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limit_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o legislative_a power_n not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v or_o repeal_v law_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n but_o still_o if_o they_o will_v turn_v tyrant_n neither_o fear_v god_n nor_o the_o censure_n of_o good_a man_n they_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o english_a empire_n as_o free_a from_o punishment_n compulsion_n or_o resistance_n as_o the_o caesar_n be_v but_o second_o the_o foresay_a general_n reason_n of_o not_o resist_v the_o sovereign_a because_o he_o be_v god_n vicegerent_n do_v imply_v that_o he_o have_v all_o his_o power_n from_o god_n this_o be_v very_o ancient_a divinity_n as_o appear_v from_o what_o daniel_n say_v unto_o nabuchadnezzar_n c._n 2.37_o thou_o o_o king_n be_v a_o king_n of_o king_n for_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n have_v give_v thou_o a_o kingdom_n power_n and_o strength_n and_o glory_n and_o from_o what_o he_o say_v to_o his_o grandson_n belshazzar_n c._n 5.18_o 19_o the_o most_o high_a god_n give_v nabuchadnezzar_n thy_o father_n a_o kingdom_n and_o majesty_n and_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o for_o the_o majesty_n that_o he_o give_v he_o all_o people_n nation_n and_o language_n tremble_v and_o fear_v before_o he_o who_o he_o will_v he_o slay_v and_o who_o he_o will_v he_o keep_v alive_a who_o he_o will_v he_o set_v up_o and_o who_o he_o will_v he_o pull_v down_o according_o it_o be_v write_v of_o cyrus_n the_o heathen_a emperor_n isa_n 45.1_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o his_o anoint_v to_o cyrus_n who_o right_a hand_n i_o have_v hold_v to_o subdue_v nation_n before_o he_o and_o 2_o chron._n 36.23_o thus_o say_v cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v the_o lord_n god_n give_v i_o so_o prov._n 8.15_o 16._o by_o i_o king_n reign_v and_o prince_n decree_v justice_n by_o i_o prince_n rule_v and_o noble_n even_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o god_n declare_v by_o jeremy_n c._n 27.5_o 6._o i_o have_v make_v the_o earth_n and_o have_v give_v it_o to_o who_o it_o seem_v meet_v unto_o i_o and_o now_o i_o have_v give_v all_o these_o land_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o king_n nabuchadnezzar_n my_o servant_n now_o if_o according_a to_o these_o express_a text_n the_o sovereign_n have_v all_o his_o power_n from_o god_n he_o must_v by_o consequence_n have_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n from_o he_o as_o st._n paul_n particular_o observe_v he_o bear_v not_o the_o sword_n in_o vain_a for_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o if_o he_o have_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n from_o he_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v 91._o follow_v praeterea_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la gladii_fw-la jus_o nulli_fw-la competat_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la regi_fw-la aut_fw-la iis_fw-la quibus_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la id_fw-la concessum_fw-la est_fw-la peto_fw-la quo_fw-la jure_fw-la quis_fw-la audeâ—t_fw-la in_o summum_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la utrum_fw-la jure_fw-la concesso_fw-la a_o usurpato_fw-la si_fw-mi concesso_fw-la dixerit_fw-la rursus_fw-la petam_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la concesso_fw-la utrum_fw-la a_o principe_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la alio_fw-la praeter_fw-la principem_fw-la si_fw-mi a_o principe_fw-la respondeat_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la â—rit_fw-la ridiculus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la credibile_fw-la principem_fw-la ulli_fw-la indulgere_fw-la jus_o gladio_fw-la in_o seipsum_fw-la utendi_fw-la quantamcunque_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la transferat_fw-la princeps_fw-la potestatem_fw-la semper_fw-la manet_fw-la superior_n sam_n bochart_n ep_v p._n 90_o 91._o that_o the_o people_n have_v no_o right_a to_o bear_v it_o neither_o for_o offence_n nor_o defence_n or_o resistance_n without_o commission_n from_o he_o he_o may_v indeed_o abuse_v this_o as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o branch_n of_o his_o power_n he_o may_v bear_v the_o sword_n not_o for_o the_o defence_n but_o for_o the_o offence_n and_o destruction_n of_o his_o subject_n but_o if_o he_o do_v they_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o resist_v he_o they_o can_v without_o sinful_a usurpation_n oppose_v their_o sword_n to_o he_o as_o it_o be_v write_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o time_n of_o a_o â—2_n a_o jam_fw-la nequis_fw-la haec_fw-la dici_fw-la putet_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la regibus_fw-la cogitandum_fw-la est_fw-la petrum_fw-la &_o paulum_fw-la vel_fw-la sub_fw-la claudio_n vel_fw-la sub_fw-la nerone_n scripsisse_fw-la quorum_fw-la ille_fw-la vecors_fw-la fuit_fw-la hic_fw-la monstrum_fw-la hominis_fw-la quibus_fw-la tamen_fw-la christianos_n jubent_fw-la esse_fw-la subditos_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la metu_fw-la paenae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o â—b_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la multo_fw-la meliorem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la tiberium_fw-la cvi_fw-la christus_fw-la reddi_fw-la voluit_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la â—rant_fw-la caesaris_fw-la ib._n p_o â—2_n wicked_a tyrant_n he_o that_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o to_o themselves_o damnation_n and_o how_o can_v a_o man_n be_v guiltless_a that_o draw_v and_o use_v his_o sword_n without_o authority_n from_o he_o to_o who_o the_o jus_o gladii_fw-la belong_v much_o more_o if_o he_o use_v it_o against_o he_o who_o only_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o sword_n this_o very_a consideration_n make_v grotius_n condemn_v all_o violent_a defence_n against_o unjust_a force_n from_o public_a authority_n contra_fw-la vim_o injustissimam_fw-la sed_fw-la publico_fw-la nomine_fw-la illatam_fw-la de_fw-fr imp._n c._n 3._o n._n 6._o our_o bless_a saviour_n never_o intend_v to_o diminish_v or_o destroy_v the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_n be_v very_o tender_a of_o they_o command_v his_o disciple_n to_o render_v unto_o caesar_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v caesar_n and_o this_o be_v say_v by_o he_o with_o respect_n to_o tiberius_n who_o be_v a_o man_n excessive_a in_o cruelty_n drunkenness_n and_o lust_n it_o be_v say_v indeed_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o pay_v tribute_n but_o hold_v as_o well_o to_o all_o the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n and_o particular_o as_o to_o this_o of_o be_v the_o master_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o therefore_o when_o st._n peter_n draw_v his_o sword_n in_o his_o master_n defence_n against_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o cruel_a sanhedrim_n he_o sharp_o rebuke_v he_o say_v put_v up_o thy_o sword_n for_o he_o that_o use_v the_o sword_n shall_v perish_v by_o the_o sword_n this_o very_a text_n be_v ever_o understand_v by_o the_o primitive_a christian_n as_o a_o absolute_a prohibition_n to_o use_v any_o violence_n against_o the_o sovereign_n and_o be_v apply_v by_o maunitius_n the_o commander_n of_o the_o thebaean_a legion_n when_o he_o charge_v his_o soldier_n in_o christ_n name_n not_o to_o resist_v under_o the_o specious_a pretext_n of_o self-defence_n and_o true_o if_o the_o christian_a religion_n have_v give_v a_o right_n to_o the_o professor_n of_o it_o to_o defend_v themselves_o and_o it_o against_o the_o illegal_a violence_n of_o the_o sovereign_n it_o have_v not_o be_v a_o take_n up_o of_o the_o cross_n but_o of_o the_o sword_n not_o evangelical_n as_o our_o author_n speak_v of_o passive_a obedience_n but_o mahometan_a and_o true_o one_o who_o know_v no_o more_o of_o the_o gospel_n than_o what_o he_o may_v learn_v of_o it_o out_o of_o julian_n will_v never_o imagine_v that_o jesus_n have_v say_v if_o any_o man_n will_v come_v after_o i_o let_v he_o deny_v himself_o and_o take_v up_o his_o cross_n and_o follow_v i_o and_o whosoever_o shall_v lose_v his_o life_n for_o my_o sake_n and_o the_o gospel_n the_o same_o shall_v save_v it_o and_o every_o one_o that_o forsake_v house_n or_o brethren_n or_o sister_n or_o father_n or_o mother_n or_o wife_n or_o child_n or_o land_n for_o my_o name_n sake_n shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_n and_o shall_v inherit_v everlasting_a life_n or_o that_o his_o belove_a disciple_n the_o prophet_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v say_v of_o the_o martyr_n of_o the_o 13._o the_o dr._n moor_n apocalypsis_n apocalypseos_n c._n 13.10_o c._n 14.12_o 13._o protestant_a religion_n here_o be_v the_o patience_n and_o faith_n of_o the_o saint_n here_o be_v the_o patience_n of_o the_o saint_n blessed_n be_v the_o dead_a or_o the_o martyr_n that_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n but_o the_o author_n of_o julian_n it_o seem_v will_v show_v no_o faith_n nor_o patience_n but_o in_o a_o legal_a persecution_n he_o will_v not_o die_v a_o martyr_n but_o when_o the_o law_n be_v against_o he_o but_o if_o his_o sovereign_n attack_v he_o against_o law_n i._n e._n against_o the_o law_n which_o be_v make_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o subject_a he_o will_v be_v even_o with_o he_o he_o will_v without_o authority_n take_v up_o defensive_a arm_n against_o he_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n which_o be_v make_v for_o the_o defence_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o so_o commit_v as_o damnable_a a_o sin_n one_o way_n as_o his_o prince_n do_v the_o other_o this_o be_v plain_o as_o max._n tyrius_n speak_v of_o private_a
revenge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o do_v one_o injury_n for_o another_o his_o sovereign_n injure_v he_o against_o the_o second_o and_o he_o will_v therefore_o injure_v his_o sovereign_n against_o the_o first_o table_n of_o civil_a government_n he_o will_v sin_v against_o the_o law_n imperial_a because_o his_o prince_n sin_n against_o the_o political_a well_o let_v he_o do_v so_o at_o his_o peril_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o both_o sense_n he_o may_v be_v legal_o hang_v for_o it_o in_o this_o world_n and_o without_o repentance_n will_v be_v damn_v for_o it_o in_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v but_o in_o the_o three_o place_n the_o general_a reason_n assign_v for_o not-resisting_a the_o sovereign_n because_o he_o be_v god_n vicegerent_n do_v imply_v that_o to_o resist_v he_o be_v to_o resist_v god_n who_o have_v make_v he_o sovereign_n and_o set_v he_o above_o all_o coercion_n and_o force_n if_o the_o nature_n of_o sovereignty_n and_o of_o a_o crown_n imperial_a do_v not_o require_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v violent_o resist_v yet_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n who_o image_n and_o substitute_n he_o be_v will_v require_v the_o subject_n not_o to_o do_v so_o lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o resist_v god_n the_o king_n say_v 21._o say_v c._n 21._o agapetus_n to_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o body_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mould_n with_o every_o man_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o eminency_n of_o his_o dignity_n he_o be_v like_a unto_o god_n who_o be_v lord_n over_o all_o who_o image_n he_o bear_v and_o by_o who_o he_o hold_v that_o power_n which_o he_o have_v over_o men._n and_o 5._o and_o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi mil._n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o vegetius_n say_v that_o next_o after_o god_n the_o emperor_n be_v to_o be_v honour_v and_o love_v because_o he_o be_v a_o corporeal_a god_n i_o have_v make_v a_o small_a collection_n of_o testimony_n to_o this_o purpose_n out_o christian_a writer_n to_o show_v how_o the_o king_n be_v the_o minister_n and_o image_n of_o god_n but_o i_o have_v since_o find_v they_o all_o with_o far_a many_o more_o in_o archbishop_n usher_v admirable_a book_n of_o the_o power_n communicate_v by_o god_n to_o the_o prince_n to_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o common_a law_n of_o england_n do_v also_o attribute_v unto_o the_o king_n the_o divine_a perfection_n finch_n lib._n 2._o deal_v leg._n c._n 1._o as_o cite_v by_o mr._n sheringham_n roy_fw-fr est_fw-fr le_fw-fr test_n delâ—bien_fw-fr public_a immediate_a desoub_n deiu_n etc._n etc._n the_o king_n be_v head_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n immediate_o under_o god_n over_o all_o person_n and_o in_o all_o cause_n and_o therefore_o because_o he_o represent_v the_o person_n of_o god_n and_o bear_v his_o image_n the_o law_n attribute_v unto_o he_o a_o similitudinary_a manner_n a_o shadow_n of_o divine_a excellency_n namely_o sovereignty_n majesty_n infiniteness_n perpetuity_n perfection_n truth_n justice_n now_o to_o assert_v that_o sovereign_a prince_n be_v the_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o god_n be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o holy_a scripture_n thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o mighty_a he_o judge_v among_o the_o god_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n and_o all_o of_o you_o the_o child_n of_o the_o most_o high_a according_o say_v jesus_n joh._n 10.34_o be_v it_o not_o write_v in_o your_o law_n all_o prince_n i_o say_v you_o be_v god_n if_o he_o call_v they_o god_n of_o who_o the_o word_n of_o god_n there_o speak_v say_v you_o of_o he_o who_o the_o father_n have_v sanctify_v thou_o blaspheme_v because_o i_o say_v i_o be_o the_o son_n of_o god_n these_o earthly_a 85._o earthly_a addo_n haud_fw-la dubiè_fw-la regibus_fw-la primariò_fw-la precipuè_fw-fr convenire_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptura_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la indulget_fw-la deorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ut_fw-la exod._n 2.1.6.22.18_o 1_o sam._n 2.25_o ps_n 82.6_o proinde_fw-la solomon_n ps_n 45._o quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la refert_fw-la apostolus_fw-la solomonis_fw-la typo_fw-la adumbratum_fw-la sed_fw-la sensus_fw-la typicus_fw-la literalem_fw-la non_fw-la excludit_fw-la imo_fw-la supponit_fw-la itaque_fw-la etiam_fw-la solomon_n svo_fw-la modo_fw-la fuit_fw-la deus_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la diotogenes_n apud_fw-la stovaeum_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la habeat_fw-la nulli_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la &_o sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la viva_fw-la lex_fw-la dei_fw-la instar_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o eaphantus_n ejusdem_fw-la sectâ—e_fw-la quod_fw-la deo_fw-la quidem_fw-la inest_fw-la inest_fw-la &_o regi_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipse_fw-la imperet_fw-la unde_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nulli_fw-la autem_fw-la subjiciatur_fw-la proinde_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la regem_fw-la quisquis_fw-la insurgit_fw-la est_fw-la gigas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 84_o 85._o god_n these_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o the_o almighty_a sovereign_n these_o anoint_v of_o the_o lord_n must_v not_o be_v resist_v by_o those_o who_o god_n have_v suject_v unto_o they_o if_o they_o do_v wrong_v if_o they_o tyrannize_v it_o over_o their_o subject_n he_o will_v punish_v they_o and_o turn_v their_o heart_n if_o he_o see_v fit_a but_o their_o subject_n must_v not_o defend_v themselves_o by_o violence_n against_o he_o they_o must_v not_o take_v up_o defensive_a arm_n against_o they_o because_o they_o be_v in_o god_n stead_n for_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n in_o that_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v oppose_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v that_o resistance_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o subjection_n or_o to_o show_v that_o a_o subject_a to_o a_o perfect_a sovereign_n ought_v not_o to_o resist_v thus_o have_v i_o branch_v the_o 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factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la satis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la quod_fw-la dominum_fw-la expectet_fw-la ultorem_fw-la nemo_fw-la quidem_fw-la de_fw-la factis_fw-la suis_fw-la presumat_fw-la disputare_fw-la multo_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la contra_fw-la factum_fw-la suum_fw-la venire_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o if_o the_o reader_n please_v to_o consult_v that_o chapter_n he_o will_v find_v by_o many_o expression_n that_o the_o king_n have_v no_o other_o but_o a_o moral_a obligation_n to_o observe_v the_o law_n sic_fw-la &_o beata_fw-la dei_fw-la genitrix_fw-la virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la quae_fw-la singulari_fw-la privilegio_fw-la supra_fw-la legem_fw-la fuit_fw-la pro_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la tamen_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la exemplo_fw-la legalibus_fw-la subdi_fw-la non_fw-la refugit_fw-la institutis_fw-la but_o then_o if_o he_o will_v be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o act_v illegal_o it_o be_v sufficient_a 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vineam_fw-la eripere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la scelera_fw-la reges_fw-la tam_fw-la impunè_fw-la perpetrant_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la maximè_fw-la licita_fw-la ideò_fw-la additur_fw-la populum_fw-la ita_fw-la oppressum_fw-la deum_fw-la imploraturum_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la vim_o regis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la humana_fw-la remedia_fw-la sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 87._o tyrant_n as_o well_o as_o the_o good_a king_n from_o resistance_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la princeps_fw-la vel_fw-la rex_fw-la vel_fw-la alius_fw-la qui_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habueâ—it_fw-la nisi_fw-la dominum_fw-la contra_fw-la ipsum_fw-la non_fw-la habebitur_fw-la remedium_fw-la per_fw-la assisam_fw-la immo_fw-la tantùm_fw-la locus_fw-la â—rit_fw-la supplicationi_fw-la uâ—_n factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la sufficiet_fw-la ei_fw-la pro_fw-la paena_fw-la quod_fw-la 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infirm_a 8._o secundum_fw-la hoc_fw-la divi_z severus_n &_o antoninus_n saepissime_fw-la rescripserunt_fw-la licèt_fw-la enim_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la legibus_fw-la soluti_fw-la sumus_fw-la attamen_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivimus_fw-la rescript_n of_o severus_n and_o antoninus_n although_o we_o be_v loose_v from_o the_o law_n yet_o we_o live_v by_o the_o law_n indeed_o our_o king_n differ_v from_o the_o caesar_n in_o this_o thâ—â—_n as_o the_o same_o 9_o same_o lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr laud._n leg_n ang._n c._n 9_o bracton_n and_o ‖_o fortescue_n long_a since_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v