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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	bear_v	priesthood_n	35	3	9.7923	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49115	A full answer to all the popular objections that have yet appear'd, for not taking the oath of allegiance to their present Majesties particularly offer'd to the consideration of all such of the divines of the Church of England (and others) as are yet unsatisfied : shewing, both from Scripture and the laws of the land, the reasonableness thereof, and the ruining consequences, both to the nation and themselves, if not complied with / by a divine of the Church of England, and author of a late treatise entituled, A resolution of certain queries, concerning submission to the present government.	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing L2967; ESTC R19546	65,688	90

way to the Throne by the Murther of his Predecessor they disputed not the Title but did their present duty as also did the People of Israel under many Revolutions and Usurpations of Government when the younger hath been preferred to succeed before the elder and one Prince came in by the violent Death of another And this was done in Succession of the Priesthood also for whereas the High Priest was to be of the first born of Aaron who left two Sons Eleazar and Ithamar it is evident that that Office was translated from the House of Eleazar the elder Brother unto the Family of Ithamar the younger and so continued for some Successions until it was return'd again to the House of Eleazar in the person of Zadok Abiatha vis abdicatione Zadoci substitutione as Selden de Success c. p. 128. And as to Annas and Caiphas mentioned in the Gosples and the Acts of the Apostles to whom Christ and the Apostle submitted as to the High Priest it is evident that Annas was thrust in by Quirinius the Roman President as Selden p. 174. and Caiphas thrust himself in by the assistance of Gratus to succeed Simon ibidem and of them and some others of the High Priests Selden observes from Josephus Singuli incedebant stipati manu audacissimorum seditiosorum hominum p. 183. Edit Londini 1636. Object 1. The Exception from a general Rule must be as evident as the general Rule is But the Exception viz. King James is not the higer Power is not as evident as the general Rule viz. Let every Soul be Subject c. Ergo the Exception is not good Answ The major Proposition I admit if by as Evident you mean a Moral Evidence resulting from the Nature and Properties of things but if you mean that the Exception must be as expresly and distinctly set down I deny it Do no manner of Work c. is a general Precept yet cases of Necessity were always excepted though not particularly exprest So Children Obey your Parents in all things as a general Precept Periculum vitae tollit Sabbat yet cases Extra limites disciplinae are excepted Jesting is not once to be named among Christians as a general Rule Ephes 5.4 Yet Dr. Barrow shews many Exceptions which are not set down in Scripture The like may be said of that of the Apostle Servants Obey your Masters in all things And so the prohibition of eating Bloud admits Exceptions though not mentioned in Scripture for cases of extraordinary Nature of Necessity and rare Contingency are not within the Intention of general Precepts according to that known Maxim De raro contingentibus leges non decernunt Thus though the Rule in Scripture he General and Damnation be the Penalty yet on good Moral Evidence Exceptions may be admitted Every one was not guilty of breaking the Sabbath that performed a work of Charity or relieved his Neighbours Ox or Ass or supplied his own Necessities on the Sabbath-day 2. The Minor may be resolved into two parts 1st That the Precept Let every Soul c. is a general Precept 2dly That King James is the Higher Power To the first The Precept is General as to the persons commanded but what degree of Subjection is due and who are the Higher Powers the Apostles defines not The Apostle says every person in opposition to Jews and Heretical Christians who thought themselves priviledg'd being God's peculiar people from Subjection to Heathen Governours and he says not that the Subjection is to be Absolute and unlimitted for if this were his meaning then all Governments should be alike Absolute so that the Minor should be thus exprest Let every person be subject to the Higher Power in such a degree of Subjection as the particular Constitution of each Nation requireth in which sense it will not serve the Hypothesis And certain it is the Gospel doth not disannul any legal Constitutions agreed on between Prince and People The 2d part of your Minor is That King James is the Higher Power Answ first King James is not now the Higher Power A Title without Possession cannot be the Higher Power in this Text Rom. 13. or indeed in any other place The power here mentioned is a power that hath the Sword so that thô his Title were good yet being out of Possession he is not capable of having this Subjection paid to him he hath not now the power of the Sword to punish Evil-doers and defend the Good which is the end of Government 2. Agreeable hereunto a bare Title to the Crown when another is in Possession doth not make our Seignior L'Roy in the Eye of the Law in which point our Law Books are clear which Books being never Censured but Lisenced although the Government hath at all times been careful to censure and expunge such Tenets as might prove dangerous to the Government as was ordered to be done by the Lord Cook 's Reports in King James's Reign are thereby approved by the Government 3. If a just War may extinguish a Right then King James his Right is extinguished but a just War may c. Ergo The Minor is apparent as all political Writers and many Instances in Scripture do assert The Sequel is clear because nothing is wanting to make this War against King James lawful and capable to extinguish a Right The War was justly undertaken by the present King and King James submitting to his Arms is apparent which is enough to extinguish his Right had he made no other Forfeiture thereof 4. Seeing the Apostle mentioneth the power in the Abstract he seems to intend the Government and the person that was Governour de Facto for as Peter Martyr on the place Non anxie disputandum quo jure quare injuria Principes adepti sunt suam potestatem illud potius agendum est ut Magistratus presentes revereamur And as Bishop Morton says As soon as Princes are established whatever they be they may not be established for as soon as it becomes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God's Ordinance And if Nero were indeed the Emperor De Jure the Senate shewed how little subjection they owed him when as soon as he withdrew himself they adjudged him an Enemy to the Common-wealth and sentenced him to die more Majorum i.e. to be fastned to the Earth Naked by a Fork on his Neck and to be beaten to Death with Rods as Suetonius relates in vita Neronis S. 49. and therefore the Apostle seems not to intend the person of Nero but the Roman Government not deciding whether it were in Nero or the Senate 2. There is another Exception to the Second part of the Minor viz. King James was never the higher Power so as to have it solely in himself some part of it was in the Parliament which had a Negative in the Legislation and as to the Executive part the Judgment of matters of Fact was in the People viz. in Jurors and