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england_n	affection_n	best_a	good_a	51	3	2.1086	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01426	Edinburgh, at the Parliament-House, February 13. 1661.	Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1629-1685	1661 (1661)	Wing A3653A; ESTC R172501	11,740	10

always undeniable but when there is no lawful Magistrat exercising power and authority in a Nation but an invading Usurper in possession esteeming former Laws Crimes In such a case I say the safety of the people is the Supream Law Maxim 3. There is another Maxim which is not questioned by any and it is Necessity has no Law for even the Moral Law of God yields to it and Christ's Disciples in Davids example For this Seneca sayes Necessity the defence of humane imbecility breaks every Law Nam necessitas legum irridet vincula Necessity scorns the setters of Laws So he that answers that Libel The long Parliament revived speaking of this last Parliament which his Majesty calls a blessed healing Parliament he says the necessity to have it may dispense with some formalities so Ravenella so much esteemed in matters of Scripture after he has divided necessity in absolute and hypothetick makes that of submitting to Powers of absolute necessity Josephus also my Lord that famous Historian when he mentioned Davids speech to his Children after he had made Solomon being but younger brother King he exhorts them to unity among themselves and submission to him and his Authority for if it should please God to bring a forraign sword amongst you you must submit to them much more then to him who is your brother and one of your own Nation Maxim 4. There is another Maxim my Lord Inter arma silent leges and it is well known that divers retours and other things in Scotland were done in consideration of times of Peace and times of War Maxim 5. Another Maxim Ex duobus malis minimum eligendum est cum unum eorum nequeunt evitari says Aristotle Cicero and Quintilian cum diversa mala inter se comparantur minimum eorum locum boni occupat Maxim 6. There is another Maxim No mans intention must be judged by the event of any Action there being oftentimes so wide a difference betwixt the condition of a Work and the intention of the Worker Maxim 7. I shall only add another Maxim It cannot be esteemed Virtue to abstain from Vice but where it is in our power to commit the Vice and we meet with a Temptation As I have named shortly some few Maxims my Lord I shall humbly tender some weighty Considerations to your Lordships thoughts Consider 1. The first Consideration is That there is different Considerations to be had of Subjects actions when their lawful Magistrat is in the exercise of his Authority by himself or others lawfully constituted by him and when there is no King in Israel Consider 2. The second is That there is a different Consideration betwixt the subjects actions when the lawful Magistrat is in the Nation and when he is put from it and so forced to leave the people to the prevalent power of a Forraign Sword and the Invader in possession of Authority Consider 3. Thirdly That there is a difference betwixt Subjects actions even with the Invading Usurper after the Representatives of a Nation have submitted to and accepted of their Authority and Government and they in possession several Years the Nation acknowledging their Constitutions and all the Lawyers pressing and pleading them as Laws Consider 4. Fourthly The actions of Subjects are to be considered when assisting the lawful Magistrat to their power and never submitting to the invading Usurper until they were prisoners and could do no better Consider 5. Fifthly That there is likewise consideration to be had of the actions of such Subjects being still prisoners upon demand under Articles to that purpose Consider 6. Sixtly It is to be considered likewise of the actions of such a Subject who was particularly noticed and persecuted by the Invader for his affection to the lawful Magistrat and his Government Consider 7. Seventhly It is to be considered that there is a great difference betwixt Actions done ad lucrum captandum and those done ad damnum evitandum that is to say Actions to procure Benefit and Actions to shun detriment Consider 8. Eightly It is to be considered that there hath ever been a favourable consideration had by any Prince of any person coming voluntarly and casting himself upon a Princes Clemency Consider 9. Ninthly It is to be considered that his Majesty himself hath a gracious natural Inclination unto Clemency and Mercy which hath been so abundantly manifested to his Subjects in England even to all except to some of the immediat Murtherers of his Royal Father that it cannot be doubted that the same will be wanting to his People in Scotland who suffered by them whom his Majesty hath graciously pardoned even for their dutiful Service and affection to his Majesty Therefore without thought of any prejudice to the Parliament or this Honourable Meeting I must make use of my Lord Chancellor of England his words though in another case saying There cannot too much evil befal those who do the best they can to corrupt his Majesties good Nature and to extinguish his Clemency For his Majesties self declared his Natural Inclination to Clemency in his Speech to both his Houses of Parliament in England whom he hath with all his people conjured desired and commanded to abolish all Notes of Discord Separations and difference of Parties and to lay aside all other Animosities and the memory of past Provocations and to return to a perfect Vnity amongst themselves under his Majesties Protections which is hoped all your Lordships will concur in having so worthy a Pattern to follow And as these are his Majesties Inclinations exprest so it is suitable to the Arms he bears as King of Scotland which is the Lyon whose Motto is known to all Nobilis est ira Leonis Parcere subjectis debellare superbos Which is to say To vanquish and subdue the Proud and spare such as are submissive of the which Number I am one And for that effect in all Humility present this humble Submission to his Majesty and your Grace my Lord Commissioner in his Majesties Name