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from_o his_o people_n and_o will_v not_o govern_v by_o the_o law_n of_o his_o kingdom_n make_v by_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o kingdom_n but_o shall_v exercise_v his_o own_o will_n from_o thenceforth_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n to_o depose_v he_o from_o the_o crown_n this_o law_n it_o seem_v be_v embezelled_a by_o that_o king_n for_o in_o the_o twenty_o four_o article_n against_o he_o it_o be_v allege_v that_o he_o have_v cause_v the_o record_n and_o roll_n concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o government_n to_o be_v craze_v and_o imbezelled_a to_o the_o great_a detriment_n of_o the_o people_n the_o author_n of_o the_o mirror_n say_v p._n 8._o speak_v of_o the_o rise_v of_o the_o english_a monarchy_n that_o when_o forty_o prince_n choose_v
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doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n and_o passive-obedience_n but_o think_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v transfer_v from_o the_o person_n of_o the_o late_a king_n to_o the_o present_a king_n and_o queen_n so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o he_o own_v himself_o the_o author_n of_o the_o solution_n of_o popular_a objection_n wherein_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v urge_v by_o he_o that_o seem_v to_o comply_v with_o the_o opinion_n of_o mr._n johnson_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o argument_n ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la and_o in_o such_o a_o case_n as_o happen_v after_o mr._n johnson_n have_v write_v and_o be_v scarce_o think_v possible_a to_o happen_v and_o we_o hope_v never_o will_v more_o and_o though_o he_o need_v not_o that_o apology_n of_o st._n austine_n make_v retractation_n and_o to_o confess_v errare_fw-la possum_fw-la hereticus_fw-la esse_fw-la nolo_fw-la yet_o he_o think_v it_o much_o better_a to_o do_v so_o than_o with_o bellarmine_n to_o make_v such_o recognition_n as_o shall_v declare_v his_o obstinacy_n in_o a_o dangerous_a error_n as_o the_o historian_n do_v and_o as_o to_o the_o particular_a quotation_n from_o a_o sermon_n of_o that_o author_n the_o reader_n may_v observe_v that_o they_o be_v aim_v at_o the_o popish_a and_o fanatical_a doctrine_n of_o resist_a and_o depose_v lawful_a prince_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o kirk_n and_o mother-church_n and_o do_v not_o touch_v a_o hair_n of_o they_o that_o do_v neither_o resist_v nor_o depose_v nor_o be_v any_o way_n guilty_a unless_o their_o not_o sight_v with_o popish_a and_o irish_a unqualify_v miscreant_n for_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o our_o church_n and_o religion_n and_o the_o establish_n of_o popery_n and_o slavery_n be_v a_o crime_n of_o that_o magnitude_n as_o to_o be_v account_v perjury_n and_o treason_n which_o see_v the_o late_a king_n soldier_n very_o honourable_o and_o worthy_o refuse_v it_o can_v not_o be_v expect_v from_o those_o who_o be_v to_o sight_n under_o another_o banner_n what_o remain_v then_o but_o that_o we_o study_v to_o be_v quiet_a and_o to_o do_v our_o own_o business_n not_o provoke_v not_o envy_v or_o slander_v one_o another_o but_o leave_v the_o government_n of_o the_o nation_n to_o god_n and_o our_o superior_n make_v it_o our_o business_n to_o govern_v ourselves_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o land_n and_o to_o follow_v the_o thing_n that_o make_v for_o peace_n and_o whereby_o we_o may_v edisie_v one_o another_o and_o not_o publish_v history_n with_o a_o design_n to_o foment_n division_n to_o alienate_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o people_n from_o their_o present_a governor_n and_o to_o run_v we_o again_o into_o confusion_n and_o although_o the_o author_n of_o the_o history_n do_v conceive_v that_o either_o we_o have_v be_v too_o sinful_a in_o not_o assist_v the_o late_a king_n though_o it_o be_v out_o of_o our_o power_n or_o not_o passive_a enough_o in_o our_o obedience_n to_o he_o yet_o i_o shall_v still_o think_v it_o my_o duty_n to_o pray_v that_o neither_o he_o nor_o we_o may_v sin_v in_o resist_v lawful_a authority_n nor_o suffer_v under_o a_o unlawful_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n and_o i_o hope_v that_o all_o good_a protestant_n will_v join_v with_o i_o not_o only_o in_o this_o prayer_n but_o in_o that_o thanksgiving_n of_o the_o royal_a prophet_n psal_n 66.8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n o_o bless_v our_o god_n you_o people_n and_o make_v the_o voice_n of_o his_o praise_n to_o be_v hear_v which_o hold_v our_o soul_n in_o life_n and_o suffer_v not_o our_o foot_n to_o be_v move_v for_o thou_o o_o god_n have_v prove_v we_o thou_o have_v try_v we_o as_o silver_n be_v try_v thou_o bring_v we_o into_o the_o net_n thou_o lay_v affliction_n on_o our_o loin_n thou_o cause_v man_n to_o ride_v over_o our_o head_n we_o go_v through_o fire_n and_o water_n and_o thou_o bring_v we_o out_o into_o a_o wealthy_a place_n i_o will_v go_v into_o thy_o house_n with_o burnt-offering_n i_o will_v pay_v thou_o my_o vow_n finis_fw-la advertisement_n a_o resolution_n of_o certain_a query_n concern_v submission_n to_o the_o present_a government_n the_o query_n i._o concern_v the_o original_a of_o government_n ii_o what_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o government_n of_o england_n iii_o what_o obligation_n lie_v on_o the_o king_n by_o the_o coronation-oath_n iu._n what_o obligation_n lie_v on_o the_o subject_a by_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n etc._n etc._n v._o whether_o if_o the_o king_n violate_v his_o oath_n and_o actual_o destroy_v the_o end_n of_o it_o the_o subject_n be_v free_v from_o their_o obligation_n to_o he_o vi_o whether_o the_o king_n have_v renounce_v or_o deserted_n the_o government_n vii_o whether_o on_o such_o desertion_n the_o people_n to_o preserve_v themselves_o from_o confusion_n may_v admit_v another_o and_o what_o method_n be_v to_o be_v use_v in_o such_o admission_n viii_o whether_o the_o settlement_n now_o make_v be_v a_o lawful_a establishment_n and_o such_o as_o with_o a_o good_a conscience_n may_v be_v submit_v to_o by_o a_o divine_a of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o by_o law_n establish_v
as_o the_o observation_n of_o grotius_n on_o mat._n 22.20_o mention_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la p._n 93._o c._n 4._o 4._o 20._o which_o be_v more_o adapt_v to_o the_o present_a case_n in_o re_fw-la controversâ_fw-la viz._n of_o a_o title_n to_o the_o right_n of_o government_n judicium_fw-la sibi_fw-la privatus_fw-la sumere_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la sed_fw-la possessionem_fw-la sequi_fw-la sic_fw-la tributum_fw-la solvi_fw-la caesari_n christos_fw-la jubet_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o possessione_n erat_fw-la &_o nummus_fw-la ejus_fw-la habuit_fw-la imaginem_fw-la and_o l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o 8_o 9_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la if_o a_o king_n die_v without_o issue_n and_o it_o be_v the_o same_o if_o he_o be_v dead_a in_o a_o civil_a sense_n by_o conquest_n by_o resignation_n or_o whole_o desert_v his_o people_n without_o make_v any_o provision_n for_o their_o government_n the_o empire_n remain_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n who_o may_v create_v another_o and_o limit_v he_o the_o people_n be_v svi_fw-la juris_fw-la and_o as_o these_o argument_n of_o grotius_n which_o our_o author_n omit_v will_v have_v solve_v the_o phenomena_n in_o the_o present_a case_n so_o will_v also_o the_o resolution_n of_o bishop_n sanderson_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o engagement_n and_o in_o divers_a other_o part_n of_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o obligation_n of_o conscience_n and_o of_o oath_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o engagement_n p._n 90._o he_o say_v that_o allegiance_n be_v such_o a_o duty_n as_o every_o subject_a under_o what_o form_n of_o government_n soever_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n owe_v to_o his_o country_n primary_o and_o consequent_o to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n by_o which_o that_o commonwealth_n be_v govern_v as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o that_o if_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n shall_v be_v understand_v precise_o of_o that_o particular_a actual_a and_o immediate_a intention_n of_o the_o law_n giver_n in_o make_v a_o particular_a it_o will_v not_o hold_v true_a in_o all_o case_n but_o there_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o lawgiver_n a_o more_o general_a habituate_v and_o ultimate_a intention_n of_o a_o more_o excellent_a and_o transcendent_a nature_n than_o the_o former_a which_o be_v to_o have_v a_o influence_n into_o and_o a_o overrule_a power_n over_o all_o law_n viz._n a_o intention_n by_o the_o law_n to_o procure_v and_o promote_v the_o public_a good._n the_o former_a intention_n bind_v where_o it_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o latter_a or_o consistent_a with_o it_o and_o consequent_o bind_v in_o ordinary_a case_n and_o in_o orderly_a time_n but_o when_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o conjuncture_n of_o circumstance_n or_o the_o iniquity_n of_o time_n contingency_n which_o no_o lawgiver_n can_v either_o certain_o foresee_v or_o if_o fore-seen_a can_v not_o sufficient_o provide_v against_o will_v rather_o be_v prejudicial_a than_o advantageous_a to_o the_o public_a or_o be_v manifest_o attend_v with_o more_o inconvenience_n and_o sad_a consequent_n to_o the_o observer_n than_o all_o the_o imaginable_a good_a that_o can_v redound_v to_o the_o public_a thereby_o can_v in_o any_o reasonable_a measure_n countervail_v in_o such_o case_n the_o law_n oblige_v not_o but_o according_a to_o the_o latter_a and_o more_o general_a intention_n only_o even_o as_o in_o the_o operation_n of_o nature_n particular_a agent_n do_v move_v ordinary_o according_a to_o the_o proper_a and_o particular_a inclination_n yet_o upon_o some_o occasion_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o end_n and_o intention_n of_o universal_a nature_n for_o the_o avoid_n of_o something_o which_o nature_n abhor_v they_o be_v sometime_o carry_v with_o motion_n quite_o contrary_a to_o their_o particular_a nature_n as_o the_o air_n do_v descend_v and_o the_o water_n to_o ascend_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o vacuity_n and_o p._n 216._o 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