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towards_o their_o master_n and_o by_o analogy_n we_o may_v learn_v somewhat_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o subject_n to_o their_o prince_n who_o be_v their_o political_a father_n and_o have_v a_o despotical_a and_o lordly_a power_n over_o they_o for_o child_n heb._n 12.9_o 10._o we_o have_v father_n of_o our_o flesh_n who_o correct_v and_o chasten_v we_o after_o their_o own_o pleasure_n and_o we_o give_v they_o reverence_n which_o in_o the_o apodosis_n of_o the_o similitude_n be_v expon_v subjection_n v_o 9_o this_o be_v not_o only_o speak_v of_o narratiuè_fw-la but_o approbatiuè_fw-la if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o the_o argument_n take_v from_o our_o carriage_n to_o parent_n to_o enforce_v reverend_a subjection_n to_o god_n be_v not_o good_a the_o apostle_n approve_v the_o reverend_a subjection_n of_o child_n to_o their_o parent_n though_o unreasonable_o and_o with_o mixture_n of_o unjust_a passion_n correct_v they_o he_o allow_v not_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o parent_n for_o his_o own_o pleasure_n afflict_v the_o child_n but_o
these_o but_o subjection_n to_o the_o passion_n may_v fall_v under_o a_o command_n and_o this_o be_v call_v passive_a obedience_n which_o imply_v more_o than_o mere_a passion_n or_o suffering_n even_o a_o disposition_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o lie_v under_o that_o lot_n with_o a_o eye_n to_o god_n who_o ordinance_n be_v use_v upon_o the_o sufferer_n only_o it_o be_v call_v passive_a obedience_n because_o as_o to_o the_o precise_a suffer_v the_o punishment_n there_o be_v no_o external_a action_n do_v enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n or_o command_n of_o the_o magistrate_n as_o there_o be_v in_o active_a obedience_n although_o there_o be_v some_o dispositive_a or_o preparatory_a action_n in_o order_n to_o suffer_v not_o infer_v a_o direct_a co-operation_n to_o a_o man_n own_o suffering_n which_o he_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o do_v as_o go_v to_o a_o gallow_n on_o his_o own_o foot_n or_o up_o a_o ladder_n or_o lay_v down_o his_o head_n on_o a_o block_n that_o it_o may_v be_v strike_v 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wicked_a hand_n or_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o manifest_a usurper_n or_o intruder_n in_o magistracy_n who_o violence_n he_o may_v repel_v by_o violence_n so_o long_o as_o he_o can_v but_o unto_o a_o submission_n without_o repel_v of_o violence_n by_o violence_n and_o that_o in_o conscientious_a respect_n to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n wherewith_o the_o lawful_a magistrate_n be_v invest_v although_o abuse_v it_o in_o this_o particular_a and_o with_o a_o tender_a regard_n to_o the_o prevention_n of_o sedition_n and_o confusion_n in_o humane_a society_n which_o be_v unavoidable_a if_o every_o one_o as_o he_o think_v himself_o wrong_v shall_v be_v allow_v to_o use_v force_n upon_o the_o lawful_a magistrat_n proceed_v by_o law_n the_o great_a malefactor_n be_v ready_a to_o justify_v themselves_o and_o to_o violate_v the_o just_a magistrate_n in_o their_o just_a proceed_n if_o once_o this_o repel_v the_o magistrat_n force_n be_v allow_v as_o a_o duty_n and_o no_o tender-hearted_a christian_n be_v there_o who_o will_v not_o rather_o submit_v without_o resistance_n to_o his_o own_o private_a suffering_n commend_v his_o soul_n and_o cause_n to_o god_n then_o by_o such_o evil_a and_o scandalous_a doctrine_n open_v a_o wide_a gap_n for_o all_o wicked_a seditious_a person_n to_o work_v confusion_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o overthrow_v the_o best_a and_o just_a magistrate_n mr._n burrough_n a_o independent_a write_v on_o the_o 1._o of_o hos_n 10._o v._n have_v say_v well_o to_o this_o purpose_n when_o say_v he_o thing_n be_v bring_v into_o a_o law_n suppose_v the_o authority_n be_v abuse_v and_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a law_n make_v then_o i_o confess_v if_o the_o law_n be_v in_o force_n we_o must_v either_o quit_v ourselves_o of_o the_o country_n or_o else_o submit_v and_o suffer_v when_o it_o come_v to_o be_v a_o power_n or_o a_o law_n it_o be_v authority_n though_o abuse_v and_o we_o must_v yield_v obedience_n to_o it_o either_o active_o or_o passive_o this_o be_v sound_a and_o orthodox_n and_o it_o be_v well_o other_o will_v homologate_v this_o doctrine_n to_o prevent_v the_o scandal_n of_o sedition_n and_o rebellion_n which_o this_o tender-hearted_a libeler_n speak_v of_o very_o slight_o strive_v to_o introduce_v libertinism_n and_o to_o abolish_v the_o sense_n of_o these_o sin_n for_o say_v he_o napth_n page_n 39_o treason_n sedition_n and_o disorder_n be_v but_o formality_n and_o notion_n pretend_v to_o palliate_v and_o colour_v the_o king_n usurpation_n but_o to_o add_v no_o more_o from_o the_o scripture_n that_o know_v passage_n rom._n 13.1_o 2._o etc._n etc._n with_o 1._o pet._n 2.11_o make_v for_o this_o submission_n and_o subjection_n which_o be_v plead_v for_o by_o we_o for_o such_o subjection_n be_v there_o command_v to_o the_o power_n then_o exist_v or_o in_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o be_v caligula_n nero_n domitian_n monstruous_a tyrant_n enemy_n and_o persecutor_n of_o god_n people_n as_o be_v oppose_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o stand_v in_o order_n against_o they_o the_o word_n be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o military_a term_n every_o soul_n be_v command_v to_o be_v subject_n or_o to_o stand_v in_o order_n under_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o forbid_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o stand_v in_o military_a order_n against_o they_o either_o defensive_a or_o offensive_a by_o power_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v resist_v be_v clear_o mâ—ant_a the_o person_n iâ—_n power_n as_o the_o apostle_n after_o expones_fw-la himself_o 3._o and_o 4._o vers_fw-la call_v they_o ruler_n and_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n he_o mean_v undoubted_o certain_a supposita_fw-la and_o person_n invest_v with_o power_n and_o can_v mean_v the_o abstract_n ordinance_n of_o god_n magistracy_n or_o power_n in_o the_o abstract_n for_o it_o can_v neither_o be_v say_v to_o exist_v separate_a from_o person_n nor_o to_o be_v the_o subject_n and_o recipient_a 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to_o the_o
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the_o people_n but_o every_o covenanter_n must_v make_v his_o discretive_a judgement_n his_o rule_n to_o determine_v his_o act_n for_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o party_n in_o sufficient_a capacity_n to_o take_v the_o field_n they_o will_v and_o must_v according_a to_o their_o discretion_n carve_v out_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o subject_n liberty_n which_o it_o be_v like_o will_v be_v large_a enough_o at_o least_o towards_o themselves_o if_o not_o towards_o other_o and_o will_v account_v themselves_o bind_v by_o covenant_n according_a to_o their_o own_o interpretation_n to_o fight_v to_o death_n for_o what_o they_o count_v liberty_n and_o to_o forsake_v the_o government_n and_o society_n of_o other_o in_o the_o land_n though_o they_o be_v the_o far_o less_o part_n and_o erect_v new_a combination_n of_o their_o own_o under_o new_a head_n that_o they_o may_v enjoy_v their_o covenant_v liberty_n which_o the_o pervert_v government_n deprive_v they_o of_o and_o from_o which_o therefore_o they_o be_v loose_v and_o liberate_v for_o ever_o and_o reduce_v to_o their_o primaeve_fw-la liberty_n to_o choose_v government_n and_o society_n as_o best_a like_v they_o oh_o miserable_a confusion_n that_o man_n of_o perverse_a spirit_n strive_v to_o drive_v this_o poor_a nation_n into_o be_v episcopacy_n out_o of_o â—he_n nation_n and_o out_o of_o the_o world_n there_o have_v be_v and_o be_v in_o this_o time_n such_o pestilent_a principle_n vent_v by_o perverse_a teacher_n tend_v to_o the_o perpetual_a disquietness_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o kingdom_n that_o if_o people_n be_v possess_v with_o the_o same_o there_o be_v no_o security_n for_o the_o most_o just_a and_o just_o act_v authority_n nor_o any_o rest_n nor_o peace_n among_o people_n but_o continual_a stir_n be_v to_o be_v look_v for_o as_o there_o be_v occasion_n of_o firebrand_n to_o inflame_v they_o but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v hope_v that_o the_o wise_a and_o godly_a management_n 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resistance_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o immane_a tyranny_n and_o extreme_a cruelty_n against_o the_o body_n or_o most_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o such_o like_a or_o in_o case_n of_o sudden_a personal_a extra-judicial_a illegal_a invasion_n import_v irreparable_a loss_n of_o life_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o judicious_a royalist_n will_v not_o much_o differ_v from_o other_o nor_o do_v they_o grant_v a_o liberty_n to_o proceed_v beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o inculpata_fw-la tutela_fw-la innocent_a and_o harmless_a self-defence_n for_o if_o either_o there_o be_v a_o preventive_a invasion_n of_o the_o magistrate_n or_o a_o succeed_a revenge_n if_o he_o be_v bring_v under_o all_o agree_v that_o this_o exceed_v moderamen_fw-la inculpatae_fw-la tutelae_fw-la so_o man_n be_v not_o proper_o self-defender_n but_o magistrate-invader_n and_o whatever_o power_n of_o defence_n be_v allow_v to_o inferior_a magistrate_n with_o the_o people_n yet_o that_o mere_a subject_n or_o private_a person_n shall_v take_v on_o they_o power_n of_o judge_v or_o punish_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n or_o punish_v he_o it_o be_v abhorrent_n from_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o christian_a and_o learned_a man_n but_o this_o libeler_n go_v a_o great_a length_n for_o not_o only_o do_v he_o allow_v the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n with_o inferior_a magistrate_n to_o make_v violent_a resistance_n to_o the_o king_n whensoever_o they_o think_v he_o wrong_v they_o but_o allow_v any_o part_n of_o the_o people_n only_o require_v that_o they_o make_v sure_a that_o they_o be_v in_o probable_a capacity_n to_o carry_v through_o their_o matter_n to_o rise_v in_o arm_n and_o make_v violent_a resistance_n to_o all_o the_o magistrate_n supreme_a and_o subordinate_a yea_o and_o against_o all_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o people_n and_o albeit_o magistrate_n act_n according_a to_o law_n agree_v upon_o by_o the_o representatives_n of_o the_o people_n yet_o this_o man_n allow_v any_o part_n of_o the_o people_n though_o no_o magistrate_n be_v among_o they_o to_o take_v arm_n against_o all_o magistrate_n and_o violent_o resist_v they_o when_o they_o think_v their_o law_n either_o unjust_a or_o the_o punishment_n execute_v unjust_a and_o he_o maintain_v that_o passive_a subjection_n to_o unjust_a law_n and_o punishment_n where_o there_o be_v power_n to_o make_v active_a violent_a resistance_n be_v a_o great_a sin_n than_o active_a obedience_n to_o unlawful_a command_n of_o magistrate_n this_o seem_v strange_a doctrine_n but_o more_o and_o worse_a will_v be_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n but_o that_o he_o may_v get_v no_o wrong_n look_v upon_o his_o own_o word_n refer_v what_o he_o speak_v of_o punish_v magistrate_n to_o the_o follow_a chapter_n there_o be_v say_v he_o page_z 8._o a_o necessity_n of_o convocation_n and_o combination_n not_o only_o without_o but_o even_o against_o authority_n and_o it_o be_v sufficient_o warrand_v before_o god_n and_o all_o man_n for_o necessary_a and_o just_a end_n again_o
the_o power_n of_o self-defence_n page_n 14._o as_o he_o call_v violent_a resist_v the_o magistrate_n be_v competent_a to_o all_o man_n by_o the_o instinct_n of_o pure_a nature_n and_o be_v the_o principal_a rule_n of_o righteousness_n and_o a_o privilege_n competent_a to_o all_o man_n separately_z and_o joint_o not_o need_v any_o other_o prerequisite_a but_o intolerable_a injury_n and_o be_v complete_v in_o exercise_n by_o a_o probable_a capacity_n to_o encourage_v to_o it_o and_o to_o suffer_v injury_n under_o ptetext_n of_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v for_o the_o delusion_n of_o a_o empty_a name_n and_o for_o the_o lust_n of_o other_o real_o to_o deprive_v a_o man_n self_n of_o all_o share_n and_o benefit_n in_o it_o page_n 15._o propel_v by_o force_n injury_n do_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o just_a quarrel_n that_o man_n in_o their_o primaeve_fw-la liberty_n can_v be_v engage_v into_o and_o page_z 16_o 17._o combination_n for_o assistance_n in_o violent_a opposition_n of_o the_o magistrate_n when_o the_o end_n of_o government_n be_v pervert_v which_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o discretion_n of_o they_o who_o mind_v insurrection_n be_v necessary_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n of_o charity_n and_o in_o order_n to_o god_n glory_n and_o for_o violation_n of_o this_o duty_n of_o deliver_v the_o oppress_a from_o magistrate_n judgement_n come_v upon_o people_n and_o page_z 18_o 19_o not_o only_a power_n of_o self-defence_n but_o vindicative_a and_o reform_a power_n be_v in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o people_n against_o the_o whole_a and_o against_o all_o magistrate_n and_o if_o they_o use_v it_o not_o judgement_n come_v on_o suppose_v their_o capacity_n probable_a to_o bear_v they_o forth_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v punish_v for_o their_o connivance_n and_o not_o act_v in_o way_n of_o vindication_n of_o crime_n and_o reform_a abuse_n and_o page_z 28._o they_o be_v but_o flatterer_n and_o man_n that_o have_v renounce_v conscience_n who_o say_v that_o absolute_a subjection_n in_o suffering_n may_v be_v give_v to_o authority_n abuse_v their_o power_n and_o not_o absolute_a obedience_n to_o their_o command_n and_o whatsoever_o reason_n say_v he_o plead_v for_o absolute_a subjection_n in_o suffering_n will_v far_o more_o rational_o and_o plausible_o infer_v unlimited_a and_o absolute_a obedience_n absolute_a obedience_n may_v be_v more_o rational_o yield_v then_o absolute_a subjection_n to_o suffer_v page_n 157._o to_o resist_v and_o rise_v up_o against_o person_n abuse_v authority_n be_v to_o adhere_v to_o god_n and_o page_n 155._o the_o late_a rise_n be_v altogether_o lawful_a righteous_a and_o necessary_a but_o what_o need_v insist_v on_o his_o justify_n of_o any_o number_n of_o private_a person_n rise_v up_o and_o resist_v the_o whole_a magistrate_n and_o body_n of_o the_o people_n when_o ever_o they_o think_v they_o have_v cause_n see_v this_o be_v the_o main_a scope_n of_o his_o book_n and_o more_o too_o even_o 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temporalem_fw-la vitam_fw-la svam_fw-la pro_fw-la aeterna_fw-la vita_fw-la proximi_fw-la non_fw-la dubitabit_fw-la christianus_n amittere_fw-la august_n ad_fw-la consent_n lib._n 6._o which_o the_o schoolman_n have_v drive_v so_o far_o on_o that_o they_o have_v think_v that_o a_o man_n in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n be_v invade_v by_o another_o in_o the_o state_n of_o sin_n ought_v rather_o to_o be_v content_a to_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o private_a aggressor_n then_o to_o slay_v he_o be_v in_o such_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n and_o damnation_n to_o which_o we_o shall_v hardly_o subscribe_v lest_o it_o shall_v strike_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o war_n of_o godly_a man_n against_o wicked_a invader_n justice_n may_v and_o must_v be_v do_v in_o war_n and_o otherwise_o whatever_o be_v the_o soul_n estate_n of_o the_o sufferer_n that_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n and_o be_v seal_v among_o his_o secret_n yet_o that_o there_o may_v be_v such_o case_n that_o when_o need_n be_v 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by_o arm_n against_o the_o judge_n or_o magistrate_n and_o his_o officer_n and_o minister_n even_o by_o slay_v they_o if_o he_o can_v otherwise_o escape_v because_o in_o that_o case_n the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o unjust_a invader_n and_o it_o be_v lawful_a in_o that_o case_n for_o a_o private_a man_n to_o kill_v the_o magistrate_n in_o order_n to_o his_o own_o defence_n as_o it_o be_v to_o kill_v a_o robber_n or_o a_o cutthroat_n invade_v a_o man_n while_o he_o be_v go_v on_o in_o his_o journey_n thus_o becan_n tom._n 2._o controu._n tractat_fw-la 3._o quest_n 8._o and_o swarez_n contra_fw-la regem_fw-la augliae_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o s._n 6._o where_o he_o assert_n a_o man_n unjust_o invade_v by_o the_o king_n may_v kill_v he_o if_o otherwise_o he_o can_v defend_v his_o own_o life_n and_o thomas_n in_o this_o go_v before_o they_o 2_o 2_o quest_n 70._o art_n 4._o c._n but_o add_v a_o caution_n licet_fw-la resistere_fw-la malis_fw-la principibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr propter_fw-la scandalum_fw-la vitandum_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la gravis_fw-la turbatio_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la but_o our_o protestant_n divine_n who_o be_v desert_v by_o this_o man_n and_o his_o complice_n be_v of_o another_o spirit_n mr_n calvin_n be_v plain_a institut_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o s._n 31._o privatit_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la parendi_fw-la &_o patiendi_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la mandatum_fw-la he_o suppose_v where_o there_o be_v not_o opportunity_n of_o fly_v or_o withdraw_v which_o be_v also_o a_o sort_n of_o suffer_v and_o speak_v of_o the_o tyranny_n and_o oppression_n of_o wicked_a prince_n 298._o non_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la mean_v of_o private_a man_n hujusmodi_fw-la malis_fw-la mederi_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la domini_fw-la opem_fw-la imploremus_fw-la again_o s._n 26._o speak_v of_o 1_o sam._n 8.11_o he_o expones_fw-la it_o thus_o that_o albeit_o king_n have_v no_o jus_o or_o right_o to_o do_v act_n of_o tyranny_n yet_o voco_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la populum_fw-la cui_fw-la parere_fw-la ipsi_fw-la necesse_fw-la esset_fw-la nec_fw-la obsistere_fw-la liceret_fw-la eo_fw-la se_fw-la proripiet_fw-la licentiae_fw-la regum_fw-la libido_fw-la quam_fw-la cohibere_fw-la vestrum_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o art_n 31._o nobis_fw-la summopere_fw-la cavendum_fw-la ne_fw-la illam_fw-la plenam_fw-la venerandae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la apud_fw-la indignissimos_fw-la â—esideat_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la eam_fw-la sua_fw-la nequitia_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la polluunt_fw-la spernemus_fw-la aut_fw-la violemus_fw-la according_o peter_n martyr_n one_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a of_o our_o protestant_n loci_fw-la come_v clas_o 4._o cap._n 20._o p._n 680._o illi_fw-la subjecti_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la subjiciuntur_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la privati_fw-la sunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o dominos_fw-la suos_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la incitari_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la è_fw-la dignitate_fw-la seu_fw-la gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la deturbent_fw-la &_o quamvis_fw-la probe_n noverim_fw-la ab_fw-la aethnicis_fw-la praemia_fw-la olim_fw-la constituta_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d attamen_fw-la id_fw-la respondi_fw-la quod_fw-la pietas_fw-la &_o sacrae_fw-la literae_fw-la persuadent_fw-la certain_o si_fw-la populo_fw-la sit_fw-la fas_fw-la regno_fw-la deâ—icere_fw-la injust_a imperantes_fw-la nulli_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la usquam_fw-la tuti_fw-la erunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la probe_n &_o sancte_fw-la regnant_a non_fw-la tamen_fw-la populo_fw-la satisfaciunt_fw-la and_o page_z 684._o improbum_fw-la principem_fw-la pii_fw-la homines_fw-la quando_fw-la privati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o super_fw-la illo_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la habent_fw-la ferant_fw-la oportet_fw-la neque_fw-la illorum_fw-la est_fw-la seditiose_fw-la adversus_fw-la eum_fw-la arma_fw-la movere_fw-la again_o speak_v to_o private_a man_n adversus_fw-la tyrannum_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la quod_fw-la agas_fw-la except_o prayer_n to_o god_n and_o petition_n to_o they_o in_o power_n nisi_fw-la seditionem_fw-la aut_fw-la tumultum_fw-la conspirationemve_fw-la contra_fw-la illum_fw-la excite_v aut_fw-la ipse_fw-la privata_fw-la authoritate_fw-la interficias_fw-la quae_fw-la aliena_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la sententia_fw-la again_o colum._n 2._o ibid._n quia_fw-la potestas_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la tyrannis_fw-la est_fw-la ferenda_fw-la again_o solummodo_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_n dei_fw-la est_fw-la appellandum_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la detur_fw-la alia_fw-la superior_a aut_fw-la major_a potestas_fw-la cui_fw-la tuus_fw-la tyrannus_n pareat_fw-la again_o omnes_fw-la pii_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuasum_fw-la habeant_fw-la exauthorata_n esse_fw-la eorum_fw-la vires_fw-la ad_fw-la movendas_fw-la in_o republica_fw-la turbas_fw-la eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la quod_fw-la vi_fw-la aliquod_fw-la facere_fw-la veliut_a adversus_fw-la publicum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la formae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la thus_o famous_a martyr_n so_o also_o andrea_n rivet_n in_o deâ—alog_n page_n 233._o non_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la legis_fw-la naturalis_fw-la notitia_fw-la sed_fw-la depravatio_fw-la ab_fw-la humano_fw-la &_o corrupto_fw-la affectu_fw-la movere_fw-la seditionem_fw-la contra_fw-la injustam_fw-la magistratus_fw-la violentiam_fw-la and_o page_n 235._o approve_v their_o opinion_n who_o say_v a_o man_n shall_v rather_o suffer_v death_n then_o defend_v his_o own_o life_n by_o destroy_v the_o prince_n life_n or_o bring_v it_o in_o danger_n albeit_o he_o allow_v labour_v to_o ward_v off_o our_o own_o destruction_n against_o unjust_a invasion_n yet_o if_o a_o man_n can_v deliver_v himself_o without_o destroy_v the_o prince_n he_o say_v si_fw-la tamen_fw-la evitari_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la malum_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la quod_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la terminâ—_n concluditur_fw-la praestat_fw-la mortem_fw-la oppetere_fw-la quam_fw-la fieri_fw-la reum_fw-la parricidii_fw-la id_fw-la nos_fw-la absolute_a sentimus_fw-la de_fw-la parent_n &_o principe_n add_v dr._n ames_n lib._n 5._o conscien_fw-fr cap._n 20.4_o potestas_fw-la &_o authoritas_fw-la superioris_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la potest_fw-la consistere_fw-la actu_fw-la sine_fw-la hac_fw-la subjectione_n quam_fw-la relatum_fw-la unum_fw-la sine_fw-la svo_fw-la correlato_fw-la huic_fw-la autem_fw-la subjectioni_fw-la omnis_fw-la violenta_fw-la insurrectio_fw-la adversatur_fw-la and_o 6._o he_o will_v have_v this_o subjection_n contrary_a to_o violent_a
towards_o such_o over_o who_o they_o have_v power_n but_o doâ—s_v neither_o instigate_v the_o inferior_a magistrate_n against_o the_o superior_a nor_o the_o people_n against_o any_o of_o they_o where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o that_o shed_v man_n blood_n by_o man_n shall_v his_o blood_n be_v shed_v conclude_v hence_o that_o there_o be_v here_o a_o precept_n that_o the_o blood_n of_o every_o man_n though_o he_o be_v in_o the_o supreme_a power_n shall_v be_v shed_v by_o his_o inferior_n if_o he_o shed_v blood_n innocent_o and_o without_o cause_n for_o suppose_v this_o word_n not_o only_o to_o be_v predictional_a or_o interminative_a foretell_v and_o threaten_v what_o shall_v come_v upon_o shedder_n of_o innocent_a blood_n as_o some_o expone_fw-la it_o but_o also_o diatactick_a and_o preceptive_a there_o must_v be_v meet_a limitation_n of_o the_o sentence_n both_o in_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o attribute_n that_o it_o may_v agree_v with_o other_o sentence_n of_o holy_a scripture_n the_o subject_n be_v he_o that_o shed_v man_n blood_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o every_o one_o that_o shed_v man_n blood_n but_o only_o of_o such_o as_o have_v no_o authority_n and_o do_v it_o out_o of_o private_a revenge_n for_o we_o must_v not_o own_o the_o fancy_n of_o photinian_o and_o anabaptist_n that_o condemn_v lawful_a war_n or_o capital_a punishment_n by_o the_o hand_n or_o authority_n of_o magistrate_n albeit_o they_o argue_v from_o this_o place_n again_o the_o attribute_n or_o that_o which_o be_v affirm_v or_o command_v concern_v the_o shedder_n of_o man_n blood_n by_o man_n shall_v his_o blood_n be_v shed_v be_v to_o be_v consider_v certain_o take_v the_o word_n as_o a_o precept_n it_o be_v not_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o every_o man_n or_o any_o man_n indifferent_o to_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o person_n who_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n but_o the_o man_n who_o be_v to_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o that_o person_n be_v the_o magistrate_n who_o be_v his_o judge_n above_o he_o all_o interpreter_n be_v agree_v that_o here_o be_v if_o not_o the_o institution_n yet_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o office_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o his_o capital_a punish_v of_o murderer_n pareus_n say_v sancitur_fw-la hic_fw-la lex_fw-la civilis_fw-la ut_fw-la homicidae_fw-la plectantur_fw-la capitaliter_fw-la per_fw-la hominem_fw-la non_fw-la quemvis_fw-la sed_fw-la gladio_fw-la divinitus_fw-la armatum_fw-la h._n e._n per_fw-la magistratum_fw-la peter_n martyr_n loci_fw-la come_v p._n 634._o non_fw-la temere_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la quemvis_fw-la est_fw-la effundenduâ—_n homicidae_fw-la sanguis_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la esset_fw-la valde_fw-la absurdum_fw-la quare_fw-la colligendum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la verbis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la non_fw-la obscure_a esse_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la institutum_fw-la qui_fw-la animadvertat_fw-la in_o homicidas_fw-la so_o musculus_fw-la bezelius_n diodat_n and_o every_o one_o almost_o will_v have_v the_o man_n impower_v here_o to_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o murderer_n to_o be_v the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o judge_n and_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v have_v well_o expon_v it_o qui_fw-la effuderit_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la hominis_fw-la per_fw-la testes_fw-la juxta_fw-la sententiam_fw-la judicum_fw-la sanguis_fw-la ejus_fw-la fundetur_fw-la and_o bezelius_n say_v well_o on_o the_o place_n that_o here_o god_n be_v communicate_v his_o right_a and_o power_n to_o the_o magistrate_n give_v he_o jus_o aquavitae_fw-la &_o necis_fw-la and_o power_n to_o kill_v murderer_n certum_fw-la hominem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la say_v he_o qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la executionem_fw-la constitutus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o the_o man_n that_o in_o this_o text_n have_v power_n to_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o homicide_n or_o murderer_n be_v the_o magistrate_n or_o judge_n that_o be_v above_o he_o constitute_v by_o god_n in_o politic_a power_n over_o the_o society_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n but_o if_o the_o person_n invest_v with_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o sword_n abuse_v their_o power_n become_v guilty_a of_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n who_o in_o that_o society_n whereof_o they_o be_v head_n shall_v judge_v or_o punish_v they_o who_o be_v superior_a over_o the_o supreme_a to_o punish_v he_o it_o be_v true_a god_n will_v take_v the_o matter_n in_o his_o own_o hand_n in_o his_o time_n and_o so_o take_v the_o word_n as_o a_o prediction_n or_o threaten_a they_o may_v be_v comprehensive_a of_o the_o supreme_a power_n itself_o and_o of_o man_n in_o that_o power_n abuse_v the_o same_o but_o it_o be_v inexplicable_a how_o that_o any_o in_o who_o the_o sovereign_a majesty_n and_o magistratical_a power_n reside_v or_o who_o be_v therewith_o invest_v shall_v according_a to_o order_n be_v punish_v by_o subject_n who_o be_v not_o appoint_v to_o be_v his_o judge_n nor_o to_o be_v god_n sword-bearer_n for_o execute_v justice_n the_o text_n always_o suppose_v that_o he_o who_o be_v the_o avenger_n of_o bloodshed_n must_v be_v judge_n above_o he_o that_o shed_v it_o be_v in_o one_o body_n of_o one_o society_n civil_a when_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 13._o say_v let_v every_o soul_n be_v subject_a to_o superior_a power_n that_o every_o soul_n do_v not_o comprehend_v the_o supreme_a power_n itself_o for_o how_o can_v the_o man_n invest_v with_o it_o be_v subject_a to_o a_o superior_a power_n but_o it_o be_v mean_v that_o every_o soul_n under_o the_o superior_a power_n or_o supreme_a shall_v be_v subject_a to_o it_o and_o let_v man_n as_o they_o will_v indulge_v themselves_o in_o their_o seditious_a notion_n they_o must_v at_o last_o â—ist_v in_o some_o supreme_a power_n on_o earth_n which_o be_v not_o judgeable_a nor_o punishable_a by_o any_o if_o sovereign_a majesty_n be_v place_v in_o parliament_n or_o people_n who_o may_v be_v guilty_a of_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n as_o well_o as_o a_o king_n who_o shall_v shed_v their_o blood_n i_o pray_v you_o when_o they_o transgress_v where_o shall_v we_o have_v judge_n to_o sit_v upon_o they_o and_o to_o punish_v they_o unless_o this_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o sound_a and_o small_a part_n of_o the_o people_n as_o this_o man_n say_v p._n 240._o and_o then_o there_o be_v ground_n enough_o lay_v for_o eternal_a confusion_n any_o lesser_a part_n when_o they_o have_v or_o think_v they_o have_v wit_n and_o strength_n enough_o to_o through_o their_o business_n will_v undoubted_o call_v themselves_o the_o sound_a part_n and_o labour_n to_o bear_v down_o the_o corrupt_a plurality_n as_o we_o do_v see_v not_o many_o year_n ago_o in_o our_o church-business_n god_n pity_v we_o if_o these_o principle_n be_v embrace_v and_o put_v in_o practcie_n but_o the_o christian_n reader_n may_v easy_o see_v how_o hard_o this_o author_n be_v put_v to_o it_o and_o for_o all_o his_o say_n that_o according_a to_o god_n law_n king_n must_v be_v punish_v as_o well_o as_o other_o yet_o be_v he_o force_v to_o acknowledge_v a_o supremacy_n of_o power_n in_o some_o not_o punishable_a by_o any_o but_o by_o god_n for_o l._n r._n p._n 389._o when_o he_o have_v give_v all_o power_n to_o the_o parliament_n over_o the_o king_n he_o object_n to_o himself_o who_o shall_v punish_v and_o coerce_v the_o parliament_n in_o case_n of_o exorbitance_n he_o answer_n posterior_n parliament_n and_o p._n 211._o he_o say_v by_o the_o people_n and_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n be_v they_o to_o be_v judge_v let_v all_o our_o noble_n and_o parliament_n hearken_v to_o this_o now_o who_o ever_o hear_v of_o this_o that_o one_o parliament_n posterior_n shall_v punish_v the_o prior_n their_o act_n they_o may_v retract_v indeed_o but_o to_o punish_v they_o for_o their_o act_n it_o be_v most_o absurd_a because_o the_o prior_n parliament_n in_o the_o capacity_n of_o that_o judicatory_a have_v as_o much_o power_n as_o the_o posterior_n statesman_n will_v wonder_v at_o such_o doctrine_n that_o member_n of_o a_o parliament_n shall_v be_v punish_v for_o their_o free_a vote_n by_o a_o succeed_a parliament_n and_o far_o more_o at_o the_o subject_v they_o to_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n as_o he_o speak_v but_o then_o another_o objection_n he_o make_v posterior_n parliament_n and_o people_n both_o may_v err_v he_o answer_v all_o that_o be_v true_a god_n only_o must_v remee_v that_o well_o then_o if_o parliament_n or_o people_n destroy_v and_o murder_v person_n innocent_o god_n only_o must_v remee_v that_o there_o be_v no_o power_n on_o earth_n to_o call_v they_o to_o a_o account_n who_o see_v not_o that_o at_o last_o this_o author_n be_v drive_v to_o acknowledge_v a_o power_n which_o if_o it_o deviate_v can_v be_v judge_v by_o any_o on_o earth_n and_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n but_o in_o god_n against_o its_o unjust_a violence_n although_o he_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v this_o power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n yet_o in_o the_o people_n as_o contradistinct_a from_o parliament_n he_o acknowledge_v it_o whereby_o also_o it_o may_v be_v see_v that_o his_o principle_n
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the_o civet_n dei_fw-la c._n 21._o