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the_o mean_n of_o restrain_v tyranny_n upon_o those_o ground_n and_o principle_n buchanan_n and_o junius_n brutus_n go_v so_o far_o as_o to_o the_o depose_v and_o take_v away_o of_o a_o exorbitant_a or_o tyrannous_a monarch_n the_o writer_n of_o these_o day_n though_o they_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o harbour_v such_o a_o intention_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o monarchy_n do_v express_o pronounce_v it_o unlawful_a yet_o do_v they_o all_o agree_v to_o use_v what_o force_n they_o can_v against_o such_o a_o monarch_n for_o the_o suppress_n of_o his_o tyranny_n to_o give_v he_o battle_n in_o the_o field_n and_o make_v he_o accessary_a to_o his_o own_o death_n if_o he_o fall_v by_o their_o hand_n to_o clear_v the_o way_n in_o the_o entrance_n of_o this_o cause_n i_o be_o call_v by_o the_o learned_a divine_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o monarchy_n in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o consider_v the_o several_a case_n of_o resistance_n and_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o government_n and_o monarchy_n sect_n ii_o case_n of_o resistance_n the_o reverend_a and_o learned_a divine_n who_o plead_v for_o defensive_a arm_n to_o show_v what_o great_a pain_n they_o have_v take_v for_o the_o satisfy_n or_o rather_o trouble_v of_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n do_v every_o where_o blame_v the_o resolver_n as_o indiligent_a and_o careless_a first_o in_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o question_n propound_v that_o he_o undertake_v to_o resolve_v conscience_n about_o resistance_n do_v not_o set_v down_o all_o possible_a case_n which_o they_o by_o lay_v their_o head_n together_o have_v find_v out_o then_o in_o the_o clear_n of_o the_o 13._o to_o the_o rom._n that_o he_o main_o insist_v upon_o that_o place_n do_v not_o analyse_v the_o chapter_n as_o they_o have_v do_v by_o break_v it_o into_o so_o many_o piece_n as_o if_o they_o have_v mean_v to_o draw_v out_o so_o many_o point_n to_o preach_v upon_o rather_o than_o argument_n to_o dispute_v by_o my_o answer_n be_v i_o do_v not_o intend_v that_o treatise_n as_o a_o just_a tractate_n of_o resistance_n but_o as_o a_o resolution_n of_o a_o particular_a case_n and_o therefore_o do_v not_o undertake_v or_o endeavour_v to_o satisfy_v all_o doubt_n which_o every_o work_a brain_n that_o have_v strain_v itself_o to_o the_o disturbance_n of_o this_o state_n and_o people_n may_v raise_v concern_v resistance_n in_o general_a but_o to_o resolve_v the_o conscience_n of_o mislead_a people_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o resistance_n now_o make_v now_o because_o they_o must_v have_v thing_n deliver_v in_o gross_a to_o they_o if_o we_o mean_v they_o shall_v apprehend_v they_o i_o do_v therefore_o think_v it_o sufficient_a first_o in_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o question_n to_o direct_v their_o thought_n upon_o the_o notorious_a resistance_n then_o use_v viz._n by_o set_v up_o a_o militia_n raise_v army_n every_o where_o and_o use_v they_o in_o battle_n against_o his_o majesty_n for_o unto_o that_o resistance_n the_o case_n propound_v do_v relate_v as_o be_v intimate_v sect_n i._o and_o then_o in_o the_o clear_n of_o the_o 13_o to_o the_o rom._n it_o seem_v sufficient_a to_o let_v the_o people_n understand_v that_o the_o king_n be_v the_o high_a or_o supreme_a power_n in_o this_o kingdom_n that_o all_o under_o the_o high_a power_n be_v forbid_v to_o resist_v that_o tyranny_n and_o persecution_n be_v not_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o resistance_n which_o appear_v upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o those_o time_n last_o that_o the_o prohibition_n of_o resistance_n concern_v all_o time_n because_o the_o apostle_n reason_n against_o it_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o power_n and_o the_o end_n or_o benefit_n of_o it_o be_v perpetual_a and_o concern_v all_o government_n these_o few_o necessary_a particular_n deduce_v out_o of_o the_o apostle_n i_o think_v more_o fit_a to_o let_v the_o people_n understand_v then_o to_o puzzle_v they_o with_o many_o needless_a term_n of_o analyse_v and_o division_n and_o now_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o case_n propound_v by_o the_o pleader_n among_o they_o all_o that_o only_o be_v pertinent_a which_o inquire_v whether_o the_o resist_a of_o a_o captain_n of_o the_o soldiery_n have_v his_o commission_n from_o the_o king_n and_o come_v to_o act_v any_o illegal_a command_n with_o his_o band_n of_o arm_a man_n be_v a_o resist_n of_o the_o king_n and_o so_o forbid_v pag._n 1._o ans_fw-fr they_o may_v easy_o have_v answer_v themselves_o who_o i_o know_v be_v persuade_v that_o the_o resist_n of_o captain_n have_v commission_n from_o the_o house_n and_o come_v to_o plunder_v or_o take_v away_o the_o estate_n of_o malignant_n be_v a_o resist_n of_o the_o parliament_n but_o more_o to_o this_o case_n present_o only_o let_v we_o consider_v their_o lead_a case_n first_o what_o if_o it_o be_v doubt_v say_v they_o whether_o
a_o reply_n unto_o several_a treatise_n plead_v for_o the_o arm_n now_o take_v up_o by_o subject_n in_o the_o pretend_a defence_n of_o religion_n and_o liberty_n by_o name_n unto_o the_o reverend_n and_o learned_a divine_n which_o plead_v scripture_n and_o reason_n for_o defensive_a arms._n the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o monarchy_n the_o author_n of_o the_o full_a answer_v his_o reply_n by_o h._n fern_n d._n d._n etc._n etc._n oxford_z print_v by_o leonard_n lichfield_n printer_n to_o the_o â—niversity_n 1643._o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a section_n sect_n i._o the_o preface_n in_o which_o the_o contradictory_n assertion_n of_o the_o adversary_n pag._n 2_o 3._o the_o general_n resolution_n of_o the_o cause_n pag._n 4._o doctrine_n of_o sedition_n pag._n 5._o 6._o sect_n ii_o case_n of_o resistance_n in_o regard_n of_o time_n of_o peace_n or_o war_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o person_n private_a or_o public_a pag._n 7._o etc._n etc._n sect_n iii_o a_o defence_n of_o subject_n arm_n in_o vain_a seek_v by_o the_o distinction_n of_o monarchy_n pag._n 11._o 12._o the_o govern_v power_n be_v so_o derive_v from_o god_n upon_o he_o who_o be_v supreme_a that_o the_o people_n can_v lessen_v or_o limit_v it_o but_o only_o in_o the_o exercise_n pag._n 13_o 14._o of_o a_o absolute_a and_o limit_a monarch_n pag._n 15._o limitation_n and_o mixture_n may_v be_v by_o after_o condescent_n of_o the_o monarch_n and_o only_o reach_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o power_n pag._n 15._o 16_o 17._o mixture_n differ_v from_o derivation_n of_o power_n to_o substitute_n officer_n pag._n 17._o 18._o of_o monarchy_n by_o conquest_n pag._n 18._o providence_n may_v so_o far_o discover_v itself_o by_o conquest_n that_o the_o people_n conquer_a shall_v be_v bind_v to_o consent_v and_o yield_v obedience_n to_o the_o conqueror_n as_o to_o a_o prince_n set_v over_o they_o by_o god_n pag._n 19_o 20_o sect_n four_o the_o constitution_n of_o this_o monarchy_n the_o entrance_n of_o the_o saxon_a and_o norman_a conqueror_n urge_v not_o to_o prove_v our_o king_n absolute_a but_o to_o disprove_v such_o a_o original_a limitation_n and_o mixture_n as_o the_o adversary_n phansy_v in_o this_o monarchy_n pag._n 21._o to_o 28._o reason_n for_o such_o original_a limitation_n and_o mixture_n answer_v pag._n 28._o 29._o proof_n for_o it_o from_o his_o majesty_n grant_n answer_v pag._n 30._o 31._o 32._o sect_n v._o of_o resistance_n in_o relation_n to_o a_o absolute_a monarchy_n pag._n 33._o 34._o 35._o in_o relation_n to_o a_o limit_a monarchy_n pa._n 36._o 37._o 38._o limitation_n and_o mixture_n in_o monarchy_n do_v not_o infer_v a_o power_n of_o resistance_n in_o subject_n pag._n 39_o 40._o etc._n etc._n sect_n vi_o a_o refutation_n of_o the_o most_o considerable_a passage_n of_o his_o reply_n that_o first_o style_v himself_o author_n of_o the_o full_a answer_n pag._n 43._o to_o 56._o sect_n vii_o place_n of_o scripture_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n the_o institution_n of_o the_o israelitish_n kingdom_n in_o which_o the_o jus_fw-la regis_fw-la employ_v a_o security_n from_o resistance_n pag._n 56_o 57_o 58_o 59_o the_o rescue_n of_o jonathan_n pag._n 60._o david_n demeanour_n towards_o saul_n infer_v not_o a_o power_n of_o resistance_n in_o subject_n pag._n 61_o 62._o his_o enquiry_n about_o the_o intent_n of_o the_o kâ—ilites_n pag._n 63._o something_o extraordinary_a in_o the_o example_n of_o david_n pag._n 64_o 65._o the_o prophet_n never_o call_v upon_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n for_o this_o pretend_a duty_n of_o resistance_n pag._n 66._o sect_n viii_o of_o resistance_n forbid_v in_o the_o 13._o to_o the_o roman_n the_o place_n be_v considerable_a as_o it_o speak_v of_o government_n in_o gener_n all_o and_o as_o it_o relate_v to_o those_o time_n and_o governor_n pag._n 67_o that_o it_o be_v power_n in_o the_o plural_a and_o in_o the_o abstract_n vain_o observe_v and_o apply_v by_o the_o reverend_a divine_n pag._n 67_o 68_o 69._o that_o subjection_n be_v not_o here_o restrain_v to_o legal_a command_n in_o civil_a matter_n only_o as_o they_o will_v have_v it_o pag_n 69._o to_o 77._o that_o christian_n may_v not_o resist_v because_o religion_n than_o be_v not_o establish_v by_o law_n and_o because_o the_o emperor_n than_o be_v absolute_a as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o treat_n of_o monarchy_n will_v have_v it_o be_v not_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o apostle_n prohibition_n pag._n 77._o 78._o of_o the_o absoluteness_n of_o those_o emperor_n before_o vespasian_n time_n and_o of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o of_o the_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la pag._n 79_o etc._n etc._n sect_n ix_o nine_o reason_n against_o power_n of_o resistance_n in_o subject_n draw_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n who_o put_v his_o people_n under_o king_n without_o power_n of_o resist_v they_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n pag._n 84._o of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o place_n the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n in_o he_o that_o be_v supreme_a which_o can_v be_v elude_v by_o say_v they_o resist_v not_o the_o monarch_n but_o misemployed_a fellow_n subject_n about_o he_o pag._n 85._o 86._o 87._o of_o the_o mischief_n and_o inconvenience_n that_o will_v follow_v upon_o such_o a_o power_n of_o resistance_n in_o subject_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 90._o 91._o their_o reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n answer_v pag._n 93._o etc._n etc._n a_o brief_a consideration_n of_o the_o case_n that_o they_o be_v far_o from_o what_o they_o pret_z and_o the_o defence_n of_o religion_n law_n and_o liberty_n by_o these_o arm_n and_o the_o resistance_n now_o make_v pag._n 96._o 97._o a_o reply_n to_o several_a treatise_n plead_v for_o the_o arm_n now_o take_v up_o by_o subject_n in_o the_o pretend_a defence_n of_o religion_n and_o and_o liberty_n sect_n i._o the_o preface_n if_o it_o be_v inquire_v why_o any_o reply_n at_o all_o or_o why_o so_o late_o i_o may_v say_v i_o have_v determine_v not_o to_o be_v 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