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honour_n	custom_n	render_v	tribute_n	3,126	5	11.2636	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30367	An enquiry into the present state of affairs and in particular, whether we owe allegiance to the King in these circumstances and whether we are bound to treat with him, and to call him back again, or not.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1689 (1689)	Wing B5812; ESTC R35456	9,042	12

ENQUIRY INTO THE Present State of Affairs And in particular Whether we owe Allegiance to the KING in these Circumstances And whether we are bound to Treat with Him and call Him back again or not Published by Authority 1. SInce the Subject that is now undertaken is of such vast consequence both to the Quiet of the Nation in General and to the settling of the Conscience of every man in it it shall be treated with all possible plainness and with that simplicity of Stile which may shew that the Writer intends rather to convince than to amuse or mislead his Reader It is certain That the Reciprocal Duties in Civil Societies are Protection and Allegiance and wheresoever the one fails wholly the other falls with it This is so true that in the only Government which is founded on the Law of Nature I mean the Authority of a Father over his Children if after a long course of rough and barbarous usage a Father goes about to destroy his Children they owe him no other regard but that of a due care of his Person for since their beeing was conveyed to them through him they are for ever bound to preserve that Life which gave beginning to theirs but as to their Service and Obedience they are without doubt absolved when a Father ceases to be a Father by becoming an Enemy This is much more true with relation to every Form of Political Government in which there is a mutual tye of Protection and Obedience according to that System of Government given by St Paul in his Epistle to the Romans Chap. 13. in the first seven Verses 1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers for there is no power but of God. The powers that b 〈…〉 ●…ained of God. 2. Whosoever therefore resis●… 〈…〉 resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall recei●… 〈◊〉 ●…lves damnation 3. For rulers are not a terror to g●… works but to the evil Wilt thou not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same 4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil 5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake 6. For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing 7. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour In these Words we have the Duty of the Magistrate as well as the Obedience of the Subject set forth and so mixt together that we must conclude that upon the total failing of the one the other does likewise cease 2. I suppose few will dispute the matter of Fact that the King being pushed on by his Zeal for a Religion that must by its nature first deceive and then destroy us was subverting this Establishment both with reference to our Religious and to our Temporal Concerns and that as this was carried on a great way even to the Subversion of our Government and Laws so it must have ended at last in the total Ruin of both and in the exchanging that Independent Freedom which is the present Glory as well as the Security of the Nation into a Subjection to a Forreign and Antichristian Yoke This being confessed by those for whom this Paper is written it were needless and might seem invidious to set about the proving of it In a word That which ought to have been our Security was become our greatest Danger as if the Cannon of a Fort th●… ought to point at the Enemy ●…re turn'd on the Inhabitants in which case how absolute soever the Authority of a Governor may be yet as soon as it appears that the Bulwarks in stead of being the Defences of the City are become Batteries to ruin it Nature will lead to a short way of Arguing And all men will forget that one is their Governour when they clearly see that he intends to turn their Destroyer 3. A King 's deserting his People and withdrawing both his Person and his Seals by which the Peace Justice and Order of the Nation are preserved does certainly warrant them to look to their own safety and preservation and when they are obliged to do this by ways and methods that are inconsistent with his Authority and that are so many Crimes if they stood still under any engagements to him then they must be considered as acquitted from all their Ties to him It is the Great Seal that is the head Spring of our Government as the King's Presence or the Presence of any that are Deputed by him gives life to it when then this disappears and the King withdraws himself without naming any Persons to Represent him the Government is certainly laid down and forsaken by him Indeed if any eminent present Danger or just fear tho a King can never be decently suspected of that had driven the King away it might seem a little too hard to urge this too much But when a Treaty was set on foot and when by the Proposals which the Prince had made and that came to the King the night before he left Whitehall the Power both Civil and Military the Army the Fleet the Forts and the Revenue were still left in his Hands and that the Princes Army was not to come within 30 Miles of him and that the Settlement of the Nation was referr'd to a Parliament which was that which the King seem'd to desire by his publick Declaration tho he shew'd his Averseness by destroying the Writs and when all that was proposed that can be called hard was only the executing the Law against Papists that were in Employments the giving the City of London some quiet from their just fears and the assigning the Pay for the Prince's 〈◊〉 all this being laid together 〈◊〉 plain that the King had no just ●…le cause of fear upon him and that therefore the withdrawing himself was the forsaking of his People which put them on the necessity of looking to their own safety in the best manner they could 4. It seems plain that our Allegiance being our tye to the King according to the constitution of this Government it is either entirely dissolved or it subsists still in its full vigour and force If it is entirely dissolved then we are under no obligations to the King and if that bond is once untied so that our Consciences are freed from it it will be a hard task to perswade men that they ought to return to it again If it stands in its full force then we ought to recal the King imploring only his Pardon for what is past without entering upon any previous Treaty or presuming to offer any Articles to him If it is said