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The prerogative of primogeniture shewing that the right of succession to an hereditary crown, depends not upon grace, religion, &c., but onely upon birth-right and primogeniture, and that the chief cause of all or most rebellions in Christendom, is a fanatical belief that temporal dominion is founded in grace / by David Jenner ...
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Jenner, David, d. 1691.
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Wing J661; ESTC R17940
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other_o and_o ofttimes_o through_o heat_n etc._n heat_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o animosity_n the_o public_a weal_n be_v neglect_v and_o every_o one_o drive_v on_o his_o own_o private_a interest_n and_o seek_v to_o save_v himself_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n wherefore_o upon_o these_o consideration_n nicocles_n rational_o urge_v that_o no_o form_n of_o government_n can_v better_o secure_v the_o commonwealth_n from_o intestine_a broil_n and_o from_o foreign_a invasion_n than_o that_o of_o monarchy_n which_o can_v at_o pleasure_n muster_v up_o force_n wage_v etc._n wage_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n war_n and_o carry_v it_o on_o vigorous_o to_o the_o effect_v its_o desire_a end_n and_o to_o confirm_v this_o his_o opinion_n he_o bring_v instance_n of_o several_a commonwealth_n especial_o that_o of_o the_o carthaginian_n who_o in_o time_n of_o war_n for_o the_o better_a success_n of_o their_o affair_n do_v invest_v some_o single_a person_n such_o as_o hannibal_n with_o kingly_a etc._n kingly_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n power_n during_o their_o war_n and_o he_o instance_n also_o in_o that_o of_o the_o city_n of_o athens_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o of_o all_o city_n after_o their_o rebellion_n most_o hate_v monarchy_n yet_o even_o athens_n constitute_v some_o single_a person_n generalissimo_n and_o entrust_v he_o with_o a_o regal_a authority_n and_o at_o last_o when_o their_o republic_n affair_n fly_v malis_fw-la avibus_fw-la upon_o the_o wing_n of_o ill-luck_n they_o choose_v solon_n for_o their_o king_n but_o he_o be_v as_o great_a a_o hater_n of_o monarchy_n as_o be_v timon_n of_o mankind_n refuse_v their_o proffer_n 4._o in_o monarchy_n say_v nicocles_n state-business_n may_v more_o private_o be_v deliberate_v and_o consult_v upon_o and_o therefore_o without_o discovery_n may_v more_o successful_o be_v manage_v to_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o to_o the_o great_a advantage_n of_o the_o kingdom_n than_o in_o democracy_n where_o by_o one_o or_o other_o the_o secret_n of_o state_n be_v frequent_o discover_v and_o their_o consultation_n vote_n and_o resolve_n be_v make_v know_v before_o they_o be_v ripen_v or_o before_o they_o can_v be_v put_v into_o execution_n which_o have_v prove_v very_o fatal_a and_o detrimental_a to_o many_o republics_a and_o here_o by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v note_v that_o by_o some_o wise_a man_n it_o have_v be_v think_v no_o part_n of_o national_a prudence_n or_o state-policy_n in_o our_o late_a house_n of_o commons_o here_o in_o england_n to_o order_n every_o day_n their_o own_o debate_n vote_n and_o resolve_n to_o be_v public_o print_v for_o by_o so_o do_v they_o foment_v the_o several_a faction_n in_o the_o nation_n and_o exasperate_v the_o disaffect_v people_n against_o the_o king_n and_o his_o government_n and_o more_o particular_o against_o his_o royal_a highness_n the_o duke_n of_o york_n and_o which_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o they_o by_o their_o print_a vote_n discover_v and_o reveal_v not_o only_o their_o own_o but_o also_o the_o king_n be_v secret_n and_o counsel_n unto_o his_o foe_n as_o well_o as_o his_o friend_n 5._o nicocles_n argue_v as_o a_o innocent_a heathen_a draw_v a_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o excellency_n of_o monarchy_n above_o all_o other_o form_n of_o government_n from_o the_o regimen_n of_o the_o god_n themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n for_o the_o very_a god_n whilst_o they_o be_v in_o a_o free_a commonwealth_n can_v not_o agree_v how_o to_o govern_v the_o world_n but_o do_v bitter_o clash_v and_o wrangle_v among_o themselves_o so_o that_o at_o last_o necessity_n force_v they_o to_o choose_v a_o king_n who_o shall_v be_v supreme_a and_o monarch_n over_o all_o the_o other_o god_n and_o the_o lot_n fall_v upon_o jupiter_n who_o be_v immediate_o proclaim_v supreme_a monarch_n over_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o when_o this_o be_v do_v than_o the_o world_n be_v peaceable_o govern_v and_o all_o thing_n prosper_v as_o well_o as_o heart_n can_v wish_v wherefore_o as_o nicolces_n of_o old_a do_v so_o we_o at_o present_a may_v rational_o conclude_v that_o of_o all_o the_o form_n of_o government_n monarchy_n deserve_v the_o supremacy_n chap._n iii_o that_o all_o king_n and_o their_o lawful_a heir_n ought_v by_o right_a of_o primogeniture_n to_o reign_v and_o govern_v successive_o whether_o they_o be_v moral_o good_a or_o bad_a whether_o infidel_n or_o christian_n papist_n or_o protestant_n that_o succession_n to_o the_o imperial_a throne_n ought_v to_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o primogeniture_n and_o not_o of_o grace_n will_v be_v the_o task_n of_o the_o follow_a section_n to_o prove_v sect_n i._o the_o proposition_n prove_v by_o humane_a authority_n of_o heathen_n in_o plato_n time_n king_n be_v either_o elective_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o particular_a nation_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o carthage_n and_o as_o at_o this_o day_n in_o polonia_n or_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hereditary_n according_a to_o primogeniture_n as_o in_o lacedaemon_n and_o 3._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n diog._n lacrt._n plato_n l._n 3._o macedonia_n for_o the_o lacedaemon_n and_o macedonian_n be_v not_o only_o for_o kingly_a government_n but_o also_o for_o the_o due_a and_o regular_a succession_n of_o their_o king_n in_o the_o right_a ibid._n right_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n line_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n aelian_a inform_v we_o scil_n that_o 13._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelian_a hist_o l._n 6._o c._n 13._o among_o the_o grecian_n their_o king_n reign_v successive_o according_a to_o birthright_a and_o particular_o gelon_n in_o sicilia_n the_o leuconian_a king_n in_o bosphorus_n and_o the_o cypselidae_n in_o corinth_n though_o as_o he_o report_v the_o legal_a succession_n of_o their_o king_n by_o primogeniture_n seldom_o run_v far_o in_o a_o direct_a lineal_a descent_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o three_o generation_n by_o reason_n of_o frequent_a insurrection_n and_o bloody_a rebellion_n in_o which_o too_o often_o some_o powerful_a usurper_n or_o other_o mount_v the_o throne_n even_o as_o oliver_n cromwell_n late_o do_v here_o in_o this_o our_o kingdom_n and_o cut_v off_o the_o right_a heir_n thus_o may_v overcome_v right_o turn_v the_o stream_n of_o regal_a government_n out_o of_o its_o proper_a channel_n and_o force_v it_o to_o run_v at_o least_o for_o a_o while_n a_o by-way_n nicocles_n the_o aforementioned_a emperor_n strenuous_o defend_v his_o own_o just_a title_n to_o the_o crown_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o birthright_a when_o he_o assure_v the_o world_n that_o he_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n not_o by_o usurpation_n nor_o by_o any_o illegal_a and_o sinister_a way_n but_o honest_o 3._o honest_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n isocrat_n nicocl_n orat._n 3._o and_o just_o to_o wit_n by_o inheritance_n descend_v from_o his_o progenitor_n down_o to_o his_o father_n and_o from_o his_o father_n immediate_o to_o himself_o sect_n ii_o the_o propsition_n that_o succession_n to_o the_o throne_n ought_v to_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o primogeniture_n and_o not_o of_o grace_n be_v far_a prove_v by_o divine_a authority_n as_o humane_a so_o also_o divine_a authority_n speak_v the_o same_o truth_n scil_n that_o all_o king_n and_o their_o lawful_a heir_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a virtuous_a or_o vicious_a ought_v successive_o to_o reign_v and_o govern._n to_o this_o purpose_n very_o pertinent_a be_v the_o interrogatory_n which_o elihu_n put_v to_o job_n c._n 34._o v._n 17_o 18._o shall_v even_o he_o that_o hate_v right_o gover_n and_o will_v thou_o condemn_v he_o that_o be_v most_o just_a be_v it_o fit_a to_o say_v to_o a_o king_n thou_o be_v wicked_a and_o to_o prince_n you_o be_v ungodly_a for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o which_o interrogatories_n it_o must_v be_v premise_v that_o through_o gross_a mistake_n elihu_n rash_o conclude_v that_o pious_a job_n have_v unworthy_o repine_v at_o god_n severe_a hand_n of_o providence_n towards_o he_o and_o therefore_o to_o convince_v job_n of_o his_o suppose_a error_n do_v elihu_n expostulate_v with_o he_o say_v shall_v they_o who_o be_v hater_n of_o righteousness_n and_o justice_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o right_n of_o succession_n and_o inheritance_n govern_v and_o reign_v over_o their_o subject_n and_o that_o by_o god_n own_o appointment_n and_o what_o will_v not_o thou_o o_o vain_a man_n suffer_v god_n himself_o the_o king_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o govern_v act_n and_o do_v what_o seem_v he_o best_o with_o his_o creature_n but_o thou_o will_v presume_v to_o censure_v thy_o maker_n and_o say_v he_o be_v not_o just_a in_o his_o deal_n with_o thou_o sure_o reason_n teach_v thou_o this_o lesson_n that_o if_o thou_o may_v not_o
such_o modern_a author_n we_o find_v none_o that_o be_v for_o absolute_a obedience_n to_o prince_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a papist_n or_o protestant_n for_o all_o the_o recusant_n and_o anti-protestant_n writer_n such_o as_o the_o papist_n and_o the_o classical_a and_o the_o congregational_a author_n according_a to_o their_o several_a principle_n be_v only_o for_o obedience_n to_o prince_n and_o the_o civil_a magistracy_n with_o a_o condition_n and_o limitation_n thus_o the_o papist_n barcl_n papist_n tho._n aquinas_n sum._n 22_o a._n quaest_n 10._o a._n 1._o r._n bellarm_n praefat._n in_o barcl_n strong_o urge_v obedience_n to_o king_n but_o it_o be_v only_o in_o temporal_n and_o that_o too_o with_o submission_n to_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n but_o if_o a_o king_n shall_v meddle_v with_o matter_n spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastic_a without_o the_o pope_n law_n the_o say_a king_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o all_o his_o subject_n discharge_v from_o their_o allegiance_n and_o from_o pay_v homage_n and_o obedience_n to_o he_o their_o king_n in_o like_a manner_n calvin_n and_o all_o the_o classical_a divine_n common_o call_v presbyterian_o write_v much_o for_o obedience_n to_o king_n and_o to_o all_o in_o authority_n but_o it_o be_v with_o a_o jesuitical_a proviso_n to_o wit_n that_o their_o king_n and_o governor_n be_v godly_a and_o it_o be_v also_o with_o submission_n to_o their_o presbyterian_a classis_fw-la and_o consistorian_n power_n which_o they_o set_v above_o the_o king_n especial_o in_o matter_n spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastic_a and_o not_o unlike_a do_v the_o congregational_a divine_n common_o call_v independent_o talk_v much_o for_o and_o preach_v up_o obedience_n to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n but_o it_o be_v with_o the_o same_o forementioned_a proviso_n scil_n that_o their_o magistrate_n be_v endue_v with_o grace_n and_o do_v govern_v the_o people_n according_a to_o god_n word_n and_o with_o a_o submission_n to_o their_o independent_a cougregational-churche's_a power_n and_o censure_n as_o be_v plain_o and_o sufficient_o prove_v in_o a_o late_a book_n entitle_v beaufrons_n chap._n 2._o presbyterian_o no_o protestant_n chap._n 3._o independent_o no_o protestant_n chap._n 6._o p._n 56_o 57_o impossible_a for_o papist_n and_o dissenter_n whilst_o they_o be_v true_a to_o their_o own_o principle_n to_o be_v obedient_a and_o good_a subject_n to_o the_o king_n unto_o which_o book_n and_o chapter_n above_o mention_v we_o refer_v the_o reader_n and_o by_o the_o way_n we_o can_v but_o advise_v all_o young_a man_n especial_o the_o young_a divine_a whether_o in_o the_o university_n or_o elsewhere_o to_o be_v very_o cautious_a how_o he_o read_v and_o understand_v and_o follow_v the_o modern_a author_n especial_o calvin_n beza_n peter_n martyr_n rolloc_n polanus_fw-la frederick_n baldwin_n cursellaeus_n etc._n etc._n hugo_n grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pa._n for_o they_o and_o other_o of_o their_o party_n together_o with_o the_o papist_n and_o jesuist_n plead_v and_o argue_v stiff_o for_o obedience_n unto_o the_o king_n and_o the_o secular_a power_n but_o yet_o they_o all_o have_v their_o several_a mental_a reservation_n and_o cunning_o distinguish_v 13.1_o distinguish_v rolloc_n and_o fred._n baldw._n n_o rom._n 13.1_o between_o the_o king_n person_n and_o his_o power_n and_o in_o the_o close_a of_o their_o arguing_n they_o all_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o subject_n to_o resist_v the_o king_n and_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n even_o with_o force_n of_o arm_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o in_o the_o suppression_n of_o tyranny_n and_o oppression_n thus_o grotius_n himself_o 10._o himself_o si_fw-mi rex_fw-la reipsa_fw-la etiam_fw-la tradere_fw-la regnum_fw-la aut_fw-la subjieere_v moliatur_fw-la quin_fw-la ei_fw-la resisti_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la possit_fw-la non_fw-la dubito_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la imperium_fw-la aliud_fw-la habendi_fw-la modus_fw-la qui_fw-la ne_fw-la mutetur_fw-la obstare_fw-la potest_fw-la populus_fw-la grot._n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr bel._n &_o pa._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o §_o 10._o assert_v this_o they_o all_o affirm_v to_o be_v lawful_a contrary_a to_o primitive_a christianity_n and_o direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o sound_n and_o loyal_a doctrine_n and_o pratice_fw-la of_o the_o protestant_a church_n of_o england_n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v of_o little_a source_n and_o validity_n to_o bring_v the_o testimony_n of_o modern_a writer_n to_o confirm_v the_o doctrine_n of_o obedience_n to_o prince_n both_o good_a and_o bad_a papist_n and_o protestant_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o of_o the_o episcopal_a protestant_n who_o own_o and_o plead_v for_o the_o king_n supremacy_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o only_a protestant_n in_o the_o world_n however_o to_o gratify_v the_o reader_n we_o will_v present_v he_o with_o a_o few_o say_n of_o some_o of_o the_o anti-protestant_n modern_a writer_n as_o to_o the_o point_n of_o obedience_n to_o all_o in_o authority_n jo._n calvin_n in_o his_o french_a comment_n and_o sermon_n on_o job_n 34._o jo._n calvin_n serm._n 131._o on_o job_n 34._o c._n 34._o v._n 17_o 18._o have_v these_o word_n as_o they_o be_v translate_v by_o arthur_n godling_n out_o of_o french_a into_o english_a to_o wit_n we_o must_v obey_v and_o honour_n all_o in_o authority_n because_o they_o be_v not_o set_v up_o by_o chance_n or_o haphazard_n but_o by_o god_n and_o his_o providence_n and_o if_o god_n set_v over_o we_o a_o tyrant_n it_o be_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o man_n meek_o to_o bear_v their_o punishment_n and_o to_o take_v it_o as_o a_o scourge_n of_o god_n and_o if_o we_o resist_v we_o strive_v not_o against_o mortal_a man_n but_o against_o the_o heavenly_a judge_n p._n 675._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n write_v peter_n 10._o peter_n dua_n sunt_fw-la subjectiones_fw-la una_fw-la politicâ—_n &_o civilis_n cvi_fw-la subjiciuntur_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la offenderint_fw-la in_o leges_fw-la expectant_a à _fw-la justis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la carcerem_fw-la mulctam_fw-la pecuniariam_fw-la exilia_fw-la mortes_fw-la &_o externas_fw-la poenas_fw-la etc._n etc._n pet._n mart._n loc_fw-la com._n the_o magistrate_n p._n 1018._o §_o 10._o martyr_n how_o that_o all_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o civil_a power_n and_o if_o any_o offend_v than_o it_o be_v the_o magistrate_n duty_n to_o punish_v the_o offender_n according_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o their_o delinquency_n and_o speak_v against_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n he_o add_v that_o a_o king_n 12._o king_n quamvis_fw-la rex_fw-la possit_fw-la removere_fw-la inutilem_fw-la ac_fw-la noxium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la episcopus_fw-la potest_fw-la vicissim_fw-la regem_fw-la si_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la dejicere_fw-la &_o ibid._n §_o 12._o have_v power_n to_o depose_v a_o wicked_a bishop_n but_o no_o bishop_n whatever_o have_v power_n to_o depose_v a_o king_n although_o wicked_a and_o polanus_fw-la be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o hereditary_a monarch_n ought_v to_o reign_v and_o 62._o and_o si_fw-mi absolutam_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la habet_fw-la est_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la ejus_fw-la perstandum_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la tyrannus_n evasit_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nihil_fw-la minus_fw-la praestet_fw-la quà m_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la officio_fw-la erat_fw-la regum_fw-la &_o principum_fw-la &_o polan_n syntag._n l._n 10._o c._n 62._o govern_v although_o they_o shall_v be_v tyrant_n and_o that_o the_o people_n ought_v to_o persevere_v on_o in_o their_o allegiance_n and_o obedience_n to_o they_o ii_o modern_a author_n who_o be_v for_o absolute_a obedience_n to_o prince_n whether_o moral_o good_a or_o bad_a orthodox_n or_o erroneous_a papist_n or_o protestant_n gerhard_n treat_v on_o the_o question_n q_o whether_o he_o ought_v to_o reign_v and_o govern_v who_o have_v apostatise_v from_o the_o true_a religion_n a._n answer_n in_o the_o affirmative_a and_o positive_o assert_n that_o 106._o that_o si_fw-mi jure_fw-la successionis_fw-la juxta_fw-la leges_fw-la sundamentales_fw-la &_o pacta_fw-la conventa_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinent_a imperii_fw-la fasces_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la verâ_fw-la religione_fw-la alienus_fw-la est_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la religionis_fw-la diversitatem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la privandus_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la quia_fw-la religio_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la abolet_fw-la politias_fw-la ac_fw-la jura_fw-la politica_fw-la etc._n etc._n gerhard_n de_fw-fr magistratu_fw-la pol._n sect._n 106._o he_o to_o who_o the_o crown_n belong_v by_o right_o of_o succession_n aught_o to_o reign_v and_o govern_v notwithstanding_o his_o apostasy_n and_o alenation_n from_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o that_o because_o diversity_n of_o religion_n deprive_v no_o man_n of_o his_o right_n to_o this_o foreign_a author_n we_o will_v add_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o now_o establish_v and_o as_o it_o be_v deliver_v to_o we_o in_o her_o homily_n of_o obedience_n second_o part._n the_o word_n of_o the_o homily_n be_v these_o scil._n 72._o hom_o of_o obedience_n 2d_o part._n p._n 72._o all_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v they_o that_o be_v king_n and_o magistrate_n as_o god_n minister_n yea_o although_o