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patriarchal_a authority_n be_v preserve_v among_o god_n own_o people_n but_o degenerate_v into_o other_o form_n among_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v sufficient_o explain_v from_o the_o convocation_n which_o determine_v that_o when_o these_o other_o form_n be_v so_o settle_v as_o that_o there_o be_v none_o who_o can_v claim_v any_o right_n to_o the_o paternal_a or_o patriarchal_a authority_n then_o however_o irregular_a or_o degenerate_a they_o may_v be_v they_o be_v thorough_o settle_v and_o require_v our_o submission_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n have_v ratify_v they_o when_o there_o must_v be_v either_o such_o kind_n of_o government_n or_o none_o at_o all_o over_o we_o because_o it_o can_v be_v imagine_v that_o he_o will_v place_v society_n of_o man_n in_o such_o a_o condition_n as_o to_o have_v no_o lawful_a government_n or_o that_o none_o shall_v have_v a_o right_a to_o rule_v over_o they_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n nor_o length_n of_o time_n or_o prescription_n and_o continuance_n of_o usurpation_n that_o give_v a_o right_a but_o these_o be_v either_o only_a accidental_a mean_n of_o attain_v to_o a_o rightful_a title_n as_o in_o continue_a usurpation_n upon_o the_o failure_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n or_o condition_n and_o qualification_n which_o prepare_v and_o capacitate_v man_n for_o it_o as_o in_o other_o case_n for_o when_o the_o throne_n become_v vacant_a either_o by_o death_n or_o session_n in_o a_o elective_a monarchy_n or_o by_o the_o extinction_n of_o the_o whole_a royal_a line_n in_o a_o hereditary_a kingdom_n the_o people_n may_v and_z in_o most_o case_n be_v oblige_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n by_o what_o mean_v soever_o he_o get_v into_o possession_n and_o than_o it_o be_v not_o the_o submission_n or_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n that_o give_v the_o right_a but_o god_n himself_o who_o concur_v with_o their_o act_n and_o ratify_v it_o as_o in_o matrimony_n it_o be_v not_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o party_n which_o join_v they_o together_o but_o god_n himself_o upon_o their_o consent_n and_o the_o contract_n be_v irrevocable_a because_o who_o god_n have_v join_v together_o no_o man_n may_v put_v asunder_o a_o mutual_a consent_n can_v separate_v they_o much_o less_o can_v either_o party_n revoke_v their_o consent_n when_o they_o please_v but_o whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n except_o it_o be_v for_o fornication_n and_o shall_v marry_v another_o commit_v adultery_n matth._n 19.9_o and_o if_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o party_n in_o matrimony_n be_v so_o firm_o ratify_v by_o god_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v but_o that_o god_n may_v so_o confirm_v the_o agreement_n or_o compact_n between_o a_o king_n and_o people_n as_o that_o nothing_o but_o a_o mutual_a relaxation_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o disengage_v they_o from_o
worst_a king_n can_v be_v but_o the_o present_a doctrine_n which_o the_o doctor_n maintain_v bring_v mischief_n upon_o both_o king_n and_o people_n which_o the_o contrary_a to_o it_o will_v prevent_v and_o so_o be_v worse_a than_o that_o in_o its_o effect_n and_o consequence_n there_o be_v no_o doctrine_n that_o can_v secure_v kingdom_n from_o all_o danger_n and_o calamity_n but_o passive_a obedience_n be_v as_o effectual_a to_o that_o end_n as_o the_o state_n of_o human_a affair_n will_v admit_v and_o the_o divine_a providence_n take_v care_n of_o all_o extraordinary_a case_n and_o when_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o a_o doctrine_n be_v deliver_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o have_v be_v teach_v by_o the_o catholic_n church_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o be_v the_o best_a and_o most_o beneficial_a to_o society_n that_o can_v be_v teach_v no_o good_a man_n will_v dispute_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o though_o great_a inconvenience_n may_v sometime_o happen_v which_o neither_o that_n nor_o any_o other_o doctrine_n can_v prevent_v but_o if_o the_o doctrine_n of_o passive_a obedience_n shall_v expose_v subject_n to_o never_o so_o many_o and_o great_a inconvenience_n the_o doctor_n be_v notion_n must_v expose_v man_n to_o the_o same_o and_o much_o great_a for_o passive_a obedience_n teach_v only_o that_o king_n may_v not_o be_v resist_v by_o their_o subject_n but_o the_o doctor_n go_v further_a and_o must_v say_v that_o if_o king_n can_v once_o get_v full_o possess_v of_o the_o property_n of_o their_o subject_n and_o thorough_o settle_v in_o their_o encroachment_n upon_o their_o right_n and_o liberty_n they_o have_v from_o thenceforth_o a_o divine_a right_n to_o they_o and_o their_o authority_n over_o their_o subject_n be_v increase_v and_o extend_v with_o their_o power_n and_o usurpation_n for_o all_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n by_o his_o providence_n after_o a_o through_o settlement_n again_o he_o object_n 34._o p._n 34._o but_o have_v not_o pirate_n and_o robber_n as_o good_a a_o title_n to_o my_o purse_n as_o a_o usurper_n have_v to_o the_o crown_n which_o he_o seize_v by_o a_o manifest_a force_n and_o violence_n do_v not_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n order_n and_o dispose_v all_o these_o event_n and_o be_v we_o not_o bind_v then_o as_o much_o to_o submit_v to_o pirate_n as_o to_o usurper_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v that_o the_o dispute_n be_v not_o about_o human_a and_o legal_a right_n in_o either_o case_n but_o about_o authority_n but_o neither_o be_v the_o objection_n concern_v human_a and_o legal_a right_n but_o divine_a right_n for_o the_o conveyance_n of_o authority_n by_o god_n providence_n suppose_v a_o right_a to_o enjoy_v and_o exercise_v it_o and_o that_o objection_n be_v that_o pirate_n and_o robber_n have_v as_o good_a a_o right_n to_o their_o booty_n as_o a_o usurper_n right_n and_o title_n can_v be_v to_o his_o crown_n and_o that_o the_o divine_a providence_n may_v as_o well_o be_v say_v to_o dispose_v of_o the_o property_n of_o subject_n as_o of_o the_o authority_n of_o king_n for_o though_o a_o indictment_n may_v be_v bring_v against_o robber_n in_o human_a court_n yet_o by_o be_v in_o full_a possession_n they_o may_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o divine_a right_n to_o the_o good_n they_o have_v take_v and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o make_v restitution_n by_o which_o usurper_n be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o divine_a right_n and_o authority_n from_o god_n to_o rule_v the_o dominion_n in_o which_o they_o have_v unjust_o settle_v themselves_o and_o this_o i_o think_v i_o have_v already_o prove_v or_o if_o i_o have_v not_o the_o doctor_n himself_o have_v grant_v it_o have_v he_o forget_v that_o he_o tell_v we_o before_o 12._o p._n 12._o that_o the_o scripture_n never_o speak_v of_o god_n bare_a permission_n of_o any_o event_n but_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o all_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a which_o happen_v either_o to_o private_a person_n or_o public_a society_n what_o then_o can_v his_o distinction_n between_o human_a and_o legal_a right_n and_o authority_n signify_v i_o can_v but_o think_v notwithstanding_o this_o distinction_n that_o a_o purse_n may_v rather_o be_v transfer_v by_o providence_n than_o a_o kingdom_n for_o a_o purse_n may_v be_v lose_v and_o find_v as_o a_o kingdom_n can_v hardly_o be_v yet_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v a_o purse_n of_o gold_n i_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v no_o excuse_n for_o he_o to_o say_v that_o providence_n have_v give_v it_o he_o if_o he_o shall_v refuse_v to_o restore_v it_o to_o the_o right_a owner_n though_o in_o this_o case_n he_o come_v by_o it_o without_o any_o fault_n of_o he_o without_o any_o expectation_n or_o foresight_n it_o be_v his_o good_a luck_n or_o fortune_n or_o in_o other_o word_n it_o be_v the_o pure_a act_n of_o providence_n and_o if_o providence_n dispose_v of_o any_o right_n it_o must_v be_v in_o such_o case_n where_o only_a providence_n without_o any_o human_a act_n or_o endeavour_n take_v away_o from_o one_o and_o give_v to_o another_o but_o if_o the_o right_n to_o a_o thing_n can_v remain_v after_o it_o be_v lose_v it_o must_v sure_o remain_v after_o a_o man_n be_v by_o fraud_n or_o violence_n deprive_v of_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v not_o the_o possession_n but_o the_o sin_n in_o acquire_v it_o which_o transfer_v the_o right_n that_o which_o he_o observe_v of_o athaliah_n that_o she_o be_v not_o kill_v nor_o depose_v before_o joash_n be_v proclaim_v king_n and_o place_v in_o the_o throne_n be_v only_o a_o circumstance_n of_o time_n not_o at_o all_o material_a i_o shall_v not_o inquire_v whether_o joash_n have_v the_o whole_a power_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o his_o hand_n or_o whether_o he_o can_v on_o the_o sudden_a be_v thorough_o settle_v in_o his_o government_n when_o athaliah_n yet_o appear_v as_o queen_n and_o cry_v out_o treason_n not_o apprehend_v herself_o total_o divest_v of_o all_o power_n as_o the_o argument_n suppose_v but_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o dispossess_v a_o usurper_n it_o must_v be_v lawful_a to_o pay_v allegiance_n to_o the_o rightful_a prince_n before_o the_o dispossession_n of_o the_o usurper_n for_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o dispossess_v the_o usurper_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o rightful_a king_n and_o the_o very_a act_n of_o dispossession_n be_v the_o most_o considerable_a act_n of_o allegiance_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n the_o doctor_n maintain_v that_o in_o all_o other_o kingdom_n it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o the_o subject_n who_o live_v under_o the_o usurper_n to_o dispossess_v he_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o rightful_a king_n because_o there_o be_v no_o allegiance_n due_a to_o he_o till_o he_o get_v into_o possession_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o joash_n he_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v otherwise_o and_o the_o convocation_n justify_v the_o whole_a process_n of_o that_o action_n so_o that_o by_o the_o doctor_n be_v own_o principle_n in_o that_o peculiar_a case_n where_o god_n himself_o have_v entail_v the_o kingdom_n they_o may_v as_o well_o have_v depose_v and_o slay_v her_o first_o and_o then_o have_v set_v up_o joash_n if_o it_o have_v be_v as_o convenient_a and_o easy_a to_o be_v do_v but_o when_o the_o right_a heir_n have_v be_v six_o year_n conceal_v it_o can_v not_o be_v safe_a for_o they_o to_o depose_v the_o usurper_n till_o be_v have_v be_v proclaim_v and_o show_v to_o the_o people_n to_o give_v they_o full_a satisfaction_n that_o he_o be_v yet_o alive_a and_o this_o way_n be_v take_v as_o the_o most_o safe_a and_o easie_n not_o that_o it_o be_v upon_o any_o other_o account_n of_o the_o least_o consequence_n which_o be_v do_v first_o what_o he_o say_v beside_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o objection_n and_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n have_v be_v speak_v to_o already_o there_o be_v nothing_o till_o we_o come_v to_o his_o six_o argument_n which_o have_v not_o be_v consider_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o forego_n part_n of_o his_o discourse_n for_o if_o god_n do_v not_o confer_v sovereign_a authority_n upon_o usurper_n if_o he_o do_v not_o remove_v king_n and_o set_v up_o king_n against_o human_a law_n if_o he_o limit_n his_o own_o providence_n so_o as_o not_o to_o absolve_v subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n during_o their_o rightful_a king_n life_n than_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o say_v that_o those_o who_o refuse_v to_o comply_v 37._o p._n 37._o must_v renounce_v the_o only_a principle_n whereon_o passive_a obedience_n be_v reasonable_o ground_v and_o consequent_o renounce_v the_o doctrine_n itself_o that_o those_o be_v bold_a man_n who_o will_v venture_v to_o say_v in_o plain_a contradiction_n to_o scripture_n that_o god_n can_v remove_v or_o set_v up_o king_n and_o that_o this_o limit_n the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o govern_v king_n and_o protect_v innocent_a and_o injure_v
the_o plain_a truth_n be_v no_o man_n ever_o pretend_v to_o a_o infallible_a remedy_n to_o prevent_v all_o the_o mischief_n of_o any_o kind_n the_o quack_n in_o physic_n and_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n itself_o never_o pretend_v that_o their_o direction_n will_v work_v infallible_a cure_n unless_o they_o be_v follow_v as_o well_o as_o know_v this_o principle_n will_v go_v very_o far_o towards_o the_o hinder_v of_o all_o revolution_n but_o such_o as_o god_n by_o his_o appointment_n and_o command_n will_v have_v submit_v to_o if_o it_o be_v practise_v and_o as_o thing_n be_v now_o it_o be_v the_o best_a remedy_n against_o they_o 3._o but_o if_o the_o bare_a knowledge_n of_o this_o principle_n will_v not_o prevent_v revolution_n or_o if_o revolution_n can_v be_v prevent_v at_o all_o it_o do_v not_o from_o thence_o follow_v that_o such_o a_o immovable_a and_o unalterable_a allegiance_n as_o be_v due_a only_a to_o a_o legal_a right_n and_o title_n will_v dissolve_v human_a society_n when_o such_o revolution_n happen_v our_o present_a experience_n teach_v the_o contrary_a for_o the_o distinction_n between_o the_o divine_a authority_n and_o the_o legal_a right_n of_o king_n in_o opposition_n to_o each_o other_o be_v news_n to_o almost_o the_o whole_a nation_n some_o act_n upon_o one_o principle_n and_o some_o upon_o another_o but_o all_o general_o suppose_v god_n authority_n and_o the_o legal_a right_o to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o person_n beside_o the_o government_n must_v be_v at_o least_o in_o some_o measure_n settle_v before_o the_o doctor_n be_v principle_n can_v take_v place_n or_o be_v of_o any_o use_n and_o if_o the_o government_n may_v be_v settle_v without_o it_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o it_o may_v not_o continue_v without_o it_o for_o how_o come_v that_o to_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o human_a society_n which_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o the_o establishment_n of_o government_n but_o exert_n itself_o by_o several_a step_n and_o degree_n in_o proportion_n to_o the_o degree_n of_o its_o settlement_n and_o never_o be_v of_o full_a force_n and_o efficacy_n till_o a_o thorough_a settlement_n but_o our_o principle_n expose_v the_o most_o innocent_a and_o conscientious_a man_n to_o suffering_n without_o serve_v any_o good_a end_n by_o they_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o those_o man_n must_v be_v expose_v to_o suffering_n who_o can_v neither_o be_v satisfy_v that_o the_o legal_a right_n be_v transfer_v nor_o be_v persuade_v that_o they_o may_v subject_v themselves_o to_o the_o possessor_n of_o the_o crown_n unless_o he_o have_v a_o legal_a right_n but_o then_o this_o be_v not_o without_o serve_v any_o good_a end_n for_o they_o serve_v the_o end_n of_o justice_n and_o fidelity_n to_o the_o rightful_a king_n and_o act_n upon_o such_o principle_n as_o be_v the_o support_n and_o preservation_n of_o human_a society_n though_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o may_v sometime_o bring_v accidental_a inconvenience_n upon_o 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id._n hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 64._o hinder_v he_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v from_o do_v mischief_n and_o from_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v not_o own_v his_o authority_n for_o as_o sulpicius_n severus_n inform_v we_o 23._o we_o nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la pro_fw-la aliaviâ—us_fw-la supplicandum_fw-la â—…egi_fw-la fuit_fw-la imperavit_fw-la poâ—ius_fw-la quam_fw-la rogavit_fw-la id_fw-la vit_fw-mi mart._n c._n 23._o he_o rather_o demand_v than_o petition_v for_o what_o he_o ask_v of_o he_o but_o as_o the_o same_o author_n represent_v he_o 7._o he_o vir_fw-la omni_fw-la viâ—…e_fw-la merito_fw-la praedicandus_fw-la si_fw-la ei_fw-la vel_fw-la diadema_fw-la non_fw-la legitime_fw-la tumultuante_fw-la milite_fw-la impositum_fw-la repudiare_fw-la vel_fw-la armis_fw-la civilibus_fw-la abstinere_fw-la licuisset_fw-la id._n dialog_n c._n 7._o maximus_n want_v nothing_o but_o a_o good_a title_n to_o make_v a_o excellent_a emperor_n and_o s._n martin_n be_v willing_a to_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o he_o he_o can_v for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n i_o shall_v not_o conceal_v that_o upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n s._n ambrose_n write_v a_o letter_n to_o eugenius_n who_o have_v invade_v the_o empire_n after_o the_o death_n of_o valentinian_n in_o which_o he_o give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o emperor_n the_o design_n of_o it_o be_v to_o persuade_v he_o not_o to_o maintain_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o heathen_a idolatrous_a worship_n for_o the_o expense_n for_o the_o public_a sacrifice_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v pay_v out_o of_o the_o emperor_n exchequer_n till_o theodosius_n have_v forbid_v it_o and_o this_o custom_n be_v again_o revive_v by_o eugenius_n he_o write_v to_o he_o upon_o this_o occasion_n but_o will_v not_o do_v it_o before_o though_o eugenius_n have_v write_v to_o he_o and_o require_v a_o answer_n 15._o answer_n in_o his_o vero_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la vos_fw-la rogari_fw-la decet_fw-la etiam_fw-la i_o exhibere_fw-la sedulitatem_fw-la potestati_fw-la debitam_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la cvi_fw-la honorem_fw-la honorem_fw-la cvi_fw-la tributum_fw-la tributum_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la privato_fw-la detulerim_n cord_n intimo_fw-la quomodo_fw-la non_fw-la deferrem_fw-la imperatori_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la vobis_fw-la defer_v vuliis_fw-la patimini_fw-la ut_fw-la deferamus_fw-la ei_fw-la quem_fw-la imperii_fw-la vestri_fw-la vultis_fw-la auctorem_fw-la probari_fw-la ambros_n epist_n lib._n 2._o epist_n 15._o in_o this_o epistle_n he_o use_v he_o with_o respect_n and_o own_v that_o he_o ought_v to_o make_v his_o suit_n to_o he_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o become_v the_o place_n he_o then_o hold_v if_o he_o will_v have_v his_o request_n grant_v and_o say_v that_o since_o we_o must_v render_v honour_n to_o who_o honour_n be_v due_a and_o tribute_n to_o who_o tribute_n he_o who_o with_o all_o his_o heart_n render_v he_o what_o be_v his_o due_a as_o a_o private_a man_n will_v not_o 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