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&_o according_o though_o a_o private_a man_n he_o repulse_v graechus_n with_o his_o complice_n so_o scipio_n africanus_n when_o the_o public_a treasury_n shall_v have_v be_v open_v for_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o the_o quaestor_n because_o they_o do_v think_v it_o forbid_v by_o law_n refuse_v it_o 7._o valer._n max._n li._n 3._o cap._n 2._o valer._n max._n li._n 3._o cap._n 7._o scipio_n isay_n be_v a_o private_a man_n take_v the_o key_n and_o open_v the_o treasury_n and_o make_v the_o law_n stoop_v to_o the_o public_a benefit_n nor_o will_v the_o irregularity_n of_o hinder_v magistrate_n from_o do_v unlawful_a act_n be_v less_o defensible_a 19.40.45_o 1_o sam._n 19.40.45_o the_o people_n act_n in_o rescue_v jonathan_n from_o saul_n will_v justify_v it_o they_o have_v profess_v their_o subjection_n to_o saul_n yet_o they_o hinder_v he_o from_o oppress_v his_o son_n who_o have_v wrought_v deliverance_n in_o israel_n the_o army_n then_o may_v well_o and_o lawful_o though_o extraordinary_o and_o therefore_o irregular_o in_o reference_n to_o ordinary_a rule_n hinder_v the_o member_n of_o the_o house_n from_o vote_v such_o a_o peace_n as_o will_v have_v oppress_v not_o only_o one_o but_o all_o our_o jonathans_n who_o have_v wrought_v deliverance_n for_o our_o israel_n 3_o non-scribers_a say_v that_o the_o army_n affirm_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a in_o their_o constitution_n before_o they_o be_v purge_v which_o may_v be_v thus_o answer_v that_o the_o army_n affirm_v the_o parliament_n moral_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a at_o that_o time_n because_o so_o many_o have_v shuffle_v themselves_o so_o far_o into_o the_o king_n interest_n as_o to_o prefer_v it_o before_o the_o public_a interest_n not_o political_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a 40._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 2._o page_n 40._o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o non-scribers_a shall_v be_v 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deposition_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n 28._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 21_o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d med._n 28._o with_o the_o act_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n as_o they_o do_v borrow_v this_o similitude_n from_o the_o late_a tyrant_n and_o fulfil_v the_o prediction_n of_o the_o publisher_n of_o that_o fine_a piece_n of_o hypocrisy_n vota_fw-la dabunt_fw-la quae_fw-la bella_fw-la negârunt_fw-la for_o 1._o moses_n be_v innocent_a in_o the_o administration_n of_o his_o government_n the_o king_n and_o lord_n betray_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o they_o 187._o in_o seditione_n enim_fw-la dvas_fw-la omninâ—_n part_n esse_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la contradictoriis_fw-la plerunque_fw-la certenâ—_n unius_fw-la justam_fw-la alterius_fw-la injustam_fw-la causal_n esse_fw-la consequitur_fw-la justa_n inquit_fw-la bartolas_n quae_fw-la tyrannicum_fw-la regimen_fw-la deponere_fw-la volet_fw-la injuâ—ta_fw-la quae_fw-la justum_fw-la 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have_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o the_o sin_n by_o the_o apostle_n there_o reprove_v be_v the_o put_v down_o of_o all_o magistracy_n in_o general_a not_o the_o depose_n of_o faulty_a magistrate_n or_o change_v inconvenient_a form_n for_o those_o that_o be_v better_o so_o that_o all_o non_fw-fr scriber_n big_a word_n be_v but_o bruta_fw-la fulmina_fw-la 8._o mr._n perkins_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o judas_n ver_fw-la 8._o yet_o the_o people_n of_o england_n may_v do_v well_o to_o take_v notice_n in_o what_o a_o miserable_a case_n their_o ecclesiastic_a and_o civil_a liberty_n be_v if_o such_o man_n as_o non-scribers_a domination_n be_v not_o strict_o limit_v and_o narrow_o confine_v but_o what_o will_v non-scribe_a say_v if_o i_o prove_v that_o the_o former_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v not_o depose_v or_o dispossess_v by_o the_o present_a power_n the_o constitution_n of_o this_o nation_n be_v a_o multiformed_a government_n say_v non-scribers_a and_o i_o add_v that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o just_a species_n it_o be_v of_o royalty_n optimacy_n and_o polity_n proper_o so_o call_v the_o power_n that_o be_v dispossess_v be_v tyranny_n of_o a_o scarlet_a
when_o they_o choose_v they_o to_o be_v their_o representative_n so_o that_o their_o power_n be_v not_o of_o themselves_o as_o calumniate_a non-scribers_a will_v persuade_v we_o neither_o will_n what_o they_o quote_v from_o the_o army_n declaration_n be_v of_o any_o avail_n to_o they_o we_o say_v with_o the_o army_n that_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o same_o representative_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v draw_v into_o ordinary_a precedent_n lest_o their_o power_n shall_v be_v corrupt_v by_o length_n of_o time_n yet_o in_o time_n of_o extraordinary_a danger_n when_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o people_n be_v disaffect_v to_o the_o mean_n of_o their_o own_o safety_n and_o election_n be_v like_a to_o be_v make_v of_o such_o as_o will_v return_v we_o it_o may_v be_v to_o our_o former_a slavery_n it_o be_v not_o unjust_a that_o power_n be_v continue_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o present_a faithful_a representative_n who_o yet_o be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o those_o that_o must_v ever_o continue_v in_o tâ—at_a power_n that_o which_o we_o engage_v to_o be_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n which_o intimate_v as_o be_v say_v before_o succession_n of_o representatives_n non-scribers_a add_v to_o prove_v the_o power_n unjust_a 30._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 30._o 1._o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o ancient_n and_o indubitable_a legal_a right_n and_o tithe_n of_o the_o king_n prince_n and_o peer_n to_o their_o respective_a hereditary_a dignity_n and_o power_n to_o this_o may_v be_v answer_v 1._o that_o those_o power_n and_o dignity_n in_o their_o first_o institution_n be_v not_o hereditary_a this_o have_v be_v prove_v already_o and_o further_o thing_n proper_o transmittable_a from_o father_n to_o son_n as_o inheritance_n be_v only_o bona_fw-la fortunae_fw-la 29.22_o 1_o chron._n 23.1_o with_o 1_o chron._n 29.22_o kingdom_n and_o dignity_n be_v not_o so_o communicable_a solomon_n be_v no_o king_n till_o the_o people_n have_v the_o second_o time_n anoint_v he_o notwithstanding_o his_o designation_n by_o his_o father_n ahaziah_n notwithstanding_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n and_o elder_a brethren_n 22.1_o 2_o chron._n 22.1_o be_v not_o king_n till_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n have_v make_v he_o so_o 76._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la quest_n 10._o pag._n 76._o nor_o do_v the_o settle_v the_o kingdom_n succession_n upon_o a_o line_n by_o a_o law_n make_v the_o kingdom_n the_o king_n inheritance_n arnisaeus_n say_v that_o the_o son_n have_v not_o the_o right_a of_o reign_v as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n but_o as_o a_o propriety_n give_v he_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o his_o parent_n which_o assertion_n say_v mr._n rutherford_n be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o say_v the_o son_n have_v not_o the_o right_a of_o reign_v as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n but_o as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n which_o be_v good_a nonsense_n for_o the_o propriety_n of_o reign_v give_v from_o father_n to_o son_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o right_a to_o reign_v give_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o very_a gift_n and_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n he_o add_v many_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o kingdom_n go_v not_o as_o a_o heritage_n from_o father_n to_o son_n to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v junius_n brutus_n who_o deny_v 3._o vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quaest_n 3._o and_o that_o upon_o good_a ground_n that_o the_o king_n be_v either_o proprietary_n or_o so_o much_o as_o the_o usufructuary_n of_o his_o kingdom_n much_o less_o have_v he_o such_o a_o interest_n in_o it_o as_o a_o man_n have_v in_o his_o inheritance_n a_o inheritance_n may_v be_v sell_v pawn_v change_v 10._o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 4._o §._o 10._o none_o of_o these_o can_v be_v attempt_v by_o a_o king_n to_o be_v do_v to_o his_o kingdom_n without_o lose_v his_o right_n to_o it_o for_o the_o lord_n mr._n rutherford_n say_v that_o the_o king_n can_v make_v heritable_a judge_n more_o than_o he_o can_v communicate_v faculty_n and_o part_n of_o judge_v i_o doubt_v riches_n be_v of_o father_n but_o not_o promotion_n etc._n etc._n honour_n be_v proper_o the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n and_o consequent_o not_o proper_o communicable_a to_o posterity_n our_o lord_n be_v at_o first_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n and_o ennoble_v for_o their_o virtue_n 2._o though_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o the_o king_n have_v the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o lord_n their_o dignity_n as_o inheritance_n yet_o the_o right_n to_o a_o inheritance_n may_v be_v lose_v may_v be_v seize_v where_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v conscience_n man_n may_v not_o bind_v themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n but_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v any_o nation_n irrevocable_a to_o any_o royal_a line_n or_o form_n of_o government_n ergo_fw-la no_o nation_n can_v bind_v their_o conscience_n 78._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la que_fw-fr 10._o pa._n 78._o or_o the_o conscience_n of_o posterity_n either_o to_o one_o royal_a line_n or_o irrevocable_o and_o unalterable_o to_o monarchy_n 178._o superior_a verò_fw-la universus_fw-la populus_fw-la quÃve_fw-la eum_fw-la repraesentant_fw-la vindicae_n contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quae._n 3._o p._n 178._o so_o mr._n rutherford_n junius_n brutus_n tell_v we_o that_o a_o tyrant_n do_v in_o populum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o feudi_fw-la dominum_fw-la feloniam_fw-la committere_fw-la commit_v felony_n against_o the_o people_n as_o against_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o fee_n and_o add_v from_o bartolus_n that_o he_o may_v be_v depose_v and_o punish_v by_o his_o superior_a and_o his_o superior_a be_v the_o whole_a people_n or_o they_o that_o represent_v they_o treason_n according_a to_o our_o law_n taint_v the_o blood_n and_o make_v the_o child_n of_o traitor_n uncapable_a to_o succeed_v in_o any_o thing_n of_o inheritance_n the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v as_o much_o subject_n to_o law_n as_o any_o private_a subject_n 34._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 1._o pag_n 34._o though_o in_o exhibendo_fw-la jure_fw-la he_o be_v maximus_fw-la yet_o in_o suscipiendo_fw-la jure_fw-la say_v bracton_n in_o mr._n prinne_n minimus_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la comparatur_fw-la he_o be_v to_o be_v obedient_a to_o suffer_v right_a as_o well_o as_o other_o of_o his_o people_n say_v another_o lawyer_n out_o of_o the_o mirror_n a_o ancient_a law-book_n no_o wrong_v therefore_o be_v do_v to_o king_n or_o prince_n 31._o right_n of_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 31._o they_o have_v commit_v treason_n against_o their_o own_o crown_n and_o dignity_n by_o raise_v war_n against_o their_o people_n and_o so_o fall_v from_o all_o right_n to_o their_o hereditary_a dignity_n have_v it_o be_v true_a that_o naboth_n have_v blaspheme_v god_n and_o the_o king_n it_o have_v be_v no_o sin_n in_o ahab_n to_o have_v seize_v upon_o his_o vineyard_n though_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o father_n non-scribers_a brethren_n that_o call_v themselves_o a_o pack_n of_o old_a puritan_n show_v themselves_o to_o be_v a_o pack_n of_o episcopaturient_n parafite_n by_o their_o make_v the_o king_n as_o innocent_a as_o naboth_n and_o the_o kingdom_n as_o much_o his_o inheritance_n as_o naboth_n vineyard_n be_v to_o he_o the_o lord_n also_o by_o deny_v concurrence_n with_o the_o commons_o in_o proceed_n against_o the_o tyrant_n and_o his_o friend_n betray_v as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o be_v deserve_o remove_v from_o that_o authority_n they_o have_v the_o great_a charter_n say_v nulli_fw-la negabimus_fw-la nulli_fw-la vendemus_fw-la nulli_fw-la differemus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la the_o lord_n deny_v justice_n break_v that_o which_o be_v if_o any_o be_v a_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o for_o that_o be_v just_o punish_v by_o the_o commons_o their_o superior_n a_o judge_n delay_v or_o deny_v justice_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o office_n and_o why_o not_o the_o lord_n who_o office_n if_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o officer_n who_o have_v nec_fw-la munus_fw-la nec_fw-la usum_fw-la be_v judicial_a only_o as_o be_v show_v before_o 2._o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o 31._o plea_n etc._n etc._n p._n 31._o but_o to_o prove_v that_o they_o bring_v nothing_o but_o the_o cram_n bis_fw-la cocta_fw-la of_o the_o engagement_n of_o the_o declaration_n of_o april_n 17._o 1646._o the_o put_v of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o house_n upon_o a_o part_n and_o the_o prostitution_n of_o privilege_n all_o which_o have_v be_v speak_v to_o already_o 3._o that_o it_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o people_n scotos_fw-gr plea_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o civium_fw-la numero_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la habendi_fw-la violatores_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la humanae_fw-la societatis_fw-la aut_fw-la certà _fw-la proditores_fw-la buchanan_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr 1._o in_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o ancient_a authority_n &_o impose_v a_o new_a
assertion_n i_o have_v show_v before_o king_n of_o politic_a kingdom_n as_o england_n be_v in_o fortescue_n judgement_n can_v change_v the_o law_n 37._o 2_o chronicle_n 21.10_o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part._n page_n 37._o but_o the_o people_n be_v to_o be_v rule_v by_o law_n only_o of_o their_o own_o make_n if_o the_o representative_n of_o the_o people_n have_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o power_n over_o their_o magistrate_n and_o have_v exercise_v in_o it_o almost_o all_o nation_n and_o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o england_n rest_v in_o they_o they_o have_v a_o power_n sufficient_a to_o take_v away_o the_o king_n and_o house_n of_o lord_n and_o the_o power_n that_o be_v take_v away_o by_o their_o lawful_a superior_n be_v no_o power_n nor_o do_v any_o tie_n lie_v upon_o their_o quondam_a subject_n to_o obey_v they_o what_o they_o add_v ex_fw-la abundanti_fw-la 13.7_o eccles_n 5.1_o 2_o 3._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 41._o rom._n 13.7_o to_o prove_v the_o power_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n still_o to_o remain_v be_v from_o such_o abundance_n as_o their_o sacrifice_n be_v who_o voice_n be_v know_v by_o a_o multitude_n of_o word_n indeed_o mere_a battology_n they_o say_v 1._o the_o sanction_n of_o that_o government_n from_o god_n be_v not_o disannul_v they_o busy_a themselves_o to_o find_v out_o a_o way_n how_o it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v dissolve_v i_o shall_v tell_v they_o 42._o obedientia_fw-la limitari_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la secundùm_fw-la limit_n potestatis_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la superior_a praecipiens_fw-la medulla_n theol._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o thes_n 54._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 42._o god_n command_v obedience_n to_o power_n command_v to_o give_v every_o one_o their_o due_a and_o learned_a aim_n will_v tell_v they_o that_o obedience_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v limit_v according_a to_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o superior_a command_a whence_o he_o conclude_v that_o the_o bond_n of_o obedience_n to_o a_o inferior_a power_n cease_v when_o the_o superior_a power_n command_v it_o not_o to_o be_v obey_v we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v then_o that_o the_o sanction_n of_o obedience_n to_o king_n and_o lord_n be_v disannul_v by_o the_o take_n away_o of_o their_o office_n by_o the_o representatives_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n their_o lawful_a superior_n 2._o they_o will_v persuade_v we_o that_o the_o original_a constitution_n of_o the_o people_n in_o king_n lord_n and_o commons_o coordinate_a be_v not_o make_v void_a but_o the_o people_n never_o constitute_v such_o a_o lordly_a king_n and_o kingly_a lord_n as_o they_o dream_v of_o they_o never_o give_v they_o a_o joint_a power_n with_o themselves_o non-scribers_a be_v pitiful_o mistake_v in_o say_v that_o the_o people_n choose_v their_o delegate_n to_o consult_v and_o concurrent_o act_v with_o the_o king_n in_o parliament_n they_o be_v choose_v ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la as_o the_o writ_n of_o summons_n speak_v to_o make_v law_n for_o king_n and_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o other_o not_o to_o be_v only_a councillor_n or_o concurrent_a actor_n with_o they_o for_o their_o reason_n which_o they_o say_v they_o will_v produce_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o people_n to_o depose_v their_o supreme_a magistrate_n they_o will_v be_v very_o impertinent_a at_o the_o present_a for_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n be_v not_o depose_v as_o long_o as_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o stand_v and_o i_o doubt_v unconclusive_a unless_o they_o full_o answer_v what_o mr._n rutherford_n and_o mr._n prinne_n two_o of_o their_o own_o friend_n have_v say_v in_o assert_v the_o people_n power_n in_o that_o particular_a 3._o law_n say_v they_o be_v not_o repeal_v that_o give_v the_o sway_n of_o government_n to_o certain_a person_n and_o their_o issue_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o such_o law_n 43._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 43._o if_o such_o there_o be_v be_v at_o lestwise_o virtual_o repeal_v in_o the_o 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