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p._n 60._o say_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n prevent_v such_o a_o presumption_n and_o oblige_v during_o life_n to_o do_v all_o that_o possible_o may_v be_v do_v for_o such_o a_o absent_a prince_n our_o author_n chap._n 9_o prove_v that_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v the_o utmost_a of_o all_o our_o moral_n not_o of_o all_o our_o natural_a endeavour_n and_o that_o not_o during_o life_n but_o during_o possession_n which_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o that_o promissory_a oath_n otherwise_o what_o will_v he_o say_v to_o our_o late_a king_n oath_n with_o the_o now_o king_n of_o portugal_n contrary_a to_o that_o which_o he_o take_v with_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n as_o king_n of_o portugal_n and_o what_o will_v he_o say_v to_o those_o case_n which_o our_o author_n put_v to_o he_o chap._n 9_o concerning_o those_o who_o in_o frontier_n place_n fall_v sometime_o into_o the_o possession_n of_o one_o prince_n and_o allegiance_n and_o sometime_o into_o another_o quite_o contrary_a in_o opposition_n to_o our_o author_n the_o exercitation_n deliver_v a_o strange_a doctrine_n affirm_v that_o when_o such_o enemy_n prevail_v they_o can_v pass_v no_o obligation_n upon_o man_n so_o reduce_v as_o thereby_o to_o make_v they_o indebt_v to_o they_o for_o their_o life_n because_o they_o be_v unjust_a enemy_n according_a to_o this_o there_o will_v be_v no_o faith_n keep_v betwixt_o enemy_n who_o oft_o presume_v one_o as_o much_o as_o another_o of_o the_o justice_n of_o their_o cause_n neither_o be_v prisoner_n release_v upon_o their_o paroles_fw-fr bind_v to_o keep_v they_o and_o that_o brave_a roman_a release_v at_o carthage_n upon_o his_o faith_n to_o return_v again_o from_o rome_n do_v not_o only_o a_o sottish_a but_o a_o unjust_a act_n in_o keep_v it_o but_o say_v he_o in_o opposition_n to_o our_o author_n p._n 60._o a_o new_a life_n can_v be_v give_v and_o so_o consequent_o no_o new_a obligation_n and_o our_o author_n can_v real_o prove_v his_o life_n another_o than_o it_o be_v r._n when_o a_o man_n life_n be_v give_v it_o be_v civil_o though_o not_o natural_o take_v to_o be_v another_o and_o if_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v a_o man_n can_v in_o no_o consideration_n be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o new_a life_n because_o it_o be_v natural_o still_o the_o same_o than_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o contradict_v the_o whole_a current_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o tell_v we_o how_o we_o may_v become_v new_a creature_n and_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 7._o do_v but_o prevaricate_v when_o he_o say_v it_o be_v no_o long_o he_o that_o do_v such_o thing_n because_o the_o old_a man_n be_v dead_a in_o he_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o the_o former_a individual_a soul_n of_o saint_n paul_n be_v change_v for_o another_o but_o that_o author_n to_o maintain_v himself_o in_o these_o straits_n assert_n this_o as_o his_o principle_n for_o all_o p._n 56._o that_o people_n oath_n be_v all_o absolute_a and_o irrespective_a and_o have_v no_o implication_n of_o if_n or_o and_o his_o etc._n etc._n from_o whence_o notwithstanding_o his_o great_a suffering_n for_o the_o parliament_n he_o must_v direct_o condemn_v their_o first_o engagement_n against_o the_o king_n and_o so_o he_o do_v plain_o say_v p._n 13._o that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o resist_v or_o fight_v against_o any_o just_a magistrate_n as_o he_o understand_v just_a in_o title_n and_o yet_o p._n 56._o he_o call_v king_n charles_n the_o late_a invasive_a prince_n second_o he_o thereby_o upbraid_v the_o covenant_n which_o provide_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o king_n but_o conditional_o in_o the_o preservation_n of_o religion_n and_o law_n but_o indeed_o if_o we_o trace_v he_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o he_o know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v of_o the_o covenant_n himself_o for_o p._n 4._o where_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o degree_n of_o usurpation_n he_o say_v distinctive_o that_o it_o may_v be_v either_o against_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n or_o against_o covenant_n which_o bound_v it_o he_o may_v true_o have_v say_v which_o derogate_v from_o it_o because_o that_o which_o the_o king_n be_v swear_v to_o keep_v we_o in_o it_o contrary_a to_o his_o oath_n and_o consent_n swear_v to_o take_v away_o viz._n episcopacy_n moreover_o p._n 59_o he_o say_v the_o party_n swear_v to_o in_o the_o covenant_n be_v not_o the_o king_n but_o the_o people_n of_o all_o rank_n in_o the_o three_o kingdom_n who_o therefore_o as_o he_o infer_v carry_v the_o power_n of_o obligation_n to_o and_o releasement_n from_o it_o in_o themselves_o which_o be_v a_o wild_a extravagancy_n and_o lead_v to_o attempt_v any_o madness_n and_o to_o dissolve_v all_o government_n and_o allegiance_n the_o people_n of_o private_a calling_n be_v swear_v in_o relation_n and_o subordination_n to_o their_o respective_a judicatory_n as_o himself_o after_o all_o confess_v with_o some_o contradiction_n in_o his_o america_n case_n p._n 5._o that_o the_o house_n presorihe_v the_o covenant_n to_o the_o people_n and_o if_o you_o will_v know_v quo_fw-la juâ—â—_z he_o say_v as_o impertinent_o in_o the_o same_o page_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o coordinate_a â—anck_n with_o the_o king_n for_o coordinata_fw-la fâ—se_fw-la â—nvicem_fw-la supplent_fw-la and_o have_v mutual_o a_o power_n to_o act_v full_o one_o for_o the_o other_o as_o if_o the_o king_n legal_o can_v in_o the_o make_n of_o law_n and_o lay_v tax_n at_o sometime_o act_v not_o only_o his_o own_o share_n but_o that_o of_o both_o house_n also_o and_o so_o consequent_o may_v both_o house_n comprehend_v themselves_o and_o the_o king_n and_o consequent_o give_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n in_o covenant_n which_o be_v a_o unsound_a argument_n because_o it_o satisfy_v not_o both_o way_n alike_o and_o have_v contradiction_n of_o government_n involve_v in_o it_o our_o author_n chap._n 9_o p._n 2._o have_v show_v how_o impossible_a it_o be_v that_o any_o promissory_a oath_n can_v be_v absolute_a and_o irrespective_a and_o so_o have_v this_o doctor_n the_o censurer_n also_o praelecti_fw-la p._n 7._o 7._o and_o the_o exercitator_n at_o last_o with_o more_o contradiction_n confess_v p._n 61._o that_o such_o a_o oath_n may_v be_v indeed_o suspend_v but_o not_o dissolve_v whereas_o it_o be_v a_o know_a maxim_n obligationes_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la inpendenti_fw-la the_o obligation_n of_o 2._o promise_n can_v be_v suspend_v quia_fw-la annus_fw-la et_fw-la dies_fw-la debentur_fw-la we_o owe_v time_n which_o may_v suspend_v the_o adimpletion_n of_o a_o promise_n but_o not_o its_o obligation_n otherwise_o we_o must_v allow_v though_o he_o will_v not_o reservation_n for_o several_a allegiance_n for_o the_o same_o people_n for_o the_o same_o action_n and_o the_o same_o time_n which_o be_v as_o contradictory_a as_o if_o we_o will_v have_v several_a centre_n for_o the_o same_o equidistant_a line_n in_o a_o circle_n and_o that_o in_o holland_n they_o owe_v allegiance_n both_o to_o the_o state_n and_o to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n and_o in_o portugal_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n and_o to_o the_o new_a king_n the_o four_o proviso_n of_o the_o doctor_n be_v when_o this_o may_v be_v without_o prejudice_v the_o oppress_a party_n in_o his_o due_n and_o without_o disable_n ourselves_o to_o help_v he_o in_o his_o recovery_n afterwards_o this_o notion_n be_v fit_v only_o to_o distract_v people_n by_o put_v they_o in_o a_o way_n how_o they_o shall_v do_v nothing_o in_o present_a with_o faith_n only_o that_o they_o may_v thereby_o act_v any_o thing_n afterwards_o with_o madness_n yea_o though_o every_o thing_n both_o in_o religion_n and_o nature_n be_v more_o favourable_a for_o peace_n then_o for_o war_n this_o be_v indeed_o a_o refine_a chimaera_n as_o if_o people_n can_v in_o a_o state_n live_v half_a by_o themselves_o by_o their_o own_o law_n and_o their_o own_o militia_n and_o so_o be_v take_v into_o no_o plenary_a protection_n or_o possession_n by_o which_o they_o may_v be_v expose_v in_o a_o moment_n to_o certain_a ruin_n 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