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not_o on_o another_o for_o by_o the_o force_n of_o free_a will_n a_o man_n be_v master_n only_o of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o of_o his_o own_o act_n and_o not_o of_o another_o now_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o who_o lay_v a_o precept_n upon_o or_o who_o do_v command_v another_o if_o he_o have_v right_a to_o command_v he_o oblige_v by_o command_v that_o man_n who_o he_o command_v but_o he_o do_v not_o oblige_v himself_o because_o a_o command_n be_v a_o act_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n and_o of_o right_n upon_o another_o and_o be_v fit_a and_o proper_a unless_o peradventure_o there_o be_v something_o that_o hinder_v it_o to_o induce_v a_o obligation_n so_o the_o father_n with_o authority_n command_v the_o son_n the_o master_n the_o servant_n the_o general_n the_o soldier_n the_o king_n the_o people_n and_o god_n as_o a_o superior_a command_v man_n to_o such_o and_o such_o duty_n and_o by_o command_v do_v oblige_v he_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o they_o iv_o in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o suppose_v that_o the_o legislative_a power_n be_v a_o power_n of_o public_a jurisdiction_n for_o it_o suffice_v not_o to_o the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n that_o a_o man_n have_v a_o right_a and_o power_n over_o other_o to_o prescribe_v unto_o they_o what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v unless_o he_o be_v invest_v with_o a_o external_a power_n to_o compel_v they_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o and_o to_o afflict_v punishment_n on_o the_o refuser_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v aristotle_n ethick_n 10._o the_o law_n have_v a_o necessitating_a power_n the_o schoolman_n therefore_o do_v distinguish_v that_o power_n which_o a_o superior_a have_v over_o a_o inferior_a into_o that_o power_n which_o they_o call_v dominative_a or_o the_o power_n of_o masterdom_n and_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v less_o and_o more_o private_a and_o not_o admit_v a_o external_a jurisdiction_n the_o other_o great_a and_o of_o a_o more_o enforce_a authority_n these_o two_o power_n do_v not_o a_o little_a differ_v between_o themselves_o and_o that_o in_o a_o threefold_a consideration_n first_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o matter_n or_o object_n for_o the_o power_n dominative_a or_o of_o mastery_n be_v proper_o exercise_v on_o the_o more_o imperfect_a and_o private_a commonalty_n as_o a_o house_n a_o school_n or_o a_o family_n but_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n on_o the_o more_o perfect_a and_o public_a commonalty_n as_o a_o city_n a_o army_n a_o commonwealth_n second_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o end_n for_o the_o power_n dominative_a by_o itself_o and_o primary_o be_v ordinate_v to_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o person_n endue_v with_o that_o power_n that_o be_v the_o master_n and_o but_o secondary_o and_o by_o consequence_n to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonalty_n as_o it_o be_v profitable_a for_o a_o family_n that_o the_o master_n of_o it_o shall_v grow_v rich_a now_o the_o power_n of_o public_a jurisdiction_n be_v primary_o ordinate_v to_o the_o public_a good_a of_o the_o commonalty_n itself_o and_o but_o secondary_o and_o consequent_o to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o person_n endue_v with_o that_o power_n which_o be_v the_o magistrate_n himself_o it_o be_v profitable_a for_o a_o prince_n that_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v flourish_v three_o in_o the_o respect_n of_o the_o more_o effectual_a administration_n which_o be_v great_a in_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n than_o in_o the_o power_n dominative_a by_o reason_n of_o a_o great_a coactive_a power_n for_o example_n sake_n the_o master_n of_o a_o family_n can_v so_o efficacious_o prevail_v that_o his_o command_n may_v be_v put_v in_o execution_n by_o his_o son_n or_o servant_n who_o he_o can_v correct_v but_o with_o a_o rod_n or_o cudgel_n as_o may_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n who_o by_o his_o power_n may_v enforce_v his_o subject_n to_o obedience_n by_o imprisonment_n or_o banishment_n by_o confiscate_v their_o good_n or_o by_o death_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fatherly_a authority_n have_v nothing_o in_o it_o that_o be_v enforce_v nothing_o that_o be_v necessate_v say_v aristotle_n in_o the_o place_n new_o quote_v therefore_o to_o the_o make_n of_o law_n every_o superiority_n be_v not_o sufficient_a but_o beside_o that_o dominative_a there_o be_v require_v the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n so_o proper_o call_v for_o the_o law_n can_v be_v make_v or_o establish_v unless_o by_o a_o person_n that_o have_v a_o public_a coactive_a power_n by_o this_o time_n you_o understand_v i_o believe_v that_o i_o may_v need_v no_o more_o to_o admonish_v you_o of_o it_o that_o what_o here_o have_v be_v speak_v by_o i_o concern_v law_n do_v absolute_o pertain_v to_o the_o chief_a law_n of_o a_o nation_n and_o not_o to_o any_o other_o unless_o analogical_o &_o after_o their_o way_n &_o the_o proportion_n that_o be_v due_a unto_o they_o as_o they_o come_v near_o or_o be_v more_o remote_a from_o their_o perfection_n v._o to_o these_o two_o supposition_n which_o to_o what_o sense_n they_o tend_v you_o shall_v easy_o understand_v from_o those_o thing_n which_o present_o i_o shall_v represent_v unto_o you_o i_o in_o the_o three_o place_n do_v now_o add_v a_o responsive_a position_n viz._n that_o the_o power_n legislative_a be_v a_o power_n autocratical_a that_o be_v the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n which_o may_v oblige_v the_o commonalty_n do_v consist_v in_o he_o alone_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o single_a person_n as_o in_o the_o state_n of_o monarchical_a government_n or_o whether_o they_o be_v more_o as_o in_o other_o government_n who_o exercise_v the_o chief_a power_n over_o the_o whole_a commonalty_n i_o will_v in_o the_o first_o place_n explain_v this_o position_n and_o afterward_o i_o will_v confirm_v it_o and_o for_o the_o explication_n of_o it_o we_o be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o understand_v that_o for_o the_o happiness_n of_o humane_a society_n and_o the_o more_o commodious_a adminstration_n of_o commonwealth_n it_o have_v please_v almighty_a god_n the_o author_n of_o order_n not_o only_o to_o constitute_v a_o political_a government_n that_o there_o may_v be_v magistrate_n to_o be_v set_v over_o the_o people_n but_o also_o in_o that_o very_a government_n to_o constitute_v a_o political_a order_n that_o among_o the_o magistrate_n themselves_o there_o might_n be_v divers_a degree_n as_o well_o of_o dignity_n as_o of_o power_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o the_o military_a word_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o apostle_n use_v in_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o relation_n to_o this_o sense_n to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o ordination_n of_o magistrate_n from_o god_n but_o a_o subordination_n also_o such_o as_o be_v see_v in_o a_o military_a army_n vi_o in_o the_o second_o place_n we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o in_o all_o thing_n in_o which_o there_o be_v order_n to_o avoid_v a_o proceed_n to_o a_o infiniteness_n which_o nature_n do_v abhor_v we_o must_v at_o the_o last_o come_v necessary_o to_o something_o which_o be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a in_o that_o order_n where_o we_o be_v to_o make_v a_o stand_n therefore_o see_v that_o magistrate_n of_o the_o same_o commonalty_n be_v some_o of_o they_o superior_a unto_o another_o in_o dignity_n and_o power_n it_o must_v of_o necessity_n so_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o one_o of_o they_o must_v be_v transcendent_a above_o the_o rest_n that_o the_o other_o may_v depend_v on_o he_o and_o he_o on_o none_o in_o the_o same_o construction_n the_o head_n be_v the_o high_a in_o the_o body_n the_o admiral_n in_o a_o fleet_n and_o the_o emperor_n in_o a_o army_n the_o supreme_a magistrate_n be_v only_o less_o than_o god_n himself_o and_o in_o govern_v the_o people_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n have_v neither_o a_o superior_a nor_o a_o equal_a st._n peter_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o superior_a st._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o high_a power_n 13._o 1_o 〈…〉_o 13._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o rom._n 13._o 1._o the_o man_n in_o authority_n and_o the_o schoolman_n 2._o 1_o tim._n 〈◊〉_d 2._o caput_fw-la communitatis_fw-la the_o head_n of_o the_o commonalty_n in_o who_o sole_o the_o chief_a command_n and_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o empire_n do_v consist_v and_o to_o who_o all_o inferior_a magistrate_n do_v owe_v all_o that_o power_n which_o they_o do_v exercise_n over_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v send_v from_o he_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 14._o vii_o in_o the_o three_o place_n we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o this_o supreme_a power_n which_o we_o call_v majesty_n or_o autocratical_a that_o be_v govern_v all_o by_o itself_o according_a to_o the_o diverse_a form_n of_o commonwealth_n be_v place_v either_o in_o some_o one_o person_n or_o in_o more_o in_o a_o popular_a state_n which_o be_v call_v
rash_o and_o how_o dangerous_o also_o this_o so_o vast_a a_o power_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o people_n nevertheless_o there_o be_v other_o considerable_a reason_n to_o be_v allege_v which_o vehement_o may_v persuade_v we_o that_o the_o people_n consent_n and_o approbation_n be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o the_o make_n of_o law_n first_o because_o the_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v as_o a_o mind_n void_a of_o any_o extravagancy_n of_o desire_n but_o the_o law_n of_o prince_n rash_o send_v forth_o to_o the_o unwary_a subject_n polit._n aristot_n 3._o polit._n in_o the_o favour_n and_o on_o the_o behalf_n of_o courtier_n and_o flatterer_n be_v oftentimes_o corrupt_v with_o the_o deprave_a desire_n of_o impotent_a affection_n second_o because_o those_o law_n which_o be_v not_o allow_v when_o propound_v to_o the_o subject_n to_o speak_v moral_o be_v presume_v to_o be_v either_o unjust_a in_o themselves_o or_o too_o burdensome_a to_o the_o subject_n or_o at_o least_o unprofitable_a to_o the_o public_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v expedient_a that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v enact_v it_o be_v very_o incommodious_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n that_o law_n shall_v be_v multiply_v without_o a_o necessity_n three_o because_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o law_n right_o constitute_v may_v be_v so_o abrogate_a by_o a_o contrary_a custom_n that_o they_o cease_v any_o long_a to_o oblige_v which_o custom_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o a_o conjoin_v consent_n of_o the_o people_n neglect_v to_o observe_v that_o law_n as_o be_v unprofitable_a together_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o prince_n not_o exact_v a_o observation_n of_o it_o therefore_o it_o be_v in_o the_o same_o power_n to_o destroy_v as_o it_o be_v to_o make_v the_o force_n of_o the_o law_n do_v seem_v not_o a_o little_a to_o depend_v on_o the_o approbation_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n four_o and_o chief_o because_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o make_n of_o law_n and_o their_o concurrence_n with_o 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in_o the_o thing_n themselves_o may_v appear_v by_o this_o that_o our_o king_n of_o england_n who_o supreme_a power_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o kingdom_n before_o these_o late_a unhappy_a time_n have_v most_o full_o always_o and_o most_o free_o acknowledge_v do_v notwithstanding_o never_o so_o exercise_v their_o legislative_a power_n as_o to_o impose_v any_o law_n on_o their_o subject_n without_o their_o own_o consent_n xxiii_o we_o conceive_v it_o therefore_o to_o be_v grant_v that_o at_o the_o least_o some_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n be_v to_o be_v require_v in_o the_o make_n of_o those_o law_n which_o in_o conscience_n may_v oblige_v the_o subject_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o may_v be_v here_o doubt_v 6._o aristot_n 1._o polit_n 6._o and_o that_o not_o unjust_o i_o shall_v therefore_o make_v this_o the_o three_o doubt_n or_o demand_v how_o great_a and_o how_o much_o of_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n may_v be_v require_v to_o this_o that_o the_o 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