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or_o council_n and_o not_o by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o the_o people_n gen._n 41._o 34._o neither_o can_v we_o pretend_v this_o law_n to_o be_v tyrannical_a for_o it_o proceed_v from_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n who_o in_o this_o business_n direct_v the_o mind_n of_o joseph_n gen._n 45._o 57_o nor_o can_v any_o man_n imagine_v but_o the_o state_n and_o magnificence_n of_o saul_n david_n jeroboam_n and_o other_o who_o of_o private_a person_n and_o other_o be_v advance_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o regal_a honour_n and_o dignity_n be_v support_v by_o this_o mean_n of_o custom_n and_o tribute_n nor_o do_v i_o find_v any_o particular_a law_n or_o statute_n for_o the_o particular_a endowment_n of_o those_o king_n but_o only_o that_o general_a right_n and_o prerogative_n which_o they_o derive_v from_o god_n invest_v they_o with_o a_o power_n over_o both_o our_o person_n and_o estate_n and_o now_o i_o hope_v our_o obedience_n either_o active_a or_o passive_a be_v a_o necessitate_a duty_n and_o incumbency_n upon_o we_o as_o the_o premise_n do_v sufficient_o declare_v to_o be_v perform_v both_o from_o our_o person_n and_o estate_n to_o our_o lawful_a king_n and_o monarch_n do_v absolute_o manifest_v the_o people_n welfare_n to_o be_v the_o less_o principal_a end_n of_o monarchy_n which_o though_o it_o be_v real_o distinct_a from_o the_o king_n honour_n yet_o be_v indeed_o a_o mere_a result_n and_o product_v of_o the_o same_o for_o salus_fw-la populi_fw-la can_v never_o be_v effect_v or_o energate_v by_o any_o other_o mean_n but_o those_o which_o in_o the_o first_o place_n do_v effectuate_v and_o energate_n the_o king_n honour_n whether_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o monarchical_a action_n of_o king_n or_o subject_n both_o which_o be_v versant_a about_o the_o same_o object_n and_o matter_n only_o in_o a_o divers_a manner_n for_o the_o king_n be_v interest_v only_o in_o the_o active_a part_n of_o government_n by_o enact_v and_o due_o execute_v of_o law_n for_o god_n glory_n his_o own_o honour_n and_o the_o people_n welfare_n the_o people_n in_o the_o passive_a part_n of_o government_n by_o their_o obedience_n and_o submission_n to_o such_o law_n and_o command_n of_o the_o king_n the_o violation_n whereof_o be_v a_o direct_a mean_n of_o dishonour_n to_o god_n and_o the_o king_n and_o of_o ruin_n and_o of_o destruction_n to_o the_o people_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la that_fw-mi patri_fw-la filius_fw-la utique_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la hanc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la dandi_fw-la facultatem_fw-la patri_fw-la debet_fw-la seneca_n lib._n 3._o 3._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 4._o a_o the_o stork_n stork_n st._n leonard_n college_n in_o st._n andrews_n in_o scotland_n and_o gray_n inn_n in_o london_n lib._n the_o moderatione_n in_o disp_n servand_n ad_fw-la rusticum_fw-la monachus_fw-la monachus_fw-la jerom._n cap._n 1._o ad_fw-la titum_fw-la ep._n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la
to_o the_o king_n himself_o but_o also_o to_o his_o minister_n and_o magistrate_n although_o they_o be_v his_o subject_n as_o well_o as_o you_o for_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n and_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n etc._n etc._n rom._n 13._o but_o it_o do_v not_o at_o all_o relate_v to_o the_o original_a and_o efficient_a cause_n of_o that_o power_n which_o be_v god_n and_o neither_o king_n nor_o people_n and_o now_o i_o hope_v the_o profanity_n of_o that_o former_a inference_n of_o they_o be_v perspicuous_a appear_v most_o damnable_a be_v direct_o contradictory_n to_o that_o express_a rule_n which_o god_n himself_o have_v prescribe_v in_o this_o case_n exod._n 23._o 2._o thou_o shall_v not_o follow_v a_o multitude_n to_o do_v evil_a neither_o agree_v in_o a_o controversy_n to_o decline_v after_o many_o where_o god_n plain_o declare_v that_o the_o 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bind_v these_o nice_a disputant_n to_o a_o argument_n of_o conscience_n which_o indeed_o be_v scarce_o to_o be_v find_v among_o they_o to_o evince_v their_o error_n let_v we_o consider_v the_o absurdity_n and_o sencelesness_n of_o their_o opinion_n both_o in_o policy_n and_o reason_n for_o if_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o people_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o king_n than_o the_o government_n be_v not_o monarchical_a but_o democratical_a every_o species_n of_o policy_n derive_v its_o denomination_n and_o nature_n from_o those_o that_o be_v invest_v with_o the_o supremacy_n but_o that_o democracy_n be_v the_o base_a kind_n of_o policy_n confusion_n and_o destruction_n be_v the_o conclusion_n of_o such_o a_o government_n both_o experience_n and_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o politian_n do_v declare_v and_o so_o assert_v both_o by_o jerome_n and_o cyprian_a and_o even_o calvin_n himself_o although_o a_o favourer_n of_o the_o people_n right_a in_o appoint_v of_o their_o king_n and_o monarch_n evagrium_fw-la divers_a man_n have_v divers_a mind_n and_o meaning_n and_o therefore_o among_o a_o multitude_n of_o governor_n emulation_n and_o dissension_n be_v no_o rare_a spring_n nay_o both_o jerome_n and_o cyprian_a record_v it_o for_o a_o probatum_fw-la in_o daily_a experience_n that_o so_o many_o leader_n so_o many_o follower_n so_o many_o ruler_n so_o many_o faction_n do_v tear_n and_o rent_n in_o piece_n the_o peace_n and_o unity_n of_o all_o society_n to_o which_o agree_v calvin_n affirm_v a_o equality_n among_o governor_n to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o faction_n it_o be_v one_o of_o our_o saviour_n own_o maxim_n matth._n 3._o 24._o that_o a_o kingdom_n divide_v against_o itself_o can_v stand_v but_o every_o democracy_n must_v necessary_o divide_v a_o kingdom_n against_o itself_o ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o democracy_n must_v necessary_a divide_v a_o kingdom_n against_o itself_o be_v prove_v from_o another_o of_o christ_n own_o maxim_n matth._n 6._o 24._o no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n much_o less_o three_o or_o four_o hundred_o master_n but_o in_o every_o democracy_n there_o be_v at_o least_o two_o master_n and_o therefore_o no_o man_n can_v be_v a_o true_a subject_n or_o servant_n in_o such_o a_o commonwealth_n but_o as_o christ_n faith_n must_v necessary_o be_v factious_a by_o love_v one_o and_o hate_v all_o other_o and_o adhere_v to_o one_o and_o rebel_a against_o other_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o christ_n time_n when_o isaiah_n have_v prophesy_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o universal_a peace_n over_o the_o whole_a earth_n that_o then_o there_o be_v not_o any_o kind_n of_o polarchy_n in_o any_o kingdom_n in_o the_o world_n because_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n every_o polarchy_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o peace_n and_o unity_n the_o end_n and_o conclusion_n thereof_o be_v absolute_a ruin_n and_o desolation_n the_o common_a fate_n of_o all_o divide_a kingdom_n except_o god_n in_o his_o mercy_n prevent_v the_o same_o by_o the_o reducement_n of_o such_o a_o government_n to_o a_o monarchy_n a_o manifest_a experience_n whereof_o we_o have_v both_o in_o the_o athenian_a syracusan_a lacedaemonian_a and_o roman_a commonwealth_n who_o polarchical_a dissension_n occasion_v many_o intestine_a war_n and_o tragical_a conflict_n which_o in_o fine_a must_v necessary_o have_v produce_v the_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n of_o they_o all_o if_o the_o opportune_a reducement_n of_o those_o polarchy_n to_o a_o monarchy_n have_v not_o prevent_v it_o last_o every_o individual_a member_n of_o the_o same_o society_n be_v oblige_v to_o exhibit_v act_n of_o obedience_n and_o loyalty_n to_o their_o lawful_a prince_n as_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o distinction_n of_o these_o subtle_a logician_n intimate_v allow_v the_o king_n to_o be_v major_n singulis_fw-la but_o upon_o what_o ground_n they_o deny_v his_o authority_n in_o universis_fw-la i_o leave_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o every_o rational_a judgement_n serious_o consider_v this_o deduction_n peter_n be_v oblige_v to_o exhibit_v act_n of_o obedience_n to_o his_o prince_n so_o paul_n so_o john_n and_o so_o every_o individual_a member_n of_o the_o same_o society_n ergo_fw-la according_a to_o that_o logical_a maxim_n a_o particularibus_fw-la ad_fw-la universale_fw-la valet_fw-la consequentia_fw-la they_o all_o in_o universal_a be_v oblige_v to_o exhibit_v act_n of_o obedience_n to_o their_o king_n to_o the_o second_o inference_n viz._n that_o the_o king_n do_v receive_v and_o enjoy_v this_o honour_n only_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o stipulation_n or_o covenant_n between_o himself_o and_o the_o people_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o king_n do_v violate_v this_o covenant_n and_o break_v the_o trust_v repose_v in_o he_o by_o the_o people_n that_o then_o the_o people_n be_v absolve_v from_o their_o allegiance_n ground_v upon_o that_o trust_n and_o covenant_n and_o may_v lawful_o provide_v for_o their_o own_o safety_n and_o welfare_n either_o by_o resistance_n deposition_n dethronement_n or_o any_o such_o mean_n as_o themselves_o judge_v to_o be_v most_o conducent_a to_o their_o own_o security_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o covenant_n its_o true_a imply_v a_o mutual_a engagement_n of_o the_o party_n therein_o concern_v but_o the_o party_n primary_o and_o original_o concern_v be_v god_n upon_o the_o one_o party_n and_o the_o people_n upon_o the_o other_o party_n as_o moses_n declare_v when_o he_o recite_v that_o original_a and_o general_a covenant_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o ground_n of_o all_o other_o particular_a covenant_n leu._n 26._o deut._n 28._o and_o therefore_o solomon_n eccles_n 8._o 4._o make_v this_o covenant_n a_o ground_n why_o people_n shall_v obey_v the_o king_n commandment_n not_o as_o the_o king_n but_o as_o god_n commandment_n who_o vicegerent_n the_o king_n be_v for_o where_o the_o word_n of_o the_o king_n be_v there_o be_v power_n and_o who_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o for_o the_o king_n heart_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o river_n of_o water_n he_o turn_v it_o which_o way_n soever_o he_o will_v prov._n 21._o 1._o and_o therefore_o the_o king_n be_v only_o the_o deputative_a party_n assign_v by_o god_n and_o entrust_v by_o he_o for_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o covenant_n upon_o god_n part_n either_o for_o a_o vengeance_n or_o recompense_v to_o the_o people_n as_o the_o lord_n himself_o judge_v of_o their_o merit_n and_o though_o the_o king_n may_v spare_v the_o wicked_a and_o persecute_v the_o righteous_a even_o unto_o death_n as_o pilate_n do_v our_o saviour_n yet_o even_o in_o that_o the_o king_n do_v but_o execute_v god_n decree_n as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v declare_v concern_v that_o unjust_a judgement_n of_o pilate_n act_n 4._o 28._o for_o pilate_n do_v nothing_o but_o what_o god_n have_v determine_v before_o to_o be_v do_v for_o every_o man_n judgement_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n prov._n 29._o 26._o and_o not_o from_o the_o judge_n or_o ruler_n so_o that_o in_o a_o word_n the_o king_n