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fundamental_o and_o radical_o in_o the_o people_n whereas_o some_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o absolute_a monarchy_n before_o the_o deluge_n i_o conceive_v with_o the_o best_a historian_n that_o none_o can_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o government_n in_o the_o world_n before_o nimrods_n encroachment_n and_o usurpation_n we_o have_v no_o shadow_n thereof_o intimate_v in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n nor_o in_o any_o humane_a writing_n of_o approve_a credit_n have_v any_o one_o before_o nimrod_n use_v monarchical_a authority_n it_o be_v probable_a the_o scripture_n shall_v have_v give_v we_o notice_n thereof_o as_o it_o do_v of_o nimrods_n tyranny_n but_o clear_a enough_o it_o be_v that_o although_o there_o shall_v have_v be_v king_n otherwise_o than_o as_o every_o man_n be_v a_o prince_n over_o his_o own_o family_n to_o wit_n such_o as_o reign_v now_o a_o day_n before_o the_o deluge_n yea_o so_o soon_o as_o
nature_n dowry_n or_o the_o people_n native_a liberty_n assert_v be_v thou_o call_v be_v a_o servant_n care_n not_o for_o it_o but_o if_o thou_o may_v be_v make_v free_a use_v it_o rather_o 1_o cor._n 7.21_o ovis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la pastorem_fw-la sed_fw-la pastor_n ovi_fw-la inservit_fw-la warneri_fw-la proverb_n pers_n 16._o quin_fw-la et_fw-la mortalem_fw-la summum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la repentè_fw-fr reddidit_fw-la è_fw-la summo_fw-la ut_fw-la regno_fw-la famul_fw-la optumus_fw-la essit_fw-la fortune_n the_o low_a soon_o lift_v to_o the_o high_a degree_n that_o make_v great_a king_n they_o shall_v good_a servant_n be_v ennius_n viii_o annali_fw-la by_o l._n s._n london_n print_v for_o w._n r._n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o unicorn_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1652._o to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n this_o treatise_n i_o assure_v thou_o be_v no_o more_o dip_v in_o passion_n than_o the_o sun_n be_v drown_v in_o the_o cloud_n which_o be_v so_o far_o below_o he_o the_o author_n of_o it_o desire_v whilst_o he_o assert_v other_o man_n liberty_n himself_o to_o be_v rule_v by_o reason_n bear_v in_o mind_n that_o sentence_n reges_fw-la alios_fw-la si_fw-la ratio_fw-la te_fw-la rexerit_fw-la thou_o shall_v govern_v other_o if_o reason_n guide_v thou_o it_o be_v occasion_v by_o a_o question_n which_o a_o worthy_a member_n both_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o committee_n of_o state_n above_o three_o year_n since_o propound_v to_o i_o within_o short_a time_n after_o i_o provide_v this_o answer_n and_o at_o my_o first_o opportunity_n present_v it_o unto_o he_o he_o judge_v that_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v make_v of_o public_a use_n and_o offer_v it_o to_o the_o press_n yet_o lucina_n be_v not_o so_o propitious_a as_o to_o bring_v it_o to_o light_n the_o printer_n not_o dare_v to_o undertake_v it_o unless_o the_o author_n have_v be_v present_a to_o superintend_v the_o work_n i_o publish_v this_o discourse_n after_o i_o have_v so_o long_o suppress_v it_o 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we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o expect_v be_v fundamental_o and_o radical_o in_o the_o people_n a_o conquer_a people_n unless_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o conqueror_n by_o consent_v former_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o he_o in_o their_o own_o person_n or_o in_o their_o forefather_n or_o after_o the_o conquest_n voluntary_o take_v upon_o they_o his_o yoke_n without_o condition_n or_o else_o upon_o stipulation_n be_v warrant_v by_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n to_o endeavour_v the_o recovery_n of_o their_o liberty_n and_o likewise_o after_o a_o composition_n when_o the_o conqueror_n in_o his_o own_o person_n or_o in_o his_o posterity_n neglect_v the_o term_n upon_o which_o they_o submit_v to_o he_o that_o king_n shall_v be_v ex_fw-la se_fw-la vati_fw-la as_o tiberius_n say_v of_o curtius_n rufus_n that_o nature_n or_o conquest_n shall_v be_v a_o sufficient_a title_n to_o dominion_n and_o that_o a_o illegal_a force_n may_v not_o by_o force_n be_v lawful_o remove_v be_v opinion_n 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themselves_o for_o some_o time_n in_o aristocr_n at_o icall_a state_n see_v heylyn_n in_o his_o description_n of_o peruana_n i_o can_v assent_v to_o diodorus_n siculus_n tell_v we_o biblioth_n hist_o l._n 2._o that_o there_o be_v king_n in_o asia_n long_o before_o ninus_n especial_o if_o as_o some_o author_n conceive_v his_o ninus_n be_v the_o same_o with_o nimrod_n i_o mean_v not_o here_o a_o physical_a necessity_n for_o to_o such_o a_o monarchy_n can_v pretend_v nor_o a_o necessity_n of_o coaction_n see_v that_o exclude_v choice_n but_o a_o moral_a necessity_n hinged_a upon_o the_o law_n of_o god_n most_o clear_a it_o be_v that_o neither_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v write_v upon_o the_o table_n of_o man_n mind_n by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n nor_o yet_o any_o positive_a law_n which_o god_n superad_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n determine_v any_o nation_n to_o that_o form_n of_o government_n turn_v over_o the_o scripture_n which_o have_v omit_v none_o of_o god_n commandment_n that_o be_v now_o in_o force_n and_o show_v i_o a_o precept_n for_o it_o none_o will_v be_v so_o impudent_a as_o to_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v any_o express_a commandment_n for_o monarchy_n in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n neither_o be_v there_o so_o much_o as_o a_o shadow_n of_o any_o virtual_a or_o consequential_a injunction_n thereof_o unless_o it_o be_v clear_a by_o natural_a reason_n that_o monarchy_n be_v the_o best_a of_o government_n for_o all_o nation_n at_o all_o time_n howsoever_o their_o circumstance_n vary_v it_o be_v clear_a i_o acknowledge_v both_o by_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n and_o by_o the_o scripture_n that_o man_n be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o prefer_v that_o form_n of_o government_n which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v the_o best_a for_o they_o but_o that_o monarchy_n shall_v by_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n be_v discover_v to_o be_v the_o best_a of_o government_n and_o that_o for_o all_o nation_n and_o at_o all_o time_n i_o can_v consent_v because_o the_o world_n after_o the_o flood_n till_o nimrods_n day_n etc._n day_n nimrod_n be_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n before_o the_o lord_n gen._n 10.9_o for_o the_o understanding_n of_o that_o phrase_n compare_v with_o this_o scripture_n jer._n 16.16_o lament_n 4.18_o mich._n 7.2_o pro._n 1.17_o that_o of_o arist._n in_o the_o first_o of_o his_o politic_n be_v a_o good_a comment_n likewise_o upon_o nimrod_n hunt_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n have_v no_o monarch_n neither_o oeccumenicall_a nor_o provincial_a and_o because_o monarchy_n than_o come_v into_o the_o world_n not_o by_o choice_n 3._o choice_n diodorus_n siculus_n inform_v we_o that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v in_o all_o their_o action_n confine_v by_o their_o law_n and_o particular_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d biblioth_n histor_n l._n 1._o the_o same_o historiographer_n speak_v of_o the_o k._n of_o the_o aethiopian_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d biblioth_n hist_o l._n 3._o 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