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they_o say_v thus_o but_o to_o make_v the_o king_n absolute_a supreme_a and_o giver_n of_o life_n and_o be_v to_o parliament_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o that_o of_o they_o we_o have_v no_o ground_n to_o think_v represeâ—tatives_n antecedent_n to_o king_n 9â—_n appendix_n page_n 35._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la quest_n 21._o page_n 177_o lex_n rex_fw-la quest_n 6._o &_o 19_o námque_fw-la munus_fw-la illud_fw-la quâ_fw-la vi_fw-la quâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la &_o favore_fw-la imo_fw-la quo_fw-la pretio_fw-la denique_fw-la et_fw-la corruptelâ_fw-la pro_fw-la temporum_fw-la hominumque_fw-la conditione_n &_o sub_fw-la specie_fw-la feudi_fw-la aliisque_fw-la diversis_fw-la praetextibus_fw-la in_fw-la peculium_fw-la tandem_fw-la conversum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la temporario_fw-la haereditarium_fw-la factum_fw-la guicc_n descrip_n hannoniae_fw-la p._n 440._o nunc_fw-la nullus_fw-la in_o honorum_fw-la nominibus_fw-la est_fw-la modus_fw-la neque_fw-la praeter_fw-la inanem_fw-la titulum_fw-la ullus_fw-la 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be_v but_o judicial_a and_o that_o over_o the_o king_n only_o margin_n sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 1._o p._n 5._o in_o the_o margin_n rex_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la praeter_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la &_o curiam_fw-la comitum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la qui_fw-la ideo_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la comites_fw-la quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la socii_fw-la regis_fw-la say_v bracton_n quote_v by_o mr._n prince_n and_o their_o office_n be_v that_o debent_fw-la ei_fw-la fraenum_fw-la ponere_fw-la nay_o the_o last_o king_n in_o a_o declaration_n of_o his_o as_o i_o well_o remember_v i_o have_v read_v though_o now_o i_o have_v it_o not_o at_o hand_n say_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v as_o bank_n between_o he_o and_o the_o commons_o to_o restrain_v the_o excess_n of_o prerogative_n legislative_a power_n at_o the_o first_o they_o have_v none_o &_o shall_v we_o grant_v that_o since_o their_o good_a service_n for_o the_o people_n they_o have_v a_o share_n of_o 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remove_v it_o the_o end_n of_o both_o their_o coordination_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o mean_n conduce_v to_o it_o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o dangerous_a to_o let_v the_o remedy_n fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o multitude_n but_o unlawful_a for_o the_o innocent_a coordinate_a to_o quit_v his_o station_n constantine_n the_o great_a 204._o pari_fw-la potestate_fw-la praeditiâ—_n notum_fw-la verò_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vuâ—go_fw-la dicitur_fw-la par_fw-fr in_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la imperium_fw-la nibilominus_a tamen_fw-la conâ—tantinus_n licinium_n christianos_n in_o iisque_fw-la nobiles_fw-la plaerosque_fw-la religionis_fw-la sive_fw-la causâ_fw-la sive_fw-la praetextu_fw-la re_fw-la egantem_fw-la divexantem_fw-la contrucidantem_fw-la bello_fw-la peâ—it_fw-la religionis_fw-la liberum_fw-la cultum_fw-la christianis_fw-la vi_fw-la impetrat_fw-la fidem_fw-la denique_fw-la frangentem_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la pristinam_fw-la saevitiam_fw-la revertentem_fw-la thessalonicae_fw-la morte_fw-la mulciari_fw-la jubet_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quae._n 4._o pag._n 204._o and_o licinius_n be_v both_o of_o they_o emperor_n in_o one_o commonwealth_n of_o equal_a power_n and_o that_o vulgar_a say_n be_v well_o know_v par_fw-fr in_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la yet_o notwithstanding_o when_o licinius_n banish_v vex_a kill_v many_o christian_n and_o among_o they_o many_o noble_a one_o either_o because_o of_o their_o religion_n or_o under_o that_o pretence_n constantine_n wage_v war_n upon_o he_o by_o force_n procure_v for_o the_o christian_n free_a exercise_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o at_o last_o put_v licinius_n to_o death_n at_o thessalâ—nica_n who_o have_v break_v his_o promise_n and_o return_v to_o his_o former_a cruelty_n so_o junius_n brutus_n who_o also_o add_v that_o when_o the_o empire_n be_v divide_v between_o constantine_n three_o son_n and_o constantine_n the_o elder_a maintain_v the_o arrian_n constans_n the_o young_a the_o orthodox_n the_o young_a threaten_v the_o elder_a to_o force_v he_o to_o restore_v athanasius_n who_o he_o have_v banish_v the_o consul_n be_v set_v up_o at_o rome_n 21._o ne_fw-fr potestas_fw-la soâ—â—tudine_fw-la corrumperetur_fw-la florus_n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o suet._n in_o julio_n cap._n 49._o plea_n etc._n etc._n p._n 21._o lest_o a_o power_n without_o companion_n shall_v turn_v to_o tyranny_n the_o consul_n therefore_o be_v coordinate_a yet_o when_o caesar_n affect_v tyranny_n his_o colleague_n bibulus_n proscribe_v he_o and_o have_v he_o have_v strength_n will_v doubtless_o have_v execute_v the_o sentence_n he_o pronounce_v but_o yet_o there_o be_v another_o stumble_a block_n those_o that_o remove_v the_o king_n and_o lord_n be_v not_o a_o house_n of_o commons_o they_o be_v but_o a_o parcel_n of_o one_o of_o the_o estate_n the_o majority_n be_v exclude_v by_o they_o and_o keep_v from_o they_o by_o force_n of_o arms._n to_o which_o i_o 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commonwealth_n be_v in_o this_o case_n suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la and_o his_o majesty_n must_v notwithstanding_o his_o oath_n proceed_v against_o the_o offender_n etc._n etc._n 3._o the_o declaration_n of_o april_n 17.16.6_o say_v our_o intention_n be_v not_o to_o change_v the_o ancient_a form_n of_o government_n but_o to_o attend_v the_o end_n of_o the_o primitive_a institution_n of_o all_o government_n which_o only_o infer_v thus_o much_o that_o they_o will_v not_o make_v any_o change_n in_o the_o government_n if_o they_o can_v without_o it_o keep_v the_o nation_n in_o safety_n but_o infer_v not_o that_o when_o that_o establish_v government_n come_v in_o competition_n with_o the_o people_n safety_n they_o either_o may_v not_o oâ—_n will_v not_o change_v it_o 4._o all_o your_o other_o testimony_n infer_v nothing_o else_o but_o 1._o that_o the_o commons_o true_o and_o serious_o desire_v the_o late_a king_n safety_n and_o the_o continuance_n of_o his_o government_n if_o it_o may_v 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answer_v 1._o that_o confess_v irregularity_n can_v take_v away_o the_o right_n of_o the_o remain_a member_n 2._o that_o whatsoever_o be_v
irregular_a be_v not_o present_o unlawful_a 4._o matth._n 12.3_o 4._o david_n eat_v the_o shewbread_n be_v irregular_a but_o not_o unlawful_a man_n law_n must_v all_o stoop_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n to_o the_o divine_a law_n of_o nature_n and_o to_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o people_n offero_fw-la quoniam_fw-la inquit_fw-la consul_n dum_fw-la juris_fw-la ordinem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la id_fw-la agit_fw-fr ut_fw-la câ—â—_n omnibus_fw-la legibus_fw-la romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la corruat_fw-la egomet_fw-la privatus_fw-la voluntati_fw-la vestrae_fw-la i_o ducem_fw-la offero_fw-la the_o supreme_a law_n when_o gracchus_n endeavour_v to_o subvert_v the_o roman_a state_n &_o the_o consul_n scaevola_n refuse_v to_o oppose_v he_o by_o force_n scipio_n nasica_n say_v because_o the_o consul_n while_o he_o follow_v the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o law_n suffer_v the_o roman_a empire_n with_o all_o its_o law_n to_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o perish_v i_o a_o private_a man_n will_v be_v your_o captain_n &_o according_o though_o a_o private_a man_n he_o repulse_v graechus_n with_o his_o complice_n so_o scipio_n africanus_n when_o the_o public_a treasury_n shall_v have_v be_v open_v for_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o the_o quaestor_n because_o they_o do_v think_v it_o forbid_v by_o law_n refuse_v it_o 7._o valer._n max._n li._n 3._o cap._n 2._o valer._n max._n li._n 3._o cap._n 7._o scipio_n isay_n be_v a_o private_a man_n take_v the_o key_n and_o open_v the_o treasury_n and_o make_v the_o law_n stoop_v to_o the_o public_a benefit_n nor_o will_v the_o irregularity_n of_o hinder_v magistrate_n from_o do_v unlawful_a act_n be_v less_o defensible_a 19.40.45_o 1_o sam._n 19.40.45_o the_o people_n act_n in_o rescue_v jonathan_n from_o saul_n will_v justify_v it_o they_o have_v profess_v their_o subjection_n to_o saul_n yet_o they_o hinder_v he_o from_o oppress_v his_o son_n who_o have_v wrought_v deliverance_n in_o israel_n the_o army_n then_o may_v well_o and_o lawful_o though_o extraordinary_o and_o therefore_o irregular_o in_o reference_n to_o ordinary_a rule_n hinder_v the_o member_n of_o the_o house_n from_o vote_v such_o a_o peace_n as_o will_v have_v oppress_v not_o only_o one_o but_o all_o our_o jonathans_n who_o have_v wrought_v deliverance_n for_o our_o israel_n 3_o non-scribers_a say_v that_o the_o army_n affirm_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a in_o their_o constitution_n before_o they_o be_v purge_v which_o may_v be_v thus_o answer_v that_o the_o army_n affirm_v the_o parliament_n moral_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a at_o that_o time_n because_o so_o many_o have_v shuffle_v themselves_o so_o far_o into_o the_o king_n interest_n as_o to_o prefer_v it_o before_o the_o public_a interest_n not_o political_o incompetent_a and_o inconclusive_a 40._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 2._o page_n 40._o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o non-scribers_a shall_v be_v angry_a that_o the_o army_n call_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o the_o parliament_n it_o be_v such_o language_n as_o mr._n prinne_n teach_v the_o parliament_n say_v he_o be_v elective_a consist_v for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o principal_a man_n in_o every_o county_n city_n burrough_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o the_o parliament_n consist_v of_o the_o a_o bless_a man_n of_o all_o county_n 39_o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 1._o page_n 39_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o another_o place_n whatsoever_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n may_v do_v either_o centuriatis_fw-la comitiis_fw-la or_o tribunitiis_fw-la be_v and_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o parliament_n the_o lord_n be_v not_o elect_v out_o of_o city_n county_n burrough_n can_v resemble_v the_o roman_a comitia_fw-la therefore_o in_o mr._n prinne_v judgement_n not_o so_o fit_o to_o be_v call_v the_o parliament_n these_o thing_n consider_v non_fw-fr subscriber_n have_v small_a reason_n to_o parallel_v the_o deposition_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n 28._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 21_o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d med._n 28._o with_o the_o act_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n as_o they_o do_v borrow_v this_o similitude_n from_o the_o late_a tyrant_n and_o fulfil_v the_o prediction_n of_o the_o publisher_n of_o that_o fine_a piece_n of_o hypocrisy_n vota_fw-la dabunt_fw-la quae_fw-la bella_fw-la negârunt_fw-la for_o 1._o moses_n be_v innocent_a in_o the_o administration_n of_o his_o government_n the_o king_n and_o lord_n betray_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o they_o 187._o in_o seditione_n enim_fw-la dvas_fw-la omninâ—_n part_n esse_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la contradictoriis_fw-la plerunque_fw-la certenâ—_n unius_fw-la justam_fw-la alterius_fw-la injustam_fw-la causal_n esse_fw-la consequitur_fw-la justa_n inquit_fw-la bartolas_n quae_fw-la tyrannicum_fw-la regimen_fw-la deponere_fw-la volet_fw-la injuâ—ta_fw-la quae_fw-la justum_fw-la licita_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la publiâ—um_fw-la illicita_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la privatum_fw-la tendit_fw-la itaque_fw-la ait_fw-la thomas_n quia_fw-la regnum_fw-la tyrannicum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la publicum_fw-la sed_fw-la privatum_fw-la regentis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la justum_fw-la perturbatio_fw-la istius_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la seditionis_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quaest_n 3._o pag._n 178_o 179._o appendix_n to_o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n page_n 187._o 2._o the_o man_n that_o act_v then_o be_v not_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o coordinate_a with_o moses_n the_o house_n of_o commons_o the_o faithful_a part_n of_o they_o i_o mean_v which_o be_v prove_v before_o to_o be_v legal_o a_o house_n be_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n 3._o the_o cause_n be_v ambition_n in_o corah_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o parliament_n the_o safety_n of_o the_o 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of_o sedition_n unto_o which_o mr._n prinne_n add_v out_o of_o aquinas_n that_o it_o be_v the_o tyrant_n rather_o that_o be_v seditious_a as_o for_o that_o place_n out_o of_o the_o epistle_n of_o judas_n wherein_o the_o error_n of_o some_o christian_n be_v parallel_v with_o corah_n sedition_n it_o make_v nothing_o for_o non-scribers_a for_o 1._o these_o christian_n be_v mere_a private_a man_n and_o the_o mean_a sort_n of_o private_a man_n 2._o the_o power_n they_o will_v have_v depose_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o aristotle_n understand_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o supreme_a power_n in_o a_o commonwealth_n they_o must_v therefore_o venture_v another_o strain_n of_o criticism_n about_o that_o word_n as_o well_o as_o they_o do_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o when_o they_o understand_v we_o shall_v tell_v they_o that_o the_o law_n of_o england_n and_o the_o people_n in_o their_o representative_n the_o master_n and_o maker_n of_o those_o law_n have_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o the_o sin_n by_o the_o apostle_n there_o reprove_v be_v the_o put_v down_o of_o all_o magistracy_n in_o general_a not_o the_o depose_n of_o faulty_a magistrate_n or_o change_v inconvenient_a form_n for_o those_o that_o be_v better_o so_o that_o all_o non_fw-fr scriber_n big_a word_n be_v but_o bruta_fw-la fulmina_fw-la 8._o mr._n perkins_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o judas_n ver_fw-la 8._o yet_o the_o people_n of_o england_n may_v do_v well_o to_o take_v notice_n in_o what_o a_o miserable_a case_n their_o ecclesiastic_a and_o civil_a liberty_n be_v if_o such_o man_n as_o non-scribers_a domination_n be_v not_o strict_o limit_v and_o narrow_o confine_v but_o what_o will_v non-scribe_a say_v if_o i_o prove_v that_o the_o former_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v not_o depose_v or_o dispossess_v by_o the_o present_a power_n the_o constitution_n of_o this_o nation_n be_v a_o multiformed_a government_n say_v non-scribers_a and_o i_o add_v that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o just_a species_n it_o be_v of_o royalty_n optimacy_n and_o polity_n proper_o so_o call_v the_o power_n that_o be_v dispossess_v be_v tyranny_n of_o a_o scarlet_a
die_v the_o in_o the_o late_a king_n oligarchy_n in_o a_o company_n of_o pattentee-lord_n and_o ochlocracy_n in_o the_o seditious_a commons_o who_o vote_v a_o treaty_n with_o the_o tyrant_n they_o comply_v with_o the_o seditious_a surrey_n and_o kentish_a petitioner_n now_o tyranny_n oligarchy_n and_o ochlocracy_n be_v specifical_o different_a from_o limit_a and_o lawful_a royalty_n aristocracy_n and_o polity_n and_o consequent_o the_o present_a power_n dispossess_v a_o mere_a novel_a power_n the_o former_a government_n be_v dispossess_v by_o the_o king_n turn_v tyrant_n the_o lord_n accept_v patent_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o be_v exclude_v abet_v tyranny_n and_o tumult_n set_a the_o saddle_n on_o the_o right_a horse_n and_o let_v non-scribers_a judge_n who_o dispossess_v their_o former_a government_n nay_o yet_o further_o the_o non-scribers_a and_o their_o belove_a party_n be_v they_o who_o even_o according_a to_o their_o own_o principle_n depose_v the_o king_n house_n of_o lord_n 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and_o again_o the_o same_o author_n who_o whole_a book_n tend_v to_o vindicate_v the_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o people_n representative_n say_v we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o the_o subject_n right_a and_o consequent_o of_o their_o representative_a body_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o militia_n and_o great_a office_n of_o the_o kingdom_n remain_v yet_o undoubted_a to_o this_o day_n in_o a_o word_n neither_o king_n nor_o lord_n joint_o nor_o several_o have_v any_o power_n to_o mould_n or_o manage_v a_o new_a militia_n or_o raise_v a_o man_n or_o levy_v a_o farthing_n towards_o the_o payment_n of_o a_o army_n before_o the_o commons_o by_o their_o legislative_a power_n have_v decree_v a_o war_n the_o proportion_n of_o man_n and_o horse_n to_o be_v raise_v and_o of_o money_n to_o be_v levy_v so_o that_o though_o we_o grant_v the_o king_n and_o lord_n as_o heretoches_n etc._n etc._n to_o have_v have_v a_o executive_a power_n as_o general_n colonel_n captain_n etc._n etc._n yet_o the_o commons_o ever_o have_v power_n to_o decree_v peace_n and_o war_n and_o the_o supreme_a power_n over_o these_o their_o minister_n 3._o the_o interest_n of_o the_o commons_o in_o the_o supreme_a legislative_a power_n have_v be_v evidence_v already_o out_o of_o the_o coronation-oath_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o of_o fortescâ—e_n 38._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 1._o p._n 38._o quote_v by_o mr._n prinne_n the_o king_n who_o be_v head_n of_o that_o politic_a body_n can_v change_v the_o law_n of_o that_o body_n neither_o can_v withdraw_v from_o the_o say_a people_n their_o proper_a substance_n without_o their_o will_n and_o consent_n for_o such_o a_o king_n â—f_o a_o kingdom_n politic_a be_v make_v and_o ordain_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o subject_n law_n and_o of_o their_o body_n and_o good_n whereunto_o he_o receive_v power_n of_o his_o people_n so_o that_o he_o can_v govern_v his_o people_n by_o any_o other_o law_n 89._o right_n of_o the_o kingdom_n pag._n 89._o the_o author_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o kingdom_n tell_v we_o that_o if_o we_o look_v to_o the_o old_a writ_n of_o summonâ—_n we_o shall_v find_v the_o commons_o call_v ad_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la &_o faciendum_fw-la and_o the_o old_a writ_n add_v quod_fw-la quilibet_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la facerent_fw-la vel_fw-la faceret_fw-la si_fw-la personaliter_fw-la interessent_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o modus_fw-la of_o parliament_n with_o sufficient_a intimation_n that_o without_o the_o commons_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v which_o the_o late_a writ_n express_v thus_o ita_fw-la ut_fw-la dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la infecta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la potestatis_fw-la but_o the_o lord_n be_v call_v de_fw-fr quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la impensuri_fw-la etc._n etc._n only_o as_o councillor_n not_o as_o lawmaker_n for_o the_o very_a same_o word_n be_v in_o the_o writ_n for_o judge_n and_o other_o come_v to_o parliament_n although_o they_o do_v not_o vote_n in_o make_v law_n 43._o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n p._n 47._o &_o 51._o of_o the_o first_o part_n ibidem_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 43._o and_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v reply_v that_o statute_n be_v say_v to_o be_v enact_v by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o the_o commons_o i_o shall_v answer_v that_o the_o king_n consent_n be_v require_v ex_fw-la debito_fw-la by_o virtue_n of_o his_o office_n to_o every_o law_n the_o commons_o make_v and_o he_o can_v alter_v one_o tittle_n of_o it_o nor_o have_v he_o any_o negative_a voice_n in_o matter_n of_o common_a justice_n and_o that_o law_n may_v have_v be_v make_v if_o all_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v absent_a as_o mr._n prinne_n tell_v we_o from_o vowel_n whereas_o the_o commons_o be_v neither_o bind_v to_o give_v consent_n to_o what_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n propose_v nor_o can_v the_o king_n and_o lord_n act_v any_o thing_n without_o their_o consent_n 4._o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o last_o appeal_n be_v the_o jure_fw-la the_o right_a of_o the_o commons_o mr._n prinne_n call_v the_o knight_n 24_o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n part_n 2._o p._n 24_o citizen_n and_o burgess_n of_o the_o parliament_n the_o supreme_a councillor_n and_o judge_n of_o all_o other_o to_o who_o all_o other_o court_n councillor_n officer_n judge_n be_v responsible_a for_o their_o action_n judgement_n advice_n appeal_v arise_v either_o from_o obscurity_n of_o law_n and_o who_o so_o fit_a to_o interpret_v law_n as_o they_o that_o make_v they_o or_o from_o new_a case_n not_o yet_o by_o law_n determine_v and_o then_o the_o legislative_a power_n must_v only_o interpose_v or_o from_o the_o corruption_n of_o officer_n and_o error_n in_o judgement_n and_o then_o none_o be_v so_o fit_a to_o judge_v as_o they_o who_o have_v the_o fountain-power_n and_o derive_v it_o to_o all_o other_o officer_n thus_o have_v show_v that_o the_o supreme_a power_n have_v appertain_v of_o râ—ght_n to_o the_o representative_n of_o the_o people_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n of_o yesterday_n erection_n but_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o have_v heretofore_o be_v do_v now_o more_o clear_o appear_v we_o have_v the_o proper_a fundamental_n of_o our_o most_o ancient_a government_n still_o stand_v the_o alteration_n or_o abolish_n of_o some_o office_n and_o name_n of_o magistrate_n 29._o commutatis_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la nominibus_fw-la atque_fw-la officiis_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la alia_fw-la respublica_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la vissumma_fw-la imperii_fw-la primáque_fw-la potestas_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la mens_fw-la qua_fw-la corpus_fw-la omne_fw-la movet_fw-la atque_fw-la continet_fw-la una_fw-la maneat_fw-la atque_fw-la eadem_fw-la grotius_n epist_n dedic_n ante_fw-la libellum_fw-la de_fw-fr antique_a reipub_fw-la batavicae_fw-la nec_fw-la essentiam_fw-la reip_n 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 executive_a the_o lord_n judicial_a both_o but_o fiduciary_n and_o upon_o trust_n the_o commonwealth_n lay_v they_o both_o aside_o for_o breach_n of_o trust_n can_v no_o more_o be_v say_v to_o have_v change_v its_o government_n and_o erect_v a_o new_a one_o than_o a_o master_n of_o a_o family_n that_o turn_v away_o a_o wasteful_a steward_n and_o some_o other_o unfaithful_a servant_n and_o full_n thrifty_o to_o deconomize_v himself_o can_v be_v say_v to_o change_v the_o form_n and_o nature_n of_o his_o famiâ—y-government_n from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v it_o appear_v 1._o that_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o have_v a_o power_n to_o lay_v aside_o the_o king_n and_o house_n of_o lord_n in_o case_n of_o breach_n of_o trust_n 2._o that_o their_o power_n by_o take_v of_o they_o away_o be_v not_o lose_v that_o house_n be_v as_o a_o soul_n to_o the_o body_n without_o who_o the_o king_n and_o house_n of_o lord_n be_v a_o liveless_a trunk_n and_o can_v do_v nothing_o 3._o that_o the_o power_n which_o at_o present_a they_o enjoy_v be_v that_o wherewith_o they_o be_v invest_v by_o the_o people_n
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
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