               his
               Servant
               without
               cause
               ,
               shall
               have
               no
               less
               punishment
               inflicted
               on
               him
               then
               if
               he
               had
               killed
               another
               mans
               ,
               but
               even
               too
               great
               and
               extraordinary
               sharpness
               and
               austerity
               of
               Lords
               and
               Masters
               ,
               was
               restrained
               by
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               aforesaid
               Prince
               ,
               for
            
             Antoninus
             
               being
               consulted
               by
               some
               Governours
               of
               Provinces
               about
               such
               Servants
               who
               took
               refuge
               in
               the
               Temple
               ,
               or
               fled
               to
               the
               Statue
               of
               the
               Prince
               ,
               gave
               order
               that
               if
               the
               cruelty
               of
               Lords
               and
               Masters
               should
               appear
               intollerable
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               be
               compelled
               to
               sell
               their
               Servants
               ,
               upon
               good
               Conditions
               ,
               and
               the
               price
               to
               be
               given
               to
               the
               Masters
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               reason
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               expedient
               for
               the
               Common-wealth
               ,
               that
               none
               make
               ill
               use
               of
               what
               he
               hath
            
             ;
             The
             words
             of
             this
             Extract
             sent
             to
             
               Aelius
               Martianus
            
             are
             these
             ,
             
               the
               Power
               and
               Authority
               of
               Lords
               over
               Servants
               ought
               to
               be
               just
               and
               blameless
               ,
               nor
               ought
               any
               Person
               whatsoever
               to
               be
               defrauded
               of
               his
               right
               ,
               but
               it
               mightily
               concerns
               Masters
               ,
               to
               see
               that
               redress
               be
               not
               denied
               to
               those
               who
               shall
               lawfully
               require
               it
               for
               hardships
               ,
               hunger
               ,
               thirst
               ,
               or
               intollerable
               injury
               .
            
             M.
             Antoninus
             seems
             in
             these
             Clauses
             to
             Counsel
             and
             Advice
             Servants
             and
             Subjects
             to
             take
             their
             parts
             against
             Tyrants
             ;
             
               Wherefore
               take
               cognisance
               of
               the
               Complaints
               of
               those
               of
               the
               Family
               of
               Julius
               and
               Sabinus
               ,
               who
               have
               fled
               for
               Refuge
               to
               the
               Sacred
               Statue
               ,
               and
               in
               case
               they
               be
               either
               more
               hardly
               used
               and
               intreated
               then
               justice
               requires
               ,
               or
               if
               you
               shall
               judge
               them
               ignominously
               wronged
               and
               abused
               ;
               
                 venire
                 jube
              
               ,
               cause
               them
               to
               be
               sold
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               may
               never
               any
               more
               fall
               into
               their
               Lords
               clutches
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               shall
               prove
               to
               act
               otherwise
               then
               becomes
               a
               subject
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               submit
               to
               this
               my
               Ordinance
               ,
               let
               him
               understand
               that
               I
               shall
               execute
               the
               severity
               of
               the
               Law
               against
               him
               for
               such
               a
               default
               .
            
             This
             constitution
             of
             the
             Emperors
             doth
             altogether
             correspond
             with
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             commanded
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             one
             shall
             deprive
             a
             Man-servant
             or
             a
             Maid-servant
             of
             one
             Eye
             ,
             yea
             ,
             or
             but
             of
             a
             Tooth
             ,
             then
             he
             shall
             be
             forced
             to
             grant
             them
             their
             liberty
             ,
             Exod.
             21.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
           
             God
             likewise
             commands
             that
             if
             any
             one
             induced
             by
             Poverty
             ,
             shall
             sell
             himself
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             reckoned
             as
             a
             bond
             Servant
             ,
             but
             as
             an
             hired
             Servant
             and
             a
             Sojourner
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             serve
             till
             the
             Year
             of
             Jubile
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             depart
             both
             he
             and
             his
             Children
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             shall
             return
             to
             the
             Possession
             of
             his
             Fathers
             ,
             
             he
             and
             his
             Children
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             my
             Servants
             which
             I
             brought
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             sold
             as
             Bonds-men
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             rule
             over
             them
             with
             ●igour
             ,
             but
             shal●
             fear
             thy
             God.
             You
             see
             that
             for
             some
             certain
             reasons
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             for
             cruelty
             ,
             for
             hunger
             ,
             or
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             ins●fferable
             wrongs
             ,
             that
             Servants
             might
             by
             Gods
             appointment
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Emperors
             
             Constitutions
             ,
             which
             have
             now
             the
             force
             of
             Laws
             ,
             be
             exempted
             from
             their
             Masters
             commands
             and
             injunctions
             .
             Why
             may
             not
             then
             Subjects
             be
             withdrawn
             from
             ,
             and
             dispensed
             of
             their
             duty
             to
             Princes
             unsit
             to
             bear
             sway
             ?
          
           
             From
             the
             Second
             Book
             also
             of
             the
             Fiefs
             or
             
               Feudaries
               ,
               Tit.
            
             26.
             5.
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             is
             no
             less
             capable
             to
             commit
             an
             act
             of
             Treason
             against
             the
             Vassal
             ,
             than
             is
             the
             Vassal
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             shall
             so
             happen
             ,
             the
             Lord
             loseth
             all
             his
             right
             over
             the
             Vassal
             ;
             no
             ,
             nor
             is
             that
             Power
             of
             Fathers
             over
             Sons
             Absolute
             neither
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             founded
             upon
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             for
             a
             Son
             is
             discharged
             from
             the
             Duty
             to
             a
             Farther
             ,
             that
             with
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             beyond
             all
             reason
             misuseth
             him
             ,
             or
             if
             the
             Father
             shall
             thunder
             out
             disinheritance
             against
             the
             Son
             ,
             the
             Laws
             shall
             carefully
             inquire
             into
             the
             occasions
             of
             disinheriting
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             be
             upon
             ●light
             Grounds
             or
             unadvisedly
             done
             ,
             that
             disinheriting
             shall
             be
             lookt
             upon
             as
             null
             and
             of
             none
             effect
             .
          
           
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             if
             all
             Subjects
             be
             but
             Servants
             ,
             what
             becomes
             of
             Peers
             ,
             withcut
             whom
             a
             King
             cannot
             try
             a
             Peer
             ,
             but
             if
             the
             King
             hath
             need
             of
             Peers
             in
             passing
             Sentence
             ,
             by
             Votes
             ,
             what
             signifies
             your
             Absolute
             Power
             ;
             truly
             I
             am
             
             even
             ashamed
             of
             those
             Persons
             ,
             who
             professing
             themselves
             Christians
             ,
             have
             a
             flighter
             opinion
             of
             Humanity
             then
             the
             Heathens
             have
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             taken
             for
             granted
             amongst
             all
             the
             asserters
             and
             maintainers
             of
             Absolute
             
             Power
             by
             
               Barklay
               ,
               Grotius
            
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             by
             Salmatius
             the
             most
             daring
             and
             boldest
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             did
             not
             part
             with
             ,
             or
             make
             over
             all
             their
             right
             to
             the
             Prince
             ;
             as
             for
             example
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             transfer
             all
             their
             right
             of
             chusing
             to
             himself
             a
             Successor
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             whole
             Royal
             Family
             be
             extinct
             .
             Salmatius
             himself
             agrees
             with
             us
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             
               Where
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Royal
               Line
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               in
               hereditary
               Kingdoms
               is
               quite
               extinct
               ,
               in
               such
               case
               the
               Power
               returns
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               may
               be
               lawful
               afterwards
               ,
               to
               confer
               the
               like
               Government
               upon
               another
               Person
               ,
               or
               change
               it
               into
               another
               form
               ,
               neither
               did
               the
               People
               grant
               to
               the
               King
               the
               right
               of
               Allienating
               the
               Crown
               ,
               or
               making
               it
               belong
               to
               anothers
               Dominion
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               the
               publick
               Good
               and
               Advantage
               ,
               for
               fear
               least
               some
               Stranger
               or
               other
               unfit
               Person
               should
               be
               set
               over
               the
               People
               .
            
          
           
             Charles
             the
             VI.
             is
             a
             pregnant
             example
             of
             this
             ,
             who
             ,
             at
             such
             time
             as
             he
             abandoned
             Charles
             the
             VII
             .
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             declared
             and
             appointed
             Henry
             King
             of
             England
             his
             Son-in-Law
             Heir
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             this
             disowning
             and
             grant
             was
             judged
             by
             the
             People
             of
             France
             of
             none
             effect
             ,
             and
             exploded
             ;
             and
             so
             Charles
             the
             VII
             .
             was
             again
             fully
             restored
             to
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             .
             Francis
             the
             First
             also
             ●ffords
             us
             a
             notable
             Instance
             of
             this
             same
             ,
             that
             a
             King
             cannot
             wa●rant
             his
             ali●nating
             the
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             or
             make
             it
             depend
             on
             anothers
             jurisdiction
             ,
             who
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             redeemed
             himself
             out
             of
             Captivity
             ,
             wherein
             he
             was
             kept
             by
             Charles
             the
             V.
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             several
             Provinces
             ,
             the
             People
             of
             France
             did
             stiffly
             maintain
             that
             it
             was
             not
             in
             the
             K●ngs
             Power
             to
             alienate
             the
             Dominion
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             called
             it
             )
             wherefore
             when
             the
             
               Salus
               populi
            
             ,
             or
             publick
             welfare
             is
             in
             Jeopardy
             ,
             the
             People
             ever
             reserved
             to
             themselves
             the
             Right
             and
             Power
             of
             defending
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             ways
             and
             means
             of
             furthering
             and
             advancing
             it
             .
          
           
           
             X.
             Here
             comes
             many
             more
             still
             who
             shall
             be
             witnesses
             against
             themselves
             ,
             for
             they
             say
             ,
             That
             put
             the
             Case
             the
             King
             turn
             a
             common
             Enemy
             he
             
             ma●y
             not
             be
             removed
             from
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             thus
             speaks
             
               Salmatius
               ,
               If
               so
               be
               out
               of
               an
               hostile
               mind
               ,
               he
               be
               fully
               bent
               upon
               the
               utter
               undoing
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               he
               doth
               thereupon
            
             ipso
             facto
             ,
             
               lose
               his
               right
               to
               it
               indeed
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               justly
               forsaken
               by
               his
               People
               ;
               now
               he
               doth
               then
               ,
               become
               an
               open
               Enemy
               ,
               when
               he
               doth
               not
               only
               shed
               his
               Peoples
               Blood
               right
               or
               wrong
               ,
               but
               when
               he
               suppresseth
               Religion
               ,
               commits
               Adultery
               with
               other
               Mens
               Wives
               ,
               defliwers
               Virgins
               ,
               seizeth
               and
               appropriates
               to
               himself
               Mens
               Estates
               ,
               breaks
               his
               word
               ,
               does
               abrogate
               and
               disannul
               Priviledges
               and
               Charters
               ,
               and
               every
               where
               sheweth
               himself
               a
               contemner
               of
               divine
               and
               human
               Laws
               ;
               for
               the
               T●uth
               is
               ,
               Thieves
               ,
               Clippers
               and
               Coyners
               ,
               Whore-Masters
               ,
               and
               perjured
               Persons
               are
               no
               less
               Felons
               ,
               and
               do
               no
               less
               deserve
               condign
               punishment
               and
               death
               ,
               then
               Highway-men
               and
               Murtherers
            
             ;
             and
             to
             speak
             freely
             ,
             there
             are
             but
             a
             few
             practical
             Tyrants
             that
             are
             not
             guilty
             of
             all
             these
             wicked
             Misdemeanors
             .
          
           
             XI
             .
             All
             Christian
             Princes
             who
             are
             inclined
             and
             adhere
             to
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             do
             pro●ess
             themselves
             subject
             thereto
             in
             matters
             relating
             to
             Faith
             and
             Good
             
             Manners
             ;
             and
             so
             do
             the
             two
             Councils
             of
             Constans
             and
             Basill
             injoyn
             .
             Wherefore
             when
             they
             commit
             any
             heinous
             Offence
             against
             Faith
             and
             Good
             Manners
             ,
             no
             body
             q●estions
             but
             that
             the
             Church
             may
             proceed
             against
             them
             by
             Excommunication
             ,
             but
             if
             despising
             a
             lesser
             Excommunication
             ,
             they
             shall
             grow
             hardned
             in
             their
             wickedness
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             struck
             with
             the
             Thunder-bolt
             of
             a
             greater
             ,
             which
             differs
             from
             deposition
             ,
             or
             final
             reliction
             ,
             only
             in
             term
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             in
             length
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             not
             appease
             the
             wrath
             of
             their
             Judge
             by
             repentance
             and
             amendment
             ,
             it
             then
             may
             end
             in
             exterpation
             and
             deposition
             .
             History
             supplies
             us
             with
             so
             many
             examples
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             that
             who
             so
             requires
             to
             have
             them
             produced
             ,
             shews
             himself
             but
             an
             ignoramus
             in
             ancient
             Records
             ;
             who
             knows
             not
             that
             Henry
             the
             IV.
             King
             of
             France
             could
             never
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             till
             (
             his
             Ambassador
             being
             beaten
             with
             a
             Stick
             by
             the
             Pope's
             own
             Hands
             )
             he
             had
             expi●ted
             ,
             and
             was
             punished
             for
             his
             Heresie
             as
             they
             suppose
             ;
             who
             can
             be
             ignorant
             that
             Philip
             the
             August
             for
             his
             repudiating
             Isemburga
             his
             Consort
             ,
             and
             taking
             to
             Wife
             
               Mary
               Agnes
            
             had
             very
             like
             to
             have
             lost
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ;
             if
             any
             would
             be
             certified
             how
             far
             the
             greater
             Excommunication
             may
             proceed
             ,
             let
             him
             have
             recourse
             to
             Philip
             the
             August
             ,
             wherein
             he
             may
             also
             meet
             with
             the
             Story
             of
             
               John
               Sans
               terre
            
             ,
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             St.
             Germain
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             ,
             whose
             Authority
             came
             far
             short
             of
             that
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             inflict
             the
             penalty
             of
             Excommunication
             upon
             Sigisbert
             King
             of
             Austravia
             ?
             What
             's
             the
             reason
             then
             ,
             why
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Realm
             (
             amongst
             whom
             is
             to
             be
             found
             
             very
             many
             learned
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             of
             Nations
             )
             may
             not
             turn
             out
             and
             depose
             a
             convicted
             and
             incorrigible
             ,
             refractory
             Tyrant
             :
             especially
             since
             a
             fault
             may
             be
             more
             descerned
             in
             Temporals
             then
             Spirituals
             ,
             and
             seeing
             that
             it
             spreads
             it self
             with
             more
             dangerous
             consequences
             amongst
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             a
             Prince
             does
             them
             much
             more
             harm
             then
             his
             Heresie
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             The
             imperial
             Dignity
             without
             all
             dispute
             is
             greater
             then
             the
             Regal
             ,
             for
             an
             Emperor
             can
             create
             Kings
             ,
             but
             ,
             to
             create
             an
             Emperor
             was
             never
             the
             Power
             of
             any
             King
             ,
             that
             was
             always
             left
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             their
             business
             only
             ;
             but
             now
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             how
             high
             soever
             his
             Dignity
             be
             ,
             pays
             homage
             to
             the
             Empire
             ,
             why
             then
             may
             not
             a
             King
             do
             the
             like
             to
             a
             Kingdom
             ?
             the
             Empire
             may
             
             warrant
             their
             not
             standing
             by
             an
             unfit
             Emperor
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             even
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             which
             falls
             out
             ever
             and
             anon
             :
             Why
             may
             not
             then
             a
             Kingdom
             forsake
             and
             dethrone
             a
             King
             unfit
             for
             ruling
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             Again
             ,
             Absolute
             Power
             sets
             the
             Door
             wide
             open
             not
             only
             to
             the
             disorderly
             Vices
             of
             Princes
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             because
             
               Regis
               ad
               exemplum
               ●●us
               componitur
               orbis
               ,
            
             every
             one
             strives
             to
             follow
             the
             Fashion
             at
             Court
             ,
             we
             
             read
             of
             Cambyses
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             was
             acquainted
             by
             some
             debauched
             flatterers
             that
             there
             was
             a
             certain
             Law
             ,
             which
             gave
             leave
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             he
             listed
             ;
             married
             his
             own
             Sister
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             ,
             did
             allow
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             marriages
             to
             wipe
             off
             the
             scandal
             ,
             and
             appearance
             of
             Sin
             :
             and
             it
             is
             not
             so
             long
             ago
             ,
             since
             we
             saw
             ,
             the
             Husband
             (
             of
             a
             Wife
             debauched
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             )
             to
             debanch
             and
             steal
             away
             the
             Wife
             of
             another
             from
             her
             Husband
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             connived
             at
             too
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             King
             's
             ill
             example
             .
             So
             that
             we
             see
             that
             the
             fear
             of
             God's
             Law
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             restrain
             and
             bridle
             the
             King's
             lusts
             and
             unruly
             affections
             ,
             for
             frequent
             experience
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             at
             all
             sufficient
             .
          
           
             
               Tam
               facilé
               &
               pronum
               est
               Superos
               contemnere
               testes
               
            
             
               Si
               mortalis
               Idem
               nemo
               Sciat
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               easily
               Men
               with
               the
               Gods
               make
               bold
               ,
            
             
               When
               they
               alone
               behold
               the
               Sin
               we
               act
               ,
            
             
               No
               Mortal
               being
               witness
               to
               the
               Fact.
               
            
          
           
             Except
             it
             be
             again
             and
             again
             inculcated
             to
             Princes
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             pleased
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Men
             appointed
             on
             purpose
             to
             vindicate
             and
             enforce
             his
             Laws
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             common
             with
             Princes
             then
             to
             think
             the
             greatest
             Power
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             License
             to
             do
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             exemplified
             in
             Vortigerus
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             rage
             and
             heat
             of
             his
             
             Lust
             espoused
             his
             own
             Daughter
             .
          
           
             XIV
             .
             If
             Monarchical
             Government
             were
             Absolute
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             the
             less
             noble
             then
             the
             Democratical
             ,
             for
             Democracy
             is
             the
             Dominion
             over
             Free-born
             Men
             ,
             for
             it
             implies
             a
             contradiction
             for
             a
             People
             in
             the
             same
             respect
             both
             to
             rule
             and
             obey
             ;
             but
             a
             Monarchy
             if
             it
             be
             unlimited
             is
             the
             ruling
             over
             Servants
             ,
             but
             now
             the
             Government
             over
             Freemen
             is
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             noble
             ,
             then
             that
             over
             Servants
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             Authority
             and
             Power
             of
             a
             Father
             over
             his
             Son
             ,
             doth
             far
             excel
             the
             Power
             of
             a
             Master
             over
             his
             Slaves
             :
             It
             makes
             not
             at
             all
             against
             us
             that
             God's
             Power
             over
             his
             Creatures
             is
             Absolute
             ,
             for
             I
             acknowledge
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             certain
             conclusion
             gathered
             from
             God
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             vast
             disproportion
             and
             immensity
             between
             his
             Nature
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             theirs
             .
             God
             cannot
             abuse
             his
             Power
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             God's
             Power
             over
             intelligent
             Creatures
             freed
             from
             sin
             ,
             which
             freedom
             is
             the
             only
             liberty
             os
             intelligent
             Creatures
             ,
             is
             nobler
             far
             ,
             then
             the
             Dominion
             over
             Creatures
             subject
             to
             sin
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             perfect
             bondage
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             may
             speak
             what
             I
             think
             ,
             truly
             your
             Court-flatterers
             do
             put
             a
             base
             Affront
             upon
             Regal
             Authority
             and
             mightily
             disparage
             it
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             the
             confidence
             to
             make
             him
             pass
             for
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             not
             but
             that
             Monarchical
             Power
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             hath
             a
             certain
             transcendent
             superlative
             Excellency
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             above
             others
             ,
             provided
             it
             be
             tied
             up
             and
             regulated
             and
             owned
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             our
             present
             design
             to
             dive
             into
             or
             discuss
             .
             It
             will
             suffice
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             to
             lay
             the
             Foundation
             and
             Superstructure
             of
             Monarchy
             or
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             and
             withal
             to
             fortifie
             and
             defend
             it
             by
             overthrowing
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             demonstrate
             that
             those
             immoderate
             cyers-●p
             of
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             just
             like
             the
             Gyants
             of
             old
             ,
             whilst
             they
             aim
             at
             building
             their
             Tower
             too
             high
             ,
             do
             endeavour
             its
             down-fall
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             crusht
             with
             its
             ruins
             themselves
             .
          
           
             XV.
             If
             we
             allow
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             either
             
               jure
               Divino
            
             or
             
               jure
               Humano
            
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             by
             Divine
             Right
             ,
             since
             God
             Deut.
             17.
             maketh
             an
             everlasting
             decree
             against
             the
             unbounded
             desires
             of
             Kings
             ,
             which
             I
             suppose
             will
             not
             be
             much
             amiss
             to
             set
             down
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             
               When
               thou
               shalt
               come
               into
               the
               Land
               which
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               giveth
               thee
               ,
               and
               shalt
               possess
               it
               ,
               and
               shalt
               dwell
               therein
               ,
               and
               shalt
               say
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               will
               set
               a
               King
               over
               me
               like
               as
               all
               the
               Nations
               that
               are
               about
               me
               :
               thou
               shal●
               in
               any
               wise
               set
               him
               King
               over
               thee
               whom
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               shall
               choose
               ,
               one
               from
               among
               thy
               Brethren
               shalt
               thou
               set
               a
               King
               over
               thee
               ,
               thou
               may'st
               not
               set
               a
               Stranger
               over
               th●e
               which
               is
               not
               thy
               Brother
               ;
               but
               he
               shall
               not
               multiply
               Horses
               to
               himself
               ,
               nor
               cause
               the
               People
               to
               return
               to
               Egypt
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               multiply
               Horses
               :
               Forasmuch
               as
               the
               Lord
               hath
               said
               ye
               shall
               return
               no
               more
               that
               way
               ,
               neither
               shall
               ●e
               multiply
               Wives
               to
               himself
               ,
               that
               his
               Heart
               turn
               not
               away
               ,
               netther
               shall
               he
               greatly
               multiply
               to
               himself
               Silver
               and
               Gold
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               when
               he
               sitteth
               upon
               the
               Throne
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               write
               him
               a
               Copy
               of
               this
               Law
               in
               a
               Book
               ,
               out
               of
               that
               which
               is
               before
               the
               Priests
               and
               Levites
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               read
               therein
               all
               the
               days
               of
               his
               Life
               :
               that
               he
               may
               learn
               to
               fear
               the
               Lord
               his
               God
               ;
               to
               keep
               all
               the
               words
               of
               this
               Law
               ,
               and
               and
               these
               Statutes
               to
               do
               them
               ,
               that
               his
               Heart
               be
               not
               lifted
               up
               above
               his
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               turn
               not
               a
               side
               from
               the
               Commandements
               to
               the
               right
               Hand
               or
               to
               the
               lest
               ;
               to
               the
               end
               that
               he
               may
               prolong
               his
               days
               in
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               he
               and
               his
               Children
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             2.
             10.
             
             
               Be
               wise
               now
               therefore
               O
               ye
               Kings
               ,
               be
               instructed
               O
               ye
               Judges
               of
               the
               Earth
               :
            
             Nor
             is
             R●gal
             Power
             by
             Human
             Right
             ,
             Absolute
             neither
             ,
             for
             the
             practice
             and
             custom
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             as
             we
             already
             have
             plainly
             demonstrated
             ,
             are
             point
             blank
             against
             it
             ;
             besides
             who
             can
             think
             People
             so
             mad
             and
             senseless
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             may
             live
             abundantly
             more
             happy
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             Kings
             ,
             who
             are
             subject
             and
             liable
             to
             Human
             Laws
             ,
             than
             under
             those
             who
             are
             not
             regulated
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             nor
             observe
             them
             ,
             I
             say
             are
             they
             so
             simple
             as
             to
             lov●
             and
             admire
             those
             rather
             ,
             who
             are
             found
             by
             experience
             to
             trample
             upon
             Laws
             .
          
           
             XVI
             .
             Never
             was
             there
             yet
             any
             Law
             either
             Divine
             or
             Human
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Abdication
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             is
             prohibited
             ;
             if
             there
             be
             extant
             any
             such
             that
             may
             seem
             to
             speak
             in
             their
             favour
             ,
             those
             relates
             particularly
             to
             their
             Life
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             Administration
             of
             their
             Government
             .
             On
             the
             other
             Hand
             ,
             the
             practice
             of
             turning
             out
             Kings
             ,
             received
             in
             all
             Ages
             foregoing
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             frequent
             use
             ,
             doth
             plainly
             argue
             that
             the
             publick
             Safety
             and
             Welfare
             is
             by
             all
             manner
             of
             ways
             possible
             to
             be
             defended
             and
             secur'd
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             single
             Person
             should
             not
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             at
             the
             cost
             of
             indangering
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             is
             a
             Law
             I
             think
             Nature
             it self
             hath
             enstamped
             upon
             the
             Hearts
             of
             all
             Men
             whatsoever
             ,
             now
             where
             Divine
             Laws
             are
             silent
             ,
             who
             questions
             but
             that
             Nature
             may
             be
             listened
             to
             ,
             as
             a
             Deity
             .
          
           
             XVII
             .
             Mothing
             so
             much
             argues
             the
             badness
             and
             wrongness
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             great
             Assertors
             are
             not
             consistant
             with
             themselves
             ,
             and
             do
             often
             shift
             Scenes
             ,
             change
             and
             beg
             Principles
             as
             the
             Schools
             call
             it
             ,
             but
             these
             Parasites
             of
             Tyrants
             are
             not
             much
             unlike
             that
             in
             
               Terence
               ,
               modo
               aiunt
               ,
               modo
               negant
               ,
            
             sometimes
             they
             affirm
             it
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             they
             deny
             it
             ,
             sometimes
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             for
             having
             Kings
             to
             receive
             their
             Power
             and
             Authority
             immediately
             from
             God
             alone
             ,
             sometimes
             again
             ,
             that
             indeed
             they
             owe
             it
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             help
             and
             assistance
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             People
             did
             fully
             and
             irrecoverably
             make
             over
             and
             transfer
             all
             the
             right
             they
             had
             to
             them
             ;
             then
             again
             ,
             they
             will
             pause
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             demur
             upon
             the
             Case
             ,
             ●ometimes
             they
             maintain
             their
             Ground
             ,
             and
             speak
             out
             without
             more
             ado
             ,
             but
             let
             them
             come
             to
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             and
             speak
             freely
             whether
             they
             would
             h●ve
             the
             Government
             depend
             on
             God
             alone
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             good-will
             and
             courtesie
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             if
             they
             would
             have
             it
             depend
             on
             God
             alone
             ,
             let
             them
             produce
             that
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             whereby
             Absolute
             Power
             is
             orda●ned
             ;
             for
             we
             can
             shew
             them
             the
             quite
             contrary
             .
             If
             they
             acknowledge
             the
             Peoples
             kindness
             to
             have
             any
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             doth
             extreamly
             behove
             them
             to
             make
             out
             this
             plain
             and
             irrevocable
             transferring
             the
             Peoples
             right
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             ,
             they
             never
             will
             be
             able
             to
             do
             ?
          
           
           
             XVIII
             .
             Regal
             Right
             in
             all
             Nations
             is
             the
             self
             same
             as
             to
             its
             Rise
             and
             Origin
             ,
             if
             some
             Nations
             parted
             with
             more
             then
             they
             needed
             to
             have
             done
             to
             their
             Princes
             ,
             that
             produced
             from
             their
             ill-bred
             disposition
             knowing
             no
             better
             ,
             or
             from
             their
             want
             of
             skill
             in
             their
             own
             and
             the
             Nations
             Right
             .
             I
             will
             make
             it
             clear
             to
             the
             meanest
             Capacity
             :
             Regal
             Power
             sometimes
             falls
             to
             a
             ●emale
             in
             some
             Nations
             ;
             not
             excepting
             those
             Nations
             that
             are
             reputed
             the
             most
             barbarous
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             Administration
             of
             Government
             be
             intrusted
             with
             her
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             Queen
             ,
             or
             Queen
             Regent
             ;
             but
             now
             it
             is
             nonsense
             to
             think
             that
             the
             Power
             conferr'd
             upon
             a
             Woman
             by
             the
             People
             is
             Absolute
             ,
             therefore
             it
             doth
             not
             stand
             with
             reason
             that
             it
             should
             belong
             to
             a
             King
             ,
             neither
             indeed
             doth
             the
             Regal
             Authority
             suffer
             any
             diminution
             when
             it
             is
             devolved
             upon
             a
             Queen
             either
             by
             the
             King's
             death
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             accident
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             XIX
             .
             Those
             amongst
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             do
             least
             flatter
             and
             sooth
             Papal
             Tyranny
             do
             assert
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             capable
             of
             doing
             as
             much
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             a
             King
             can
             
             do
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             they
             briskly
             maintain
             ,
             that
             a
             General
             Council
             is
             Superlour
             to
             a
             Pope
             ,
             and
             may
             depose
             him
             at
             will.
             But
             the
             Pandors
             of
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             who
             wonderfully
             extols
             her
             Authority
             above
             that
             of
             Kings
             ,
             do
             not
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             Pope
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             deposed
             for
             Heresie
             :
             Therefore
             according
             to
             all
             these
             Doctors
             a
             Tyrant
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             deposed
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Pope
             ,
             whose
             authority
             is
             above
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             equal
             to
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             ,
             whensoever
             he
             shall
             turn
             Heretick
             ,
             be
             removed
             from
             holding
             the
             Reigns
             of
             Church-Government
             .
          
           
             XX.
             That
             Authority
             is
             the
             greater
             ,
             that
             performs
             the
             greatest
             things
             ,
             but
             
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             People
             creates
             both
             Kings
             and
             Emperors
             ,
             but
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             cannot
             so
             much
             as
             create
             a
             King
             ,
             therein
             does
             the
             Peoples
             Authority
             ,
             exceeds
             that
             of
             a
             King.
             
          
           
             XXI
             .
             In
             all
             Christian
             Kingdoms
             there
             are
             certain
             Orders
             of
             Knighthood
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             most
             illustrious
             and
             renowned
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             are
             usually
             dignified
             and
             distinguished
             ;
             the
             Sovereign
             of
             these
             Knights
             is
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             is
             equally
             bound
             ,
             and
             even
             takes
             an
             Oath
             to
             obey
             the
             Statutes
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Members
             of
             that
             Order
             .
             Now
             if
             the
             King
             in
             this
             Ceremony
             obliges
             himself
             by
             Oath
             ,
             much
             more
             is
             he
             bound
             by
             that
             Oath
             he
             takes
             at
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             because
             this
             last
             Oath
             is
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             
               necessitate
               ●nedii
            
             ,
             by
             a
             necessity
             of
             the
             means
             ,
             as
             they
             term
             it
             ;
             without
             which
             the
             King
             could
             not
             be
             King
             :
             But
             the
             other
             Ceremony
             depends
             meerly
             upon
             choice
             ,
             and
             is
             an
             indifferent
             Ceremony
             ,
             having
             no
             Relation
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Regal
             Office
             ,
             and
             no
             ways
             beneficial
             to
             the
             Publique
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Coronation
             Oath
             is
             more
             Strictly
             and
             inviolably
             to
             be
             performed
             ,
             and
             doth
             more
             firmly
             bind
             Princes
             ,
             than
             doth
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             We
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             a
             needless
             piece
             of
             work
             ,
             to
             distinguish
             between
             the
             Rights
             of
             one
             Kingdom
             and
             another
             ;
             't
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             but
             two
             Originals
             of
             Kingly
             Power
             ,
             viz.
             Force
             of
             Arms
             and
             Election
             ;
             Christians
             are
             unacquainted
             with
             Lots
             ,
             the
             Heathens
             seldom
             ,
             or
             never
             made
             use
             of
             them
             ;
             if
             a
             King
             ,
             win
             a
             Kingdom
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             he
             must
             not
             compel
             his
             Subjects
             to
             things
             unjust
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             of
             Nations
             ,
             if
             he
             do
             force
             them
             upon
             such
             things
             ;
             why
             ,
             then
             indeed
             ,
             when
             occasion
             serves
             ,
             and
             when
             their
             strength
             permits
             ,
             Subjects
             may
             have
             recourse
             to
             their
             right
             of
             reducing
             the
             King
             to
             his
             just
             Limits
             of
             Government
             ,
             conformable
             to
             that
             celebrated
             Axiom
             ,
             
               vim
               vi
               repellere
               licet
            
             .
             It
             is
             lawful
             to
             repel
             force
             by
             force
             ,
             for
             what
             was
             taken
             away
             
               nolens
               volens
            
             mny
             also
             be
             recovered
             by
             force
             ;
             if
             Election
             could
             take
             place
             ,
             yet
             we
             should
             have
             the
             better
             of
             it
             however
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             no
             Election
             without
             Obligations
             
             and
             Conditions
             ,
             whereunto
             as
             well
             Princes
             as
             People
             are
             to
             be
             equally
             bound
             and
             obliged
             ;
             both
             Nature
             and
             Religion
             do
             alike
             will
             and
             require
             it
             :
             For
             asmuch
             as
             God
             himself
             (
             as
             we
             but
             just
             now
             hinted
             )
             hath
             bounded
             himself
             by
             his
             Promise
             ,
             so
             ought
             a
             man
             ,
             how
             eminent
             in
             vertuous
             Qualifications
             soever
             he
             may
             be
             to
             exercise
             Humane
             Dominion
             over
             other
             men
             ,
             as
             by
             no
             means
             to
             aspire
             to
             '
             Divine
             Honours
             ;
             who
             finds
             himself
             no
             whit
             better
             than
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             must
             not
             take
             too
             much
             upon
             him
             ,
             nor
             so
             demean
             himself
             amongst
             his
             fellow
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             attain'd
             to
             a
             degree
             of
             Divine
             Perfection
             ;
             for
             men
             create
             Idols
             ,
             but
             do
             not
             create
             Gods.
             The
             right
             of
             inheritance
             has
             no
             greater
             Right
             than
             the
             Law
             of
             Arms
             ,
             or
             the
             Law
             of
             Election
             ,
             because
             a
             Successors
             Right
             and
             Power
             are
             entailed
             upon
             him
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ;
             And
             Right
             is
             what
             the
             Subject
             granted
             and
             yielded
             to
             ,
             and
             not
             what
             Princes
             usurped
             to
             themselves
             .
             A
             Prince
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             by
             inheritance
             obtains
             the
             right
             of
             taking
             upon
             himself
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             before
             any
             other
             of
             the
             same
             Nation
             ,
             but
             that
             Right
             doth
             not
             procure
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             so
             say
             ,
             so
             large
             a
             Power
             ,
             and
             superlative
             a
             Government
             above
             others
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             the
             Peoples
             intent
             and
             design
             ,
             when
             they
             honoured
             one
             Family
             with
             such
             high
             Dignity
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             thereby
             become
             prejudicial
             and
             more
             troublesome
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             rather
             that
             they
             should
             find
             the
             Family
             so
             much
             the
             more
             gracious
             and
             bountifull
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             they
             had
             ,
             upon
             several
             accounts
             ,
             obliged
             it
             to
             them
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             it
             is
             somewhat
             an
             hard
             task
             to
             alter
             the
             Form
             of
             Government
             ,
             which
             are
             obtained
             by
             Inheritance
             ,
             because
             Regal
             Power
             in
             one
             Family
             by
             long
             possession
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             custom
             ,
             pleads
             prescription
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             hath
             mustered
             up
             all
             its
             Forces
             to
             strengthen
             and
             uphold
             its
             Dignity
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             it
             doth
             not
             thereupon
             follow
             that
             by
             Law
             or
             Right
             ,
             their
             Power
             is
             fuller
             or
             more
             valid
             ,
             than
             if
             they
             were
             beholden
             to
             Election
             for
             their
             Authority
             ;
             in
             as
             much
             as
             it
             derived
             its
             Pedegree
             and
             Original
             from
             the
             Peoples
             bare
             concession
             .
             It
             is
             confessed
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             Almighty
             did
             out
             of
             a
             tender
             regard
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             grant
             them
             the
             liberty
             of
             making
             choice
             of
             what
             Form
             of
             Government
             they
             thought
             most
             convenient
             ,
             and
             most
             suitable
             to
             their
             manner
             of
             living
             :
             It
             will
             be
             therefore
             agreeable
             to
             reason
             ,
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             God
             did
             also
             grant
             them
             the
             liberty
             of
             changing
             the
             Government
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             as
             by
             themselves
             so
             constituted
             ,
             especially
             if
             they
             abused
             their
             Power
             ,
             and
             swerved
             from
             the
             true
             way
             conducing
             to
             the
             end
             propounded
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             happy
             and
             peaceable
             Life
             :
             For
             since
             Princes
             were
             ordained
             for
             the
             benefit
             and
             advantage
             of
             Civil
             Society
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             suitable
             and
             correspondent
             to
             the
             Goodness
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             Princes
             should
             depend
             upon
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             can
             never
             be
             wanting
             to
             themselves
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             People
             should
             depend
             on
             Princes
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             a
             certain
             innate
             Principle
             ,
             incident
             to
             all
             men
             living
             ,
             being
             all
             for
             their
             own
             ends
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             they
             can
             get
             ,
             oftentimes
             forget
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             Duty
             towards
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             spoyling
             all
             by
             forgetting
             the
             true
             end
             why
             they
             were
             so
             highly
             promoted
             to
             that
             honour
             ,
             make
             ill
             improvement
             of
             the
             Regal
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             end
             for
             which
             it
             had
             been
             conferr'd
             upon
             them
             ,
             use
             it
             for
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             the
             Publique
             Advantage
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
               Wherein
               is
               shewed
               ,
               that
               there
               can
               be
               nothing
               gathered
               from
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               that
               doth
               contradict
               all
               these
               Arguments
               ,
               nay
               ,
               that
               doth
               not
               mightily
               strengthen
               them
               .
            
          
           
             THE
             Patrons
             who
             stand
             up
             for
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             do
             commonly
             appeal
             to
             the
             Sentence
             and
             Judgment
             of
             Sacred
             Writ
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             good
             reason
             ,
             because
             
             Scripture
             is
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             Controversie
             ,
             and
             is
             infallible
             ,
             a
             most
             perfect
             Rule
             ,
             by
             the
             which
             Christians
             are
             to
             square
             every
             Conception
             of
             their
             Mind
             ,
             and
             also
             their
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             :
             God
             forbid
             then
             that
             we
             should
             deny
             such
             a
             Judge
             ,
             the
             discision
             of
             this
             Point
             in
             debate
             .
          
           
             Our
             Adversaries
             produce
             that
             remarkable
             known
             Passage
             in
             the
             History
             of
             King
             Saul
             ,
             the
             substance
             of
             which
             we
             thus
             comprize
             :
             The
             Israelites
             now
             grown
             weary
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             Judges
             ,
             require
             a
             King
             of
             God
             ,
             like
             unto
             the
             Kings
             of
             other
             Nations
             ;
             they
             don't
             forthwith
             obtain
             their
             desire
             ,
             nor
             was
             it
             convenient
             they
             should
             ;
             but
             before
             God
             would
             comply
             with
             their
             request
             ,
             he
             forewarns
             them
             by
             his
             Prophet
             Samuel
             ,
             of
             those
             things
             Kings
             would
             do
             ,
             
               preter
               &
               contra
               officium
            
             ,
             besides
             and
             contrary
             to
             their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             not
             altogether
             without
             precedent
             ;
             yet
             they
             did
             not
             for
             all
             that
             alter
             their
             mind
             ;
             at
             length
             God
             wearied
             by
             their
             improbrious
             Demands
             ,
             granted
             them
             Saul
             for
             their
             King.
             I
             cannot
             imagine
             what
             advantage
             the
             Parasites
             of
             Tyrants
             can
             infer
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             can
             in
             any
             wise
             justifie
             and
             authorize
             their
             Cause
             :
             Salmasius
             is
             not
             ashamed
             
             to
             assert
             ,
             that
             by
             those
             Admonitions
             ,
             whereby
             he
             tried
             to
             reduce
             them
             to
             better
             obedience
             ,
             and
             to
             reclaim
             them
             from
             their
             erronious
             Practices
             ,
             to
             a
             sound
             mind
             ,
             did
             intimate
             and
             point
             at
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             known
             to
             the
             Israelites
             :
             As
             if
             God
             should
             ordain
             the
             immoral
             and
             irregular
             Lusts
             of
             Princes
             to
             be
             the
             Standard
             of
             governing
             ;
             and
             had
             a
             mind
             that
             they
             should
             be
             exempted
             from
             his
             Law
             ,
             and
             unaccountable
             for
             what
             they
             did
             :
             To
             what
             purpose
             did
             he
             then
             establish
             a
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             Law
             for
             Kings
             ,
             as
             we
             described
             before
             ?
             by
             which
             ●aw
             they
             were
             commanded
             to
             have
             
             Moses's
             Law
             near
             them
             ,
             to
             apply
             themselves
             carefully
             to
             the
             learning
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             turn
             it
             over
             and
             over
             again
             continually
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             intent
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             Samuel
             delivered
             the
             Law
             written
             to
             Saul
             ,
             then
             chosen
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             which
             he
             punctually
             observed
             ,
             threatning
             him
             no
             less
             than
             he
             did
             the
             People
             ,
             with
             utter
             destruction
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             depart
             from
             it
             :
             For
             he
             spoke
             to
             Israel
             in
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Behold
               ,
               God
               hath
               set
               him
               a
               King
               over
               you
               ,
               obey
               and
               serve
               God
               ,
               ye
               and
               the
               King
               who
               is
               set
               over
               you
               ,
               otherwise
               you
               and
               your
               King
            
             
             
               shall
               perish
            
             ;
             which
             doubtless
             put
             these
             words
             in
             King
             James
             the
             I.
             his
             mou●h
             ,
             when
             he
             drew
             up
             Instructions
             for
             his
             Son
             ;
             Whom
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               does
               the
               reading
               and
               searching
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               more
               nearly
               concern
               than
               Kings
               themselves
               ?
               forasmuch
               as
            
             
             
               in
               that
               portion
               of
               Scripture
               which
               makes
               first
               mention
               of
               the
               most
               excellent
               Kings
               of
               Israel
               ,
               we
               find
               that
               they
               were
               not
               only
               invited
               and
               perswaded
               ,
               but
               expressly
               enjoyned
               to
               be
               diligent
               in
               reading
               of
               ,
               and
               meditating
               upon
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               .
            
             Alas
             !
             how
             sew
             of
             the
             Kings
             and
             '
             Queens
             (
             except
             William
             and
             Mary
             )
             did
             ever
             think
             this
             Duty
             incumbent
             upon
             them
             ?
             Yet
             Grotius
             behaves
             himself
             much
             more
             modestly
             than
             doth
             Salmasius
             ,
             for
             he
             owns
             that
             those
             intimations
             and
             warnings
             of
             
             Samuel
             ,
             were
             so
             many
             Predictions
             of
             future
             Events
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             description
             of
             Regal
             Right
             .
          
           
             For
             although
             Divine
             Providence
             did
             more
             tenderly
             indulge
             and
             encourage
             the
             Israelitish
             Kingdom
             ,
             than
             other
             Kingdoms
             ,
             for
             the
             Messiah's
             sake
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             spring
             from
             the
             Royal
             Stock
             of
             Israel
             ;
             yet
             that
             other
             Kingdoms
             should
             be
             ordered
             according
             to
             the
             same
             Model
             ,
             would
             by
             no
             means
             follow
             from
             hence
             .
             Salmasius
             doth
             not
             stick
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Saul
               and
               David
               were
               immediately
               ordained
            
             
             
               and
               appointed
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               other
               Kings
               were
               but
               mediately
               only
               :
            
             Therefore
             nobody
             should
             wonder
             why
             they
             were
             more
             sacred
             ,
             and
             more
             inviolable
             than
             other
             Kings
             .
             But
             if
             we
             consider
             this
             well
             ,
             this
             distinction
             will
             be
             of
             little
             force
             ;
             nor
             can
             any
             Argument
             drawn
             from
             hence
             ,
             serve
             their
             turn
             ;
             for
             God
             granted
             them
             such
             a
             King
             as
             they
             required
             ,
             and
             they
             demand
             a
             King
             like
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             other
             Nations
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             King
             of
             a
             new
             institution
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             so
             say
             ,
             such
             an
             one
             as
             never
             was
             in
             the
             world
             before
             ;
             God
             therefore
             grants
             them
             such
             an
             one
             as
             they
             desire
             .
             If
             then
             Kings
             of
             other
             Nations
             could
             be
             dethroned
             ,
             no
             body
             can
             reasonably
             
             question
             but
             that
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             might
             be
             so
             likewise
             :
             Therefore
             the
             matter
             must
             come
             again
             to
             be
             tryed
             by
             the
             Law
             both
             of
             Nature
             and
             Nations
             ,
             neither
             did
             the
             two
             Tribes
             at
             all
             doubt
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             in
             
             Rehoboham's
             time
             they
             shook
             off
             the
             Yoke
             ▪
             and
             placed
             Jeroboham
             over
             themselves
             ;
             neither
             did
             their
             Crime
             so
             much
             consistin
             that
             ,
             as
             togetherwith
             rejecting
             Rehoboham
             ,
             they
             forsook
             also
             the
             Temple
             and
             Worship
             of
             God
             ;
             neither
             was
             any
             other
             thing
             in
             the
             mind
             of
             those
             forty
             ,
             who
             betook
             themselves
             to
             the
             Cave
             of
             Engedi
             with
             David
             ;
             nay
             ,
             they
             pretended
             to
             have
             a
             more
             desperate
             design
             in
             their
             heads
             ,
             as
             touching
             this
             matter
             ,
             than
             had
             the
             two
             Tribes
             ;
             for
             they
             perswaded
             him
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             opportunity
             put
             into
             his
             hand
             ,
             to
             rid
             himself
             from
             the
             persecution
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             Kis
             ,
             by
             making
             him
             away
             .
             Of
             the
             same
             opinion
             was
             also
             Abishai
             ,
             one
             of
             
             David's
             Worthi●s
             ,
             and
             Brother
             to
             Joab
             ,
             who
             stealing
             privily
             into
             
             Saul's
             Tent
             
             with
             David
             ,
             who
             found
             Saul
             sleeping
             within
             the
             Trench
             ,
             and
             his
             Speer
             sticking
             in
             the
             Ground
             ,
             at
             his
             Bolster
             ,
             took
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             offered
             his
             service
             to
             David
             ,
             saying
             .
             Let
             me
             smite
             him
             ,
             I
             pray
             the
             with
             the
             Spear
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Earth
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             not
             smite
             him
             the
             second
             time
             .
             Now
             if
             any
             one
             shall
             narrowly
             examine
             the
             History
             of
             Saul
             and
             David
             ,
             he
             will
             undoubtedly
             find
             that
             the
             so
             strenuous
             
             Assertors
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             have
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             whereunto
             they
             so
             confidently
             appeal
             ,
             but
             very
             carelesly
             and
             cursorily
             ;
             for
             even
             Saul
             himself
             never
             took
             himself
             inviolable
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             be
             medled
             withall
             ;
             for
             after
             this
             manner
             spoke
             he
             to
             David
             ,
             producing
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             Skirt
             of
             his
             Robe
             :
             
               Thou
               art
               more
               righteous
               than
               I
               ,
               for
               thou
               hast
               rewarded
               me
               good
               ,
               whereas
               I
               have
               rewarded
               thee
               evil
               ;
               thou
               hast
               shewed
               this
               day
               ,
               how
               that
               thou
               hast
               dealt
               well
               with
               me
               ;
               for
               as
               much
               as
               when
               the
               Lord
               had
               delivered
               me
               into
               thy
               hand
               ,
               thou
               killedst
               me
               not
               :
            
             For
             if
             a
             man
             find
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             will
             he
             let
             them
             go
             away
             free
             ?
             wherefore
             the
             Lord
             reward
             ,
             thee
             good
             ,
             for
             that
             thou
             hast
             done
             unto
             me
             this
             day
             :
             Neither
             did
             Saul
             boast
             of
             or
             value
             himself
             upon
             his
             Unction
             ,
             nor
             much
             insist
             upon
             his
             inviolability
             ;
             nay
             ,
             he
             ingeniously
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             subject
             to
             the
             fate
             of
             other
             Mortals
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             saved
             his
             life
             ;
             he
             owned
             this
             wholly
             to
             the
             magnanimous
             clemency
             and
             kindness
             of
             David
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             his
             own
             Majesty
             and
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Now
             had
             the
             Royal
             Power
             ,
             as
             a
             peculiar
             ●adge
             and
             Characteristical
             mark
             of
             distinction
             ,
             secured
             Saul
             from
             all
             attempts
             upon
             his
             Person
             ,
             how
             chanced
             it
             that
             the
             four
             hundred
             and
             Abishai
             understood
             nothing
             of
             that
             Prerogative
             ,
             only
             David
             by
             his
             prophetical
             Spirit
             ,
             was
             able
             to
             pry
             into
             that
             business
             ;
             nor
             in
             truth
             could
             Saul
             have
             this
             Prerogative
             ,
             whatsoever
             it
             was
             ,
             either
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             or
             of
             Nations
             ,
             for
             then
             it
             would
             have
             been
             made
             known
             to
             all
             ;
             but
             he
             had
             it
             only
             by
             a
             Special
             Grant
             and
             Favour
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             probability
             was
             revealed
             to
             David
             ,
             by
             God
             alone
             :
             Now
             the
             Son
             of
             Jesse
             had
             plainly
             signified
             ,
             that
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             Kis
             was
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             at
             his
             mercy
             ,
             for
             thus
             spake
             he
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               delivered
               thee
               unto
               me
               ,
               nor
               did
               I
               lay
               hands
               upon
               thee
               :
            
             He
             s●il●s
             him
             indeed
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             
             in
             consideration
             of
             this
             Unction
             ,
             he
             was
             induced
             to
             spare
             his
             life
             .
             Yet
             it
             does
             not
             therefore
             follow
             that
             he
             was
             inviolable
             ;
             for
             if
             any
             one
             will
             refuse
             or
             delay
             upon
             any
             account
             ,
             to
             put
             a
             thing
             in
             execution
             ,
             you
             must
             by
             no
             means
             infer
             from
             thence
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             lawsull
             for
             him
             so
             to
             doe
             ;
             who
             knows
             not
             that
             Holy
             men
             fearing
             God
             do
             oftentimes
             forbear
             doing
             some
             things
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             might
             be
             permitted
             to
             any
             one
             whatsoever
             .
             You
             know
             it
             is
             sometimes
             a
             great
             sign
             of
             generosity
             towards
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             not
             to
             take
             advantage
             of
             him
             ;
             but
             Saul
             was
             not
             affected
             with
             the
             same
             reverence
             and
             respect
             to
             
             David's
             Unction
             ;
             for
             he
             persecuted
             him
             with
             such
             inveterate
             malice
             ,
             because
             he
             knew
             that
             the
             Son
             of
             Jesse
             was
             anointed
             for
             King
             of
             Israel
             ,
             taking
             no
             notice
             at
             all
             of
             
             Saul's
             other
             Sons
             .
             Again
             ,
             Absolom
             did
             not
             look
             upon
             his
             Father's
             Unction
             as
             sacred
             ,
             who
             endeavoured
             might
             and
             main
             ,
             to
             wrest
             the
             Sc●pter
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             ;
             Nor
             did
             Hushai
             ,
             
             that
             wise
             and
             prudent
             
               Counsellor
               to
               Absolom
            
             go
             about
             to
             deter
             him
             from
             his
             enterprize
             ,
             by
             magnifying
             to
             him
             
             David's
             Unction
             ,
             but
             by
             magnifying
             his
             
             and
             his
             Mens
             valour
             and
             resoluteness
             ,
             which
             he
             pretended
             ,
             was
             not
             adviseable
             to
             be
             engaged
             ,
             without
             a
             pretty
             considerable
             stout
             Party
             .
             But
             some
             may
             reply
             that
             David
             durst
             not
             venture
             to
             lay
             violent
             hands
             upon
             the
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
             how
             bitter
             an
             Enemy
             soever
             ,
             and
             raging
             against
             him
             with
             a
             bloud
             thirsty
             mind
             ,
             nor
             can
             this
             seem
             strange
             to
             any
             one
             that
             shall
             observe
             the
             signal
             and
             distinguishing
             dispensation
             of
             God's
             Providence
             in
             this
             History
             ;
             for
             without
             God's
             permission
             ,
             Saul
             had
             not
             entered
             into
             the
             Cave
             ,
             wherein
             David
             ,
             whom
             he
             sorely
             persecuted
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             forty
             Men
             of
             his
             Life-Guard
             lay
             hid
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             because
             God
             would
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             that
             David
             saw
             Saul
             ,
             and
             that
             Saul
             was
             seen
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             Saul
             should
             not
             hear
             the
             least
             noise
             or
             whispering
             of
             those
             four
             hundred
             and
             forty
             Men
             ,
             some
             of
             whom
             communed
             with
             David
             .
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             without
             the
             special
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             the
             Son
             of
             Jesse
             should
             cut
             off
             the
             Skirt
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             
             Kis's
             Robe
             ,
             and
             he
             never
             perceive
             it
             :
             Doth
             not
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             make
             mention
             ,
             that
             God
             caused
             a
             dead
             sleep
             to
             seize
             Saul
             and
             his
             Guard
             ,
             when
             David
             accompanied
             with
             Abishai
             ,
             slipt
             unawares
             into
             
             Saul's
             Tent.
             It
             is
             more
             than
             probable
             ,
             that
             all
             these
             things
             were
             disposed
             and
             foreordained
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             to
             understand
             the
             constant
             goodness
             ,
             and
             the
             meekness
             of
             the
             man
             so
             dear
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             Scriptures
             declare
             ,
             one
             after
             his
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             who
             by
             his
             valour
             and
             magnanimity
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             an
             illustrious
             Tipe
             of
             the
             Messiah
             ,
             from
             whose
             Loins
             the
             very
             Messiah
             himself
             ,
             commonly
             stiled
             the
             Son
             of
             David
             ,
             was
             to
             spring
             ;
             if
             a
             man
             can
             indeed
             suppose
             any
             thing
             of
             Man
             ,
             in
             that
             sweet
             and
             gracious
             deportment
             of
             David
             towards
             Saul
             :
             Was
             it
             not
             
             David's
             prudence
             ,
             who
             being
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             as
             well
             as
             Saul
             ,
             to
             secure
             his
             own
             life
             from
             the
             conspiracies
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             by
             sparing
             the
             life
             of
             Saul
             ,
             as
             the
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
             .
          
           
             Looking
             over
             the
             History
             of
             the
             first
             King
             of
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             I
             find
             a
             notable
             Circumstance
             which
             might
             have
             stopt
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             pleaders
             for
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             b●t
             made
             the
             least
             Reflection
             upon
             it
             ;
             The
             business
             was
             thus
             ,
             The
             Philistians
             having
             been
             put
             to
             the
             rout
             ▪
             and
             totally
             defeated
             by
             
               Jonathan
               ,
               Saul
            
             desirous
             of
             pursuing
             and
             gaining
             an
             entire
             victory
             over
             these
             uncircumcised
             Philistians
             ,
             gave
             a
             strict
             charge
             to
             all
             his
             Soldiers
             not
             to
             touch
             any
             Victuals
             until
             the
             Evening
             ;
             Jonathan
             being
             hot
             upon
             the
             pursuit
             ,
             was
             not
             present
             when
             the
             Prohibition
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ignorant
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             now
             finding
             himself
             very
             much
             harassed
             ,
             and
             half
             famish'd
             at
             his
             return
             into
             the
             Camp
             ,
             having
             light
             upon
             some
             Honey
             by
             chance
             ,
             dipt
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Rod
             that
             was
             in
             his
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             did
             but
             taste
             of
             it
             :
             Now
             Saul
             consulting
             with
             the
             Lord
             whether
             he
             should
             continue
             the
             pursuit
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             the
             Lord
             gave
             him
             no
             answer
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             King
             having
             a
             mind
             to
             know
             the
             reason
             of
             God's
             silence
             ,
             cast
             the
             Lot
             ,
             which
             fell
             upon
             Jonathan
             ,
             who
             presently
             confessed
             the
             Fact
             ;
             the
             King
             his
             Father
             swore
             he
             should
             suffer
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             Jonathan
             began
             to
             submit
             to
             this
             cruel
             unnatural
             Sentence
             ,
             and
             prepared
             himself
             for
             death
             :
             When
             the
             people
             to
             whom
             Jonathan
             had
             much
             endeared
             himself
             by
             his
             eminent
             Qualifications
             ,
             and
             who
             had
             so
             well
             deserved
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             by
             his
             fresh
             Victory
             over
             these
             Philistians
             ,
             did
             oppose
             his
             intent
             ,
             and
             withall
             swore
             ,
             that
             an
             Hair
             of
             his
             Head
             should
             not
             fall
             to
             the
             ●●ound
             ,
             since
             that
             if
             there
             were
             any
             fault
             ,
             it
             was
             committed
             meerly
             ou●
             of
             ignorance
             :
             behold
             how
             the
             will
             of
             the
             People
             does
             clash
             with
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             Peoples
             will
             prevailed
             o●e●
             his
             ;
             and
             reason
             good
             it
             should
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             passed
             in
             a
             peac●full
             manner
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             Sedition
             on
             the
             Peoples
             part
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             least
             muttering
             or
             complaint
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             any
             Violence
             offered
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             atempt
             or
             incroa●hment
             upon
             his
             Authority
             .
          
           
           
             Neither
             does
             the
             Power
             of
             Ahab
             appear
             very
             much
             absolute
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             that
             of
             the
             former
             King
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             he
             could
             not
             possess
             himself
             of
             
             Naboth's
             Vineyard
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             fraud
             of
             cursed
             Jezabel
             ,
             such
             as
             was
             scarce
             ever
             thought
             of
             by
             the
             basest
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             worst
             of
             women
             :
             Of
             Jezabel
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             who
             first
             suggested
             it
             ,
             nor
             could
             he
             devise
             any
             other
             means
             to
             seize
             of
             this
             piece
             of
             Land
             ,
             but
             in
             raising
             up
             ,
             and
             suborning
             False-Witnesses
             against
             this
             gracious
             Man
             ,
             and
             in
             causing
             him
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             as
             a
             Blasphemer
             .
             
          
           
             The
             Tr●nsactions
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Judah
             and
             of
             Israel
             do
             confirm
             this
             verity
             ,
             where
             you
             may
             see
             that
             they
             drew
             by
             their
             example
             ,
             their
             Subjects
             into
             Idolatry
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             according
             as
             they
             were
             bygotted
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             it
             themselves
             ,
             and
             did
             ●eclaim
             them
             ,
             and
             hindred
             them
             from
             falling
             foul
             upon
             these
             Rocks
             ,
             according
             as
             they
             kept
             themselves
             aloof
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             
             David's
             sense
             of
             his
             own
             proper
             Dignity
             Royal
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             next
             place
             to
             be
             enquired
             into
             ;
             Scripture
             informs
             us
             that
             he
             was
             anointed
             by
             Samuel
             ,
             as
             Successor
             to
             Saul
             ;
             howbeit
             ,
             Saul
             being
             gathered
             to
             his
             Fathers
             ,
             Abner
             ,
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             to
             Saul
             ,
             placed
             Ishbosheth
             ,
             youngest
             Son
             of
             the
             deceased
             ,
             upon
             the
             Throne
             of
             Israel
             .
             What
             does
             David
             hereupon
             ?
             Why
             ,
             he
             wageth
             
             war
             with
             Ishbosheth
             ,
             under
             the
             notion
             of
             Competitor
             ,
             not
             as
             an
             Usurper
             ,
             for
             he
             never
             impeached
             Abner
             of
             High-Treason
             ,
             for
             taking
             the
             Usurper's
             part
             ,
             yea
             ,
             he
             
             even
             solemnized
             his
             Obs●quies
             ,
             condoles
             his
             being
             put
             to
             death
             by
             Joab
             ,
             (
             because
             he
             slew
             Azael
             ,
             Joab's
             Brother
             ,
             )
             with
             Tears
             and
             Praises
             .
             Nor
             did
             David
             look
             upon
             Ishhosheth
             as
             guilty
             of
             Usurpation
             ,
             but
             pronounced
             him
             clear
             and
             blameless
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             revenged
             his
             Death
             too
             ,
             tho
             none
             of
             the
             King
             's
             Anointed
             ,
             by
             taking
             off
             the
             Murtherers
             :
             From
             all
             which
             ,
             I
             cannot
             choose
             but
             wonder
             how
             ever
             it
             
             could
             enter
             into
             the
             thoughts
             of
             those
             who
             stand
             for
             Tyranny
             ,
             to
             seek
             refuge
             for
             their
             case
             ,
             in
             the
             History
             of
             Saul
             and
             David
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             chief
             Master-Piece
             of
             Fawning-Courtiers
             ,
             on
             which
             they
             lay
             the
             greatest
             stress
             ,
             seems
             to
             be
             this
             ;
             that
             the
             Israelites
             never
             ejected
             ,
             or
             ever
             called
             any
             of
             their
             Kings
             to
             an
             account
             ,
             in
             a
             Court
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             although
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             them
             were
             very
             dissolute
             ,
             wicked
             ,
             and
             idolatrous
             ;
             but
             what
             is
             lawfull
             is
             not
             according
             to
             St.
             
             Paul's
             sense
             ,
             always
             expedient
             .
             It
             is
             the
             part
             of
             a
             wise
             man
             when
             he
             designs
             to
             set
             about
             any
             business
             of
             concern
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             special
             regard
             to
             time
             and
             circumstances
             ,
             least
             contriving
             unwarily
             ,
             and
             not
             timeing
             it
             aright
             ,
             he
             lose
             himself
             ,
             and
             fall
             short
             of
             his
             expectation
             .
             The
             Israelites
             were
             but
             rightly
             served
             ,
             if
             they
             underwent
             greater
             punishments
             then
             others
             ,
             who
             had
             set
             over
             themselves
             a
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             against
             the
             will
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             despite
             of
             God
             :
             They
             were
             even
             fain
             to
             smother
             and
             dissemble
             with
             their
             grief
             for
             very
             shame
             ,
             who
             had
             made
             a
             Rod
             for
             their
             own
             back
             .
             'T
             is
             also
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             hath
             not
             its
             force
             in
             time
             of
             war
             ,
             nor
             can
             that
             people
             defend
             their
             Laws
             ,
             when
             surrounded
             on
             all
             sides
             with
             potent
             Enemies
             .
             Moreover
             it
             is
             not
             in
             every
             respect
             true
             ,
             that
             Kings
             were
             never
             any
             where
             by
             the
             People
             of
             Israel
             thrust
             from
             the
             Throne
             ,
             for
             the
             revolt
             of
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             from
             Rehoboham
             ,
             and
             their
             election
             of
             Jeroboham
             ,
             is
             plain
             down
             right
             abdication
             and
             deposing
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             we
             read
             how
             Athaliah
             ,
             Mother
             to
             Ahaziah
             ,
             invaded
             the
             Royal
             Chair
             after
             her
             Sons
             death
             ,
             possessing
             it
             and
             enjoying
             it
             for
             the
             space
             of
             six
             years
             ,
             
             and
             was
             in
             the
             end
             delivered
             up
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             by
             the
             Councel
             of
             Jehodada
             ,
             the
             High-Priest
             :
             We
             read
             that
             Amaziah
             perished
             by
             the
             conspiracy
             of
             the
             
             Citizens
             :
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             the
             murther
             ,
             did
             not
             suffer
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             custom
             amongst
             the
             Jews
             ;
             for
             they
             usually
             punished
             
             their
             Servants
             or
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ,
             who
             imbrewed
             their
             hands
             in
             the
             King's
             Bloud
             ,
             which
             happened
             to
             not
             a
             few
             of
             them
             .
             I
             must
             needs
             confess
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             deal
             justly
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             due
             course
             of
             Law
             ,
             but
             the
             Assassinates
             escaping
             scotfree
             ,
             proclaims
             aloud
             ,
             that
             such
             proceedings
             ,
             in
             taking
             
             away
             Amaziah
             ,
             was
             allowed
             of
             ,
             and
             acceptable
             to
             the
             People
             .
             Again
             we
             learn
             from
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             the
             management
             of
             the
             Common-weal●h
             was
             taken
             from
             Vziah
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             Leprosie
             ,
             and
             delivered
             to
             his
             Son
             Jothan
             .
             Why
             should
             we
             mention
             those
             incomparable
             Heroes
             ,
             the
             Macchabes
             ,
             who
             carried
             on
             a
             War
             with
             prosperous
             event
             ,
             and
             greater
             glory
             ,
             against
             Antio●hus
             ,
             otherwise
             their
             Liege
             Lord
             and
             Sovereign
             ;
             And
             why
             ?
             because
             they
             opprest
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
             with
             unreasonable
             cruelty
             ,
             compelling
             them
             to
             the
             worship
             of
             Idols
             ,
             by
             severe
             Edicts
             and
             Pknalties
             .
          
           
             What
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             Jews
             frequently
             make
             insurrections
             against
             the
             Romans
             ,
             under
             whose
             jurisdiction
             they
             were
             ?
             What
             was
             it
             moved
             the
             Romans
             to
             destroy
             the
             whole
             Jewish
             Nation
             ,
             to
             sack
             and
             race
             the
             City
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             but
             the
             high
             spirit
             of
             the
             Jews
             not
             brooking
             the
             Roman
             Yoke
             .
             Salmasius
             indeed
             confesseth
             thus
             much
             ,
             
               That
               as
               soon
               as
               ever
               the
            
             Jews
             
               became
               subject
               to
               the
            
             Romans
             
               Government
               ,
               they
               did
               ever
            
             
             
               and
               anon
               rebel
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             ,
             
               as
               it
               were
               against
               their
               implacable
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               subverters
               of
               their
               Laws
               and
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             do
             I
             ever
             perceive
             that
             the
             Jews
             mourned
             for
             the
             massacre
             of
             their
             Kings
             ,
             but
             rather
             bore
             it
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             indifferency
             ,
             and
             unconcernedness
             :
             They
             did
             not
             rent
             their
             Garments
             ,
             nor
             put
             on
             Sackcloath
             ,
             nor
             throw
             Ashes
             upon
             their
             heads
             ,
             according
             as
             received
             Custom
             ,
             when
             any
             mournful
             Accident
             surprised
             them
             ;
             nay
             ,
             seldom
             or
             never
             performed
             any
             Funeral
             Rites
             ,
             by
             waising
             and
             lamentation
             of
             the
             violent
             death
             of
             their
             Kings
             .
             What
             can
             we
             think
             of
             the
             silence
             of
             the
             Rabbies
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             who
             never
             so
             much
             as
             expatiated
             upon
             the
             Praises
             of
             the
             Sovereign
             ,
             forsooth
             ,
             and
             almost
             perpetual
             power
             of
             their
             Kings
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             we
             learn
             from
             
               Salmasius
               ,
               That
            
             Moses
             ,
             M●imon●des
             
               puts
               this
               difference
               between
               the
               Kings
               of
            
             Israel
             
               and
               those
               of
            
             Judah
             ,
             David
             
               's
               Posterity
               ;
               that
               those
               of
            
             David
             
               's
               Family
            
             
             
               should
               judge
               and
               be
               judged
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               Kings
               of
            
             Israel
             
               should
               not
               have
               the
               power
               of
               judging
               ,
               nor
               could
               be
               judged
               themselves
               neither
               ;
               and
               that
            
             Sechar
             
               had
               quoted
               several
               Testimonies
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             How
             come
             such
             a
             proud
             haughty
             Nation
             as
             they
             were
             ,
             and
             no
             small
             admirers
             of
             their
             Priviledges
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             proud
             of
             their
             Kings
             being
             inviolable
             :
             For
             so
             far
             were
             they
             from
             entert●ining
             any
             such
             conceits
             concerning
             them
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             they
             should
             have
             found
             them
             tardy
             ,
             or
             committed
             the
             least
             offence
             against
             God's
             Ordinances
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             cited
             them
             before
             the
             Sanhedrim
             ,
             to
             be
             whipt
             with
             Rods
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             High-Priests
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             subjoin
             two
             Passages
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             which
             may
             serve
             instead
             of
             a
             definitive
             and
             decretory
             Sentence
             and
             Determination
             to
             all
             those
             who
             suffer
             not
             their
             minds
             
             to
             be
             prepossest
             and
             hoodwinked
             by
             prejudice
             .
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             creation
             of
             
             Kings
             is
             more
             than
             once
             ascribed
             to
             the
             People
             :
             This
             may
             be
             gathered
             from
             the
             
             History
             of
             Saul
             ,
             of
             David
             ,
             of
             
               Solomon
               ,
               Azariah
               ,
               Josiah
            
             and
             others
             .
             Concerning
             
             
               Rehoboham
               ,
               Salmasius
            
             frankly
             owneth
             ,
             
               The
               Kingdom
               now
               in
               its
               infancy
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             when
             Solomon
             
               the
               King●s
               death
               was
               once
               published
               and
               proclaimed
               ,
               all
               Israel
               being
            
             
             
               assembled
               to
               appoint
               his
               son
               King
               over
               them
               ,
               they
               complained
               to
               him
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               What
               answer
               returned
               he
               to
               their
               just
               Petition
               ?
               Why
               ,
               he
               was
               so
               far
               from
               signifying
               any
               compliance
               with
               ,
               and
               favourable
               acceptance
               of
               their
               Petition
               ;
               that
               he
               positively
               threatned
               to
               lay
               heavier
               burthens
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               denounced
               the
               punishment
               of
               them
               with
               Scorpions
               ,
               whom
               his
               Father
               only
               chastised
               with
               rods
               .
               He
               that
               was
               not
               yet
               a
               King
               to
               threaten
               thus
               ,
               what
               would
               he
               have
               done
               if
               he
               had
               once
               gotten
               the
               Crown
               on
               his
               head
               .
            
             I
             and
             after
             the
             Jews
             had
             mightily
             fallen
             away
             from
             their
             pristine
             glory
             and
             renown
             ,
             yet
             would
             they
             not
             resign
             up
             ,
             or
             be
             deprived
             of
             the
             priviledge
             of
             creating
             their
             Leaders
             :
             For
             the
             Writer
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Macchabees
             ,
             Lib.
             1.
             cap.
             13.
             gives
             us
             a
             relation
             of
             the
             Election
             of
             Simon
             the
             valiant
             ,
             
               Assoon
               as
               the
               People
               heard
               these
               words
               their
               spirits
               revived
               ,
               and
               they
               answered
               with
               a
               loud
               voice
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               our
               Leader
               instead
               of
            
             Judas
             and
             Jonathan
             
             
               thy
               brothers
               ;
               fight
               thou
               our
               battles
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               thou
               commandest
               ,
               that
               will
               we
               do
               .
            
             
             Now
             what
             man
             so
             void
             of
             reason
             as
             to
             imagine
             that
             all
             they
             depended
             upon
             the
             absolute
             will
             and
             pleasure
             of
             Kings
             ,
             who
             conferr'd
             this
             Dignity
             Royal
             upon
             Kings
             ?
             What
             ,
             do
             the
             People
             reserve
             no
             right
             to
             the
             thing
             that
             they
             themselves
             create
             ?
          
           
             The
             other
             also
             we
             produce
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             plainly
             forbids
             the
             doing
             wrong
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             for
             the
             Scripture
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             and
             Kings
             are
             bound
             and
             stand
             obliged
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             by
             the
             mutual
             and
             interchangeable
             Bonds
             of
             a
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Elders
             of
             Israel
             came
             together
             before
             the
             King
             in
             Hebron
             ,
             and
             David
             made
             a
             Covenant
             with
             them
             ,
             before
             the
             Lord
             in
             Hebron
             ;
             they
             first
             treated
             concerning
             
             the
             conditions
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             Son
             of
             〈◊〉
             should
             have
             the
             Scepter
             bestowed
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             this
             Treaty
             was
             between
             Abn●r
             and
             the
             People
             ;
             in
             the
             first
             place
             Abner
             exhorts
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             puts
             them
             upon
             conferring
             the
             Kingdom
             upon
             David
             ;
             afterward
             he
             prevaileth
             upon
             them
             to
             gratifie
             his
             desire
             ;
             presently
             he
             hath
             recourse
             to
             David
             ,
             produce●h
             before
             him
             the
             result
             of
             the
             Treaty
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             given
             their
             consent
             ;
             David
             signs
             and
             agrees
             to
             it
             ;
             the
             Agitator
             between
             the
             Parties
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Associates
             ,
             having
             been
             splendidly
             and
             chearfully
             entertained
             :
             Abner
             having
             got
             what
             he
             would
             have
             had
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             usher
             in
             the
             business
             thus
             happlly
             concluded
             ,
             
               I
               will
               arise
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               to
               David
               ,
               I
               will
               go
               and
               gather
               together
               to
               my
               Lord
               ,
               the
               King.
               all
               Israel
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               make
               a
               Covenant
               with
               thee
               :
            
             nor
             did
             the
             High-Priest
             Jehodadah
             in
             any
             other
             manner
             advance
             
             Josiah
             to
             the
             Throne
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             ;
             for
             he
             made
             him
             and
             the
             people
             mutually
             to
             contract
             and
             bargain
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
               Wherein
               are
               examined
               those
               Passages
               of
               the
               New-Testament
               ,
               which
               our
               Adversaries
               endeavour
               to
               draw
               to
               their
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             HAving
             thoroughly
             sifted
             and
             discussed
             all
             the
             Succours
             that
             reinforce
             their
             Cause
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Old
             Law
             ,
             Let
             us
             now
             see
             whether
             or
             no
             the
             New-Law
             be
             more
             favourable
             to
             them
             than
             that
             :
             They
             judge
             that
             Precept
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             ,
             
               Give
               unto
               Caesar
               the
               things
               that
               are
               Caesar's
               ,
            
             as
             the
             most
             material
             ,
             and
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             in
             this
             their
             Cause
             .
             But
             if
             I
             understand
             Christ's
             meaning
             ,
             this
             famous
             Oracle
             of
             his
             doth
             rather
             make
             against
             our
             nonresistant
             Parasites
             than
             for
             them
             :
             For
             our
             Saviour
             doth
             not
             say
             all
             things
             are
             
             Caesar's
             ,
             but
             before
             he
             would
             answer
             this
             nice
             and
             cunning
             Demand
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             best
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             Inscription
             of
             the
             Medal
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             question
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             that
             if
             the
             Image
             and
             Superscription
             had
             been
             
             Herod's
             ,
             (
             such
             was
             the
             exactness
             of
             his
             Justice
             )
             he
             would
             have
             commanded
             to
             render
             unto
             Herod
             the
             things
             that
             were
             
             Herod's
             :
             Wherefore
             if
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Caesars
             are
             to
             be
             rendered
             to
             Caesar
             :
             Now
             if
             Caesar
             exact
             those
             things
             for
             his
             own
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             so
             ,
             by
             the
             Precept
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             Precept
             standing
             good
             and
             in
             force
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             denied
             him
             ;
             but
             the
             Honour
             ,
             Life
             and
             Esta●es
             of
             Subjects
             are
             not
             
             Caesar's
             :
             The
             Subjects
             are
             liable
             ,
             in
             some
             respect
             in
             duty
             bound
             ,
             to
             maintain
             his
             Dignity
             and
             Prerogatives
             with
             all
             these
             .
             They
             are
             therefore
             obliged
             not
             to
             grudge
             venturing
             their
             Life
             and
             Fortune
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             to
             be
             at
             the
             disposal
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             the
             Prince
             pleaseth
             ,
          
           
             But
             now
             the
             reason
             why
             we
             are
             commanded
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             to
             honour
             Kings
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             obey
             them
             in
             such
             things
             as
             are
             harsh
             ,
             and
             cross
             our
             Inclination●
             ,
             to
             pay
             Taxes
             ,
             to
             pour
             our
             Prayers
             and
             Supplications
             for
             them
             ,
             this
             ,
             if
             I
             am
             able
             to
             judge
             ,
             doth
             not
             at
             all
             make
             for
             Absolute
             Power
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             commanded
             to
             exhibit
             Honour
             to
             whom
             Honour
             ,
             Tribute
             to
             whom
             Tribute
             ,
             Fear
             to
             whom
             Fear
             is
             due
             ;
             to
             strive
             to
             outstrip
             one
             another
             in
             well-doing
             ,
             to
             pray
             for
             all
             men
             .
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             if
             any
             one
             can
             deny
             but
             this
             is
             also
             due
             to
             Democratical
             Government
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             granted
             by
             all
             Christians
             in
             general
             ,
             that
             all
             Honour
             and
             Reverence
             
             is
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             Princes
             ,
             even
             to
             bad
             ones
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             sway
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             provided
             they
             do
             not
             incroach
             upon
             the
             Rites
             of
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             nor
             meddle
             with
             the
             Spiritual
             Concerus
             .
             But
             herein
             lies
             the
             main
             stress
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             turns
             upon
             this
             Hinge
             ;
             Whether
             or
             no
             Princes
             ,
             not
             using
             their
             Power
             as
             they
             should
             do
             ,
             and
             not
             administring
             the
             Common-wealth
             aright
             ,
             may
             forfeit
             their
             Regal
             Power
             ;
             if
             they
             do
             so
             forfeit
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             before
             sufficiently
             cleared
             ,
             we
             do
             contend
             that
             they
             may
             incur
             the
             Penalty
             of
             being
             discarded
             ,
             and
             we
             do
             readily
             consent
             with
             the
             Council
             of
             Basil
             in
             the
             same
             ,
             
               Cui
               piae
               non
               predest
               correctio
               ,
               debita
               ei
               non
               parcat
               abscissio
            
             ;
             to
             him
             whom
             pious
             correction
             does
             no
             good
             ,
             let
             not
             a
             deserved
             cutting
             off
             spare
             him
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             it
             be
             once
             by
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Nation
             declared
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             forfelted
             their
             Government
             ;
             but
             I
             do
             not
             think
             it
             fit
             for
             any
             private
             Person
             ,
             nor
             lawfull
             for
             divers
             particular
             Persons
             together
             to
             pass
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             even
             as
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             for
             any
             private
             Person
             to
             introduce
             a
             new
             form
             of
             Government
             into
             the
             Common-wealth
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             generally
             allowed
             by
             all
             ,
             that
             this
             belongs
             to
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             to
             the
             better
             part
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             the
             end
             we
             may
             cut
             off
             all
             means
             and
             occasions
             from
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             of
             expecting
             any
             relief
             for
             the
             future
             from
             the
             New-Testament
             ;
             those
             Precepts
             by
             which
             we
             are
             instructed
             in
             our
             Duty
             towards
             Princes
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             explained
             by
             three
             Observations
             .
             1st
             .
             Those
             Precepts
             as
             we
             observe
             ,
             are
             recommended
             and
             enjoined
             to
             all
             who
             are
             in
             Authority
             over
             others
             ,
             without
             exception
             .
             Now
             the
             Authority
             of
             those
             that
             bear
             rule
             ,
             is
             not
             one
             and
             the
             same
             in
             all
             Nations
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Laws
             of
             every
             Nation
             standing
             in
             full
             force
             and
             vertue
             ,
             holy
             men
             would
             introduce
             their
             own
             Laws
             without
             prejudice
             to
             the
             other
             .
             2ly
             .
             The
             Apostles
             Rules
             respect
             particular
             men
             ,
             not
             the
             whole
             Lump
             and
             Mass
             of
             any
             particular
             Nation
             :
             For
             at
             such
             time
             as
             they
             were
             delivered
             ,
             the
             Church
             did
             not
             compose
             any
             body
             politick
             ,
             nor
             did
             compose
             any
             ,
             till
             a
             long
             time
             after
             ;
             nay
             ,
             even
             the
             Apostles
             Authority
             was
             odious
             ,
             and
             suspected
             by
             all
             Nations
             .
             3ly
             .
             The
             Apostles
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             to
             determine
             what
             Laws
             every
             Nation
             were
             to
             make
             use
             of
             ;
             for
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             would
             not
             have
             it
             ,
             that
             his
             Church
             should
             make
             us
             any
             politick
             particular
             Government
             ;
             for
             since
             it
             was
             to
             be
             propagated
             through
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             the
             various
             disposition
             and
             humours
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             the
             forms
             of
             Government
             do
             very
             much
             differ
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             are
             quite
             contrary
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             it
             was
             but
             convenient
             that
             the
             Apostles
             should
             leave
             the
             administration
             of
             Government
             to
             it self
             with
             this
             proviso
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             contain
             any
             thing
             in
             it
             that
             might
             seem
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Tenure
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
               Wherein
               is
               treated
               of
               the
               first
               Ages
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             BUT
             now
             because
             in
             the
             three
             first
             Centuries
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             unparallell'd
             example
             of
             humility
             and
             patience
             ,
             Christians
             never
             made
             the
             least
             insurrection
             against
             the
             Heathen
             Princes
             ,
             by
             whom
             notwithstanding
             they
             were
             most
             barbarously
             and
             sundry
             ways
             tortured
             ;
             this
             does
             not
             at
             all
             infringe
             or
             invalidate
             the
             force
             of
             our
             Argument
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             no
             ways
             in
             a
             capacity
             of
             behaving
             themselves
             any
             otherwise
             ,
             being
             destitute
             of
             Force
             ,
             and
             all
             along
             subject
             wheresoever
             they
             were
             to
             their
             Enemies
             ;
             but
             we
             lose
             not
             one
             jot
             of
             our
             right
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             debarr'd
             the
             use
             of
             it
             either
             by
             open
             force
             or
             any
             other
             insuperable
             way
             whatsoever
             ,
             yet
             one
             or
             other
             may
             object
             ,
             that
             the
             Christians
             might
             have
             entered
             into
             Confederacy
             with
             the
             most
             moderate
             Heathens
             against
             those
             who
             were
             cruellest
             and
             most
             violent
             ,
             yet
             neither
             was
             it
             expedient
             for
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             to
             subdue
             the
             World
             to
             it self
             ;
             it
             was
             a
             piece
             of
             indecency
             ,
             for
             if
             after
             this
             manner
             
             to
             gain
             Triumphs
             over
             Idolatry
             ,
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             ever
             it
             got
             the
             upper-hand
             of
             the
             World
             by
             abundance
             of
             patience
             and
             conspicuously
             eminent
             good
             living
             ,
             and
             became
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             use
             the
             words
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             prevailing
             Doctrine
             ,
             
             then
             did
             God
             out
             of
             his
             tender
             mercy
             grant
             Princes
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             who
             might
             be
             able
             not
             only
             to
             secure
             them
             and
             defend
             them
             from
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             but
             even
             from
             bad
             Christians
             too
             .
             Now
             at
             this
             day
             we
             are
             by
             God's
             blessing
             in
             the
             same
             prosperous
             Condition
             ,
             and
             without
             all
             paradventure
             ,
             Christians
             may
             now
             use
             that
             Authority
             wherewith
             they
             are
             impowered
             by
             God.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             any
             man
             shall
             pretend
             to
             scandalize
             or
             blame
             our
             Cause
             ,
             for
             not
             having
             summoned
             all
             those
             they
             called
             Fathers
             ,
             to
             give
             evidence
             to
             strengthen
             our
             Cause
             in
             hand
             ,
             let
             him
             content
             himself
             with
             this
             Reply
             ;
             That
             we
             have
             already
             given
             an
             account
             of
             the
             three
             first
             Ages
             :
             But
             as
             for
             the
             succeeding
             Ages
             ,
             Constantin
             the
             Great
             will
             answer
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             levied
             war
             in
             Christ's
             Name
             against
             Maxentius
             and
             Licinius
             ,
             and
             managed
             it
             all
             along
             accompanied
             with
             Soldiers
             that
             were
             Subjects
             to
             both
             those
             Tyrants
             ;
             who
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             his
             noble
             and
             famous
             Exploits
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             is
             celebrated
             by
             the
             Praises
             and
             Encomiums
             of
             all
             the
             Fathers
             .
             It
             will
             not
             be
             much
             to
             deviate
             from
             our
             purpose
             ,
             if
             we
             bring
             in
             ,
             and
             join
             to
             
               Constantin
               ,
               Constans
            
             the
             youngest
             of
             all
             his
             Sons
             ,
             who
             had
             some
             thoughts
             of
             going
             to
             war
             with
             Constantius
             his
             brother
             ,
             being
             an
             Arrian
             for
             the
             restoring
             of
             Athanasius
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             Bishops
             to
             their
             Seas
             ,
             but
             was
             prevented
             by
             
             death
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             I
             cannot
             but
             admire
             the
             maintainers
             of
             Tyranny
             should
             be
             so
             blind
             amidst
             so
             clear
             light
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             such
             an
             impudent
             confidence
             should
             ,
             what
             in
             them
             lies
             ,
             bear
             down
             and
             oppres●
             manifest
             Truth
             ;
             and
             should
             peremptorily
             assert
             ,
             
               That
               till
            
             Augustines
             
               time
               ,
               and
               not
               till
               after
               that
               time
               too
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               mention
               extant
               in
               History
               of
               any
               private
               person
               ,
               who
               assassinated
               his
               King
               ,
               or
               took
               up
               Arms
               against
               him
            
             ;
             
             
               that
               not
               the
               least
               Cabal
               of
               Christian
               Conspirators
               durst
               ever
               dare
               to
               do
               the
               same
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               most
               Pagan
               King
               ;
               much
               less
               did
               any
               of
               the
               Peers
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               ever
               pretend
               to
               stain
               his
               Conscience
               with
               the
               like
               wicked
               cruelty
               :
            
             When
             it
             plainly
             appears
             by
             the
             History
             of
             all
             those
             Times
             ,
             that
             Magnentius
             ,
             who
             listed
             himself
             under
             the
             Banner
             of
             Christ
             ,
             did
             cruelly
             and
             barbarously
             murther
             
               Constans
               Augustus
            
             ,
             his
             Benefactor
             ,
             and
             an
             Orthodox
             Emperor
             :
             And
             when
             it
             is
             certainly
             true
             ,
             that
             Maximus
             ,
             who
             was
             also
             in
             the
             List
             of
             Christians
             ,
             did
             treacherously
             slay
             Gratian
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Emperours
             .
             And
             to
             name
             no
             more
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
             Theodesius
             did
             cu●
             off
             Maximus
             the
             Tyrants
             head
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Murtherer
             of
             Gratian
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             overcome
             him
             in
             War
             ,
             and
             taken
             him
             Prisoner
             .
             Now
             we
             have
             produced
             all
             these
             before
             the
             Age
             St.
             Augustine
             lived
             in
             ,
             not
             that
             we
             subscribe
             to
             ,
             and
             approve
             of
             all
             these
             (
             God
             forbid
             a
             Christian
             should
             be
             possessed
             with
             such
             a
             perver●e
             idle
             Spirit
             )
             but
             only
             to
             prove
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             which
             our
             Adversaries
             has
             the
             face
             to
             deny
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             if
             any
             one
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             prejudiced
             ,
             shall
             peruse
             Ecclesiastical
             History
             ,
             he
             stall
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             primitive
             Christians
             ,
             who
             were
             eminent
             for
             Authority
             and
             power
             ,
             did
             no
             less
             exercise
             it
             ,
             than
             those
             now
             a
             dayes
             :
             besides
             the
             Christians
             of
             the
             first
             th●ee
             Cent●ries
             did
             not
             stop
             the
             cariere
             of
             Tyrants
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             Christian
             and
             vertuous
             Piety
             ;
             not
             that
             God
             would
             have
             them
             divested
             of
             that
             authority
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             granted
             to
             all
             Nations
             ,
             but
             it
             so
             seemed
             good
             to
             his
             Wisdom
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             instruct
             all
             Nations
             ,
             that
             Christs
             Kingdom
             was
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             World
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             under
             his
             dominion
             only
             by
             Spiritual
             Warsare
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             World
             was
             subdued
             to
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Church
             scattered
             ●ar
             and
             wide
             over
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             ,
             then
             it
             became
             very
             like
             to
             the
             Net
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             inclosed
             abundance
             of
             good
             and
             bad
             Fish
             .
             God
             out
             of
             his
             infinite
             goodness
             did
             graciously
             grant
             them
             Christian
             Kings
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             whose
             business
             was
             to
             separate
             the
             good
             Fish
             from
             the
             bad
             ,
             who
             should
             conduct
             and
             rule
             the
             
             numerous
             Church
             ,
             as
             a
             well
             Disciplined
             Army
             :
             Moreover
             I
             desire
             you
             ,
             to
             take
             Notice
             of
             one
             thing
             more
             ,
             which
             puts
             this
             Truth
             beyond
             all
             exception
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             Christians
             of
             the
             first
             three
             Centuries
             ,
             did
             never
             suppress
             Hereticks
             by
             force
             of
             Armes
             ;
             but
             after
             they
             had
             once
             got
             the
             management
             of
             Supream
             Affairs
             in
             their
             own
             Hand
             ,
             they
             soon
             supprest
             ,
             not
             only
             Hereticks
             ,
             but
             even
             Schismaticks
             too
             by
             Armes
             .
             I
             ,
             and
             St.
             Augustin
             himself
             sounded
             the
             charge
             to
             this
             Battle
             ,
             which
             I
             do
             not
             so
             much
             approve
             of
             .
          
           
             It
             does
             therefore
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             that
             the
             Christians
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             supposing
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Sword
             annexed
             to
             Magistracy
             ,
             did
             forbear
             using
             it
             ,
             whilst
             they
             were
             destitute
             of
             a
             Christian
             Magistracy
             ;
             but
             when
             once
             they
             were
             Subject
             to
             a
             Christian
             M●gistracy
             ,
             Christian
             Religion
             did
             never
             deprive
             its
             Disciples
             of
             the
             Natural
             〈◊〉
             Civil
             Law
             ;
             and
             they
             publickly
             made
             appear
             ,
             that
             Christ
             came
             not
             into
             the
             World
             to
             destroy
             and
             subvert
             Nature
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             correcting
             and
             bettering
             of
             it
             .
             Away
             then
             with
             your
             Plagues
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             who
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             curry
             favour
             with
             Tyrants
             ,
             have
             the
             impudence
             to
             bring
             back
             into
             more
             then
             Egyptian
             Slavery
             ,
             those
             whom
             God
             hath
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Bondage
             ,
             whom
             Christ
             hath
             redeemed
             with
             his
             Precious
             Blood
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             no
             longer
             be
             under
             servitude
             to
             Man.
             
          
           
             And
             now
             methinks
             ,
             we
             have
             abundantly
             evinced
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Councils
             ,
             and
             by
             constant
             usage
             and
             practice
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nations
             ,
             by
             the
             determinations
             of
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             by
             the
             confession
             of
             Emperours
             and
             Kings
             ,
             and
             last
             of
             all
             by
             the
             T●stimony
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             Tyrants
             may
             be
             deposed
             ,
             that
             the
             unruly
             d●●ires
             of
             Kings
             may
             be
             restrained
             by
             the
             Laws
             .
             It
             doth
             therefore
             plainly
             appear
             ,
             from
             the
             Premises
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             of
             England
             ,
             did
             very
             wisely
             and
             seasonably
             provide
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             when
             they
             rejected
             James
             the
             Second
             ,
             who
             trod
             both
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             Laws
             under
             foot
             ,
             and
             in
             putting
             that
             Pious
             and
             Magnanimous
             Prince
             ,
             that
             Just
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Laws
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             true
             Heir
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             in
             his
             stead
             .
             We
             shall
             not
             wander
             abroad
             ,
             to
             search
             here
             and
             there
             for
             Examples
             and
             Testimonies
             beyond
             the
             Christian
             World
             ;
             for
             since
             that
             the
             matter
             is
             to
             be
             tryed
             before
             Christians
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Judges
             ,
             reason
             requires
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             decided
             by
             Christian
             Laws
             .
             We
             have
             cull'd
             out
             from
             that
             plentiful
             Stock
             of
             Arguments
             ,
             the
             choicest
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             seem
             to
             have
             been
             offered
             to
             the
             World
             with
             the
             most
             mature
             Judgment
             ,
             in
             which
             Examples
             ,
             Conscience
             and
             the
             Publick
             Benefit
             ,
             would
             very
             well
             agree
             and
             conspire
             together
             .
             We
             omit
             those
             ,
             that
             either
             have
             too
             much
             to
             do
             with
             popularity
             ,
             or
             preposterous
             violence
             and
             heat
             ,
             and
             such
             which
             smell
             too
             strong
             of
             Popish
             Tyranny
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             occasion
             scruples
             to
             some
             good
             Men
             ,
             and
             administer
             any
             cause
             of
             wrangling
             or
             quarrelling
             to
             our
             Adversaries
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             be
             not
             much
             mistaken
             ,
             I
             have
             so
             explained
             and
             cleared
             the
             History
             of
             Saul
             and
             David
             ,
             that
             from
             it
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             those
             passive
             obedient
             Parasites
             of
             Tyrants
             will
             not
             expect
             to
             find
             any
             thing
             to
             encourage
             them
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           The
           Appendix
           to
           this
           small
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           WHen
           I
           had
           quite
           made
           an
           end
           of
           this
           small
           piece
           ,
           I
           accidentally
           met
           with
           the
           posthumous
           Work
           of
           
             Edmond
             Richer
          
           ,
           Doctor
           of
           the
           faculty
           of
           Paris
           ,
           no
           obscure
           person
           ,
           touching
           Ecclesiastical
           Power
           in
           Temporal
           Matters
           ,
           it
           was
           published
           at
           
             Cologne
             Anno
          
           1691.
           wherein
           he
           makes
           as
           if
           he
           would
           lay
           some
           foundation
           for
           the
           absolute
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           defends
           it
           with
           such
           sorry
           pitiful
           Arguments
           ,
           that
           altho
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           sacrifice
           Truth
           to
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           yet
           
           in
           spight
           of
           his
           Teeth
           ,
           Truth
           (
           for
           it
           's
           stronger
           than
           any
           King
           )
           will
           bravely
           hold
           up
           its
           Head
           against
           Error
           :
           nor
           would
           I
           have
           you
           take
           my
           word
           for
           it
           ;
           let
           him
           have
           a●
           hearing
           ,
           bringing
           in
           his
           Evidence
           for
           Truth
           .
        
         
           
             As
             to
             the
             Second
             Doubt
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             grant
             that
             every
             Commonwealth
             standeth
             upon
             its
             own
             Legs
             ,
             and
             is
             sufficient
             for
             its
             self
             ,
             by
             Divine
             and
             Natural
             Right
             should
             it
             be
             either
             a
             Republick
             or
             a
             Monarchy
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             done
             by
             a
             free
             Consent
             of
             the
             Estates
             ,
             and
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             kept
             ,
             for
             by
             what
             Right
             it
             doth
             by
             the
             undnimous
             consent
             of
             all
             ,
             chuse
             freely
             a
             Prince
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Right
             also
             may
             it
             abrogate
             and
             disown
             that
             Prince
             ,
             provided
             that
             in
             so
             abrogating
             ,
             the
             Publick
             Tranquility
             and
             Peace
             be
             not
             disturbed
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             suffer
             thereby
             ,
             it
             is
             far
             the
             wiser
             course
             to
             rest
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             endure
             the
             Grievances
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             one
             single
             person
             than
             of
             many
             ,
             conformable
             to
             that
             Precept
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             ,
             not
             to
             plu●k
             up
             the
             Tares
             with
             harm
             to
             the
             Wheat
             .
          
        
         
           In
           this
           Thesis
           ,
           Richerius
           does
           not
           only
           settle
           and
           maintain
           the
           Right
           inherent
           to
           the
           People
           to
           depose
           ill
           Princes
           ,
           but
           does
           also
           mightily
           approve
           of
           the
           late
           change
           that
           happened
           in
           the
           British
           affairs
           as
           lawful
           :
           For
           Charles
           the
           Second
           dying
           without
           lawful
           Issue
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Power
           ,
           either
           to
           elect
           or
           refuse
           James
           the
           Second
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           great
           averseness
           to
           the
           True
           Religion
           ,
           it
           was
           therefore
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Power
           to
           eject
           him
           ;
           but
           they
           ejected
           him
           as
           one
           who
           did
           not
           administer
           aright
           ;
           neither
           was
           the
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           disturbed
           in
           so
           abrogating
           him
           ,
           neither
           were
           there
           more
           Tyrants
           placed
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           rightful
           Heirs
           to
           the
           Crown
           William
           and
           Mary
           ;
           and
           by
           rooting
           up
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Tares
           ,
           no
           damage
           to
           the
           Wheat
           ensued
           ;
           yea
           it
           becau●e
           more
           pure
           and
           clean
           ,
           therefore
           Richerius
           could
           have
           desired
           nothing
           more
           in
           this
           Revolution
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           the
           said
           Richerius
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           well
           Reason
           as
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           do
           confirm
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           altogether
           unlawful
           to
           shock
           the
           Peace
           and
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           acco●nt
           of
           a
           Princes
           oppressing
           or
           forsaking
           the
           Religion
           professed
           and
           established
           by
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           unless
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           injure
           the
           Peace
           ,
           with
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           before
           lookt
           into
           the
           reason
           it self
           ,
           and
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ;
           but
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           Richerius
           must
           needs
           confess
           that
           it
           is
           Lawful
           to
           restrain
           one
           that
           does
           injury
           to
           publick
           Tranquility
           .
           But
           this
           great
           Parisian
           Doctor
           useth
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           distinction
           ,
           
             Except
             it
             so
             fall
             out
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             he
             violate
             or
             corrupt
             the
             Peace
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             :
          
           He
           seems
           to
           make
           small
           account
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           supposeth
           that
           the
           Religion
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           supprest
           ,
           and
           that
           yet
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           not
           b●
           disturbed
           and
           destroyed
           ;
           the
           good
           man
           knows
           that
           Religion
           is
           one
           of
           the
           tenderest
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           thus
           you
           see
           how
           Truth
           uses
           to
           compel
           the
           Maintainers
           and
           Abettors
           of
           Falshood
           to
           acknowledge
           her
           ;
           and
           even
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           to
           extort
           an
           evidence
           for
           her
           against
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           now
           to
           finish
           this
           Appendix
           with
           
           Richerius's
           own
           Words
           ,
           
             We
             must
             conclude
             then
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             that
             it
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Miracles
             that
             can
             possibly
             happen
             t●
             Mankind
             in
             any
             Civil
             Society
             ,
             to
             be
             blest
             with
             a
             good
             Prince
             ,
             which
             God
             out
             ●●
             his
             mercy
             bestows
             on
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             gives
             ill
             Princes
             in
             his
             wrath
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 O
                 Fortunates
                 nimium
                 ,
                 sua
                 si
                 bona
                 norint
              
            
             
               Anglicolas
               —
            
          
           
             
               What
               mighty
               blessings
               may
               the
               English
               find
               ,
            
             
               If
               to
               their
               happiness
               they
               are
               not
               blind
               .
            
          
        
         
           Gloria
           Deo
           in
           Excelss
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42629-e620
           
             From
             
               Binius
               .
               Conc.
               Tolet.
            
             4.
             c.
             74.
             
          
           
             By
             others
             Cintillanus
             .
          
           
             VI.
             
               Conc.
               Toled
            
             .
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eighth
             Synod
             of
             Toledo
             ,
             a
             Law
             of
             King
             Beccesuinthus
             enacted
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             Synods
             Universal
             Decree
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Prince
             .
          
           
             *
             XII
             .
             Synod
             .
             
               Toledo
               .
               c.
            
             2.
             to
             .
             ward
             the
             end
             .
             
               Salmat
               ▪
            
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             who
             in
             defence
             ,
             
               R.
               C.
            
             4.
             p.
             144.
             
             Printed
             1652.
             affirms
             that
             Pope
             Zacharius
             was
             the
             first
             who
             absolved
             People
             from
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             since
             that
             was
             done
             by
             this
             Synod
             seventy
             Years
             before
             Zacharias
             ,
             who
             lived
             seventy
             Years
             ,
             who
             lived
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             eighth
             Century
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             Toled
             .
             Synod
             .
             
               Flavius
               Ervigius
            
             to
             the
             Holy
             Fathers
             .
          
           
             Mezeray
             in
             the
             ●
             life
             of
             Child
             .
             the
             3
             d.
             
          
           
             Idem
             in
             the
             life
             Lewis
             the
             pious
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110.
             4.
             
             Heb.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             To
             
               Volusius
               Praefect
            
             of
             the
             Praetorium
             .
          
           
             
               Aen.
               Sylv.
               de
               gestis
               Concil
               .
               Basil
               .
            
             l.
             1.
             f.
             4.
             
               in
               fasciculo
               rerum
               Expeterdarium
               &
               faciendarum
               Pristinae
               Editionis
               .
            
          
           
             T●o
             2a
             .
             2ae
             quest
             .
             12.
             art
             .
             22.
             at
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             
               2a
               .
               2ae
               .
               quest
            
             .
             10.
             art
             .
             10.
             
               &
               quest
            
             .
             12.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Joan.
               Gerson
               edit
               .
               Paris
            
             1606.
             fo
             .
             79.
             8.
             
             
               &
               sequent
               .
               art
               .
               Prima
               veritas
               .
            
          
           
             Secund.
             Verit.
             
          
           
             Tert.
             Ve●is
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             Consider
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Treatise
             of
             Guelph
             and
             Gibellin
             .
          
           
             
               Bellermin
               .
               in
               Exca
               sat
               .
               Bar
               claij
               ca.
            
             22
             
               in
               princip
            
             .
          
           
             
               Ibidem
               in
            
             3.
             respons
             .
          
           
             Torrensis
             d●
             sum
             .
             Pontif
             supra
             co●●ilij
             auth●●itate
             .
          
           
             
               Anal.
               divin
               .
               fidei
            
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             
               corallar
               .
               de
               homine
               in
               so●ietate
               constitute
               .
            
          
           
             〈…〉
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Be●an
               in
               controver
               Angl.
            
             p.
             120.
             
             
               Edit
               .
               p●im
               .
               Joan.
               Albint
            
             1612.
             
             Ma●ian
             .
             l.
             1.
             
               de
               institut
               .
               Regis
            
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               S●ar
               .
               desenfidei
               Catholic
            
             .
             l
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
               &
               lib.
            
             6.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Instit
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             2.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             
          
           
             Lipside
             Constan
             .
             Lib.
             2.
             
             Cap.
             29.
             
          
           
             Salmatius
             Edmund
             Riche●ius
             .
          
           
             
               Mem.
               de
               du
               Tillet
            
             .
             in
             the
             Chapter
             of
             the
             Coron●tion
             of
             Kings
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             15.
             
             Matth.
             17.
             25.
             
          
           
             Instit
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             Tit.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             21.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             an
             incomp●●able
             D●monstration
             and
             not
             to
             be
             ●vaded
             .
          
           
             Antonin
             .
             was
             an
             Heachen
             .
          
           
             
               Grot
               de
               jure
               belli
               &
               pa●
               .
            
             l.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             n.
             7.
             
             Salm.
             cap.
             5.
             p.
             164.
             
          
           
             
               G●●t
               .
               ut
               supra
            
             ,
             He
             reckons
             seven
             causes
             why
             he
             may
             be
             removed
             from
             the
             Throne
             
               Salm.
               c.
            
             7.
             p.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               C●un
               .
               Constan
               s●ssion
            
             4.
             and
             5.
             
             Basil
             .
             12.
             and
             18.
             
          
           
             
               A●bas
               Vrsparg
            
             .
             Chron.
             p.
             46.
             
          
           
             Lewis
             of
             
               Bavaria
               ,
               Winceslaus
            
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             Javenal
             13.
             
             Sat.
             13.
             
          
           
             Milton
             against
             Salmatius
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             which
             we
             reckon
             
               Gerson
               Aen.
               Syl.
            
             and
             late
             writers
             
               Edm.
               Richer
               .
               Elias
               du
               Pin.
            
             and
             many
             others
             .
          
           
             Add
             to
             these
             
               Beller
               .
               Peron
               .
               Torrensis
            
             and
             many
             Jesuits
             .
          
           
             Cap.
             2.
             p.
             43.
             44
             ,
             45
             ,
             46.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             l.
             1.
             p.
             4.
             
          
           
             Grotius
             vide
             supra
             .
          
           
             Cap.
             6.
             p.
             195.
             
          
           
             ●
             .
             Sam.
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             26.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             3
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             14.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             4.
             p.
             121
             ,
             122.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             2.
             p.
             50
             ,
             51
             and
             55.
             
             
               Majmonidt
               ,
               Halac
               Melac
               .
               Cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             14
             and
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Salmas
               .
               cap.
            
             4.
             p.
             111
             ,
             112.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             11.
             
          
           
             Vales
             in
             Eusebium
             in
             Hist
             .
             Eccles
             .
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             Up
             and
             down
             in
             Ec●le●
             .
             Histr
             .
          
           
             
               Salmas
               .
               cap.
            
             4.
             p.
             138.