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est_fw-la conditio_fw-la possidentis_fw-la possidentis_fw-la see_v §._o 42._o the_o people_n ought_v to_o be_v satisfy_v with_o this_o this_o see_v §._o 42._o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_n iii_o f._n c._n blame_v lucan_n for_o call_v alexander_n orbis_n terrarum_fw-la praedonem_fw-la for_o say_v he_o alexander_n declare_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o war_n and_o when_o he_o have_v the_o victory_n that_o then_o he_o may_v possess_v himself_o of_o his_o enemy_n dominion_n be_v more_o than_o a_o receive_v opinion_n alexander_n reason_n be_v express_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o darius_n which_o be_v in_o arrian_n exp_v alex._n ii_o ii_o see_v §_o 45._o but_o much_o more_o with_o a_o certain_a just_a cause_n cause_n see_v §_o 36._o 36._o see_v grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n iii_o 13._o 4._o and_o 15._o 12._o 12._o see_v §._o 36._o 36._o see_v §._o 25._o jud._n ii_o 18._o and_o iu_o 3._o jud._n iii_o 9_o 15_o 15_o §._o 36._o when_o the_o cause_n be_v for_o 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to_o hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o people_n and_o where_o in_o case_n of_o any_o oppression_n he_o stand_v to_o a_o judge_v among_o the_o go_n 1._o can_v david_n say_v promotion_n come_v not_o from_o thence_o no_o he_o say_v the_o contrary_a in_o the_o follow_a word_n for_o god_n be_v the_o judge_n plain_o show_v that_o to_o he_o king_n owe_v their_o authority_n but_o §_o 4._o second_o it_o be_v to_o he_o as_o judge_n he_o judicial_o give_v it_o judicial_o and_o so_o to_o he_o they_o be_v to_o account_v for_o it_o they_o that_o use_v their_o power_n well_o he_o reward_v for_o it_o and_o that_o ordinary_o with_o a_o long_a and_o prosperous_a reign_n they_o that_o abuse_v their_o trust_n he_o as_o ordinary_o deprive_v and_o give_v that_o power_n into_o other_o hand_n as_o it_o follow_v he_o put_v down_o one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o this_o be_v the_o plain_a meaning_n of_o the_o psalmist_n word_n which_o will_v be_v of_o great_a use_n in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n now_o for_o the_o matter_n contain_v in_o it_o §_o 5._o first_o promotion_n or_o exaltation_n to_o power_n discourse_n and_o second_o the_o transfer_v of_o it_o from_o one_o to_o another_o as_o from_o saul_n to_o david_n in_o the_o case_n before_o we_o both_o these_o be_v ascribe_v here_o to_o god_n and_o that_o by_o he_o that_o be_v best_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o these_o matter_n david_n as_o be_v a_o prophet_n inspire_v best_o know_v the_o mind_n of_o god_n and_o his_o way_n of_o deal_n with_o mankind_n and_o david_n as_o be_v call_v to_o be_v a_o king_n by_o the_o immediate_a designation_n of_o god_n best_o know_v what_o belong_v to_o that_o dignity_n his_o word_n therefore_o be_v on_o all_o account_n a_o sufficient_a proof_n but_o that_o what_o he_o say_v may_v be_v the_o better_o understand_v i_o shall_v show_v first_o in_o general_n and_o then_o in_o sundry_a particular_n that_o it_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o god_n by_o which_o he_o act_v both_o in_o the_o dispose_n and_o also_o in_o the_o transfer_v of_o kingdom_n second_o i_o shall_v show_v that_o the_o work_n of_o god_n in_o bring_v his_o majesty_n into_o this_o kingdom_n be_v true_o god_n make_a use_n of_o the_o latter_a branch_n of_o his_o prerogative_n in_o put_v down_o one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o last_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o we_o not_o only_o in_o a_o humble_a submission_n to_o their_o majesty_n government_n but_o also_o by_o pay_v they_o all_o those_o duty_n which_o subject_n owe_v to_o their_o prince_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n §_o 6._o first_o for_o the_o original_a of_o government_n government_n of_o this_o the_o less_o needs_o to_o be_v say_v because_o it_o be_v so_o plain_o declare_v and_o so_o often_o repeat_v in_o scripture_n it_o be_v declare_v of_o government_n in_o general_n that_o it_o be_v the_o 2._o ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o divine_a institution_n it_o be_v not_o only_o 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god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o account_v for_o it_o the_o magistrate_n may_v punish_v he_o if_o he_o will_n he_o have_v the_o sword_n of_o god_n commit_v to_o he_o for_o that_o purpose_n as_o well_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o this_o as_o of_o all_o other_o enormity_n but_o for_o this_o if_o the_o magistrate_n will_v not_o or_o can_v god_n will_v sure_o do_v it_o first_o or_o last_o he_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o himself_o damnation_n here_o be_v a_o plain_a declaration_n power_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o to_o the_o institution_n of_o government_n in_o general_n but_o now_o as_o to_o the_o confer_v of_o it_o on_o particular_a person_n §_o 8._o time_n this_o at_o first_o be_v from_o god_n we_o be_v sure_a because_o it_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o mankind_n the_o first_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v into_o the_o world_n be_v all_o of_o adam_n family_n and_o so_o be_v all_o that_o come_v after_o till_o some_o of_o they_o go_v 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moses_n and_o to_o show_v they_o how_o they_o ought_v to_o value_v this_o mercy_n from_o thence_o he_o entitle_v himself_o to_o be_v 12._o their_o king_n and_o date_v the_o 2_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o such_o he_o give_v they_o law_n according_a to_o which_o they_o be_v govern_v by_o his_o vicegerent_n first_o his_o servant_n moses_n than_o joshua_n and_o then_o all_o the_o judge_n successive_o they_o be_v all_o such_o as_o he_o either_o name_v to_o they_o himself_o or_o give_v such_o sign_n of_o his_o choose_v they_o as_o be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o nomination_n §_o 10._o israel_n this_o theocracy_n as_o we_o call_v it_o continue_v from_o their_o come_n up_o out_o of_o egypt_n till_o such_o time_n as_o god_n at_o
his_o people_n desire_n give_v they_o 5._o a_o king_n to_o judge_v they_o like_o all_o the_o nation_n how_o be_v that_o in_o most_o nation_n we_o read_v of_o at_o that_o time_n and_o perhaps_o in_o some_o from_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n it_o be_v the_o people_n part_n to_o choose_v who_o shall_v rule_v over_o they_o and_o that_o either_o upon_o every_o vacancy_n as_o in_o elective_a kingdom_n or_o at_o the_o first_o once_o for_o all_o as_o in_o those_o that_o be_v hereditary_a god_n be_v please_v so_o far_o to_o grant_v his_o people_n request_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v a_o hereditary_a kingdom_n but_o for_o the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o reign_a line_n god_n will_v have_v the_o choose_n of_o he_o himself_o and_o according_o first_o he_o choose_v saul_n who_o 13._o kingdom_n shall_v have_v be_v hereditary_a if_o he_o have_v not_o hinder_v it_o by_o his_o disobedience_n to_o god_n then_o god_n make_v choice_n of_o david_n a_o man_n 14._o after_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o 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interest_n that_o can_v be_v in_o the_o world_n §_o 48._o in_o this_o case_n if_o another_o prince_n have_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o war_n be_v so_o far_o concern_v for_o deliverance_n such_o a_o people_n as_o to_o take_v they_o into_o his_o care_n and_o to_o declare_v that_o he_o make_v the_o war_n for_o their_o deliverance_n the_o effect_n of_o this_o war_n though_o we_o may_v call_v it_o a_o conquest_n because_o it_o have_v resemblance_n of_o it_o yet_o it_o can_v be_v proper_o so_o in_o any_o respect_n whether_o we_o consider_v the_o prince_n on_o who_o it_o be_v make_v or_o the_o people_n that_o have_v their_o deliverance_n by_o it_o as_o to_o he_o it_o be_v proper_o a_o note_n eviction_n by_o the_o just_a sentence_n of_o god_n who_o thus_o put_v his_o he_o out_o of_o a_o trust_n that_o he_o abuse_v to_o the_o hurt_n of_o they_o for_o who_o sake_n it_o be_v give_v he_o and_o as_o to_o the_o people_n it_o can_v be_v a_o conquest_n over_o they_o who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o first_o election_n of_o king_n king_n king_n james_n work_n pag._n 612._o what_o god_n do_v direct_o by_o his_o word_n and_o oracle_n among_o his_o own_o people_n in_o the_o election_n of_o king_n he_o do_v it_o only_o by_o his_o secret_a work_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o other_o nation_n though_o themselves_o know_v not_o whence_o those_o motion_n come_v which_o god_n by_o his_o finger_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n in_o hereditary_a succession_n succession_n iren._n adv_o haeres_fw-la v._o 24._o cujus_fw-la jussu_fw-la homines_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la huius_fw-la jussu_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la by_o who_o command_n they_o be_v bear_v man_n by_o his_o command_n they_o be_v also_o make_v king_n tertull._n apologet._n c._n 30._o ind_n est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o illi_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la he_o be_v from_o thence_o make_v emperor_n from_o 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〈◊〉_d to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o london_n p_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o of_o licinius_n he_o tell_v we_o how_o design_v war_n against_o his_o brother_n in_o law_n constantine_n but_o not_o think_v fit_a yet_o to_o declare_v it_o first_o he_o fall_v upon_o the_o christian_n in_o his_o own_o part_n of_o the_o empire_n euseb._n hist._n x._o 8._o edit_fw-la vales._n p._n 396._o b._n he_o begin_v first_o with_o the_o bishop_n not_o suffer_v they_o to_o meet_v in_o synod_n vit._n constant._n l._n 51._o then_o he_o turn_v all_o christian_n out_o of_o their_o place_n at_o court_n eufeb_n hist._n x._o 8._o &_o vit._n constant._n l._n 52._o then_o he_o turn_v all_o christian_n out_o of_o the_o army_n and_o out_o of_o office_n euseb._n hist._n ib._n &_o vit._n constant._n l._n 54._o then_o he_o seize_v their_o estate_n ib._n &_o ib._n at_o last_o he_o fall_v on_o the_o bishop_n euseb._n hist._n x._o 8._o p._n 397._o b._n at_o first_o secret_o and_o cunning_o not_o by_o himself_o for_o fear_n of_o constantine_n but_o by_o his_o governor_n ib._n he_o kill_v some_o bishop_n for_o pray_v for_o constantine_n vit._n constant._n ii_o 2._o then_o constantine_n begin_v to_o stir_v think_v it_o holy_a and_o pious_a to_o remove_v one_o and_o save_v a_o multitude_n vit._n constant._n ii_o 3._o the_o joy_n of_o christian_n upon_o his_o victory_n see_v eus._n x._o 9_o p._n 399._o c_o d._n &_o vit._n constant._n ii_o 19_o p._n 452._o c._n then_o it_o make_v a_o just_a conquest_n conquest_n see_v §._o 26._o 26._o see_v §._o 35._o and_o conquest_n give_v right_o judge_n xi_o 24._o dan._n ii_o 21._o jos._n antiq._n x._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n vi_o 17._o p._n 789._o argent_fw-fr 1665._o ita_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la armis_fw-la alexandri_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la competiit_fw-la bellico_fw-la subdidere_fw-la sed_fw-la imperio_fw-la ejus_fw-la dilatando_fw-la stipendiarios_fw-la se_fw-la libenter_fw-la tune_n praebuere_fw-la nec_fw-la interea_fw-la de_fw-la belli_fw-la causâ_fw-la aut_fw-la religione_fw-la dispari_fw-la soliciti_fw-la so_o they_o not_o only_o submit_v themselves_o to_o alexander_n arm_n on_o the_o account_n of_o that_o right_n which_o he_o have_v get_v by_o war_n but_o then_o they_o willing_o offer_v themselves_o to_o serve_v under_o he_o for_o the_o far_a enlargement_n of_o his_o empire_n not_o trouble_v themselves_o the_o mean_a while_n about_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o war_n or_o the_o difference_n of_o religion_n religion_n thus_o david_n psal._n i._n x._o 8._o &_o cviii_o 9_o thus_o constantine_n the_o great_a style_v himself_o triumphator_n and_o stamp_v his_o coin_n with_o the_o word_n victoria_fw-la gothica_n sarmatia_n devicta_fw-la etc._n etc._n debellaiori_fw-la gentium_fw-la barbararum_fw-la thus_o likewise_o the_o follow_a christian_a emperor_n emperor_n justinian_n coll._n ii_o 2._o 10._o we_o have_v recover_v all_o afric_n and_o subdue_v the_o vandal_n and_o hope_v to_o receive_v of_o god_n many_o yet_o great_a thing_n than_o these_o id._n coll._n v._o 15._o 1._o we_o ordain_v these_o law_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o all_o nation_n under_o our_o government_n some_o whereof_o god_n give_v we_o at_o first_o other_o he_o have_v add_v since_o and_o we_o hope_v he_o will_v still_o increase_v increase_v deut._n xvii_o 15._o 15._o jer._n xxi_o 8_o 9_o 9_o convocation_n book_n i._o 28._o etc._n etc._n doubt_v when_o the_o cause_n be_v certain_o unjust_a unjust_a pufend._n de_fw-fr jur._n nat._n &_o gent._n vii_o 8_o 9_o 9_o ib._n vii_o 8._o 10._o sanderson_n obl._n consc._n v._n 17_o etc._n etc._n no_o doubt_n when_o the_o cause_n be_v certain_o just._n just._n horn._n the_o civ_o ii_o 9_o 2._o as_o quote_v by_o pufend._n jur._n nat._n &_o gent._n vii_o 7._o 3._o if_o one_o prince_n overcome_v another_o that_o unjust_o provoke_v he_o and_o have_v deserve_v it_o by_o other_o injury_n he_o have_v forthwith_o a_o lawful_a power_n against_o he_o who_o he_o have_v so_o overcome_v and_o be_v not_o to_o stay_v for_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n who_o he_o have_v bring_v under_o his_o dominion_n pufendorf_n there_o say_v that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o invasion_n there_o the_o get_n of_o a_o country_n into_o possession_n make_v for_o the_o obtain_n of_o the_o dominion_n thereof_o and_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o their_o follow_a covenant_n but_o that_o till_o this_o be_v have_v the_o state_n of_o war_n continue_v and_o there_o be_v no_o obligation_n nor_o faith_n and_o so_o no_o dominion_n dudley_n dig_v of_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o subject_n take_v up_o arm_n etc._n etc._n §._o 4._o p._n 132._o put_v a_o objection_n that_o if_o the_o conqueror_n come_v in_o by_o force_n he_o may_v be_v turn_v out_o by_o the_o same_o title_n in_o answer_n to_o it_o he_o say_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la he_o can_v for_o though_o conquest_n be_v a_o name_n of_o great_a strength_n only_o and_o be_v not_o itself_o a_o right_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o it_o because_o when_o the_o people_n be_v in_o his_o power_n they_o pass_v their_o consent_n