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usurpation_n and_o that_o of_o the_o full_a dimension_n be_v against_o a_o lawful_o settle_a government_n in_o prejudice_n both_o of_o the_o just_a magistrate_n and_o the_o people_n and_o in_o contradiction_n to_o both_o the_o single_a tie_n of_o subject_n allegiance_n to_o sovereignty_n and_o the_o sacred_a sanction_n of_o vow_n oath_n and_o religious_a covenant_n chap._n ii_o of_o yield_a obedience_n to_o a_o power_n usurp_v as_o abovesaid_a that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o give_v up_o one_o self_n to_o the_o allegiance_n of_o such_o a_o power_n concern_v obedience_n to_o a_o usurp_a authority_n i_o meet_v with_o two_o opinion_n which_o i_o shall_v several_o examine_v 1._o be_v of_o those_o who_o hold_v obedience_n as_o due_a and_o necessary_a and_o that_o in_o as_o full_a a_o manner_n to_o such_o as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o lawfull_a power_n this_o be_v hold_v and_o argue_v for_o in_o a_o tract_n entitle_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o obey_v the_o present_a government_n as_o also_o in_o a_o discourse_n wherein_o be_v examine_v what_o be_v particular_o lawful_a etc._n etc._n by_o ant_n ashcam_fw-la gent_n see_v in_o his_o 2d_o part._n cap_n 9_o although_o indeed_o they_o both_o propound_v their_o opinion_n in_o the_o title_n of_o their_o discourse_n for_o obedience_n as_o lawful_a yet_o in_o the_o prosecution_n they_o plead_v for_o it_o in_o that_o fullness_n of_o latitude_n as_o due_a and_o necessary_a this_o their_o tenent_n they_o strive_v to_o maintain_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o present_a state_n of_o england_n i_o shall_v deal_v with_o it_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o case_n above_o propose_v and_o in_o thesi_fw-la 2._o be_v of_o those_o who_o reserve_v their_o obedience_n as_o due_a and_o devote_a to_o the_o lawful_a power_n suppose_v to_o be_v still_o existent_a do_v yet_o conceive_v they_o may_v submit_v and_o act_v under_o a_o usurp_a power_n for_o the_o time_n and_o during_o the_o interval_n of_o its_o prevalency_n i_o begin_v with_o the_o former_a wherein_o it_o be_v assert_v by_o one_o of_o the_o foresay_a author_n 84._o author_n a_o discourse_n wherein_o be_v examine_v etc._n etc._n by_o ant_n ashcam_fw-la gent_n part._n 2._o chap._n 9_o pa._n 84._o â—nd_v the_o other_o come_v not_o short_a of_o he_o in_o the_o sense_n and_o current_n of_o his_o discourse_n that_o upon_o the_o issue_n of_o a_o war_n and_o the_o expulsion_n of_o a_o just_a party_n a_o man_n may_v lawful_o give_v up_o himself_o to_o the_o final_a allegiance_n of_o the_o unjust_a party_n against_o this_o position_n must_v my_o judgement_n stand_v which_o dictate_v to_o i_o that_o i_o owe_v no_o obedience_n to_o a_o usurper_n and_o to_o yield_v up_o myself_o in_o obedience_n or_o allegiance_n unto_o usurper_n who_o have_v no_o other_o title_n but_o their_o usurpation_n be_v unjustifiable_a and_o unlawful_a and_o that_o upon_o these_o ground_n 1._o i_o can_v if_o i_o will_v yield_v up_o myself_o in_o obedience_n to_o he_o that_o have_v no_o authority_n over_o i_o take_v he_o as_o a_o usurper_n and_o my_o allegiance_n be_v incompetible_a to_o he_o obedience_n and_o authority_n magistrate_n and_o subject_a be_v term_n of_o relation_n and_o do_v se_fw-la mutuo_fw-la ponere_fw-la &_o tollere_fw-la they_o be_v inseparable_a from_o one_o another_o if_o there_o be_v no_o magistracy_n in_o he_o there_o can_v be_v no_o obedience_n proper_o and_o formal_o in_o i_o to_o he_o i_o may_v either_o warrantable_o or_o unwarrantable_o do_v a_o act_n possible_o which_o he_o command_v but_o that_o can_v be_v true_o and_o proper_o say_v to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o obedience_n to_o he_o his_o authority_n be_v null_a of_o no_o reality_n 8._o reality_n tyrannus_n absque_fw-la tâ—tulo_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la invasor_n quilibet_fw-la privatus_fw-la potest_fw-la debet_fw-la e_fw-la medio_fw-la tollere_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ille_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la privata_fw-la persona_fw-la etc._n etc._n alsted_n theol._n case_n cap._n 17._o regul_n 8._o he_o be_v no_o magistrate_n but_o a_o private_a person_n my_o fellow_n subject_a if_o one_o of_o the_o nation_n or_o a_o foreigner_n to_o i_o his_o command_v over_o i_o and_o other_o be_v as_o if_o a_o private_a soldier_n shall_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o give_v order_n to_o his_o company_n or_o a_o inferior_a officer_n to_o a_o army_n or_o a_o servant_n shall_v offer_v to_o rule_v over_o his_o fellow_n servant_n in_o say_v he_o be_v a_o usurper_n you_o say_v enough_o for_o the_o nullify_n of_o his_o authority_n and_o my_o obedience_n whatever_o strength_n he_o may_v have_v to_o compel_v he_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o command_v i_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n that_o have_v the_o subject_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n and_o care_n say_v the_o leyden_n divine_v 3._o divine_v magistratus_fw-la subditos_fw-la fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la curae_fw-la suae_fw-la commissos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la dei_fw-la minister_v guber_n nat_n sâ—nops_n pur_fw-it theol_n disput_fw-la 50._o thes_n 3._o in_o their_o synopsis_n and_o principality_n lypsius_n 3._o lypsius_n principatus_fw-la est_fw-la imperium_fw-la moribus_fw-la aut_fw-la legibus_fw-la delatum_fw-la susceptum_fw-la gestumque_fw-la parentium_fw-la bono_fw-mi just_a lip_n polit_fw-la li._n 2._o c._n 3._o define_v to_o be_v a_o government_n deliver_v by_o custom_n or_o law_n and_o constitution_n to_o he_o that_o sustain_v it_o and_o undertake_v and_o manage_v by_o he_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o subject_n another_o define_v a_o magistrate_n to_o be_v 15._o be_v magistratus_fw-la est_fw-la publica_fw-la persona_fw-la successione_n sort_n aut_fw-la suffragio_fw-la electa_fw-la &c_n &c_n io_o cancrone_n sphaera_fw-la cin_n l._n 4._o cap._n 15._o a_o public_a person_n elect_v by_o succession_n lot_n or_o suffrage_n which_o have_v the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o consultation_n judgement_n and_o command_n 2._o i_o may_v not_o if_o i_o can_v yield_v up_o myself_o as_o a_o subject_a to_o the_o usurper_n in_o so_o do_v i_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o right_n of_o the_o lawful_a magistrate_n which_o he_o have_v over_o i_o and_o injure_v he_o in_o the_o allegiance_n which_o i_o stand_v tie_v in_o to_o he_o and_o he_o still_o retain_v the_o claim_n of_o at_o my_o hand_n the_o magistrate_n be_v in_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n grant_v to_o be_v in_o be_v he_o be_v but_o deprive_v of_o possession_n and_o enjoyment_n not_o of_o property_n or_o title_n he_o be_v yet_o stand_v in_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o magistrate_n to_o i_o and_o be_v only_o out_v of_o his_o station_n perforce_o the_o obedience_n of_o a_o subject_a be_v not_o so_o arbitrary_a or_o loose_v a_o thing_n as_o that_o i_o may_v place_v and_o remove_v it_o at_o pleasure_n or_o as_o affair_n go_v 13.7_o rom._n 13.7_o but_o it_o be_v a_o debt_n which_o i_o must_v render_v to_o he_o unto_o who_o it_o be_v due_a neither_o be_v sovereignty_n so_o common_a ambulatory_a or_o prostitute_v a_o matter_n as_o that_o its_o title_n cease_v unto_o he_o that_o be_v violent_o extrude_v or_o dispossess_v of_o it_o and_o become_v any_o once_o that_o by_o force_n captivate_v it_o to_o himself_o the_o expulse_v magistrate_n still_o stand_v upon_o his_o claim_n and_o right_n and_o the_o power_n in_o possession_n have_v no_o title_n but_o his_o injurious_a and_o forcible_a entrance_n the_o subject_n be_v not_o disoblige_v from_o he_o that_o be_v expel_v nor_o at_o his_o choice_n to_o transfer_v his_o obedience_n to_o another_o neither_o can_v the_o violent_a intruder_n challenge_v it_o but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o consequence_n of_o that_o which_o i_o here_o assert_v as_o unto_o resolution_n in_o this_o case_n and_o for_o that_o i_o find_v the_o gentleman_n in_o the_o afore-named_n discourse_v 88_o discourse_v discourse_v of_o ant_n ashcam_fw-la part_n 2._o ca_fw-mi 9_o page_n 88_o positive_o deliver_v the_o direct_a contrary_n to_o it_o and_o that_o which_o be_v as_o i_o think_v very_o strange_a doctrine_n both_o in_o christianity_n and_o politics_n viz_o that_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o own_o prince_n so_o long_o we_o it_o please_v god_n to_o give_v they_o power_n to_o command_v we_o and_o when_o we_o see_v other_o possess_v of_o their_o power_n 90._o part._n 1._o chap._n 5_o page_n 22_o 23._o part._n 2._o cap_n 9_o page_n 90._o we_o may_v then_o say_v that_o the_o king_n of_o king_n have_v change_v our_o viceroy_n and_o further_o that_o the_o point_n of_o right_n be_v a_o thing_n always_o doubtful_a possession_n general_o be_v the_o strong_a title_n that_o prince_n have_v and_o if_o possession_n be_v real_o the_o true_a evidence_n to_o we_o of_o their_o to_o wit_n the_o expel_v prince_n right_n than_o it_o be_v equitable_a to_o follow_v it_o still_o though_o it_o be_v perhaps_o in_o a_o person_n of_o more_o injustice_n than_o they_o be_v and_o the_o other_o book_n i_o before_o cite_v viz_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o obey_v the_o present_a government_n maintain_v the_o same_o thing_n both_o who_o argument_n for_o what_o they_o
colas_fw-la sucton_n in_o lul_n caes_n caesar_n incline_v to_o hold_v for_o that_o which_o be_v of_o itself_o the_o way_n and_o mean_n to_o place_v a_o man_n in_o a_o lawful_a estate_n or_o call_v and_o make_v he_o a_o lawful_a possessor_n of_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v lawful_a but_o it_o can_v be_v hold_v lawful_a for_o any_o that_o can_v find_v power_n and_o advantage_n to_o invade_v crown_n and_o country_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o assumption_n of_o the_o precede_a argument_n 3_o if_o possession_n by_o power_n give_v a_o title_n then_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o oppress_a prince_n or_o people_n to_o raise_v war_n or_o use_v any_o other_o mean_v to_o expel_v a_o invader_n or_o remove_v such_o as_o have_v come_v in_o and_o hold_v mere_o by_o force_n for_o its_o unlawful_a to_o resist_v or_o fight_v against_o a_o just_a magistrate_n rom_n 13.1_o 2._o but_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o oppress_a prince_n or_o people_n by_o arm_n or_o otherwise_o to_o free_v themselves_o from_o a_o forcible_a usurper_n as_o manifest_o appear_v by_o those_o precedent_n give_v in_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o assumption_n of_o the_o first_o argument_n for_o the_o former_a proposition_n to_o wit_n the_o war_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n and_o 1._o of_o samuel_n of_o david_n jehoiadah_n and_o the_o maccabee_n and_o by_o the_o know_a law_n and_o practice_n of_o all_o nation_n and_o consent_n of_o all_o divine_n and_o christian_n who_o with_o one_o vote_n allow_v defensive_a and_o recuperative_a arm_n except_v the_o anabaptist_n and_o some_o ancient_a heretic_n of_o their_o stamp_n 4_o all_o force_n ought_v to_o presuppose_v a_o right_n in_o that_o about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a whether_o for_o the_o defence_n or_o recovery_n of_o its_o war_n say_v francis_n lord_n verulam_n 2d_o verulam_n consideration_n touch_v a_o war_n with_o spain_n pa._n 2d_o etc._n etc._n i_o speak_v not_o of_o ambitious_a predatorie_a war_n be_v suit_n of_o appeal_n to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n justice_n when_o there_o be_v no_o superior_n on_o earth_n to_o determine_v the_o cause_n and_o they_o be_v as_o civil_a plea_n either_o plaint_n or_o defence_n force_v therefore_o can_v create_v a_o right_n see_v it_o be_v to_o follow_v it_o and_o both_o give_v it_o the_o precedency_n in_o time_n and_o own_o it_o as_o its_o groundwork_n add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o sword_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o to_o he_o alone_o say_v peter_z martyr_n 12._o martyr_n gladius_n ut_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la habetur_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la est_fw-la datus_fw-la loc._n commun_n â—lâ—ss_n 4._o ca._n 20._o loc_fw-la 12._o as_o its_o subject_n or_o owner_n so_o that_o the_o magistrate_n be_v before_o it_o not_o make_v by_o it_o the_o sword_n make_v not_o the_o magistrate_n that_o be_v it_o be_v not_o its_o principle_n of_o generation_n but_o the_o magistrate_n à _fw-fr warranto_fw-la authorize_v the_o sword_n the_o sword_n may_v make_v for_o his_o conservation_n but_o not_o for_o his_o creation_n 5_o if_o force_n give_v a_o title_n renitente_fw-la populo_fw-la then_o that_o late_a so_o much_o decantate_v aphorism_n all_o power_n to_o wit_n authority_n be_v from_o the_o people_n must_v be_v call_v in_o again_o yea_o all_o donation_n election_n compact_n and_o covenant_n betwixt_o prince_n and_o people_n be_v void_a and_o incumbent_a business_n a_o three_o person_n that_o can_v get_v hold_n or_o power_n and_o list_n to_o usurp_v may_v dissolve_v and_o evacuate_v they_o all_o yea_o the_o prince_n that_o come_v in_o by_o they_o when_o once_o he_o have_v possession_n of_o the_o power_n hold_v by_o his_o power_n and_o not_o by_o they_o and_o can_v no_o long_o nor_o further_o look_v to_o retain_v his_o right_n to_o authority_n than_o he_o can_v enforce_v it_o and_o what_o turkish_n and_o tyrannical_a practice_n do_v this_o doctrine_n put_v he_o upon_o of_o necessity_n if_o he_o will_v sit_v fast_o 4._o mr._n ashcam_fw-la part_n 1._o ca._n 2._o sect._n 4._o 6_o no_o man_n natural_o be_v more_o a_o magistrate_n then_o another_o magistracy_n be_v in_o truth_n not_o a_o natural_a but_o a_o civil_a relation_n as_o be_v that_o of_o husband_n and_o wife_n master_n and_o servant_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v found_v on_o some_o mutual_a and_o reciprocal_a act_n or_o agreement_n of_o both_o party_n to_o wit_n ruler_n and_o subject_n and_o can_v result_v out_o of_o the_o action_n of_o one_o alone_a of_o they_o nor_o can_v neither_o party_n be_v mere_o passive_a in_o contract_v such_o a_o relation_n a_o mutual_a civil_a obligation_n can_v arise_v but_o of_o the_o joint_n or_o interchangeable_a concurrence_n of_o both_o 7_o power_n and_o right_n as_o also_o possession_n and_o right_n be_v separable_a as_o all_o experience_n demonstrate_v so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o controversy_n betwixt_o david_n and_o absolom_n and_o so_o it_o frequent_o happen_v to_o be_v success_n and_o victory_n do_v not_o seldom_o follow_v the_o wrong_a party_n and_o he_o will_v be_v think_v irrational_a among_o all_o man_n wheresoever_o in_o the_o world_n but_o where_o reason_n itself_o be_v bring_v under_o tyranny_n that_o shall_v say_v success_n be_v the_o only_a arbitrator_n of_o controversy_n of_o right_a and_o be_v ever_o infallible_a 8_o strength_n and_o authority_n also_o be_v two_o distinct_a and_o separable_a thing_n and_o rare_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o subject_n but_o where_o either_o brutishness_n or_o all_o misery_n prevail_v man_n have_v dominion_n give_v he_o over_o the_o beast_n many_o whereof_o be_v and_o be_v by_o creation_n strong_a then_o he_o what_o be_v a_o general_n natural_a strength_n to_o that_o of_o the_o army_n over_o which_o he_o command_v what_o be_v a_o king_n or_o a_o counsel_n personal_a strength_n to_o that_o of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n over_o which_o it_o sway_v yea_o what_o be_v the_o hand_n in_o the_o natural_a body_n to_o all_o the_o member_n under_o its_o government_n in_o point_n of_o force_n we_o see_v a_o small_a board_n or_o two_o put_v in_o the_o place_n of_o a_o rudder_n guide_v the_o whole_a vessel_n among_o some_o beast_n indeed_o the_o strong_a rule_n but_o among_o man_n it_o be_v not_o regular_o so_o yea_o among_o some_o unreasonable_a animal_n not_o force_n but_o fitness_n design_v by_o election_n obtain_v the_o rule_n bee_n they_o say_v choose_v their_o king_n of_o who_o 17._o who_o plin._n nat._n hist_o lib._n 11._o chap._n 17._o pliny_n observe_v that_o either_o he_o have_v no_o sting_n or_o nature_n have_v deny_v he_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v only_o arm_v with_o majesty_n and_o aristotle_n say_v serviat_fw-la say_v arist_n politic_a lib._n 1._o num_fw-la 8._o naturali_fw-la enim_fw-la jure_fw-la meritoque_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la qui_fw-la provida_fw-la ment_fw-la sagacique_fw-la fuerir_fw-it be_v imperet_fw-la ac_fw-la dominatur_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la corporis_fw-la viribus_fw-la &_o lacertis_fw-la haec_fw-la 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praestituros_fw-la utrique_fw-la obligantur_fw-la quod_fw-la suj_fw-la est_fw-la officii_fw-la fideliter_fw-la facere_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la defecerit_fw-la altera_fw-la paâ—_n à _fw-la svo_fw-la o_fw-la licio_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la rex_fw-la solutus_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o svo_fw-la iuramento_fw-la si_fw-la subditi_fw-la debitum_fw-la obsequy_n non_fw-la praestiterint_fw-la nec_fw-la subditi_fw-la svo_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la a_o â—ustitae_fw-la tramite_fw-la do_v xâ—rit_n d_o sanders_n de_fw-fr jurament_n oblige_v praelect_v 4._o sect._n 8._o or_o break_v whereof_o he_o shall_v enjoy_v or_o lose_v his_o dignity_n there_o be_v no_o such_o capitulation_n make_v either_o with_o he_o personal_o or_o with_o any_o of_o his_o predecessor_n to_o be_v allege_v they_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o supreme_a power_n entrust_v with_o he_o the_o truth_n be_v it_o be_v a_o weak_a error_n though_o somewhat_o apt_a to_o possess_v the_o mind_n of_o unconsider_v man_n that_o in_o those_o 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