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allow_v why_o shall_v it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o land_n to_o defend_v their_o life_n and_o estate_n their_o libertye_n and_o religion_n by_o forcible_a resistance_n make_v unto_o the_o magistrat_n emissary_n cruel_a bloody_a soldier_n when_o that_o moral_a resistance_n by_o petition_n which_o yet_o no_o rational_a man_n can_v account_v resistance_n it_o be_v rather_o a_o act_n of_o subjection_n be_v contrare_fw-la to_o all_o law_n and_o equity_n deny_v and_o also_o the_o legal_a resistance_n by_o plea_n in_o court_n be_v not_o admit_v do_v the_o municipal_a law_n of_o the_o land_n permit_v the_o one_o resistance_n and_o will_v not_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o nation_n which_o no_o municipal_a law_n can_v infringe_v be_v a_o sufficient_a warandice_n for_o the_o other_o in_o case_n of_o extreme_a necessity_n if_o it_o be_v say_v the_o sovereign_n have_v law_n and_o right_n upon_o his_o side_n in_o this_o case_n which_o he_o have_v not_o in_o 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people_n a_o false_a and_o idolatrous_a religion_n this_o be_v some_o other_o thing_n then_o when_o they_o account_v the_o magistrate_n to_o pervert_v etc._n etc._n in_o that_o they_o be_v not_o under_o the_o king_n but_o be_v presume_v to_o have_v no_o king_n eatenus_fw-la so_o far_o &_o be_v presume_v to_o have_v power_n in_o themselves_o as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o appoint_v any_o king_n at_o all_o if_o a_o incorporation_n accuse_v of_o treason_n &_o in_o danger_n of_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n shall_v appoint_v a_o lawyer_n to_o advocate_n their_o cause_n if_o he_o be_v strike_v with_o dumbness_n because_o they_o have_v lose_v their_o legal_a and_o representative_a tongue_n none_o can_v say_v that_o this_o incorporation_n have_v lose_v the_o tongue_n that_o nature_n have_v give_v they_o so_o as_o by_o nature_n law_n they_o may_v not_o plead_v in_o their_o own_o just_a and_o lawful_a defence_n as_o if_o they_o have_v never_o appoint_v the_o foresay_a lawyer_n to_o plead_v for_o they_o the_o king_n be_v make_v by_o god_n and_o the_o people_n king_n for_o the_o church_n and_o people_n of_o god_n sake_n that_o he_o may_v defend_v true_a religion_n for_o the_o behoof_n and_o salvation_n of_o all_o if_o then_o he_o defend_v not_o religion_n nb_n in_o his_o public_a and_o royal_a way_n it_o be_v presume_v as_o undeniable_a that_o the_o people_n of_o god_n who_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v to_o care_n for_o their_o own_o soul_n be_v to_o defend_v nb_n in_o their_o way_n true_a religion_n which_o so_o near_o concern_v they_o and_o their_o eternal_a happiness_n now_o let_v any_o judge_n if_o this_o be_v so_o dangerous_a and_o destructive_a a_o tenant_n as_o he_o will_v make_v his_o reader_n believe_v but_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o he_o who_o have_v no_o shame_n to_o pervert_v sentence_n which_o he_o can_v confute_v and_o then_o call_v they_o dangerous_a and_o destructive_a and_o thus_o he_o will_v make_v the_o rabble_n of_o the_o degenerate_a clergy_n and_o other_o simple_a one_o believe_v that_o he_o have_v confute_v lex_fw-la rex_fw-la and_o thus_o deal_v he_o with_o naphtaly_n as_o we_o have_v show_v already_o have_v thus_o consider_v all_o which_o the_o surveyer_n have_v here_o and_o there_o speak_v against_o that_o which_o we_o have_v say_v let_v we_o now_o come_v to_o apply_v what_o have_v be_v say_v unto_o our_o present_a purpose_n of_o vindicate_v the_o late_a act_n of_o defence_n which_o by_o what_o we_o have_v say_v we_o find_v can_v be_v just_o condemn_v as_o treasonable_a or_o rebellious_a but_o rather_o approve_v and_o commend_v as_o loyal_a service_n to_o god_n and_o the_o country_n for_o 1._o thereby_o they_o be_v profess_v their_o constancy_n in_o adhere_v to_o the_o reformation_n of_o religion_n in_o doctrine_n worshipe_n discipline_n and_o government_n which_o be_v
7._o mat._n 10_o ver_fw-la 40._o as_o if_o god_n be_v do_v personal_o these_o act_n that_o the_o king_n be_v do_v and_o it_o import_v as_o much_o as_o the_o king_n of_o king_n do_v these_o act_n in_o and_o through_o the_o tyrant_n now_o it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o think_v or_o say_v that_o when_o a_o king_n be_v drink_v the_o blood_n of_o innocent_n and_o waste_v the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o god_n if_o he_o be_v personal_o present_a will_v commit_v the_o same_o act_n of_o tyranny_n god_n avert_v such_o blasphemy_n and_o that_o god_n in_o and_o through_o the_o king_n his_o lawsul_n deputy_n and_o vicegerent_n in_o these_o act_n of_o tyranny_n be_v waste_v the_o poor_a church_n of_o god_n if_o it_o be_v say_v in_o these_o sinful_a act_n of_o tyranny_n he_o be_v not_o god_n formal_a vicegerent_n but_o only_o in_o good_a and_o lawful_a act_n of_o government_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v resist_v in_o these_o act_n not_o because_o the_o act_n be_v just_a and_o good_a but_o because_o of_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o royal_a person_n yet_o this_o must_v prove_v that_o these_o who_o resist_v the_o king_n in_o these_o act_n of_o tyranny_n must_v resist_v no_o ordinance_n of_o god_n but_o only_o that_o we_o resist_v he_o who_o be_v the_o lord_n deputy_n what_o absurdity_n be_v there_o in_o that_o more_o than_o to_o disobey_v he_o refuse_v active_a obedience_n to_o he_o who_o be_v the_o lord_n deputy_n but_o not_o as_o the_o lord_n deputy_n but_o as_o a_o man_n command_v beside_o his_o master_n warrant_n 5._o pag._n 263._o that_o which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o care_n and_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o give_v a_o king_n to_o his_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v teach_v now_o god_n end_n in_o give_v a_o king_n to_o his_o church_n be_v the_o feed_n saifty_a preservation_n the_o peaceable_a and_o quiet_a life_n of_o his_o church_n 1_o tim._n 2_o 2._o esai_n 49_o ver_fw-la 23._o psal_n 79_o 7._o but_o god_n shall_v cross_v his_o own_o end_n in_o the_o same_o act_n of_o give_v a_o king_n if_o he_o shall_v provide_v a_o king_n who_o by_o office_n be_v to_o suppress_v robber_n murderer_n and_o all_o oppressor_n and_o waster_n in_o his_o holy_a mount_n and_o yet_o shall_v give_v a_o irresistible_a power_n to_o one_o crown_v lion_n a_o king_n who_o may_v kill_v a_o thousand_o thousand_o protestant_n for_o their_o religion_n in_o a_o ordinary_a providence_n and_o they_o be_v by_o a_o ordinary_a law_n of_o god_n to_o give_v their_o throat_n to_o his_o emissary_n and_o bloody_a executioner_n if_o any_o say_v the_o king_n will_v not_o be_v so_o cruel_a i_o believe_v it_o because_o actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o possible_a in_o his_o power_n to_o be_v so_o cruel_a we_o owe_v thanks_o to_o his_o good_a will_n that_o he_o kill_v not_o so_o many_o but_o no_o thanks_o to_o the_o genuine_a intrinsical_a end_n of_o a_o king_n who_o have_v power_n from_o god_n to_o kill_v all_o these_o and_o that_o without_o resistance_n make_v by_o any_o mortal_a man_n yea_o no_o thanks_o god_n avert_v blasphemy_n to_o god_n ordinary_a providence_n which_o if_o royalist_n may_v be_v believe_v put_v no_o bar_n upon_o the_o illimited_a power_n of_o a_o man_n incline_v to_o sin_n and_o abuse_v his_o power_n to_o so_o much_o cruelty_n some_o may_v say_v the_o same_o absurdity_n do_v follow_v if_o the_o king_n shall_v turn_v papist_n and_o the_o parliament_n and_o all_o be_v papist_n in_o that_o case_n there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o martyr_n for_o the_o truth_n put_v to_o death_n and_o god_n shall_v put_v no_o bar_n of_o providence_n upon_o this_o power_n more_o than_o now_o and_o yet_o in_o that_o case_n king_n and_o parliament_n shall_v be_v judge_n give_v of_o god_n actu_fw-la primo_fw-la and_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o office_n oblige_v to_o preserve_v the_o people_n in_o peace_n and_o godliness_n but_o i_o answer_v if_o god_n give_v a_o lawful_a official_a power_n to_o king_n and_o parliament_n to_o work_v the_o same_o cruelty_n upon_o million_o of_o martyr_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v unlawful_a for_o they_o to_o defend_v themselves_o i_o shall_v then_o think_v that_o king_n &_o parliament_n be_v both_o ex_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la judge_n and_o father_n and_o also_o by_o that_o same_o office_n murderer_n and_o butcher_n which_o be_v a_o grievous_a aspersion_n to_o the_o unspotted_a providence_n of_o god_n 6._o pag._n 331._o particular_a nature_n yield_v to_o the_o good_a of_o universal_a nature_n for_o which_o cause_n heavy_a body_n ascend_v aery_a and_o light_a body_n descend_v if_o then_o a_o wild_a bull_n or_o a_o gore_a ox_n may_v not_o be_v let_v loose_a in_o a_o great_a market_n confluence_n of_o people_n and_o if_o any_o man_n turn_v so_o distract_v as_o he_o smite_v himself_o with_o stone_n and_o kill_v all_o that_o pass_v by_o he_o or_o come_v at_o he_o in_o that_o case_n the_o man_n be_v to_o be_v bind_v and_o his_o hand_n fetter_v and_o all_o who_o he_o invade_v may_v resist_v he_o be_v they_o his_o own_o son_n and_o may_v save_v their_o own_o life_n with_o weapon_n much_o more_o a_o king_n turn_v a_o nero_n king_n saul_n vex_v with_o a_o evil_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n may_v be_v resist_v and_o far_o more_o if_o a_o king_n endue_v with_o use_n of_o reason_n shall_v put_v violent_a hand_n on_o all_o his_o subject_n kill_v his_o soon_o and_o heir_n yea_o any_o violent_o invade_v by_o nature_n law_n may_v defend_v themselves_o &_o the_o violent_a restrain_v of_o such_o a_o one_o be_v but_o the_o hurt_v of_o one_o man_n who_o can_v be_v virtual_o the_o commonwealth_n but_o his_o destroy_n of_o the_o community_n of_o man_n send_v out_o in_o war_n as_o his_o bloody_a emissary_n to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n 7._o pag._n 335._o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o ruler_n be_v appoint_v to_o defend_v the_o innocent_a now_o by_o nature_n a_o infant_n in_o the_o womb_n defend_v itself_o first_o before_o the_o parent_n can_v defend_v it_o then_o when_o parent_n and_o magistrate_n be_v not_o and_o violent_a invade_a magistrate_n be_v not_o in_o that_o magistrate_n nature_n have_v commend_v every_o man_n to_o self_n defence_n 8._o ibid_fw-la the_o law_n of_o nature_n except_v no_o violence_n whether_o inflict_v by_o a_o magistrate_n or_o any_o other_o unjust_a violence_n from_o a_o ruler_n be_v thrice_o injustice_n 1_o he_o do_v injustice_n as_o a_o man_n 2._o as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n 3._o he_o commit_v a_o special_a kind_n of_o sin_n of_o injustice_n against_o his_o office_n but_o it_o be_v absure_v to_o say_v we_o may_v lawful_o defend_v ourselves_o from_o small_a injury_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o from_o great_a etc._n etc._n these_o and_o many_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n may_v be_v see_v in_o that_o unanswerable_a piece_n but_o i_o proceed_v to_o add_v some_o moâ—_n here_o 9_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o people_n to_o rise_v in_o arm_n to_o defend_v themselves_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n &_o their_o religion_n from_o a_o invade_v army_n of_o cut_a throat_n papist_n turk_n or_o tartar_n though_o the_o magistrate_n superior_a and_o inferior_a shall_v either_o through_o absence_n or_o some_o other_o physical_a impediment_n not_o be_v in_o a_o present_a capacity_n to_o give_v a_o express_a warrant_n or_o command_v or_o through_o wickedness_n for_o their_o own_o private_a end_n shall_v refuse_v to_o concur_v and_o shall_v discharge_v the_o people_n to_o rise_v in_o arm_n then_o it_o can_v be_v unlawful_a to_o rise_v in_o arm_n and_o defend_v their_o own_o life_n and_o the_o life_n of_o their_o posterity_n and_o their_o religion_n when_o magistrate_n who_o be_v appoint_v of_o god_n to_o defend_v turn_v enemy_n themselves_o and_o oppress_v plunder_v and_o abuse_v the_o innocent_a and_o overturn_v religion_n &_o press_v people_n to_o a_o sinful_a compliance_n there_o with_o but_o the_o former_a be_v true_a therefore_o etc._n etc._n the_o assumption_n be_v clear_a because_o all_o the_o power_n of_o magistrate_n which_o they_o have_v of_o god_n be_v cumulative_a and_o not_o privative_a and_o destructive_a it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o promove_v the_o good_a of_o the_o realm_n and_o not_o a_o power_n to_o destroy_v the_o same_o whether_o by_o act_v and_o go_v beyond_o their_o power_n or_o by_o refuse_v to_o act_n and_o betray_v their_o trust_n 2._o no_o power_n give_v to_o magistrate_n can_v take_v away_o nature_n birth_n right_a or_o that_o innate_a power_n of_o self_n defence_n 3._o it_o can_v fare_v no_o worse_o with_o people_n in_o this_o case_n then_o if_o they_o have_v no_o magistrate_n at_o all_o but_o if_o they_o have_v no_o magistrate_n at_o all_o they_o may_v lawful_o see_v to_o their_o own_o self_n
to_o they_o to_o procure_v their_o good_a and_o defend_v they_o from_o evil_a so_o subject_n ought_v to_o have_v such_o heart_n to_o their_o king_n as_o child_n have_v to_o their_o father_n give_v they_o speical_a reverence_n subjection_n and_o obedience_n from_o their_o very_a soul_n and_o inward_a affection_n answ_n all_o this_o say_v that_o as_o king_n be_v metaphorical_a father_n so_o subject_n be_v metaphorical_a child_n but_o as_o it_o do_v not_o say_v that_o king_n shall_v become_v tyrant_n &_o not_o carry_v fatherly_a affection_n towards_o their_o subject_n so_o it_o do_v not_o say_v that_o subejct_n may_v not_o resist_v their_o tyrannical_a rage_n and_o fury_n wherein_o they_o act_v not_o as_o father_n but_o as_o tiger_n 2._o it_o be_v true_a special_a reverence_n subjection_n &_o obedience_n be_v due_a to_o magistrate_n but_o always_o in_o the_o lord_n the_o relation_n be_v mutual_a if_o they_o carry_v not_o as_o official_a father_n seek_v the_o good_a of_o the_o subject_n and_o defend_v they_o but_o as_o devour_a lion_n seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o their_o subject_n both_o in_o soul_n and_o body_n they_o can_v expect_v according_a to_o what_o he_o say_v that_o hearty_a subjection_n and_o obedience_n which_o otherwise_o they_o may_v have_v 3._o be_v but_o official_a father_n appoint_v by_o the_o subject_n and_o set_v over_o they_o by_o their_o will_n and_o consent_n they_o must_v have_v less_o power_n to_o wrong_n the_o subject_n than_o parent_n have_v to_o wrong_n their_o child_n who_o have_v not_o that_o relation_n by_o virtue_n of_o any_o formal_a compact_n with_o or_o consent_v of_o their_o child_n so_o that_o when_o they_o do_v injury_n subject_n be_v in_o a_o great_a capacity_n to_o help_v themselves_o than_o child_n be_v when_o their_o parent_n to_o injure_v they_o he_o add_v although_o some_o time_n they_o be_v not_o such_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v yet_o they_o ought_v to_o account_v their_o person_n seal_v with_o god_n ordinance_n and_o the_o image_n of_o of_o his_o sovereignty_n sacred_a and_o inviolable_a resolve_v to_o suffer_v any_o thing_n of_o they_o rather_o than_o be_v guilty_a of_o parricide_n although_o under_o the_o colour_n of_o self_n defence_n god_n law_n in_o the_o five_o command_n have_v enjoin_v reverence_n &_o subjection_n to_o prince_n under_o the_o title_n of_o parent_n calv._n justit_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o etc._n etc._n answ_n we_o be_v not_o speak_v of_o do_v violence_n unto_o the_o person_n of_o sovereign_n or_o of_o commit_v parricide_n but_o only_o of_o the_o matter_n of_o resistance_n and_o of_o natural_a sinless_a self_n defence_n which_o be_v far_o different_a from_o kill_v of_o king_n if_o he_o think_v the_o one_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o other_o he_o wrong_v the_o king_n life_n more_o than_o he_o be_v ware_v of_o though_o child_n as_o child_n may_v not_o kill_v their_o parent_n yet_o they_o may_v defend_v themselves_o from_o their_o unjust_a violence_n 2._o we_o grant_v king_n be_v comprehend_v in_o the_o five_o commandment_n under_o the_o title_n of_o parent_n as_o calvin_n do_v and_o not_o only_a king_n but_o all_o superior_n &_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o say_v i_o suppose_v that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o resist_v the_o unjust_a violence_n of_o any_o superior_a but_o that_o they_o be_v all_o so_o sacred_a and_o inviolable_a as_o that_o in_o all_o thing_n they_o must_v be_v subject_v unto_o without_o the_o least_o resistance_n and_o therefore_o what_o he_o add_v be_v not_o to_o the_o point_n 4._o we_o have_v show_v above_o that_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a disparity_n betwixt_o master_n and_o king_n in_o reference_n to_o their_o slave_n and_o subject_n he_o himself_o acknowledge_v this_o pag._n 31._o yet_o say_v he_o though_o there_o be_v these_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o dominative_a or_o masterly_a and_o the_o royal_a or_o magistratical_a power_n the_o inferior_n subjection_n in_o suffering_n even_o wrongful_o if_o god_n permit_v in_o his_o providence_n the_o power_n to_o be_v abuse_v be_v no_o less_o under_o the_o one_o power_n then_o under_o the_o other_o by_o virtue_n of_o divine_a law_n subject_n serve_v the_o sovereign_n though_o they_o be_v not_o slave_n and_o not_o only_o conquer_v people_n be_v call_v servant_n 2_o sam._n 8_o v._n 14._o but_o also_o ordinary_a subject_n 2_o sam._n 11_o v._n 24._o 1_o king_n 12_o v._n 4._o tho_o he_o also_o be_v in_o a_o sense_n their_o servant_n not_o in_o relation_n of_o a_o inferior_a to_o a_o superior_a for_o so_o the_o magistrate_n be_v only_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o the_o people_n good_a and_o never_o call_v their_o minister_n but_o in_o relation_n of_o the_o mean_n to_o the_o end_n as_o angle_n be_v minister_a spirit_n for_o the_o heir_n of_o salvation_n and_o minister_n be_v servant_n to_o the_o people_n etc._n etc._n answ_n that_o the_o subjection_n be_v alike_o in_o both_o these_o relation_n can_v with_o no_o colour_n of_o reason_n be_v assert_v for_o it_o be_v 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