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romanae_fw-la concidisse_fw-la quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la cum_fw-la exactis_fw-la regibus_fw-la majestas_fw-la ad_fw-la optimates_fw-la transiret_fw-la jacobus_n lampadius_n tract_n de_fw-fr repub._n romano-german_a par_fw-fr 1._o s._n 60._o plea_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 27.28_o plea_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 29._o do_v not_o make_v a_o new_a kind_n of_o government_n as_o long_o as_o the_o supreme_a primary_n power_n and_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o which_o move_v and_o quicken_v the_o whole_a politic_a body_n remains_z one_o and_z the_o same_o let_v no_o one_o say_v say_v a_o learned_a politic_a councillor_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o brunswick_n that_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o roman_a commonwealth_n perish_v when_o the_o king_n be_v drive_v out_o the_o majesty_n pass_v to_o the_o optimates_fw-la much_o less_o be_v a_o new_a form_n of_o government_n erect_v where_o the_o majesty_n remain_v in_o the_o same_o subject_n that_o ever_o it_o do_v the_o king_n power_n be_v but_o 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of_o a_o magistrate_n and_o hate_v the_o beast_n and_o all_o that_o refuse_v to_o exercise_v their_o power_n in_o destroy_v the_o beast_n government_n may_v well_o be_v conclude_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o meroz_n because_o they_o reward_v not_o the_o whore_n as_o she_o have_v deal_v with_o the_o saint_n the_o second_o medium_fw-la whereby_o non-scribers_a will_v prove_v the_o common_a wealth_n of_o england_n to_o be_v a_o unlawful_a power_n 9_o coal_n from_o the_o altar_n p._n 42._o plea_n etc._n etc._n p._n 26._o arist_n polit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 9_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o its_o erection_n and_o here_o they_o kindle_v like_o dr._n cole_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n for_o say_v the_o child_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n we_o live_v say_v heylin_n in_o a_o monarchy_n not_o under_o a_o democracy_n so_o they_o cry_v at_o the_o first_o fight_n it_o look_v like_o that_o which_o they_o call_v a_o democracy_n if_o they_o will_v have_v consult_v aristotle_n he_o will_v have_v tell_v they_o what_o that_o be_v which_o look_v like_o a_o democracy_n and_o be_v none_o he_o lay_v it_o down_o as_o the_o mark_n of_o a_o perfect_o mix_v polity_n 36._o qui_fw-la concentus_fw-la sanè_fw-la admirabilis_fw-la illam_fw-la exprimit_fw-la laudatam_fw-la platoni_n rempublicam_fw-la quam_fw-la optimates_fw-la regunt_fw-la cum_fw-la plebis_fw-la consensione_n hugo_n grotius_n de_fw-fr antiquit._n reipub._n batavicae_fw-la cap._n 1._o pag._n 38._o vulgatum_fw-la est_fw-la nullam_fw-la fisco_fw-la praescriptionem_fw-la nocere_fw-la multò_fw-la verò_fw-la minus_fw-la universo_fw-it populo_fw-la qui_fw-la rege_fw-la potiâ—r_fw-la est_fw-la cujúsque_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la princepid_n privilegium_fw-la habet_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quaest_n 3._o pag._n 96._o appendix_n pag._n 36._o to_o be_v so_o mix_v of_o oligarchy_n and_o democracy_n that_o its_o doubtful_a whether_o the_o form_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v oligarchical_a or_o democratical_a so_o be_v the_o commonweal_n of_o england_n mix_v the_o people_n election_n of_o their_o delegate_n be_v
when_o they_o choose_v they_o to_o be_v their_o representative_n so_o that_o their_o power_n be_v not_o of_o themselves_o as_o calumniate_a non-scribers_a will_v persuade_v we_o neither_o will_n what_o they_o quote_v from_o the_o army_n declaration_n be_v of_o any_o avail_n to_o they_o we_o say_v with_o the_o army_n that_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o same_o representative_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v draw_v into_o ordinary_a precedent_n lest_o their_o power_n shall_v be_v corrupt_v by_o length_n of_o time_n yet_o in_o time_n of_o extraordinary_a danger_n when_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o people_n be_v disaffect_v to_o the_o mean_n of_o their_o own_o safety_n and_o election_n be_v like_a to_o be_v make_v of_o such_o as_o will_v return_v we_o it_o may_v be_v to_o our_o former_a slavery_n it_o be_v not_o unjust_a that_o power_n be_v continue_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o present_a faithful_a representative_n who_o yet_o be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o those_o that_o must_v ever_o continue_v in_o tâ—at_a power_n that_o which_o we_o engage_v to_o be_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n which_o intimate_v as_o be_v say_v before_o succession_n of_o representatives_n non-scribers_a add_v to_o prove_v the_o power_n unjust_a 30._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 30._o 1._o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o ancient_n and_o indubitable_a legal_a right_n and_o tithe_n of_o the_o king_n prince_n and_o peer_n to_o their_o respective_a hereditary_a dignity_n and_o power_n to_o this_o may_v be_v answer_v 1._o that_o those_o power_n and_o dignity_n in_o their_o first_o institution_n be_v not_o hereditary_a this_o have_v be_v prove_v already_o and_o further_o thing_n proper_o transmittable_a from_o father_n to_o son_n as_o inheritance_n be_v only_o bona_fw-la fortunae_fw-la 29.22_o 1_o chron._n 23.1_o with_o 1_o chron._n 29.22_o kingdom_n and_o dignity_n be_v not_o so_o communicable_a solomon_n be_v no_o king_n till_o the_o people_n have_v the_o second_o time_n anoint_v he_o notwithstanding_o his_o designation_n by_o his_o father_n ahaziah_n notwithstanding_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n and_o elder_a brethren_n 22.1_o 2_o chron._n 22.1_o be_v not_o king_n till_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n have_v make_v he_o so_o 76._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la quest_n 10._o pag._n 76._o nor_o do_v the_o settle_v the_o kingdom_n succession_n upon_o a_o line_n by_o a_o law_n make_v the_o kingdom_n the_o king_n inheritance_n arnisaeus_n say_v that_o the_o son_n have_v not_o the_o right_a of_o reign_v as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n but_o as_o a_o propriety_n give_v he_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o his_o parent_n which_o assertion_n say_v mr._n rutherford_n be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o say_v the_o son_n have_v not_o the_o right_a of_o reign_v as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n but_o as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n which_o be_v good_a nonsense_n for_o the_o propriety_n of_o reign_v give_v from_o father_n to_o son_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o right_a to_o reign_v give_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o very_a gift_n and_o patrimony_n of_o the_o people_n he_o add_v many_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o kingdom_n go_v not_o as_o a_o heritage_n from_o father_n to_o son_n to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v junius_n brutus_n who_o deny_v 3._o vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quaest_n 3._o and_o that_o upon_o good_a ground_n that_o the_o king_n be_v either_o proprietary_n or_o so_o much_o as_o the_o usufructuary_n of_o his_o kingdom_n much_o less_o have_v he_o such_o a_o interest_n in_o it_o as_o a_o man_n have_v in_o his_o inheritance_n a_o inheritance_n may_v be_v sell_v pawn_v change_v 10._o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 4._o §._o 10._o none_o of_o these_o can_v be_v attempt_v by_o a_o king_n to_o be_v do_v to_o his_o kingdom_n without_o lose_v his_o right_n to_o it_o for_o the_o lord_n mr._n rutherford_n say_v that_o the_o king_n can_v make_v heritable_a judge_n more_o than_o he_o can_v communicate_v faculty_n and_o part_n of_o judge_v i_o doubt_v riches_n be_v of_o father_n but_o not_o promotion_n etc._n etc._n honour_n be_v proper_o the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n and_o consequent_o not_o proper_o communicable_a to_o posterity_n our_o lord_n be_v at_o first_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n and_o ennoble_v for_o their_o virtue_n 2._o though_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o the_o king_n have_v the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o lord_n their_o dignity_n as_o inheritance_n yet_o the_o right_n to_o a_o inheritance_n may_v be_v lose_v may_v be_v seize_v where_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v conscience_n man_n may_v not_o bind_v themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n but_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v any_o nation_n irrevocable_a to_o any_o royal_a line_n or_o form_n of_o government_n ergo_fw-la no_o nation_n can_v bind_v their_o conscience_n 78._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la que_fw-fr 10._o pa._n 78._o or_o the_o conscience_n of_o posterity_n either_o to_o one_o royal_a line_n or_o irrevocable_o and_o unalterable_o to_o monarchy_n 178._o superior_a verò_fw-la universus_fw-la populus_fw-la quÃve_fw-la eum_fw-la repraesentant_fw-la vindicae_n contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quae._n 3._o p._n 178._o so_o mr._n rutherford_n junius_n brutus_n tell_v we_o that_o a_o tyrant_n do_v in_o populum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o feudi_fw-la dominum_fw-la feloniam_fw-la committere_fw-la commit_v felony_n against_o the_o people_n as_o against_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o fee_n and_o add_v from_o bartolus_n that_o he_o may_v be_v depose_v and_o punish_v by_o his_o superior_a and_o his_o superior_a be_v the_o whole_a people_n or_o they_o that_o represent_v they_o treason_n according_a to_o our_o law_n taint_v the_o blood_n and_o make_v the_o child_n of_o traitor_n uncapable_a to_o succeed_v in_o any_o thing_n of_o inheritance_n the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v as_o much_o subject_n to_o law_n as_o any_o private_a subject_n 34._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 1._o pag_n 34._o though_o in_o exhibendo_fw-la jure_fw-la he_o be_v maximus_fw-la yet_o in_o suscipiendo_fw-la jure_fw-la say_v bracton_n in_o mr._n prinne_n minimus_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la comparatur_fw-la he_o be_v to_o be_v obedient_a to_o suffer_v right_a as_o well_o as_o other_o of_o his_o people_n say_v another_o lawyer_n out_o of_o the_o mirror_n a_o ancient_a law-book_n no_o wrong_v therefore_o be_v do_v to_o king_n or_o prince_n 31._o right_n of_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 31._o they_o have_v commit_v treason_n against_o their_o own_o crown_n and_o dignity_n by_o raise_v war_n against_o their_o people_n and_o so_o fall_v from_o all_o right_n to_o their_o hereditary_a dignity_n have_v it_o be_v true_a that_o naboth_n have_v blaspheme_v god_n and_o the_o king_n it_o have_v be_v no_o sin_n in_o ahab_n to_o have_v seize_v upon_o his_o vineyard_n though_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o father_n non-scribers_a brethren_n that_o call_v themselves_o a_o pack_n of_o old_a puritan_n show_v themselves_o to_o be_v a_o pack_n of_o episcopaturient_n parafite_n by_o their_o make_v the_o king_n as_o innocent_a as_o naboth_n and_o the_o kingdom_n as_o much_o his_o inheritance_n as_o naboth_n vineyard_n be_v to_o he_o the_o lord_n also_o by_o deny_v concurrence_n with_o the_o commons_o in_o proceed_n against_o the_o tyrant_n and_o his_o friend_n betray_v as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o be_v deserve_o remove_v from_o that_o authority_n they_o have_v the_o great_a charter_n say_v nulli_fw-la negabimus_fw-la nulli_fw-la vendemus_fw-la nulli_fw-la differemus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la the_o lord_n deny_v justice_n break_v that_o which_o be_v if_o any_o be_v a_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o for_o that_o be_v just_o punish_v by_o the_o commons_o their_o superior_n a_o judge_n delay_v or_o deny_v justice_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o office_n and_o why_o not_o the_o lord_n who_o office_n if_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o officer_n who_o have_v nec_fw-la munus_fw-la nec_fw-la usum_fw-la be_v judicial_a only_o as_o be_v show_v before_o 2._o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o 31._o plea_n etc._n etc._n p._n 31._o but_o to_o prove_v that_o they_o bring_v nothing_o but_o the_o cram_n bis_fw-la cocta_fw-la of_o the_o engagement_n of_o the_o declaration_n of_o april_n 17._o 1646._o the_o put_v of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o house_n upon_o a_o part_n and_o the_o prostitution_n of_o privilege_n all_o which_o have_v be_v speak_v to_o already_o 3._o that_o it_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o people_n scotos_fw-gr plea_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o civium_fw-la numero_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la habendi_fw-la violatores_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la humanae_fw-la societatis_fw-la aut_fw-la certà _fw-la proditores_fw-la buchanan_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr 1._o in_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o ancient_a authority_n &_o impose_v a_o new_a
withal_o engage_v themselves_o to_o hold_v the_o country_n of_o the_o netherlands_o under_o the_o obedience_n of_o their_o prince_n and_o natural_a lord_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v for_o so_o be_v the_o word_n of_o their_o protestation_n in_o mr._n prinne_n book_n yet_o in_o the_o year_n 1581._o 216._o hugo_n grotius_n de_fw-fr antiq_fw-la reâ—p_n batavicae_fw-la cap._n 5._o paulus_n merula_n de_fw-fr statu_fw-la reip._n bataviae_n diatâ—iba_n johannes_n de_fw-fr latt_n descrip_n belgicae_fw-la do_fw-mi hollandia_n cap._n 7._o henricus_fw-la sâ—terus_n suecia_n pag._n 131._o &_o seq_n &_o pag._n 202._o 206._o 216._o they_o solemn_o abjure_v the_o king_n of_o spline_n who_o be_v â—â—e_v hereditary_a earl_n of_o holland_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o holland_n be_v not_o in_o any_o thing_n short_a of_o a_o just_o regulate_v king_n and_o have_v as_o much_o authority_n there_o as_o the_o king_n of_o england_n among_o we_o as_o the_o author_n in_o the_o margin_n inform_v we_o the_o state_n of_o sweden_n in_o the_o year_n 1544_o change_v their_o elective_a kingdom_n into_o a_o hereditary_a which_o they_o entail_v upon_o ericus_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o gustavus_n their_o king_n then_o and_o his_o issue_n male_a and_o if_o such_o issue_n fail_v upon_o john_n the_o king_n second_o son_n and_o his_o heir_n male_a and_o in_o like_a manner_n upon_o magnus_n and_o charles_n duke_n of_o sudermannia_n the_o king_n young_a child_n to_o this_o they_o swear_v solemn_o yet_o ericus_n for_o his_o tyranny_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o state_n and_z john_n the_o second_o brother_n crown_v he_o die_v and_o leave_v sigismond_n king_n of_o poland_n and_o john_n duke_n of_o ostrogothia_n his_o 2._o son_n behind_o he_o sigismond_n be_v crown_v king_n of_o sweden_n yet_o because_o he_o endeavour_v to_o destroy_v the_o protestant_a religion_n establish_v among_o they_o and_o war_v upon_o they_o he_o be_v depose_v by_o a_o act_n of_o the_o state_n assemble_v at_o stockholm_n in_o the_o year_n 1599_o and_o in_o the_o year_n 1600_o both_o he_o &_o his_o posterity_n exclude_v from_o all_o government_n in_o sweden_n by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o state_n assemble_v at_o lincop_n nay_o more_o they_o exclude_v from_o the_o kingdom_n john_n duke_n of_o ostrogothia_n the_o brother_n of_o sigismond_n because_o they_o fear_v lest_o he_o out_o of_o natural_a love_n to_o his_o brother_n shall_v enter_v into_o any_o part_n or_o covenant_n with_o sigismond_n and_o his_o heir_n which_o may_v bring_v detriment_n to_o their_o country_n and_o then_o they_o choose_v charles_n duke_n of_o sudermannia_n for_o their_o king_n and_o if_o the_o state_n of_o holland_n may_v abjure_v their_o earl_n and_o not_o be_v scandalous_a to_o we_o nay_o and_o we_o join_v with_o they_o as_o our_o nation_n do_v in_o queen_n elizabeth_n day_n if_o the_o state_n of_o sweden_n may_v abjure_v sigismond_n 17._o ministri_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la sententia_fw-la constant_a permanserunt_fw-la posse_fw-la viz._n magistratum_fw-la sub_fw-la leges_fw-la vi_fw-la cogi_fw-la buchanan_n rerum_fw-la scot._n lib._n 17._o his_o brother_n and_o issue_n and_o not_o be_v scandalous_a to_o we_o nay_o more_o and_o we_o help_v gustavus_n the_o son_n of_o charles_n who_o right_a be_v build_v upon_o sigismund_n ruin_n i_o can_v see_v no_o cause_n why_o our_o action_n and_o engagement_n shall_v be_v scandalous_a to_o any_o honest_a man_n among_o they_o or_o any_o other_o nation_n that_o approve_v the_o equity_n of_o those_o action_n in_o holland_n or_o sweden_n scotland_n it_o may_v be_v will_v frown_v because_o the_o current_n of_o pension_n from_o england_n be_v stop_v but_o they_o that_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o reformation_n in_o scotland_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n then_o their_o present_a kirkman_n mr._n knox_n defend_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o put_v tyrant_n to_o death_n in_o a_o general_n assembly_n in_o the_o scotch_a queen_n mary_n day_n 60._o buchanan_n rerum_fw-la scot._n lib._n 20._o 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