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A62670 An essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions with some considerations touching the present juncture of affairs. Tindal, Matthew, 1653?-1733. 1694 (1694) Wing T1299; ESTC R5554 50,889 92

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AN ESSAY CONCERNING OBEDIENCE TO THE Supreme Powers AND THE Duty of Subjects in all Revolutions WITH Some CONSIDERATIONS touching the Present Juncture of Affairs LONDON Printed for Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane MDCXCIV THE CONTENTS THE Introduction Page 1. CHAP. I. Of Government and the Origine of it ibid. CHAP. II. Of Passive Obedience 8. CHAP. III. Of the Publick Good 15. CHAP. IV. Of God's Laws 22. CHAP. V. Of the Law of Nations 26. CHAP. VI. Of the Obligation of Human Laws 29. CHAP. VII Objections answered 34. CHAP. VIII Of Conquest Pag. 37. CHAP. IX Of Possession 24. CHAP. X. Of Protection 44. CHAP. XI Of Oaths of Fidelity 54. CHAP. XII Of the Act of Parliament of the 11 of Hen. 7. 56. CHAP. XIII Of Proofs of Scripture concerning Obedience to those that actually Administer Government 59. CHAP. XIV Some Considerations touching the Present Affairs 66. Books Sold by Richard Baldwin MErcury or the Secret and Swift Messenger Shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his Thoughts to a Friend at any distance The Second Edition By the Right Reverend Father in God John Wilkins late Lord Bishop of Chester Printed for Rich. Baldwin where are to be had The World in the Moon and Mathematical Magick Bibliotheca Politica Or a Discourse by way of Dialogue on these following Questions 1. In what sense all Civil Power is derived from God and in what sense may be also from the people 2. Whether His present Majesty King William when Prince of Orange had a just Cause of War against King James II. 3. Whether the Proceedings of His Present Majesty before he was King as also of the Late Convention in respect of the said King James is justifiable by the Law of Nations and the Constitution of our Government Collected out of the best Authors as well Ancient as Modern Dialogue the Eleventh A Compendious History of the Taxes of France and of the Oppressive Methods of Raising of them An Impartial Enquiry into the Advantages and Losses that England hath received since the beginning of this present War with France Berault's French Grammar The Tragedies of the Last Age consider'd and examin'd by the Practice of the Ancients and by the common sense of all Ages in a Letter to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq Part I. The Second Edition A short View of Tragedy its Original Excellency and Corruption with some Reflections on Shakespear and other Practitioners for the Stage Both by Mr. Rimer Servant to Their Majesties Truth brought to light Or the History of the first 14 Years of King James I In four parts c. Travels into divers parts of Europe and Asia undertaken by the French King's Order to discover a new Way by Land into China c. Liturgia Tigurina or the Book of common-Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Ecclesiastical Rites and Ceremonies usually practised and solemnly performed in all the Churches and Chappels of the City and Canton of zurick in Switzerland c. The Works of the Famous Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick Treating of the Lives Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gorgantua and his Son Pantagruel Translated from the French To which is added Rabelais's Life and a new Key to the whole Work Letters of Love and Gallantry and several other Subjects All written by Ladies With the Memoirs Life and Adventures of a young Lady Written by her self in several Letters to a Person of Quality in Town Vol. 1. Memoirs concerning the Campagne of Three Kings William Lewis and James in the Year 1692. With Reflections upon the Great Endeavours of Lewis the 14th to effect his Designs of James the 2d to Remount the Throne and the proper Methods for the Allies to take to hinder both AN ESSAY CONCERNING Obedience to the Supreme Powers c. The INTRODUCTION THE Design of these Sheets which one would think should be no difficult Task is to persuade People to act for the Good and Prosperity of the Community they are Members of and in which their own is included and to convince them That it is their Duty as well as Interest to bear True Faith and Allegiance to the present Government Which Design that I may the better perform it will be necessary to premise somewhat about Government in general and the Grounds and Measures of Obedience to it by which I hope I shall be able to shew What is the Duty of Subjects not only in the present Juncture of Affairs but in all Changes and Revolutions CHAP. I. Of Government and the Origine of it GOvernment is as it is usually defined The Care of other Peoples Safety which consists in Protecting and securing them from being destroyed or oppressed by one another as well as by Strangers and redressing the Grievances of those that are injured and preventing the like for the future by punishing Offenders In order to which the Governor must have a Right to command the Natural Force of those that expect his Protection to enable him the better to put his Laws and Decrees in execution Tho without Power Government cannot consist yet Power and Government are not one and the same thing a man may be in the Power of another and yet may not be governed by him it is necessary that this Power be made use of for Protection without which it is impossible to be protected so that Protection and Government are the same thing for where people are not protected they are still in the state of Nature and without Government It is Government alone that gives the Form Life and Unity to a Civil Society or Body Politick by which the several Members have their mutual Influence Sympathy and Connection so that to be a Member of a Civil Society and to be under Government is the same thing and to be without Government and to be in the state of Nature are reciprocal and predicated of one another None can pretend to be or claim any Civil Rights as a Member of a Society without owning the actual Government that makes it a Society and they that disown the Government of the Society they live in do outlaw themselves and virtually declare themselves no Members of it because they have reduced themselves to a state of Nature by disowning there is amongst them a common Judge who has a Right to decide their Controversies and redress their Injuries and in whose Determinations they are obliged to acquiesce God who is the Author of every good thing may be said in a more special manner to be so of Government because it is absolutely necessary to the Well-being of Mankind and He by the Law of Nature which obliges mankind to act for their good has instituted it and has since by his Positive Law ratified and confirmed it yet He did not constitute any particular Form of Government but left mankind at liberty to dispose of themselves as they when they instituted Societies thought fit God was so far from taking this Liberty