nature_n dowry_n or_o the_o people_n native_a liberty_n assert_v be_v thou_o call_v be_v a_o servant_n care_n not_o for_o it_o but_o if_o thou_o may_v be_v make_v free_a use_v it_o rather_o 1_o cor._n 7.21_o ovis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la pastorem_fw-la sed_fw-la pastor_n ovi_fw-la inservit_fw-la warneri_fw-la proverb_n pers_n 16._o quin_fw-la et_fw-la mortalem_fw-la summum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la repentè_fw-fr reddidit_fw-la è_fw-la summo_fw-la ut_fw-la regno_fw-la famul_fw-la optumus_fw-la essit_fw-la fortune_n the_o low_a soon_o lift_v to_o the_o high_a degree_n that_o make_v great_a king_n they_o shall_v good_a servant_n be_v ennius_n viii_o annali_fw-la by_o l._n s._n london_n print_v for_o w._n r._n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o unicorn_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1652._o to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n this_o treatise_n i_o assure_v thou_o be_v no_o more_o dip_v in_o passion_n than_o the_o sun_n be_v drown_v in_o the_o cloud_n which_o be_v so_o far_o below_o he_o 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i_o can_v consent_v because_o the_o world_n after_o the_o flood_n till_o nimrods_n day_n etc._n day_n nimrod_n be_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n before_o the_o lord_n gen._n 10.9_o for_o the_o understanding_n of_o that_o phrase_n compare_v with_o this_o scripture_n jer._n 16.16_o lament_n 4.18_o mich._n 7.2_o pro._n 1.17_o that_o of_o arist._n in_o the_o first_o of_o his_o politic_n be_v a_o good_a comment_n likewise_o upon_o nimrod_n hunt_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n have_v no_o monarch_n neither_o oeccumenicall_a nor_o provincial_a and_o because_o monarchy_n than_o come_v into_o the_o world_n not_o by_o choice_n 3._o choice_n diodorus_n siculus_n inform_v we_o that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v in_o all_o their_o action_n confine_v by_o their_o law_n and_o particular_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d biblioth_n histor_n l._n 1._o the_o same_o historiographer_n speak_v of_o the_o k._n of_o the_o aethiopian_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d biblioth_n hist_o l._n 3._o but_o by_o intrusion_n &_o usurpation_n by_o force_n &_o conquest_n because_o the_o israelite_n have_v a_o mix_a government_n and_o the_o most_o flourish_a state_n among_o the_o papist_n and_o all_o reform_a church_n together_o with_o such_o heathenish_a commonwealth_n as_o have_v most_o abound_v in_o perspicacitie_n and_o wisdom_n have_v ever_o prefer_v other_o form_n of_o government_n before_o it_o aristotle_n likewise_o determine_v polit._n 3_o that_o a_o king_n ought_v to_o have_v power_n to_o protect_v the_o law_n but_o not_o such_o power_n as_o may_v render_v he_o more_o potent_a than_o the_o kingdom_n obj._n the_o main_a argument_n which_o oppose_v what_o i_o have_v deliver_v in_o this_o chapter_n be_v bottom_v upon_o part_n of_o the_o seven_o comma_n of_o the_o 4._o chapter_n of_o gen._n which_o in_o our_o translation_n say_v anà _fw-la unto_o thou_o shall_v be_v his_o desire_n and_o thou_o shall_v rule_v over_o he_o the_o argument_n propound_v in_o full_a dimension_n have_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o sentence_n i_o find_v thus_o translate_v in_o our_o english_a interpreter_n of_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o nicias_n in_o outward_a show_n of_o stately_a pomp_n all_o other_o i_o exceed_v and_o yet_o the_o people_n underling_n i_o be_o in_o very_a deed_n chap._n 10._o king_n agreeable_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n may_v in_o some_o case_n be_v forcible_o resist_v by_o their_o subject_n and_o likewise_o depose_v a_o competency_n of_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n will_v discover_v unless_o it_o be_v overcast_v with_o passion_n that_o it_o be_v as_o lawful_a for_o a_o conquer_a people_n by_o violence_n to_o recover_v their_o liberty_n as_o it_o be_v for_o any_o man_n to_o extort_v his_o good_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o felon_n who_o be_v run_v away_o with_o they_o as_o it_o be_v for_o david_n to_o rescue_v his_o good_n and_o wife_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o amalekite_n who_o have_v plunder_v ziglag_n scarce_o any_o will_v dare_v to_o 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though_o they_o be_v tall_a than_o their_o brethren_n by_o the_o head_n and_o shoulder_n whoso_o shed_v man_n blood_n voluntary_o and_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n not_o out_o of_o a_o error_n nor_o as_o a_o executioner_n of_o a_o penalty_n nor_o yet_o in_o his_o own_o defence_n his_o blood_n shall_v be_v shed_v erpenius_n shed_v see_v oakelos_n his_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n and_o the_o mauritanian_a jew_n arabic_a translation_n set_v out_o by_o erpenius_n by_o a_o judiciary_n sentence_n this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o law_n the_o hebrew_n doctor_n have_v some_o gloss_n here_o which_o destroy_v the_o text._n according_a to_o some_o of_o they_o he_o who_o by_o himself_o shedded_a man_n blood_n be_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n but_o if_o he_o hire_v another_o or_o employ_v his_o servant_n to_o shed_v blood_n or_o expose_v one_o bind_v to_o a_o lion_n or_o other_o savage_a beast_n he_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v a_o homicide_n and_o deserve_a death_n to_o be_v inflict_v of_o god_n but_o be_v not_o necessary_o
to_o be_v adjudge_v to_o death_n by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o magistrate_n they_o leave_v to_o the_o king_n and_o likewise_o to_o the_o sanhedrin_n a_o liberty_n to_o punish_v such_o with_o death_n or_o to_o exempt_v they_o certain_o he_o who_o commit_v murder_n by_o a_o proxy_n be_v more_o guilty_a than_o if_o he_o have_v shed_v blood_n immediate_o in_o that_o he_o have_v propagate_v the_o sin_n some_o of_o they_o determine_v that_o if_o a_o israelite_n slay_v a_o stranger_n though_o he_o be_v proselytus_fw-la domicilis_fw-la he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v condemn_v to_o death_n for_o it_o because_o he_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o neighbour_n these_o consider_v not_o that_o stranger_n also_o bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o that_o god_n be_v the_o lord_n of_o all_o mankind_n the_o 9_o the_o sanh_v c._n 9_o misna_n of_o the_o talmud_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o a_o homicide_n be_v mingle_v with_o other_o they_o be_v all_o free_a that_o be_v as_o i_o conceive_v when_o many_o man_n strike_v a_o man_n so_o that_o it_o can_v be_v know_v that_o what_o be_v do_v by_o any_o one_o of_o they_o kill_v he_o this_o exception_n have_v no_o more_o warrant_n from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n than_o have_v the_o two_o former_a who_o so_o shed_v man_n blood_n whether_o by_o himself_o immediate_o or_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o some_o other_o whether_o a_o stranger_n or_o a_o neighbour_n whether_o alone_a or_o with_o the_o help_n of_o other_o be_v a_o son_n of_o death_n no_o mortal_a be_v excuse_v by_o his_o greatness_n plato_n be_v very_a orthodox_n in_o this_o point_n kindred_n point_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o speak_v of_o a_o homicide_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o urge_v afterward_o the_o in_o flict_v of_o this_o penalty_n especial_o upon_o such_o as_o shall_v kill_v any_o of_o their_o kindred_n a_o homicide_n as_o he_o determine_v l._n 9_o the_o leg_n must_v be_v punish_v with_o death_n he_o pass_v the_o same_o sentence_n upon_o a_o stranger_n kill_v a_o stranger_n and_o a_o citizen_n kill_v a_o stranger_n and_o a_o stranger_n kill_v a_o citizen_n as_o upon_o one_o citizen_n kill_v another_o and_o upon_o a_o man_n kill_v another_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n or_o otherwise_o he_o except_v not_o any_o so_o offend_v from_o capital_a punishment_n that_o it_o be_v not_o leave_v arbitrary_a to_o the_o magistrate_n to_o punish_v or_o pardon_v murder_n be_v clear_v by_o the_o 33._o section_n of_o num._n 35._o where_o it_o be_v write_v that_o the_o land_n can_v be_v clear_o say_v from_o the_o blood_n that_o be_v shed_v therein_o but_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o he_o that_o shed_v it_o upon_o which_o place_n say_v 41._o say_v more_n nevochim_n part._n 3._o cap._n 41._o maimonides_n as_o he_o be_v construe_v by_o buxtorf_n agreeable_o to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o hebrew_n proptereà _fw-la licet_fw-la interfectus_fw-la per_fw-la horas_fw-la vel_fw-la dies_fw-la aliquot_fw-la adhuc_fw-la vixerit_fw-la locutus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sanumque_fw-la intellectum_fw-la retinuerit_fw-la testatusque_fw-la fuerit_fw-la se_fw-la ei_fw-la condonare_fw-la &_o remittere_fw-la non_fw-la auditur_fw-la sed_fw-la necessariò_fw-la anima_fw-la pro_fw-la animâ_fw-la danda_fw-la est_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la pro_fw-la parvo_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la servo_fw-la &_o nobilium_fw-la &_o f_o lio_o ingenuorum_fw-la seu_fw-la filio_fw-la nobilium_fw-la libero_fw-la sapiente_fw-la &_o stulto_fw-la take_v notice_n from_o this_o gloss_n that_o the_o murderer_n ought_v necessary_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n though_o the_o person_n murder_v live_v some_o day_n after_o he_o receive_v the_o wound_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o some_o other_o hebrew_a doctor_n god_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o scripture_n require_v that_o capital_a punishment_n be_v inflict_v as_o for_o murder_v so_o for_o some_o other_o crime_n neither_o be_v king_n except_v from_o those_o law_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o write_a word_n which_o be_v now_o extant_a prince_n in_o some_o other_o case_n be_v liable_a to_o capital_a punishment_n to_o be_v inflict_v by_o private_a man_n when_o a_o prince_n attempt_v to_o murder_v another_o the_o person_n invade_v may_v lawful_o kill_v he_o in_o his_o own_o defence_n and_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o 6._o commandment_n to_o do_v it_o rather_o than_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v murder_v david_n great_a guard_n intimate_v that_o he_o will_v rather_o have_v kill_v saul_n than_o have_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v kill_v by_o he_o leg_n he_o lib._n 9_o the_o leg_n plato_n make_v it_o lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o kill_v a_o thief_n who_o by_o night_n enter_v his_o house_n to_o steal_v sex_n steal_v that_o be_v when_o he_o pursa_v a_o young_a woman_n betroth_v to_o defile_v she_o say_v r._n schem_n tof_n the_o wife_n nakedness_n be_v the_o husband_n nakedness_n but_o maimonides_n his_o word_n be_v more_o comprehensive_a than_o that_o interpreter_n make_v they_o that_o place_n in_o plato_n law_n before_o quote_v provide_v for_o the_o chastity_n of_o both_o sex_n whether_o mariedor_n single_a maimonides_n his_o word_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o same_o constiuction_n ada_z sometime_o be_v of_o as_o large_a a_o signification_n as_o bomo_fw-la that_o testimony_n which_o have_v add_v out_o of_o the_o misua_n prevail_v with_o i_o to_o think_v that_o maimonid_v under_z ada_z comprehend_v both_o sex_n or_o one_o that_o attempt_v at_o any_o time_n after_o what_o manner_n soever_o to_o spoil_v he_o of_o his_o good_n or_o one_o who_o invade_v his_o chastity_n or_o have_v defile_v some_o other_o relate_v to_o he_o maimonides_n say_v it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o kill_v a_o man_n who_o have_v purpose_v to_o commit_v any_o wickedness_n before_o he_o have_v do_v it_o unless_o in_o these_o 2_o case_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o pursue_v a_o man_n to_o kill_v he_o and_o when_o he_o pursue_v a_o man_n nakedness_n to_o uncover_v it_o the_o misna_n in_o sanbedr_n c._n 8._o paragr_n 7._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n these_o be_v they_o who_o they_o hinder_v from_o sin_n by_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o life_n he_o that_o pursue_v another_o with_o a_o intention_n to_o kill_v he_o and_o he_o that_o pursue_v a_o maid_n and_o he_o that_o pusu_v a_o young_a woman_n that_o be_v betroth_v shall_v one_o pursue_v another_o to_o kill_v he_o all_o israel_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o our_o hebrew_a doctor_n be_v bind_v to_o rescue_v the_o person_n who_o be_v pursue_v if_o it_o can_v not_o be_v effect_v otherwise_o by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o pursuer_fw-mi shall_v any_o one_o deliver_v a_o israelite_n or_o his_o good_n into_o the_o power_n of_o the_o heathen_a it_o be_v lawful_a say_v 3._o say_v see_v maimonid_n and_o moses_n mikotsi_n quote_v by_o mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jur._n natur._n &_o gent._n juxta_fw-la discipl_n hebr._n li._n 4._o c._n 3._o the_o same_o writer_n for_o any_o one_o to_o kill_v the_o traitor_n it_o be_v as_o great_a a_o fault_n to_o betray_v the_o good_n and_o life_n of_o christian_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o papist_n chap._n 12._o the_o injunction_n of_o subjection_n to_o the_o high_a power_n be_v but_o a_o brittle_a argument_n for_o the_o impunity_n of_o tyrant_n chrysostome_n take_v notice_n that_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 13.1_o do_v not_o say_v there_o be_v no_o ruler_n but_o of_o god_n but_o that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o office_n say_v there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n all_o the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n according_a to_o this_o doctor_n the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o to_o inhibit_v man_n from_o resist_a tyrant_n but_o to_o bridle-in_a unruly_a spirit_n which_o be_v altogether_o impatient_a of_o any_o authority_n i_o may_v add_v that_o this_o scripture_n likewise_o oppose_v those_o who_o can_v be_v content_v to_o submit_v unto_o such_o magistrate_n as_o will_v countenance_v their_o licentious_a course_n but_o can_v endure_v such_o as_o go_v about_o to_o restrain_v sin_n and_o to_o encourage_v religion_n if_o by_o power_n be_v mean_v such_o as_o be_v invest_v in_o authority_n the_o trope_n use_v will_v chastise_v all_o such_o as_o resist_v magistrate_n who_o be_v due_o call_v to_o the_o exercise_n of_o authority_n neither_o abuse_v the_o authority_n wherewith_o they_o be_v betrust_v and_o so_o discover_v themselves_o to_o be_v enemy_n to_o authority_n itself_o but_o the_o people_n hand_n be_v not_o tie_v when_o authority_n be_v usurp_v or_o the_o end_n thereof_o neglect_v what_o we_o read_v rom._n 13.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o according_a to_o mr._n calvin_n and_o buchanan_n bind_v we_o only_o to_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o the_o edict_n of_o prince_n when_o they_o enjoin_v we_o what_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o indeed_o the_o reason_n which_o enforce_v our_o subjection_n to_o the_o high_a power_n and_o the_o motive_n which_o incite_v we_o to_o our_o
intentionem_fw-la juramenti_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o chief_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n a_o oath_n here_o as_o this_o learned_a author_n explain_v himself_o in_o his_o note_n upon_o the_o place_n be_v whereby_o any_o one_o cit_v god_n as_o his_o witness_n and_o judge_n that_o with_o a_o good_a conscience_n because_o god_n have_v so_o command_v he_o will_v obey_v the_o king_n and_o seek_v his_o good_a and_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o some_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a upon_o any_o account_n to_o resist_v the_o edict_n of_o king_n i_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o hebrew_n be_v capable_a of_o our_o english_a translation_n and_o likewise_o of_o that_o construction_n which_o coach_n assign_v it_o we_o may_v admit_v of_o our_o english_a translation_n without_o detriment_n to_o the_o cause_n with_o this_o provifoe_n that_o king_n be_v legitimate_o invest_v in_o their_o authority_n and_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o evil_a work_n and_o a_o encouragement_n to_o good_a and_o manage_v well_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n that_o all_o these_o condition_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o be_v clear_a from_o rom._n 13._o and_o the_o 6._o and_o 8._o commandment_n coach_n have_v these_o word_n upon_o eccles_n 8.2_o os_fw-la regis_fw-la serva_fw-la h._n e._n fac_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la ex_fw-la regis_fw-la ore_fw-la prodit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la jubet_fw-la &_o statuit_fw-la pro_fw-la eâ_fw-la potestate_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la divinâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la regard_v the_o king_n mouth_n that_o be_v do_v whatsoever_o he_o command_v and_o appoint_v out_o of_o that_o authority_n which_o he_o have_v by_o divine_a ordination_n no_o one_o have_v from_o god_n any_o authority_n to_o do_v evil_a neither_o have_v any_o one_o now_o a_o day_n a_o just_a title_n to_o royal_a authority_n but_o through_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o people_n i_o find_v in_o elisha_n galico_fw-la upon_o the_o place_n this_o gloss_n i_o be_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o king_n of_o king_n of_o jehovah_n wherefore_o observe_v the_o word_n which_o i_o speak_v and_o as_o our_o doctor_n say_v because_o thou_o be_v swear_v to_o the_o observance_n of_o the_o law_n when_o thou_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o wit_n as_o say_v our_o doctor_n of_o bless_a memorte_n they_o adjure_v a_o man_n in_o this_o form_n hevi_n tsadik_a veal_n tehi_fw-mi rashaugh_o be_v thou_o righteous_a and_o be_v not_o wicked_a one_o interpretation_n in_o rasi_fw-la import_v this_o sense_n i_o say_v it_o be_v necessary_a and_o meet_a to_o observe_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o world_n because_o we_o swear_v unto_o he_o in_o horeb_n to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n hierome_n vari_v but_o little_a from_o that_o interpretation_n which_o i_o have_v now_o propound_v out_o of_o rasi_fw-la his_o construction_n of_o the_o text_n run_v thus_o ego_fw-la os_fw-la regis_fw-la observo_fw-la &_o praecepta_fw-la juramenti_fw-la dei_fw-la i_o observe_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n r._n levi_n in_o midrasch_n have_v the_o same_o interpretation_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o verse_n any_o eschmor_n etc._n etc._n say_v this_o doctor_n i_o will_v observe_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o king_n of_o king_n that_o holy_a bless_a one_o that_o mouth_n which_o say_v i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n etc._n etc._n another_o interpretation_n which_o i_o find_v in_o rasi_fw-la be_v this_o i_o say_v it_o be_v meet_v to_o observe_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o nation_n so_o they_o cause_v we_o not_o to_o transgress_v the_o oath_n which_o we_o swear_v to_o god_n elisha_n galico_fw-la before_o quote_v to_o the_o same_o sense_n i_o say_v observe_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o king_n but_o chief_o the_o apocope_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o any_o note_n of_o a_o apocope_n matter_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o 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