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i_o may_v not_o pray_v for_o he_o except_o conditional_o but_o against_o he_o as_o a_o enemy_n of_o christ_n so_o i_o may_v also_o lawful_o resist_v he_o with_o violence_n 6._o it_o be_v clear_a from_o other_o perfson_n or_o thing_n against_o who_o or_o which_o i_o may_v lawful_o pray_v as_o inward_a or_o outward_a enemic_n foreign_a or_o domestic_a be_v they_o inferior_a or_o superior_a against_o these_o i_o may_v use_v resistance_n in_o my_o own_o sinless_a defence_n 7._o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n make_v the_o one_o treasonable_a as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o and_o that_o deserve_o when_o the_o prince_n be_v do_v his_o duty_n but_o when_o he_o turn_v tyrant_n neither_o can_v just_o be_v condemn_v 8._o we_o have_v see_v the_o one_o practise_v in_o scripture_n and_o other_o history_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o 24._o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o mere_a private_a person_n to_o refuse_v obedience_n unto_o the_o unjust_a and_o iniquous_a command_n of_o prince_n then_o it_o be_v 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the_o sovereign_n than_o the_o other_o 5._o the_o one_o be_v no_o more_o a_o wrong_v of_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n as_o such_o than_o the_o other_o because_o he_o be_v no_o more_o the_o minister_n and_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n in_o act_n of_o tyranny_n then_o in_o command_v unjust_a thing_n and_o therefore_o 6._o such_o as_o resist_v unjust_a violence_n can_v no_o more_o procure_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n than_o the_o such_o as_o disobey_v unjust_a command_n cap._n xiii_o the_o surveyer_n ground_n take_v from_o scripture_n for_o absolute_a submission_n to_o suffer_v examine_v have_v thus_o prove_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o private_a person_n resist_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n the_o unjust_a violence_n of_o superior_a power_n by_o many_o argument_n and_o have_v vindicate_v the_o same_o from_o what_o this_o surveyer_n have_v to_o say_v against_o they_o we_o come_v now_o to_o examine_v his_o ground_n for_o the_o contrary_a assertion_n out_o of_o scripture_n he_o adduce_v three_o ground_n pag._n 28._o etc._n etc._n the_o first_o be_v take_v from_o the_o duty_n of_o child_n towards_o paent_n unjust_o afflict_v they_o heb._n 12_o ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o where_o their_o reverend_a subjection_n under_o unreasonable_a and_o unjust_a deal_n be_v commend_v and_o from_o the_o duty_n of_o servant_n to_o suffer_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o unjust_a and_o froward_a master_n 1_o pet._n 2_o 18_o 19_o 20._o to_o which_o we_o answer_v 1._o that_o these_o example_n be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v against_o we_o that_o they_o full_o comfirme_v our_o point_n as_o we_o have_v show_v above_o for_o notwithstanding_o of_o what_o be_v say_v in_o these_o place_n he_o can_v deny_v but_o parent_n may_v be_v resist_v by_o their_o child_n in_o several_a case_n and_o master_n by_o their_o servant_n it_o will_v be_v strange_a if_o he_o shall_v press_v this_o subjection_n so_o close_a home_o that_o now_o no_o servant_n may_v lawful_o resist_v and_o withstand_v the_o fury_n of_o his_o master_n nor_o no_o child_n may_v hold_v his_o furious_a father_n hand_n and_o defend_v himself_o against_o his_o unjust_a act_n of_o cruelty_n and_o althusius_n pol._n c._n 38._o n._n 88_o 89._o tell_v we_o that_o in_o several_a case_n the_o father_n lòse_v the_o right_a of_o his_o fatherly_a power_n over_o child_n &_o master_n power_n from_o the_o law_n tit._n lust_n quib_n mod_a jus_o pat._n pot._n amit_v §_o domin_n lust_n de_fw-mi his_o qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la svi_fw-la vel_fw-la alieni_fw-la juris_fw-la l._n 5._o §_o sivel_n par._n de_fw-fr agant_fw-la well_o alend._n lib._n l._n necfilium_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr patr._n potc_v l._n 2._o l._n 3._o cap._n de_fw-fr inf._n expos_fw-la novel_a 115._o cap._n 3._o 2._o if_o these_o simititude_n be_v hardly_o press_v it_o shall_v not_o now_o be_v lawful_a for_o subject_n to_o resist_v so_o much_o as_o by_o fly_v for_o the_o reverence_n and_o subjection_n require_v of_o child_n unto_o their_o parent_n will_v not_o suffer_v that_o to_o evite_v every_o 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another_o judgement_n inst_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o §_o 26_o 31._o to_o which_o we_o answer_v 1_o mr_n calvin_n be_v assert_v that_o wicked_a man_n may_v be_v magistrate_n and_o that_o such_o though_o wicked_a while_o they_o be_v in_o office_n shall_v be_v acknowledge_v as_o god_n deputye_n for_o so_o say_v he_o §_o 25._o in_o homine_fw-la deterrimo_fw-la honoreque_fw-la omni_fw-la indignissimo_fw-la penes_fw-la quem_fw-la modò_fw-la sit_fw-la publica_fw-la potestas_fw-la praeclaram_fw-la illam_fw-la &_o divinam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la residere_fw-la quam_fw-la dominus_fw-la justitiae_fw-la ac_fw-la judicit_fw-la svi_fw-la ministris_fw-la verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la detulit_fw-la proinde_fw-la à _fw-la subditis_fw-la eâdem_fw-la in_o reverend_a â_fw-la &_o dignatione_fw-la habendum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la attinet_fw-la qua_fw-la optimum_fw-la regem_fw-la si_fw-la daretur_fw-la habituri_fw-la essent_fw-la and_o in_o the_o follow_a section_n show_v that_o 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the_o subject_n it_o be_v true_a somewhere_o his_o expression_n seem_v to_o condemn_v resistance_n but_o that_o which_o we_o have_v mention_v be_v the_o main_a thing_n he_o press_v and_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v to_o the_o case_n of_o resistance_n particular_o 2._o though_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o in_o this_o particular_a calvin_n be_v not_o we_o yet_o the_o surveyer_n must_v know_v that_o §_o 31._o he_o be_v against_o he_o also_o for_o the_o surveyer_n put_v parliament_n &_o all_o inferior_a magistrate_n in_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o private_a subject_n and_o yet_o calvin_n say_v that_o such_o as_o be_v as_o the_o ephori_fw-la among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n among_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o demarchi_fw-la among_o the_o athenians_n and_o the_o estate_n of_o parliament_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o suppress_v the_o tyranny_n of_o prince_n and_o so_o in_o this_o matter_n calvin_n shall_v be_v more_o for_o we_o then_o for_o he_o 3._o it_o will_v be_v note_v both_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o testimony_n cite_v out_o of_o calvin_n and_o to_o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o follow_v that_o the_o case_n which_o they_o speak_v to_o be_v different_z far_o from_o we_o for_o with_o we_o both_o king_n and_o subject_a be_v bind_v in_o a_o solemn_a covenant_n to_o god_n to_o maintain_v and_o promote_v a_o work_n of_o reformation_n and_o upon_o these_o term_n do_v out_o king_n embrace_v the_o sceptre_n and_o become_v oblige_v by_o condition_n unto_o his_o people_n and_o sure_o more_o may_v be_v say_v for_o our_o defend_n ourselves_o our_o covenant_n and_o our_o religion_n when_o unjust_o persecute_v by_o the_o king_n then_o for_o other_o private_a subject_n who_o be_v by_o god_n providence_n under_o heathen_a prince_n or_o conqueror_n or_o under_o prince_n of_o a_o different_a religion_n and_o who_o have_v no_o security_n or_o immunity_n covenant_v unto_o they_o by_o these_o prince_n then_o the_o cit_v some_o passage_n out_o of_o peter_n 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be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o subjection_n passive_a under_o unjust_a punishment_n inflict_v by_o the_o magistrà te_n more_o than_o to_o active_a obedience_n unto_o unlawful_a command_n and_o that_o passive_a obedience_n under_o unjust_a sentence_n come_v under_o no_o command_n of_o god_n yea_o that_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n against_o god_n command_n to_o be_v passive_o subject_a to_o unjust_a sentence_n and_o that_o it_o it_o a_o act_n of_o grace_n and_o virtue_n for_o a_o man_n to_o resist_v the_o magistrate_n violent_o when_o he_o do_v he_o wrong_n and_o a_o self_n murder_n against_o the_o six_o command_n not_o to_o resist_v when_o he_o offer_v to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n without_o cause_n though_o not_o without_o law_n they_o be_v quick_o apply_v to_o the_o church_n by_o this_o man_n and_o his_o party_n who_o plead_v for_o non-submission_n unto_o and_o counteracting_a of_o all_o the_o judicatories_n whensoever_o the_o person_n injure_v think_v the_o sentence_n wrong_v and_o how_o well_o their_o practice_n in_o the_o church_n do_v homologate_v with_o their_o practice_n as_o to_o the_o state_n we_o may_v now_o see_v for_o it_o be_v the_o way_n which_o they_o clear_o own_o that_o every_o person_n when_o and_o so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v able_a or_o be_v in_o probable_a capacity_n to_o act_v violent_o against_o the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o counter-act_n he_o violent_o when_o he_o think_v the_o magistrate_n wrong_v he_o for_o this_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o every_o man_n private_a descretive_a judgement_n as_o naphtaly_n tell_v we_o pag._n 141._o how_o contrary_a such_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o private_a man_n non-submission_n to_o and_o counteracting_a of_o church_n judicatories_n suppose_v to_o do_v wrong_n be_v unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n how_o subversive_a of_o church_n government_n how_o introductory_n of_o schism_n heresy_n and_o all_o mischief_n into_o the_o church_n be_v well_o discover_v by_o the_o learned_a reviewer_n of_o the_o pamphet_n entitle_v presbytery_n no_o papacy_n etc._n etc._n and_o with_o equal_a reason_n may_v the_o same_o ground_n be_v make_v use_n of_o against_o this_o man_n incite_v all_o private_a person_n to_o counteract_v the_o magistrate_n violent_o when_o they_o think_v he_o do_v they_o wrong_a or_o when_o they_o account_v their_o sentence_n unjust_a answ_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o poor_a defence_n of_o a_o weak_a and_o totter_a cause_n to_o follow_v such_o course_n as_o this_o surveyer_n do_v to_o wrest_v and_o wiredraw_v the_o say_n of_o his_o adversary_n be_v neither_o a_o fair_a way_n of_o confirm_v his_o own_o opinion_n nor_o a_o solid_a way_n of_o confute_v his_o adversary_n he_o set_v down_o some_o sentence_n here_o as_o assertion_n of_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la and_o if_o any_o will_v consult_v the_o place_n cite_v they_o will_v discover_v unhandsome_a deal_n i_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o what_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la say_v and_o the_o reader_n when_o he_o compare_v may_v judge_v lex_fw-la rex_fw-la say_v pag._n 313._o that_o patient_n bear_v of_o evil_n and_o resistance_n be_v not_o incompatible_a in_o one_o &_o the_o same_o person_n pag._n 314._o he_o say_v one_o act_n of_o grace_n and_o virtue_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o another_o resistance_n be_v in_o the_o child_n of_o god_n a_o innocent_a act_n of_o self_n preservation_n as_o in_o a_o patient_a suffering_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v well_o subsist_v in_o one_o and_o ibid._n neither_o suffer_v formal_o as_o suffer_v and_o so_o neither_o can_v non-resisting_a passive_a fall_n under_o any_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n except_o in_o two_o case_n pag._n 322._o when_o a_o man_n may_v preserve_v his_o own_o life_n and_o do_v not_o that_o which_o nature_n law_n allow_v he_o to_o do_v rather_o to_o kill_v as_o be_v kill_v he_o be_v guilty_a of_o self_n murder_n because_o he_o be_v deficient_a in_o the_o duty_n of_o lawful_a self_n defence_n and_o pag._n 463_o it_o be_v not_o dishononrable_a to_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o ruler_n that_o we_o deny_v passive_a subjection_n to_o he_o when_o he_o punish_v beside_o his_o warrant_n more_o than_o it_o be_v against_o his_o majesty_n and_o honour_n that_o we_o deny_v active_a obedience_n when_o the_o command_v illegal_o i_o shall_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o word_n to_o discover_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o what_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la say_v and_o what_o this_o surveyer_n allege_v he_o do_v say_v see_v the_o judicious_a and_o observant_a reader_n will_n sine_fw-la monitore_fw-la easy_o perceive_v it_o 2._o what_o the_o surveyer_n drive_v at_o in_o make_v this_o parallel_n now_o may_v be_v obvious_a to_o any_o even_o to_o embark_v with_o himself_o and_o his_o party_n the_o few_o of_o those_o who_o be_v for_o the_o public_a resolution_n that_o have_v hitherto_o get_v grace_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o abide_v faithful_a and_o not_o to_o say_v a_o confederacy_n with_o all_o with_o who_o this_o apostate_n generation_n have_v now_o base_o conspire_v 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go_v and_o reflect_v upon_o the_o magazine_n as_o he_o speak_v to_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la who_o quaest._n 26._o prove_v by_o unanswerable_a argument_n that_o the_o king_n be_v not_o above_o the_o law_n but_o this_o surveyer_n for_o all_o his_o big_a word_n there_fw-mi not_o meddle_v with_o that_o debate_n but_o quarrel_v with_o a_o word_n pag._n 241._o where_o that_o worthy_a author_n be_v answer_v the_o objection_n of_o that_o apostate_n prelate_n maxwel_o the_o author_n of_o sacrosancta_fw-la regum_fw-la majestas_fw-la steal_v from_o arnisaeus_n which_o be_v this_o why_o may_v not_o the_o people_n of_o israël_n peer_n or_o sanhedrin_n have_v convene_v before_o they_o judge_v or_o punish_v david_n for_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n unto_o which_o he_o answer_v thus_o he_o take_v it_o for_o confess_v that_o it_o have_v be_v treason_n in_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o state_n of_o israël_n to_o have_v take_v on_o they_o to_o judge_v and_o punish_v david_n for_o his_o adultery_n and_o 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