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A43657 Jovian, or, An answer to Julian the Apostate by a minister of London. Hickes, George, 1642-1715. 1683 (1683) Wing H1852; ESTC R24372 208,457 390

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and_o lieutenant_n of_o god_n will_v transgress_v the_o bound_n within_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o act_v we_o must_v not_o forcible_o resist_v or_o repulse_v they_o but_o give_v place_n to_o their_o wrath_n and_o suffer_v according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n commit_v our_o soul_n to_o he_o in_o well_o do_v as_o unto_o a_o faithful_a creator_n to_o he_o that_o judge_v righteous_o like_o the_o master_n under_o the_o roman_a government_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v that_o which_o be_v just_o and_o equal_a and_o legal_a unto_o their_o subject_n as_o know_v they_o have_v a_o master_n in_o heaven_n but_o if_o they_o forget_v their_o duty_n to_o their_o master_n to_o who_o alone_o they_o be_v acconntable_a their_o subject_n like_o the_o servant_n from_o who_o the_o law_n take_v all_o power_n of_o violent_a resistance_n must_v only_o withstand_v they_o with_o supplication_n and_o tear_n this_o be_v all_o the_o gospel_n allow_v or_o can_v indeed_o in_o reason_n allow_v because_o there_o must_v somewhere_o be_v fix_v and_o acknowledge_v such_o a_o sovereign_a authority_n which_o none_o have_v power_n to_o resist_v or_o against_o which_o none_o have_v power_n of_o take_v arm_n but_o have_v the_o gospel_n allow_v resistance_n against_o the_o sovereign_n it_o have_v unhinged_a all_o government_n by_o put_v the_o sword_n into_o private_a man_n hand_n this_o precept_n say_v 26.52_o say_v in_o math._n 26.52_o grotius_n of_o put_v up_o the_o sword_n belong_v to_o all_o christian_n who_o be_v call_v unto_o punishment_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o religion_n for_o it_o be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n when_o that_o necessity_n lie_v upon_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v testify_v our_o patience_n and_o commit_v our_o soul_n unto_o our_o creator_n and_o what_o can_v be_v more_o just_a than_o that_o we_o shall_v lay_v down_o our_o life_n for_o his_o honour_n from_o who_o we_o receive_v they_o this_o st._n pet._n have_v teach_v we_o in_o his_o master_n name_n ep._n 1._o c._n 4.16_o 19_o and_o if_o it_o be_v once_o admit_v say_v he_o that_o private_a man_n when_o they_o be_v injure_v by_o the_o magistrate_n may_v forcible_o resist_v he_o all_o place_n will_v be_v full_a of_o tumult_n and_o there_o will_v be_v no_o force_n or_o authority_n of_o law_n and_o judicature_n because_o all_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o favour_v themselves_o wherefore_o reason_n compel_v we_o to_o confess_v that_o oppression_n be_v to_o be_v endure_v lest_o too_o much_o liberty_n follow_v upon_o the_o contrary_a and_o the_o example_n of_o the_o ancient_a christian_n teach_v we_o that_o any_o violence_n be_v to_o be_v endure_v which_o the_o supreme_a power_n lay_v upon_o we_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o our_o ●_z for_o they_o be_v in_o a_o great_a error_n who_o think_v that_o the_o christian_n before_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n abstain_v from_o resistance_n because_o they_o want_v sufficient_a strength_n and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o abstain_v for_o that_o reason_n before_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n i_o appeal_v to_o our_o author_n whether_o they_o do_v abstain_v for_o that_o reason_n after_o his_o time_n and_o what_o account_v he_o will_v give_v to_o god_n or_o man_n for_o slander_v the_o christian_a subject_n of_o 53._o of_o ita_fw-la sub_fw-la juliano_n licèt_fw-la impio_fw-la apostatâ_fw-la merebant_fw-la christiani_n milites_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la illi_fw-la vim_o fecit_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisset_fw-la faciliùs_fw-la cum_fw-la fere_n totum_fw-la exercitum_fw-la ex_fw-la christianis_fw-la constitisse_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la morte_fw-la apparuerit_fw-la sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 53._o julian_n in_o say_v what_o will_v you_o have_v a_o few_o defenceless_a christian_n do_v have_v you_o never_o hear_v a_o west-country-man_n say_v chud_o eat_v more_o cheese_n if_o have_v it_o but_o to_o return_v from_o this_o digression_n unto_o 373._o unto_o vot_o pro_fw-la pace_fw-la ad_fw-la act_n 16._o vid._n dr._n falk_n p._n 373._o grotius_n in_o his_o latter_a and_o wise_a year_n he_o approve_v of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n determination_n against_o paraeus_n upon_o the_o roman_n subditos_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o subject_n ought_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o 41._o to_o quinta_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la prov._n 30.31_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rex_fw-la in_o quem_fw-la nemo_fw-la insurgit_fw-la i._n e._n in_o quem_fw-la subditorum_fw-la nemo_fw-la debet_fw-la insurgere_fw-la alioquin_fw-la enim_fw-la multi_fw-la insurgunt_fw-la sed_fw-la id_fw-la faciunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la jus_o et_fw-la fas_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la hic_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alkum_o quia_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la nemo_fw-la insurgit_fw-la ita_fw-la palladem_fw-la alibi_fw-la observo_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vocatam_fw-la à_fw-la phaenicibus_fw-la ela_n alkuma_fw-la deam_fw-la in_o quam_fw-la nemo_fw-la insurgit_fw-la et_fw-la laeotiae_fw-la urbem_fw-la illi_fw-la sacram_fw-la gaecâ_fw-la flexione_fw-la alalcomenas_n quae_fw-la parva_fw-la cum_fw-la esset_fw-la et_fw-la in_o plano_fw-la extructa_fw-la semper_fw-la tamen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intacta_fw-la et_fw-la inviolata_fw-la mansit_fw-la quia_fw-la ob_fw-la deae_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la omni_fw-la u●_n omnes_fw-la abstinebant_fw-la pausan_n eaeot_fw-la strab._n l._n 9_o ib._n p._n 41._o resist_v their_o sovereign_n by_o force_n nor_o ought_v they_o to_o take_v either_o offensive_a or_o defensive_a arm_n against_o he_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o religion_n or_o any_o other_o whatsoever_o here_o be_v the_o university_n of_o oxon_n teach_v the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o the_o bowstring_n and_o grotius_n approve_v of_o it_o and_o furthermore_o affirm_v that_o if_o paraeus_n or_o mr._n j_n exception_n be_v admit_v against_o st._n paul_n that_o no_o government_n can_v be_v any_o long_a safe_a than_o while_o those_o who_o have_v such_o sentiment_n want_v strength_n it_o be_v upon_o this_o principle_n that_o the_o prophet_n and_o other_o saint_n in_o great_a number_n patient_o suffer_v under_o the_o idolatrous_a king_n of_o israel_n who_o as_o mr._n j._n may_v have_v remember_v persecute_v against_o law_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o have_v so_o great_a a_o regard_n for_o government_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o mankind_n for_o which_o government_n be_v ordain_v absolute_o forbid_v subject_n to_o resist_v their_o sovereign_n and_o because_o he_o foresee_v that_o the_o pretence_n of_o religion_n will_v of_o all_o other_o be_v the_o most_o popular_a and_o specious_a therefore_o take_v he_o such_o care_n to_o have_v himself_o propose_v for_o a_o example_n of_o patience_n and_o suffer_v unto_o his_o disciple_n and_o to_o assure_v they_o that_o if_o they_o suffer_v with_o he_o they_o shall_v also_o reign_v with_o he_o indeed_o there_o be_v some_o inconvenience_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o passive_a obedience_n or_o nonresistance_n but_o it_o be_v a_o inconvenience_n which_o can_v be_v prevent_v unless_o we_o shall_v remove_v the_o centre_n upon_o which_o government_n be_v fix_v and_o admit_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o resist_v the_o sovereign_n which_o will_v be_v 141._o be_v cùm_fw-la probaverim_fw-la hactenus_fw-la summum_fw-la principem_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o a_o solo_fw-la deo_fw-la pendere_fw-la solum_fw-la hoc_fw-la addo_fw-la pro_fw-la mantissâ_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la liceret_fw-la inragem_n ideo_fw-la insurgere_fw-la quia_fw-la malus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la potestate_fw-la suâ_fw-la abutitur_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la id_fw-la expedire_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la esse_fw-la consultiùs_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la remediis_fw-la abstineat_fw-la quae_fw-la plerumque_fw-la morbo_fw-la ipso_fw-la pejora_fw-la sunt_fw-la quibusque_fw-la adeo_fw-la vulnus_fw-la exasperatur_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quàm_fw-la sanatur_fw-la ea_fw-la mala_fw-la toleranda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la sine_fw-la magná_fw-la pernicie_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la emendari_fw-la praestat_fw-la unius_fw-la hominis_fw-la scelera_fw-la esse_fw-la impunita_fw-la quàm_fw-la innumeros_fw-la insontes_fw-la certo_fw-la exitio_fw-la exponere_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la ferè_fw-la fit_a qui_fw-la in_o reges_fw-la quid_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la expectandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la citati_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la sistant_fw-la et_fw-la plebeiorum_fw-la instar_fw-la unius_fw-la aut_fw-la alterius_fw-la victoris_fw-la imperio_fw-la se_fw-la submittant_fw-la quin_fw-la copias_fw-la conscribi_fw-la oportet_fw-la et_fw-la multorum_fw-la saepe_fw-la praeliorum_fw-la aliae_fw-la subeundae_fw-la of_o it_o quam_fw-la possint_fw-la cogi_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la unde_fw-la magna_fw-la strages_fw-la sequitur_fw-la et_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la devastatio_fw-la quod_fw-la britannia_fw-la vestra_fw-la vel_fw-la i_o tacente_fw-la clamat_fw-la itaque_fw-la multo_fw-la satius_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la rem_fw-la committere_fw-la et_fw-la converti_fw-la ad_fw-la preces_fw-la &_o lachrymas_fw-la quae_fw-la vera_fw-la christianorum_fw-la arma_fw-la sunt_fw-la quàm_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la remedia_fw-la confugere_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la violentiora_fw-la sam._n bochart_n 10.140_o 141._o ten_o time_n worse_o than_o it_o for_o if_o the_o former_a make_v a_o land_n obnoxious_a now_o and_o then_o unto_o a_o tyrant_n the_o latter_a will_v make_v it_o perpetual_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o rage_n and_o fury_n of_o the_o delude_a
the_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la the_o people_n have_v surrender_v unto_o he_o all_o their_o authority_n and_o power_n whatsoever_o therefore_o the_o emperor_n appoint_v by_o letter_n or_o know_o decree_v or_o declare_v in_o his_o interlocutories_n or_o command_v by_o a_o edict_n be_v a_o law_n and_o his_o law_n in_o distinction_n to_o the_o senatus_n consul●●_n etc._n etc._n be_v call_v constitution_n and_o they_o be_v either_o general_n or_o only_a theophe_n only_a plane_n ex_fw-la he_o quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la personales_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la trahuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophe_n personal_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v draw_v into_o precedent_n or_o example_n as_o his_o indulgence_n to_o his_o favourite_n his_o act_n of_o grace_n to_o criminal_n or_o his_o theoph_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph_n punish_v as_o he_o please_v those_o that_o be_v in_o his_o displeasure_n all_o these_o be_v personal_a constitution_n for_o the_o theoph._n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n emperor_n be_v absolute_a lord_n of_o his_o subject_n life_n and_o estate_n it_o be_v by_o this_o plenitude_n of_o absolute_a legal_a power_n that_o constantine_n the_o great_a put_v to_o death_n his_o father-in-law_n maximian_n his_o wife_n fausta_n his_o elder_a son_n crispus_n and_o licinius_n after_o he_o become_v his_o subject_n and_o prison●●_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o power_n it_o be_v that_o constantius_n put_v to_o death_n dalmatius_n caesar_n and_o gallus_n julian_n elder_a brother_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o wonder_n to_o i_o that_o mr._n j._n shall_v lay_v down_o this_o groundless_a assertion_n that_o julian_n the_o emperor_n persecute_v the_o christian_n and_o put_v juventinus_n and_o maximus_n to_o death_n contrary_a to_o law_n he_o may_v have_v be_v better_o instruct_v by_o the_o apostate_n in_o one_o of_o his_o 2._o his_o orat._n 1._o ad_fw-la constant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n l._n 2._o oration_n cite_v by_o himself_o in_o which_o he_o tell_v constantius_n that_o he_o live_v more_o like_o a_o subject_a than_o a_o emperor_n who_o have_v power_n over_o the_o law_n methinks_v also_o his_o superviser_n who_o shall_v be_v well_o verse_v in_o the_o father_n of_o our_o english_a law_n may_v have_v teach_v he_o better_o out_o of_o chancellor_n 9_o chancellor_n de_fw-fr laud._n leg._n angl._n c._n 9_o fortescue_n who_o state_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o pure_o regal_a and_o political_a government_n explain_v the_o former_a from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o say_v the_o prince_n his_o pleasure_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n wherefore_o he_o be_v also_o much_o by_o the_o cushion_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n where_o he_o assert_n that_o all_o the_o outrage_n which_o the_o heathen_n commit_v against_o the_o christian_n by_o the_o toleration_n and_o connivance_n of_o julian_n be_v not_o only_o without_o but_o against_o law_n for_o julian_n connivance_n or_o approbation_n of_o thing_n against_o law_n or_o secret_a direction_n to_o do_v they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o his_o pleasure_n and_o have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n therefore_o 504._o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 7._o p._n 504._o philostorg_n say_v that_o the_o heathen_n in_o so_o do_v fulfil_v his_o pleasure_n who_o as_o 15._o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 15._o zos_n observe_v however_o he_o do_v blame_v they_o in_o word_n which_o be_v very_o 9_o very_o once_o the_o alexandrian_n soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 5._o c._n 9_o seldom_o yet_o underhand_o and_o indeed_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v and_o 6._o and_o theod._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o make_v the_o most_o cruel_a and_o impious_a heathen_n officer_n both_o in_o the_o army_n and_o over_o the_o city_n and_o province_n who_o he_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o discretion_n to_o treat_v the_o christian_n as_o they_o please_v and_o when_o the_o christian_n send_v their_o representative_n to_o complain_v 92._o complain_v soz._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o vid._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o naz._n 1_o invect_n p._n 92._o he_o refuse_v to_o admit_v they_o or_o if_o he_o admit_v they_o he_o be_v only_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o 14._o that_o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 14._o they_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o religion_n to_o suffer_v injury_n 503._o injury_n l._n 7._o 503._o philostorgius_n say_v he_o exceed_o rejoice_v when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o christian_n suffering_n all_o which_o be_v sufficient_a signification_n of_o his_o pleasure_n in_o this_o particular_a that_o the_o heathen_n shall_v outrage_v the_o christian_n any_o former_a law_n or_o edict_n whatsoever_o notwithstanding_o according_o 74._o according_o invect_n l._n p._n 74._o gregory_n call_v his_o will_n in_o this_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o unwritten_a law_n for_o say_v he_o the_o emperor_n divide_v his_o power_n into_o two_o part_n persuasion_n and_o force_n 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