Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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The historian vnmask'd, or, Some reflections on the late History of passive obedience wherein the doctrine of passive-obedience and non-resistance is truly stated and asserted / by one of those divines, whom the historian hath reflected upon in that book ; and late author of the resolutions of several queries, concerning submission to the present government : as also of an answer to all the popular objections, against the taking the oath of allegiance to their present majesties.
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Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.
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Wing L2969; ESTC R9209
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absolve_v we_o from_o our_o oath_n and_o that_o no_o faith_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v with_o heretic_n and_o also_o how_o meritorious_a a_o work_n it_o will_v be_v to_o root_v that_o pestilential_a schism_n and_o heresy_n whereof_o the_o english_a church_n be_v the_o chief_a bulwark_n by_o which_o we_o shall_v merit_v a_o better_a crown_n and_o that_o it_o will_v be_v to_o our_o damnation_n to_o keep_v our_o say_a oath_n we_o think_v ourselves_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n industrious_o to_o attempt_v the_o destruction_n of_o that_o church_n and_o the_o introduce_v of_o popery_n into_o our_o kingdom_n in_o order_n whereunto_o we_o have_v enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o our_o brother_n of_o france_n have_v pursue_v those_o well-known_a method_n we_o have_v discard_v all_o such_o officer_n military_a and_o civil_a as_o will_v not_o comply_v with_o our_o royal_a intention_n and_o have_v establish_v a_o stand_a army_n we_o commit_v their_o conduct_n to_o such_o papist_n and_o other_o sectary_n in_o our_o kingdom_n of_o england_n and_o ireland_n as_o will_v serve_v our_o design_n and_o for_o their_o security_n we_o suspend_v and_o dispense_v such_o law_n as_o incapacitate_v they_o for_o such_o office_n and_o cause_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n who_o by_o their_o petition_n and_o refusal_n to_o read_v our_o declaration_n to_o that_o purpose_n to_o be_v imprison_v and_o by_o our_o commission_n for_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n we_o suspend_v the_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o turn_v out_o the_o whole_a society_n of_o magdalen_n college_n to_o plant_v man_n of_o our_o own_o persuasion_n in_o their_o place_n as_o also_o we_o found_v divers_a school_n seminary_n and_o college_n for_o several_a order_n of_o the_o romish_a persuasion_n and_o as_o a_o far_a check_n to_o that_o church_n we_o give_v such_o a_o toleration_n to_o the_o sectary_n who_o be_v profess_v enemy_n to_o that_o church_n as_o we_o promise_v to_o make_v unalterable_a to_o which_o end_n it_o be_v advise_v to_o impose_v a_o suppositious_a heir_n on_o our_o kingdom_n that_o they_o may_v not_o fear_v a_o alteration_n from_o our_o lawful_a successor_n which_o proceed_n the_o prince_n of_o orange_n conceive_v to_o be_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o war_n as_o well_o for_o the_o vindication_n of_o his_o princess_n her_o right_a to_o the_o succession_n as_o for_o redress_v the_o grievance_n as_o they_o be_v call_v of_o our_o discontent_a subject_n who_o thereupon_o invade_v our_o kingdom_n by_o a_o foreign_a army_n and_o by_o the_o revolt_n of_o our_o army_n from_o we_o to_o he_o reduce_v we_o to_o a_o necessity_n of_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o his_o power_n and_o to_o come_v under_o a_o guard_n of_o his_o soldier_n for_o the_o security_n of_o our_o person_n during_o these_o distraction_n we_o be_v advise_v by_o our_o bishop_n and_o other_o subject_n to_o admit_v of_o a_o treaty_n and_o to_o summon_v a_o free_a parliament_n which_o for_o our_o present_a security_n we_o seem_v willing_a to_o do_v but_o well-knowing_a those_o great_a and_o necessary_a end_n by_o we_o design_v will_v be_v by_o such_o mean_n make_v void_a we_o cause_v those_o writ_n that_o be_v make_v ready_a for_o the_o summon_v of_o our_o parliament_n to_o be_v destroy_v we_o cast_v away_o our_o broad_a seal_n disband_v our_o army_n and_o leave_v our_o kingdom_n in_o confusion_n and_o commit_v our_o royal_a person_n to_o our_o brother_n of_o france_n hope_v that_o by_o his_o assistance_n and_o by_o the_o division_n which_o we_o shall_v foment_n among_o our_o subject_n full_o to_o accomplish_v in_o a_o short_a time_n our_o religious_a intention_n to_o the_o root_n out_o of_o all_o that_o shall_v oppose_v our_o royal_a pleasure_n after_o the_o admire_a example_n of_o our_o brother_n of_o france_n now_o this_o be_v the_o lively_a pourtraicture_n of_o the_o late_a king_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o case_n between_o he_o and_o the_o kingdom_n what_o can_v the_o nation_n do_v less_o than_o to_o provide_v themselves_o of_o another_o governor_n and_o who_o more_o fit_a than_o those_o who_o by_o common_a consent_n as_o well_o as_o by_o right_a of_o succession_n be_v now_o set_v over_o we_o to_o who_o our_o allegiance_n on_o these_o account_n be_v as_o due_a as_o if_o the_o late_a king_n be_v actual_o dead_a and_o when_o all_o the_o prince_n of_o christendom_n except_o only_a france_n who_o aspire_v to_o a_o universal_a monarchy_n have_v own_v our_o king_n and_o queen_n as_o rightful_a sovereign_n it_o be_v a_o unexcusable_a singularity_n and_o obstinacy_n for_o a_o few_o private_a person_n to_o stand_v off_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o some_o divine_n act_v beyond_o their_o sphere_n have_v rest_v in_o general_a notion_n concern_v government_n as_o man_n in_o the_o cloud_n and_o other_o have_v make_v such_o conclusion_n as_o the_o premise_n will_v not_o bear_v and_o this_o have_v be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o foundation_n and_o cause_n of_o many_o error_n for_o if_o from_o general_a proposition_n or_o rhetorical_a expression_n or_o from_o argument_n urge_v in_o the_o heat_n of_o disputation_n as_o also_o from_o law_n make_v on_o emergent_a and_o present_a occasion_n we_o shall_v frame_v rule_n for_o our_o faith_n or_o obedience_n we_o shall_v incur_v many_o great_a error_n as_o well_o in_o polity_n as_o in_o morality_n and_o divinity_n for_o from_o such_o beginning_n grow_v up_o the_o doctrine_n of_o pray_v to_o saint_n and_o to_o the_o virgin_n mary_n of_o purgatory_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a indulgence_n and_o pardon_v of_o sin_n past_a present_a and_o to_o come_v worship_v of_o image_n transubstantiation_n the_o supremacy_n and_o infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n etc._n etc._n rigid_o understand_v prince_n who_o be_v general_o man_n of_o great_a passion_n will_v be_v under_o almost_o irresistible_a temptation_n of_o fulfil_v all_o their_o lust_n and_o the_o subject_n in_o that_o case_n be_v of_o all_o creature_n the_o most_o miserable_a whatever_o therefore_o the_o author_n of_o such_o a_o law_n may_v have_v in_o speculation_n i_o be_o confident_a they_o never_o intend_v to_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v put_v in_o practice_n on_o themselves_o and_o such_o a_o government_n will_v be_v worse_o than_o anarchy_n and_o a_o state_n of_o nature_n which_o allow_v vim_fw-la vi_fw-la repellere_fw-la to_o defend_v themselves_o against_o violent_a aggressor_n the_o people_n can_v not_o be_v more_o miserable_a when_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n than_o when_o they_o have_v a_o rehoboam_n to_o chastise_v they_o with_o scorpion_n as_o his_o young_a rash_a counsellor_n will_v have_v advise_v he_o to_o have_v do_v we_o may_v say_v of_o some_o law_n as_o of_o some_o truth_n if_o we_o follow_v they_o too_o close_o at_o the_o heel_n they_o may_v dash_v out_o our_o tooth_n and_o sometime_o there_o be_v such_o legislator_n as_o like_o the_o pharisee_n bound_v heavy_a burden_n and_o lay_v they_o on_o other_o which_o they_o will_v not_o touch_v with_o one_o of_o their_o finger_n and_o i_o think_v without_o breach_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o good_a manner_n i_o may_v desire_v those_o who_o make_v those_o law_n against_o offensive_a or_o defensive_a arm_n in_o any_o case_n and_o those_o that_o adhere_v so_o precise_o to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n and_o passive_a obedience_n whether_o if_o the_o late_a king_n shall_v return_v with_o french_a dragoon_n or_o irish_a cutthroat_n they_o will_v cast_v themselves_o at_o their_o foot_n and_o offer_v their_o throat_n to_o their_o sword_n as_o a_o willing_a sacrifice_n to_o their_o own_o law_n and_o example_n to_o their_o own_o doctrine_n when_o the_o scripture_n command_v wife_n to_o obey_v their_o husband_n in_o all_o thing_n no_o good_a wife_n will_v think_v herself_o bind_v to_o obey_v her_o husband_n if_o he_o shall_v command_v she_o to_o steal_v murder_n and_o prostitute_v or_o kill_v herself_o such_o thing_n which_o nature_n abhor_v need_v not_o be_v except_v out_o of_o general_a precept_n and_o what_o a_o insolent_a and_o odious_a reflection_n will_v it_o be_v upon_o a_o king_n if_o when_o his_o parliament_n present_v he_o with_o such_o a_o general_n law_n for_o his_o consent_n they_o shall_v tell_v he_o sir_n we_o have_v frame_v such_o a_o law_n for_o your_o majesty_n safety_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v treason_n for_o any_o to_o take_v arm_n offensive_a or_o defensive_a on_o any_o pretence_n whatsoever_o unless_o contrary_a to_o all_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n your_o majesty_n shall_v turn_v a_o turk_n or_o a_o idolater_n and_o force_v your_o subject_n to_o become_v such_o or_o shall_v against_o law_n dispossess_v we_o of_o our_o freehold_n ravish_v our_o wife_n destroy_v our_o religion_n and_o law_n to_o which_o you_o have_v swear_v yet_o though_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o express_a word_n except_v there_o be_v no_o
this_o author_n be_v far_o more_o exorbitant_a who_o will_v have_v the_o whole_a nation_n submit_v to_o the_o arbitrary_a power_n of_o king_n james_n to_o alter_v our_o religion_n law_n and_o liberty_n and_o to_o kill_v ravish_v and_o ruin_v the_o whole_a community_n and_o submit_v all_o to_o the_o pope_n or_o french_a king_n which_o thing_n the_o nation_n in_o dark_a time_n of_o popery_n have_v resist_v even_o to_o blood_n and_o this_o without_o ridicul_v be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o bowstring_n which_o the_o author_n will_v introduce_v into_o this_o nation_n it_o be_v therefore_o just_a and_o necessary_a that_o such_o general_a rule_n and_o maxim_n whether_o divine_a or_o political_n shall_v be_v receive_v with_o some_o restriction_n else_o as_o dr._n barrow_n say_v they_o will_v clash_v with_o reason_n and_o experience_n and_o therefore_o many_o formal_a prohibition_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v only_o as_o sober_a caution_n and_o so_o be_v general_a oath_n and_o law_n make_v on_o emergent_a occasion_n in_o dangerous_a time_n which_o at_o other_o time_n may_v themselves_o prove_v dangerous_a and_o destructive_a as_o appear_v in_o that_o exception_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o the_o general_n rule_v concern_v the_o sabbath_n periculum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tollit_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la and_o both_o in_o law_n and_o equity_n omnia_fw-la dicta_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la universalia_fw-la equitatem_fw-la admittunt_fw-la interpretem_fw-la and_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n which_o make_v the_o law_n ratio_fw-la legis_fw-la &_o intentio_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la dominatur_fw-la verbis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la anima_fw-la corpori_fw-la and_o verba_fw-la inserviunt_fw-la intentioni_fw-la tanquam_fw-la fini_fw-fr now_o it_o can_v never_o be_v the_o intention_n of_o god_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o set_v up_o such_o a_o order_n of_o governor_n and_o invest_v they_o with_o such_o a_o uncontrollable_a power_n as_o to_o subver_v the_o end_n of_o government_n or_o of_o the_o legislator_n in_o our_o nation_n to_o make_v any_o one_o such_o law_n as_o shall_v destroy_v all_o those_o other_o fundamental_a law_n which_o with_o mature_a deliberation_n have_v be_v ancient_o establish_v for_o their_o preservation_n for_o both_o in_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n this_o be_v a_o sure_a rule_n exit_fw-la verbis_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la generalibus_fw-la nemo_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la velle_fw-la sibi_fw-la magnum_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la such_o as_o that_o law_n which_o declare_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a on_o any_o pretence_n whatsoever_o etc._n etc._n by_o which_o the_o late_a king_n may_v have_v send_v a_o number_n of_o irish_a or_o french_a papist_n into_o both_o house_n and_o have_v cut_v the_o throat_n of_o the_o legislator_n the_o casuist_n therefore_o give_v many_o exception_n to_o such_o general_n rule_v exit_fw-la impossibili_fw-la inhumanâ_fw-la durâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o baldus_n say_v clausula_n de_fw-fr plenitudine_fw-la potestatis_fw-la semper_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o laudabili_fw-la so_o that_o the_o calumny_n of_o changeling_n and_o weather-glass_n impute_v to_o such_o as_o have_v write_v for_o nonresistance_n be_v malicious_a the_o change_n be_v not_o in_o their_o doctrine_n which_o they_o do_v and_o resolve_v still_o to_o adhere_v to_o as_o long_o as_o the_o king_n keep_v his_o station_n and_o they_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n to_o observe_v it_o and_o that_o of_o seneca_n be_v a_o sufficient_a apology_n for_o they_o l._n 2._o c._n 16._o n._n 27._o eadem_fw-la mihi_fw-la praesta_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la sum_fw-la if_o the_o late_a king_n have_v continue_v in_o the_o same_o condition_n as_o he_o be_v we_o shall_v have_v yield_v he_o the_o same_o submission_n as_o we_o do_v though_o many_o be_v cruel_o deal_v with_o that_o be_v we_o shall_v have_v pray_v for_o he_o as_o our_o king_n we_o shall_v have_v petition_v he_o and_o as_o some_o of_o our_o bishop_n do_v have_v give_v he_o good_a advice_n to_o prevent_v the_o ruine_n of_o himself_o and_o that_o he_o will_v have_v call_v a_o free_a parliament_n which_o doubtless_o will_v have_v provide_v much_o better_a for_o he_o than_o he_o have_v do_v for_o himself_o by_o those_o destructive_a counsel_n which_o he_o choose_v to_o follow_v but_o we_o will_v not_o have_v lift_v up_o a_o hand_n against_o he_o nor_o abridge_v he_o of_o any_o of_o those_o right_n privilege_n and_o preeminence_n which_o by_o law_n belong_v to_o his_o crown_n and_o dignity_n nor_o can_v the_o author_n that_o upbraid_v the_o clergy_n for_o their_o doctrine_n instance_n in_o any_o one_o of_o those_o writer_n who_o do_v transgress_v that_o doctrine_n by_o resist_v the_o king_n while_o he_o continue_v in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o as_o seneca_n say_v a_o wise_a man_n can_v be_v say_v to_o change_v his_o resolution_n when_o thing_n be_v change_v from_o what_o they_o be_v at_o the_o time_n when_o he_o resolve_v tum_o fidem_fw-la fallam_fw-la si_fw-la omne_fw-la eadem_fw-la sint_fw-la i_o permittente_fw-la si_fw-la mutentur_fw-la fidem_fw-la meam_fw-la liberat_fw-la and_o those_o other_o limitation_n give_v by_o bishop_n sanderson_n be_v applicable_a to_o this_o case_n si_fw-mi deus_fw-la promiserit_fw-la quoad_fw-la licet_fw-la rebus_fw-la sic_fw-la stantibus_fw-la salva_fw-la potestatis_fw-la superioris_fw-la &_o p._n 216._o de_fw-fr conscience_n a_o subject_a be_v not_o bind_v ordinary_o to_o obey_v a_o law_n that_o be_v very_o grievous_a to_o the_o destruction_n of_o himself_o and_o family_n and_o p._n 202._o when_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o a_o oath_n cease_v the_o obligation_n also_o cease_v cessante_fw-la causa_fw-la cessat_fw-la lex_fw-la say_v grotius_n this_o may_v suffice_v to_o show_v that_o such_o as_o the_o author_n have_v brand_v so_o malicious_o as_o if_o whatever_o they_o say_v or_o do_v be_v to_o gratify_v their_o ambitious_a or_o covetous_a appetite_n as_o if_o their_o honesty_n like_o quicksilver_n in_o a_o weatherglass_n rise_v high_a or_o sink_v low_a as_o the_o day_n prove_v clear_a or_o cloudy_a as_o the_o great_a hypocrite_n and_o time-servers_a in_o the_o world_n who_o sacrifice_v their_o conscience_n to_o their_o desire_n of_o grow_v rich_a and_o powerful_a while_o have_v the_o time_n be_v contrary_a to_o they_o they_o will_v have_v own_v other_o principle_n and_o that_o all_o their_o former_a declaration_n have_v be_v only_a pretence_n and_o juggle_v and_o that_o they_o have_v be_v loyal_a no_o long_o than_o they_o can_v get_v by_o it_o hoc_fw-la ithacus_n vellet_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la mercantur_fw-la atridae_n his_o next_o paragraph_n say_v the_o doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n can_v be_v unseasonable_a since_o no_o government_n can_v be_v safe_a without_o it_o man_n passion_n incline_v they_o to_o think_v well_o of_o themselves_o and_o to_o make_v complaint_n of_o hard_a usage_n even_o when_o they_o be_v most_o gentle_o treat_v and_o it_o be_v well_o for_o the_o author_n if_o he_o be_v not_o find_v to_o be_v one_o of_o that_o sort_n of_o complainer_n as_o for_o those_o who_o he_o have_v so_o causeless_o defame_v they_o still_o resolve_v to_o retain_v their_o first_o principle_n of_o nonresistance_n to_o the_o present_a governor_n because_o as_o he_o say_v no_o government_n can_v be_v safe_a without_o it_o we_o therefore_o leave_v he_o in_o the_o company_n of_o parson_n and_o his_o party_n rail_v at_o the_o most_o gentle_a and_o admirable_a government_n now_o establish_v under_o king_n william_n and_o queen_n mary_n to_o who_o all_o that_o have_v take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n be_v brand_v as_o rebel_n and_o perjure_a person_n which_o in_o effect_n be_v to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o allegiance_n due_a to_o they_o but_o if_o the_o author_n be_v indeed_o a_o protestant_n of_o the_o establish_v church_n or_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o the_o condition_n of_o other_o protestant_a church_n abroad_o he_o will_v see_v a_o necessity_n of_o transfer_v his_o allegiance_n from_o he_o that_o will_v whole_o extirpate_v those_o church_n to_o one_o who_o by_o god_n blessing_n be_v likely_a to_o preserve_v and_o establish_v they_o for_o the_o lawfulness_n whereof_o i_o refer_v he_o to_o a_o treatise_n concern_v those_o oath_n write_v as_o it_o be_v report_v by_o dr._n whitby_n as_o to_o his_o upbraid_v we_o with_o the_o write_n of_o preston_n widdrington_n and_o other_o in_o england_n and_o ireland_n and_o barclay_n in_o scotland_n some_o of_o they_o live_v to_o act_v contrary_a to_o what_o they_o write_v and_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o those_o man_n to_o cloak_v their_o wicked_a design_n by_o contrary_a pretence_n to_o render_v their_o adversary_n secure_a while_o they_o carry_v on_o their_o design_n with_o the_o least_o suspicion_n as_o watson_n do_v who_o be_v after_o all_o his_o quodlibet_n execute_v for_o treason_n and_o barclay_n clear_o express_v himself_o that_o a_o prince_n seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o his_o people_n be_v no_o long_a king_n l._n 3._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o se_fw-la omni_fw-la principatu_fw-la exuit_fw