power_n in_o pull_v down_o and_o set_v up_o who_o he_o please_v be_v we_o authorize_v to_o pull_v down_o our_o superior_n and_o to_o set_v up_o ourselves_o because_o christ_n have_v redeem_v we_o and_o make_v we_o freeman_n of_o his_o spiritual_a kingdom_n do_v this_o warrant_v we_o to_o make_v ourselves_o the_o lord_n and_o master_n of_o the_o world_n because_o we_o must_v not_o subject_v ourselves_o to_o serve_v man_n lust_n and_o vice_n must_v we_o not_o therefore_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o their_o legal_a authority_n and_o power_n because_o a_o state_n of_o civil_a freedom_n be_v more_o eligible_a than_o a_o state_n of_o bondage_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v at_o our_o own_o disposal_n and_o liberty_n than_o to_o be_v in_o servitude_n and_o confine_v to_o the_o will_n of_o another_o be_v we_o therefore_o to_o effect_n and_o endeavour_v to_o be_v above_o the_o check_n and_o controlment_n of_o the_o sovereign_a power_n can_v man_n be_v master_n of_o themselves_o but_o they_o must_v be_v master_n of_o their_o superior_n too_o it_o be_v remarkable_a how_o very_o different_o sincere_a and_o hypocritical_a christian_n argue_v from_o the_o principle_n under_o consideration_n because_o it_o be_v say_v that_o christian_n be_v make_v free_a by_o christ_n joh._n 8.36_o and_o therefore_o every_o christian_a servant_n be_v the_o lord_n freeman_n 1_o cor._n 7.22_o therefore_o some_o hypocritical_a christian_n conclude_v themselves_o license_v to_o cast_v off_o all_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o magistrate_n and_o master_n and_o to_o live_v as_o discharge_v from_o all_o conscience_n of_o duty_n to_o they_o though_o by_o their_o present_a circumstance_n constrain_v and_o necessitate_v external_o to_o perform_v it_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a part_n sincere_a christian_n obey_v governor_n as_o free_v but_o as_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n 1_o pet._n 2.16_o serve_v the_o lord_n in_o obey_v their_o governor_n submit_v themselves_o the_o one_o for_o conscience_n sake_n to_o the_o other_o the_o high_a engagement_n and_o strong_a bond_n of_o obedience_n that_o can_v be_v sect._n 61._o i_o appeal_v to_o all_o consider_v man_n if_o it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o believe_v that_o since_o jesus_n christ_n come_v not_o into_o the_o world_n to_o destroy_v the_o law_n but_o to_o fulfil_v it_o mat._n 5.17_o that_o be_v not_o to_o evacuate_v or_o relax_v any_o moral_a duty_n but_o by_o his_o doctrine_n and_o example_n to_o fill_v up_o and_o reinforce_v the_o authority_n and_o oblige_a power_n thereof_o and_o to_o commend_v his_o quiet_a and_o patient_a submission_n to_o the_o injurious_a affront_v and_o destructive_a violence_n of_o the_o high_a power_n as_o a_o pattern_n for_o we_o to_o conform_v unto_o and_o imitate_v 1_o pet._n 2.21_o i_o say_v this_o consider_v be_v it_o credible_a that_o he_o have_v cancel_v the_o obligation_n of_o any_o moral_a duty_n by_o his_o death_n to_o his_o follower_n and_o discharge_v they_o from_o nonresistance_n of_o the_o high_a 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govern_v by_o ruler_n of_o god_n own_o immediate_a appointment_n the_o authority_n necessity_n end_n and_o reason_n of_o it_o be_v still_o the_o same_o and_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o the_o nature_n ground_n and_o reason_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n be_v alter_v and_o the_o pretender_n to_o the_o management_n of_o the_o sceptre_n of_o christ_n must_v command_v and_o dispose_v that_o of_o the_o king_n if_o conscience_n as_o god_n vicegerent_n must_v not_o be_v force_v so_o neither_o must_v the_o king_n who_o represent_v as_o my_o lord_n coke_n tell_v we_o god_n own_o person_n why_o shall_v not_o god_n ordinance_n be_v as_o irresistible_a in_o the_o one_o as_o in_o the_o other_o the_o one_o have_v as_o great_a a_o supremacy_n over_o we_o without_o we_o as_o the_o other_o within_o we_o sect._n 63._o moreover_o if_o we_o be_v to_o be_v guide_v and_o govern_v by_o the_o positive_a law_n and_o constitution_n of_o our_o own_o country_n as_o proper_a rule_n and_o measure_n to_o determine_v and_o limit_v our_o allegiance_n and_o obedience_n then_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a upon_o any_o pretence_n whatsoever_o to_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n and_o we_o be_v to_o abhor_v that_o traitorous_a position_n of_o take_v arm_n by_o his_o authority_n against_o his_o person_n or_o against_o those_o that_o be_v commissionated_a by_o he_o as_o it_o be_v stat._n 14._o ch._n 2._o and_o since_o say_v grotius_n on_o mat._n 26.52_o there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o do_v not_o favour_n himself_o if_o it_o be_v once_o admit_v that_o private_a man_n be_v injurious_o deal_v withal_o by_o the_o magistrate_n may_v repel_v force_n with_o force_n all_o place_n will_v be_v full_a of_o tumult_n the_o authority_n of_o law_n and_o judicature_n will_v be_v null_n and_o void_a and_o in_o his_o votum_fw-la pro_fw-la pace_fw-la ad_fw-la art_n 16._o he_o affirm_v that_o subject_n ought_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o resist_v their_o king_n or_o prince_n by_o force_n or_o ought_v they_o 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be_o not_o altogether_o ignorant_a of_o the_o reason_n of_o some_o discontent_a and_o interest_v man_n to_o plead_v for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o resist_v the_o high_a power_n with_o arm_a force_n in_o some_o case_n and_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v expect_v that_o i_o shall_v engage_v myself_o in_o the_o solemn_a examination_n and_o confutation_n of_o they_o but_o have_v prove_v from_o divine_a revelation_n that_o god_n have_v forbid_v it_o i_o may_v warrantable_o say_v to_o every_o such_o reasoner_n as_o the_o apostle_n in_o another_o case_n alike_o depend_v on_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o god_n rom._n 9.20_o nay_o but_o oh_o man_n who_o be_v thou_o that_o reply_v against_o god_n shall_v not_o god_n govern_v the_o world_n as_o he_o please_v have_v he_o not_o a_o absolute_a and_o unaccountable_a power_n to_o impart_v after_o what_o manner_n and_o measure_n he_o judge_v fit_a his_o own_o sovereign_a authority_n and_o power_n to_o his_o vicegerent_n and_o if_o god_n do_v not_o limit_v and_o restrain_v the_o extent_n of_o their_o authority_n and_o power_n who_o shall_v we_o frequent_o find_v jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n endeavour_v to_o impress_v on_o man_n conscience_n a_o quick_a sense_n of_o their_o obligation_n to_o yield_v subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o the_o high_a power_n but_o never_o determine_v or_o limit_v the_o manner_n of_o obtain_v their_o title_n or_o the_o righteousness_n of_o their_o prerogative_n and_o right_n or_o their_o way_n of_o administer_a and_o execute_v they_o which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o plain_a intimation_n that_o the_o welfare_n of_o mankind_n and_o the_o safety_n of_o all_o society_n depend_v on_o the_o dutiful_a and_o peaceable_a deportment_n of_o the_o govern_a part_n thereof_o and_o that_o subject_n be_v principal_o concern_v conscientiousness_n to_o attend_v their_o own_o duty_n and_o to_o leave_v the_o menagery_n of_o the_o govern_v part_n of_o that_o
as_o it_o be_v a_o horrible_a wickedness_n in_o saul_n so_o a_o great_a temptation_n i_o mean_v of_o a_o apt_a tendency_n to_o provoke_v david_n to_o defend_v himself_o by_o arm_a force_n he_o may_v have_v pretend_v that_o saul_n have_v violate_v all_o the_o bond_n of_o reason_n and_o religion_n he_o have_v not_o only_o murder_v great_a number_n of_o his_o innocent_a common_a subject_n but_o also_o of_o the_o lord_n priest_n as_o if_o he_o design_v a_o extirpation_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n and_o that_o he_o have_v not_o only_a self-preservation_n to_o engage_v he_o to_o a_o resistance_n but_o also_o that_o the_o common_a right_n of_o all_o the_o kingdom_n challenge_v his_o protection_n sect._n 30._o this_o be_v real_o david_n case_n and_o yet_o when_o god_n put_v saul_n once_o and_o again_o under_o the_o power_n of_o david_n hand_n all_o the_o use_v that_o he_o make_v of_o it_o be_v to_o convince_v saul_n that_o he_o be_v his_o faithful_a and_o loyal_a subject_n and_o though_o he_o have_v suffer_v many_o and_o great_a injury_n causeless_o from_o he_o yet_o no_o provocation_n shall_v induce_v he_o to_o do_v his_o sovereign_n any_o harm_n indeed_o david_n servant_n and_o follower_n be_v forward_o enough_o to_o persuade_v he_o to_o dispatch_v he_o out_o of_o the_o way_n as_o a_o fact_n that_o will_v make_v way_n for_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o god_n gracious_a promise_n to_o david_n and_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n but_o david_n abhor_v the_o motion_n and_o cry_v out_o god_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v do_v this_o thing_n to_o my_o master_n the_o lord_n be_v anoint_v to_o stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n against_o he_o and_o the_o reason_n which_o restrain_v he_o be_v found_v on_o this_o fundamental_a law_n of_o sovereignty_n that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v resist_v or_o control_v by_o arm_a force_n see_v he_o be_v say_v he_o the_o lord_n be_v anoint_v 1_o sam._n 24.4_o 5_o 6._o etc._n etc._n and_o so_o when_o abishai_n will_v have_v smite_v saul_n he_o forbid_v it_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n 1_o sam._n 26.8_o 9_o abishai_n say_v to_o david_n when_o they_o find_v saul_n sleep_v within_o a_o trench_n god_n have_v deliver_v thy_o enemy_n into_o thy_o hand_n this_o day_n now_o therefore_o let_v i_o smite_v he_o i_o pray_v thou_o with_o the_o spear_n even_o to_o the_o earth_n at_o once_o i_o will_v not_o smite_v he_o the_o second_o time_n and_o david_n say_v to_o abishai_n destroy_v he_o not_o for_o who_o can_v stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_a and_o be_v innocent_a or_o guiltless_a q.d._n he_o be_v our_o king_n and_o have_v from_o the_o lord_n a_o noli_fw-la i_o tangere_fw-la on_o he_o and_o the_o hand_n of_o violence_n can_v be_v lay_v on_o without_o sin_n and_o a_o fearful_a expectation_n of_o divine_a vengeance_n which_o word_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o cowardly_a fear_n or_o ignorant_a scrupolity_n but_o from_o conscience_n of_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o clear_a motive_n of_o duty_n to_o the_o king_n for_o david_n be_v a_o man_n of_o invincible_a courage_n and_o be_v a_o prophet_n can_v not_o but_o be_v well_o instruct_v in_o his_o duty_n and_o it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o wise_a than_o his_o enemy_n but_o also_o wise_a than_o all_o his_o teacher_n psal_n 119.98_o 99_o and_o wise_a than_o all_o the_o servant_n of_o saul_n 1_o sam._n 18.30_o and_o it_o be_v high_o probable_a that_o he_o pen_v about_o the_o same_o time_n the_o 54th_o and_o 57th_o psalm_n as_o the_o title_n of_o they_o intimate_v and_o consequent_o that_o he_o be_v direct_v in_o what_o he_o do_v by_o the_o special_a conduct_n of_o god_n holy_a spirit_n and_o well_o understand_v both_o his_o duty_n and_o interest_n and_o if_o you_o consult_v the_o 23d_o and_o 24_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o he_o make_v very_o comfortable_a conclusion_n from_o his_o loyal_a deportment_n in_o the_o case_n the_o lord_n say_v he_o render_v to_o every_o man_n his_o righteousness_n and_o his_o faithfulness_n for_o the_o lord_n deliver_v thou_o into_o my_o hand_n to_o day_n but_o i_o will_v not_o stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_a and_o behold_v as_o thy_o life_n be_v much_o set_v by_o this_o day_n in_o my_o eye_n so_o let_v my_o life_n be_v much_o set_v by_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o let_v he_o deliver_v i_o out_o of_o all_o tribulation_n and_o his_o command_a death_n to_o be_v execute_v on_o the_o amalckite_n which_o slay_v saul_n though_o saul_n be_v mortal_o wound_v before_o and_o it_o be_v do_v at_o his_o own_o request_n to_o save_v he_o from_o further_a torture_n and_o disgrace_n and_o to_o preserve_v the_o regalia_z be_v a_o further_a evidence_n that_o david_n think_v it_o a_o unlawful_a thing_n to_o assault_v his_o king_n with_o arm_a force_n and_o his_o question_n to_o the_o amalekite_n manifest_o imply_v it_o how_o be_v thou_o not_o afraid_a to_o stretch_v forth_o thy_o hand_n to_o destroy_v the_o lord_n anoint_a 2_o sam._n 1.14_o 15._o sect._n 31._o but_o perhaps_o you_o may_v think_v that_o the_o very_a ceremony_n of_o anoint_v be_v do_v by_o god_n special_a command_n be_v that_o which_o bind_v up_o david_n hand_n and_o privilege_v saul_n from_o violent_a resistance_n and_o coercion_n because_o this_o be_v every_o where_o mention_v as_o the_o move_a cause_n of_o david_n restraint_n from_o defensive_a and_o offensive_a resistance_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o priest_n as_o well_o as_o saul_n be_v anoint_v by_o god_n command_n and_o yet_o that_o do_v not_o exempt_a from_o be_v accountable_a for_o their_o action_n and_o free_v they_o from_o the_o danger_n of_o coercive_a force_n and_o punishment_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o bare_o the_o ceremony_n of_o anoint_v but_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n thereby_o signify_v which_o privilege_v he_o from_o resistance_n his_o anoint_v be_v no_o addition_n to_o his_o power_n but_o only_o signify_v god_n designation_n constitution_n and_o approbation_n of_o his_o power_n it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o his_o regal_a dignity_n and_o power_n and_o not_o the_o manner_n of_o collate_v or_o confer_v it_o which_o exempt_v from_o coercion_n and_o correction_n it_o be_v the_o essence_n and_o not_o the_o ceremony_n of_o thing_n which_o constitute_v and_o denominate_v they_o for_o ceremony_n be_v thing_n extrinsical_a both_o to_o be_v and_o operation_n and_o although_o saul_n and_o david_n who_o be_v the_o first_o of_o their_o respective_a family_n that_o be_v invest_v with_o regal_a dignity_n be_v anoint_v yet_o such_o as_o succeed_v by_o inheritance_n to_o the_o kingdom_n as_o jehosaphat_n hezekiah_n josiah_n be_v not_o anoint_v and_o yet_o have_v as_o much_o authority_n as_o their_o predecessor_n and_o as_o great_a privilege_n sect._n 32._o those_o argument_n which_o be_v ordinary_o draw_v from_o the_o arm_a man_n which_o be_v with_o david_n and_o over_o which_o he_o be_v captain_n 1_o sam._n 22.2_o and_o ch._n 23.13_o which_o be_v call_v helper_n of_o the_o war_n 2_o chr._n 12.1_o and_o from_o his_o reside_v at_o keilah_n a_o place_n fit_a to_o be_v garrison_v 1_o sam._n 23.7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o david_n to_o resist_v saul_n with_o arm_a force_n be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o david_n be_v son-in-law_n to_o a_o king_n expectant_a of_o the_o crown_n in_o which_o he_o be_v like_a to_o meet_v with_o opposition_n subject_n to_o private_a assault_n and_o need_v good_a intelligence_n to_o prevent_v a_o surprise_n from_o saul_n and_o his_o public_a enemy_n it_o be_v high_o expedient_a that_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o considerable_a retinue_n about_o he_o to_o be_v as_o a_o lifeguard_n to_o he_o and_o to_o be_v in_o a_o readiness_n to_o serve_v he_o whensoever_o god_n by_o his_o providence_n shall_v call_v he_o to_o succeed_v in_o the_o throne_n neither_o do_v the_o people_n rescue_n of_o jonathan_n from_o the_o death_n his_o father_n threaten_v to_o inflict_v upon_o he_o 1_o sam._n 14.44_o 45._o in_o the_o the_o least_o discover_v any_o hostile_a violence_n offer_v to_o the_o king_n much_o less_o that_o they_o may_v lawful_o assault_v he_o with_o arm_a force_n their_o act_n be_v a_o act_n of_o mediation_n and_o not_o of_o coercion_n and_o a_o learned_a man_n observe_v that_o the_o orginal_a word_n translate_v they_o rescue_v he_o signify_v they_o redeem_v he_o that_o be_v jonathan_n life_n by_o saul_n vow_n be_v forfeit_v to_o god_n the_o people_n by_o a_o general_a consent_n substitute_v a_o offering_n to_o god_n for_o the_o vow_n according_a to_o the_o law_n in_o such_o a_o case_n leu._n 27.2_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d jonathan_n from_o death_n not_o by_o force_v saul_n but_o by_o appeaâ—ing_a goâ—_n this_o be_v the_o case_n under_o the_o jewish_a
the_o patient_a deportment_n of_o christian_a subject_n under_o their_o tyrannical_a governor_n when_o they_o have_v strength_n enough_o to_o resist_v they_o and_o can_v but_o will_v not_o for_o conscience_n sake_n towards_o christ_n jesus_n as_o their_o teacher_n and_o leader_n sect._n 58._o the_o christian_n of_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n be_v not_o such_o a_o fierce_a and_o military_a sort_n of_o man_n so_o addict_v to_o unpeaceable_a and_o seditious_a faction_n riotous_a tumult_n rebellious_a insurrection_n and_o bloody_a warring_n against_o the_o high_a power_n as_o some_o call_a christian_n and_o they_o which_o style_v themselves_o the_o godly_a party_n of_o they_o too_o be_v in_o our_o time_n for_o three_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o christ_n there_o can_v be_v a_o instance_n give_v of_o any_o number_n of_o christian_n how_o injurious_o soever_o deal_v withal_o that_o ever_o make_v a_o forcible_a resistance_n against_o the_o high_a power_n or_o be_v find_v in_o a_o conspiracy_n to_o depose_v they_o though_o those_o they_o live_v under_o be_v sometime_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n and_o bitter_a persecutor_n of_o the_o best_a religion_n origen_n tell_v celsus_n who_o inveigh_v against_o christianity_n itself_o from_o a_o pretence_n that_o christian_n be_v no_o friend_n to_o the_o civil_a power_n that_o he_o can_v discover_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o act_n of_o sedition_n among_o they_o how_o much_o soever_o provoke_v by_o their_o persecutor_n and_o that_o this_o peaceable_a and_o patient_a submission_n to_o suffering_n for_o their_o religion_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o the_o want_n of_o strength_n to_o oppose_v their_o persecutor_n but_o from_o conscience_n of_o obedience_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o doctrine_n and_o example_n of_o christ_n be_v manifest_a from_o the_o write_n of_o the_o father_n who_o live_v in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o church_n tertullian_n tell_v the_o roman_a emperor_n and_o senate_n that_o if_o the_o christian_n will_v act_v the_o part_n of_o open_a enemy_n to_o they_o they_o do_v not_o want_v number_n and_o army_n we_o have_v fill_v say_v he_o your_o city_n isle_n castle_n camp_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o our_o number_n be_v unequal_a yet_o for_o what_o war_n shall_v we_o be_v unfit_a who_o can_v so_o ready_o lie_v down_o our_o life_n if_o our_o religion_n do_v not_o require_v we_o rather_o to_o die_v than_o to_o draw_v our_o sword_n to_o kill_v other_o and_o st._n cyprian_a write_v to_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n acquaint_v he_o that_o though_o the_o christian_n be_v very_o numerous_a yet_o they_o will_v not_o endeavour_v to_o revenge_v themselves_o against_o the_o unjust_a violence_n of_o their_o persecutor_n and_o maximus_n the_o emperor_n who_o be_v a_o great_a persecutor_n of_o the_o christian_a profession_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o sabinus_n record_v by_o eusebius_n say_v that_o almost_o all_o man_n have_v leave_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o roman_a god_n and_o join_v 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