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ought_v not_o in_o their_o application_n to_o the_o people_n at_o their_o entry_n upon_o and_o go_v out_o of_o their_o office_n to_o call_v the_o multitude_n of_o several_a pettit_a tradesman_n my_o lord_n nor_o stand_v bare_a before_o they_o he_o may_v desire_v they_o to_o remark_n it_o in_o their_o note_n that_o god_n mistake_v himself_o when_o he_o say_v deut._n 17.15_o thou_o shall_v make_v he_o king_n over_o thou_o who_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v choose_v for_o it_o be_v god_n that_o make_v king_n it_o be_v he_o that_o conferr_v the_o power_n and_z if_o any_o thing_n the_o presentation_n or_o choice_n be_v in_o the_o people_n 225._o holy_a comm._n p._n 225._o he_o will_v do_v well_o however_o to_o write_v a_o monitory_a to_o they_o that_o their_o government_n be_v such_o as_o heathen_n have_v be_v their_o example_n in_o as_o if_o the_o heathen_n have_v do_v nothing_o that_o be_v imitable_a or_o jethro_n be_v not_o of_o moses_n council_n the_o scripture_n do_v not_o allow_v such_o reason_n which_o make_v use_v of_o the_o example_n of_o the_o heathen_a to_o condemn_v the_o jew_n and_o christian_n by_o it_o be_v a_o omission_n in_o the_o apostle_n to_o give_v the_o church_n the_o name_n of_o a_o popular_a assembly_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o also_o not_o to_o tell_v the_o republic_n of_o ephesus_n athens_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o sin_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o a_o power_n that_o be_v not_o vest_v in_o they_o com._n pref._n to_o the_o h._n com._n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o be_v a_o democracy_n each_o confiscation_n be_v robbery_n in_o they_o and_o every_o act_n of_o judicature_n and_o usurpation_n they_o shall_v have_v tell_v they_o and_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a majesty_n in_o the_o people_n and_o make_v use_v of_o those_o argument_n which_o be_v now_o publish_v yet_o i_o think_v not_o as_o a_o extraordinary_a discovery_n of_o latter_a age_n to_o undeceive_v they_o in_o that_o point_n 63._o holy_a comm._n p._n 63._o though_o masâ—er_n baxter_n confess_v p._n 78._o thes_n 67._o the_o reason_n why_o god_n do_v not_o universal_o by_o his_o law_n tie_v all_o the_o world_n to_o one_o form_n of_o government_n be_v because_o the_o difference_n of_o person_n time_n place_n neighbour_n &c_n &c_n may_v make_v one_o form_n best_o to_o one_o people_n and_o at_o one_o time_n and_o place_n that_o be_v worst_a to_o another_o monarchy_n be_v best_a for_o some_o aristocracy_n to_o other_o and_o democracy_n to_o other_o can_v that_o be_v best_a for_o any_o which_o be_v never_o lawful_a or_o can_v that_o be_v bad_a which_o have_v god_n approbation_n as_o here_o master_n baxter_n grant_v it_o to_o have_v in_o some_o case_n i_o see_v we_o need_v only_o dispute_v the_o circumstance_n we_o be_v in_o and_o that_o have_v be_v excellent_o do_v by_o master_n harrington_n the_o letter_n from_o a_o officer_n in_o iroland_n and_o two_o letter_n to_o l._n gen._n fleetwood_n to_o evince_v a_o democracy_n and_o master_n baxtor_n do_v fallacious_o dispute_v in_o general_a against_o it_o by_o twenty_o impertinent_a objection_n etc._n holy_a comm._n p._n 89_o etc._n etc._n prove_v democracy_n to_o be_v ordinary_o the_o worst_a in_o thosi_fw-la which_o be_v only_o so_o in_o hypothesi_fw-la some_o circumstance_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o only_a neglect_n in_o the_o apostle_n they_o shall_v have_v tell_v those_o republic_n that_o they_o do_v but_o delude_v themselves_o comm._n pref._n to_o h._n comm._n and_o indeed_o be_v no_o republic_n for_o that_o the_o people_n shall_v ordinary_o exercise_v the_o sovereignty_n be_v a_o monstrous_a confusion_n and_o moral_o impossible_a oh_o for_o master_n baxter_n consider_v cap_n have_v the_o apostle_n say_v so_o the_o people_n will_v have_v think_v stranger_n of_o their_o policy_n than_o god_n and_o paul_n will_v just_o have_v be_v term_v a_o babbler_n they_o need_v but_o have_v open_v their_o eye_n and_o see_v what_o master_n baxter_n think_v moral_o impossible_a and_o what_o he_o guess_v to_o be_v monstrous_a confusion_n to_o be_v the_o great_a order_n imaginable_a i_o shall_v tell_v the_o world_n how_o far_o master_n baxter_n enlarge_v the_o number_n of_o romance_n thus_o rome_n athens_n yea_o israel_n etc._n etc._n become_v mere_a fiction_n and_o geneva_n holland_n swisser_n land_n etc._n etc._n remove_v into_o utopia_n and_o new_a atlants_n all_o this_o be_v as_o moral_o certain_a upon_o what_o mr._n baxter_n lay_v down_o as_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o contradict_v himself_o p._n 87._o thes_n 78._o democracy_n be_v a_o commonwealth_n where_o the_o sovereign_a power_n be_v in_o all_o or_o the_o major_a vote_n of_o the_o people_n to_o be_v exercise_v for_o the_o common_a good_a and_o to_o some_o popular_a form_n be_v there_o any_o popular_a form_n that_o do_v not_o admit_v all_o the_o multitude_n to_o vote_n in_o government_n without_o distinction_n he_o tell_v we_o before_o yet_o the_o prefate_n too_o be_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n be_v not_o in_o all_o then_o be_v democracy_n a_o vice_n or_o defect_n in_o government_n not_o a_o species_n thereof_o or_o commonwealth_n and_o ochlocracy_n be_v like_a mettle_n upon_o mettle_n in_o heraldry_n vice_n upon_o vice_n or_o the_o degeneration_n of_o a_o corruption_n it_o may_v be_v that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v speak_v some_o way_n or_o other_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la as_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o he_o admit_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la some_o popular_a form_n to_o be_v make_v up_o of_o the_o whole_a multitude_n which_o yet_o be_v moral_o impossible_a sure_o he_o learn_v these_o concession_n from_o sancho_n in_o don_n quixote_n who_o tell_v his_o master_n it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o it_o be_v impossible_a or_o do_v not_o the_o manchegall_a divine_a outdo_v the_o squire_n for_o mr._n baxter_n say_v it_o be_v so_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v moral_o impossible_a i_o shall_v too_o much_o presume_v upon_o my_o reader_n to_o think_v he_o will_v credit_v master_n baxter_n before_o the_o experience_n of_o several_a age_n or_o imagine_v that_o this_o clerk_n can_v perceive_v twenty_o difficulty_n which_o not_o only_o bycurgus_n solon_n and_o dion_n but_o moses_n and_o calvim_n do_v not_o apprehend_v yet_o neither_o shall_v i_o altogether_o pass_v by_o the_o reason_n which_o be_v design_v to_o establish_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o cromwel_n and_o extirpate_v a_o commonwealth_n thes_n 81._o democracy_n or_o popular_a government_n be_v ordinary_o the_o worst_a because_o it_o come_v near_a to_o the_o utter_a confound_v of_o the_o governor_n and_o govern_v the_o rank_n that_o god_n have_v separate_v by_o his_o institution_n i_o confess_v monarchy_n do_v confound_v the_o govern_v only_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v never_o the_o better_a for_o that_o such_o a_o difficulty_n as_o this_o may_v have_v be_v easy_o discover_v by_o moses_n or_o he_o advise_v of_o it_o by_o god_n when_o he_o erect_v his_o democracy_n yet_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n more_o orderly_a than_o that_o any_o thing_n more_o remote_a from_o confound_a governor_n and_o govern_v do_v his_o political_a constitution_n destroy_v the_o five_o commandment_n in_o his_o moral_a law_n it_o be_v false_a that_o god_n have_v absolute_o institute_v some_o to_o be_v ruler_n aâ—â—_n some_o to_o be_v subject_n yet_o they_o that_o be_v ruler_n and_o they_o that_o be_v subject_n both_o their_o condition_n be_v of_o god_n and_o the_o latter_a aught_o to_o obey_v the_o former_a since_o the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v of_o god_n yet_o have_v not_o god_n by_o his_o institution_n separate_v the_o rank_n of_o man_n but_o by_o his_o providence_n how_o otherwise_o can_v a_o democracy_n be_v from_o god_n approbation_n p._n 78._o thes_n 67._o and_o yet_o in_o this_o confusion_n of_o order_n whereas_o he_o say_v that_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v next_o
god_n himself_o when_o he_o give_v a_o king_n to_o israel_n he_o do_v but_o propose_v the_o people_n do_v set_v he_o over_o they_o magistracy_n be_v not_o a_o paternal_a right_n nor_o consequent_a thereof_o either_o in_o scripture_n or_o nature_n but_o suppose_v adam_n monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n and_o that_o monarchy_n be_v institute_v when_o yet_o there_o be_v but_o two_o in_o the_o world_n gen._n 3.16_o where_o god_n tell_v the_o woman_n that_o her_o husband_n shall_v rule_v over_o she_o i_o will_v fain_o know_v whither_o adam_n have_v this_o dominion_n as_o father_n which_o be_v not_o prove_v from_o the_o text_n or_o as_o be_v the_o first_o man_n create_v in_o a_o world_n devoid_a of_o landlord_n and_o so_o fall_v to_o the_o first_o that_o shall_v possess_v it_o if_o the_o latter_a to_o wave_v that_o question_n so_o much_o debate_v whither_o in_o new_a find_v land_n more_o accrue_v to_o the_o first_o comer_n and_o discoverer_n than_o he_o take_v seisin_n of_o then_o we_o ought_v to_o employ_v sr._n tho._n vrchard_n to_o search_v out_o one_o universal_a monarch_n successor_n to_o adam_n or_o it_o must_v be_v prove_v that_o our_o present_a division_n of_o land_n and_o kingdom_n under_o magistrate_n be_v of_o his_o approbation_n but_o both_o adam_n successor_n and_o his_o will_n be_v impossible_a to_o be_v find_v out_o and_o so_o that_o rearch_n be_v at_o a_o end_n if_o he_o have_v that_o dominion_n as_o father_n than_o all_o father_n have_v the_o like_a power_n so_o adam_n monarchy_n determine_v with_o his_o life_n and_o all_o magistracy_n will_v be_v at_o least_o resolve_v into_o the_o people_n when_o many_o family_n and_o fatherless_a person_n unite_v into_o one_o estate_n if_o he_o have_v that_o dominion_n as_o the_o first_o father_n from_o who_o loin_n all_o mankind_n issue_v i_o will_v fain_o know_v to_o who_o he_o do_v bequeath_v that_o power_n whither_o it_o do_v natural_o descend_v to_o his_o elder_a son_n or_o may_v be_v confer_v or_o communicate_v to_o other_o his_o child_n arbitrary_o but_o the_o right_n of_o primogeniture_n can_v be_v evince_v out_o of_o scripture_n whilst_o the_o story_n of_o esau_n reuben_n manasseth_n david_n succeed_v to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o saul_n son_n adonijah_n be_v displace_v by_o solomon_n jeâ—oahas_n the_o son_n josiah_n his_o precede_v his_o elder_a brother_n jehoiakin_n in_o the_o succession_n as_o the_o jew_n note_n and_o out_o of_o they_o mr._n selden_n be_v preserve_v nor_o can_v it_o be_v deduce_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o nation_n the_o only_a interpreter_n of_o nature_n which_o vary_v in_o that_o point_n and_o if_o the_o claim_n of_o the_o first-born_a do_v not_o conclude_v necessary_o as_o it_o do_v not_o neither_o in_o ancient_a or_o modern_a practice_n the_o pretence_n of_o other_o child_n be_v less_o valid_a 3._o aristotle_n say_v that_o succession_n in_o king_n by_o way_n of_o primogeniture_n be_v the_o custom_n of_o barbarian_n &_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o hero_n man_n do_v rule_v otherwise_o polit._n l._n 3._o if_o all_o may_v be_v confer_v or_o impart_v arbitrary_o let_v such_o grantee_n produce_v their_o title_n from_o seth_n pillar_n or_o elsewhere_o and_o we_o shall_v consider_v their_o plea._n in_o the_o mean_a while_n since_o neither_o the_o descendant_n of_o cain_n nor_o any_o other_o appear_v to_o challenge_v any_o such_o right_n as_o mercenary_a divine_n and_o lawyer_n have_v ascribe_v to_o king_n for_o no_o king_n or_o magistrate_n i_o ever_o read_v of_o avow_v such_o his_o right_n nor_o be_v it_o think_v on_o either_o at_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n or_o the_o election_n of_o saul_n etc._n etc._n i_o can_v find_v any_o magistracy_n in_o the_o world_n but_o what_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o people_n more_o or_o less_o consent_v and_o impower_v thereunto_o and_o thus_o if_o one_o apostle_n call_v magistracy_n the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n for_o of_o that_o he_o speak_v abstractive_o rom._n 13._o v._n 2._o yet_o magistrate_n or_o magistracy_n in_o the_o concrete_a be_v of_o humane_a constitution_n and_o the_o creature_n of_o man_n 1_o pet._n 2._o v._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v thou_o subject_a unto_o every_o humane_a creature_n or_o creature_n of_o man_n for_o so_o the_o word_n signifyes_n and_o not_o ordinance_n no_o more_o then_o marc._n 16.15_o preach_v to_o every_o creature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o lord_n sake_n whether_o it_o be_v to_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o make_v a_o creature_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o its_o production_n be_v out_o of_o nothing_o or_o at_o least_o out_o of_o no_o matter_n predispose_v for_o such_o a_o form_n thus_o adam_n be_v create_v and_o this_o be_v the_o physical_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n in_o a_o moral_a sense_n then_o to_o the_o creation_n of_o a_o magistrate_n it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o he_o neither_o be_v already_o vest_v with_o such_o a_o power_n nor_o in_o such_o a_o capacity_n as_o without_o the_o accessional_a of_o man_n creation_n to_o grow_v up_o thereunto_o and_o indeed_o if_o all_o man_n be_v equal_a before_o they_o embody_n by_o cohabitation_n the_o voisinage_n give_v no_o man_n superiority_n over_o another_o there_o be_v some_o which_o fancy_n that_o power_n be_v indeed_o from_o the_o people_n only_o as_o elect_v to_o it_o not_o as_o confer_v it_o that_o they_o have_v only_o the_o presentation_n to_o that_o authority_n which_o god_n immediate_o give_v this_o opinion_n seem_v to_o enterfere_v with_o that_o text_n which_o represent_v the_o magistrate_n as_o a_o creature_n of_o man_n but_o because_o in_o scripture_n propriety_n of_o speech_n be_v not_o too_o rigorous_o to_o be_v insist_v on_o and_o make_v the_o case_n only_o probable_a not_o certain_a i_o further_o say_v that_o this_o be_v but_o the_o resuery_n of_o man_n who_o imagination_n rather_o than_o judgement_n be_v extraordinary_a who_o must_v place_v the_o strength_n of_o their_o 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cease_v and_o that_o of_o deut_n 17._o v._n 2._o etc._n etc._n be_v a_o punishment_n of_o corporal_a adoration_n and_o service_n pay_v to_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o host_n of_o heaven_n of_o which_o i_o know_v not_o nor_o do_v i_o hear_v of_o any_o among_o we_o however_o since_o this_o text_n thus_o urge_v make_v against_o paganism_n and_o its_o toleration_n i_o desire_v that_o not_o only_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o of_o the_o primitive_a christian_a emperor_n be_v consider_v and_o it_o will_v be_v evident_a how_o they_o do_v not_o think_v themselves_o conclude_v thereby_o it_o be_v no_o good_a argument_n which_o do_v not_o weigh_v all_o circumstance_n the_o opponent_n must_v prove_v that_o all_o commonwealth_n must_v be_v as_o to_o this_o point_n like_v unto_o that_o of_o israel_n that_o their_o magistrate_n have_v the_o same_o duty_n incumbent_a upon_o they_o though_o by_o the_o way_n to_o destroy_v idolater_n and_o seducer_n thereunto_o 8._o hebraeorum_n meribus_fw-la hebraeus_n a_o deo_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la lege_fw-la deficiens_fw-la aut_fw-la ducem_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la fâ—lsos_fw-la cultus_fw-la praebâ—ns_fw-la deut_n 13._o â—_o illico_fw-la a_fw-la quovis_fw-la homine_fw-la poterat_fw-la interfici_fw-la judicium_fw-la zâ—lâ—_n id_fw-la vocabant_fw-la hebraei_n quod_fw-la a_o phinea_fw-la primo_fw-la exercitum_fw-la aiunt_fw-la num._n 25._o &_o inde_fw-la ablisse_fw-la in_o morem_fw-la sic_fw-la judâ—um_fw-la quendam_fw-la graecis_fw-la se_fw-la polluentem_fw-la ritibus_fw-la occidit_fw-la mathias_n 2_o maccab._n 24._o sic_fw-la trecenâ—i_fw-la alii_fw-la judaei_n a_o pâ—pularibus_fw-la suis_fw-la occisi_fw-la reseruntur_fw-la libro_fw-la qui_fw-la vulgo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la maccabaeorum_n tertius_fw-la nec_fw-la alio_fw-la obtentu_fw-la instituta_fw-la lapidatio_fw-la in_o stephanum_n act._n 7.57_o &_o conjuratio_fw-la in_o paulum_fw-la act._n 23.13_o multaque_fw-la alia_fw-la exempla_fw-la eiusmoâ—i_fw-la extant_a &_o apud_fw-la philonem_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la i_o osephum_fw-la grotius_n de_fw-fr iur_fw-fr bell_n l._n 2._o c._n 20._o §._o 8._o be_v no_o magistraticall_a act_n and_o what_o wonder_n be_v it_o if_o jehu_n josiah_n and_o elijah_n do_v that_o which_o any_o member_n of_o that_o political_a constitution_n may_v do_v and_o that_o the_o same_o power_n not_o only_o aught_o to_o be_v but_o be_v actual_o enstate_v in_o they_o and_o when_o they_o shall_v have_v prove_v this_o we_o shall_v grant_v they_o liberty_n of_o extirpate_v their_o idolatrous_a subject_n in_o the_o mean_a while_o i_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o though_o it_o be_v argue_v out_o of_o the_o text_n deut._n 13._o v._o 10_o 11._o that_o the_o precept_n be_v urge_v with_o a_o perpetual_a reason_n therefore_o its_o force_n be_v everlasting_a cur_n ob_fw-la eum_fw-la finem_fw-la perlata_fw-la lex_fw-la dicitur_fw-la que_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la valere_fw-la debet_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la scribitur_fw-la in_o extrema_fw-la lege_fw-la ut_fw-la 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