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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41307	Observations concerning the original and various forms of government as described, viz. 1st. Upon Aristotles politiques. 2d. Mr. Hobbs's Laviathan. 3d. Mr. Milton against Salmatius. 4th. Hugo Grotius De jure bello. 5th. Mr. Hunton's Treatise of monarchy, or the nature of a limited or mixed monarchy / by the learned Sir R. Filmer, Barronet ; to which is added the power of kings ; with directions for obedience to government in dangerous and doubtful times.	Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.	1696 (1696)	Wing F920; ESTC R32803	252,891	546

lawful to proceed against him by way of Fact or Force For question is not here what men are able to do by Strength and Force but what they ought of Right to do as not whether the Subject have Power and Strength but whether they have lawful Power to Condemn their Soveraign Prince The Subject is not only guilty of Treason in the highest Degree who hath Slain his Soveraign Prince but even he also which hath Attempted the same who hath given Counsel or Consent thereto yea if he have Concealed the same or but so much as Thought it Which Fact the Laws have in such Detestation as that when a man guilty of any Offence or Crime dyeth before he be condemned thereof he is deemed to have died in whole and perfect Estate except he have conspired against the Life and Dignity of his Soveraign Prince This only thing they have thought to be such as that for which he may worthily seem to have been now already judged and Condemned yea even before he was thereof Accused And albeit the Laws inflict no Punishment upon the Evil Thoughts of men but on those only which by Word or Deed break out into some Enormity yet if any man shall so much as conceit a Thought for the Violating of the Person of his Soveraign Prince although he have Attempted nothing they have yet Judged this same Thought worthy of Death notwithstanding what Repentance soever he have had thereof Lest any men should think Kings or Princes themselves to have been the Authors of these Laws so the more straitly to provide for their own Safety and Honour let us see the Laws and Examples of Holy Scripture Nabuchodonosor King of Assyria with Fire and Sword destroyed all the Country of Palestina besieged Jerusalem took it rob'd and razed it down to the ground burnt the Temple and defiled the Sanctuary of God slew the King with the greatest part of the people carrying away the rest into Captivity into Babylon caused the Image of himself made in Gold to be set up in Publick place commanding all men to Adore and Worship the same upon pain of being Burnt alive and caused them that refused so to do to be cast into a burning Furnace And yet for all that the holy Prophets Baruch 1. Jeremy 29. directing their Letters unto their Brethren the Jews then in Captivity in Babylon will them to pray unto God for the good and happy Life of Nabuchodonosor and his Children and that they might so long Rule and Reign over them as the Heavens should endure Yea even God himself doubted not to call Nabuchodonosor his Servant saying That he would make him the most Mighty Prince of the world and yet was there never a more detestable Tyrant than he who not contented to be Himself Worshipped but caused his Image also to be Adored and that upon pain of being burnt quick We have another rare Example of Saul who possessed with an evil Spirit caused the Priests of the Lord to be without just Cause slain for that one of them had received David flying from him and did what in his power was to kill or cause to be kill'd the same David a most innocent Prince by whom he had got so many Victories at which time he fell twice himself into David's Hands who blamed of his Souldiers for that he would not suffer his so mortal Enemy then in his power to be Slain being in assured Hope to have enjoyed the Kingdom after his Death he detested their Counsel saying God forbid that I should suffer the Person of a King the Lords Anointed to be violated Yea he himself defended the same King persecuting of him whenas he commanded the Souldiers of his Guard overcome by Wine and Sleep to be wakened And at such time as Saul was slain and that a Souldier thinking to do David a pleasure presented him with Saul's Head David caused the same Souldier to be Slain which had brought him the Head saying Go thou Wicked How durst thou lay thy impure Hands upon the Lords Anointed Thou shalt surely Die therefore And afterwards without all Dissimulation mourned Himself for the dead King All which is worth good consideration for David was by Saul prosecuted to Death and yet wanted not Power to have revenged Himself being become Stronger than the King besides he was the Chosen of God and Anointed by Samuel to be King and had Married the King's Daughter And yet for all that he abhorred to take upon him the Title of a King and much more to Attempt any thing against the Life or Honour of Saul or to Rebel against him but chose rather to Banish himself out of the Realm than in any sort to seek the Kings Destruction We doubt not but David a King and a Prophet led by the Spirit of God had always before his Eyes the Law of God Exod. 22.28 Thou shalt not speak Evil of thy Prince nor detract the Magistrate neither is there any thing more common in Holy Scripture than the forbidding not only to Kill or Attempt the Life or Honour of a Prince but even for the very Magistrates although saith the Scripture They be Wicked and Naught The Protestant Princes of Germany before they entred into Arms against Charles the Emperour demanded of Martin Luther if it were Lawful for them so to do or not who frankly told them That it was not Lawful whatsoever Tyranny or Impiety were pretended yet was he not therein by them Believed so thereof ensued a Deadly and most Lamentable War the End whereof was most Miserable drawing with it the Ruine of many great and noble Houses of Germany with exceeding slaughter of the Subjects The Prince whom you may justly call the Father of the Country ought to be to every man Dearer and more Reverend than any Father as one Ordained and Sent unto us by God The Subject is never to be suffered to Attempt any thing against the Prince how Naughty and Cruel soever he be lawful it is not to obey him in things contrary to the Laws of God to Flie and Hide our selves from him but yet to suffer Stripes yea and Death also rather than to Attempt any thing against his Life and Honour O how many Tyrants should there be if it should be lawful for Subjects to kill Tyrants How many good and innocent Princes should as Tyrants perish by the Conspiracy of their Subjects against them He that should of his Subjects but exact Subsidies should be then as the Vulgar People esteem him a Tyrant He that should Rule and Command contrary to the good Liking of the People should be a Tyrant He that should keep strong Guards and Garrisons for the safety of his Person should be a Tyrant He that should put to death Traitors and Conspirators against his State should be also counted a Tyrant How should good Princes be assured of their Lives if under colour of Tyranny they might be Slain by their Subjects by whom they ought to be