such_o constitution_n of_o he_o can_v be_v repeal_v and_o make_v void_a but_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o with_o his_o consent_n but_o we_o say_v that_o he_o may_v prescribe_v or_o consent_v to_o such_o a_o method_n in_o the_o form_n and_o make_v these_o law_n that_o be_v once_o make_v by_o he_o he_o can_v but_o in_o the_o same_o form_n repeal_n or_o alter_v they_o and_o he_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o justice_n to_o observe_v and_o perform_v this_o contract_n and_o he_o can_v break_v it_o or_o absolve_v himself_o from_o the_o observation_n of_o it_o without_o violation_n of_o justice_n and_o any_o far_a obligation_n upon_o he_o then_o of_o justice_n i_o discourse_v not_o of_o for_o the_o better_a clear_n of_o this_o to_o that_o kind_n of_o reason_n by_o which_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v sway_v let_v we_o suppose_v this_o sovereignty_n to_o reside_v and_o be_v fix_v in_o a_o assembly_n of_o man_n in_o which_o kind_n of_o government_n it_o be_v possible_a to_o find_v more_o mark_n and_o footstep_n of_o such_o a_o depute_v and_o assign_v of_o interest_n as_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v full_a of_o than_o we_o can_v possible_o imagine_v in_o the_o original_a institution_n of_o monarchy_n if_o the_o sovereign_a power_n be_v depute_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o fifteen_o and_o any_o vacant_a place_n to_o be_v supply_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n that_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o first_o fifteen_o may_v there_o not_o at_o that_o time_n of_o the_o election_n certain_a rule_n be_v prescribe_v i_o do_v not_o say_v condition_n for_o the_o better_a exercise_n of_o that_o sovereign_a power_n and_o by_o the_o accept_n the_o power_n thus_o explain_v do_v not_o the_o sovereign_n though_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o oath_n administer_v for_o the_o observation_n thereof_o which_o be_v a_o circumstance_n admit_v by_o most_o monarch_n tacit_o covenant_n that_o he_o will_v observe_v those_o rule_n and_o if_o he_o do_v wilful_o decline_v those_o rule_n do_v he_o not_o break_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o he_o i_o do_v not_o say_v forfeit_a the_o trust_n as_o if_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v at_o a_o end_n but_o break_v that_o trust_n violate_v that_o justice_n he_o shall_v observe_v if_o the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o fifteen_o shall_v raise_v a_o imposition_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o they_o shall_v appoint_v this_o whole_a imposition_n to_o be_v pay_v only_o by_o those_o who_o name_n be_v thomas_n when_o thomas_n be_v before_o in_o no_o more_o prejudice_n with_o the_o commonwealth_n than_o any_o other_o appellation_n in_o baptism_n may_v not_o this_o inequality_n be_v call_v a_o violation_n of_o justice_n and_o a_o breach_n of_o trust_n since_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o such_o a_o irregular_a authority_n be_v ever_o commit_v to_o any_o man_n or_o man_n by_o any_o deputation_n of_o the_o prerogative_n of_o necessity_n to_o swerve_v from_o rule_n prescribe_v or_o to_o violate_v law_n tho_o swear_v to_o shall_v be_v speak_v to_o in_o its_o due_a time_n it_o need_v not_o be_v suppose_v but_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o the_o law_n of_o every_o country_n contain_v more_o in_o they_o concern_v the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o the_o common_a administration_n of_o justice_n to_o the_o people_n then_o can_v be_v know_v to_o and_o understand_v by_o the_o person_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o he_o can_v as_o well_o fight_v all_o his_o battle_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o sword_n as_o determine_v all_o cause_n of_o right_a by_o his_o own_o tongue_n and_o understanding_n the_o consequence_n of_o any_o confusion_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n can_v suppose_v will_v not_o be_v more_o pernicious_a then_o that_o which_o will_v follow_v the_o blow_n away_o all_o these_o maxim_n of_o the_o law_n if_o the_o king_n breath_n be_v strong_a enough_o to_o do_v it_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o the_o law_n as_o be_v say_v before_o that_o the_o elder_a son_n shall_v inherit_v and_o that_o if_o three_o or_o four_o female_n be_v heir_n the_o inheritance_n shall_v be_v equal_o divide_v between_o they_o do_v mr._n hobbes_n believe_v that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o king_n have_v power_n to_o change_v this_o course_n and_o to_o appoint_v that_o all_o the_o son_n shall_v divide_v the_o estate_n and_o the_o elder_a daughter_n inherit_v alone_o and_o must_v not_o all_o the_o confusion_n imaginable_a attend_v such_o a_o mutation_n all_o government_n subsist_v and_o be_v establish_v by_o firmness_n and_o constancy_n by_o every_o man_n know_v what_o be_v his_o right_n to_o enjoy_v and_o what_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v and_o it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a method_n to_o make_v this_o government_n more_o perfect_a and_o more_o durable_a by_o introduce_v such_o a_o incertainty_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v know_v what_o he_o be_v to_o do_v nor_o what_o he_o be_v to_o suffer_v but_o that_o he_o who_o be_v sovereign_a to_o morrow_n may_v cancel_v and_o dissolve_v all_o that_o be_v do_v or_o consent_v to_o by_o the_o sovereign_n who_o be_v yesterday_o or_o by_o himself_o as_o often_o as_o he_o change_v his_o mind_n it_o be_v the_o king_n office_n to_o cause_v his_o law_n to_o be_v execute_v and_o to_o compel_v his_o subject_n to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o they_o and_o in_o order_n thereunto_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o learned_a judge_n to_o interpret_v those_o law_n and_o to_o declare_v the_o intention_n of_o they_o who_o pag._n 140_o by_o a_o artificial_a perfection_n of_o reason_n get_v by_o long_a study_n and_o experience_n in_o the_o law_n must_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v more_o competent_a for_o that_o determination_n than_o mr._n hobbes_n can_v be_v for_o the_o alteration_n of_o law_n and_o government_n by_o the_o artificial_a reason_n he_o have_v attain_v to_o by_o long_a study_n of_o arithmetic_n and_o geometry_n no_o eminent_a lawyer_n have_v ever_o say_v that_o the_o two_o arm_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v force_n and_o justice_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v in_o the_o king_n the_o other_o deposit_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o parliament_n but_o all_o lawyer_n know_v that_o they_o be_v equal_o deposit_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n and_o that_o all_o justice_n be_v administer_v by_o he_o and_o in_o his_o name_n and_o all_o man_n acknowledge_v that_o all_o the_o law_n be_v his_o law_n his_o consent_n and_o authority_n only_o give_v the_o power_n and_o name_n of_o a_o law_n what_o concurrence_n or_o formality_n soever_o have_v contribute_v towards_o it_o the_o question_n only_o be_v whether_o he_o can_v repeal_v or_o vacate_v such_o a_o law_n without_o the_o same_o concurrence_n and_o formality_n and_o methinks_v the_o instance_n he_o make_v of_o a_o prince_n pag._n 139._o subdue_a another_o people_n and_o consent_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v and_o be_v govern_v according_a to_o those_o law_n under_o which_o they_o be_v bear_v and_o by_o which_o they_o be_v former_o govern_v shall_v manifest_v to_o he_o the_o contrary_a for_o though_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o those_o old_a law_n become_v new_a by_o this_o consent_n of_o he_o the_o law_n of_o the_o legislator_n that_o be_v of_o that_o sovereign_n who_o indulge_v the_o use_n of_o they_o yet_o he_o can_v say_v that_o he_o can_v by_o his_o word_n vacate_v and_o repeal_v those_o law_n and_o his_o own_o concession_n without_o dissolve_v all_o the_o ligament_n of_o government_n and_o without_o the_o violation_n of_o faith_n which_o himself_o confess_v to_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o law_n be_v reason_n and_o pag._n 139._o not_o the_o letter_n but_o that_o which_o be_v according_a to_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o legislator_n that_o be_v of_o the_o sovereign_n be_v the_o law_n yet_o when_o there_o be_v any_o difficulty_n in_o the_o understanding_n the_o law_n the_o interpretation_n thereof_o may_v reasonable_o belong_v to_o learned_a judge_n who_o by_o their_o education_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o know_a ability_n before_o they_o be_v make_v judge_n and_o by_o their_o oath_n to_o judge_n according_a to_o right_n be_v the_o most_o competent_a to_o explain_v those_o difficulty_n which_o no_o sovereign_a as_o sovereign_n can_v be_v presume_v to_o understand_v or_o comprehend_v and_o the_o judgement_n and_o decision_n those_o judge_n make_v be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o sovereign_n who_o have_v qualify_v they_o to_o be_v judge_n and_o who_o be_v to_o pronounce_v their_o sentence_n according_a to_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n not_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o mr._n hobbes_n will_v make_v a_o very_a ignorant_a judge_n when_o he_o will_v not_o have_v he_o verse_v in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n but_o only_o a_o man_n of_o good_a natural_a reason_n and_o of_o a_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v pag._n 154._o that_o
against_o he_o by_o his_o own_o judgement_n pag._n 152._o upon_o the_o man_n that_o come_v from_o the_o indies_n hither_o and_o persuade_v man_n here_o to_o receive_v a_o new_a religion_n or_o teach_v they_o any_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o disobedience_n to_o the_o law_n of_o this_o country_n though_o he_o be_v never_o so_o well_o persuade_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o teach_v he_o commit_v a_o crime_n and_o may_v be_v just_o punish_v not_o only_o because_o his_o doctrine_n be_v false_a but_o because_o he_o do_v that_o which_o he_o will_v not_o approve_v in_o another_o that_o come_v from_o hence_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o alter_v religion_n there_o and_o how_o far_o this_o declaration_n of_o his_o own_o judgement_n may_v operate_v to_o his_o own_o condemnation_n and_o to_o the_o condemnation_n of_o most_o of_o his_o doctrine_n in_o his_o leviathan_n which_o be_v so_o contrary_a to_o all_o the_o law_n establish_v in_o his_o country_n he_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v consider_v before_o he_o commit_v the_o transgression_n for_o he_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o in_o a_o commonwealth_n where_o by_o the_o negligence_n or_o unskilfulness_n of_o governor_n and_o teacher_n false_a doctrine_n be_v by_o time_n general_o receive_v the_o contrary_a truth_n may_v be_v general_o offensive_a and_o prudent_a man_n be_v seldom_o guilty_a of_o do_v any_o thing_n at_o least_o when_o it_o be_v in_o their_o own_o election_n to_o do_v it_o or_o not_o to_o do_v it_o which_o they_o foresee_v will_v be_v offensive_a to_o the_o government_n or_o governor_n who_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o and_o must_v live_v under_o especial_o when_o he_o confess_v pag._n 91._o that_o though_o the_o most_o sudden_a and_o rough_a bustle_n in_o of_o a_o new_a truth_n that_o can_v be_v do_v never_o break_v the_o peace_n yet_o it_o do_v sometime_o wake_v the_o war_n and_o if_o the_o secure_a and_o sound_a sleep_n of_o peace_n be_v once_o break_v and_o that_o fierce_a and_o brutish_a tiger_n war_n be_v awaken_v when_o or_o how_o he_o will_v be_v lull_v into_o a_o new_a sleep_n the_o wise_a magistrate_n can_v foretell_v and_o therefore_o will_v with_o the_o more_o vigilance_n discountenance_v and_o suppress_v such_o bustler_n who_o impudent_o make_v their_o way_n with_o their_o elbow_n into_o modest_a company_n to_o dispose_v they_o to_o suspect_v and_o then_o to_o censure_v the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o forefather_n for_o have_v be_v sway_v by_o their_o own_o illiterate_a experience_n so_o as_o to_o prefer_v it_o before_o the_o clear_a reason_n of_o think_v and_o learned_a man_n who_o by_o cogitation_n have_v find_v a_o sure_a way_n for_o their_o security_n and_o there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o certain_a expedient_a find_v out_o for_o the_o dissolve_v the_o peace_n of_o any_o nation_n how_o firm_o soever_o establish_v then_o by_o give_v leave_n or_o permit_v man_n of_o part_n and_o unrestrained_a fancy_n to_o examine_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o government_n both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a and_o to_o vent_v and_o publish_v what_o their_o wit_n and_o invention_n may_v suggest_v to_o they_o upon_o or_o against_o the_o same_o which_o will_v expose_v the_o gravity_n and_o wisdom_n of_o all_o government_n the_o infallibility_n of_o scripture_n and_o the_o omnipotence_n of_o god_n himself_o by_o their_o light_n and_o scurrilous_a question_n and_o instance_n to_o the_o mirth_n and_o contemt_a of_o all_o man_n who_o be_v without_o a_o awful_a veneration_n for_o either_o of_o which_o there_o need_v not_o be_v a_o more_o convince_a evidence_n than_o the_o presumption_n of_o mr._n hobbes_n throughout_o his_o leviathan_n of_o which_o it_o will_v not_o be_v possible_a not_o to_o give_v some_o in_o the_o progress_n we_o shall_v make_v he_o be_v over_o subtle_a in_o his_o distinction_n that_o every_o crime_n be_v a_o sin_n but_o not_o every_o sin_n a_o crime_n that_o from_o the_o relation_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o law_n and_o of_o crime_n to_o the_o civil_a law_n may_v be_v infer_v that_o where_o the_o law_n cease_v sin_n cease_v that_o the_o civil_a law_n cease_v crime_n cease_v and_o yet_o that_o violation_n of_o covenant_n ingratitude_n arrogance_n can_v never_o cease_v to_o be_v sin_n yet_o be_v no_o crime_n because_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o accusation_n every_o man_n be_v his_o own_o judge_n and_o accuse_v only_o by_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o clear_v by_o the_o uprightness_n of_o his_o own_o intention_n and_o when_o his_o intention_n be_v right_a his_o fact_n be_v no_o sin_n if_o otherwise_o his_o fact_n be_v sin_n but_o no_o crime_n that_o when_o the_o sovereign_a power_n cease_v that_o be_v when_o the_o king_n be_v so_o oppress_v that_o he_o can_v exercise_v his_o power_n crime_n also_o cease_v there_o be_v no_o protection_n where_o there_o be_v no_o power_n which_o he_o be_v careful_a to_o repete_fw-la whether_o it_o be_v to_o the_o purpose_n or_o as_o sure_a it_o be_v not_o very_o pertinent_a in_o the_o difference_n between_o sin_n and_o crime_n and_o to_o all_o that_o huddle_n of_o word_n in_o that_o whole_a paragraph_n i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o but_o that_o it_o look_v like_o the_o discourse_n of_o some_o man_n which_o himself_o say_v pag._n 39_o may_v be_v number_v among_o the_o sort_n of_o madness_n namely_o when_o man_n speak_v such_o word_n as_o put_v together_o have_v in_o they_o no_o signification_n at_o all_o by_o their_o non-coherence_n and_o contradiction_n false_a principle_n of_o right_a and_o wrong_n can_v but_o produce_v many_o crime_n and_o the_o great_a the_o presumption_n of_o those_o be_v who_o publish_v they_o the_o confusion_n that_o result_v thereby_o must_v be_v the_o great_a and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o bundle_n of_o false_a principle_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o this_o book_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o good_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n have_v hitherto_o for_o aught_o appear_v resist_v the_o operation_n and_o malignity_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n with_o how_o much_o confidence_n soever_o offer_v by_o he_o and_o a_o true_a and_o lawful_a sovereign_n can_v never_o be_v induce_v to_o affect_v that_o power_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n so_o frank_o assign_v to_o the_o sovereign_n who_o he_o intend_v to_o institute_v and_o without_o doubt_n that_o unreasonable_a proposition_n that_o justice_n be_v but_o a_o vain_a word_n can_v never_o be_v establish_v for_o reason_n so_o unanswerable_o as_o by_o the_o establishment_n of_o his_o principle_n which_o will_v make_v all_o law_n cobweb_n to_o be_v blow_v away_o by_o the_o least_o breath_n of_o the_o governor_n nor_o by_o his_o ratiocination_n do_v marius_n or_o sylla_n or_o cesar_n ever_o commit_v any_o crime_n since_o they_o be_v all_o sovereign_n by_o acquisition_n and_o so_o in_o his_o own_o judgement_n possess_v of_o all_o those_o power_n which_o arise_v from_o his_o institution_n whereby_o they_o may_v do_v all_o those_o act_n which_o they_o do_v and_o no_o man_n can_v complain_v of_o injury_n or_o injustice_n every_o man_n be_v the_o author_n of_o whatever_o damage_n he_o sustain_v or_o complain_v of_o nor_o will_v he_o be_v able_a to_o lay_v any_o crime_n to_o any_o of_o their_o charge_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o condemn_v they_o and_o at_o that_o same_o time_n to_o support_v his_o institution_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n but_o it_o be_v the_o less_o wonder_n since_o from_o his_o own_o constitution_n according_a to_o his_o first_o model_n and_o know_v from_o whence_o his_o own_o obedience_n proceed_v he_o conclude_v that_o of_o all_o passion_n that_o which_o least_o incline_v man_n to_o break_v the_o law_n be_v fear_n he_o provide_v such_o terrible_a law_n as_o no_o body_n can_v love_v and_o must_v fear_v too_o much_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v subject_a to_o they_o which_o want_n of_o willingness_n must_v make_v they_o glad_a of_o any_o alteration_n which_o can_v bring_v no_o security_n to_o the_o sovereign_n and_o i_o can_v enough_o recommend_v to_o mr._n hobbes_n that_o he_o will_v revolve_v his_o own_o judgement_n and_o determination_n in_o this_o chapter_n pag._n 158._o that_o he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o a_o peremptory_a pursuit_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n and_o reason_n be_v much_o more_o faulty_a than_o he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o teacher_n or_o a_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n public_o autorize_v and_o that_o he_o that_o ground_v his_o action_n on_o his_o private_a judgement_n aught_o according_a to_o the_o rectitude_n or_o error_n thereof_o to_o stand_v or_o fall_v and_o if_o his_o fear_n be_v so_o predominant_a in_o he_o as_o he_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v in_o most_o man_n it_o will_v dispose_v he_o first_o to_o inquire_v what_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o judge_n be_v who_o be_v the_o autorized_a interpreter_n of_o law_n before_o he_o publish_v his_o seditious_a
own_o and_o will_v value_v it_o according_o and_o he_o be_v much_o a_o better_a counsellor_n who_o by_o his_o experience_n and_o observation_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o humour_n of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v to_o be_v govern_v and_o by_o his_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o rule_n by_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v govern_v give_v advice_n what_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v than_o he_o who_o from_o his_o speculative_a knowledge_n of_o mankind_n and_o of_o the_o right_n of_o government_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o equity_n and_o honour_n attain_v with_o much_o study_n will_v erect_v a_o engine_n of_o government_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o geometry_n more_o infallible_a than_o experience_n can_v ever_o find_v out_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a now_o or_o at_o any_o time_n to_o accompany_v he_o in_o his_o sally_n which_o he_o make_v into_o the_o scripture_n and_o which_o he_o always_o handle_v as_o if_o his_o sovereign_a power_n have_v not_o yet_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v the_o word_n 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