Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	1,839	5	10.0881	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41307	Observations concerning the original and various forms of government as described, viz. 1st. Upon Aristotles politiques. 2d. Mr. Hobbs's Laviathan. 3d. Mr. Milton against Salmatius. 4th. Hugo Grotius De jure bello. 5th. Mr. Hunton's Treatise of monarchy, or the nature of a limited or mixed monarchy / by the learned Sir R. Filmer, Barronet ; to which is added the power of kings ; with directions for obedience to government in dangerous and doubtful times.	Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.	1696 (1696)	Wing F920; ESTC R32803	252,891	546

the_o election_n of_o saul_n since_o saul_n be_v choose_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o govern_v according_a to_o god_n law_n the_o government_n from_o abraham_n to_o saul_n be_v no_o where_o call_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n nor_o be_v it_o say_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v cast_v off_o at_o the_o election_n of_o saul_n mr._n hobbs_n allow_v that_o moses_n alone_o have_v next_o under_o god_n the_o sovereignty_n over_o the_o israelite_n p._n 252._o but_o he_o do_v not_o allow_v it_o to_o joshua_n but_o will_v have_v it_o descend_v to_o eleazar_n the_o highpriest_n aaron_n son_n his_o proof_n be_v god_n express_o say_v concern_v joshua_n he_o shall_v stand_v before_o eleazar_n who_o shall_v ask_v counsel_n for_o he_o before_o the_o lord_n after_o the_o judgement_n of_o urim_n be_v omit_v by_o mr._n hobbs_n at_o his_o word_n they_o shall_v go_v out_o etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o make_v peace_n and_o war_n be_v in_o the_o priest_n answ_n the_o work_n of_o the_o highpriest_n be_v only_o ministerial_a not_o magisterial_a he_o have_v no_o power_n to_o command_v in_o war_n or_o to_o judge_n in_o peace_n only_o when_o the_o sovereign_n or_o governor_n do_v go_v up_o to_o war_n he_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o as_o the_o hebrew_n say_v the_o enquirer_n with_o a_o soft_a voice_n as_o one_o that_o pray_v for_o himself_o ask_v and_o forthwith_o the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v upon_o the_o priest_n and_o he_o behold_v the_o breastplate_n and_o see_v therein_o by_o the_o vision_n of_o prophecy_n go_v up_o or_o go_v not_o up_o in_o the_o letter_n that_o show_v forth_o themselves_o upon_o the_o breastplate_n before_o his_o face_n then_o the_o priest_n answer_v he_o go_v up_o or_o go_v not_o up_o if_o this_o answer_n give_v the_o priest_n sovereignty_n than_o neither_o king_n saul_n nor_o king_n david_n have_v the_o sovereignty_n who_o both_o ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o priest_n observation_n on_o mr._n milton_n against_o salmasius_n i._o among_o the_o many_o print_a book_n and_o several_a discourse_n touch_v the_o right_n of_o king_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n i_o can_v find_v that_o as_o yet_o the_o first_o and_o chief_a point_n be_v agree_v upon_o or_o indeed_o so_o much_o as_o once_o dispute_v the_o word_n king_n and_o the_o word_n people_n be_v familiar_a one_o will_v think_v every_o simple_a man_n can_v tell_v what_o they_o signify_v but_o upon_o examination_n it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o the_o learn_a can_v agree_v of_o their_o meaning_n ask_v salmasius_n what_o a_o king_n be_v and_o he_o will_v teach_v we_o that_o a_o king_n be_v he_o who_o have_v the_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o be_v accountable_a to_o none_o but_o god_n and_o may_v do_v what_o he_o please_v and_o be_v free_a from_o the_o law_n this_o definition_n j._n m._n abominate_v as_o be_v the_o definition_n of_o a_o tyrant_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v of_o his_o mind_n if_o he_o will_v have_v vouchsafe_v we_o a_o better_a or_o any_o other_o definition_n at_o all_o that_o will_v tell_v we_o how_o any_o king_n can_v have_v a_o supreme_a power_n without_o be_v free_v from_o humane_a law_n to_o find_v fault_n with_o it_o without_o produce_v any_o other_o be_v to_o leave_v we_o in_o the_o dark_a but_o though_o mr._n milton_n bring_v we_o neither_o definition_n nor_o description_n of_o a_o king_n yet_o we_o may_v pick_v out_o of_o several_a passage_n of_o he_o something_o like_o a_o definition_n if_o we_o lie_v they_o together_o he_o teach_v we_o that_o power_n be_v therefore_o give_v to_o a_o king_n by_o the_o people_n that_o he_o may_v see_v by_o the_o authority_n to_o he_o commit_v that_o nothing_o be_v do_v against_o law_n and_o that_o he_o keep_v our_o law_n and_o not_o impose_v upon_o we_o his_o own_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o regal_a power_n but_o in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o by_o they_o pag._n 155._o and_o again_o he_o affirm_v the_o king_n can_v imprison_v fine_a or_o punish_v any_o man_n except_o he_o be_v first_o cite_v into_o some_o court_n where_o not_o the_o king_n but_o the_o usual_a judge_n give_v sentence_n pag._n 168._o and_o before_o we_o be_v tell_v not_o the_o king_n but_o the_o authority_n of_o parliament_n do_v set_v up_o and_o take_v away_o all_o court_n pag._n 167._o lo_o here_o the_o description_n of_o a_o king_n he_o be_v one_o to_o who_o the_o people_n give_v power_n to_o see_v that_o nothing_o be_v do_v against_o law_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v there_o be_v no_o regal_a power_n but_o in_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n and_o by_o they_o where_o not_o the_o king_n but_o the_o usual_a judge_n give_v sentence_n this_o description_n not_o only_o strip_v the_o king_n of_o all_o power_n whatsoever_o but_o put_v he_o in_o a_o condition_n below_o the_o mean_a of_o his_o subject_n thus_o much_o may_v show_v that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o agree_v what_o a_o king_n be_v next_o what_o the_o word_n people_n mean_n be_v not_o agree_v upon_o ask_v aristotle_n what_o the_o people_n be_v and_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v any_o power_n to_o be_v in_o any_o but_o in_o free_a citizen_n if_o we_o demand_v who_o be_v free_a citizen_n that_o he_o can_v resolve_v we_o for_o he_o confess_v that_o he_o that_o be_v a_o free_a citizen_n in_o one_o city_n be_v not_o so_o in_o another_o city_n and_o he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o no_o artificer_n shall_v be_v a_o free_a citizen_n or_o have_v voice_n in_o a_o well_o order_v commonwealth_n he_o account_v a_o democraty_n which_o word_n signify_v the_o government_n of_o the_o people_n to_o be_v a_o corrupt_a sort_n of_o government_n he_o think_v many_o man_n by_o nature_n bear_v to_o be_v servant_n and_o not_o fit_a to_o govern_v as_o any_o part_n of_o the_o people_n thus_o do_v aristotle_n curtail_v the_o people_n and_o can_v give_v we_o any_o certain_a rule_n to_o know_v who_o be_v the_o people_n come_v to_o our_o modern_a politician_n and_o ask_v they_o who_o the_o people_n be_v though_o they_o talk_v big_a of_o the_o people_n yet_o they_o take_v up_o and_o be_v content_a with_o a_o few_o representor_n as_o they_o call_v they_o of_o the_o whole_a people_n a_o point_n aristotle_n be_v to_o seek_v in_o neither_o be_v these_o representor_n stand_v upon_o to_o be_v the_o whole_a people_n but_o the_o major_a part_n of_o these_o representor_n must_v be_v reckon_v for_o the_o whole_a people_n nay_o j.m._n will_v not_o allow_v the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o representor_n to_o be_v the_o people_n but_o the_o sound_a and_o better_a part_n only_o of_o they_o and_o in_o right_n down_o term_n he_o tell_v we_o pag._n 126._o to_o determine_v who_o be_v a_o tyrant_n he_o leave_v to_o magistrate_n at_o least_o to_o the_o upright_a sort_n of_o they_o and_o of_o the_o people_n pag._n 7._o though_o in_o number_n less_o by_o many_o to_o judge_v as_o they_o find_v cause_n if_o the_o sound_a the_o better_a and_o the_o upright_a part_n have_v the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n how_o shall_v we_o know_v or_o who_o shall_v judge_v who_o they_o be_v ii_o one_o text_n be_v urge_v by_o mr._n milton_n for_o the_o people_n power_n deut._n 17.14_o when_o thou_o be_v come_v into_o the_o land_n which_o thy_o lord_n thy_o god_n give_v thou_o and_o shall_v say_v i_o will_v set_v a_o king_n over_o i_o like_a as_o all_o the_o nation_n about_o i_o it_o be_v say_v by_o the_o tenure_n of_o king_n these_o word_n confirm_v we_o that_o the_o right_n of_o choose_v yea_o of_o change_a their_o own_o government_n be_v by_o the_o grant_n of_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o people_n but_o can_v the_o foretell_v or_o forewarn_v of_o the_o israelite_n of_o a_o wanton_a and_o wicked_a desire_n of_o they_o which_o god_n himself_o condemn_v be_v make_v a_o argument_n that_o god_n give_v or_o grant_v they_o a_o right_a to_o do_v such_o a_o wicked_a thing_n or_o can_v the_o narration_n and_o reprove_v of_o a_o future_a fact_n be_v a_o donation_n and_o approve_v of_o a_o present_a right_n or_o the_o permission_n of_o a_o sin_n be_v make_v a_o commission_n for_o the_o do_v of_o it_o the_o author_n of_o his_o book_n against_o salmasius_n fall_v so_o far_o from_o make_v god_n the_o donor_n or_o grantor_n that_o he_o cite_v he_o only_o for_o a_o witness_n testae_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la penes_fw-la populos_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la semper_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vel_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la placeret_fw-la forma_fw-la reipub_fw-la utendi_fw-la vel_fw-la hanc_fw-la in_o aliam_fw-la mutandi_fw-la de_fw-fr hebraeis_n hoc_fw-la disertè_fw-la dicit_fw-la deus_fw-la de_fw-la reliquis_fw-la non_fw-la abnuit_fw-la that_o here_o in_o this_o text_n god_n himself_o be_v witness_n there_o be_v always_o a_o power_n in_o

of_o his_o posterity_n this_o assertion_n be_v confute_v pointblank_o by_o bellarmine_n who_o express_o affirm_v that_o the_o first_o parent_n ought_v to_o have_v be_v prince_n of_o their_o posterity_n and_o until_o suarez_n bring_v some_o reason_n for_o what_o he_o say_v i_o shall_v trust_v more_o to_o bellarmine_n proof_n than_o to_o his_o denial_n 5._o but_o let_v we_o condescend_v a_o while_n to_o the_o opinion_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o suarez_n and_o all_o those_o who_o place_n supreme_a power_n in_o the_o whole_a people_n and_o ask_v they_o if_o their_o meaning_n be_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o power_n in_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o world_n so_o that_o no_o power_n can_v be_v grant_v except_o all_o the_o man_n upon_o the_o earth_n meet_v and_o agree_v to_o choose_v a_o governor_n a_o answer_n be_v here_o give_v by_o suarez_n that_o it_o be_v scarce_o possible_a nor_o yet_o expedient_a that_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v gather_v together_o into_o one_o community_n it_o be_v likely_a that_o either_o never_o or_o for_o a_o very_a short_a time_n that_o this_o power_n be_v in_o this_o manner_n in_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o man_n collect_v but_o a_o little_a after_o the_o creation_n man_n begin_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o several_a commonwealth_n and_o this_o distinct_a power_n be_v in_o each_o of_o they_o this_o answer_n of_o scarce_o possible_a nor_o yet_o expedient_a it_o be_v likely_a beget_v a_o new_a doubt_n how_o this_o distinct_a power_n come_v to_o each_o particular_a community_n when_o god_n give_v it_o to_o the_o whole_a multitude_n only_o and_o not_o to_o any_o particular_a assembly_n of_o men._n can_v they_o show_v or_o prove_v that_o ever_o the_o whole_a multitude_n meet_v and_o divide_v this_o power_n which_o god_n give_v they_o in_o gross_a by_o break_v into_o parcel_n and_o by_o appoint_v a_o distinct_a power_n to_o each_o several_a commonwealth_n without_o such_o a_o compact_n i_o can_v see_v according_a to_o their_o own_o principle_n how_o there_o can_v be_v any_o election_n of_o a_o magistrate_n by_o any_o commonwealth_n but_o by_o a_o mere_a usurpation_n upon_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n if_o any_o think_v that_o particular_a multitude_n at_o their_o own_o discretion_n have_v power_n to_o divide_v themselves_o into_o several_a commonwealth_n those_o that_o think_v so_o have_v neither_o reason_n nor_o proof_n for_o so_o think_v and_o thereby_o a_o gap_n be_v open_v for_o every_o petty_a factious_a multitude_n to_o raise_v a_o new_a commonwealth_n and_o to_o make_v more_o commonweal_n than_o there_o be_v family_n in_o the_o world_n but_o let_v this_o also_o be_v yield_v they_o that_o in_o each_o particular_a commonwealth_n there_o be_v a_o distinct_a power_n in_o the_o multitude_n be_v a_o general_n meet_v of_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n ever_o know_v for_o the_o election_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v there_o any_o example_n of_o it_o ever_o find_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o conceit_v such_o a_o thing_n be_v to_o imagine_v little_o less_o than_o a_o impossibility_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n no_o one_o form_n of_o government_n or_o king_n be_v ever_o establish_v according_a to_o this_o suppose_a law_n of_o nature_n 6._o it_o may_v be_v answer_v by_o some_o that_o if_o either_o the_o great_a part_n of_o a_o kingdom_n or_o if_o a_o small_a part_n only_o by_o themselves_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n by_o proxy_n or_o if_o the_o part_n not_o concur_v in_o election_n do_v after_o by_o a_o tacit_fw-la assent_n ratify_v the_o act_n of_o other_o that_o in_o all_o these_o case_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o whole_a multitude_n as_o to_o the_o act_n of_o the_o major_a part_n of_o a_o multitude_n it_o be_v true_a that_o by_o politic_a humane_a constitution_n it_o be_v oft_o ordain_v that_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o most_o shall_v over-rule_v the_o rest_n and_o such_o ordinance_n bind_v because_o where_o man_n be_v assemble_v by_o a_o humane_a power_n that_o power_n that_o do_v assemble_v they_o can_v also_o limit_v and_o direct_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o power_n and_o by_o such_o derivative_a power_n make_v know_v by_o law_n or_o custom_n either_o the_o great_a part_n or_o two_o three_o or_o three_o part_n of_o five_o or_o the_o like_a have_v power_n to_o oversway_v the_o liberty_n of_o their_o opposite_n but_o in_o assembly_n that_o take_v their_o authority_n from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o can_v be_v so_o for_o what_o freedom_n or_o liberty_n be_v due_a to_o any_o man_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n no_o inferior_a power_n can_v alter_v limit_n or_o diminish_v no_o one_o man_n nor_o a_o multitude_n can_v give_v away_o the_o natural_a right_n of_o another_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v unchangeable_a and_o howsoever_o one_o man_n may_v hinder_v another_o in_o the_o use_n or_o exercise_n of_o his_o natural_a right_n yet_o thereby_o no_o man_n lose_v the_o right_a of_o itself_o for_o the_o right_n and_o the_o use_v of_o the_o right_n may_v be_v distinguish_v as_o right_o and_o possession_n be_v oft_o distinct_a therefore_o unless_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o major_n or_o some_o other_o part_n have_v power_n to_o over_o rule_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o multitude_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o act_n of_o multitude_n not_o entire_a be_v not_o bind_v to_o all_o but_o only_o to_o such_o as_o consent_v unto_o they_o 7._o as_o to_o the_o point_n of_o proxy_n it_o can_v be_v show_v or_o prove_v that_o all_o those_o that_o have_v be_v absent_a from_o popular_a election_n do_v ever_o give_v their_o voice_n to_o some_o of_o their_o fellow_n i_o ask_v but_o one_o example_n out_o of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n let_v the_o commonweal_n be_v but_o name_v wherever_o the_o multitude_n or_o so_o much_o as_o the_o great_a part_n of_o it_o consent_v either_o by_o voice_n or_o by_o procuration_n to_o the_o election_n of_o a_o prince_n the_o ambition_n sometime_o of_o one_o man_n sometime_o of_o many_o or_o the_o faction_n of_o a_o city_n or_o citizen_n or_o the_o mutiny_n of_o a_o army_n have_v set_v up_o or_o put_v down_o prince_n but_o they_o have_v never_o tarry_v for_o this_o pretend_a order_n by_o proceed_v of_o the_o whole_a multitude_n last_o if_o the_o silent_a acceptation_n of_o a_o governor_n by_o part_n of_o the_o people_n be_v a_o argument_n of_o their_o concur_v in_o the_o election_n of_o he_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o tacit_fw-la assent_n of_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n may_v be_v maintain_v from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o every_o prince_n that_o come_v to_o a_o crown_n either_o by_o succession_n conquest_n or_o usurpation_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v elect_v by_o the_o people_n which_o inference_n be_v too_o ridiculous_a for_o in_o such_o case_n the_o people_n be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o liberty_n of_o specification_n that_o they_o want_v even_o that_o of_o contradiction_n 8._o but_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o argue_v against_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o election_n of_o king_n as_o long_o as_o man_n be_v persuade_v that_o example_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o scripture_n it_o be_v fit_a therefore_o to_o discover_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o error_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o a_o evident_a text_n that_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o choose_v a_o king_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o set_v up_o a_o king_n over_o the_o people_n this_o latter_a power_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v but_o not_o the_o former_a this_o distinction_n be_v find_v most_o evident_a in_o deut._n 17.15_o where_o the_o law_n of_o god_n say_v he_o shall_v thou_o set_v king_n over_o thou_o who_o the_o lord_n shall_v choose_v so_o god_n mus_fw-la eligere_fw-la and_o the_o people_n only_o do_v constituere_fw-la mr._n hooker_n in_o his_o eight_o book_n of_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n clear_o expound_v this_o distinction_n the_o word_n be_v worthy_a the_o cite_n heap_n of_o scripture_n say_v he_o be_v allege_v concern_v the_o solemn_a coronation_n or_o inauguration_n of_o saul_n david_n solomon_n and_o other_o by_o noble_n ancient_n and_o the_o people_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n as_o if_o these_o solemnity_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o deed_n whereby_o the_o right_a of_o dominion_n be_v give_v which_o strange_a untrue_a and_o unnatural_a conceit_n be_v set_v abroad_o by_o seed-man_n of_o rebellion_n only_o to_o animate_v unquiet_a spirit_n and_o to_o feed_v they_o with_o possibility_n of_o aspire_a unto_o the_o throne_n if_o they_o can_v win_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o people_n whatsoever_o hereditary_a title_n any_o other_o before_o they_o may_v have_v i_o say_v these_o unjust_a and_o insolent_a position_n i_o will_v not_o mention_v be_v it_o not_o thereby_o to_o