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A49129
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A resolution of certain queries concerning submission to the present government ... by a divine of the Church of England, as by law establisht.
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Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.
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1689
(1689)
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Wing L2980; ESTC R21420
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report_n one_o shirley_n a_o frenchman_n and_o some_o subject_n of_o the_o king_n of_o portugal_n have_v conspire_v with_o lopez_n for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o queen_n be_v indict_v for_o act_v contra_fw-la legiantiae_fw-la suae_fw-la debitum_fw-la against_o their_o due_a allegiance_n and_o be_v find_v guilty_a and_o execute_v and_o this_o the_o law_n call_v a_o local_a allegiance_n when_o city_n and_o soldier_n be_v take_v in_o war_n they_o may_v to_o preserve_v their_o life_n swear_v to_o the_o conqueror_n never_o to_o bear_v arm_n against_o he_o by_o which_o oath_n the_o condition_n of_o their_o former_a prince_n be_v no_o way_n make_v worse_o for_o have_v they_o refuse_v such_o a_o oath_n they_o shall_v have_v lose_v their_o life_n which_o by_o this_o mean_n be_v preserve_v they_o may_v be_v in_o a_o condition_n to_o serve_v their_o prince_n in_o any_o thing_n else_o but_o in_o fight_v against_o he_o who_o spare_v his_o lise_n beside_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o many_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n be_v make_v by_o such_o as_o be_v king_n only_a de_fw-fr facto_fw-la not_o the_o jure_fw-la which_o be_v still_o in_o force_n with_o we_o as_o they_o be_v with_o the_o subject_n that_o live_v in_o their_o several_a reign_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o we_o owe_v and_o aught_o to_o yield_v allegiance_n to_o the_o king_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la and_o observe_v his_o law_n and_o to_o pray_v for_o he_o as_o king._n on_o the_o depose_v of_o richard_n the_o second_o in_o a_o provincial_a synod_n in_o canterbury_n under_o henry_n the_o four_o who_o title_n be_v only_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la it_o be_v decree_v that_o prayer_n shall_v be_v make_v pro_fw-la ipsius_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la salute_n as_o he_o have_v desire_v and_o arundel_n than_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n tell_v the_o king_n that_o the_o clergy_n do_v pugnare_fw-la precibus_fw-la &_o sacrificiis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la pro_fw-la victoriis_fw-la ei_fw-la obtinendis_fw-la aethelwolfe_n anno_fw-la 854._o be_v make_v king_n while_o his_o elder_a brother_n be_v live_v yet_o elston_n and_o swithon_n bishop_n pray_v solemn_o for_o he_o so_o the_o bishop_n pray_v for_o will._n rufus_n his_o elder_a brother_n live_v st._n anselme_n also_o though_o banish_v by_o henry_n the_o first_o do_v he_o homage_n and_o pray_v for_o he_o and_o although_o our_o five_o first_o king_n begin_v at_o william_n the_o conqueror_n come_v irregular_o to_o the_o crown_n the_o first_o by_o conquest_n the_o second_o and_o three_o while_o their_o elder_a brother_n live_v the_o four_o reign_v when_o his_o predecessor_n have_v a_o daughter_n live_v which_o be_v maude_n the_o empress_n the_o five_o while_o his_o mother_n the_o right_a heir_n be_v live_v yet_o be_v the_o state_v form_n of_o prayer_n still_o continue_v in_o the_o ancient_a missal_n respective_o nor_o can_v we_o well_o be_v excessive_a in_o our_o deference_n to_o those_o who_o under_o god_n have_v be_v the_o chief_a instrument_n of_o the_o common_a safety_n for_o if_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o oblige_v every_o particular_a person_n to_o self-preservation_n and_o much_o more_o to_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o public_a welfare_n in_o which_o case_n we_o may_v vim_o in_o repellere_fw-la be_v prior_n and_o paramount_n to_o any_o subsequent_a law_n of_o a_o more_o private_a concern_v we_o of_o this_o nation_n which_o be_v so_o near_o to_o destruction_n have_v all_o reason_n imaginable_a to_o secure_v ourselves_o against_o such_o violent_a and_o illegal_a attempt_n as_o be_v make_v not_o only_o against_o ourselves_o but_o against_o the_o whole_a protestant_a interest_n throughout_o all_o europe_n have_v such_o dreadful_a instance_n of_o persecution_n in_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n of_o france_n and_o piedmont_n for_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o we_o shall_v choose_v sin_n rather_o than_o affliction_n in_o which_o case_n the_o apostle_n have_v determine_v that_o we_o may_v not_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o but_o whether_o of_o two_o temporal_a evil_n the_o least_o be_v to_o be_v choose_v or_o whither_o when_o we_o be_v leave_v without_o a_o governor_n we_o shall_v set_v a_o bramble_n over_o we_o to_o rend_v and_o tear_v our_o flesh_n or_o the_o heal_a olive_n under_o who_o branch_n we_o may_v set_v down_o in_o peace_n and_o security_n it_o be_v very_o observable_a what_o god_n say_v concern_v jehoiakim_n the_o wicked_a son_n of_o a_o good_a father_n josiah_n jer._n 22.15_o shall_v thou_o reign_v because_o thou_o close_a thyself_o in_o cedar_n do_v not_o thy_o father_n eat_v and_o drink_v and_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n and_o then_o it_o be_v well_o with_o he_o but_o thy_o eye_n and_o thy_o heart_n be_v not_o but_o for_o thy_o covetousness_n to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n and_o for_o oppression_n and_o violence_n to_o do_v it_o therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n concern_v jehoiakim_n the_o son_n of_o josiah_n king_n of_o judah_n they_o shall_v not_o lament_v for_o he_o say_v ah_o lord_n or_o ah_o his_o glory_n i_o shall_v therefore_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o serious_a consideration_n of_o my_o brethren_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o eligible_a to_o pray_v for_o they_o in_o our_o liturgy_n who_o have_v preserve_v we_o in_o the_o free_a use_n of_o it_o or_o for_o such_o as_o will_v have_v take_v it_o from_o we_o and_o impose_v the_o mass_n book_n and_o legend_n instead_o of_o that_o and_o the_o scripture_n by_o which_o we_o shall_v have_v be_v reduce_v to_o this_o dilemma_n either_o we_o must_v obey_v to_o the_o violation_n of_o our_o conscience_n or_o for_o our_o disobedience_n we_o and_o our_o family_n must_v be_v utter_o destroy_v if_o yet_o upon_o consideration_n of_o what_o have_v be_v here_o say_v and_o what_o our_o own_o judgement_n may_v add_v we_o be_v still_o in_o aequilibrio_fw-la and_o do_v doubt_n to_o who_o the_o title_n of_o the_o crown_n do_v of_o right_o belong_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o law_n of_o charity_n to_o ourselves_o our_o family_n and_o love_n to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n may_v be_v of_o great_a weight_n to_o turn_v the_o scale_n and_o warrant_v our_o resolution_n in_o a_o case_n so_o doubtful_a bishop_n sanderson_n praelect_a 5._o p._n 176._o put_v this_o question_n when_o any_o one_o take_v the_o government_n on_o he_o have_v by_o force_n drive_v out_o the_o lawful_a prince_n or_o so_o straighten_v he_o that_o he_o can_v pursue_v his_o right_n which_o be_v invade_v not_o on_o a_o doubtful_a right_n but_o by_o manifest_a wrong_n what_o shall_v a_o good_a subject_n that_o have_v swear_v allegiance_n to_o the_o oppress_a prince_n do_v in_o this_o case_n his_o answer_n be_v it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lawful_a for_o a_o good_a subject_a to_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o the_o prince_n in_o be_v and_o to_o do_v what_o he_o be_v command_v modo_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la factu_fw-la turpe_fw-la aut_fw-la injustum_fw-la if_o the_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o itself_o evil_a or_o unjust_a but_o also_o that_o if_o the_o condition_n of_o humane_a affair_n require_v it_o there_o may_v be_v a_o necessity_n of_o obey_v or_o he_o may_v be_v judge_v to_o fail_v of_o his_o duty_n and_o whereas_o he_o have_v say_v that_o law_n make_v by_o he_o that_o want_v lawful_a power_n do_v not_o bind_v in_o conscience_n he_o answer_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o repugnant_a because_o though_o the_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o do_v what_o the_o law_n require_v yet_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o that_o law_n but_o to_o himself_o and_o his_o country_n the_o obligation_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o law_n that_o concern_v himself_o and_o be_v true_o a_o law_n which_o he_o thus_o explain_v see_v it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o pious_a and_o prudent_a man_n to_o consider_v not_o only_o what_o be_v lawful_a but_o what_o become_v he_o and_o may_v be_v expedient_a to_o other_o a_o good_a subject_n may_v be_v bind_v to_o do_v that_o for_o the_o welfare_n of_o himself_o and_o fellow_n subject_n to_o which_o by_o law_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v which_o obligation_n arise_v from_o the_o duty_n he_o owe_v to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o country_n that_o war_n and_o rapine_n may_v be_v prevent_v and_o we_o may_v live_v peaceable_a under_o they_o without_o violate_v the_o faith_n we_o owe_v to_o the_o rightful_a heir_n but_o then_o he_o raise_v the_o question_n see_v no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n especial_o of_o contrary_a interest_n how_o can_v we_o please_v the_o one_o without_o displease_v the_o other_o his_o answer_n be_v it_o may_v be_v presume_v that_o the_o rightful_a prince_n will_v consent_v because_o the_o subject_a herein_o do_v not_o so_o much_o serve_v the_o possessor_n as_o the_o commonwealth_n the_o safety_n whereof_o no_o less_o concern_v the_o injure_a prince_n than_o the_o present_a possessor_n and_o probable_o more_o for_o as_o the_o
preserve_v they_o to_o the_o king_n and_o to_o his_o heir_n and_o successor_n and_o he_o and_o they_o to_o defend_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o our_o power_n against_o all_o conspiracy_n and_o attempt_n whatsoever_o which_o shall_v be_v make_v against_o his_o or_o their_o person_n their_o crown_n or_o dignity_n suppose_v then_o there_o be_v a_o attempt_n make_v to_o deprive_v the_o heir_n apparent_a of_o the_o right_n of_o succession_n there_o be_v a_o obligation_n on_o the_o subject_n not_o only_o to_o disclose_v and_o make_v it_o know_v to_o such_o heir_n and_o successor_n but_o he_o and_o they_o to_o defend_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o our_o power_n to_o this_o purpose_n bishop_n taylor_n say_v second_o vol._n p._n 137._o where_o the_o right_a of_o succession_n be_v in_o a_o family_n by_o law_n or_o time_n immemorial_n no_o prince_n can_v prejudice_v his_o heir_n or_o the_o people_n commit_v to_o he_o for_o it_o can_v without_o consent_v be_v alienate_v because_o person_n can_v be_v dispose_v of_o as_o slave_n or_o beast_n so_o that_o in_o this_o and_o some_o other_o case_n the_o king_n lose_v his_o authority_n and_o then_o the_o force_n of_o the_o obligation_n cease_v also_o and_o how_o good_a a_o opinion_n the_o ancient_a clergy_n and_o other_o have_v of_o the_o peer_n and_o people_n that_o fight_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o against_o the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o writer_n of_o that_o and_o the_o succeed_a age_n concern_v simon_n montfort_n the_o chronicle_n of_o meilrois_n late_o print_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o oxford_n p._n 231._o say_v occubuit_fw-la cum_fw-la multis_fw-la ex_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la anglicis_fw-la qui_fw-la venerant_fw-la ad_fw-la bellum_fw-la ut_fw-la certarent_fw-la pro_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la angliae_fw-la cujus_fw-la post_fw-la modum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la infallibile_fw-la signum_fw-la fuit_fw-la crebra_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la exhibiti_fw-la diminutus_fw-la exhibita_fw-la circa_fw-la hugonem_fw-la summum_fw-la angliae_fw-la dispensatorem_fw-la &_o simonem_fw-la de_fw-la montfort_n qui_fw-la occubuerunt_fw-la pro_fw-la justitia_fw-la decertentes_fw-la &_o idio_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la eorum_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la of_o which_o miracle_n they_o give_v divers_a instance_n and_o long_o after_o these_o writer_n which_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o baron_n war_n polidore_n virgil_n who_o live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o henry_n viii_o give_v this_o testimony_n to_o simon_n de_fw-fr montfort_n p._n 317._o of_o the_o basil_n edition_n inhaesit_fw-la hominum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la constans_fw-la opinio_fw-la hunc_fw-la simonem_fw-la de_fw-fr montfort_n qui_fw-la ob_fw-la patriam_fw-la &_o jus_o jurandum_fw-la for_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v under_o the_o like_a oath_n vitam_fw-la amisissent_fw-la interiisse_fw-la martyrem_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la non_fw-la patitur_fw-la negandum_fw-la jam_fw-la tum_fw-la fueri_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la memoriam_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la cujuspiam_fw-la colere_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la compluresque_fw-la id_fw-la fecissent_fw-la cvi_fw-la regis_fw-la iram_fw-la non_fw-la perti_fw-la muissent_fw-la for_o if_o the_o prince_n do_v evident_o violate_v not_o only_o the_o coronation-oath_n but_o act_v contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n and_o actual_o subject_v the_o people_n to_o that_o jurisdiction_n and_o usurpation_n against_o which_o they_o be_v swear_v what_o be_v the_o extent_n of_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n viz._n to_o our_o power_n to_o assist_v and_o defend_v all_o jurisdiction_n privilege_n and_o authority_n grant_v or_o belon_v to_o the_o king_n highness_n &_o c_o doubtless_o they_o that_o grant_v they_o and_o by_o oath_n be_v bind_v to_o assist_v and_o defend_v they_o be_v grant_v may_v oppose_v such_o as_o attempt_v the_o destruction_n of_o they_o when_o not_o only_o the_o king_n prerogative_n but_o the_o people_n religion_n their_o law_n and_o liberty_n be_v assault_v and_o in_o a_o way_n to_o be_v utter_o ruin_v and_o treason_n may_v be_v commit_v against_o the_o government_n as_o well_o as_o against_o the_o king_n and_o also_o the_o king_n be_v elder_a son._n it_o be_v well_o know_v how_o resolute_o our_o ancestor_n in_o the_o dark_a time_n of_o popery_n be_v themselves_o papist_n do_v defend_v the_o nation_n against_o the_o encroachment_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n when_o their_o king_n will_v have_v part_v with_o this_o right_n which_o they_o affirm_v he_o neither_o can_v nor_o shall_v do_v and_o in_o defence_n of_o they_o they_o be_v prodigal_a of_o their_o life_n query_n whether_o these_o premise_n be_v undeniable_a the_o subject_n that_o according_a to_o their_o oath_n do_v timely_a endeavour_n the_o case_n be_v otherwise_o desperate_a to_o vindicate_v as_o well_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n to_o the_o king_n his_o heir_n and_o successor_n as_o their_o own_o religion_n and_o liberty_n do_v not_o act_v according_a to_o their_o oath_n and_o duty_n not_o by_o resist_v their_o prince_n but_o by_o defend_v the_o succession_n and_o themselves_o against_o such_o instrument_n as_o act_v contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o those_o oath_n if_o judge_n jury_n etc._n etc._n have_v perform_v in_o their_o several_a place_n as_o the_o law_n and_o their_o oath_n oblige_v they_o the_o king_n may_v have_v keep_v his_o throne_n we_o have_v a_o maxim_n in_o law_n that_o the_o king_n can_v do_v no_o wrong_n because_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o minister_n and_o they_o to_o act_v all_o according_a to_o the_o law_n but_o when_o a_o king_n shall_v choose_v such_o minister_n as_o will_v act_v against_o the_o law_n and_o defend_v they_o therein_o there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a wrong_n do_v to_o the_o subject_a 5._o in_o answer_n to_o your_o five_o query_n which_o concern_v the_o mutual_a obligation_n between_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o people_n by_o virtue_n of_o these_o oath_n and_o the_o declaration_n hereafter_o mention_v it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v as_o bishop_n sanderson_n say_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o engagement_n p._n 90._o that_o allegiance_n be_v such_o a_o duty_n as_o every_o subject_a under_o what_o form_n of_o government_n soever_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n owe_v to_o his_o country_n primary_o and_o consequent_o to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n by_o which_o that_o commonwealth_n be_v govern_v who_o be_v caput_fw-la communitatis_fw-la as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o speak_v of_o the_o obligation_n of_o law_n which_o will_v hold_v also_o in_o the_o case_n of_o oath_n that_o if_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n shall_v be_v understand_v precise_o of_o that_o particular_a actual_a and_o immediate_a intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o make_v a_o particular_a law_n it_o will_v not_o hold_v true_a in_o all_o case_n but_o there_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v in_o the_o lawgiver_n a_o more_o general_a habituate_v and_o ultimate_a intention_n of_o a_o more_o excellent_a and_o transcendent_a nature_n than_o the_o former_a which_o be_v to_o have_v a_o influence_n into_o and_o a_o overrule_a power_n over_o all_o law_n viz._n a_o intention_n by_o the_o law_n to_o procure_v and_o promote_v the_o public_a good._n the_o former_a intention_n bind_v where_o it_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o latter_a or_o consistent_a with_o it_o and_o consequent_o bind_v in_o ordinary_a case_n and_o in_o orderly_a time_n but_o where_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o law_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o conjuncture_n of_o circumstance_n or_o the_o iniquity_n of_o time_n contingency_n which_o no_o lawgiver_n can_v either_o certain_o foresee_v or_o if_o fore-seen_a can_v not_o sufficient_o provide_v against_o will_v rather_o be_v prejudicial_a than_o advantageous_a to_o the_o public_a or_o be_v manifest_o attend_v with_o more_o inconvenience_n and_o sad_a consequent_n to_o the_o observer_n than_o all_o the_o imaginable_a good_a that_o can_v redound_v to_o the_o public_a thereby_o can_v in_o any_o reasonable_a measure_n countervail_v in_o such_o case_n the_o law_n oblige_v not_o but_o according_a to_o the_o late_a and_o more_o general_a intention_n only_o even_o as_o in_o the_o operation_n of_o nature_n particular_a agent_n do_v move_v ordinary_o according_a to_o the_o proper_a and_o particular_a inclination_n yet_o upon_o some_o occasion_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o end_n and_o intention_n of_o universal_a nature_n for_o the_o avoid_n of_o something_o which_o nature_n abhor_v they_o be_v sometime_o carry_v with_o motion_n quite_o contrary_a to_o their_o particular_a nature_n as_o the_o air_n to_o descend_v and_o the_o water_n to_o ascend_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o vacuity_n concern_v the_o coronation-oath_n i_o shall_v add_v here_o what_o bishop_n taylor_n l._n 3._o p._n 144._o say_v that_o a_o prince_n swear_v to_o govern_v by_o law_n be_v very_o ancient_a of_o which_o he_o give_v divers_a instance_n and_o say_v king_n be_v bind_v by_o natural_a justice_n and_o equity_n without_o