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sect_n iv_o the_o proposition_n prove_v by_o reason_n and_o the_o common_a sentiment_n of_o religion_n p._n 37._o the_o bill_n of_o exclusion_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n prove_v to_o be_v unlawful_a and_o sinful_a p._n 38._o atheistical_a and_o factious_a ibid._n opposite_a to_o the_o know_a law_n of_o god_n p._n 41._o the_o cause_n of_o perpetual_a civil_a war_n and_o sedition_n p._n 42._o the_o chief_a plea_n and_o argument_n for_o it_o answer_v p._n 43_o 44_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n that_o all_o subject_n ought_v active_o to_o obey_v their_o lawful_a prince_n in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o positive_o against_o some_o know_a law_n of_o god_n although_o their_o say_a prince_n be_v a_o heathen_a idolater_n and_o apostate_n or_o never_o so_o moral_o vicious_a p._n 56._o sect_n i._o the_o duty_n of_o obedience_n to_o superior_n whetheh_o moral_o good_a or_o bad_a prove_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o of_o natural_a reason_n p._n 57_o sect_n ii_o the_o duty_n of_o obedience_n to_o superior_n whether_o christian_n or_o heathen_n good_a or_o bad_a prove_v by_o authority_n of_o
censure_v nor_o condemn_v a_o earthly_a prince_n who_o possible_o may_v hate_v right_o much_o less_o may_v thou_o censure_v and_o condemn_v the_o most_o just_a one_o even_o god_n who_o can_v never_o do_v any_o unrighteous_a thing_n so_o that_o elihu_n make_v a_o comparison_n between_o god_n and_o a_o king_n and_o he_o thus_o argue_v à _fw-la majore_fw-la to_o wit_n that_o if_o king_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v censure_v nor_o control_v by_o their_o subject_n but_o aught_o to_o govern_v and_o rule_n notwithstanding_o any_o suppose_a irregularity_n of_o their_o life_n and_o action_n then_o much_o more_o ought_v almighty_a god_n to_o reign_v and_o govern_v according_a to_o his_o own_o beneplacet_fw-la and_o no_o man_n whatever_o aught_o in_o the_o least_o to_o murmur_v at_o his_o providence_n though_o apparent_o never_o so_o thwart_v unto_o humane_a expectation_n for_o shall_v even_o he_o that_o hate_v right_o govern_v and_o will_v thou_o condemn_v he_o that_o be_v most_o just_a the_o point_n of_o interrogation_n in_o v._o 17._o 18._o drus_n in_o job_n 34.17_o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v he_o be_v altogether_o affirmative_a and_o imply_v that_o he_o who_o hate_v right_o shall_v and_o aught_o however_o to_o govern._n but_o the_o point_n of_o interrogation_n in_o v._o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nunquid_fw-la be_v it_o fit_a to_o say_v to_o a_o king_n thou_o be_v wicked_a or_o to_o prince_n you_o be_v ungodly_a be_v whole_o negative_a and_o teach_v all_o man_n this_o loyal_a lesson_n scil_n that_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a nor_o lawful_a for_o any_o subject_n to_o say_v their_o king_n be_v wicked_a nor_o to_o revile_v and_o scandalize_v their_o prince_n by_o opprobrious_o affirm_v that_o they_o want_v grace_n and_o be_v ungodly_a and_o that_o therefore_o they_o be_v unfit_a for_o government_n loc_n drusius_n in_o loc_n non_fw-la dicere_fw-la convenit_fw-la non_fw-la honestum_fw-la non_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-fr it_o be_v not_o honest_a nor_o meet_v nor_o allowable_a to_o say_v so_o to_o king_n and_o prince_n for_o let_v they_o be_v never_o so_o bad_a even_a belial_n idolater_n as_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o translate_v wicked_a in_o the_o hebrew_n do_v signify_v yet_o for_o all_o that_o their_o idolatry_n they_o ought_v to_o reign_v and_o govern._n yea_o this_o truth_n scil_n that_o king_n and_o their_o lawful_a heir_n by_o right_a of_o primogeniture_n ought_v successive_o to_o reign_v be_v far_a evidence_v by_o our_o saviour_n answer_n unto_o pontius_n pilate_n st._n joh._n 18.37_o pilate_n say_v to_o he_o be_v thou_o a_o king_n then_o jesus_n answer_v thou_o say_v that_o i_o be_o a_o king_n to_o this_o end_n be_v i_o bear_v etc._n etc._n in_o which_o answer_n our_o bless_a saviour_n assert_n two_o great_a truth_n 1._o that_o he_o himself_o be_v true_o and_o indeed_o a_o king_n as_o pilate_n have_v say_v 2._o that_o he_o be_v king_n by_o primogeniture_n and_o birthright_a for_o unto_o this_o end_n to_o wit_n that_o he_o may_v be_v a_o king_n and_o may_v declare_v to_o all_o the_o world_n the_o same_o truth_n be_v he_o born_n thus_o the_o holy_a jesus_n rational_o urge_v and_o plead_v his_o own_o birth_n as_o a_o sufficient_a title_n to_o his_o father_n kingdom_n inasmuch_o as_o his_o father_n be_v a_o king_n and_o he_o be_v his_o first-born_a which_o answer_v of_o christ_n when_o pilate_n right_o understand_v to_o wit_n that_o jesus_n be_v indeed_o a_o king_n but_o not_o of_o this_o world_n and_o when_o he_o understand_v also_o that_o jesus_n his_o be_v a_o king_n be_v no_o more_o prejudicial_a to_o caesar_n crown_n and_o dignity_n than_o be_v that_o internal_a empire_n which_o the_o stoic_a philosopher_n attribute_v to_o every_o wise_a man_n now_o when_o 18._o when_o exit_fw-la jesus_n responso_fw-la pilatus_n concepit_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la jesus_n sibi_fw-la tribuerit_fw-la non_fw-la magìs_fw-la imperio_fw-la romano_n obesse_fw-la quà m_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la stoici_fw-la sapienti_fw-la svo_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la qui_fw-la docent_fw-la solum_fw-la sapientem_fw-la regnare_fw-la veram_fw-la fortitudinem_fw-la patiendo_fw-la maximè_fw-la probari_fw-la etc._n etc._n grot._n in_o s._n jo._n 18._o pilate_n clear_o understand_v jesus_n his_o meaning_n than_o he_o go_v immediate_o out_o of_o the_o judgment-hall_n unto_o the_o jew_n and_o profess_v public_o to_o they_o that_o he_o find_v in_o jesus_n no_o fault_n at_o all_o sect_n iii_o the_o proposition_n prove_v by_o the_o unalterable_a law_n of_o inheritance_n by_o primogeniture_n that_o all_o king_n and_o their_o lawful_a heir_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a whether_o belove_v or_o hate_v ought_v successive_o to_o reign_v be_v full_o prove_v by_o the_o ancient_n and_o unalterable_a law_n of_o inheritance_n which_o law_n be_v and_o still_o be_v ground_v 1._o on_o god_n exprss_n command_n and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o judicial_a law_n of_o god_n 2._o on_o natural_a reason_n and_o so_o it_o become_v a_o positive_a law_n of_o nature_n oblige_v all_o nation_n at_o all_o time_n to_o the_o observation_n of_o it_o which_o law_n of_o inheritance_n by_o primogeniture_n we_o find_v record_v by_o moses_n in_o deut._n 21._o v._o 15_o 16_o 17._o and_o it_o run_v thus_o if_o a_o man_n have_v two_o wife_n one_o belove_v inheritance_n the_o law_n of_o inheritance_n and_o another_o hate_a and_o they_o have_v bear_v he_o child_n both_o the_o belove_a and_o the_o hate_a and_o if_o the_o first-born_a son_n be_v she_o that_o be_v hate_v than_o it_o shall_v be_v ☞_o ☞_o when_o he_o make_v his_o son_n to_o inherit_v that_o which_o he_o have_v that_o he_o may_v not_o make_v the_o son_n of_o the_o belove_a first-born_a before_o the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a which_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a but_o he_o shall_v acknowledge_v the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a for_o the_o first-born_a by_o give_v he_o a_o double_a portion_n of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v etc._n etc._n by_o this_o law_n it_o be_v undeniable_o evident_a that_o the_o first-born_a shall_v ever_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o his_o father_n whether_o the_o say_v first-born_a be_v good_a or_o bad_a belove_a or_o hate_v and_o the_o reason_n which_o god_n give_v for_o that_o law_n be_v this_o scil_n v._o 17._o 21.17_o deut._n 21.17_o because_o the_o first-born_a be_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o father_n strength_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_a of_o the_o first-born_a be_v his_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o right_a of_o inheritance_n be_v he_o so_o that_o this_o law_n of_o inheritance_n by_o primogeniture_n be_v not_o only_o a_o positive_a and_o judicial_a law_n make_v by_o god_n bind_v the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o it_o be_v also_o a_o moral_a law_n found_v on_o natural_a reason_n and_o therefore_o be_v for_o ever_o obligatory_a and_o at_o all_o time_n bind_v all_o nation_n to_o observe_v and_o keep_v it_o for_o if_o among_o the_o jew_n the_o first-born_a be_v therefore_o to_o inherit_v because_o he_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o father_n strength_n then_o by_o the_o same_o force_n of_o reason_n ought_v all_o first-born_a son_n of_o all_o man_n whatever_o to_o inherit_v their_o father_n substance_n because_o they_o all_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o their_o father_n strength_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_n of_o inheritance_n be_v they_o from_o which_o concession_n we_o thus_o argue_v to_o wit_n that_o if_o succession_n and_o inheritance_n be_v establish_v upon_o the_o first-born_a in_o private_a family_n because_o of_o his_o primogeniture_n then_o by_o the_o same_o law_n the_o right_a of_o inheritance_n and_o of_o succession_n unto_o the_o crown_n be_v for_o ever_o settle_v upon_o the_o first-born_a of_o king_n for_o the_o first-born_a of_o king_n be_v the_o beginning_n of_o their_o royal_a father_n strength_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_a of_o the_o first-born_a that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o right_a of_o inheritance_n and_o of_o succession_n to_o their_o father_n throne_n be_v they_o and_o from_o 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not_o be_v
true_a and_o lawful_a prince_n and_o so_o run_v themselves_o into_o a_o praemunire_n 6._o this_o doctrine_n of_o prevent_a king_n from_o reign_v and_o govern_v for_o their_o want_n of_o grace_n can_v be_v invent_v by_o christian_n for_o no_o other_o end_n than_o to_o prevent_v all_o passive_a obedience_n unto_o king_n that_o shall_v prove_v tyrannical_a and_o to_o avoid_v go_v to_o heaven_n in_o the_o fiery_a chariot_n of_o martyrdom_n for_o as_o 50._o as_o cum_fw-la reges_fw-la pro_fw-la falsitate_fw-la contra_fw-la veritatem_fw-la constituunt_fw-la malas_fw-la leges_fw-la probantur_fw-la &_o coronantur_fw-la benè_fw-la credentes_fw-la aug._n epist_n 50._o st._n augustine_n write_v there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o die_v for_o religion_n if_o so_o be_v wicked_a and_o ungodly_a king_n who_o want_v grace_n may_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o reign_v and_o by_o their_o evil_a law_n to_o try_v believer_n faith_n whether_o sound_n or_o no_o and_o in_o such_o case_n to_o experiment_n their_o 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the_o king_n have_v not_o grace_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o reign_v from_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o people_n do_v not_o look_v upon_o any_o law_n which_o the_o king_n shall_v make_v to_o be_v valid_a or_o any_o way_n bind_v their_o conscience_n especial_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o church-government_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o they_o decline_v the_o establish_a and_o public_a ordinance_n of_o the_o realm_n do_v run_v into_o private_a and_o unlawful_a conventicle_n which_o they_o the_o ignorant_a delude_a people_n deem_v to_o be_v more_o holy_a than_o the_o other_o nor_o do_v they_o believe_v they_o do_v in_o the_o least_o sin_n by_o conventicle_v contrary_a to_o the_o king_n law_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o be_v of_o full_a persuasion_n that_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n to_o violate_v and_o break_v the_o law_n and_o order_n of_o a_o king_n who_o in_o their_o opinion_n want_v grace_n and_o from_o hence_o also_o it_o be_v that_o the_o people_n who_o be_v not_o better_o catechise_v and_o instruct_v do_v so_o frequent_o leave_v their_o own_o parish-church_n and_o run_v abroad_o to_o the_o great_a profanation_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v holy_a day_n either_o unto_o conventicle_n or_o unto_o other_o church_n and_o all_o be_v because_o they_o fancy_n that_o their_o own_o parish_n minister_n want_v grace_n at_o least_o that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o powerful_a in_o his_o preach_v nor_o so_o holy_a though_o he_o walk_v by_o the_o rubric_n as_o be_v their_o neighbour_n minister_n which_o be_v a_o very_a great_a error_n destructive_a of_o all_o good_a order_n and_o conformity_n in_o the_o church_n for_o the_o minister_n sacred_a office_n and_o not_o his_o person_n oblige_v the_o people_n to_o a_o constant_a attendance_n on_o his_o ministry_n especial_o as_o long_o as_o he_o their_o minister_n be_v conformable_a unto_o the_o order_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n both_o for_o doctrine_n and_o manner_n and_o if_o any_o parish-minister_n 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