and_o sinful_a injustice_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v from_o god._n dum_fw-la contra_fw-la officium_fw-la facit_fw-la magistratus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quip_n à _fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la injuria_fw-la sed_fw-la jus_o nasci_fw-la debet_fw-la and_o consequent_o they_o who_o resist_v the_o tyrannous_a act_n of_o king_n do_v not_o resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god._n what_o be_v it_o less_o than_o blasphemous_o to_o charge_n god_n with_o prevaricate_a with_o his_o people_n if_o in_o authorise_a king_n to_o preserve_v they_o shall_v give_v they_o liberty_n without_o all_o politic_a restraint_n to_o destroy_v they_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n end_n in_o the_o five_o commandment_n that_o one_o man_n a_o king_n shall_v have_v absolute_a power_n to_o destroy_v million_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n uncontrolable_o if_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n be_v under_o censure_n and_o rebuke_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o sin_v against_o god_n and_o the_o 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mentis_fw-la inops_fw-la can_v deny_v upon_o such_o plain_a evidence_n and_o demonstration_n that_o the_o people_n in_o parliament_n diet_n and_o senate_n be_v not_o only_o coordinate_a and_o have_v a_o share_n in_o the_o government_n but_o be_v also_o in_o some_o sense_n and_o some_o place_n superior_a to_o they_o for_o that_o they_o can_v do_v more_o than_o king_n king_n have_v their_o prerogative_n true_a and_o very_o fit_a they_o shall_v have_v so_o have_v all_o other_o government_n be_v their_o prerogative_n what_o they_o will_v power_n of_o the_o militia_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n call_v of_o council_n diet_n synod_n senate_n parliament_n nominate_v judge_n and_o other_o public_a officer_n of_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v all_o derive_v from_o the_o people_n and_o transfer_v for_o their_o own_o good_a and_o so_o always_o express_v or_o imply_v if_o they_o make_v ill_a use_n of_o the_o militia_n it_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o trust_n and_o no_o obligation_n of_o obedience_n and_o submission_n be_v due_a if_o they_o make_v ill_a league_n the_o people_n not_o bind_v to_o confirm_v or_o assist_v if_o they_o call_v diet_n and_o parliament_n it_o be_v not_o for_o their_o peculiar_a interest_n but_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o whole_a and_o nothing_o do_v therein_o can_v be_v of_o force_n unless_o the_o free_a assent_n of_o the_o convocate_v be_v first_o have_v which_o demonstrate_v it_o be_v the_o office_n and_o duty_n of_o king_n to_o call_v those_o great_a council_n as_o oft_o as_o the_o people_n see_v cause_n and_o desire_v it_o and_o to_o continue_v they_o till_o they_o have_v the_o benefit_n design_v and_o though_o the_o royal_a assent_n be_v desire_v it_o be_v but_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o business_n for_o what_o concern_v common_a good_a safety_n and_o liberty_n they_o ought_v to_o pass_v by_o virtue_n of_o their_o oath_n and_o office._n non_fw-la negabimus_fw-la non_fw-la differimus_fw-la cuique_fw-la jus_o aut_fw-la justitiam_fw-la chartae_fw-la artic._n c._n 29._o will_v not_o king_n deny_v justice_n and_o may_v they_o deny_v just_a law_n not_o to_o private_a person_n and_o yet_o to_o the_o representative_n of_o nation_n not_o in_o the_o inferior_a court_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o supreme_a they_o be_v create_v and_o elect_a king_n that_o they_o shall_v do_v justice_n to_o all_o indifferent_o bracton_n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la creatus_fw-la &_o electus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la justitiam_fw-la faciat_fw-la universis_fw-la per_fw-la eas_fw-la nimirum_fw-la leges_fw-la quas_fw-la vulgus_fw-la elegerit_fw-la hence_o in_o archivis_fw-la h._n 4._o rot._n parl._n n_o o._n 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr ulla_fw-la regis_fw-la prerogativa_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la justitia_fw-la &_o aequitate_fw-la quicquam_fw-la derogat_fw-la king_n have_v no_o prerogative_n which_o derogate_a from_o justice_n and_o equity_n and_o when_o king_n have_v refuse_v to_o make_v or_o confirm_v magnas_fw-la chartas_n good_a law_n they_o have_v be_v compel_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n and_o such_o law_n account_v as_o good_a and_o valid_a by_o the_o best_a lawyer_n the_o reason_n give_v be_v that_o they_o of_o right_a and_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n ought_v to_o have_v assent_v unto_o that_o which_o they_o be_v force_v to_o do_v all_o court_n of_o judicatory_a be_v authorize_v and_o confirm_v by_o parliament_n in_o which_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o mean_a of_o subject_n to_o implead_v king_n in_o which_o court_v judgement_n be_v often_o give_v against_o king_n which_o though_o endeavour_v to_o be_v contradict_v or_o countermand_v by_o king_n yet_o the_o judge_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n and_o by_o their_o oath_n be_v oblige_v to_o refuse_v their_o mandamus_n and_o to_o give_v right_a judgement_n for_o the_o judgement_n be_v the_o lord_n king_n can_v just_o imprison_v no_o man_n nor_o punish_v any_o man_n nor_o seize_v their_o good_n or_o estate_n without_o citation_n out_o of_o court_n where_o the_o judge_n not_o king_n have_v all_o the_o power_n so_o
that_o in_o the_o begin_n all_o power_n do_v flow_v from_o the_o people_n and_o still_o do_v which_o tully_n excellent_o demonstrate_v de_fw-fr lege_fw-la agraria_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la potestates_fw-la imperia_n curationes_fw-la ab_fw-la úniverso_fw-it populo_fw-la proficisci_fw-la convenit_fw-la tum_fw-la eas_fw-la profecto_fw-la maxim_n quae_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la populi_fw-la fructum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la &_o commodum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o universi_fw-la delegant_fw-la quem_fw-la populo_fw-la maxim_n consulturum_fw-la &_o unusquisque_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la study_v &_o suffragio_fw-la svo_fw-la viam_fw-la sibi_fw-la ad_fw-la beneficium_fw-la impetrandum_fw-la munire_fw-la possit_fw-la see_v all_o power_n command_n curation_n i._n e._n potestas_fw-la seu_fw-la munus_fw-la administrandi_fw-la bona_fw-la do_v proceed_v and_o flow_v from_o the_o people_n than_o those_o more_o especial_o which_o be_v constitute_v and_o do_v respect_v the_o good_a and_o benefit_n of_o the_o people_n in_o which_o the_o universality_n do_v choose_v they_o who_o they_o judge_v will_v most_o especial_o study_v and_o procure_v their_o good_a and_o every_o one_o by_o their_o study_n and_o suffrage_n may_v have_v easy_a access_n to_o obtain_v justice_n and_o favour_n and_o all_o lawyer_n do_v agree_v and_o hold_v that_o all_o law_n repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n or_o of_o reason_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v as_o law_n and_o whereas_o the_o power_n of_o judge_v be_v original_o in_o the_o people_n and_o the_o english_a by_o no_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la have_v at_o any_o time_n transfer_v it_o out_o of_o themselves_o no_o king_n of_o england_n have_v be_v wont_a or_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v any_o man_n unless_o by_o the_o know_a and_o approve_a law_n fleta_n lib._n 1._o c._n 17._o what_o power_n king_n have_v be_v give_v to_o they_o by_o the_o people_n that_o they_o may_v know_v by_o the_o authority_n to_o they_o commit_v that_o they_o may_v do_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o keep_v our_o law_n but_o not_o impose_v their_o own_o law_n on_o we_o and_o the_o king_n power_n be_v real_o and_o true_o in_o the_o court_n of_o law_n wherein_o the_o people_n by_o their_o jury_n have_v their_o share_n also_o and_o their_o chief_a power_n be_v in_o their_o senate_n and_o parliament_n who_o have_v a_o right_n and_o authority_n over_o all_o court_n and_o power_n in_o all_o which_o court_v king_n may_v both_o sue_v and_o be_v sue_v and_o the_o reciprocal_a cause_n to_o be_v indifferent_o try_v according_a to_o establish_a law_n if_o at_o any_o time_n king_n act_n any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o law_n they_o act_v then_o as_o private_a man_n or_o as_o tyrant_n and_o not_o by_o any_o authority_n transfer_v on_o they_o by_o god_n or_o man_n so_o to_o do_v hence_o bract._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr rex_fw-la ubi_fw-la dominatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la lex_fw-la etc._n etc._n 1._o 3._o c._n 9_o rex_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la bene_fw-la regit_fw-la tyrannus_fw-la dum_fw-la populum_fw-la sibi_fw-la creditum_fw-la violenta_fw-la opprimit_fw-la dominatione_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n exercere_fw-la debet_fw-la rex_fw-la potestatem_fw-la juris_fw-la ut_fw-la vicarius_fw-la &_o minister_v dei_fw-la potestas_fw-la autem_fw-la injuriae_fw-la diaboli_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la dei._n cum_fw-la declinat_fw-la ad_fw-la injuriam_fw-la rex_fw-la diaboli_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la as_o nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o reason_n can_v be_v account_v a_o law_n so_o neither_o can_v a_o tyrant_n be_v a_o king_n nor_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v a_o minister_n of_o god_n see_v therefore_o law_n be_v but_o the_o product_n of_o right_a reason_n and_o obedience_n be_v due_a to_o king_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n so_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o law_n tyrant_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o devil_n may_v be_v censure_v and_o resist_v either_o the_o people_n to_o be_v govern_v have_v a_o right_n and_o power_n to_o choose_v their_o own_o governor_n or_o they_o have_v not_o if_o they_o have_v not_o than_o king_n choose_v by_o they_o be_v not_o king_n but_o usurper_n and_o oppressor_n if_o they_o have_v power_n to_o choose_v than_o they_o have_v power_n to_o oblige_v he_o to_o what_o condition_n they_o please_v and_o to_o keep_v they_o and_o if_o they_o fail_v of_o perform_v than_o they_o be_v free_a of_o the_o covenant_n as_o it_o be_v between_o rahab_n and_o the_o spy_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la page_n 6._o line_n 18._o deal_n it_o ibid._n l._n 50._o for_o iliad_n r._n myriad_o p._n 9_o l._n 11._o f._n do_v only_a r._n not_o only_o ib._n l._n 38._o f._n the_o way_n r._n the_o right_a way_n p._n 11._o l._n 15._o f._n our_o r._n your_o ib._n f._n blackguard_n r._n peasant_n p._n 13._o l._n 3._o deal_n and._n p._n 14._o l._n 28._o f._n this_o r._n those_o p._n 17._o l._n 23._o f._n zalencus_fw-la r._n zaleucus_n p._n 16._o l._n 43._o r._n st._n edward_n p._n 22._o l._n 20._o r_o elegerit_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la ib._n l._n 58._o r._n martyr_n p._n 24._o l._n pen._n f._n the_o r._n thy_o p._n 25._o l._n pen._n deal_n to_o p._n 28._o l._n 25._o deal_n in_o the_o posterity_n of_o ibid._n l._n 31._o f._n do_v r._n shall_v p._n 30._o l._n 22._o f._n take_v r._n take_v ibid._n l._n 58._o deal_n hundred_o p._n 31._o l._n 17._o f._n timens_fw-la r_o fabius_n ib._n l._n 32._o r._n fabius_n p._n 33._o l._n 24._o f._n or_o r._n and._n ib._n l._n 46._o f._n never_o r._n ever_o p._n 42._o l._n 12_o r._n commonwealth_n p._n 43._o l._n 38._o deal_n obj._n p._n 44._o l._n 46._o f._n necesset_n r_o recesset_n p._n 46._o l._n 10._o r._n elegerit_fw-la p._n 47._o l._n 16._o r._n perfectiora_fw-la p._n 48._o l._n 35._o r._n differemus_fw-la cui_fw-la quam_fw-la p._n 51._o l_o 43._o deal_n we_o p._n 56._o l._n 41._o f._n magis_fw-la r._n majes_o ib._n l._n 46._o r._n say_v p._n 57_o l._n 57_o f_o him_z r._n they_o ib._n l._n 33._o r._n proscribe_v p._n 60._o l._n 38._o deal_n the_o second_o no._n p._n 61._o l._n pen._n f._n bear_v r._n bear_v p._n 62._o l._n 47._o after_o yet_o r._n god._n p._n 63._o l._n 19_o r._n prepossess_v p._n 69._o l._n 27._o f._n you_o r._n yea_o p._n 75._o l._n 18._o f._n his_o r._n their_o p._n 76._o l._n 5._o in_o the_o content_n f._n return_n r._n return_n ib._n 5._o in_o the_o chapter_n f._n be_v r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 33._o f._n lawful_a r._n unlawful_a p._n 78._o l._n 19_o f._n proplancio_n r._n pro_fw-la plancio_n p._n 82._o l._n 7._o r._n be_v seat_v p._n 87._o l._n 23._o f._n florentio_n dianysio_n and_o coss_n r._n florentio_n &_o dianysio_n coss_n ibid._n l._n 35._o f._n valerius_n r._n valeria_n in_o 4â—_n print_v 158â—_n arlstotle_n pindarus_n tuâ—â—y_n plato_n &_o alias_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la v_o dr._n sherrock_n c._n 4._o n._n 9_o p._n 282_o 283._o lex_fw-la p._n vallerii_n 2._o martii_fw-la fab._n maximi_fw-la scyllae_n c._n gracchi_n plebiscitum_fw-la lex_fw-la annaria_n etc._n etc._n vid._n a._n a._n a._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o p._n 181._o
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that_o he_o shall_v create_v the_o whole_a world_n for_o the_o comfort_n and_o solace_n of_o mankind_n in_o general_n without_o respect_n of_o person_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n subject_v they_o to_o king_n to_o be_v use_v as_o slave_n or_o which_o be_v as_o bad_a not_o to_o be_v resist_v or_o not_o to_o be_v accountable_a to_o any_o human_a power_n if_o they_o at_o any_o time_n shall_v tyrannize_v certain_o such_o opiniator_n and_o preacher_n of_o such_o doctrine_n do_v as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v to_o frustrate_v and_o defeat_v the_o whole_a design_n of_o the_o creation_n which_o be_v design_v for_o the_o benefit_n joy_n and_o delight_n of_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o mankind_n in_o general_n and_o by_o this_o doctrine_n it_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o every_o pettish_a haughty_a prince_n to_o make_v every_o principality_n every_o kingdom_n a_o aceldama_n a_o golgetha_n a_o iron_n furnace_n a_o egyptian_a slavery_n what_o not_o which_o god_n the_o 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of_o good_a ruler_n now_o absolute_a power_n above_o a_o law_n be_v a_o power_n to_o do_v ill_a and_o to_o destroy_v nation_n which_o no_o people_n have_v it_o be_v against_o nature_n that_o any_o shall_v have_v a_o power_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o destroy_v themselves_o therefore_o though_o the_o people_n shall_v invest_v king_n with_o all_o the_o power_n that_o they_o have_v yet_o if_o king_n tyrannize_v over_o the_o people_n to_o their_o hurt_n and_o destruction_n they_o usurp_v a_o power_n which_o the_o people_n never_o give_v they_o it_o not_o be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o give_v they_o the_o power_n itself_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o consequent_o against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o that_o all_o act_n of_o tyranny_n be_v oppression_n
the_o yoke_n of_o such_o bondage_n and_o empery_n be_v likewise_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n &_o virtus_fw-la voco_fw-la the_o people_n for_o certain_a be_v before_o there_o can_v be_v any_o king_n and_o consequent_o king_n must_v be_v make_v by_o the_o people_n and_o therefore_o be_v superior_a to_o they_o in_o some_o sense_n according_a to_o quicquid_fw-la efficit_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n a_o rule_n as_o true_a in_o politic_n as_o in_o natural_n produce_v who_o can_v any_o one_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n or_o any_o one_o rule_n of_o natural_a justice_n by_o which_o usurper_n tyrant_n perverter_n of_o law_n and_o justice_n be_v to_o be_v free_a of_o punishment_n and_o yet_o the_o inferior_a people_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o punishment_n for_o crime_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n the_o reason_n and_o law_n of_o government_n be_v it_o monarchical_a or_o republic_n be_v equal_o natural_a king_n by_o nature_n be_v no_o more_o sacred_a than_o those_o 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formal_a government_n victima_fw-la haud_fw-la ulla_fw-la amplior_fw-la potest_fw-la magisque_fw-la opima_fw-la mactari_fw-la jovi_fw-la quam_fw-la rex_fw-la iniquus_fw-la senec._n frag._n etc._n see_v the_o edict_n of_o theodosius_n and_o valens_n christian_a emperor_n codex_fw-la 1._o tit_n 14._o de_fw-fr authoritate_fw-la juris_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la pendet_fw-la authoritas_fw-la the_o majesty_n therefore_o of_o caesar_n must_v submit_v to_o the_o law_n on_o which_o they_o depend_v whoever_o consult_v and_o consider_v the_o very_a severe_a law_n of_o the_o roman_n grecian_n lacedaemonian_n carthaginian_n athenian_n against_o the_o licentiousness_n oppression_n tyranny_n insolence_n etc._n etc._n of_o their_o emperor_n and_o other_o magistrate_n they_o will_v find_v that_o they_o be_v make_v with_o all_o the_o sincerity_n care_n caution_n and_o wisdom_n that_o the_o understanding_n and_o wisdom_n of_o those_o several_a country_n and_o age_n can_v afford_v and_o that_o the_o breach_n of_o they_o be_v very_o severe_o punish_v valerius_n publicola_n colleague_n of_o junius_n brutus_n after_o their_o king_n be_v banish_v make_v a_o law_n that_o when_o tyrant_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o arm_a soldier_n can_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o judgement_n it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o any_o man_n to_o resist_v they_o by_o any_o mean_n and_o afterward_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o so_o do_v such_o like_a appeal_n and_o example_n be_v common_a among_o most_o nation_n ambiorix_n king_n of_o the_o gaul_n confess_v that_o the_o multitude_n have_v no_o less_o power_n over_o he_o than_o he_o have_v over_o they_o tacitus_n write_v of_o the_o german_n nec_fw-la germanorum_n regibus_fw-la infinita_fw-la aut_fw-la libera_fw-la potestas_fw-la erat_fw-la de_fw-la minoribus_fw-la rebus_fw-la principes_fw-la consultant_fw-la de_fw-la majoribus_fw-la omnes_fw-la rex_fw-la aut_fw-la princeps_fw-la auditur_fw-la authoritate_fw-la suadendi_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la jubendi_fw-la potestate_fw-la si_fw-la displicuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la fremitu_fw-la aspernatur_fw-la that_o their_o king_n have_v no_o infinite_a or_o arbitrary_a power_n etc._n etc._n 181._o it_o be_v not_o unworthy_a our_o consideration_n to_o recount_v with_o how_o great_a severity_n and_o strict_a discipline_n of_o law_n and_o ordiance_n both_o of_o the_o senate_n and_o common_a council_n the_o roman_n do_v provide_v against_o the_o exorbitant_a and_o imperious_a licentious_a government_n of_o their_o king_n beyond_o all_o bound_n of_o reason_n after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o tarqvinius_n superbus_n the_o last_o roman_a king_n all_o the_o citizen_n of_o rome_n assemble_v and_o conclude_v that_o their_o government_n under_o one_o who_o they_o call_v king_n shall_v for_o the_o future_a be_v settle_v on_o two_o who_o at_o first_o they_o call_v praetores_fw-la afterward_o judices_fw-la then_o consules_a p._n valerius_n who_o be_v choose_v consul_n with_o l._n brutus_n make_v a_o law_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o any_o man_n to_o appeal_v from_o any_o magistrate_n whosoever_o to_o the_o people_n esteem_v such_o appeal_n as_o bridle_n and_o curb_v to_o licentious_a governor_n and_o some_o do_v contend_v that_o appeal_v during_o the_o reign_n of_o their_o king_n from_o they_o to_o the_o people_n be_v in_o use_n before_o and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o provide_v by_o their_o pontifical_a book_n which_o law_n be_v reinforce_v again_o by_o muraena_fw-la the_o consul_n quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la sora_n &_o alba_n coliniae_fw-la deductae_fw-la sunt_fw-la afterwards_o when_o the_o decemvirate_n empery_n be_v annul_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n the_o better_a to_o provide_v against_o arbitrary_a government_n beside_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n who_o have_v the_o protectorship_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o good_n of_o the_o people_n make_v a_o new_a law_n that_o if_o any_o shall_v create_v a_o magistrate_n without_o the_o intercession_n of_o the_o people_n or_o their_o 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