monarch_n the_o king_n of_o england_n no_o monarch_n i._o the_o real_a sovereignty_n here_o among_o we_o be_v in_o king_n lord_n and_z commons_z pag._n 72._o please_v the_o king_n have_v the_o militia_n if_o the_o people_n please_v ii_o the_o law_n that_o say_v the_o king_n shall_v have_v the_o militia_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v against_o enemy_n and_o not_o against_o the_o commonwealth_n nor_o they_o that_o have_v part_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n with_o he_o to_o resist_v he_o here_o be_v not_o to_o resist_v power_n but_o usurpation_n and_o private_a will_n in_o such_o a_o case_n the_o parliament_n be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v resist_v then_o he._n thes._n 363._o iii_o if_o the_o king_n raise_v war_n against_o such_o a_o parliament_n upon_o their_o declaration_n of_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n king_n the_o people_n judge_n of_o the_o king_n the_o people_n be_v to_o take_v it_o as_o raise_v against_o the_o commonwealth_n thes._n 358._o pleasure_n and_o may_v depose_v or_o 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privati_fw-la non_fw-la debeant_fw-la miâ—or_n uâ—iverfis_n miâ—or_n populus_fw-la tamen_fw-la universus_fw-la quin_fw-la possit_fw-la nemo_fw-la opinor_fw-la dubitabit_fw-la cum_fw-la privati_fw-la quidem_fw-la solius_fw-la publici_fw-la causa_fw-la lege_fw-la teneantur_fw-la at_o populo_fw-la universo_fw-it nulla_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la suâ_fw-la salute_n &_o commodo_fw-la potior_fw-la when_o king_n neglect_v reward_n and_o punishment_n they_o be_v no_o long_a god_n minister_n but_o serve_v themselves_o and_o deserve_v to_o lofe_z that_o power_n which_o they_o menage_n so_o ill_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o for_o private_a person_n to_o depose_v a_o wicked_a governor_n but_o that_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o people_n may_v lawful_o do_v it_o i_o think_v no_o body_n question_n private_a man_n be_v only_o subject_v to_o law_n for_o the_o publâ—â—ue_a good_a which_o public_a good_a be_v itself_o the_o supreme_a law_n again_o monarchia_fw-la mixta_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quà m_fw-la aut_fw-la aristocratia_fw-la aut_fw-la democratia_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la 14._o ibid._n pag._n 14._o illa_fw-la enim_fw-la sive_fw-la senatus_n sive_fw-la populi_n authoritas_fw-la quae_fw-la monarchiaâ—â—iscet_fw-la h._n e._n ita_fw-la temperate_a ut_fw-la fine_n ei_fw-la &_o terminos_fw-la praescribat_fw-la planè_fw-la tollit_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la quae_fw-la nisi_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sit_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la potestate_fw-la prorsus_fw-la inferior_a à _fw-la qua_fw-la limites_n &_o metam_fw-la accipit_fw-la i._n e._n a_o mix_v monarchy_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o imperfect_a aristocracy_n or_o democracy_n for_o that_o authority_n either_o of_o the_o senate_n or_o the_o people_n that_o compound_v the_o monarchy_n that_o be_v which_o so_o temper_n it_o as_o to_o give_v it_o bound_n and_o limit_v it_o utter_o destroy_v the_o monarchy_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_a be_v none_o at_o all_o but_o inferior_a to_o that_o power_n which_o terminate_v it_o once_o more_o fixum_fw-la ratumque_fw-la habeatur_fw-la populi_n semper_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n supremam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la let_v this_o stand_n for_o a_o sacred_a and_o everlasting_a truth_n that_o the_o supreme_a power_n reside_v in_o the_o people_n if_o mr._n bagshaw_n can_v now_o produce_v a_o fair_a and_o equitable_a plea_n not_o only_o for_o subject_v the_o order_n of_o government_n to_o the_o insolence_n of_o the_o rabble_n but_o for_o the_o audacious_a attempt_n of_o advance_v a_o popular_a tyranny_n upon_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o native_a sovereign_n it_o concern_v he_o to_o show_v his_o cunning._n but_o it_o be_v much_o hard_a to_o prove_v a_o traitor_n a_o honest_a man_n then_o to_o report_v a_o honest_a man_n for_o a_o traitor_n since_o the_o perusal_n of_o mr._n bagshaw_n pamphlet_n concern_v monarchy_n and_o thing_n indifferent_a i_o begin_v to_o have_v a_o little_a charity_n for_o his_o libel_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n wherein_o he_o do_v but_o endeavour_n to_o mainteyn_a the_o mainteyner_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n and_o effectual_o to_o defend_v himself_o for_o there_o be_v so_o strict_a a_o agreement_n betwixt_o mr._n baxter_n in_o his_o political_a thesis_n and_o mr._n bagshaw_n in_o his_o political_a dissertation_n betwixt_o they_o in_o fine_a upon_o a_o general_n account_n that_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n to_o press_v the_o pastor_n of_o kidderminster_n and_o the_o student_n of_o christ_n church_n not_o to_o suffer_v under_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o argument_n in_o one_o particular_a indeed_o mr._n bagshaw_n seem_v to_o dissent_v from_o mr._n baxter_n and_o allow_v the_o bishop_n to_o have_v the_o better_a of_o he_o 1._o animad_fw-la pa._n 1._o as_o to_o the_o main_a controversy_n say_v he_o i_o think_v the_o bishop_n have_v much_o the_o better_a of_o mr._n baxter_n for_o if_o the_o question_n between_o they_o be_v as_o dr._n gunning_n and_o dr._n pearson_n do_v attest_v such_o a_o command_n be_v so_o evident_o lawful_a that_o i_o shall_v much_o wonder_n if_o mr._n baxter_n do_v ever_o dispute_v it_o now_o see_v that_o which_o he_o call_v the_o main_a controversy_n though_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v not_o so_o dr._n gunning_n and_o dr._n pearson_n bring_v this_o proposition_n to_o mr._n baxter_n 36._o bishop_n of_o worsters_n letter_n pag._n 36._o that_o command_n which_o command_v a_o act_n in_o itself_o lawful_a and_o no_o other_o act_n whereby_o any_o unjust_a penalty_n be_v enjoin_v nor_o any_o circumstance_n whence_o direct_o or_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la any_o sin_n be_v consequent_a which_o the_o commander_n ought_v to_o provide_v against_o have_v in_o it_o all_o thing_n requisite_a to_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o a_o command_n and_o particular_o can_v be_v guilty_a of_o command_v a_o act_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la unlawful_a nor_o of_o command_v a_o act_n under_o a_o unjust_a penalty_n this_o do_v mr._n baxter_n deny_v and_o for_o this_o reason_n give_v in_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n in_o write_v ibid._n ibid._n because_o the_o first_o act_n command_v may_v be_v per_fw-la accidens_fw-la unlawful_a and_o be_v command_v by_o a_o unjust_a penalty_n though_o no_o other_o act_n or_o circumstance_n command_v be_v such_o in_o this_o point_n it_o seem_v the_o brethren_n differ_v observe_v now_o wherein_o they_o agree_v and_o let_v some_o better_a casuist_n than_o myself_o determine_v who_o have_v the_o more_o to_o answer_v for_o the_o execrable_a headsman_n of_o the_o late_a king_n or_o the_o assertor_n of_o these_o follow_a position_n mr._n richard_n baxter_n and_o mr._n edward_n bagshaw_n political_a resolution_n king_n destructive_a of_o all_o king_n i._o if_o a_o prince_n want_v such_o understanding_n goodness_n or_o power_n as_o the_o people_n judge_v necessary_a to_o the_o end_n of_o government_n in_o the_o first_o case_n he_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o name_n but_o not_o of_o the_o government_n in_o the_o second_o he_o depose_v himself_o in_o the_o three_o the_o want_n of_o power_n depose_v he_o thesis_n 135_o 136_o 137._o ii_o if_o a_o prince_n in_o a_o military_a state_n against_o his_o people_n 1646._o the_o case_n of_o the_o late_a king_n when_o he_o be_v buy_v and_o sell_v in_o 1646._o be_v by_o they_o conquer_a they_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o restore_v he_o without_o some_o other_o obligation_n than_o their_o allegiance_n thes._n 145._o iii_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v injurious_o expel_v 1650._o the_o case_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o commons_o in_o 1650._o by_o what-power-soev_a that_o resolve_v to_o ruin_n the_o commonwealth_n rather_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v restore_v and_o if_o the_o commonwealth_n may_v prosper_v without_o his_o restore_a that_o prince_n be_v bind_v to_o resign_v his_o government_n or_o if_o he_o refuse_v the_o people_n be_v to_o judge_v he_o incapable_a by_o providence_n thes._n 147._o iv_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v so_o long_o out_o providence_n oliver_n choose_v by_o providence_n that_o the_o nation_n can_v well_o stand_v without_o another_o providence_n have_v dispossess_v the_o former_a and_o we_o be_v to_o make_v a_o new_a choice_n thes._n 149._o v._o if_o a_o prince_n be_v throw_v out_o by_o a_o rebellion_n charity_n oliver_n take_v the_o government_n upon_o he_o be_v a_o deed_n of_o charity_n the_o strong_a rebel_n may_v ex_fw-la charitate_fw-la undertake_v the_o government_n thes._n 150._o vi_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v a_o sufficient_a sign_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o this_o be_v the_o person_n god_n oliver_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n by_o who_o we_o must_v be_v govern_v be_v enough_o as_o join_v to_o god_n law_n to_o oblige_v we_o to_o consent_v and_o obey_v he_o as_o our_o governor_n thes._n 153._o vii_o and_o yet_o all_o the_o people_n have_v not_o this_o right_n of_o choose_v their_o governor_n choose_v the_o cavalier_n compel_v to_o consent_n and_o the_o brethren_n to_o choose_v but_o common_o a_o part_n of_o every_o nation_n must_v be_v 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propter_fw-la finem_fw-la he_o have_v the_o worse_a cause_n thes._n 352._o take_v now_o the_o opinion_n of_o these_o doctor_n concern_v the_o english_a government_n
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