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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64478	A discourse concerning the basis and original of government with the absolute and indispensable necessity of it : wherein the excellency of monarchy above any other kind is evidently demonstrated : as it was delivered by way of charge to the grand-jury, at a quarter-sessions of the peace held at Ipswich in the county of Suffolk / by F.T., Esq., one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county.	Theobald, Francis, Sir, d. 1670.; Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.	1667 (1667)	Wing T849; ESTC R10094	25,159	44

A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE Basis and Original OF GOVERNMENT WITH The Absolute and Indispensable NECESSITY of it Wherein the EXCELLENCY of MONARCHY Above any other Kind is Evidently Demonstrated As it was Delivered by way of Charge to the GRAND-JURY at a quarter-Quarter-Sessions of the PEACE held at Ipswich in the County of SUFFOLK By F. T. Esq One of His MAJESTY's Justices of the Peace for the said County 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Adag Rabbin LONDON Printed by W. G. for Robert Littlebury and are to be Sold at 〈…〉 THE Book-seller TO THE READER Courteous Reader THe Publication of this Discourse hath been much Desired by several sober and judicious Persons but such is the Modesty of the AUTHOR that hitherto he hath had a Reluctancy thereunto until now that by my Importunity I have prevailed with him to Expose it to Publick View for the Satisfaction of others although not of himself R. L. Imprimatur Tho. Cooke Reverend in Christo Patri Domino Dom. Gilberto Archiep. Cant. à Sacris Dom. Ex Aedibus Lamb. Maii 27. 1667. Errata Pag. 1. lin 17. read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 2. l. 1. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 6. l. 15. for more r. better p. 11. l. 20. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 18. l. 3. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 19. l. 28. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 23. 1. 6. r. Bowels p. 29. l. 16. r. Serpents do p. 31. l. 27. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 4. l. 26. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 7. l. 7. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest BEfore I enter upon the particular Heads of the Enquiry I shall premise something in General lay down certain Theses and Positions which being rightly understood will much further you in your Proceeding and facilitate the Work which lyes upon your hands First I shall shew you the Basis and Original of Government and the absolute indispensable necessity with the Sacredness of it Next I shall shew you our Happiness in this Nation that we have not only Government but Monarchy the best of Governments To begin with the first thing propounded Now Gent. That you may understand the Primitive Institution of Government I shall clear it up to you thus Man you know is a Congregative a Sociable Creature 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as it is well express'd by the learnedst of the Jews Moses Ben Maimon in his Moreh Nebochim Man saith he hath a Natural Propension and Inclination to joyn himself unto Company And herein he differs from other Creatures which stand not in need of such Society And therefore when God made Man lest he should be alone he provided a Companion that was meet and fit for him namely one of his own kind a Woman and this is a strong argument of the necessity of this bond of Society even by a kind of natural Instinct Therefore 't is the Philosopher calls man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a peaceable and a sociable Creature and tells us that he which desires to be alone must be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 either a God or a Wild Beast Me-thinks the Arabick words which signifie Man doth very fitly express his Nature 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which are derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 socium esse associari Now this Appetite of Association in Man did very probably instigate and stir him up not by any necessity of Cold as Vitruvius fondly dream'd nor from the admiration of Eloquence as Cicero imagined to excogitate and find out some way for the Conservation of his Species and that was Order which is Vinculum Vniversi the bond of the World without which it would drop in pieces as a Beesom un-bound Now because Order could not consist without Government which is the strong fortress of all Interests therefore it came to pass that by the common consent of all Soveraignty and Supreme Power was delegated and devolved upon one or more that should personate the whole Community and they should have power to make Lawes for the rewarding the good and punishing the bad which might be a means to secure them against all violence and oppression 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Jamblichus a famous Pythagorean Philosopher saith for Men could not live safe without a Governour All which is pointed at though somewhat darkly by Plato in his Dialogue of Policy or Civil Government where he makes a graphical Description of the golden Age of the World under Saturn's Reign who saith That Men then being naked lived abroad in the open Air and were nourished with the fruits of the Earth which sprung up of their own accord without any labour of Tillage in great abundance for the Hook and Sickle in Saturn's hand signified the plenty of that time which they made him the Author of as likewise the first Inventor of Agriculture and Husbandry The Famous Sulmonian Poet Ovid I mean speaking of this Age sings the same Note in these Verses qui vi ndice nullo Sponte sua sine lege fidem rectumque colebant Contentique cibis nullo cogente creatis Vivebant Then it was to go on with the Relation that Men had all things in common they were mutual Benefactors one to another and were free from all injury they had as little mind as cause to do any wrong for there was no injustice in the World at that time but Men did as Seneca phrases it aperto ostio vivere Truth Faith Peace Concord Amity and Righteousness carried the whole sway amongst men and they were without Law without Order and without any Government save only Theocraty for God himself by a singular Providence did watch over them and they were under his immediate Gubernation Now some Poets say that when Jupiter reigned then began the Silver Age being worse than the former Justice having then taken hir flight from Earth to Heaven Oppression Fraud Violence Injustice Sedition Impiety Prophaneness and what-Vice-not was practised cum licentiâ and all things were counted lawful save what was lawful and so by degrees the World grew so bad that it was called the Iron-age a Description whereof Horace gives us in the Sixth Ode of his Seventh Book Aetas parentum pejor avis tulit Nos nequiores mox daturos Progeniem vitiosiorem Then it was in this Age that Government began to be instituted and Laws were made for the suppression of Vice and Reformation of Manners Now it is probable That this Theorem and notion of the golden Age Poets and Ancient Philosophers received by Tradition from the Hebrews as some other opinions of their Religion Or else they might gather it out of the Prophet Daniel There the first Empire of the World under the Babylonians is represented under the form of a golden Image but however it is we must not think it had its