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his_o charge_n and_o by_o common_a care_n counsel_n and_o authority_n to_o oversee_v that_o every_o governor_n our_o carry_v himself_o faithful_o in_o his_o magistracy_n thus_o far_o that_o author_n 48._o pag._n 48._o franco-gallia_n from_o colen_n wherein_o we_o find_v that_o the_o people_n have_v power_n to_o dethrone_v their_o prince_n 300._o pag._n 300._o junius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la as_o some_o think_v from_o geneva_n wherein_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o people_n have_v the_o same_o right_a to_o depose_v king_n that_o be_v tyrant_n which_o a_o general_a counsel_n have_v to_o displace_v a_o pope_n that_o be_v a_o heretic_n eusebius_n phyladelphus_fw-la from_o edenbruge_n wherein_o we_o read_v 57_o dialogo_fw-la 2._o pag._n 57_o that_o it_o be_v as_o lawful_a for_o his_o brethren_n of_o france_n to_o defend_v themselves_o against_o the_o tyranny_n of_o charles_n the_o nine_o king_n of_o that_o name_n in_o france_n as_o for_o wayfair_a man_n to_o resist_v and_o repel_v thief_n cutthroat_n and_o wolf_n nay_o further_o i_o be_o say_v he_o of_o opinion_n
with_o the_o old_a people_n of_o rome_n that_o of_o all_o good_a action_n the_o murder_n of_o a_o tyrant_n be_v most_o commendable_a thus_o far_o he_o 206._o pag._n 206._o 1577._o come_v forth_o the_o vindicia_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la with_o this_o resolution_n that_o prince_n be_v choose_v by_o god_n establish_v by_o the_o people_n every_o private_a man_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o prince_n the_o multitude_n and_o the_o officer_n of_o state_n which_o represent_v the_o multitude_n be_v superior_n to_o the_o prince_n yea_o they_o may_v judge_v his_o action_n and_o if_o he_o make_v resistance_n punish_v he_o by_o forcible_a mean_n so_o far_o he_o 1584._o danaeus_n finish_v his_o book_n of_o christian_a policy_n wherein_o among_o many_o other_o he_o propound_v and_o answer_v a_o noble_a question_n 6._o lib._n 3._o c._n 6._o as_o he_o term_v it_o nobilis_fw-la quaestio_fw-la sequitur_fw-la a_o noble_a question_n follow_v whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o subject_n to_o change_v and_o alter_v their_o government_n yea_o whether_o it_o may_v be_v do_v by_o godly_a man_n with_o a_o good_a conscience_n his_o answer_n be_v the_o chief_a magistrate_n that_o notorious_o and_o wilful_o violate_v the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n may_v be_v displace_v by_o godly_a subject_n with_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o this_o be_v his_o reason_n reges_fw-la summique_fw-la magistratus_fw-la king_n and_o chief_a magistrate_n be_v the_o vassal_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o of_o the_o commonwealth_n where_o they_o rule_v wherefore_o they_o may_v be_v dispossess_v &_o deject_a when_o they_o shall_v obstinate_o attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o feudall_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n where_o they_o govern_v as_o king_n and_o chief_a magistrate_n and_o it_o be_v true_o say_v that_o as_o a_o general_a council_n be_v above_o the_o pope_n so_o the_o kingdom_n or_o the_o peer_n of_o the_o land_n be_v above_o the_o king_n thus_o far_o danaeus_n 1585._o 31._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la reg._n pag._n 31._o george_n buchanan_n proclaim_v reward_v aswell_o for_o murder_a king_n as_o kill_a tiger_n if_o i_o say_v he_o have_v power_n to_o make_v a_o law_n i_o will_v command_v tyrant_n to_o be_v transport_v from_o the_o society_n of_o man_n into_o some_o solitary_a place_n or_o else_o to_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n that_o the_o evil_a savour_n of_o dead_a tyrant_n shall_v not_o annoy_v live_v man_n furthermore_o i_o will_v award_v recompense_n to_o be_v give_v for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o tyrant_n not_o only_o of_o all_o in_o general_a but_o of_o every_o one_o in_o particular_a as_o man_n use_v to_o reward_v they_o for_o their_o pain_n which_o kill_v wolf_n or_o bear_n and_o destroy_v their_o young_a one_o haec_fw-la ille_fw-la the_o same_o year_n thomas_n cartwright_n commend_v dudley_n fenner_n his_o sacra_fw-la theologia_n as_o they_o call_v his_o book_n to_o the_o world_n wherein_o man_n be_v warrant_v by_o sundry_a text_n of_o scripture_n most_o miserable_o abuse_v to_o destroy_v tyrant_n therein_o he_o follow_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o puritan_n make_v two_o sort_n of_o tyrant_n tyrannus_n sine_fw-la titulo_fw-la 185._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 13._o pag._n 185._o and_o tyrannus_n exercitio_fw-la for_o the_o tyrant_n without_o title_n he_o be_v confident_a that_o any_o man_n may_v cut_v his_o throat_n huic_fw-la cuique_fw-la privatus_fw-la resistet_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la potest_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollat_fw-la let_v every_o private_a man_n resist_v he_o and_o if_o he_o can_v take_v away_o his_o life_n for_o the_o tyrant_n exercent_fw-la have_v describe_v he_o to_o be_v a_o prince_n that_o do_v wilful_o dissolve_v all_o or_o the_o chief_a compact_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n he_o conclude_v against_o he_o hunc_fw-la tollant_fw-la vel_fw-la pacifice_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la bello_fw-la qui_fw-la ea_fw-la potestate_fw-la donati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la rgeni_fw-la ephori_fw-la vel_fw-la omnium_fw-la ordinum_fw-la conventus_fw-la publicus_fw-la the_o peer_n of_o the_o kingdom_n or_o the_o public_a assembly_n of_o state_n aught_o to_o destroy_v he_o either_o by_o peaceable_a practice_n or_o open_a war_n haec_fw-la ille_fw-la anno_fw-la 1588._o hermanus_n renecherus_n publish_v observation_n upon_o the_o first_o psalm_n wherein_o he_o invest_v the_o presbytery_n with_o all_o the_o pope_n prerogative_n concern_v the_o presbiterian_a power_n over_o king_n this_o be_v his_o notable_a annotation_n 72._o pag._n 72._o god_n say_v he_o have_v ordain_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a order_n therefore_o the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n be_v the_o high_a throne_n of_o god_n earthly_a kingdom_n the_o supreme_a seat_n of_o all_o excellency_n and_o the_o chief_a court_n wherein_o god_n himself_o be_v precedent_n to_o distribute_v eternal_a gift_n to_o his_o servant_n whereas_o the_o political_a empire_n be_v but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o inferior_a 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