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A57975 Lex, rex The law and the prince : a dispute for the just prerogative of king and people : containing the reasons and causes of the most necessary defensive wars of the kingdom of Scotland and of their expedition for the ayd and help of their dear brethren of England : in which their innocency is asserted and a full answer is given to a seditious pamphlet intituled Sacro-sancta regum majestas, or, The sacred and royall prerogative of Christian kings, under the name of J. A. but penned by Jo. Maxwell the excommunicate P. Prelat. : with a scripturall confutation of the ruinous grounds of W. Barclay, H. Grotius, H. Arnisœus, Ant. de Domi P. Bishop of Spalata, and of other late anti-magistratical royalists, as the author of Ossorianum, D. Fern, E. Symmons, the doctors of Aberdeen, &c. : in XLIV questions. Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. 1644 (1644) Wing R2386; ESTC R12731 451,072 480

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three_o kingdom_n of_o england_n scotland_n and_o ireland_n p._n 446_o 447_o 448._o the_o parliament_n of_o scotland_n do_v regulate_v limit_n and_o set_v bound_n to_o the_o king_n power_n p._n 448_o 449_o fergus_n the_o first_o king_n not_o a_o conqueror_n p._n 449._o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n below_o parliament_n considerable_a by_o they_o have_v no_o negative_a voice_n p._n 450_o 451_o seq_n quest_n xliv_o general_n result_v of_o the_o former_a doctrine_n in_o some_o few_o corollary_n in_o 22_o question_n p._n 454_o 455._o concern_v monarchy_n compare_v with_o other_o form_n p._n 454._o how_o royalty_n be_v a_o issue_n of_o nature_n p._n 454_o 455._o and_o how_o magistrate_n as_o magistrate_n be_v natural_a p._n 455._o how_o absoluteness_n be_v not_o a_o ray_n of_o god_n majesty_n ibid._n and_o resistance_n not_o unlawful_a because_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n use_v it_o not_o in_o some_o case_n p._n 456_o 457._o coronation_n be_v no_o ceremony_n p._n 457._o man_n may_v 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it_o to_o be_v punish_v of_o god_n l._n 2._o l._n de_fw-fr reb._n cred_a cujacius_n l._n 2._o ob_n c._n 19_o and_o the_o husband_n in_o moses_n his_o law_n have_v power_n to_o give_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n to_o his_o wife_n and_o send_v she_o away_o and_o the_o husband_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v and_o also_o stew_n and_o work-house_n for_o harlot_n and_o to_o take_v usury_n be_v tolerate_v in_o many_o christian_a commonwealth_n and_o yet_o these_o be_v all_o sort_n of_o murder_n by_o the_o confession_n of_o heathen_a ergo_fw-la say_v barclaius_n god_n may_v give_v a_o power_n for_o tyrannous_a act_n to_o king_n so_o as_o they_o shall_v be_v under_o no_o punishment_n to_o be_v inflict_v by_o man_n ans._n all_o this_o be_v a_o
must_v keep_v covenant_n though_o to_o his_o hurt_n yea_o such_o a_o servant_n be_v not_o only_o not_o above_o his_o master_n but_o he_o can_v move_v his_o foot_n without_o his_o master_n the_o governor_n of_o britain_n say_v arnisaeus_n be_v despise_v by_o king_n philip_n resign_v himself_o as_o vassal_n to_o king_n edward_n of_o england_n but_o do_v not_o for_o that_o make_v himself_o superior_a to_o king_n edward_n indeed_o he_o who_o constitute_v another_o under_o he_o as_o a_o legate_n be_v superior_a but_o the_o people_n do●_n constitute_v a_o king_n above_o themselves_o not_o a_o king_n under_o themselves_o and_o therefore_o the_o people_n be_v not_o by_o this_o make_v the_o king_n superior_a but_o his_o inferior_a ans._n 1._o it_o be_v false_a that_o the_o people_n do_v or_o can_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n resign_v their_o whole_a liberty_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o king_n 1._o they_o can_v resign_v to_o other_o that_o which_o they_o have_v not_o in_o themselves_o nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la but_o the_o people_n have_v not_o a_o absolute_a power_n in_o themselves_o to_o destroy_v themselves_o or_o to_o exercise_v those_o tyrannous_a act_n speak_v of_o 1_o sam._n 8.11_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n for_o neither_o god_n nor_o nature_n law_n have_v give_v any_o such_o power_n 2._o he_o who_o constitute_v himself_o a_o slave_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v compel_v to_o that_o unnatural_a fact_n of_o alienation_n of_o that_o liberty_n which_o he_o have_v from_o his_o maker_n from_o the_o womb_n by_o violence_n constraint_n or_o extreme_a necessity_n and_o so_o be_v inferior_a to_o all_o free_a man_n but_o the_o people_n do_v not_o make_v themselves_o slave_n when_o they_o constitute_v a_o king_n over_o themselves_o because_o god_n give_v to_o a_o people_n a_o king_n the_o best_a and_o excellent_a governor_n on_o earth_n give_v a_o blessing_n and_o special_a fafour_n isaiah_n 1.26_o hosea_n 1._o v_o 11._o isaiah_n 3.6_o 7._o ps._n 79.70_o 71_o 72._o but_o to_o lay_v upon_o his_o people_n the_o state_n of_o slavery_n in_o which_o they_o renounce_v their_o whole_a liberty_n be_v a_o curse_n of_o god_n gen._n 9.25_o gen._n 27.29_o deut._n 28.32.36_o but_o the_o people_n have_v their_o liberty_n to_o make_v any_o of_o ten_o or_o twenty_o king_n their_o king_n and_o to_o advance_v one_o from_o a_o private_a state_n to_o a_o honourable_a throne_n whereas_o it_o be_v in_o their_o liberty_n to_o advance_v another_o and_o to_o give_v he_o royal_a power_n of_o ten_o degree_n whereas_o they_o may_v give_v he_o power_n of_o twelve_o degree_n and_o of_o eight_o or_o six_o must_v be_v in_o excellency_n and_o worth_n above_o the_o man_n who_o they_o constitute_v king_n and_o invest_v with_o such_o honour_n as_o honour_n in_o the_o fountain_n and_o honos_fw-la participans_fw-la &_o originans_fw-la must_v be_v more_o excellent_a and_o pure_a than_o the_o derive_v honour_n in_o the_o king_n which_o be_v honos_fw-la participatus_fw-la &_o originatus_fw-la 2._o if_o the_o servant_n give_v his_o liberty_n to_o his_o master_n ergo_fw-la he_o have_v that_o liberty_n in_o he_o and_o in_o that_o act_n liberty_n must_v be_v in_o a_o more_o excellent_a way_n in_o the_o servant_n as_o in_o the_o fountain_n than_o it_o be_v in_o the_o master_n and_o so_o this_o liberty_n must_v be_v pure_a in_o the_o people_n then_o in_o the_o king_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o both_o the_o servant_n be_v above_o the_o master_n and_o the_o people_n worthy_a than_o the_o king_n and_o when_o the_o people_n give_v themselves_o conditional_o and_o covenant-wise_a to_o the_o king_n as_o to_o a_o public_a servant_n and_o patron_n and_o tutor_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o britain_n out_o of_o his_o humour_n give_v himself_o to_o king_n edward_n there_o be_v even_o here_o a_o note_n of_o superiority_n every_o giver_n of_o a_o benefit_n as_o a_o giver_n be_v superior_a to_o he_o to_o who_o the_o gift_n be_v give_v though_o after_o the_o servant_n have_v give_v away_o his_o gift_n of_o liberty_n by_o which_o he_o be_v superior_a he_o can_v be_v a_o superior_a because_o by_o his_o gift_n he_o have_v make_v himself_o inferior_a 3._o the_o people_n constitute_v a_o king_n above_o themselves_o i_o distinguish_v supra_fw-la se_fw-la above_o themselves_o according_a to_o the_o fountain_n power_n of_o royalty_n that_o be_v false_a for_o the_o fountaine-power_n remain_v most_o eminent_o in_o the_o people_n 1._o because_o they_o give_v it_o to_o the_o king_n ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la and_o with_o limitation_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v unlimited_a in_o the_o people_n and_o bound_v and_o limit_v in_o the_o king_n and_o so_o less_o in_o the_o king_n then_o in_o the_o people_n 2._o if_o the_o king_n turn_v distract_v and_o a_o ill_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n come_v upon_o saul_n so_o as_o reason_n be_v take_v from_o a_o nabuchadnezzar_n it_o be_v certain_a the_o people_n may_v put_v curator_n and_o tutor_n over_o he_o who_o have_v the_o royal_a power_n 3._o if_o the_o king_n be_v absent_a and_o take_v captive_a the_o people_n may_v give_v the_o royal_a power_n to_o one_o or_o to_o some_o few_o to_o exercise_v it_o as_o custodes_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o 4._o if_o he_o die_v and_o the_o crown_n go_v by_o election_n they_o may_v create_v another_o with_o more_o or_o less_o power_n all_o which_o evince_v that_o they_o never_o constitute_v over_o themselves_o a_o king_n in_o regard_n of_o fountaine-power_n for_o if_o they_o give_v away_o the_o fountain_n as_o a_o slave_n sell_v his_o liberty_n they_o can_v not_o make_v use_n of_o it_o indeed_o they_o set_v a_o king_n above_o they_o quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la legum_fw-la executivam_fw-la in_o regard_n of_o a_o power_n of_o execute_v law_n and_o actual_a government_n for_o their_o good_a and_o safety_n but_o this_o prove_v only_o that_o the_o king_n be_v above_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o some_o respect_n but_o the_o most_o eminent_a and_o fountaine-power_n of_o royalty_n remain_v in_o the_o people_n as_o in_o a_o immortal_a spring_n host_n which_o they_o communicate_v by_o succession_n to_o this_o or_o that_o mortal_a man_n in_o the_o manner_n and_o measure_n that_o they_o think_v good_a and_o ulpian_n and_o bartolus_n cite_v by_o our_o prelate_n out_o of_o barclaius_n be_v only_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o derive_v secondary_a and_o borrow_a power_n of_o execute_v law_n and_o not_o of_o the_o fountain_n power_n which_o the_o people_n can_v give_v away_o no_o more_o than_o they_o can_v give_v away_o their_o rational_a nature_n for_o it_o be_v a_o power_n natural_a to_o conserve_v themselves_o essential_o adhere_v to_o every_o create_v be_v for_o if_o the_o people_n give_v all_o their_o power_n away_o 1._o what_o shall_v they_o reserve_v to_o make_v a_o new_a king_n if_o this_o man_n die_v 2._o what_o if_o the_o royal_a line_n surcease_v there_o be_v no_o prophet_n immediate_o send_v of_o god_n to_o make_v king_n 3._o what_o if_o he_o turn_v tyrant_n and_o destroy_v his_o subject_n with_o the_o sword_n the_o royalist_n say_v they_o may_v fly_v but_o when_o they_o make_v he_o king_n they_o resign_v all_o their_o power_n to_o he_o even_o their_o power_n of_o fly_v for_o they_o bind_v themselves_o by_o a_o oath_n say_v royalist_n to_o all_o passive_a and_o lawful_a active_a obedience_n and_o i_o suppose_v to_o stand_v at_o his_o tribunal_n if_o he_o summon_v the_o three_o estate_n upon_o treason_n to_o come_v before_o he_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o oath_n that_o royalist_n say_v bind_v all_o and_o be_v contradictory_n to_o fly_v arnisaeus_n a_o more_o learned_a jurist_n and_o divine_a then_o the_o p._n prelate_n answer_v the_o other_o maxim_n 10._o the_o end_n be_v worthy_a than_o the_o mean_a lead_n to_o the_o end_n because_o it_o be_v ordain_v for_o the_o end_n these_o mean_n say_v he_o which_o refer_v their_o whole_a nature_n to_o the_o end_n and_o have_v all_o their_o excellency_n from_o the_o end_n and_o have_v excellency_n from_o no_o other_o thing_n but_o from_o the_o end_n be_v less_o excellent_a than_o the_o end_n that_o be_v true_a such_o a_o end_n as_o medicine_n be_v for_o health_n and_o hugo_n grotius_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 8._o those_o mean_n which_o be_v only_o for_o the_o end_n &_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o end_n and_o be_v not_o for_o their_o own_o good_a also_o be_v of_o less_o excellency_n and_o inferior_a to_o the_o end_n but_o so_o the_o assumption_n be_v false_a but_o those_o mean_n which_o beside_o their_o relation_n to_o the_o end_n have_v a_o excellency_n of_o nature_n in_o themselves_o be_v not_o always_o inferior_a to_o the_o end_n the_o disciple_n as_o he_o be_v institute_v be_v inferior_a to_o the_o master_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o prince_n he_o be_v
above_o the_o master_n but_o by_o this_o reason_n the_o shepherd_n shall_v be_v inferior_a to_o bruit_v beast_n to_o sheep_n and_o the_o master_n of_o the_o family_n be_v for_o the_o family_n and_o refer_v all_o that_o he_o have_v for_o the_o entertain_n of_o the_o family_n but_o it_o follow_v not_o therefore_o the_o family_n be_v above_o he_o the_o form_n be_v for_o the_o action_n therefore_o the_o action_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o form_n and_o a_o accident_n than_o the_o subject_n or_o substance_n and_o grotius_n say_v every_o government_n be_v not_o for_o the_o good_a of_o another_o but_o some_o for_o its_o own_o good_a as_o the_o government_n of_o a_o master_n over_o the_o servant_n and_o the_o husband_n over_o the_o wife_n ans._n i_o take_v the_o answer_n thus_o those_o who_o be_v mere_a mean_n and_o only_o mean_v refer_v to_o the_o end_n they_o be_v inferior_a to_o the_o end_n but_o the_o king_n as_o king_n people_n have_v all_o his_o official_a and_o relative_a goodness_n in_o the_o world_n as_o relative_a to_o the_o end_n all_o that_o you_o can_v imagine_v to_o be_v in_o a_o king_n as_o a_o king_n be_v all_o relative_a to_o the_o safety_n and_o good_a of_o the_o people_n rom._n 13.4_o he_o be_v a_o minister_n for_o thy_o good_a he_o shall_v not_o as_o king_n make_v himself_o or_o his_o own_o gain_n and_o honour_n his_o end_n i_o grant_v the_o king_n as_o a_o man_n shall_v die_v as_o another_o man_n and_o so_o he_o may_v secondary_o intend_v his_o own_o good_a and_o what_o excellency_n he_o have_v as_o a_o man_n be_v the_o excellency_n of_o one_o mortal_a man_n and_o can_v make_v he_o amount_v in_o dignity_n and_o in_o the_o absolute_a consideration_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o a_o man_n to_o be_v above_o many_o man_n and_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n for_o the_o more_o good_a thing_n there_o be_v the_o better_a they_o be_v so_o the_o good_a thing_n be_v multiplicable_a as_o a_o hundred_o man_n be_v better_a than_o one_o otherwise_o if_o the_o good_a be_v such_o as_o can_v be_v multiply_v people_n as_o one_o god_n the_o multiplication_n make_v they_o worse_o as_o many_o god_n be_v inferior_a to_o one_o god_n now_o if_o royalist_n can_v show_v we_o any_o more_o in_o the_o king_n than_o these_o two_o we_o shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o they_o and_o in_o both_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o the_o whole_a the_o prelate_n and_o his_o follower_n will_v have_v the_o maxim_n to_o lose_v credit_n for_o then_o say_v they_o the_o shepherd_n shall_v be_v inferior_a to_o the_o sheep_n but_o in_o this_o the_o maxim_n fail_v indeed_o 1._o because_o the_o shepherd_n be_v a_o reasonable_a man_n and_o the_o sheep_n bruit_n beast_n and_o so_o must_v be_v excellent_a than_o all_o the_o flock_n of_o the_o world_n now_o as_o he_o be_v a_o reasonable_a man_n he_o be_v not_o a_o shepherd_n nor_o in_o that_o relation_n refer_v to_o the_o sheep_n and_o their_o preservation_n as_o a_o mean_a to_o the_o end_n but_o he_o be_v a_o shepherd_n by_o accident_n for_o the_o unrulinesse_n of_o the_o creature_n for_o man_n sin_n withdraw_v themselves_o from_o that_o natural_a dominion_n that_o man_n have_v over_o the_o creature_n before_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n in_o that_o relation_n of_o a_o mean_a to_o the_o end_n and_o so_o by_o accident_n be_v this_o official_a relation_n put_v on_o he_o and_o according_a to_o that_o official_a relation_n and_o by_o accident_n man_n be_v put_v to_o be_v a_o servant_n to_o the_o brutish_a creature_n and_o a_o mean_a to_o so_o base_a a_o end_n but_o all_o this_o prove_v he_o through_o man_n sin_n and_o by_o accident_n to_o be_v under_o the_o official_a relation_n of_o a_o mean_a to_o base_a creature_n than_o himself_o as_o to_o the_o end_n but_o not_o as_o a_o reasonable_a man_n but_o the_o king_n as_o king_n be_v a_o official_a and_o royal_a mean_a to_o this_o end_n that_o the_o people_n may_v lead_v a_o godly_a and_o peaceable_a life_n under_o he_o and_o this_o official_a relation_n be_v a_o accident_n be_v of_o less_o worth_a than_o the_o whole_a people_n as_o they_o be_v to_o be_v govern_v and_o i_o grant_v the_o king_n son_n in_o relation_n to_o blood_n and_o birth_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o his_o teacher_n but_o as_o he_o be_v teach_v he_o be_v inferior_a to_o his_o teacher_n but_o in_o both_o consideration_n the_o king_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o people_n for_o though_o he_o command_v the_o people_n and_o so_o have_v a_o executive_a power_n of_o law_n above_o they_o yet_o have_v they_o a_o fountain_n power_n above_o he_o because_o they_o make_v he_o king_n and_o in_o god_n intention_n he_o be_v give_v as_o king_n for_o their_o good_a according_a to_o that_o thou_o shall_v feed_v my_o people_n israel_n &_o that_o i_o give_v he_o for_o a_o leader_n of_o my_o people_n 4._o say_v the_o p._n prelate_n the_o constituent_a cause_n be_v excellent_a than_o the_o effect_n constitute_v where_o the_o constitution_n be_v voluntary_a 98._o and_o depend_v upon_o the_o free_a act_n of_o the_o will_n as_o when_o the_o king_n make_v a_o viceroy_n or_o a_o judge_n durante_fw-la beneplacito_fw-la during_o his_o free_a will_n but_o not_o when_o a_o man_n make_v over_o his_o right_n to_o another_o for_o then_o there_o shall_v be_v neither_o faith_n nor_o truth_n in_o covenant_n if_o people_n may_v make_v over_o their_o power_n to_o their_o king_n and_o retract_v and_o take_v back_o what_o they_o have_v once_o give_v one_o ans._n this_o be_v a_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n for_o it_o be_v deny_v that_o the_o people_n can_v absolute_o make_v away_o their_o whole_a power_n to_o the_o king_n it_o depend_v on_o the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v not_o destroy_v they_o give_v to_o the_o king_n a_o politic_a power_n for_o their_o own_o safety_n and_o they_o keep_v a_o natural_a power_n to_o themselves_o which_o they_o must_v conserve_v and_o can_v give_v away_o and_o they_o do_v not_o break_v their_o covenant_n when_o they_o put_v in_o act_n that_o natural_a power_n to_o conserve_v themselves_o for_o though_o the_o people_n shall_v give_v away_o that_o power_n and_o swear_v though_o the_o king_n shall_v kill_v they_o all_o they_o shall_v not_o resist_v nor_o defend_v their_o own_o life_n yet_o that_o be_v a_o oath_n against_o the_o six_o command_n which_o enjoin_v natural_a selfe-preservation_n it_o shall_v not_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n for_o it_o shall_v be_v intrinsical_o sinful_a and_o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o swear_v to_o non-self-preservation_n as_o to_o swear_v to_o self-murder_n 5._o if_o the_o people_n say_v the_o prelate_n beg_v the_o answer_n from_o barclay_n the_o constituent_a be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o the_o people_n above_o the_o king_n because_o they_o constitute_v he_o king_n then_o the_o county_n and_o corporation_n may_v make_v void_a all_o the_o commission_n give_v to_o the_o knight_n and_o burgess_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o 12._o and_o send_v other_o in_o their_o place_n and_o repeal_v their_o order_n therefore_o buchanan_n say_v that_o order_n and_o law_n in_o parliament_n be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d preparatorie_n consultationis_fw-la and_o have_v not_o the_o force_n of_o a_o law_n till_o the_o people_n give_v their_o consent_n and_o have_v their_o influence_n authoritative_a upon_o the_o statute_n and_o act_n of_o parliament_n but_o the_o observator_fw-la hold_v that_o the_o legislative_a power_n be_v whole_a and_o entire_a in_o the_o parliament_n but_o when_o the_o scot_n be_v prefer_v petition_n and_o declaration_n they_o put_v all_o power_n in_o the_o collective_a body_n and_o keep_v their_o distinct_a table_n ans._n there_o be_v no_o consequence_n here_o the_o county_n and_o incorporation_n that_o send_v commissioner_n to_o parliament_n may_v make_v void_a their_o commission_n and_o annul_v their_o act_n because_o they_o constitute_v they_o commissioner_n if_o they_o be_v unjust_a act_n they_o may_v disobey_v they_o and_o so_o disannul_v they_o but_o it_o 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