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A92147 A treatise of civil policy: being a resolution of forty three questions concerning prerogative, right and priviledge, in reference to the supream prince and the people. / By Samuel Rutherford professor of divintiy of St Andrews in Scotland. Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. 1656 (1656) Wing R2396; Thomason E871_1; ESTC R207911 452,285 479

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obligatory_a in_o law_n p._n 234_o 235._o royalist_n confess_v a_o tyrant_n in_o exercise_n may_v be_v dethrone_v p._n 235_o 236._o how_o the_o people_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o power_n of_o sovereignty_n p._n 239_o 240._o the_o place_n psal_n 51._o against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v etc._n etc._n discuss_v p._n 241_o 242._o israel_n not_o rise_n in_o arm_n against_o pharaoh_n examine_v p._n 245_o 246_o 247_o 248_o 249._o and_o judah_n not_o work_v their_o own_o deliverance_n under_o cyrus_n p._n 248_o 249._o a_o covenant_n without_o the_o king_n concurrence_n lawful_a p._n 249_o 250_o 251._o quest_n xxvii_o whether_o or_o no_o the_o king_n be_v the_o sole_a supreme_a and_o final_a interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n negatur_fw-la p._n 252._o he_o be_v not_o the_o supreme_a and_o peremptor_n interpreter_n p._n 254._o nor_o be_v his_o will_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o law_n p._n 252_o 253._o nor_o be_v he_o the_o sole_a and_o only_o judicial_a interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n p._n 253_o 254_o 255_o seq_n quest_n xxviii_o whether_o or_o no_o war_n raise_v by_o the_o estate_n and_o subject_n for_o their_o own_o just_a defence_n against_o the_o king_n bloody_a emissary_n be_v lawful_a affir_n p._n 257._o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n p._n 257_o 258_o if_o king_n be_v absolute_a a_o superior_a judge_n may_v punish_v a_o inferior_a judge_n not_o as_o a_o judge_n but_o a_o err_a man_n ibid._n by_o divine_a institution_n all_o covenant_n to_o restrain_v their_o power_n must_v be_v unlawful_a p._n 258_o 259._o resistance_n in_o some_o case_n lawful_a p._n 260_o 261_o 262._o six_o argument_n for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o defensive_a war_n in_o this_o quest_n 260._o seq_n many_o other_o follow_v quest_n 29._o and_o 30._o seq_n quest_n xxix_o whether_o in_o the_o case_n of_o defensive_a war_n the_o distinction_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n as_o a_o man_n who_o may_v and_o can_v commit_v hostile_a act_n of_o tyranny_n against_o his_o subject_n and_o of_o the_o office_n and_o royal_a power_n that_o he_o have_v from_o god_n and_o the_o people_n can_v have_v place_n affirmatur_fw-la p._n 265._o the_o king_n person_n in_o concreto_fw-la and_o his_o office_n in_o abstracto_fw-la or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o the_o king_n use_v his_o power_n lawful_o to_o be_v distinguish_v rom._n 13._o p._n 265._o to_o command_v unjust_o make_v not_o a_o high_a power_n p._n 265._o 266._o the_o person_n may_v be_v resist_v and_o yet_o the_o office_n can_v be_v resist_v prove_v by_o fourteen_o argument_n p._n 265_o 266._o seq_n contrary_a objection_n of_o royalist_n and_o of_o the_o p._n prelate_n answer_v p._n 270_o 271._o seq_n what_o we_o mean_v by_o the_o person_n and_o office_n in_o abstracto_fw-la in_o this_o dispute_n we_o do_v not_o exclude_v the_o person_n in_o concreto_fw-la altogether_o but_o only_o the_o person_n as_o abuse_v his_o power_n we_o may_v kill_v a_o person_n as_o a_o man_n and_o love_v he_o as_o a_o son_n father_n wife_n according_a to_o scripture_n p._n 272_o 273_o 274._o we_o obey_v the_o king_n for_o the_o law_n and_o not_o the_o law_n for_o the_o king_n p._n 275_o 276._o the_o lose_n of_o habitual_a and_o actual_a royalty_n different_a p._n 276._o joh._n 19_o 10._o pilate_n power_n of_o crucify_a christ_n no_o law-power_n give_v to_o he_o of_o god_n it_o be_v prove_v against_o royalist_n by_o six_o argument_n p._n 280._o qvest._n xxx_o whether_o or_o no_o passive_a obedience_n be_v a_o mean_a to_o which_o we_o be_v subject_v in_o conscience_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o divine_a commandment_n neg._n what_o a_o mean_a resistance_n be_v that_o fly_v be_v resistance_n p._n 313._o the_o place_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 18._o discuss_v ibid._n patient_n bear_v of_o injury_n and_o resistance_n of_o injury_n compatible_a in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o subject_n ibid._n christ_n nonresistance_n have_v many_o thing_n rare_a and_o extraordinary_a and_o so_o be_v no_o lead_v rule_n to_o we_o p._n 315._o suffer_v be_v either_o command_v to_o we_o comparative_o only_a that_o we_o rather_o choose_v to_o suffer_v then_o deny_v the_o truth_n or_o the_o manner_n only_o be_v command_v that_o we_o suffer_v with_o patience_n p._n 317_o 318._o &_o sequent_a the_o physical_a act_n of_o take_v away_o the_o life_n or_o of_o offend_v when_o command_v by_o the_o law_n of_o self_n defence_n be_v no_o murder_n p._n 321._o we_o have_v a_o great_a dominion_n over_o our_o good_n and_o member_n except_o in_o case_n of_o mutilation_n which_o be_v a_o little_a death_n then_o over_o our_o life_n p._n 321._o to_o kill_v be_v not_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o self_n defence_n but_o accidental_a thereunto_o ibid._n defensive_a war_n can_v be_v without_o offend_v p._n 323._o the_o nature_n of_o defensive_a and_o offensine_n war_n p._n 324_o 325._o fly_v be_v resistance_n p._n 325_o 326._o quest_n xxxi_o whether_o self-defence_n by_o oppose_a violence_n to_o unjust_a violence_n be_v lawful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n affirm_v p._n 326_o 327._o self-defence_n in_o man_n natural_a but_o modus_fw-la the_o way_n must_v be_v rational_a and_o just_a p._n 327._o the_o method_n of_o self-defence_n ibid._n violent_a re-offending_a in_o self-defence_n the_o last_o remedy_n p._n 328._o it_o be_v physical_o unpossible_a for_o a_o nation_n to_o fly_v in_o the_o case_n of_o persecution_n for_o religion_n and_o so_o they_o may_v resist_v in_o their_o own_o self-defence_n p._n 328._o tutela_n vitæ_fw-la proxima_fw-la and_o remota_fw-la p._n 329._o in_o a_o remote_a posture_n of_o self-defence_n we_o be_v not_o to_o take_v we_o to_o re-offending_a as_o david_n be_v not_o to_o kill_v saul_n when_o he_o be_v sleep_v or_o in_o the_o cave_n for_o the_o same_o cause_n ibid._n david_n will_v not_o kill_v saul_n because_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n anoint_v p._n 330._o the_o king_n not_o lord_n of_o chastity_n name_n conscience_n and_o so_o may_v be_v resist_v p._n 331._o by_o universal_a and_o particular_a nature_n self-defence_n lawful_a prove_v by_o divers_a argument_n p._n 330._o and_o make_v good_a by_o the_o testimony_n of_o jurist_n p._n 331._o the_o love_n of_o ourselves_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o love_n of_o our_o neighbour_n and_o enforce_v self-defence_n p._n 332._o nature_n make_v a_o private_a man_n his_o own_o judge_n and_o magistrate_n when_o the_o magistrate_n be_v absent_a and_o violence_n be_v offer_v to_o his_o life_n as_o the_o law_n say_v p._n 334_o 335._o self-defence_n how_o lawful_a it_o be_v p._n 333_o 334_o 335._o what_o presumption_n be_v from_o the_o king_n carriage_n to_o the_o two_o kingdom_n be_v in_o law_n sufficient_a ground_n of_o defensive_a war_n p._n 336_o 337._o offensive_a and_o defensive_a war_n differ_v in_o the_o event_n and_o intention_n of_o man_n but_o not_o in_o nature_n and_o spece_fw-la nor_o physical_o p._n 336_o 337_o 338._o david_n case_n in_o not_o kill_v saul_n nor_o his_o man_n no_o rule_n to_o we_o not_o in_o our_o lawful_a defence_n to_o kill_v the_o king_n emissary_n the_o case_n far_o different_a p._n 338_o 339._o quest_n xxxii_o whether_o or_o no_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o defensive_a warrr_n can_v be_v prove_v from_o the_o scripture_n from_o the_o example_n of_o david_n the_o people_n rescue_v jonathan_n elisha_n and_o the_o 80._o valiant_a priest_n who_o resist_v vzziah_n affirm_v p._n 340._o david_n warrantable_o raise_v a_o army_n of_o man_n to_o defend_v himself_o against_o the_o unjust_a violence_n of_o his_o prince_n saul_n p._n 340_o 341_o 342._o david_n not_o invade_v saul_n and_o his_o man_n who_o do_v not_o aim_v at_o arbitrary_a government_n at_o subversion_n of_o law_n religion_n and_o extirpation_n of_o those_o that_o worship_v the_o god_n of_o israel_n and_o oppose_v idolatry_n but_o only_o pursue_v one_o single_a person_n far_o unlike_a to_o our_o case_n in_o scotland_n and_o england_n now_o p._n 342._o 343._o david_n example_n not_o extraordinary_a p._n 343_o 344._o elisha_n resistance_n prove_v defensive_a war_n to_o be_v warrantable_a p._n 344_o 345_o resistance_n make_v to_o king_n vzziah_n by_o eighty_o valiant_a priest_n prove_v the_o same_o p._n 346_o 347_o 348._o the_o people_n rescue_v jonathan_n prove_v the_o same_o p._n 348_o 349._o libnah_n revolt_n prove_v this_o p._n 349._o the_o city_n of_o abel_n defend_v themselves_o against_o joab_n king_n david_n general_n when_o he_o come_v to_o destroy_v a_o city_n for_o one_o wicked_a conspirator_n sheba_n his_o sake_n p._n 349_o 350._o quest_n xxxiii_o whether_o or_o no_o rom._n 13._o 1._o make_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o defensive_a war_n neg._n p._n 350._o the_o king_n not_o only_o understand_v rom._n 13._o p._n 351._o 352._o and_o the_o place_n rom._n 13._o discuss_v p._n 352_o 353_o 354._o quest_n xxxiv_o whether_o royalist_n prove_v by_o cogent_a reason_n the_o unlawfulnesse_n of_o defensive_a war_n
both_o a_o father_n because_o a_o king_n and_o a_o tyrant_n and_o cruel_a and_o lion-hearted_n oppressor_n of_o these_o who_o he_o have_v conquer_v for_o god_n have_v give_v he_o royal_a power_n by_o this_o example_n to_o put_v these_o to_o who_o he_o be_v a_o 31._o father_n and_o defender_n by_o office_n to_o torment_v and_o also_o to_o be_v a_o torturer_n of_o they_o by_o office_n by_o bring_v their_o back_n under_o such_o instrument_n of_o cruelty_n as_o saw_n and_o harrow_n of_o iron_n and_o axe_n of_o iron_n quest_n xiii_o whether_o or_o no_o royal_a dignity_n have_v its_o spring_n from_o nature_n and_o how_o that_o be_v true_a every_o man_n be_v bear_v free_a and_o how_o servitude_n be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v evident_a that_o royal_a dignity_n be_v not_o immediate_o and_o without_o the_o intervention_n of_o the_o people_n consent_n give_v by_o god_n to_o any_o one_o person_n 2._o that_o conquest_n and_o violence_n be_v no_o just_a title_n to_o a_o 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the_o master_n the_o servant_n 5._o the_o strong_a the_o weak_a 6._o the_o wise_a the_o ignorant_a 3._o aquinas_n 22._o q._n 57_o art_n 3._o driedo_n de_fw-fr libert_n christ_n l._n 1._o pag._n 8._o follow_v aristotle_n polit_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 14._o hold_v though_o man_n have_v never_o sin_v there_o shall_v have_v be_v a_o sort_n consequent_a of_o dominion_n of_o the_o more_o gift_a and_o wise_a above_o the_o less_o wise_a and_o weak_a not_o antecedent_n from_o nature_n proper_o but_o consequent_a for_o the_o utility_n and_o good_a of_o the_o weak_a in_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v good_a for_o the_o weak_a to_o be_v guide_v by_o the_o strong_a which_o can_v be_v deny_v to_o have_v some_o ground_n in_o nature_n but_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o king_n by_o nature_n here_o 1._o because_o even_o these_o who_o plead_v that_o the_o mother_n order_n womb_n must_v be_v the_o best_a title_n for_o a_o crown_n and_o make_v it_o equivalent_a to_o royal_a unction_n be_v to_o be_v correct_v 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a_o praise_n to_o good_a pilate_n power_n to_o crucify_v christ_n be_v the_o contrary_a 4._o a_o law-power_n be_v to_o execute_v wrath_n on_o ill-doing_n a_o power_n to_o crucify_v christ_n be_v no_o such_o 5._o a_o law-power_n conciliate_v honour_n fear_v and_o veneration_n to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o judge_n a_o power_n to_o crucify_v christ_n conciliate_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o a_o disgrace_n to_o pilate_n 6._o the_o genuine_a act_n of_o a_o lawful_a power_n be_v lawful_a act_n for_o such_o as_o be_v the_o fountain-power_n such_o be_v the_o act_n flow_v therefrom_o good_a act_n flow_v not_o from_o bad_a power_n neither_o have_v god_n give_v a_o power_n to_o sin_n except_o by_o way_n of_o permission_n quest_n xxx_o whether_o or_o no_o passive_a obedience_n be_v a_o mean_a to_o which_o we_o be_v subject_v in_o conscience_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o divine_a commandment_n and_o what_o a_o mean_a resistance_n be_v that_o fly_v be_v resistance_n much_o be_v build_v to_o commend_v 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patient_a a_o suffering_n in_o war_n deut._n 8._o 16._o god_n then_o try_v and_o humble_v his_o people_n as_o the_o servant_n be_v to_o endure_v patient_o unjust_o inflict_v buffet_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 18._o and_o yet_o god_n people_n at_o god_n command_n do_v resist_v these_o king_n and_o people_n and_o do_v fight_v and_o kill_v they_o and_o possess_v their_o land_n as_o the_o history_n be_v clear_a see_v the_o like_a josh_fw-mi 11._o ver_fw-la 18_o 19_o 2._o one_o act_n of_o grace_n and_o virtue_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o another_o resistance_n be_v in_o the_o child_n of_o god_n a_o innocent_a act_n of_o self-preservation_n as_o be_v patient_a suffering_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v well_o subsist_v in_o one_o and_o so_o say_v amasa_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n 1_o chro._n 12._o 18._o peace_n peace_n be_v unto_o thou_o and_o peace_n to_o thy_o helper_n for_o god_n help_v thou_o now_o david_n in_o that_o and_o all_o his_o helper_n be_v resister_n of_o king_n saul_n 3._o the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n 1_o pet._n 2._o be_v not_o to_o forbid_v all_o violent_a resist_n recommend_v as_o be_v clear_a he_o speak_v nothing_o of_o violent_a resist_v either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o but_o only_o he_o forbid_v revengeful_a resist_n of_o repay_v one_o wrong_a with_o another_o from_o the_o example_n of_o christ_n who_o when_o he_o be_v revile_v revile_v not_o again_o when_o he_o suffer_v he_o threaten_v not_o therefore_o the_o argument_n be_v a_o fallacy_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la docitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o therefore_o the_o master_n shall_v attempt_v to_o kill_v a_o innocent_a servant_n and_o invade_v he_o with_o a_o weapon_n of_o death_n 1._o sudden_o 2._o without_o all_o reason_n or_o cause_n 3._o vnavoidable_o doctor_n 10._o ferne_n in_o that_o case_n do_v free_a a_o subject_a from_o guiltiness_n if_o he_o violent_o resist_v his_o prince_n ergo_fw-la 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special_a commandment_n impose_v on_o he_o by_o his_o father_n be_v command_v to_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n yea_o and_o to_o be_v a_o agent_n as_o well_o as_o a_o patient_n in_o die_v joh._n 10._o 18._o yea_o and_o active_o he_o be_v to_o contribute_v something_o for_o his_o own_o death_n and_o offer_v himself_o willing_o to_o death_n mat._n 28._o 20._o and_o know_v the_o hour_n that_o he_o be_v to_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o world_n unto_o the_o father_n john_n violence_n 13._o 1._o will_v not_o only_o not_o flee_v which_o be_v to_o royalist_n lawful_a to_o we_o a_o special_a point_n of_o resistance_n joh._n 14._o 31._o joh._n 18._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o and_o but_o upbraid_v peter_n as_o the_o agent_n of_o satan_n who_o will_v dissuade_v he_o to_o die_v mat._n 16._o 22_o 23._o and_o will_v fight_v for_o he_o and_o he_o do_v not_o fetch_v any_o argument_n against_o peter_n draw_v of_o his_o sword_n from_o the_o unlawfulnesse_n of_o self-defence_n and_o innocent_a resistance_n which_o 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18._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 2._o they_o may_v prove_v that_o people_n seek_v by_o a_o tyrant_n to_o be_v crucify_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n or_o to_o reveal_v and_o discover_v themselves_o to_o a_o army_n of_o man_n who_o come_v to_o seek_v they_o joh._n 13._o 1_o 2._o joh._n 18._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 3._o that_o martyr_n be_v of_o purpose_n to_o go_v to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o know_v they_o shall_v be_v apprehend_v and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o this_o christ_n do_v and_o be_v willing_o to_o offer_v themselves_o to_o the_o enemy_n army_n for_o so_o do_v christ_n joh._n 14._o 3._o mar._n 14._o 41_o 42._o mat._n 26._o 46_o 47._o and_o so_o by_o his_o nonresistance_n example_n all_o the_o parliament_n all_o the_o innocent_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o assembly_n of_o divine_n be_v oblige_v to_o lay_v down_o arm_n and_o to_o go_v to_o their_o own_o death_n to_o prince_n rupert_n and_o the_o bloody_a irish_a rebel_n 4._o by_o this_o example_n it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o 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