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〈◊〉_d theoph._n l._n 2._o oration_n cite_v by_o himself_o in_o which_o he_o tell_v constantius_n that_o he_o live_v more_o like_o a_o subject_a than_o a_o emperor_n who_o have_v power_n over_o the_o law_n methinks_v also_o his_o superviser_n who_o shall_v be_v well_o verse_v in_o the_o father_n of_o our_o english_a law_n may_v have_v teach_v he_o better_o out_o of_o chancellor_n 9_o chancellor_n de_fw-fr laud._n leg._n angl._n c._n 9_o fortescue_n who_o state_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o pure_o regal_a and_o political_a government_n explain_v the_o former_a from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o say_v the_o prince_n his_o pleasure_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n wherefore_o he_o be_v also_o much_o by_o the_o cushion_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n where_o he_o assert_n that_o all_o the_o outrage_n which_o the_o heathen_n commit_v against_o the_o christian_n by_o the_o toleration_n and_o connivance_n of_o julian_n be_v not_o only_o without_o but_o against_o law_n for_o julian_n connivance_n or_o approbation_n of_o thing_n against_o law_n or_o secret_a direction_n to_o do_v they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o his_o pleasure_n and_o have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n therefore_o 504._o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 7._o p._n 504._o philostorg_n say_v that_o the_o heathen_n in_o so_o do_v fulfil_v his_o pleasure_n who_o as_o 15._o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 15._o zos_n observe_v however_o he_o do_v blame_v they_o in_o word_n which_o be_v very_o 9_o very_o once_o the_o alexandrian_n soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 5._o c._n 9_o seldom_o yet_o underhand_o and_o indeed_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v and_o 6._o and_o theod._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o make_v the_o most_o cruel_a and_o impious_a heathen_n officer_n both_o in_o the_o army_n and_o over_o the_o city_n and_o province_n who_o he_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o discretion_n to_o treat_v the_o christian_n as_o they_o please_v and_o when_o 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entire_a power_n pre-eminence_n authority_n etc._n etc._n so_o 2_o ed._n 6._o c._n 2._o see_v that_o all_o
subject_n must_v be_v slave_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a they_o must_v trust_v their_o life_n and_o liberty_n with_o their_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o 6._o therefore_o quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la subjectionem_fw-la dominis_fw-la deberi_fw-la etiam_fw-la duris_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la quoque_fw-la referendum_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ei_fw-la fundamento_fw-la superstructum_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la subditorum_fw-la quà m_fw-la servorum_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 4_o 6._o grotius_n after_o st._n august_n apply_v that_o place_n in_o 1_o pet._n 2.19_o which_o concern_v the_o passive_a behaviour_n of_o servant_n unto_o their_o master_n under_o the_o roman_a government_n unto_o all_o subject_n servant_n be_v subject_a to_o your_o master_n with_o all_o fear_n not_o only_o to_o the_o good_a and_o gentle_a but_o also_o to_o the_o froward_a 79._o froward_a quod_fw-la autem_fw-la dixi_fw-la de_fw-la domino_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligite_fw-la de_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la &_o regibus_fw-la &_o ominibus_fw-la culminibus_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la aliquando_fw-la enim_fw-la potestates_fw-la bonae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o timent_fw-la deum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la non_fw-la timent_fw-la deum_fw-la julianus_n extitit_fw-la infidelis_fw-la imperator_fw-la nun_n extitit_fw-la apostata_fw-la iniquus_fw-la idololatra_fw-la milites_fw-la christiani_n servierunt_fw-la imperatori_fw-la infideli_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o ps_n 1â—4_n vid._n sam._n bochart_n ep._n ad_fw-la d._n morley_n p._n 77_o 78_o 79._o for_o this_o be_v thankworthy_a or_o acceptable_a to_o god_n if_o a_o man_n for_o couscience-sake_n towards_o god_n endure_v grief_n suffer_v wrongful_o for_o what_o glory_n be_v it_o if_o when_o you_o be_v buffet_v for_o your_o fault_n you_o shall_v take_v it_o patient_o but_o if_o when_o you_o do_v well_o and_o suffer_v for_o it_o this_o be_v acceptable_a with_o god_n for_o even_o hereunto_o be_v you_o call_v because_o christ_n also_o suffer_v for_o we_o leave_v we_o a_o example_n that_o we_o shall_v follow_v his_o step_n for_o real_a and_o complete_a sovereign_n whether_o arbitrary_a or_o limit_v canâ—â—y_a under_o nothing_o but_o moral_a restraint_n and_o obligation_n not_o to_o injure_v their_o subject_n for_o if_o they_o be_v under_o the_o 14._o the_o sir_n orl._n bridgmans_n speech_n to_o the_o regicide_n p._n 13_o 14._o coaction_n of_o another_o power_n or_o under_o legal_a peril_n or_o penalty_n they_o can_v not_o be_v real_a and_o complete_a sovereign_n and_o therefore_o our_o old_a lawyer_n bracton_n who_o so_o often_o declare_v the_o king_n to_o be_v next_o unto_o god_n do_v also_o declare_v that_o when_o he_o act_v illegal_o not_o as_o god_n minister_n but_o as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o our_o 84._o our_o p._n 84._o author_n well_o observe_v yet_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v contravene_v or_o resist_v locus_fw-la erit_fw-la supplicationi_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la satis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la quod_fw-la dominum_fw-la expectet_fw-la ultorem_fw-la nemo_fw-la quidem_fw-la de_fw-la factis_fw-la suis_fw-la presumat_fw-la disputare_fw-la multo_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la contra_fw-la factum_fw-la suum_fw-la venire_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o if_o the_o reader_n please_v to_o consult_v that_o chapter_n he_o will_v find_v by_o many_o expression_n that_o the_o king_n have_v no_o other_o but_o a_o moral_a obligation_n to_o observe_v the_o law_n sic_fw-la &_o beata_fw-la dei_fw-la genitrix_fw-la virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la quae_fw-la singulari_fw-la privilegio_fw-la supra_fw-la legem_fw-la fuit_fw-la pro_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la tamen_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la exemplo_fw-la legalibus_fw-la subdi_fw-la non_fw-la refugit_fw-la institutis_fw-la but_o then_o if_o he_o will_v be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o act_v illegal_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o his_o punishment_n that_o he_o have_v god_n for_o his_o avenger_n for_o no_o man_n must_v dispute_v against_o what_o he_o do_v much_o less_o oppose_v or_o resist_v it_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v in_o justice_n and_o equity_n and_o for_o example_n sake_n to_o observe_v his_o law_n but_o if_o he_o will_v lay_v aside_o all_o conscience_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n his_o only_a superior_a the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n secure_v the_o 87._o the_o nec_fw-la praetereundum_fw-la quod_fw-la samuel_n jussus_fw-la israelitis_n jus_o regium_fw-la edisserere_fw-la 1_o sam._n 8_o 9_o hoc_fw-la inquit_fw-la est_fw-la juris_fw-la regii_fw-la qui_fw-la regnabit_fw-la super_fw-la vos_fw-la filios_fw-la vestros_fw-la tollet_fw-la &_o imponet_fw-la curribus_fw-la suis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ait_fw-fr haec_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la regii_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la justa_fw-la sint_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la david_n uriae_fw-la vxorem_fw-la neâ—_n achab_n nabato_fw-la vineam_fw-la eripere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la scelera_fw-la reges_fw-la tam_fw-la impunè_fw-la perpetrant_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la maximè_fw-la licita_fw-la ideò_fw-la additur_fw-la populum_fw-la ita_fw-la oppressum_fw-la deum_fw-la imploraturum_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la vim_o regis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la humana_fw-la remedia_fw-la sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 87._o tyrant_n as_o well_o as_o the_o good_a king_n from_o resistance_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la princeps_fw-la vel_fw-la rex_fw-la vel_fw-la alius_fw-la qui_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habueâ—it_fw-la nisi_fw-la dominum_fw-la contra_fw-la ipsum_fw-la non_fw-la habebitur_fw-la remedium_fw-la per_fw-la assisam_fw-la immo_fw-la tantùm_fw-la locus_fw-la â—rit_fw-la supplicationi_fw-la uâ—_n factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la sufficiet_fw-la ei_fw-la pro_fw-la paena_fw-la quod_fw-la dominum_fw-la expectet_fw-la ultorem_fw-la if_o it_o be_v the_o king_n or_o any_o other_o duke_n etc._n etc._n who_o have_v no_o superior_a but_o god_n that_o shall_v illegal_o disseise_v there_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d remedy_n against_o he_o by_o assize_n only_o there_o shall_v be_v place_n for_o petition_n that_o he_o will_v correct_v or_o amend_v what_o he_o have_v do_v amiss_o which_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o his_o punishment_n that_o he_o may_v expect_v god_n for_o his_o avenger_n this_o moral_a obligation_n which_o the_o king_n have_v to_o observe_v the_o law_n be_v further_a increase_v by_o his_o coronation-oath_n as_o bracton_n observe_v l._n 3_o the_o action_n c._n 9_o but_o then_o as_o in_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n the_o people_n swear_v nothing_o to_o the_o king_n but_o what_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o perform_v unsworn_a so_o the_o king_n in_o his_o coronation-oath_n promise_v nothing_o to_o the_o people_n but_o what_o in_o justice_n and_o equity_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o perform_v unsworn_a ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la say_v bracton_n electus_fw-la &_o creatâ—â—_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la justitiam_fw-la faciet_fw-la universis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o separare_fw-la aâ—tem_fw-la debet_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la dei_fw-la vicarius_fw-la jus_o ab_fw-la injuria_fw-la aequum_fw-la ab_fw-la iniquo_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o then_o if_o he_o will_v pervert_v the_o great_a end_n for_o which_o god_n make_v he_o king_n if_o he_o will_v not_o act_n as_o it_o become_v god_n vicar_n if_o he_o will_v obstruct_v or_o pervert_v the_o law_n and_o govern_v tyrannical_o yet_o still_o there_o be_v leave_v no_o remedy_n to_o his_o subject_n by_o the_o law_n but_o moral_a persuasion_n for_o the_o law_n imperial_a of_o this_o realm_n have_v declare_v he_o to_o be_v a_o 14._o a_o sir_n orl._n bridgmans_n speech_n p._n 12_o 13_o 14._o free_a unconditional_n and_o independent_a sovereign_n and_o exempt_v he_o from_o all_o coaction_n and_o force_n nay_o to_o show_v that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v in_o this_o respect_n as_o perfect_a sovereign_n as_o the_o caesar_n he_o apply_v unto_o they_o those_o memorable_a say_n of_o valentinian_n the_o young_a and_o alexander_n severus_n const_n severus_n majus_n imperio_fw-la est_fw-la submittere_fw-la legibus_fw-la principatum_fw-la bract._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr act._n c._n 9_o &_o l._n 4._o c_o de_n leg._n &_o const_n it_o real_o be_v a_o great_a thing_n than_o the_o empire_n for_o the_o prince_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o law_n and_o test_n and_o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la imperii_fw-la quà m_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivere_fw-la bract._n ib._n l._n 3._o c._n the_o test_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o proper_a for_o the_o empire_n than_o that_o the_o emperor_n shall_v live_v according_a to_o law_n to_o which_o â—f_o he_o please_v he_o may_v have_v add_v that_o set_v down_o so_o often_o in_o the_o vivimus_fw-la the_o instit_fw-la quibus_fw-la modis_fw-la testam_fw-la infirm_a 8._o secundum_fw-la hoc_fw-la divi_z severus_n &_o antoninus_n saepissime_fw-la rescripserunt_fw-la licèt_fw-la enim_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la legibus_fw-la soluti_fw-la sumus_fw-la attamen_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivimus_fw-la rescript_n of_o severus_n and_o antoninus_n although_o we_o be_v loose_v from_o the_o law_n yet_o we_o live_v by_o the_o law_n indeed_o our_o king_n differ_v from_o the_o caesar_n in_o this_o thâ—â—_n as_o the_o same_o 9_o same_o lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr laud._n leg_n ang._n c._n 9_o bracton_n and_o ‖_o fortescue_n long_a since_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v