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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45944	The interest of the English nation under the happy government of King William III once more asserted in answer to the challenge of a Jacobite : wherein is proved that the law which forbids taking up arms against the King upon any pretence whatsoever is consistent with the late revolution / by Philo-kalo-basileos.	Philo-kalo-basileos.	1696 (1696)	Wing I268; ESTC R25207	22,742	31

it seems to me that the Scripture in sundry places speaks after the same manner calling that Rebellion which strictly and properly is not so or which at least is not Rebellion in a Criminal Sense This perhaps may seem strange to some People but let them impartially consider 1 Kings 12.19 where it is said Israel rebelled against the House of David unto this Day And to this Day they were never reproved for it and good reason For this thing is from Me saith the Lord by the Prophet Shemaiah vers 24. Nor can we call this a bare Permission but it was Determined before-hand and a Prophet sent to Jeroboam to give him Notice of it Beheld I will rend the Kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give Ten Tribes to thee 1 Kings 11.31 And why should God do this Because says he they have for saken me and worshipped Idols c. So that here is a peremptory Decree for this Defection with the Reason annexed and God ordered seeond Causes so as to bring it about Learned Men may dispute if they please whether the Ten Tribes were free Agents in what they did it is evident from the Text That this Revolt of theirs was the Purpose and Design of God and was approved by him tho' it is called in Scripture Rebellion Another Instance of this kind we have in 2 Kings 18.7 where it is said of Hezekiah That he rebelled against the King of Assria Was Hezekiah an Offender in this No for the Lord was with him Whatever Promises or Covenants had passed between him and the King of Assyria we know not This is certain That King Hezekiah did well in throwing off the Assyrian Yoke tho' it hath the name of Rebellion for he clave to the Lord and departed not from following him but kept his commandments So that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Judah nor any that were before him Behold here a Sinless Rebellion which was the thing I aim'd at and now let the Jacobites call us Rebells or what Else they please I shall now proceed to give my Answer when it is time to Rebel having first declared when it is not time It is not to fly to Arms for some few private Injuries done to particular persons whilst Law has its due Course in the Main and the Vital parts of Government remain safe Indeed people are seldom forward to hazard their own Lives and Fortunes to Revenge private wrongs Nor yet ought they to Embroil a Kingdom for some publick Miscarriages of the King when it may be reasonably suppos'd that he hath Us'd his Prerogative for the good of his people to the best of his Judgment tho' in Effect it hath proved Contrary What is well meant and will afford a tollerable reason should be forgiven notwithstanding the ill Consequence when it is not wilfully persisted in There is a time for Prayers as well as for Self-defence and that should be try'd in the first place and so long as any hope remains it is a proper Season for Faith and Patience But when the Kings Illegal Proceedings have Extended one way or other to the Majority of the People and from particular injuries have advanced to an invasion upon all mens Liberties When the Violence that has affected many is of such a Nature and Consequence as to threaten All When High-Commission-Courts are set up to disseiz Men of their Free-holds and Charters call'd in for packing of Parliaments When honest Magistrates are every where turn'd out and sworn Enemies to the Establish'd Government fill their places When we are threatned like the Israelites to be Chastized with Scorpions and Foreign Cut-throats like to be let in among us When Religion and Property Life and Posterity are almost within the Jaws of a Gaping Monster When all the Foundations and the whole Frame of Government are so shaken that Dissolution must ensue When there is no hope left nor any Counsel can be heard but Jesuites and bigotted Papists And to compleat all when all Men are sensible and three quarters at least of the Nation are perswaded in their Consciences that all this is really so If ever Men will stand up for Self-Defence and to save Posterity This is the Time When Matters are brought to this pass to talk of Passive Obedience is the greatest Nonsense in the World and to tell the People of being subject to Authority when there is no Authority but Illegal Force and all the Rules and Measures of Government broken is to talk to the Wind and perswade Men to be tamely Murder'd in Obedience to Illegal Violence Rebellion in this Case as they please to call it becomes a Duty and to be Passive is to Betray the Nation And then for the other part of the Question about a Judge there is none upon Earth to determine this Matter but the Sword Every Man will Judge for himself and Consult as he can for his own Safety But there lies no Appeal but only to the Court of Heaven for the Success of the Cause and that Court God be praised has determin'd the Matter by sending us a King that Maintains our Laws and Ancient Government PART II. A DEFENCE OF THE Foregoing DISCOURSE AGAINST Certain Exceptions Communicated in Writing SIR I Received your Paper of Exceptions against what I have been saying hitherto in behalf of the present Government and in Defence of the late Happy Revolution But I am sorry you should trouble your self and me with so many trite and common things which have had full and sufficient Answers usque ad Nauseam However since you seem to expect it I shall go thro' them all and doubt not to satisfie any indifferent Person But such as are or seem to be under Judicial Blindness and Infatuation may seek for Conviction by Miracle if they please and 't is a question whether that would do it For they do not appear to be capable of any Satisfaction till they find it in the smart of the Misery and Slavery which they have long been Courting and Admiring and are now grown Impatient of Delay But of you I hoped better things and shall be sorry to find my self mistaken The first thing I meet with is this But what I pray if Kings misdemean themselves in their Government must they presently cease to be Kings You put this Question as if you had not read what you are pretending to Answer without taking any notice of what I quoted you from K. James and Mr. Barclay and so you go on as if nothing at all had been said in this Matter Therefore I proceed to The next thing God Almighty made them Kings and how can less Authority Dethrone them This is no better than pure Sophistry as if Kings were not of Hunane Race but made in Heaven and sent down upon Earth to devour Mortals like so many Frogs to be eaten up by a Stork without any hopes of Deliverance What would you think if I should advance