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disoblige_v from_o their_o allegiance_n and_o obedience_n they_o owe_v unto_o they_o for_o if_o servant_n as_o st._n peter_n say_v be_v to_o obey_v their_o master_n and_o not_o only_o such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 18._o good_a and_o gentle_a but_o such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o such_o as_o be_v froward_a and_o perverse_a that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o only_o hard_a to_o be_v please_v but_o severe_a in_o command_v and_o cruel_a in_o chastise_v they_o also_o much_o more_o be_v subject_n to_o obey_v and_o to_o continue_v in_o obedience_n to_o their_o sovereign_n though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o severe_o deal_v with_o by_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o rehoboam_n be_v their_o lawful_a sovereign_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o their_o have_v be_v oppress_v by_o his_o father_n and_o upon_o his_o threaten_v they_o to_o be_v more_o oppress_v by_o himself_o be_v not_o lawful_a unless_o they_o have_v have_v a_o special_a command_n or_o commission_n from_o god_n for_o it_o which_o it_o suppose_v do_v not_o appear_v they_o have_v either_o by_o any_o express_a word_n of_o the_o text_n or_o by_o any_o necessary_a consequence_n that_o can_v be_v infer_v from_o it_o either_o in_o relation_n to_o what_o be_v do_v by_o jeroboam_n or_o what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o ten_o tribe_n chap._n viii_o jeroboam_n be_v case_n state_v and_o his_o pretence_n inquire_v into_o the_o revolt_n call_v rebellion_n by_o god_n himself_o and_o first_o as_o to_o what_o be_v do_v by_o jeroboam_n though_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v justifiable_a as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v do_v by_o a_o special_a commission_n from_o god_n state_v because_o god_n have_v tell_v he_o by_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v king_n over_o the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o they_o be_v rend_v off_o from_o the_o other_o two_o tribe_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o thereby_o give_v jeroboam_n either_o commission_n or_o permission_n to_o rend_v they_o off_o or_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n towards_o the_o rend_a they_o off_o himself_o for_o the_o word_n which_o god_n speak_v by_o ahijah_n the_o prophet_n to_o jeroboam_n be_v not_o thou_o shall_v rend_v but_o i_o will_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o solomon_n and_o i_o 31._o will_v give_v ten_o tribe_n to_o thou_o and_o not_o thou_o shall_v take_v ten_o tribe_n unto_o thyself_o by_o use_v either_o force_n or_o fraud_n or_o any_o other_o sinister_a seditious_a or_o unlawful_a mean_n either_o for_o the_o get_n or_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o give_v he_o but_o jeroboam_n do_v both_o for_o first_o whether_o out_o of_o a_o distrust_n of_o god_n performance_n of_o his_o promise_n or_o impatience_n out_o of_o a_o impatience_n to_o stay_v god_n own_o time_n for_o it_o no_o soon_o be_v solomon_n dead_a but_o home_n come_v jeroboam_n out_o of_o egypt_n not_o call_v by_o god_n but_o by_o a_o discontent_a party_n of_o the_o people_n to_o who_o after_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o have_v aggravate_v their_o grievance_n and_o thereby_o incense_v they_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v against_o the_o present_a government_n he_o offer_v himself_o to_o be_v their_o head_n and_o as_o such_o march_v with_o they_o to_o expostulate_v and_o capitulate_v with_o their_o king_n hope_v they_o will_v receive_v a_o unsatisfactory_a answer_n as_o they_o do_v and_o thereupon_o will_v present_o make_v he_o their_o king_n as_o they_o do_v also_o so_o that_o he_o have_v it_o not_o from_o god_n who_o only_o have_v power_n to_o dispose_v of_o it_o for_o by_o he_o as_o he_o himself_o tell_v we_o king_n reign_n but_o from_o the_o people_n the_o
immediate_o from_o god_n i_o wonder_v by_o what_o right_a or_o authority_n they_o can_v pretend_v to_o take_v that_o from_o he_o which_o not_o they_o but_o god_n have_v give_v to_o he_o sure_o they_o will_v not_o say_v they_o may_v do_v it_o whether_o god_n will_v or_o no_o and_o of_o god_n will_n that_o they_o shall_v do_v so_o or_o may_v do_v so_o they_o can_v have_v no_o declaration_n or_o signification_n but_o either_o from_o some_o plain_a positive_a stand_a rule_n in_o scripture_n or_o from_o special_a extraordinary_a and_o immediate_a revelation_n such_o as_o abraham_n have_v for_o the_o sacrifice_a his_o son_n isaac_n or_o as_o jehu_n have_v for_o the_o destroy_v the_o house_n of_o ahab_n but_o as_o to_o this_o latter_a as_o i_o hope_v mr._n baxter_n be_v not_o yet_o fanatic_a enough_o to_o pretend_v so_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o can_v find_v no_o such_o declaration_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v for_o the_o former_a i_o mean_v in_o the_o scripture_n either_o of_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n as_o they_o be_v always_o and_o universal_o understand_v by_o the_o first_o and_o best_a christian_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o in_o the_o scripture_n god_n have_v king_n command_v king_n or_o sovereign_a prince_n to_o govern_v according_a to_o his_o and_o their_o own_o law_n too_o that_o be_v conformable_a unto_o he_o and_o threaten_v they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o and_o punish_v they_o when_o they_o have_v not_o but_o where_o or_o in_o what_o place_n of_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n have_v god_n appoint_v or_o permit_v all_o or_o any_o of_o the_o people_n to_o do_v so_o i_o mean_v to_o punish_v their_o king_n by_o depose_v they_o or_o by_o take_v any_o part_n of_o the_o kingly_a power_n he_o have_v give_v they_o away_o from_o they_o sure_o god_n do_v not_o only_o foresee_v but_o foretell_v that_o many_o of_o the_o king_n of_o his_o own_o people_n the_o jew_n will_v be_v some_o of_o they_o idolater_n and_o some_o of_o they_o murderer_n and_o adulterer_n and_o some_o of_o they_o tyrant_n and_o great_a oppresser_n of_o their_o subject_n as_o appear_v by_o samuel_n speech_n unto_o they_o at_o the_o election_n of_o saul_n their_o first_o king_n but_o he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o or_o any_o order_n of_o man_n among_o they_o there_o or_o any_o where_o else_o any_o either_o commission_n or_o permission_n authoritative_o to_o inquire_v into_o their_o king_n action_n or_o to_o call_v they_o to_o a_o account_n for_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n and_o israel_n be_v king_n indeed_o and_o so_o be_v king_n those_o king_n whether_o despoticall_a or_o political_a whether_o successive_a or_o elective_a which_o have_v no_o ordinary_a stand_v legal_a power_n or_o judicatory_a above_o they_o whereunto_o they_o be_v subject_a and_o accountable_a as_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n be_v unto_o the_o ephori_fw-la and_o therefore_o be_v no_o king_n indeed_o but_o in_o name_n and_o in_o title_n only_o but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o legal_a ordinary_a stand_a power_n or_o judicatory_a here_o in_o england_n above_o our_o king_n for_o rex_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la imò_fw-la nec_fw-la parem_fw-la the_o king_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n have_v none_o above_o he_o no_o nor_o equal_a to_o he_o be_v a_o maxim_n of_o our_o law_n and_o therefore_o our_o king_n must_v sovereign_n needs_o be_v a_o sovereign_n and_o a_o sole_a sovereign_n according_a to_o mr._n baxter_n own_o principle_n and_o concession_n for_o this_o be_v one_o of_o mr._n baxter_n own_o principle_n that_o every_o commonwealth_n or_o body_n politic_a must_v have_v a_o sovereign_n the_o form_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n say_v 61._o he_o be_v the_o relation_n of_o sovereign_n and_o subject_n to_o each_o other_o as_o likewise_o this_o be_v another_o of_o his_o aphorism_n or_o principle_n that_o the_o sovereign_n of_o one_o commonwealth_n 62._o must_v be_v one_o and_o but_o one_o and_o by_o but_o one_o he_o must_v needs_o mean_v but_o one_o person_n or_o but_o one_o caetus_fw-la or_o company_n of_o man_n and_o consequent_o in_o which_o soever_o of_o they_o it_o be_v it_o must_v be_v sole_o and_o whole_o so_o that_o to_o be_v sovereign_a and_o not_o to_o be_v sole_a sovereign_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o contradiction_n in_o adjecto_fw-la from_o whence_o i_o argue_v that_o if_o there_o must_v be_v a_o sovereign_n or_o supreme_a power_n in_o every_o state_n or_o body_n politic_a and_o that_o be_v the_o sovereign_n or_o supreme_a power_n which_o by_o the_o legal_a constitution_n have_v no_o superior_a power_n above_o it_o than_o the_o regal_a be_v the_o sovereign_n or_o supreme_a power_n in_o england_n because_o according_a to_o the_o legal_a constitution_n of_o this_o kingdom_n there_o be_v no_o power_n superior_a to_o it_o or_o predominant_a over_o it_o but_o all_o other_o power_n be_v derive_v from_o it_o and_o subordinate_a and_o subject_a and_o subservient_fw-fr to_o it_o again_o if_o the_o sovereign_n of_o one_o commonwealth_n state_n or_o kingdom_n must_v be_v one_o and_o but_o one_o only_a then_o if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v a_o sovereign_n as_o have_v no_o superior_a he_o must_v needs_o be_v he_o must_v be_v a_o sole_a sovereign_n also_o neither_o do_v i_o see_v how_o either_o of_o these_o conclusion_n can_v with_o any_o colour_n of_o reason_n be_v deny_v but_o by_o assign_v some_o power_n in_o some_o person_n or_o person_n which_o by_o the_o legal_a and_o fundamental_a constitution_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v above_o the_o he_o king_n or_o at_o least_o equal_a to_o he_o but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n of_o our_o law_n as_o i_o say_v before_o that_o rex_n in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la the_o king_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n have_v none_o above_o he_o so_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n too_o that_o he_o have_v not_o parem_fw-la neither_o none_o equal_a to_o he_o so_o that_o according_a to_o our_o law_n as_o there_o be_v none_o to_o judge_n he_o because_o he_o have_v no_o superior_a so_o there_o be_v no_o way_n of_o try_v he_o because_o he_o have_v no_o peer_n those_o who_o we_o call_v peer_n be_v his_o subject_n though_o they_o be_v pares_fw-la or_o peer_n in_o relation_n to_o one_o another_o chap._n v._n the_o english_a monarchy_n assert_v against_o mr._n b._n who_o will_v have_v the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n to_o be_v a_o mix_a commonwealth_n my_o lord_n chief_a justice_n cook_n be_v judgement_n on_o the_o point_n this_o one_o will_v think_v be_v enough_o to_o prove_v the_o king_n of_o england_n not_o only_o to_o be_v our_o sovereign_n but_o our_o sole_a sovereign_n and_o consequent_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n to_o be_v proper_o and_o indeed_o as_o it_o have_v always_o be_v account_v both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o a_o monarchy_n or_o a_o government_n in_o chief_a by_o one_o and_o by_o one_o only_a no_o say_v mr._n baxter_n it_o have_v not_o always_o be_v account_v to_o be_v so_o for_o it_o have_v be_v a_o controversy_n be_v say_v he_o have_v speak_v before_o of_o monarchy_n aristocracy_n and_o democracy_n to_o which_o of_o these_o form_n our_o english_a commonwealth_n be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v and_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o this_o say_v he_o be_v 87._o one_o cause_n of_o our_o war_n whereunto_o i_o answer_v that_o i_o never_o hear_v nor_o i_o very_o time_n believe_v ever_o any_o body_n else_o do_v hear_v of_o any_o such_o controversy_n here_o in_o england_n at_o least_o as_o to_o the_o civil_a government_n as_o to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n indeed_o of_o the_o church_n there_o have_v be_v a_o controversy_n betwixt_o we_o and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n whether_o the_o king_n or_o the_o pope_n be_v the_o governor_n in_o chief_a of_o it_o as_o likewise_o betwixt_o we_o and_o the_o presbyterian_o whether_o the_o king_n or_o a_o national_a synod_n ought_v to_o have_v the_o supreme_a managery_n of_o it_o but_o as_o to_o the_o civil_a government_n of_o the_o 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the_o worst_a it_o be_v more_o tolerable_a to_o have_v one_o ill_a governor_n in_o chief_a than_o many_o and_o the_o worst_a of_o monarchy_n be_v better_a than_o the_o best_a of_o oligarchye_n because_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o satisfy_v the_o lust_n the_o cruelty_n the_o avarice_n or_o any_o other_o inordinate_a appetite_n of_o one_o than_o of_o many_o especial_o of_o many_o that_o have_v no_o body_n to_o control_v they_o as_o the_o ephori_fw-la have_v not_o and_o such_o it_o seem_v calvin_n suppose_v there_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o all_o kingdom_n at_o least_o those_o that_o be_v his_o follower_n believe_v that_o to_o have_v be_v his_o meaning_n namely_o that_o though_o it_o be_v unlawful_a and_o damnable_a for_o private_a subject_n to_o resist_v the_o king_n or_o supreme_a governor_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lawful_a but_o laudable_a for_o such_o magistrate_n as_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v guardian_n of_o the_o people_n liberty_n redigere_fw-la reges_fw-la in_o 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