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A47934 Truth and loyalty vindicated from the reproches [sic] and clamours of Mr. Edward Bagshaw together with a further discovery of the libeller himself, and his seditious confederates / by Roger L'Estrange. L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1662 (1662) Wing L1320; ESTC R12954 47,750 78

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privati_fw-la non_fw-la debeant_fw-la mi●or_n u●iverfis_n mi●or_n populus_fw-la tamen_fw-la universus_fw-la quin_fw-la possit_fw-la nemo_fw-la opinor_fw-la dubitabit_fw-la cum_fw-la privati_fw-la quidem_fw-la solius_fw-la publici_fw-la causa_fw-la lege_fw-la teneantur_fw-la at_o populo_fw-la universo_fw-it nulla_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la suâ_fw-la salute_n &_o commodo_fw-la potior_fw-la when_o king_n neglect_v reward_n and_o punishment_n they_o be_v no_o long_a god_n minister_n but_o serve_v themselves_o and_o deserve_v to_o lofe_z that_o power_n which_o they_o menage_n so_o ill_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o for_o private_a person_n to_o depose_v a_o wicked_a governor_n but_o that_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o people_n may_v lawful_o do_v it_o i_o think_v no_o body_n question_n private_a man_n be_v only_o subject_v to_o law_n for_o the_o publ●●ue_a good_a which_o public_a good_a be_v itself_o the_o supreme_a law_n again_o monarchia_fw-la mixta_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quàm_fw-la aut_fw-la aristocratia_fw-la aut_fw-la democratia_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la 14._o ibid._n pag._n 14._o illa_fw-la enim_fw-la sive_fw-la senatus_n sive_fw-la populi_n authoritas_fw-la quae_fw-la monarchia●●iscet_fw-la h._n e._n ita_fw-la temperate_a ut_fw-la fine_n ei_fw-la &_o terminos_fw-la praescribat_fw-la planè_fw-la tollit_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la quae_fw-la nisi_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sit_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la potestate_fw-la prorsus_fw-la inferior_a à_fw-la qua_fw-la limites_n &_o metam_fw-la accipit_fw-la i._n e._n a_o mix_v monarchy_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o imperfect_a aristocracy_n or_o democracy_n for_o that_o authority_n either_o of_o the_o senate_n or_o the_o people_n that_o compound_v the_o monarchy_n that_o be_v which_o so_o temper_n it_o as_o to_o give_v it_o bound_n and_o limit_v it_o utter_o destroy_v the_o monarchy_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_a be_v none_o at_o all_o but_o inferior_a to_o that_o power_n which_o terminate_v it_o 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own_o hand_n in_o write_v ibid._n ibid._n because_o the_o first_o act_n command_v may_v be_v per_fw-la accidens_fw-la unlawful_a and_o be_v command_v by_o a_o unjust_a penalty_n though_o no_o other_o act_n or_o circumstance_n command_v be_v such_o in_o this_o point_n it_o seem_v the_o brethren_n differ_v observe_v now_o wherein_o they_o agree_v and_o let_v some_o better_a casuist_n than_o myself_o determine_v who_o have_v the_o more_o to_o answer_v for_o the_o execrable_a headsman_n of_o the_o late_a king_n or_o the_o assertor_n of_o these_o follow_a position_n mr._n richard_n baxter_n and_o mr._n edward_n bagshaw_n political_a resolution_n king_n destructive_a of_o all_o king_n i._o if_o a_o prince_n want_v such_o understanding_n goodness_n or_o power_n as_o the_o people_n judge_v necessary_a to_o the_o end_n of_o government_n in_o the_o first_o case_n he_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o name_n but_o not_o of_o the_o government_n in_o the_o second_o he_o depose_v himself_o in_o the_o three_o the_o want_n of_o power_n depose_v he_o thesis_n 135_o 136_o 137._o ii_o if_o a_o prince_n in_o a_o military_a state_n against_o his_o people_n 1646._o the_o case_n of_o the_o late_a king_n when_o he_o be_v buy_v and_o sell_v in_o 1646._o be_v by_o they_o conquer_a they_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o restore_v he_o without_o some_o other_o obligation_n than_o their_o allegiance_n thes._n 145._o iii_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v injurious_o expel_v 1650._o the_o case_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o commons_o in_o 1650._o by_o what-power-soev_a that_o resolve_v to_o ruin_n the_o commonwealth_n rather_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v restore_v and_o if_o the_o commonwealth_n may_v prosper_v without_o his_o restore_a that_o prince_n be_v bind_v to_o resign_v his_o government_n or_o if_o he_o refuse_v the_o people_n be_v to_o judge_v he_o incapable_a by_o providence_n thes._n 147._o iv_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v so_o long_o out_o providence_n oliver_n choose_v by_o providence_n that_o the_o nation_n 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