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to_o the_o sovereign_n but_o now_o a_o proclamation_n be_v make_v by_o this_o libeler_n to_o all_o mere_a private_a person_n not_o have_v any_o noble_n and_o magistrate_n among_o they_o to_o make_v insurrection_n against_o all_o magistrate_n from_o the_o high_a to_o the_o low_a and_o against_o the_o plurality_n of_o the_o people_n if_o they_o think_v themselves_o in_o probable_a capacity_n and_o what_o confidence_n will_v not_o desperate_a man_n design_v confusion_n have_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o a_o liberty_n be_v give_v they_o by_o this_o man_n to_o pull_v all_o magistrate_n out_o of_o their_o seat_n to_o install_v themselves_o and_o to_o punish_v magistrate_n who_o as_o he_o say_v have_v forfeit_v their_o right_n by_o the_o abuse_n thereof_o if_o this_o doctrine_n have_v not_o a_o native_a tendency_n to_o the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o this_o nation_n and_o of_o all_o nation_n where_o this_o evil_a seed_n shall_v take_v root_n let_v they_o who_o be_v judicious_a declare_v that_o magistrate_n have_v no_o power_n nor_o warrant_n from_o god_n to_o abuse_v their_o authority_n or_o to_o oppress_v and_o deal_v injust_o be_v a_o thing_n out_o of_o all_o question_n they_o who_o do_v so_o will_v make_v a_o sad_a reckon_n for_o it_o to_o the_o great_a judge_n of_o all_o here_o and_o hereafter_o but_o when_o the_o corruption_n of_o these_o who_o be_v in_o power_n lead_v they_o to_o abuse_v their_o authority_n either_o in_o make_v unjust_a law_n or_o punish_v according_a to_o these_o the_o question_n be_v what_o be_v in_o this_o case_n the_o duty_n of_o mere_a private_a subject_n whither_o they_o shall_v with_o violence_n oppose_v all_o magistrate_n under_o who_o they_o be_v from_o the_o high_a to_o the_o low_a together_o with_o the_o plurality_n of_o the_o body_n of_o that_o community_n whereof_o they_o be_v member_n yea_o and_o in_o their_o own_o defence_n destroy_v they_o all_o if_o they_o be_v in_o probable_a capacity_n for_o such_o work_n and_o if_o they_o can_v eschew_v this_o and_o preserve_v themselves_o yea_o far_o if_o after_o they_o have_v subdue_v providence_n so_o permit_v or_o order_v all_o the_o magistratical_a power_n and_o major_a part_n of_o the_o people_n they_o may_v use_v a_o vindicative_a avenge_a and_o punish_v power_n upon_o all_o be_v only_a person_n of_o private_a capacity_n this_o as_o will_v appear_v by_o this_o and_o the_o next_o chapter_n be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n at_o this_o time_n as_o the_o libeler_n in_o his_o book_n have_v state_v it_o upon_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o question_n this_o advocate_n of_o the_o seditious_a party_n shake_v hand_n with_o many_o papist_n albeit_o some_o of_o the_o more_o orthodox_n be_v of_o a_o contrary_a opinion_n assert_v that_o any_o person_n that_o be_v unjust_o condemn_v or_o pursue_v or_o that_o think_v himself_o so_o deal_v with_o by_o the_o magistrate_n or_o judge_n whatever_o he_o be_v supreme_a or_o subordinate_a may_v defend_v himself_o by_o arm_n against_o the_o judge_n or_o magistrate_n and_o his_o officer_n and_o minister_n even_o by_o slay_v they_o if_o he_o can_v otherwise_o escape_v because_o in_o that_o case_n the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o unjust_a invader_n and_o it_o be_v lawful_a in_o that_o case_n for_o a_o private_a man_n to_o kill_v the_o magistrate_n in_o order_n to_o his_o own_o defence_n as_o it_o be_v to_o kill_v a_o robber_n or_o a_o cutthroat_n invade_v a_o man_n while_o he_o be_v go_v on_o in_o his_o journey_n thus_o becan_n tom._n 2._o controu._n tractat_fw-la 3._o quest_n 8._o and_o swarez_n contra_fw-la regem_fw-la augliae_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o s._n 6._o where_o he_o assert_n a_o man_n unjust_o invade_v by_o the_o king_n may_v kill_v he_o if_o otherwise_o he_o can_v defend_v his_o own_o life_n and_o thomas_n in_o this_o go_v before_o they_o 2_o 2_o quest_n 70._o art_n 4._o c._n but_o add_v a_o caution_n licet_fw-la resistere_fw-la malis_fw-la principibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr propter_fw-la scandalum_fw-la vitandum_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la gravis_fw-la turbatio_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la but_o our_o protestant_n divine_n who_o be_v desert_v by_o this_o man_n and_o his_o complice_n be_v of_o another_o spirit_n mr_n calvin_n be_v plain_a institut_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o s._n 31._o privatit_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la parendi_fw-la &_o patiendi_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la mandatum_fw-la he_o suppose_v where_o there_o be_v not_o opportunity_n of_o fly_v or_o withdraw_v which_o be_v also_o a_o sort_n of_o suffer_v and_o speak_v of_o the_o tyranny_n and_o oppression_n of_o wicked_a prince_n 298._o non_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la mean_v of_o private_a man_n hujusmodi_fw-la malis_fw-la mederi_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la domini_fw-la opem_fw-la imploremus_fw-la again_o s._n 26._o speak_v of_o 1_o sam._n 8.11_o he_o expones_fw-la it_o thus_o that_o albeit_o king_n have_v no_o jus_o or_o right_o to_o do_v act_n of_o tyranny_n yet_o voco_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la populum_fw-la cui_fw-la parere_fw-la ipsi_fw-la necesse_fw-la esset_fw-la nec_fw-la obsistere_fw-la liceret_fw-la eo_fw-la se_fw-la proripiet_fw-la licentiae_fw-la regum_fw-la libido_fw-la quam_fw-la cohibere_fw-la vestrum_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o art_n 31._o nobis_fw-la summopere_fw-la cavendum_fw-la ne_fw-la illam_fw-la plenam_fw-la venerandae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la apud_fw-la indignissimos_fw-la â—esideat_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la eam_fw-la sua_fw-la nequitia_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la polluunt_fw-la spernemus_fw-la aut_fw-la violemus_fw-la according_o peter_n martyr_n one_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a of_o our_o protestant_n loci_fw-la come_v clas_o 4._o cap._n 20._o p._n 680._o illi_fw-la subjecti_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la subjiciuntur_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la privati_fw-la sunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o dominos_fw-la suos_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la incitari_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la è_fw-la dignitate_fw-la seu_fw-la gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la deturbent_fw-la &_o quamvis_fw-la probe_n noverim_fw-la ab_fw-la aethnicis_fw-la praemia_fw-la olim_fw-la constituta_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d attamen_fw-la id_fw-la respondi_fw-la quod_fw-la pietas_fw-la &_o sacrae_fw-la literae_fw-la persuadent_fw-la certain_o si_fw-la populo_fw-la sit_fw-la fas_fw-la regno_fw-la deâ—icere_fw-la injust_a imperantes_fw-la nulli_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la usquam_fw-la tuti_fw-la erunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la probe_n &_o sancte_fw-la regnant_a non_fw-la tamen_fw-la populo_fw-la satisfaciunt_fw-la and_o page_z 684._o improbum_fw-la principem_fw-la pii_fw-la homines_fw-la quando_fw-la privati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o super_fw-la illo_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la habent_fw-la ferant_fw-la oportet_fw-la neque_fw-la illorum_fw-la est_fw-la seditiose_fw-la adversus_fw-la eum_fw-la arma_fw-la movere_fw-la again_o speak_v to_o private_a man_n adversus_fw-la tyrannum_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la quod_fw-la agas_fw-la except_o prayer_n to_o god_n and_o petition_n to_o they_o in_o power_n nisi_fw-la seditionem_fw-la aut_fw-la tumultum_fw-la conspirationemve_fw-la contra_fw-la illum_fw-la excite_v aut_fw-la ipse_fw-la privata_fw-la authoritate_fw-la interficias_fw-la quae_fw-la aliena_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la sententia_fw-la again_o colum._n 2._o ibid._n quia_fw-la potestas_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la tyrannis_fw-la est_fw-la ferenda_fw-la again_o solummodo_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_n dei_fw-la est_fw-la appellandum_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la detur_fw-la alia_fw-la superior_a aut_fw-la major_a potestas_fw-la cui_fw-la tuus_fw-la tyrannus_n pareat_fw-la again_o omnes_fw-la pii_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuasum_fw-la habeant_fw-la exauthorata_n esse_fw-la eorum_fw-la vires_fw-la ad_fw-la movendas_fw-la in_o republica_fw-la turbas_fw-la eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la quod_fw-la vi_fw-la aliquod_fw-la facere_fw-la veliut_a adversus_fw-la publicum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la formae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la thus_o famous_a martyr_n so_o also_o andrea_n rivet_n in_o deâ—alog_n page_n 233._o non_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la legis_fw-la naturalis_fw-la notitia_fw-la sed_fw-la depravatio_fw-la ab_fw-la humano_fw-la &_o corrupto_fw-la affectu_fw-la movere_fw-la seditionem_fw-la contra_fw-la injustam_fw-la magistratus_fw-la violentiam_fw-la and_o page_n 235._o approve_v their_o opinion_n who_o say_v a_o man_n shall_v rather_o suffer_v death_n then_o defend_v his_o own_o life_n by_o destroy_v the_o prince_n life_n or_o bring_v it_o in_o danger_n albeit_o he_o allow_v labour_v to_o ward_v off_o our_o own_o destruction_n against_o unjust_a invasion_n yet_o if_o a_o man_n can_v deliver_v himself_o without_o destroy_v the_o prince_n he_o say_v si_fw-la tamen_fw-la evitari_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la malum_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la quod_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la terminâ—_n concluditur_fw-la praestat_fw-la mortem_fw-la oppetere_fw-la quam_fw-la fieri_fw-la reum_fw-la parricidii_fw-la id_fw-la nos_fw-la absolute_a sentimus_fw-la de_fw-la parent_n &_o principe_n add_v dr._n ames_n lib._n 5._o conscien_fw-fr cap._n 20.4_o potestas_fw-la &_o authoritas_fw-la superioris_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la potest_fw-la consistere_fw-la actu_fw-la sine_fw-la hac_fw-la subjectione_n quam_fw-la relatum_fw-la unum_fw-la sine_fw-la svo_fw-la correlato_fw-la huic_fw-la autem_fw-la subjectioni_fw-la omnis_fw-la violenta_fw-la insurrectio_fw-la adversatur_fw-la and_o 6._o he_o will_v have_v this_o subjection_n contrary_a to_o violent_a
these_o but_o subjection_n to_o the_o passion_n may_v fall_v under_o a_o command_n and_o this_o be_v call_v passive_a obedience_n which_o imply_v more_o than_o mere_a passion_n or_o suffering_n even_o a_o disposition_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o lie_v under_o that_o lot_n with_o a_o eye_n to_o god_n who_o ordinance_n be_v use_v upon_o the_o sufferer_n only_o it_o be_v call_v passive_a obedience_n because_o as_o to_o the_o precise_a suffer_v the_o punishment_n there_o be_v no_o external_a action_n do_v enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n or_o command_n of_o the_o magistrate_n as_o there_o be_v in_o active_a obedience_n although_o there_o be_v some_o dispositive_a or_o preparatory_a action_n in_o order_n to_o suffer_v not_o infer_v a_o direct_a co-operation_n to_o a_o man_n own_o suffering_n which_o he_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o do_v as_o go_v to_o a_o gallow_n on_o his_o own_o foot_n or_o up_o a_o ladder_n or_o lay_v down_o his_o head_n on_o a_o block_n that_o it_o may_v be_v strike_v off_o it_o be_v a_o error_n to_o say_v that_o such_o passive_a obedience_n be_v not_o command_v of_o god_n but_o only_o the_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la that_o it_o be_v do_v patient_o and_o christian_o when_o it_o can_v be_v by_o force_n avoid_v for_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o passive_a obedience_n or_o submission_n and_o subjection_n to_o suffer_v where_o the_o magistrate_n have_v just_a cause_n to_o inflict_v the_o punishment_n fall_v under_o a_o command_n of_o god_n that_o same_o command_n that_o forbid_v resist_v the_o magistrate_n in_o do_v his_o duty_n enjoin_v submission_n and_o passive_a obedience_n to_o he_o although_o we_o be_v able_a by_o force_n to_o deliver_v ourselves_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n in_o conscience_n we_o be_v bind_v not_o to_o offer_v he_o violence_n in_o do_v his_o duty_n though_o there_o be_v power_n in_o our_o hand_n so_o to_o do_v so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o only_a modus_fw-la rei_fw-la that_o in_o this_o case_n be_v command_v viz._n that_o we_o suffer_v patient_o in_o a_o christian_n way_n when_o it_o can_v be_v avoid_v but_o res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la that_o we_o submit_v to_o the_o suffering_n if_o there_o be_v no_o occasion_n of_o fly_v without_o use_v force_n against_o he_o beside_o that_o in_o this_o case_n christian_a patience_n and_o violent_a resistance_n be_v incompatible_a there_o can_v be_v no_o christian_a patience_n opposite_a to_o christian_a submission_n and_o subjection_n to_o the_o power_n ordain_v by_o god_n do_v their_o duty_n but_o if_o it_o may_v stand_v with_o violent_a resistance_n it_o shall_v be_v opposite_a to_o this_o christian_a submission_n therefore_o it_o appear_v to_o be_v a_o groundless_a assertion_n that_o no_o passive_a obedience_n or_o submission_n to_o suffering_n be_v under_o a_o command_n for_o it_o be_v clear_a there_o be_v a_o command_n for_o this_o subjection_n we_o have_v speak_v of_o but_o then_o the_o difficulty_n be_v if_o passive_a obedience_n to_o unjust_o punish_v power_n fall_v under_o any_o commandment_n of_o god_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o command_n of_o submission_n to_o cleanly_a suffering_n it_o be_v this_o man_n mind_n so_o long_o as_o there_o be_v any_o power_n of_o violent_a and_o forcible_a resist_n a_o man_n be_v guilty_a of_o self-murder_n who_o will_v not_o in_o this_o case_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o former_a and_o the_o former_a as_o well_o as_o this_o endeavour_v the_o preservation_n of_o his_o own_o life_n by_o fight_v and_o resist_v and_o re-offending_a and_o all_o that_o be_v require_v be_v when_o he_o be_v overpower_v then_o to_o use_v christian_a patience_n in_o bear_v affliction_n but_o we_o assert_v that_o a_o private_a person_n though_o wrongful_o afflict_v by_o the_o lawful_a magistrate_n proceed_v according_a to_o law_n let_v it_o be_v so_o that_o it_o be_v lex_n male_a posita_fw-la or_o a_o evil_a law_n be_v bind_v not_o only_o to_o christian_a patience_n in_o suffering_n to_o this_o he_o be_v oblige_v in_o suffer_v from_o any_o private_a wicked_a hand_n or_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o manifest_a usurper_n or_o intruder_n in_o magistracy_n who_o violence_n he_o may_v repel_v by_o violence_n so_o long_o as_o he_o can_v but_o unto_o a_o submission_n without_o repel_v of_o violence_n by_o violence_n and_o that_o in_o conscientious_a respect_n to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n wherewith_o the_o lawful_a magistrate_n be_v invest_v although_o abuse_v it_o in_o this_o particular_a and_o with_o a_o tender_a regard_n to_o the_o prevention_n of_o sedition_n and_o confusion_n in_o humane_a society_n which_o be_v unavoidable_a if_o every_o one_o as_o he_o think_v himself_o wrong_v shall_v be_v allow_v to_o use_v force_n upon_o the_o lawful_a magistrat_n proceed_v by_o law_n the_o great_a malefactor_n be_v ready_a to_o justify_v themselves_o and_o to_o violate_v the_o just_a magistrate_n in_o their_o just_a proceed_n if_o once_o this_o repel_v the_o magistrat_n force_n be_v allow_v as_o a_o duty_n and_o no_o tender-hearted_a christian_n be_v there_o who_o will_v not_o rather_o submit_v without_o resistance_n to_o his_o own_o private_a suffering_n commend_v his_o soul_n and_o cause_n to_o god_n then_o by_o such_o evil_a and_o scandalous_a doctrine_n open_v a_o wide_a gap_n for_o all_o wicked_a seditious_a person_n to_o work_v confusion_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o overthrow_v the_o best_a and_o just_a magistrate_n mr._n burrough_n a_o independent_a write_v on_o the_o 1._o of_o hos_n 10._o v._n have_v say_v well_o to_o this_o purpose_n when_o say_v he_o thing_n be_v bring_v into_o a_o law_n suppose_v the_o authority_n be_v abuse_v and_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a law_n make_v then_o i_o confess_v if_o the_o law_n be_v in_o force_n we_o must_v either_o quit_v ourselves_o of_o the_o country_n or_o else_o submit_v and_o suffer_v when_o it_o come_v to_o be_v a_o power_n or_o a_o law_n it_o be_v authority_n though_o abuse_v and_o we_o must_v yield_v obedience_n to_o it_o either_o active_o or_o passive_o 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community_n 2._o that_o the_o late_a rise_n against_o and_o resist_v the_o king_n and_o all_o authority_n in_o the_o land_n be_v utter_o unwarrantable_a not_o only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o their_o be_v mere_a private_a person_n who_o do_v take_v arm_n but_o because_o there_o be_v neither_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o that_o deed_n have_v it_o in_o its_o nature_n be_v lawful_a nor_o do_v they_o abide_v within_o due_a limit_n of_o a_o innocent_a defence_n the_o author_n of_o l._n r._n tell_v we_o p._n 329._o when_o there_o be_v no_o actual_a invasion_n make_v by_o a_o man_n seek_v our_o life_n we_o be_v not_o to_o use_v violent_a re-offending_a again_o he_o say_v p._n 327_o 328._o private_a man_n must_v not_o present_o use_v violence_n to_o the_o king_n servant_n till_o they_o supplicate_v nor_o may_v use_v re-offending_a if_o flight_n may_v save_v and_o must_v not_o use_v violent_a re-offending_a against_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o king_n but_o in_o the_o exigence_n of_o last_o and_o most_o inexorable_a necessity_n and_o p._n 321._o any_o mean_v not_o use_v for_o prevent_a death_n must_v be_v a_o act_n of_o revenge_n not_o of_o self-defence_n and_o add_v there_o that_o in_o pay_v tribute_n or_o suffer_v a_o buffet_n of_o a_o rough_a master_n we_o be_v not_o to_o use_v any_o act_n of_o re-offending_a etc._n etc._n now_o the_o world_n know_v the_o life_n or_o blood_n of_o these_o people_n be_v not_o seek_v upon_o any_o term_n there_o be_v no_o force_v they_o to_o idolatry_n to_o false_a worship_n nor_o fright_v they_o to_o any_o thing_n of_o that_o kind_n upon_o pain_n of_o their_o life_n only_o for_o their_o contempt_n of_o the_o outward_a ordinance_n of_o god_n pure_o administer_v in_o a_o orthodox_n church_n they_o be_v put_v to_o pay_v such_o moderate_a fine_n as_o the_o public_a law_n have_v appoint_v without_o any_o actual_a invasion_n of_o they_o or_o their_o person_n they_o be_v the_o first_o aggressor_n and_o invader_n wound_v and_o murder_v the_o king_n servant_n and_o minister_n and_o seize_v on_o his_o chief_a officer_n napht._n p._n 137._o confess_v they_o shed_v the_o first_o blood_n and_o first_o murder_v the_o king_n servant_n they_o have_v never_o before_o that_o assay_v supplicate_v these_o in_o power_n for_o mitigation_n of_o their_o fine_n which_o be_v not_o forbid_v they_o to_o do_v if_o so_o be_v they_o will_v have_v do_v it_o without_o tumult_n and_o combination_n but_o be_v inflame_v by_o furious_a agitator_n they_o will_v flee_v to_o the_o sword_n and_o provoke_v other_o to_o combination_n with_o they_o and_o so_o spoil_v loyal_a person_n who_o will_v not_o concur_v with_o they_o and_o their_o heart_n be_v full_a of_o much_o more_o mischief_n they_o march_v on_o to_o mock_v authority_n with_o arm_a petition_n as_o they_o have_v mock_v god_n by_o sinful_a prayer_n to_o prosper_v their_o evil_a course_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v altogether_o such_o a_o one_o as_o themselves_o but_o not_o only_o have_v other_o 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