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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07224	Reasons monarchie. Set forth by Robert Mason of Lincolnes Inne Gent	Mason, Robert, 1571-1635.	1602 (1602)	STC 17621; ESTC S101429	39,949	156

REASONS Monarchie Set forth by Robert Mason of Lincolnes Inne Gent. 3. Tuscul Munus animi est ratione vti LONDON Printed by Valentine Sims dwelling on Adling hill at the signe of the white Swanne 1602. To the right Honorable sir Iohn Popham knight Lord chiefe Iustice of England one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Counsell and to the rest of the Iustices of Assise RIght Honorable as Aeneas in his most distressed estate sought succour of Queene Dido So doth reason in her more than halfe exiled condition implore your Honors assistance If there be charitable duetie to defend the Jnnocent from oppression there is no lesse to ayde Reason against the deprauers of her sinceritie and obscurers of her worthinesse Vnder God our most gratious Queene Defendresse of the Faith vnder them both you are vpholders of Reasons Monarchie To your religious honourable and vertuous protectiōs therfore haue J aduentured to present her Dignitie knowing you regard her excellencie no lesse thogh it want glorious ornamēts than Darius did the friendship of Zopirus in his mangled and miserable seeming disaster Patronize J beseech you his labour and pardon his boldenesse that most humbly praieth continuance and increase of honour and happinesse to your Lordship Your Lordships in all duetie Ro M To the Reader THe farre traueller by Sea vseth his Carde and Instruments all his indeuoure to finde out the course of a long and dangerous voiage Wherein the vncertaintie of the thing hee seeketh causeth him often to faile his purpose But in this course which I direct the Reader shall not haue occasion to aduenture any such hazard albeit the matter sought be as precious as whatsoeuer Reason which euerie man should lodge in his owne bosome is it which I aduise to be enquired whereof as men by their originall natures doo participate so ought they by their reasonable Discretions gouerne the whole course of their liues Her excellencie can not in wordes bee expressed which causeth her rudiments to bee so slenderly followed Reason is in the son of God perfect pure true But in men corrupted what is there that she doeth not in some measure search into Her viewe pearceth into the earth and all the Elements The powers of heauen and Angels into all things that may be comprehended with vnderstanding And farther euen into things that are mysticall aboue the compasse of her selfe For though shee cannot reach into the depth of eternitie and the sauing of soules yet she bringeth to the knowledge of God and beliefe in his mercies whereby this saluation is wrought being a mysterie farre aboue the capacitie of men Whatsoeuer concerneth vs either in regard of this present world or otherwise Reason sheweth that it was possible to Gods power agreeable to his Iustice and mercie answerable to his will and promises and beseeming his glory behouefull to manifest our basenesse necessarie for our welfare By her powerfull argument she is able to put vngodlines it selfe to silence wherupon it is fitly concluded that credit is not to be giuen to the outward person but to the diuine thing within the person whereby is meant Reason whose originall purenes is in some measure hereafter discouered That this right Reason is corrupted in men none can doubt if they behold themselues truely what they are in respect of what they should be Wherfore if Salomon therby found out the imperfections of his life and hath not spared to leaue to the publike view of the worlde his errors manifested and the striuing hee had to reforme the same no man hath Reason to be ashamed secretly and priuately in the closet of his owne hart to view his digressions and slidings from reason and indeuor the composing of his actions to the rule and order of Reason Intreating of these things I haue rather bent my selfe to satisfie the Reader out of the opinion of the learned Reason her selfe then vpon any imaginations of mine owne I pray thee therefore take in good part my labor good will giue the subiect wherof I intreate thy furtherance howsoeuer thou mayest bee pleased with the maner of handling And let me desire as Iustus Lipsius in his booke of Constancie that thou wilt reade twise before thou once censure it and I shall be beholding for thy paines and wish part of all Gods good blessings towards thee Farewell Thy euer wel willing friend R. M. Hexasticon amici cuiusdam Dent alij mentis vanae deliria vana Tu Masone tuis vtile dulce dabis Lumine tu coecos moestos solamine vero Imbuis errantes turatione regis Viue studeto vale rationis diuite vena Et dote ingenij perge beare tuos REASONS Monarchie Sect. I. The dignitie of right Reason AS I intend not in this Discourse to meddle with matters of State and gouernement of Countries and Kingdomes being farre aboue my iudgement Yet am I bolde to make some discouerie of the vnderstanding of right and vncorrupt reason and of her excellent qualitie place and condition and the dominion and authoritie shee ought to haue ouer the affections passions and actions of euerie particular man which being truely knowne men may the better containe themselues in obedience and duety to authoritie and commaunde This labour I hold my selfe bound to vndergo by the lawes of God of nature and of my countrie lest I should otherwise charge my selfe with an idle imploying of my leysure Because Reason is a qualitie which euery man challengeth to inioy by a proper and peculiar fruition in himselfe solely by the course of his originall deduced nature from the beginning of all antiquities echone holding an vnremouable opinion that the courses and directiōs which they take in hand proceede of Reason and are warranted thereby Yet for that it is most apparant that corruption is entered into the nature of man and their mindes and reason are impaired from that ancient primarie perfection wherewith the first created man was endued it shall be very necessary that all men very aduisedly and with deepe consideration search and examine themselues concerning this point that finding their errours they may the better and more aduisedly reforme their faultes Right and true Reason as it ought to haue a gouernment generall so doth it teach how to gouerne particulars and by teaching gouernment it instructs howe to obey which is one speciall marke I aime at For if she as the true Princes and Queene beare the Regall and Monarcall place and onely she ought to raigne ouer all passions and affections then no doubt but she hath or should haue many Subiects that ought to be disciplined gouerned and kept in order by her authoritie the repugning whereof is a kinde of rebellion If this be a true position Regnum est parcere subiectis debellare superbos This couclusion must rightly follow that all those either affections passions or fancies which stubbornly oppose themselues against their Prince or reuolt from their dutie ought to be corrected